Patents Issued in October 12, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170293358
    Abstract: A system and method provides aircraft autoflight capability feedback to aircraft pilots to thereby prevent, or at least inhibit, latent errors of omission that may result in operational errors. The system and method uses graphics that communicate subtly and in the background, in a manner that naturally fits with how the visual cortex processes graphical information and how the mind makes quick, and subconscious judgments about information. The system may also use auditory and tactile feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Gannon, Ivan Sandy Wyatt, Steve Grothe
  • Publication number: 20170293359
    Abstract: An impact feedback operation device includes a base member, an operation member having an operation part equipped with a touch sensor, an actuator having a shape memory alloy wire, a temperature sensor, a voltage sensor, and a processing unit. The processing unit determines an energization condition required for the shape memory alloy wire, depending on a detected temperature and a detected voltage. The operation part is fixed to the base member through an elastically deformable elastic portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Toyo Denso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji IKUTA, Miyuki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20170293360
    Abstract: A haptic output device includes a touch surface, a sensor configured to sense an input at the touch surface, and a controller configured to read the sensor, identify a location of the input, switch from a read mode to a write mode, and write a voltage based on the location of the input to generate an electrostatic output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Danny A. GRANT
  • Publication number: 20170293361
    Abstract: Methods and an electronic device for providing visual and haptic feedback are provided. At least one first touch made to an object displayed on a touch screen is detected. The object is transformed and displayed in response to movement of the first touch. At least one second touch made to the displayed object is detected. Visual feedback is displayed on the touch screen in response to the second touch, and haptic feedback corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern is output using a vibration motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ju-Youn LEE, Jin-Hyoung PARK
  • Publication number: 20170293362
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement for capacitive touch and non-touch detection has a transmission electrode and a predefined number of receiving electrodes coupled with an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit operates in a non-touch detection mode and in a touch detection mode, wherein the transmission electrode generates an alternating electric near field, and in the non-touch detection mode, the evaluation unit evaluates signals from the receiving electrodes to determine non-touch gestures or a three-dimensional position of an object. In the touch detection mode a surface touch detection area defined by the predefined number of electrodes is divided into a plurality of segments wherein within each segment at least two electrodes of the predefined number of electrodes contribute with a portion of their electrode surface area such that different electrode surface area ratios are formed for each of the plurality of segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Axel Heim
  • Publication number: 20170293363
    Abstract: The herein disclosed systems and methods provide a user with an ability to control the operation of an appliance from a distance without needing to utilize an intermediary device encompassing multiple layers of graphical screen user interface or verbal dialog user interface. The present invention combines eye gaze recognition as a trigger with motion gesture recognition for appliance operation in a novel way to provide the user with a simple two-step procedure for operating an appliance at a distance. An exemplary embodiment of the present system comprises a camera head unit including an eye gaze recognizing functionality receiving an eye gaze from a user and activating a hand gesture recognizing functionality, wherein the hand gesture recognizing functionality is receiving a hand gesture from the user and determining an operation based upon the hand gesture, and a communication device communicatively connected to the camera head unit and to the appliance for communicating the operation to the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey Shawn McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20170293364
    Abstract: A method and system for human computer interaction using hand gestures is presented. The system permits a person to precisely control a computer system without wearing an instrumented glove or any other tracking device. In one embodiment, two cameras observe and record images of a user's hands. The hand images are processed by querying a database relating hand image features to the 3D configuration of the hands and fingers (i.e. the 3D hand poses). The 3D hand poses are interpreted as gestures. Each gesture can be interpreted as a command by the computer system. Uses for such a system include, but are not limited to, computer aided design for architecture, mechanical engineering and scientific visualization. Computer-generated 3D virtual objects can be efficiently explored, modeled and assembled using direct 3D manipulation by the user's hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Wang
  • Publication number: 20170293365
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for assessing a password based on characteristics of a physical arrangement of keys of a keyboard. A password including unique characters is stored. For each unique character of the password, a character key of the keyboard which denotes the unique character of the password is determined. A positive flag is assigned to each determined character key of the keyboard. A null flag is assigned to each key of the keyboard that is not one of the determined character keys. A key detection frequency is computed for each key vector of the keyboard. A maximum key detection frequency is determined from among the computed key detection frequencies of the key vectors. The maximum key detection frequency is compared with a threshold key detection frequency, from which it is ascertained whether the maximum key detection frequency is at least the threshold key detection frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Miura, Manabu Ohbayashi, Hiroyuki Takenoshita, Yuji Yanagihara
  • Publication number: 20170293366
    Abstract: A deformation mode analysis method for a member of a structure is a method of analyzing a deformation mode of each member by performing structural analysis or a structural test on a structure including a single member or a plurality of members. In this method, the deformation mode of the structure is analyzed by separating the structure into a plurality of regions and calculating deformations for every separated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka SHIMIZU, Takeshi KAWACHI
  • Publication number: 20170293367
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit that displays a screen; a plurality of detection sensors that integrally deform with the display unit and output a signal corresponding to the deformation; and a control unit that converts coordinate data on the display unit based on detection data related to the deformation detected by the plurality of detection sensors. Typically, the control unit, based on detection data from the plurality of detection sensors arranged in a plurality of directions, calculates moving direction of a coordinate point on the display unit, and its moving amount and moving speed, the coordinate point corresponding to arrangement directions of the detection sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Yoshikazu ARAI
  • Publication number: 20170293368
    Abstract: A gyroscope apparatus for a device including an accelerometer and a magnetic component has a gravity vector generator connected to the accelerometer and receptive to acceleration readings therefrom. A magnetic component output generator is connected to the magnetic component and receptive to magnetic component readings. A sensor fusion engine is connected to the gravity vector generator and to the magnetic component output generator, with a gravity vector value and a magnetic field vector value at a first time instance being combined to represent a first orientation value. The gravity vector value and the magnetic field vector value at a second time instance are combined to represent a second orientation value. An orientation rate of change is derived from a difference between the first orientation value and the second orientation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Angelo Scandaliato, Nils Forsblom, Maximilian Metti
  • Publication number: 20170293369
    Abstract: Apparatus including: hand-controllable signal-generating device that includes body having top side, and bottom side spaced apart from and facing away from top side, bottom side being configured for facilitating displacements of body over working surface in two-dimensional directions, body having biaxial-displacement detector configured for generating biaxial displacement signals representative of displacements of body in two-dimensional directions; and signal transmitter configured for communicating biaxial displacement signals to external electronic processor. Body has palm rest on top side; palm rest includes palm contact surface having contour for receiving portion of palm of person's hand into contact at position on palm contact surface. Contour of palm contact surface is configured for facilitating control by portion of palm of person's hand, being in contact at position on palm contact surface, of displacements of body in two-dimensional directions over working surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Solid Art Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Charlton, William Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20170293370
    Abstract: A vehicular display apparatus includes a display section, a pointing device, and a display control section. The display control section is configured to display an operation screen on the display section. The display control section is configured to generate an image that includes one of an object and an object group across a specified area on the operation screen, and execute processing of setting a part of the one of the object and the object group in a different display mode from the other part of the one of the object and the object group when the operation finger is recognized by a recognition section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kensuke HANAOKA, Seiichi TANAKA, Yasutomo KATO, Shinya FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20170293371
    Abstract: An optical film includes a substrate, an absorption pattern and a scattering reflection layer. The substrate has a contact surface and a back surface opposite the contact surface, wherein the substrate allows a first light to pass and is made of a non-rigid material. The absorption pattern is arranged on the contact surface of the substrate to absorb the first light. The scattering reflection layer is arranged on the back surface of the substrate to scatter and reflect the first light to the contact surface of the substrate. The foregoing optical film enables an optical reader device to detect variations of the reflected first light, which is caused by deformation of the substrate, so that the corresponding force information can be obtained. A user input system including the foregoing optical film is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Po-Hung YAO, Feng-Chih CHEN, Hsien-Ching CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170293372
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method including determining which sense lines are potentially corrupted based on touch image information, measuring a sense signal on each sense line, and applying a trained best compensation factor to the measured sense signal on potentially corrupted sense lines in order to produce a corrected sense signal. The corrected sense signal eliminates active stylus signal that has cross-coupled to a touch contact (e.g., a finger or conductive stylus) and thereby mitigates errors in stylus location due to cross-coupled signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Leah GUM, Wayne C. WESTERMAN, Seyed Mohammad NAVIDPOUR, Shahrooz SHAHPARNIA
  • Publication number: 20170293373
    Abstract: A method and system for providing absolute coordinate mapping using zone mapping input in a vehicle includes determining a touch input received on a touchpad located in the vehicle, presenting an absolute mapped position of the touch input on a display screen located in the vehicle, presenting one or more user interface objects on the display screen, and providing a plurality of display input zones corresponding to one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen. The method and system further include determining a user input to one of the one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen based on the absolute mapped position of the touch input on at least one of the one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen, and the plurality of display input zones on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ross Cameron Miller, Parhys L. Napier, Cody D. Grebe, David Albert Vanderburgh, Steven Feit
  • Publication number: 20170293374
    Abstract: Disclosed are a preparation method for a touch panel, a touch panel, and a display device. The preparation method for a touch panel comprises: step S10, forming a pattern comprising a first electrode chain and an insulating layer on a substrate, by using a patterning process for once, wherein the insulating layer is formed on the first electrode chain and the insulating layer covers the first electrode chain; and step S11, forming a pattern comprising a second electrode chain on the substrate on which the step S10 is finished, by using a patterning process for once, wherein the second electrode chain and the first electrode chain are spatially crossed and are insulated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jun Chen, Pengyu Zhang, Ting Zeng, Qingpu Wang, Xianlin Ding, Juntao Chen
  • Publication number: 20170293375
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor system includes a capacitive sensor device having a sense electrode that includes a first capacitor, a first supply voltage in , a first switch operable to couple the sense electrode to the first supply voltage during a first mode and an analog to digital converter during a second mode, a second switch operable to couple a second capacitor to a second supply voltage during the first mode and to an open circuit during the second mode, and a resistive element that includes a first terminal coupled between the first capacitor and the first switch, and a second terminal coupled between the second capacitor and the second switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: PETR CHOLASTA
  • Publication number: 20170293376
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to hover sensing. One example provides a hover sensor comprising an electrode array including a first electrode subset and a second electrode subset, each electrode in the first electrode subset coupled to a corresponding electrode in the second electrode subset at a respective node and separated from the corresponding electrode by a gap, a charge circuit configured to charge the first electrode subset substantially oppositely about a reference voltage to the second electrode subset, an integration circuit configured to, for each respective node, store a net charge on a capacitor and provide an output voltage based on the net charge stored on the capacitor, and a controller. The controller is configured to indicate a presence of a hover object responsive to identifying at least a threshold voltage change based on a sample of the output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yingying Tang, Tianzhu Qiao
  • Publication number: 20170293377
    Abstract: The invention provides a handheld electronic device including a case, a touch display module, a pressure sensing layer, and a metal layer. The case has a receiving recess. The touch display module is disposed in the receiving recess and includes an embedded touch display panel and a backlight module located under the embedded touch display panel. The pressure sensing layer is built in the touch display module. The metal layer is disposed in the receiving recess and located under the backlight module. An air gap exists between the metal layer and the backlight module. The pressure sensing layer, the air gap, and the metal layer constitute a capacitor unit. According to the invention, the production costs of the handheld electronic device are reduced and the processes of fabrication are simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Chao-Yung Hsu, Chih-Chao Chang, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20170293378
    Abstract: A touch screen including a substrate that includes an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area, the active area including at least one fingerprint recognition area; touch sensing electrodes including first sensing electrodes arranged in the active area, and at least one second sensing electrode arranged in the fingerprint recognition area, the second sensing electrode configured for sensing a touch and recognizing a fingerprint; and a pad portion provided with a plurality of pads which are electrically connected to respective sensing electrodes, wherein the at least one second sensing electrode includes: a plurality of sub electrodes extending in a direction inclined with respect to an edge portion of the active area; and a plurality of fingerprint recognition lines connecting the sub electrodes to the pad portion, and the fingerprint recognition lines arranged in a same fingerprint recognition area extend in a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: SOON SUNG AHN, HYOUNG WOOK JANG, HYUN JAE NA, MU GYEOM KIM
  • Publication number: 20170293379
    Abstract: A sensing device is provided with functions of force measurement, touch control and fingerprint identification. A first electrode layer has plural first electrodes. A switch and wire layer includes plural switch circuits, plural switch control lines and plural sensing signal lines. Each switch circuit is corresponding to an adjacent first electrode and electrically connected to the corresponding first electrode through a contact. Each switch control line includes two control wires and is electrically connected to two switch circuits. Each sensing signal line includes one sensing wire and is electrically connected to the two switch circuits. A force electrode layer has a force electrode. A compressible dielectric layer is arranged between the first electrode layer and the force electrode layer. The compressible dielectric layer is deformed when a force is applied, and restored to the original shape after the force is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN
  • Publication number: 20170293380
    Abstract: The aspects disclosed herein are directed to an interface device having a touch screen with a two-dimensional array of elementary capacitive detectors formed by a network of electrodes in the form of intersecting bands or by electrodes connected to control or connection lines, being connected to a respective controller. The interface device also includes at least one button with manual activation, and situated on the visible functional surface of the touch screen, and allows viewing through at least one button on the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Benoit CHAUVEAU, Oliver Kirsch
  • Publication number: 20170293381
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device including forming a first conductive pattern layer on a base layer, forming an organic layer on which a plurality of contact holes exposing a portion of the first conductive pattern layer on the base layer are defined, forming a resin pattern layer covering the contact holes on the organic layer, forming an insulating layer covering at least a portion of the resin pattern layer on the organic layer, removing the resin pattern layer such that an index matching layer is formed by removing at least the portion covering the resin pattern layer, and forming a second conductive pattern layer on the index matching layer. An electronic device constructed according to the method of manufacturing is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Seungrok LEE, Sunhaeng CHO
  • Publication number: 20170293382
    Abstract: A wiring body includes an adhesive layer and a mesh-like electrode layer having a shape of a mesh formed by fine wires intersecting each other is formed on the adhesive layer. The mesh-like electrode layer includes an intersection region intersecting the fine wires with each other and a non-intersection region corresponding to a region except for the intersection region. A depression recessed toward the adhesive layer is formed in the intersection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20170293383
    Abstract: A method for controlling a portable device comprising a first body in the center thereof, a second body positioned on the left side of the first body and a third body positioned on the right side of the first body, according to one embodiment of the present specification, may comprise the steps of; detecting a first triggering signal if a first faulted state is converted to a second faulted state; displaying a menu interface in the converted second faulted state on the basis of the detected first triggering signal; detecting a first control input with respect to the displayed menu interface; and if the second faulted state is converted to a third faulted state, displaying a first application in the third faulted state on the basis of the first control input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Doyoung LEE, Sinae CHUN, Juhwan LEE, Sihwa PARK
  • Publication number: 20170293384
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a touch electrode disposed on the substrate; a routing wiring disposed on the touch electrode; a light blocking layer disposed on the touch electrode; a semiconductor layer disposed on the light blocking layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from each other and disposed on the semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hyeyoung RYU, Yujin KIM, Soyeon PARK, Yousik SHIN
  • Publication number: 20170293385
    Abstract: One inventive aspect is an array substrate, which includes a plurality of touch leads, a common electrode layer, and a drive circuit. The common electrode layer is divided into a plurality of columns of self-capacitive electrodes, which are electronically connected to the drive circuit through the touch leads. The array substrate also includes a plurality of pixel units. Each touch lead is electronically connected to the self-capacitive electrode corresponding to the touch lead via a first via hole. At least one touch lead is parallel to and cross over one column of the self-capacitive electrodes. In a direction perpendicular to the array substrate, a projection of the self-capacitive electrode covers projections of a plurality of pixel units. In addition, along a direction of the touch leads, an interval between two adjacent first via holes is greater than or equal to a length of two pixel units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Xingyao ZHOU, Qijun YAO, Lingxiao DU
  • Publication number: 20170293386
    Abstract: A touchscreen panel is configured to accept an input touch command. The touchscreen panel includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) layer. The touchscreen panel also includes a touch sensor having a receiving element and a transmitting element, each arranged on the LCD layer. The receiving element and the transmitting element together are configured to detect an impending touch of the touch sensor via a hover system and a touch event in a touch-detecting mode. At least one of the receiving element and the transmitting element is configured to operate in a heating mode, as a heating element, when the impending touch of the touch sensor is not detected. The resultant heating element generates a heat energy input to the LCD layer and accelerates responsiveness of the LCD layer to the touch event. A method of controlling a touchscreen panel is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Seder, James A. Carpenter, William E. Conway, Reno V. Ramsey, Davide Silvestri, George Degener
  • Publication number: 20170293387
    Abstract: An input circuitry includes: a touch key layer and a pressure sensing layer. The touch key layer is positioned above the pressure sensing layer; the touch key layer is configured to receive touch operation. The pressure sensing layer is configured to acquire touch pressure of the touch operation performed on the touch key layer. The touch pressure is acquired through the pressure sensing layer, a response instruction is generated according to the touch pressure, and the terminal executes the touch instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170293388
    Abstract: A driver circuit, a touch display device, and a method of driving the touch display device. Touching force is sensed by driving a plurality of first electrodes disposed in a display panel and a second electrode located outside of the display panel. The first electrodes corresponding to force sensors for sensing the touching force and the second electrode are driven by alternating in-phase driving and antiphase driving. Touching force components are selectively and accurately extracted from sensing data, and the touching force can be accurately sensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungsu HAN, CheolSe KIM, SungChul KIM, Suyun JU
  • Publication number: 20170293389
    Abstract: A control device including: a processor configured to: receive signals from a multiple display system and report touch operations on the multiple display system via a network to an information processing device, the multiple display system including a first display and a second display that are configured to display the screen image dividedly, and when the processor detects a first touch operation on the first display and a second touch operation on the second display successively and determines that a relation between an end of the first touch operation and a start of the second touch operation satisfies a specified condition, report another touch operation, whose start corresponds to a start of the first touch operation and whose end corresponds to an end of the second touch operation, on the multiple display system to the information processing device via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kota ITAKURA, Naoki NISHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170293390
    Abstract: A system may comprise a registration device configured to register patterns for users; a recording device configured to record a received pattern, as an electronic pattern, wherein the recording device recognizes the received pattern as one of the registered patterns; a receiving device configured to observe human movement patterns with a camera, transform the observed human movement patterns to an electronic signal, and receive the recognized registered pattern from the recording device by a first wireless transmission; a forwarding device configured to transmit the electronic signal, and the received recognized registered pattern to an alert service by a second wireless transmission; and an alert service, configured to receive the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern from the forwarding device and configured to transmit the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern to a second electronic device by a third wireless transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: PETER C. BAHRS, PETER H. BURTON, DONNA K. BYRON, SANGEETA GAUTAM, MANVENDRA GUPTA, ANNE KLINE
  • Publication number: 20170293391
    Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of sensing a touch input, and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a camera unit configured to receive an image in a camera mode; a display unit configured to sense a touch input; a control unit configured to designate a region on the basis of a touch input sensed by the display unit, execute the camera mode when a region is designated, control the camera unit to capture the received image, and display the captured image in the designated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hayang JUNG, Mijin Cho, Hyungtae Jang, Suyoung Lee, Jihye Yu
  • Publication number: 20170293392
    Abstract: A device obtains a signal representative of objects on a touch surface of a multi-touch sensing apparatus and executes a method for extracting touch data from the signal. The method operates in a sequence of detection frames. Each detection frame comprises the steps of: obtaining the signal; processing the signal for identifying touches; determining a set of identified touches and touch data for the set of identified touches; and outputting the touch data. At least one of the steps of processing and determining includes a prioritization that actively favors certain touches to be identified and included in the set of identified touches, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Tomas CHRISTIANSSON, Ola WASSVIK, Christer FAHRAEUS
  • Publication number: 20170293393
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch screen and a smart terminal. the touch screen comprises m scan blocks, and the scan block comprises a GOA stage transfer circuit, n scan lines and at least one TP scan module, and the GOA stage transfer circuit is employed for inputting a STV signal and a CK signal, and the GOA stage transfer circuit comprises n GOA units which are cascade connected, and an ith GOA unit in the GOA stage transfer circuit is employed to charge an ith scan line, and an nth scan line is coupled to the at least one TP scan module; as scanning, the GOA stage transfer circuit in a jth scan block starts scanning under function of a jth STV signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicants: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd., Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianxing XIE, Yucheng TSAI
  • Publication number: 20170293394
    Abstract: A method of compensated touch data values disclosed herein includes acquiring touch data values about a dead sensing zone of a touch screen, and determining a peak value of those touch data values. Then, a new peak value is calculated as a function of an average of the peak value and another value of the touch data value, and a sharpness value for the dead sensing zone is generated if a second highest value of the touch data values is less than the new peak value. Thereafter, compensated touch data values are generated for the dead sensing zone if the second highest value is greater than the new peak value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Rooney Kim, Lokesh Kumar Korapati
  • Publication number: 20170293395
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: HYOUNG-RAE KIM, YOON-KYUNG CHOI, HWA-HYUN CHO, SANG-WOO KIM, HAE-YONG AHN, HYUNG-DAL KWON, JONG-KANG PARK, SAN-HO BYUN, Jae-suk YU
  • Publication number: 20170293396
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a housing that has an inflow/outflow part through which gas flows in and out; a barometer sensor that is arranged inside of the housing and detects atmospheric pressure; and a processing unit that processes information. The processing unit senses pressing of a user on the basis of an atmospheric pressure change inside of the housing detected by the barometer sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: MyungJin JUNG, Tetsuya NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20170293397
    Abstract: A control circuit of a touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel includes first and second terminals drawn from a first resistive film; and third and fourth terminals drawn from a second resistive film. The control circuit includes a coordinate detection circuit configured to generate an impedance detection signal for an impedance of the touch panel and a voltage detection signal for at least one of voltages of the first to fourth terminals, which are used for generating a coordinate touched by a user. The control circuit further includes a memory configured to store initial data corresponding to an initial state impedance of at least one predetermined path of the touch panel. A calibration circuit of the control circuit acquires an operation state impedance of the path and calibrate the coordinate detection circuit based on detection data corresponding to the operation state impedance and the initial state impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hirotoshi USUI, Naoki TADA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170293398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device for controlling at least one function of a motor vehicle unit. Said control device includes a capacitive sensing surface (2) configured so as to detect a manual command from a user. Said control device is characterized in that it also comprises a device for detecting objects having ferromagnetic properties, said detection device including: —at least one magnetic field generation device (3) configured so as to generate a magnetic field on the capacitive sensing surface (2);—at least one device (4) for measuring the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generation device (3); and—a device for monitoring the control (5), that is connected to the measurement device (4) and to the capacitive sensing surface (2), and is configured so as to monitor the control signal emitted by the capacitive sensing surface (2) on the basis of the magnetic field measured by the measurement device (4) during detection of the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: DAV
    Inventors: Guy Razurel, Gilles Pittion, Philippe Barathon, Ertugrul Taspinar
  • Publication number: 20170293399
    Abstract: Many computing projects involve an automated generation of a media collage from media captured from a variety of devices. Some projects may involve the collection of media from devices owned or operated by different users; however, coordinating the participation of the users in the collage project may be difficult. Presented herein are techniques for generating an automated media collage, wherein an initiating user designates an invitee list of invitees. The device of each invitee may present an invitation to participate in the media collage as a participant. For each invitee who agrees to participate, the device of the participant may automatically capture media according to the media capture invitation, and automatically transmit the media capture for inclusion in the collage. A media collage is generated from the media captures of the participants, and is transmitted to the device of each participant, which presents the media collage to the participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Jesse Daniel Ewanko
  • Publication number: 20170293400
    Abstract: Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Michael John Patten, Sean Obafemi Lyndersay, Melissa S. Kerr, Sean Gary Nordberg, Marty Joseph Hall, Mark Yalovsky, Paula J. Chuchro
  • Publication number: 20170293401
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to populate contact information. In some aspect, a starting time and an ending time for a calendar event on a first day is determined. A calendar view for a plurality of days is displayed on an electronic device. The plurality of days comprise the first day. The calendar view comprises a first graphic user interface object representing the first day and a second graphic user interface object representing the calendar event on the first day. The second graphic user interface object indicates the starting time and the ending time of the calendar event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Kieran Patrick Cunney, Grant Ross Elliott, Andrew Joseph Klamut
  • Publication number: 20170293402
    Abstract: The systems and techniques described herein implement an improved gaze-based on-screen keyboard that provide dynamically variable dwell times to increase throughput and reduce errors. Utilizing a language model, the probability that each key of the on-screen keyboard will be the subsequential key can be determined, and based at least in part on this determined probability, a dwell time can be assigned to each key. When used as an iterative process, a minimum dwell time may be gradually reduced as confidence in the subsequential key increases to provide a cascading minimum dwell time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Meredith June Morris, Shane Frandon Williams, Mira Eileen Shah, Ann Paradiso, Harish S. Kulkarni, Martez Mott, Jay Curtis Beavers, Jonathan Thomas Campbell, Peter John Ansell
  • Publication number: 20170293403
    Abstract: A method and device for displaying pages in application program and a computer-readable medium are provided. The method includes: receiving a first preset operation of a user on an application program that is currently running; displaying path information of pages accessed historically by the user in the application program according to the first preset operation, wherein the path information comprise a sequential relationship among the pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Fei XIANGLI, Baoke CHEN, Zhuang QIAN
  • Publication number: 20170293404
    Abstract: A process controls navigation and presentation of digital resources on a computer device. Identifying parameters for digital resources are stored as a set of digital resources, including an ordered set of digital resources. When receiving an instruction to navigate between resources, it is determined whether the first and second resources meet criteria that will enable a visually smooth navigation between the resources by transitioning from a first digital resource to a second digital resource without clearing all of the displayed elements of the first digital resource. The smooth navigation is performed by sending an identifier of the second digital resource to a history of a resource viewing component (e.g., a browser) and triggering a pop-state event in the resource viewing component that causes the resource viewing component to complete the desired smooth navigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Sylvain Boodhoo, Will McGarrett Harper
  • Publication number: 20170293405
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for managing node pagination for a graph data set. A content controller receives a request for one or more pages of a node for display at the user interface; retrieving the one or more pages of the node from a backing store of the graph data set; caching the one or more pages at the content controller; and returning the one or more pages to the user interface for loading and display. In response to de-selection of one or more pages in the display, the method may hide the pages of data for the node by un-loading the pages from the display whilst maintaining the pages in the cache. In response to re-selection of one or more pages in the display, the method may retrieve the pages from the cache and re-loading the pages in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas J. Cowie, Anthony A. Garrard, Jonathan Limburn, Nicolas S. Townsend
  • Publication number: 20170293406
    Abstract: A display data generation method used in a computer including an output module, includes generating display data of page numbers for scrollably displaying page numbers of a plurality of pages each containing predetermined item information, to output the display data of page numbers from the output module, retrieving page information indicating a same number of pages as a number of page numbers displayed in a distance corresponding to a distance between two points in a display region in which the page numbers are displayed when the two points are specified by the user, wherein the number of page numbers are calculated based on the distance between the two points and the distance between adjacent page numbers displayed in the display region, and generating item display data for displaying item information contained in the pages indicated in the retrieved page information, to output the item display data from the output module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Daisuke TAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170293407
    Abstract: Systems and methods that help ensure that content on a webpage is read and understood by analyzing user activity on a graphical user interface are described. As a user views and interacts with a webpage, activity of the user is monitored. For example, data associated with eye movement, brainwave activity, lip movement, eyebrow movement, and/or forehead wrinkling is collected. This data is then analyzed to determine if the user read and understood the content presented. Should the user fail to read and/or comprehend the content, the user may be alerted and/or prevented from proceeding or accessing additional content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Charles Todasco