Abstract: A circuit switch comprises a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a third circuit board which are intact and sequentially parallel to each other; and a dual ramp means, wherein a first end of the first circuit board and a first end of the third circuit board contacts with the two ramps of the dual ramp means, respectively, a first end of the second circuit board does not contact with the dual ramp means, the first end of the second circuit board comprises a circuit, a second point and a third point of the circuit contacts with and electrically couples to a first point of the first circuit board and a fourth point of the third circuit board, respectively.

Abstract: System and methods for ESD protection in a touch screen display are disclosed. A touch screen display for an Information Handling System (IHS) include a coverglass, an ESD ground ring on the coverglass; and a touch panel proximate to the coverglass. An information handling system includes a display housing including a bezel adapted to retain a plurality of display components; the plurality of display components including a coverglass, an ESD ground ring on the coverglass; and a touch panel proximate to the coverglass. Methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A touch panel includes: a substrate including a touch recognition area and a fingerprint recognition area; a first driving electrode and a first sensing electrode insulated from each other on the substrate and each positioned in the touch recognition area; and a second driving electrode and a second sensing electrode insulated from each other on the substrate and each positioned in the fingerprint recognition area. At least one of the second driving electrode and the second sensing electrode includes: a stem portion; and a branch portion branching off from the stem portion.

Abstract: A touch panel and a display device are provided. The touch panel includes a first substrate, a color filter layer including a plurality of color pixel units arranged in a matrix being disposed on the first substrate, the first substrate further including a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of touch driving electrodes, wherein, the touch sensing electrodes are disposed between color pixel units in adjacent rows or in adjacent column and have a function of shielding light; and the touch driving electrodes are disposed to be insulated from and cross the touch sensing electrodes, and are applied with touch scanning signals at a touch stage and are applied with common electrode signals at a display stage. The above touch panel can simplify the structure and the manufacturing process of in-cell touch panels.

Abstract: In described examples, an apparatus includes a metal plate having a plurality of defined areas forming touch sensors on a first planar surface, and having an opposing planar surface. The metal plate is arranged to be deformable in the plurality of defined areas by a human touch. A circuit board has a plurality of conductive sensors on a first surface arranged with the plurality of conductive sensors facing and spaced from the opposing planar surface of the metal plate, the conductive sensors placed in correspondence with the defined areas on the metal plate so that deflection sensors are formed in the defined areas by the conductive sensors and the opposing planar surface of the metal plate. Methods are described.

Abstract: A touch display device including a substrate, a first touch electrode, a display layer and an insulating layer is provided. The substrate includes a first bending portion. The first touch electrode is disposed over the substrate. Over the first bending portion of the substrate, the display layer is disposed between the substrate and the first touch electrode, and the insulating layer is disposed between the display layer and the first touch electrode.

Abstract: An input device includes a casing having a recess in its inner surface, and a pressure-sensitive sensor disposed in the recess. The pressure-sensitive sensor is fixed in the recess so that a sensing surface of the pressure-sensitive sensor and a bottom surface of the recess are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A polarizer and a display device, which relates to a display technology is provided. The polarizer is divided into a plurality of pattern regions arranged in a two-dimensional direction. The polarizer includes a linear polarization pattern and a touch sensing electrode disposed in the pattern region. The touch sensing electrodes in the different pattern regions are not connected. Polarization pattern and touch sensing electrode are set in the same layer.

Abstract: In a touch assisting structure and its device, the touch assisting structure is integrated with a projected capacitive touch device to achieve the effect of telecommunicatively triggering an action by a touch control after any insulator or non-insulator is touched actively or passively, and the structure and device may be applied to any moving object or a robot with a touch function. The touch assisting structure includes a main body and an electrically conductive medium, and the main body is a flexible body in a solid state, and the solid main body produces a deformation after the solid main body is compressed by a force and resumes its original solid state after the force is released. The electrically conductive medium is uniformly distributed in the main body and has a conductivity greater than 0.5 S·m?1.

Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode provided at a position that does not overlap with the first electrode, a third electrode arranged facing the first electrode and the second electrode via a spacing, and a detector configured to apply a drive signal to the first electrode and detect an output signal appearing in the second electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus for sensing a touch pressure includes: a substrate; a touch sensor provided on one surface of the substrate; a first pressure sensing electrode provided on the other surface opposite to the one surface of the substrate; a protective layer provided on the first pressure sensing electrode, the protective layer including a first opening area through which a portion of the first pressure sensing electrode is exposed; a flexible circuit board electrically connecting the touch sensor and the first pressure sensing electrode to each other; and a conductive member disposed in the first opening area, the conductive member electrically connecting the first pressure sensing electrode and the flexible circuit board to each other.

Abstract: The present application discloses a touch panel and a display device. The touch panel includes first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction in a touch area of a substrate, first touch electrode lines and second touch electrode lines, and the first touch electrode lines are at least partially arranged in a touch area, the first touch electrode and/or the second touch electrode has an opening area, and an orthographic projection of the first touch electrode line to the substrate overlaps with that of the opening area to the substrate.

Abstract: A driving method for a liquid crystal panel is disclosed. Wherein, the driving method includes: (A) at a moment of switching from a normal display time stage to a touch scanning time stage in a current frame, applying a first over driving voltage to a common electrode of each pixel of a liquid crystal panel; and (B) at a moment of switching from the touch scanning time stage in the current frame to a normal display time stage of a next frame, applying a second over driving voltage to the common electrode of each pixel. According to the method described above a time that the common electrode reaches a present level voltage is shorten in order to effectively improve the poor display and touch problem caused by signal abnormality at moments of switching between a normal display and a touch scanning in an in-cell touch panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a first layer and a second layer over the second layer. The first layer possesses a display region including: a plurality of first sub-pixels; a plurality of second sub-pixels; a plurality of third sub-pixels; a partition wall sandwiched by two adjacent sub-pixels; and a sealing film thereover. The second layer includes: a first touch electrode overlapping with the partition wall and arranged along the partition wall; and a second touch electrode overlapping with the partition wall, arranged along the partition wall, and intersecting the first touch electrode. The first touch electrode and the second touch electrode exist in the same layer. The first touch electrode and the second touch electrode each have a plurality of openings. Among the number of the first sub-pixels, the number of the second sub-pixels, and the number of the third sub-pixels, one is different from the other two.

Abstract: A touch sensor laminate includes a polarizing plate having a predetermined stretching direction, and a sensing pattern layer formed on at least one surface of the polarizing plate. The sensing pattern layer includes a first pattern formed along a first direction, a second pattern formed along a second direction, and a bridge electrode electrically connecting isolated unit patterns included in the second pattern. The first pattern includes a plurality of unit patterns, and a connection portion connecting neighboring unit patterns of the plurality of unit patterns, the connection portion having a width smaller than a maximum width of the unit pattern of the first pattern. An angle between the stretching direction of the polarizing plate and a length direction of the connection portion is 60° or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a touch display device. The display panel comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other, which are adhered to each other via a sealant; a plurality of pressure sensors, which are provided on one side of the first substrate facing the second substrate or on one side of the second substrate facing the first substrate, wherein, the pressure sensor comprises plurality of resistors, and a projection of the sealant in a direction vertical to the display panel covers at least one resistor in the pressure sensor. In the embodiments of the disclosure, the projection of the sealant adhering the first substrate to the second substrate in the direction vertical to the display panel covers at least one resistor in the pressure sensor.

Abstract: An array substrate, a touch display panel, and a touch display device are provided. The array substrate includes a plurality of pressure sensors. Each pressure sensor includes a first input terminal electrically connected to a first power input terminal, and a second input terminal electrically connected to a second power input terminal. The array substrate also includes a first connection line between the first input terminal of each pressure sensor and the first power input terminal. The first connection line has a first line resistance. In addition, the array substrate includes a second connection line between the second input terminal of each pressure sensor and the second power input terminal. The second connection line has a second line resistance. Further, the array substrate includes a ratio of a resistance of each pressure sensor to a sum of the corresponding first line resistance and second line resistance is the same.

Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The display area includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of first touch electrodes. A plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of discrete pads are provided in a first non-display area at a side of the display area. Each data signal line is connected to at least one data line, each pad is electrically connected to a respective data signal line, and at least one pad is electrically connected to a respective first touch electrode. The pads are configured to supply a data signal to the data lines in a display phase and to supply a touch signal to the first touch electrodes in a touch phase.

Abstract: A sensor and a method for detecting a displacement are disclosed with one implementation having a force sensor on a display. The sensor reacts to a bend of a conductor, wherein a diameter of the bends corresponds to a self-capacitance that is measurable from the conductor. In one embodiment the bent conductor is placed between two circuit boards or between a circuit board and a display, wherein a force applied to either surface causes a change in the bend diameter and the force may be measured. The sensor may be digital with a processor or analog with discrete components.

Abstract: A touch interface device comprising a touch surface, a first electrode coupled with the touch surface, a second electrode coupled with the touch surface, where when an appendage of an operator touches the touch surface above both the first electrode and the second electrode a first actuation electrical potential from the first electrode and a second actuation electric potential from the second electrode establish electric fields that pass from one of the first and second electrodes directly through the outermost layer of the appendage and return to the other of the first and second electrodes via the outermost layer of the appendage.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a force detection apparatus includes: a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies force, and configured to be supplied with a drive signal; a conductor facing the first electrode, and supplied with a reference potential; a second electrode and a third electrode arranged between the first electrode and the conductor; a first dielectric layer arranged between the first electrode, and the second electrode and the third electrode; and a second dielectric layer arranged between the second electrode and the third electrode, and the conductor. The second electrode is supplied with the reference potential. A signal that is the same as the drive signal is supplied in synchronization with the drive signal to the third electrode.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display, a touch sensor sensing a touch of an external object, a force sensor sensing pressure by the touch, and a processor that is electrically connected with the display. The touch sensor, the force sensor and a memory are electrically connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to activate at least part of the force sensor while the display is turned off, or while the display operates in a low-power mode, to perform a first function if pressure of a first level by the touch is sensed in the at least part of the force sensor. The processor also performs a second function associated with the first function if pressure of a second level by the touch is sensed in the force sensor while the first function is performed.

Abstract: A touch display panel and a display device are provided. The touch display panel includes a display area and a non-display area around the display area. The non-display area includes a plurality of pressure sensors. At least one of the plurality of pressure sensors is located a distance of H away from a closest corner of the touch display panel, where H satisfies: 2.5 mm<H<42.5 mm. The touch display panel and the display device are provided to improve the pressure detection of the touch display panel.

Abstract: A touch panel is disclosed. The panel has a substrate having a touch region with a plurality of touch areas, a touch position detection apparatus, at least one pressure sensor group and a processor. The at least one pressure sensor group is disposed on the substrate. The pressure sensor group includes a first-type pressure sensor and a second-type pressure sensor. The first-type pressure sensor is located on a first side of the touch region and the second-type pressure sensor is located on a second side opposite to the first side of the touch region so that the first-type pressure sensor and the second-type pressure sensor of the same pressure sensor group are symmetric about the centerline of the touch panel. Each of the plurality of touch areas is associated with one of the at least one pressure sensor group.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes communication circuitry configured to communicate with a display apparatus which displays an image of a viewpoint of a panoramic image; a touch screen configured to display a substantially circular user interface (UI); and a processor, in response to a point on the substantially circular UI being touched, configured to transmit a control signal to display an image of a viewpoint corresponding to the touched point of the panoramic image to the display apparatus through the communication circuitry.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided that includes a housing comprising a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, and a transparent cover which forms at least part of the first surface, a display interposed between the first and second surfaces of the housing and exposed through the transparent cover, a first electrode interposed between the transparent cover and the display, a second electrode interposed between the first electrode and the display, a third electrode interposed between the second electrode and the display, a first dielectric layer interposed between the first and second electrodes, a second dielectric layer interposed between the second and third electrodes, and a processor configured to detect a location of a touch on the first surface using the first and second electrodes, and detect pressure on the first surface using the second and third electrodes.

Abstract: The input detection device includes: first and second signal lines having ends and arranged to extend in a first direction; drive electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and arranged in parallel to the first direction; a first switch connected between one end of each drive electrode and the first signal line; a second switch connected between the other end of each drive electrode and the second signal line; a driving signal circuit supplying a driving signal to ends of the first signal line and the second signal line; and a selection circuit controlling the first switch and the second switch when it is detected that an external object is close. A size of the first switch connected to be close to the end of the first signal line is made smaller than a size of the first switch connected to be farther than the close first switch from the end.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detecting device includes: a first drive area and a second drive area each including drive electrodes and detection electrodes, the drive electrodes extending in a first direction, being arrayed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and being applied with a drive signal, the detection electrodes extending in the second direction, being arrayed in the first direction, and outputting a detection signal. Application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the second drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to the drive electrodes arranged in a first predetermined area included in the first drive area, and application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the first drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to a second predetermined area included in the second drive area.

Abstract: Information is presented on a touchscreen display. An available viewing surface area of the touchscreen is separated into a first zone and at least a second zone. The first zone is operable for presenting a critical portion of the information. The second zone is operable for receiving haptic user inputs. Usage of the first zone and the second zone are coordinated. The presentation of the critical information in the first separated zone, and/or a prompt related to at least one of the one or more haptic user inputs may be controlled based on the coordinated usage.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a user input device and methods for expanding an input area in response to an estimation of the accuracy of touch input or the likelihood that a series of touches will hit an intended touch target area. In one aspect, an embodiment includes a first capacitive area defined by a first electrode and a second capacitive area defined by the first electrode and a second electrode. The embodiment further includes a processing unit that may be configured to, in a first mode, execute an operation in response to a touch received in the first capacitive area. The processing unit may be configured to, in a second mode, execute the operation in response to the touch received in the second capacitive area.

Abstract: An input device in which an input operation is performed by an operation allowing an object to contact or come close to an input surface, comprises an input operation identification means for identifying a kind of input operation based on whether or not a movement distance corresponding to a distance that the object moves on the input surface exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a touch time measurement means for measuring touch time corresponding to time during which the object contacts or comes close to the input surface, and a threshold value setting means for setting a distance threshold value. The threshold value setting means sets the distance threshold value in accordance with the touch time such that the distance threshold value with respect to the touch time which is longer than a predetermined touch time is larger than the distance threshold value with respect to the predetermined touch time.

Abstract: A touch-sensing method with unexpected-touch exclusion includes detecting sensing area to obtain touch point; checking total number of detected points forming the touch point with first and second numbers; determining a touch of the touch point as normal touch when the total number is less than or equal to the first number; determining the touch of the touch point as invalid touch when the total number is greater than or equal to the second number; checking if the touch point belongs to an edge region or not when the total number is greater than the first number and less than the second number; determining the touch of the touch point as the invalid touch when the touch point does not belong to the edge region; and determining the touch of the touch point as an unknown touch when the touch point belongs to the edge region.

Abstract: A common mode noise processing apparatus is provided. The common mode noise processing apparatus includes s subtraction processing units (210-1 to 210-s) and one spectrum analysis module (220); each of the subtraction processing units (210-1 to 210-s) includes two first input ports (211-1 to 211-s, 212-1 to 212-s) connected to the subtractor, one subtractor (213-1 to 213-s) and one first output port (214-1 to 214-s) connected to the subtractor; the spectrum analysis module (220) includes s second input ports (221-1 to 221-s) connected to the s first output ports in one-to-one correspondence and at least one spectrum analysis unit (222) connected to the s second input ports (221). The common mode noise processing apparatus may be capable of detecting a common mode noise in a signal for determining a location of a touch point, so as to reduce impact of the common mode noise on the signal.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays a moving image based on moving image data on a display surface; an operation detection unit that detects operation of an pointer on the display surface; and a control unit that pauses the moving image displayed by the display unit in a case where the operation detection unit detects the operation of the pointer.

Abstract: Selection of visualization objects, such as applications windows, is performed by determining a position of a system object. A graphical representation of a system object can be positioned over a display area of an application interface. The application interface is preeminently displayed in response to a graphical representation of system object being positioned over a corresponding display area of the application interface.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a plurality of applications are provided. The method includes determining at least a partial area of a User Interface (UI) corresponding to an input, generating a window based on the at least the partial area, displaying an application list related to the window, and based on an input of selecting one application from the application list, providing the selected application through the window.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for browsing. The method includes receiving a selection by a user of a particular summary entry from a set of summary entries displayed by an information hub. Each of the summary entries is a respective summary of a respective detailed entry from a set of detailed entries accessible from different ones of a plurality of destination applications. The method further includes generating, by a hardware processor, metadata information about related detailed entries to the particular information summary entry selected by the user. The method also includes generating a custom view for a display device. The custom view includes the respective detailed entry for the particular information summary selected by the user and suggestions of related detailed entries determined from the set of detailed entries using the metadata information.

Abstract: Methods and systems for population of user identifiers based on nearby devices are disclosed. One or more user identifiers are entered into a first electronic device. When the first electronic device is in proximity to a second electronic device, and a user prepares to log on to the second electronic device, the one or more user identifiers from the first electronic device are retrieved by the second electronic device and presented to the user for selection. The user identifiers may be displayed in a prioritized state based on particular factors. Sharing policies for particular user identifiers may be set based on user input. The user can then select one of the presented user names for logging on to an account with the second electronic device.

Abstract: A clipboard component provides a multi-item clipboard store. The clipboard component uses a technical strategy that facilitates its efficient adoption and use by end users and application developers. From an end user's standpoint, the clipboard component provides a new user experience which is easy for the users to discover, learn and use, due, in part, to the use of ergonomic control mechanisms for activating paste and copy operations. From a developer's standpoint, the clipboard component provides a way of allowing existing legacy applications to interact with a multi-item clipboard store, even though these applications were not originally created to provide that type of interaction. The clipboard component can also, upon instruction by a user, apply one or more supplemental operations to a copied content item, such as transferring the item to a target computing device.

Abstract: An image control method includes: acquiring detection information indicating a gaze region or a position of a user with respect to a display device displaying plural items of selection option information that are subject to a selection operation; determining whether or not the gaze region of the user indicated by the acquired detection information is in a resting state, or whether or not the position of the user indicated by the acquired detection information is within a predetermined range; and by a processor, controlling modification of a display state of items of the selection option information displayed in a specific region of the display device in accordance with a determination result based on the detection information.

Abstract: An electronic device including a flexible display and a method thereof are disclosed herein. The electronic device may include the flexible display and a processor. The processor implements the method, including controlling the flexible display to divide a display area into a first area and a second area, controlling the flexible display to display a first graphic element related to a first application in the first area, and a second graphic element related to controlling the first application in the second area, and controlling the first application responsive to detecting an input to the second graphic element.

Abstract: An electronic device displays a content region including first content that contains an image; and, while displaying the first content, detects an input at a location that corresponds to the location of the image. In response, the electronic device, in accordance with a determination that the input includes an intensity above a respective threshold and that the image is associated with a link to second content that is different from the first content, displays a preview of the second content while maintaining display of at least a portion of the first content in the content region; and, in accordance with a determination that the input includes an intensity above the respective threshold and that the image is not associated with a link to additional content, displays an enlarged version of the image while maintaining display of at least a portion of the first content in the content region.

Abstract: The present invention offers a snap-shot view which brings together, in one summary window, a limited list of common functions and commonly accessed stored data which itself can be reached directly from the main menu listing some or all applications. This yields many advantages in ease and speed of navigation, particularly on small screen devices.

Abstract: A system and method for standardizing commands used for various application behaviors in an application regardless of the environment of the application. A client intercepts a user input standard command, retrieves a corresponding native command from a standardizing server and inputs the native command in the application.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a data transmission method and apparatus which are to be applied to a source client, wherein the source client is a client in a foreground running status in a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal, by means of a split-screen function, divides the display screen thereof into a first split screen for displaying a running interface of the source client and a second split screen for displaying a running interface of a target client, the target client is a client in a foreground running status in the mobile terminal. The method comprises: establishing a communication connection between the source client and the target client; receiving a drag instruction for a thumbnail of target data in the source client and moving the thumbnail according to the drag instruction; monitoring whether a data transmission instruction for the target data is received, if yes, transmitting the target data to the target client through the established communication connection.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen display, a processor electrically connected to the touch screen display and configured to receive a touch input applied to the touch screen display, detect a first location of the received touch input on the touch screen display, set an area related to the first detected location on the touch screen display, based on at least one condition, detect, if the received touch input is released, a second location on the touch screen display from which the touch input is released, determine whether the second detected location is within the set area, and if it is determined that the second detected location is within the set area, determine whether at least one function is executed.

Abstract: One or more touch input signals can be obtained from a touch sensitive device. A touch event model can be used to determine touch and/or gesture events based on the touch input signals. The touch and gesture events can be associated with touch input signals generated from different regions of a web page displayed on the touch sensitive device. Access can be provided to at least one touch or gesture event through a programming interface.

Abstract: A user interface through which information is proactively provided utilizes visual cues indicative of the relevance of the information that is being proactively provided. Such visual cues include sizing, color, intensity, movement, and other like visual attributes. A single discrete visual element proactively presents information to the user. The user is provided with the opportunity to define discrete events, whereby information associated with such events is presented through other discrete elements. The physical orientation of such discrete elements indicates relationships between elements. Ranking functionality identifies more immediately relevant information and the rankings of related elements are increased based upon other, contextual information with which such information is associated, and on which the importance of such information is based.

Abstract: Systems and processes for scanning a user interface are disclosed. One process can include scanning multiple elements within a user interface by highlighting the elements. The process can further include receiving a selection while one of the elements is highlighted and performing an action on the element that was highlighted when the selection was received. The action can include scanning the contents of the selected element or performing an action associated with the selected element. The process can be used to navigate an array of application icons, a menu of options, a standard desktop or laptop operating system interface, or the like. The process can also be used to perform gestures on a touch-sensitive device or mouse and track pad gestures (e.g., flick, tap, or freehand gestures).

Abstract: A smart device is provided with a main remote control application that may be configured using information. The main remote control application may present images of original remote controls corresponding to devices which are controllable by the configured main remote control application. In connection with a presented image of an original remote control, the display may present icons that are representative of a subset of the buttons of the original remote control. The user interface also allows a user to select amongst the images of the original remote controls to change which appliances are to be controlled via the user interface. A pop-up remote control widget may also be provided which may be invoked without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device.