Patents Issued in April 18, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190113989
    Abstract: A digit mounted stylus system includes a digit-cover having an open-end and a closed-end, and at least one raised protrusion configured on an outer surface of the digit-cover. The digit-cover is adapted to cover the tip of the digit of the user and enable a user to accurately use an electronic device via contact between the at least one raised protrusion and a screen of the electronic device. The device also allows for re-positioning of fingers and thumbs to relieve stress of single position use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Giese
  • Publication number: 20190113990
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an ultrasonic pen based writing system and method. The writing system includes: an ultrasonic pen, a writing board, an MCU main control unit and a reference signal transmitting unit; wherein the ultrasonic pen comprises an ultrasonic transmitter and a pen lead; an upper end portion of the pen lead forms a signal receiving portion fixed with the ultrasonic transmitter; at least two ultrasonic receivers are arranged correspondingly on the writing board, each ultrasonic receiver is communicatively connected to the MCU main control unit; the reference signal transmitting unit is communicatively connected to the ultrasonic transmitter and the MCU main control unit. The method is based on the system. The ultrasonic pen based writing system provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can minimize the error caused by slant writing and reduce the structural complexity of the ultrasonic writing systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Li Lin, Huacheng Yin, Cailin Pu, Zhixing He
  • Publication number: 20190113991
    Abstract: A stylus including a pen rod, an ink core, and an electrically conductive element and a touch system are provided. The pen rod has an opening and the material thereof includes an electrically conductive material. The ink core is partially disposed inside the pen rod and a section of the ink core protrudes out of the opening. A terminal of the section is adapted to touch a touch writing surface to form an ink script on the touch writing surface. The electrically conductive element is disposed at the opening of the pen rod and includes a ring-shaped portion located between the opening of the pen rod and the terminal of the section. When the terminal of the ink core touches the touch writing surface, a gap is maintained between the ring-shaped portion and the touch writing surface and a touch sensing signal is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Cheng Wu, Pen-Ning Kuo
  • Publication number: 20190113992
    Abstract: A method is provided to interface an active stylus with a sensor controller, wherein the sensor controller is coupled to a sensor configured to receive input from the active stylus. In the method the sensor controller defines data frames consisting of more than one time slot usable for receiving packets from the stylus. The active stylus transmits, in response to a request from the sensor controller, a signal including stylus capability information. The sensor controller determines, based on the stylus capability information, a downlink time slot allocation for use by the active stylus to transmit packets to the sensor controller. The sensor controller transmits the downlink time slot allocation to the active stylus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: David Charles Fleck, Sadao Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190113993
    Abstract: A touch sensor including a substrate, a plurality of first sensing electrodes arranged on the substrate, a plurality of first split electrodes respectively adjacent to the plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes insulated from the plurality of first sensing electrodes, and a plurality of second split electrodes respectively adjacent to the plurality of second sensing electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Jae Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20190113994
    Abstract: A three-dimensional curved touch panel includes a light-transmissivity substrate and a touch-sensing module. The light-transmissivity substrate has a three-dimensional curved surface. The three-dimensional curved surface is defined with a sensing area and a surrounding area surrounding the sensing area. The touch-sensing module is bonded to the sensing area and the surrounding area of the three-dimensional curved surface. The touch-sensing module is provided with two indentations which are opposite to each other at an edge thereof. The indentations are located in the surrounding area, and the sensing area is located between the indentations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Chen-Hsing HUANG, Pei-Yin CHOU
  • Publication number: 20190113995
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a processor of the mobile computing device may receive an input for performing a function with respect to content at the mobile device in which the content at the mobile device is segmented into at least a first command layer having one or more objects and a second command layer having one or more objects. The processor may determine whether the received input is associated with a first object of the first command layer or a second object of the second command layer. The processor may determine a function to be performed on one of the first or second objects based on whether the first command layer or the second command layer is determined to be associated with the received input, and the processor may perform the determined function on the first object or the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan Kies, Robyn Teresa Oliver, Robert Tartz, Douglas Brems, Suhail Jalil
  • Publication number: 20190113996
    Abstract: A conductive structure is provided. The conductive structure includes a template including a skeleton and a pore therein and having flexibility, and a conductive material aggregated and formed on the skeleton and in the pore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Wanjun PARK, Sungwoo CHUN
  • Publication number: 20190113997
    Abstract: The manipulation system described herein provides a common platform and application-programming interface (API) for applications to communicate with various multi-touch hardware devices, and facilitates the interpretation of multi-touch input as one or more manipulations. Manipulations map more directly to user intentions than do individual touch inputs and add support for basic transformation of objects using multiple touch contacts. An application can use manipulations to support rotating, resizing, and translating multiple objects at the same time. The manipulation system outputs two-dimensional (2D) affine transforms that contain rotation, scale, and translation information. Thus, using the manipulation system the application author can focus more on building touch-capable applications and let the manipulation system handle the underlying transformations and communication with the multi-touch hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Reed L. TOWNSEND, Xiao TU, Bryan SCOTT, Todd A. TORSET, Erik M. GEIDL, Samir S. PRADHAN, Jennifer A. TEED
  • Publication number: 20190113998
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch force detecting method and apparatus, a touch panel and a display apparatus. The touch force detecting method comprises: Step S1, obtaining the number N of touch points on a panel to be detected, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; Step S2, selecting M test positions arbitrarily on the panel to be detected, where M is an integer greater than or equal to N, and obtaining an amount of capacitance change at each of the test positions; Step S3, obtaining a panel deformation amount at each of the test positions according to the amount of capacitance change at each of the test positions; and Step S4, calculating a touch force at the touch point according to a correspondence between the panel deformation amount and the touch force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Xueyou CAO
  • Publication number: 20190113999
    Abstract: A method includes upon sensing a touch to a first location on a touch display, reporting first coordinates of the touch. After sensing movement of the touch along a first path from the first location to a second location more than a tolerance distance away, intermediate coordinates of the touch along the first path that are not more than a cutoff distance away are reported such that there is a first gap between a last reported intermediate coordinate and the second location. After sensing movement of the touch along a second path from the second location to a third location more, second coordinates of the touch are reported, the second reported coordinates of the touch being a point along the first path that is calculated by subtracting the first gap from a distance between the first location and the third location, and then adding a first compensation difference thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics (Beijing) R&D Co. Ltd, STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Hank Yin, Cam Chung La, Janet Sun
  • Publication number: 20190114000
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch panel structure, including a display device, a dielectric layer, a first sensing circuit, a second sensing circuit and a shielding layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the display device. The first sensing circuit includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of conducting bridges, wherein the first sensing electrodes are disposed on the dielectric layer, and the conducting bridges are disposed between the dielectric layer and the display device. Adjacent ones of the first sensing electrodes are electrically connected with each other through one of the conducting bridges. The second sensing circuit includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes, which are disposed on the dielectric layer. The second sensing circuit is insulated from and crosses the first sensing circuit. The shielding layer is disposed between the dielectric layer and the display device and coplanar with the conducting bridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Chun-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20190114001
    Abstract: Cost of production of a pressure sensor-equipped display panel is reduced. A pressure sensor-equipped display panel (1) includes a circuit board (2), a counter substrate (3), a liquid crystal layer (4), and a pressure sensor (5) which is configured to detect a pressure applied to the counter substrate (3). The pressure sensor (5) includes (i) driving electrodes (6) provided to the counter substrate (3) and (ii) a sensing electrodes (7) provided to the circuit board (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: JEAN MUGIRANEZA, TOMOHIRO KIMURA, TAKAYUKI NISHIYAMA, CHIAKI MINARI
  • Publication number: 20190114002
    Abstract: A touch on a housing that accommodates a liquid crystal panel is excellently detected. A capacitive touch panel for operating the liquid crystal panel includes a transmitting electrode (T) driven by a drive voltage, a receiving electrode (R) to read a signal based on a capacitance in between the receiving electrode (R) and the transmitting electrode (T), and a housing transmitting electrode (HT) disposed on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: JEAN MUGIRANEZA, TOMOHIRO KIMURA, YASUHIRO SUGITA, HISASHI WATANABE, MASAFUMI UENO
  • Publication number: 20190114003
    Abstract: A capacitive touch sensitive apparatus includes a touch sensitive viewing area configured to detect a location of a touch applied to the touch sensitive viewing area by detecting a change in a coupling capacitance. A border area surrounds the touch sensitive viewing area. An electrically conductive first electrode includes an active portion disposed in and extending across the touch sensitive viewing area and an end portion at an end of the first electrode disposed in the border area for connection to a controller. The active portion of the first electrode has a substantially uniform first sheet resistance across the viewing area. The end portion of the first electrode is patterned in the form of an electrically conductive mesh including a plurality of interconnected conductive traces defining a plurality of interstices therebetween, the traces having substantially the first sheet resistance, and the interstices having a higher second sheet resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jian Xia Gao, Ravi Palaniswamy, Peng Seong Ang
  • Publication number: 20190114004
    Abstract: A touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface may be provided. The touch input device includes: a display module; and a pressure sensor which is disposed at a position where a distance between the pressure sensor and a reference potential layer is changeable according to the touch on the touch surface. The distance is changeable according to a pressure magnitude of the touch. The pressure sensor outputs a signal including information on a capacitance which is changed according to the distance. The pressure sensor includes a plurality of electrodes to form a plurality of channels. The pressure magnitude of the touch is detected on the basis of a change amount of the capacitance detected in each of the channels and an SNR improvement scaling factor assigned to each of the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hwan Hee LEE, Sang Sic YOON, Bon Kee KIM, Myung Jun JIN
  • Publication number: 20190114005
    Abstract: Methods, devices, non-transitory processor-readable media of various embodiments may enable contextual operation of a mobile computing device including a capacitive input sensor, which may be a rear area capacitive input sensor. In various embodiments, a processor of a mobile computing device including a rear area capacitive input sensor may monitor sensor measurements and generate an interaction profile based on the sensor measurements. The processor of the mobile computing device may determine whether the interaction profile is inconsistent with in-hand operation and may increase sensitivity of the capacitive input sensor in response to determining that the interaction profile is inconsistent with in-hand operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan KIES, Robyn Teresa Oliver, Robert Tartz, Douglas Brems, Suhail Jalil
  • Publication number: 20190114006
    Abstract: In a touch panel having a structure in which a first layer in which a first sensor electrode in the form of a mesh of fine lines is formed and a second layer in which a second sensor electrode in the form a mesh of fine lines is formed are overlaid on one another with a transparent insulator between them, a first dummy wiring that constitutes a first mesh pattern with the first sensor electrode is formed in the first layer and a second dummy wiring that constitutes a second mesh pattern with the second sensor electrode is formed in the second layer. The first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern are identical to each other in a pair of tiling periodicity directions and translational periods corresponding thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Akitoshi SAKAUE, Kenji MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190114007
    Abstract: A touch panel (1) includes: a drive/readout circuit (6) which measures, during a first measurement period, a self-capacitance between each of a plurality of pad electrodes (2a/2b) and a touching object; and a readout circuit (5) which measures, during a second measurement period, a mutual capacitance between pad electrodes (2a) and a pad electrodes (2b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jean MUGIRANEZA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20190114008
    Abstract: A control panel including a multi-touch panel in resistive film type having a touch surface receiving a touch operation and a plurality of cells foinied by dividing the touch surface, and a controller is provided. The multi-touch panel outputs a first output signal indicating one position in one cell when a touch operation is performed at a single position in the one cell or the touch operation is simultaneously performed at a plurality of positions in the one cell, and outputs a second output signal separately indicating each of a plurality of positions in at least two different cells when the touch operation is simultaneously performed in at least two different cells. The controller outputs a control signal indicating coordinates of the one position when receiving the first output signal, and does not output a control signal indicating coordinates of the plurality of positions when receiving the second output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshitaka HOSOTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20190114009
    Abstract: An array encoding magnetic signal positioning sensing device, including a sensing component and a control circuit connected with the sensing component, wherein the sensing component has a horizontal encoding array and a vertical encoding array which is vertical to the horizontal encoding array, and the horizontal encoding array and the vertical encoding array are both composed of magnetic signal sensing coil units; wherein the horizontal encoding array is composed of more than one horizontal magnetic signal sensing coil unit; and the vertical encoding array is composed of more than one vertical magnetic signal sensing coil unit; wherein the horizontal magnetic signal sensing coil unit is formed by at least two horizontal magnetic sensing coils which are connected in series via a differential line; and the vertical magnetic sensing coil unit is formed by at least two horizontal magnetic sensing coils which are connected in series via a differential line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Guangdong Zonghua Touch Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bangzi XI, Dezhong ZHU
  • Publication number: 20190114010
    Abstract: A display device including a display module and a cover plate is provided. The cover plate is disposed on the display module, the cover plate has a central region and a peripheral region, and the peripheral region is located at one or more side of the central region. The cover plate also has a main body and a protrusion. The main body continuously extends from the central region to the peripheral region. The protrusion is located in the central region and between the main body and the display module, and a bottom surface of the cover plate at the central region is located closer to a top surface of the display module in a height direction than a bottom surface of the cover plate at the peripheral region because of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.
    Inventors: Kai-Wen Chiu, Fang-Yi Chou
  • Publication number: 20190114011
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a display panel that displays an image; and a touch sensor that is provided on the display panel, wherein the touch sensor includes a sense electrode that senses a touch and a shield layer that is disposed between the sense electrode and the display panel while partially overlapping the sense electrode, the sense electrode includes a plurality of conductive lines that are connected with each other and have a mesh shape, the plurality of conductive lines includes a first conductive line and a second conductive line that are disposed on different layers, and the shield layer overlaps at least one of the first conductive line and the second conductive line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jae Neung KIM, Do Hyun KWON, Chang Yong JUNG, Choong Youl IM
  • Publication number: 20190114012
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of touch electrode blocks disposed at interval on the base substrate, and a plurality of shadow elimination portions each provided between any two adjacent touch electrode blocks in the plurality of touch electrode blocks. The plurality of shadow elimination portions and the plurality of touch electrode blocks are disposed in insulation from each other, and a difference between a reflectivity of one of the plurality of shadow elimination portions and a reflectivity of a corresponding one of the plurality of touch electrode blocks adjacent to the one of the plurality of shadow elimination portions is within a threshold range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weijie Ma, Taofeng Xie, Tsung Chieh Kuo, Xianlin Ding
  • Publication number: 20190114013
    Abstract: A touch display device at least including a gate driver is provided. The gate driver at least includes a pull-up control circuit, a pull-down control circuit and a pull-up output circuit. The pull-up control circuit sets the voltage level of a first node to a first voltage level. The pull-down control circuit is configured to set the voltage level of the first node to a second voltage level and includes a first transistor receiving an operation voltage. The second voltage level is lower than the first voltage level. The pull-up output circuit generates a scan signal according to the voltage level of the first node. During a first display period and a second display period, the operation voltage is equal to a first gate voltage. During a touch-sensing period, the operation voltage is equal to a second gate voltage that is lower than the first gate voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Chun-Fu WU, Wei-Kuang LIEN, Wen-Tsai HSU, Sheng-Feng HUANG
  • Publication number: 20190114014
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a first substrate includes a first electrode located in a display area in which an image is displayed, a second substrate includes a second electrode which is located in the display area, and outputs a sensor signal, and a flexible substrate includes a first connection portion connected to the first substrate and a second connection portion connected to the second substrate, the flexible substrate includes a common base layer extending between the first connection portion and the second connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yasushi Nakano, Masaki Murase
  • Publication number: 20190114015
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel which includes a sensor driving electrode disposed in a display area for displaying an image, detection electrodes each including a body portion opposed to the sensor driving electrode in the display area and a broadened portion connected to the body portion and formed to be wider than the body portion, and a lead line disposed in a non-display area outside the display area and electrically connected to the broadened portion. The broadened portion is disposed in the non-display area without being overlaid on the display area in planar view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hayato KURASAWA, Toshihiko TANAKA, Naoki TAKADA, Chihiro TANAKA, Koji ISHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190114016
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a force sensor and a method of manufacturing the same, a touch panel and a touch display panel. The force sensor includes opposite first and second substrates, and a sensing electrode and a directional electrode arranged on the first and second substrates respectively, the first substrate is movable relative to the second substrate when being applied by a touch action with a force tending to incur a horizontal movement, to enable a relative movement between the sensing electrode and the directional electrode corresponding to at least one of a direction and a magnitude of the force and changing a relative position of the sensing electrode relative to the directional electrode, and the sensing electrode is configured to generate a sensing signal associated with the relative position and for determining a touch position and at least one of the direction and the magnitude of the force applied at the touch position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Zhixiao Yao, Haifeng Yu
  • Publication number: 20190114017
    Abstract: A device to simulate kinesthetic pad opposition grip forces and weight for grasping virtual objects in a virtual reality is provided. The device includes a base, a sliding part, a braking mechanism and a swinging part with linear resonant actuators (e.g. voice coil actuators). The sliding part is connected with the base through a first prismatic joint which allows for single degree of freedom pinching motions for grasping an object. The swinging part connected to the sliding part and the base through revolute joints. The brake mechanism is used to create a grasping force. The linear resonant actuators provide both touch sensation at initial contact and sensation of weight when lifting the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Inrak Choi, Sean Follmer, Heather Culbertson
  • Publication number: 20190114018
    Abstract: A capacitive sensing array includes an array of electrodes; first conductive data lines arranged in a first direction and second conductive data lines arranged in a second direction different from the first direction; first switching elements configured to connect each electrode to a first conductive line in the first direction, and second switch elements configured to connect each electrode to a second conductive line in the second direction; and control lines connected to the first and second switching elements. Electrical connections are present between each first conductive data line in the first direction and a second conductive data line in the second direction such that each first conductive line in the first direction is connected to at least one second conductive line in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Sean Thomas George MAGUIRE
  • Publication number: 20190114019
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a. plurality of electrodes arranged in an electrode array, wherein the plurality of electrodes includes a plurality of touch panel elements. A controller is configured to measure a charge that flows into or out of an electrode of the electrode array when the electrode is charged or discharged to a particular voltage, and configured to connect neighboring electrodes in the electrode array to a reference potential and to a voltage waveform. A sensing system makes a first measurement of the charge flowing into or out of the electrode while a set of neighboring electrodes are driven with the voltage waveform, and makes a second measurement while the set of neighboring electrodes are connected to the reference potential. The controller further is configured to distinguish conductive from non-conductive objects, based on a comparison of the two measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Sean Thomas George MAGUIRE, Diego GALLARDO, Biregeya Jean de Dieu MUGIRANEZA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20190114020
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, an array substrate, a display panel, a display device, and a display driving method are provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a pixel driving circuit, and an optical modulation circuit; in a touch stage, turning off the pixel driving circuit, driving the light emitting element to emit a modulated light of a first gray scale by the optical modulation circuit; and in a display stage, turning off the optical modulation circuit, and driving the light emitting element to emit light for display by the pixel driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang DING, Xue DONG, Haisheng WANG, Yingming LIU, Pengpeng WANG, Yanling HAN
  • Publication number: 20190114021
    Abstract: Various embodiments include processing devices and methods for managing multisensor inputs on a mobile computing device. Various embodiments may include receiving multiple inputs from multiple touch sensors, identifying types of user interactions with the touch sensors from the multiple inputs, identifying sensor input data in a multisensor input data structure corresponding with the types of user interactions, and determining whether the multiple inputs combine as a multisensor input in an entry in the multisensor input data structure having the sensor input data related to a multisensor input response. Various embodiments may include detecting a trigger for a multisensor input mode, entering the multisensor input mode in response to detecting the trigger, and enabling processing of an input from a touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Robyn Teresa OLIVER, Robert TARTZ, Douglas BREMS, Suhail JALIL, Jonathan KIES
  • Publication number: 20190114022
    Abstract: An image capturing method that includes: detecting a pressure touch with a pressure having a magnitude greater than a predetermined magnitude on a touch screen; determining an initial touch position and a final touch position of the pressure touch; setting an area defined by the initial touch position and the final touch position as a capture area; and obtaining an image displayed in the set capture area. As a result, it is possible to easily capture images displayed on the mobile terminal in various ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: HiDeep Inc.
    Inventors: Se Yeob KIM, Yun Joung KIM
  • Publication number: 20190114023
    Abstract: Provided is an in-cell-type touch-panel-equipped display device that can perform a touch position detection operation without being influenced by potential fluctuations due to image display. The touch-panel-equipped display device includes a plurality of counter electrodes that, together with pixel electrode, form electrostatic capacitances therebetween, and touch sensor lines connected to the counter electrodes. During one scanning operation, a controller supplies a sensor driving signal to the touch sensor lines connected to the counter electrodes of one segment, among the counter electrodes, one segment being composed of a series of the counter electrodes arrayed in a first direction in which gate lines extend. Further, the controller, after supplying the selection signal to at least a part of the gate lines, supplies the sensor driving signal to the touch sensor line connected to the counter electrode of the segment at a position far from the gate line to which the selection signal is supplied last.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: TOSHIMITSU GOTOH, DAIJI KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190114024
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch detection unit that detects a touch operation executed on an operation surface, a pressure detection unit that detects a pressing force of the touch operation, and a control unit that controls executing a different function based on the detected pressing force of the touch operation when the touch operation is detected by the touch detection unit. In a case where a touch operation is detected again within a predetermined period from a previous touch operation after the control unit has controlled a function based on the pressing force to be executed based on the touch operation, the control unit controls a same function as the function executed based on the previous touch operation to be executed regardless of the pressing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Fei Yu
  • Publication number: 20190114025
    Abstract: A touch panel including first directional sensing lines, second directional sensing lines, and outer leads is provided. Each of the second directional sensing lines is intersected with at least a portion of the first directional sensing lines, wherein an ith first directional sensing line is not intersected with an xth second directional sensing line in a specific sensing region, the ith first directional sensing line is physically connected with the xth second directional sensing line, and i and x are both positive integers. The first directional sensing lines and the second directional sensing lines are connected to a driving circuit through outer leads, and the ith first directional sensing line and the xth second directional sensing line share a common outer lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Guangdong Wei
  • Publication number: 20190114026
    Abstract: A haptic feedback system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of remote transmitters that are remote from a location of interest on a surface of the system. The system includes a signal generator that generates a signal for each of the remote transmitters. The remote transmitters propagate the signals through a medium of the surface and the signals interfere at the location of interest such that a localized disturbance is generated at the location of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20190114027
    Abstract: There is provided a display device equipped with a touch sensor that can decrease the area of the mounting surface with electromagnetic interference reduced. The display device includes a plurality of drive electrodes, an output circuit connected to the plurality of drive electrodes, a power supply circuit, and a resistor element. A power of the output circuit is connected to the power supply circuit through the resistor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Toshihiko TANAKA, Naoki TAKADA, Chihiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190114028
    Abstract: A touch sensor is provided with different operational modes. One mode may be the operation of the touch sensor with a reduced set of transmitting rows than another mode. Transmitting on a reduced set of rows from the normal set of transmitting rows provides an operational mode that is able to detect touch events at greater distances from the touch surface than when a full set of transmitting rows is being driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventor: Braon Moseley
  • Publication number: 20190114029
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal element array having liquid crystal display elements arranged in matrix, scanning lines arranged in each row of the liquid crystal element array and supplying a scanning signal to the liquid crystal display elements in a corresponding row, signal lines arranged in each column of the liquid crystal element array and supplying an image signal to the liquid crystal display elements in a corresponding column, drive electrodes arranged in the column of the liquid crystal element array and to which a drive signal to detect a touch is supplied, a signal line drive circuit arranged along one side of the liquid crystal element array parallel to the row of the liquid crystal element array and forming the image signal, and a first electrode drive circuit arranged along the other side of the liquid crystal element array and forming the drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI, Toshiaki FUKUSHIMA, Daisuke ITO, Gen KOIDE, Tadayoshi KATSUTA
  • Publication number: 20190114030
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a dual optical and capacitance sensor. During a first time period, the dual sensor uses optical sensing to capture a fingerprint (e.g., to identify or verify the fingerprint). During a second time period, the dual sensor uses one or more capacitive sensor electrodes to perform capacitive sensing. The capacitive sensing may be absolute capacitive sensing or transcapacitive sensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Guozhong SHEN
  • Publication number: 20190114031
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an infrared touch device, a touch detection method and a touch display device. An infrared touch device, comprising: an infrared emitter configured to emit infrared light; and a touch sensor configured to receive the infrared light, wherein the touch sensor changes an infrared light transmittance at a touch position when touched, and determines the touch position according to transmitted infrared light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Huan NI, Yuan LI
  • Publication number: 20190114032
    Abstract: Provided is a method of creating an image on an array of optoelectronic elements comprising (a) providing a device comprising an array of optoelectronic elements and circuitry connected to each optoelectronic element, wherein the optoelectronic element comprises plural quantum dots or plural nanorods, and wherein the circuitry is configured to be capable of switching each optoelectronic element independently between an effective forward bias configuration and a reverse-bias configuration, (b) imposing an effective reverse bias on two or more of the optoelectronic elements, (c) providing circuitry that will detect the onset of photocurrent from an individual effective reverse biased optoelectronic element and that will respond to the photocurrent by changing the bias on the individual optoelectronic element to an effective forward bias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Trefonas, III, Seongyong Cho, Kishori Deshpande, Trevor Ewers, Jaebum Joo, Edward Greer, Bong Hoon Kim, Nuri Oh, Jong Keun Park, Moonsub Shim, Jieqian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190114033
    Abstract: An image recognition device, an image recognition method, and an image recognition unit which can achieve touch recognition with high accuracy. An image recognition device includes an image processing unit which carries out touch recognition, based on an image acquired by an image capturing device, the image capturing device being arranged in a second orthant or a third orthant, and based on a distance between a missing part generated on an image display surface due to light from a detection image display device being blocked by an object when the object is situated between the detection image display device and the image display surface, and the detection image situated on an epipolar line decided based on a positional relation between the image capturing device and the detection image display device and passing through the missing part, and displayed on the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taisuke YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190114034
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein describe, among other things, a computing system. The computing system may in some examples include a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and at least one camera to capture an image representing an object disposed between the camera and the touch-sensitive surface. The computing system may also include a detection engine to determine, based at least on the image, display coordinates, where the display coordinates may correspond to the object's projection onto the touch-sensitive surface, and the display is not parallel to the touch-sensitive surface. In some examples, the detection engine is also to display an object indicator at the determined display coordinates on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jinman Kang, Jordi Morillo Peres, David Bradley Short
  • Publication number: 20190114035
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for a graphical user interface tool for system-wide topology and performance monitoring with per-partition views. A graphical user interface application presents a consolidated view of physical and logical information based on the received performance data. The mechanisms provide real-time performance and utilization information in a visual format relative to the physical components in a topographical layout. The user may drill down to lower levels to view more detailed performance and utilization information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: William A. Bostic, Randall R. Heisch, Venkat R. Indukuru, Allan E. Johnson, Jesse L. Sathre, Philip L. Vitale
  • Publication number: 20190114036
    Abstract: A share display in a multimedia collaboration system includes a desktop region and a non-overlapping task bar region. A collaboration program is configured to allow the desktop region to be shared with remote multimedia collaboration devices for the purposes of collaboration, but allows control functionality that the sharer does not which to share to reside in the task bar region. The task bar region is then prevented from being shared with the remote multimedia collaboration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Scott Chalfant
  • Publication number: 20190114037
    Abstract: Systems and methods for customizing avatars responsive to an event are provided. One or more topical categories are selected from a plurality of categories by a user of an application. Within the application, the user is associated with an avatar representing the user. A selection of an electronic communication, received within the application, is made by the user. The communication, describing the event, is classified into a category in the one or more categories. A sticker comprising an altered version of the avatar is formed responsive to the communication selection. The altered avatar comprises one or more visible layers present in the avatar, prior to alteration, and one or more visible layers not present in the avatar, prior to alteration. The sticker is fused with the communication. The sticker is provided to one or more other users using the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew J. Geiger, Akash R. Nigam, Evan K. Rosenbaum
  • Publication number: 20190114038
    Abstract: Systems and methods for customizing avatars responsive to events are provided. An event is received and a topical category for the event is determined. A plurality of assets and a scene responsive to the event is obtained. Each such asset determines a position of an avatar in the scene over time. The avatar is associated with a user that has designated an interest in the topical category. The avatar is obtained from a user profile associated with the user. A sticker is formed comprising the scene and an altered version of the avatar. The altered version of the avatar comprises: (i) one or more visible layers that are present in the avatar and (ii) one or more visible layers that are not present in the avatar and that include all or a portion of the plurality of assets, thereby forming a sticker. The sticker is then provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew J. Geiger, Akash R. Nigam, Evan K. Rosenbaum