Abstract: An apparatus includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and a power translator component coupled to the PMIC. The power translator component supplies power to the PMIC. The power translator component can further receive, from the PMIC, an indication that the PMIC has experienced a thermal event and responsive to receipt of the indication that the PMIC has experienced the thermal event, prevent powering of the PMIC.

Abstract: A master-slave interchangeable power supply device, a power supply method, a host with the master-slave interchangeable power supply device, and a computer-readable storage medium for use in execution of the power supply method are provided. Upon receipt of a start command, a power control module and a power supply unit of the power supply device operate in a master mode and a slave mode respectively, and then the power supply device provides a working power to a master device to effect related configuration of the power supply device, so as to allow the power control module to switch to the slave mode and allow the working power to be provided to the master device. Therefore, given compliance with a specification of a communication bus, the power control module and the power supply unit, which function as peripheral devices, can perform a communicative function.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes programmable logic that may be operated in a turbo processing mode to cause an ongoing operation to be completed faster than a scheduled completion time. With at least some of the remaining time to the scheduled completion time, power savings may be realized by operating the programmable logic into a deep sleep mode, where configuration memory associated with the programmable logic may be set to a suitable voltage level as to not cause data loss at lower or zero voltage levels but otherwise realize power savings relative to an amount of power consumed during average processing operations.

Abstract: A datacenter power management system and method is disclosed.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for implementing intent-driven power management are described herein. A system includes: a power monitoring unit to collect real-time telemetry of a processor on a compute node; and a power level controller to: receive a power intent for execution of an application on the compute node; configure a power level of the processor of the compute node based on the power intent, the processor to execute the application; set an initial execution priority of the application on the compute node based on the power intent; and modify the initial execution priority based on the power intent and the real-time telemetry of the compute node.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus has a first determiner that determines whether a specific object with a two-dimensional manipulation plane has appeared inside a viewing frame of a virtual space provided to a user; a second determiner that, in a case in which it is determined that the specific object has appeared inside the viewing frame, determines whether the specific object overlaps a specific point inside the viewing frame; and a display controller that: in a case in which it is determined that the specific object overlaps the specific point, control the display device to display in the viewing frame a two-dimensional pointer movable relative to the two-dimensional manipulation plane, and in a case in which it is determined that the specific object does not appear inside the viewing frame, control the display device to display in the viewing frame a three-dimensional pointer that moves within the virtual space three dimensionally.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for performing localization of a handheld device with respect to a wearable device. At least one sensor mounted to the handheld device, such as an inertial measurement unit (IMU), may obtain handheld data indicative of movement of the handheld device with respect to the world. An imaging device mounted to either the handheld device or the wearable device may capture a fiducial image containing a number of fiducials affixed to the other device. The number of fiducials contained in the image are determined. Based on the number of fiducials, at least one of a position and an orientation of the handheld device with respect to the wearable device are updated based on the image and the handheld data in accordance with a first operating state, a second operating state, or a third operating state.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for generating a reply message. The method includes: acquiring a current application scene of a user; acquiring a target object type in conversation with the user; generating at least one candidate reply content corresponding to the application scene and matching with the target object type in an expression style; and adjusting the expression style of the candidate reply content according to an expression style of the user on historical content, to generate at least one target reply content.

Abstract: A display device for displaying an image through a lens specifies a position of a pupil of a user on the basis of a gazing point on a display panel. Parameters used to correct lens distortions of images in red, green, and blue included in data of a display image are prepared in association with representative points of gazing points. The display device interpolates parameters on the basis of a positional relation between the position of an actual gazing point or a predicted value thereof and a representative point, and corrects the display image per primary color using the interpolated parameters, thereby correcting chromatic aberrations.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: inputting data representative of an image into a machine learning system, the machine learning system having been previously trained to predict a gaze position of viewers of images; obtaining a predicted gaze position from the machine learning system in response to the input data; performing predicted gaze position dependent image processing, the image processing producing at least a first region of the image corresponding to where a viewer is predicted to gaze, and a second region, with a first image quality of the first region being higher than a second image quality of the second region; and outputting the processed image.

Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a light field device, optical aberration compensation or simulation rendering method and vision testing system using same. In one embodiment, the device comprises a digital display comprising a set of pixels; an array of light field shaping elements (LFSE) disposed relative to the set of pixels so to at least partially govern a light field emanated thereby; and a digital processor operable to: receive as input one or more higher order aberration parameters digitally defining a higher order aberration; for each given pixel, identify an adjusted image plane location corresponding thereto given a corresponding LFSE corresponding thereto and given said one or more higher order aberration parameters, and associate therewith an adjusted image value designated for the adjusted image location; and render for each said given pixel said adjusted image value associated therewith.

Abstract: A haptic feedback device to be worn on top of a user's hand comprises a plurality of loops configured to be circumscribed around the user's fingers and thumb, a plurality of anchoring finger caps configured to be circumscribed around extremities of the user's fingers and thumb, at least one haptic actuator housed within each of the anchoring finger caps, and a plurality of tendons coupled to the loops and the anchoring finger caps, the tendons configured to extend along the user's fingers and thumb. The tendons are configured to cause the loops to decrease in diameter to conform to the user's fingers and thumb.

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus can include a handle having a first surface and a second surface, an inflatable bladder located on the second surface, and a sensor located on the apparatus, where inflation of the inflatable bladder causes the sensor to be in contact with an outer surface of a user of the apparatus.

Abstract: A method, human interface device, and computer program product that provide improved multilevel switching from each bioelectrical sensor with inclusion of switch filtering based on extraneous events (e.g., spasms). A biosignal is received from a sensor device by an electronic processor of a first electrode switch device. In response to determining that the amplitude of the signal has changed from less than a first switch range to greater than the first switch range and less than the second switch range, the electrode switch device communicates a first switch signal to control the human interface system. In response to determining that the amplitude of the biosignal has changed from less than the second switch range to greater than the second switch range, the electronic switch device performs one of: (i) ignoring the instance and (ii) transmitting a second switch signal to control the human interface system.

Abstract: Disclosed devices may include a membrane, a first electrode supported by the membrane, a second electrode, a capacitance sensor configured to determine a capacitance measurement between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a controller configured to control an electrical potential applied between the electrode and the second electrode. The controller may be configured to modify the electrical potential based on the capacitance measurement. Example devices may include one or more flexible membranes that may, at least in part, define an enclosure that is at least partially filled with a dielectric fluid. Examples also include associated methods and systems.

Abstract: An example non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises instructions that, when executed by a processing resource of a computing device, cause the processing resource to generate haptics metadata using audio-haptics classification based at least in part on spatial audio associated with a digital environment. The instructions further cause the processing resource to encode the spatial audio with the haptics metadata to generate a rendering package.

Abstract: [Object] To notify a target more appropriately by means of a tactile stimulus, without being affected by a degree of contact between a tactile sense provision section and the target who operates a mobile object. [Solution] Provided is a control device including: a contact degree detection section configured to detect a degree of contact between a target who operates a mobile object, and a tactile sense provision section that provides a tactile stimulus to at least a part of a body of the target during the operation; and a tactile sense provision control section configured to control a mode of the tactile stimulus to be provided by the tactile sense provision section, on a basis of the degree of contact.

Abstract: One variation of a system for detecting and responding to touch inputs with haptic feedback includes: a magnetic element rigidly coupled to a chassis; a substrate; a touch sensor interposed between the substrate and a touch sensor surface; an inductor coupled to the substrate below the touch sensor surface and configured to magnetically couple to the magnetic element; a coupler coupling the substrate to the chassis, compliant within a vibration plane approximately parallel to the touch sensor surface, and locating the inductor approximately over the magnetic element; and a controller configured to intermittently polarize the inductor responsive to detection of a touch input on the touch sensor surface to oscillate the substrate in the vibration plane relative to the chassis.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for providing a virtual environment with enhanced visual and haptic detail. In some embodiments, the haptic tool and haptic target are assigned affordance and susceptibility values, respectively, that are used to determine visual and haptic feedback.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to electronic touch communications that include visual information, such as a video or image in combination with visual representations that are based on a single-finger touch input or a multiple-finger touch input.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for the modulation of an acoustic field for providing tactile sensations. A method of creating haptic feedback using ultrasound is provided. The method comprises the steps of generating a plurality of ultrasound waves with a common focal point using a phased array of ultrasound transducers, the common focal point being a haptic feedback point, and modulating the generation of the ultrasound waves using a waveform selected to produce little or no audible sound at the haptic feedback point.

Abstract: An interactive electronic device includes a display module designed to display a graphical interface on a display surface, a detection module designed to determine a position of a user interaction element in a preset detection module volume and a processing module suitable for controlling the interactive electronic device as a function of the determined position of the interaction element according to at least a first operating mode. In the first mode of operation, a projected surface, corresponding to the orthogonal projection of the preset detection volume on the plane including the display surface, is offset from the display surface of the graphical interface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gesture control method, comprising: A gesture control method, comprising: acquiring an image; performing a gesture detection on the image to recognize a gesture from the image; determining, if no gesture is recognized from the image, whether a time interval from a last gesture detection, in which a gesture was recognized, to the gesture detection is less than a preset time period; tracking, if the time interval is less than the preset time period, the gesture in the image based on a comparative gesture which is a gesture recognized last time or tracked last time; and updating the comparative gesture with a currently recognized gesture or a currently tracked gesture.

Abstract: A command communication facility is described. The command communication facility includes a sensor unit for detecting a movement of an operator; a fixing unit for securing the sensor unit to the operator; an evaluation unit for evaluating the detected movement of the operator and for identifying a command based upon the detected movement; and a command communication unit for transmitting a control command to a medical facility that is to be operated based upon the identified command. A command communication system is also described. An operating system is also described. A command communication method is also described.

Abstract: A system and method for displaying images of internal anatomy includes an image processing device configured to provide high resolution images of the surgical field from low resolution scans during the procedure. The image processing device digitally manipulates a previously-obtained high resolution baseline image to produce many representative images based on permutations of movement of the baseline image. During the procedure a representative image is selected having an acceptable degree of correlation to the new low resolution image. The selected representative image and the new image are merged to provide a higher resolution image of the surgical field. The image processing device is also configured to provide interactive movement of the displayed image based on movement of the imaging device, and to permit placement of annotations on the displayed image to facilitate communication between the radiology technician and the surgeon.

Abstract: A method for displaying aerial images includes detecting a capacitive response of a non-contact gesture made by a user proximate to a touch sensing enabled display screen, and in response to detecting the non-contact gesture, displaying one or more images in a three-dimensional (3D) space proximate to the display screen.

Abstract: An input detection system includes a plurality of electrodes aligned in a detection region, a drive signal supply circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the electrodes, a detection circuit configured to detect signals from the electrodes, an input support device including an LC circuit and a first electrode and a second electrode coupled to the LC circuit and arranged so as to overlap with the electrodes, a first calculation circuit configured to detect the input support device based on an output signal output from the detection circuit, and a second calculation circuit configured to detect a detection target different from the input support device based on the output signal.

Abstract: When an image capturing apparatus captures an image of an original screen and a finger reflected on an eye of a user, an operation determination unit determines the content of an operation performed with the finger based on image data of the captured image. An operation position identification unit generates data representing a position of the finger on the original screen based on the image data of the captured image. An input control unit recognizes a content of an input instruction corresponding to the operation performed with the finger, based on data on the content of the operation obtained by the operation determination unit, data on the position generated by the operation position identification unit, and data on the original screen stored in a storage unit, and controls the original screen to be displayed on a display apparatus according to the recognized content of the input instruction.

Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for using a handheld device such as a ring to manipulate a virtual object being displayed by a wearable device such as eyewear. The path of the virtual object in motion is substantially linked, in time and space, to the course traveled by a hand holding the handheld device. The methods in some implementations include presenting the virtual object on a display at a first location relative to a three-dimensional coordinate system, collecting motion data from an inertial measurement unit on the handheld device, displaying the virtual object at a second location along a path based on the motion data. In some implementations the eyewear includes a projector located and configured to project the display onto a lens assembly.

Abstract: An e-pen includes e-pen sensor electrodes (including a first and a second e-pen sensor electrode) and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) (including a first DSC and a second DSC. The first DSC drives a first e-pen signal having a first frequency via a first single line coupling to the first e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the first single line, the first e-pen signal. Based on e-pen/touch sensor device interaction, the first e-pen signal is coupled into at least one touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device. The first DSC process the first e-pen signal to generate a first digital signal representative of a first electrical characteristic of the first e-pen sensor electrode. Similarly, the second DSC drives a second e-pen signal having a second frequency via a second single line coupling to the second e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the second single line, the second e-pen signal.

Abstract: A coordinate input processing apparatus includes a position detection apparatus and a communication circuit. The position detection apparatus includes a sensor which detects a position pointed to by an electronic pen, and circuitry which acquires pen state information regarding a state of the electronic pen held by a person. The communication circuit transmits to an emotion estimation apparatus coordinates corresponding to the position pointed to by the electronic pen and the pen state information in an emotional state estimation request, and receives from the emotion estimation apparatus the coordinates corresponding to the position pointed to by the electronic pen, the pen state information included in the emotional state estimation request, and the information regarding the distracted state of the person holding the electronic pen in an emotional state estimation response having the same format as the emotional state estimation request.

Abstract: Example styluses for an electronic device are disclosed. In an example, the stylus includes a stylus body including a tip. The tip is to engage with a touch sensitive surface on the electronic device. In addition, the stylus includes a touch sensitive display on the stylus body, and a controller to control a function of the electronic device based on a touch input on the touch sensitive display.

Abstract: An electronic input device may function interchangeably as a trackpad in a first position and a display in a second position. A housing of the input device may facilitate selective docking of the input device surface in first and second positions. In a first position, the input device may, for example, be docked on the base of a laptop computer to operate in a trackpad mode. In a second position, the input device may, for example, be docked on an exterior portion of a closed display lid of the laptop computer to operate in a display mode to display notifications from the laptop computer.

Abstract: A touchpad device includes a substrate, a resilient member, a touch panel, and a linkage assembly. The touch panel is disposed above the top surface of the substrate. The resilient member is disposed between the substrate and the touch panel. The linkage assembly is disposed between the substrate and the touch panel. The linkage assembly includes a first flexible plate, a second flexible plate, and a swing plate. The swing plate includes a first outer side and a first inner side. The first outer side and the first inner side are respectively adjacent to one side of the touch panel and the resilient member. The first flexible plate is connected between the first outer side and the touch panel. The second flexible plate is connected between the first inner side and the resilient member.

Abstract: An interactive input system with bezel light around an input area provided by optical fiber is described. Two or more cameras have a field of view of at least a portion of the bezel. The optical fiber provides continuous backlight illumination to at least one input object. The optical fiber has at least one nanostmcture therein for diffusing light. At least one light source provides a directional light to an end of the optical fiber.

Abstract: A touch display device, in which a plurality of touch electrodes are arranged in a display panel, includes: the plurality of touch electrodes installed inside the display panel; a first coil installed inside the display panel and making a current flow for a mutual induction with the plurality of touch electrodes; and a second coil installed inside the display panel and on which a current flows by a mutual induction with the plurality of touch electrodes, wherein the touch display device conducts a touch detection by the current flowing the second coil.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a base layer; a first electrode member that includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the base layer and electrically connected to each other along a first direction, each of the first electrodes including a first opening; a second electrode member that includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the base layer and electrically connected to each other along a second direction that intersects the first direction; a conductive member that includes a plurality of conductive patterns electrically connected to each other along the first direction; and a proximity detector that is electrically connected to the conductive member and configured to detect proximity of an object by receiving a proximity sensing signal from the conductive member. Each of the conductive patterns is located in the first opening of each of the first electrodes and spaced apart from each of the first electrodes, respectively.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes an array substrate, an encapsulation layer formed on the array substrate, and a touch layer formed on a side of the encapsulation layer facing away from the array substrate. The touch layer comprises an electromagnetic induction layer disposed therein, the electromagnetic induction layer comprises a plurality of induction coils, a first end of the induction coil is electrically connected to a first signal line, and a second end of the induction coil is electrically connected to a second signal line.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image on a first surface thereof, a digitizer layer disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the display panel and including first electrode patterns configured to generate a magnetic field and second electrode patterns configured to generate a magnetic field, a shield member disposed on a first surface of the digitizer layer, and a rigid member between the display panel and the shield member.

Abstract: A position detection device includes a position detection sensor and signal processing circuitry. The position detection sensor has first loop electrodes arranged in a first direction and second loop electrodes arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The signal processing circuitry switches the position detection sensor between a first state in which the first loop electrodes and the second loop electrodes are coupled as coils to a first pointer through electromagnetic inductive coupling, and a second state in which the first and second loop electrodes are coupled to a second pointer through capacitive coupling with opposite ends of each of the first loop electrodes and the second loop electrodes connected together or with one end of each of the first loop electrodes and the second loop electrodes left open.

Abstract: A transparent touch display device is provided. The transparent touch display device includes a display unit and a touch electrode. The display unit includes a circuit area and a transparent area. The circuit area includes a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of pixel circuits and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The pixel circuits are electrically connected to the signal lines. The light-emitting elements are driven by the pixel circuits. The touch electrode overlaps the circuit area.

Abstract: A decorative sheet is a decorative sheet to be attached to a surface of a decoration target part, and includes a base film layer formed of a base film having a sheet shape, a decorative layer representing a decorative pattern, a light shield layer that is provided on a back side position with respect to the decorative layer and that includes a light transmitting portion having a predetermined shape, and a medium color layer formed between the decorative layer and the light shield layer.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device that includes a rear display and an electronic viewfinder and is excellent in operability to a touch panel when an electronic viewfinder is used. When a user performs a touch manipulation on a touch panel installed in a rear display in order to set a focus area, an effective detection area for detecting a touch position is different between when the rear display is used and when the electronic viewfinder is used. When the rear display is used, the effective detection area is set to coincide with the entire display screen, and when the electronic viewfinder is used, the effective detection area is set to be reduced to an area of a part of the display screen of the rear display.

Abstract: A control device configured for use in a load control system to control one or more electrical loads may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a touch sensitive surface configured to detect a point actuation along at least a portion of the front surface, a touch sensitive circuit, and a control circuit. The touch sensitive device may comprise one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located behind the actuation member and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the touch sensitive surface. The control circuit may be configured to operate using different filtering techniques based on the state/mode of the control device and/or based on whether the positions of point actuations by a user along the touch sensitive surface indicate a fine tune or gross adjustment by the user. For example, the control circuit may generate an output signal using light/no filtering or using heavy filtering.

Abstract: A position detection method performed using a capacitive touch sensor with line electrodes two-dimensionally arranged. The method includes: acquiring first two-dimensional data indicating a first distribution of detection values of capacitance on the touch sensor; recognizing that a foreign object is present in an area on the touch sensor based on the first two-dimensional data; in response to the recognizing that the foreign object is present in the area on the touch sensor based on the first two-dimensional data, using a first threshold that is lower than a second threshold for detecting a first touch position or touch area inside of the area on the touch sensor in which the foreign object is present; and detecting the first touch position or touch area inside of the area on the touch sensor in which the foreign object is present based on the first two-dimensional data and the first threshold.

Abstract: An optical fingerprint identification system includes a cover, a light emitting layer, an optical layer, an image sensor and a base that are sequentially disposed from top to bottom. The cover has a fingerprint contact surface on top. The image sensor has an image surface. The optical layer includes a first array layer and a second array layer, and the first array layer is stacked on top of the second array layer. The first array layer and the second array layer respectively include a plurality of first array lens elements and a plurality of second array lens elements respectively arranged at equal intervals in a first direction. Each of the first array lens elements and a corresponding second array lens element of the second array layer are coaxial along an optical axis and form an imaging unit.

Abstract: A touchless display interface system having a fixed outer shell having a length, width and depth which houses one or more circuit boards including one or more infrared touch modules and one or more touch drive modules. The invention further includes one or more communication modules, one or more indicator light trigger drive modules, one or more infrared filter strips, and a light guide. The fixed outer shell houses the components and is configured to attach to a computer display and provide a touchless operating environment inside area created by the length, width and depth of the generally rectangular shaped fixed outer shell. A method of operation is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a processing method and system for touch signals, and an all-in-one touch machine. The method includes: obtaining current infrared signal data on a surface of an infrared touch bezel; obtaining touch-obstructed areas according to the current infrared signal data; determining whether the number of the touch-obstructed areas is greater than a predetermined value, uploading the current infrared signal data to the control mainboard if the number is greater than the predetermined value, or performing simple touch-control calculations on the current infrared signal data through the infrared touch bezel if the number is less than or equal to the predetermined value and obtaining coordinate information of a touch point; performing complex touch-control calculations by the control mainboard according to the current infrared signal data received, and obtaining the coordinate information of the touch point and returning the coordinate information to the infrared touch bezel.

Abstract: An electronic device may have light-emitting devices. A light-emitting device may include light-emitting diodes, a display, or other components that emit visual output. One or more image transport layers may be included in the electronic device. An image transport layer may have an input surface that receives an image and an output surface to which the image transport layer transports the image for viewing by a user. The image transport layers may have areas with compound curvature and other shapes. Deformed image transport layer structures such as deformed fibers in a coherent fiber bundle may be configured to hide gaps in displays and other structures. Displays may include light detectors that serve as a two-dimensional touch sensor. The touch sensor may detect touch input on an output surface of an image transport layer. Image transport layer material may be incorporated into buttons, elongated housings, wearable devices, and other equipment.

Abstract: A display device which can achieve compatibility between the simplicity of the configuration or control of electronic equipment and the maintaining of its high operability includes: a display panel and a touch panel arranged on a front surface side of the display panel as viewed from a viewer. The touch panel includes one transparent substrate and a conductive pattern disposed on the substrate. A plurality of detection areas in each of which a touch position can be detected are provided in the touch panel. A non-detection area in which the touch position is not detected is provided between two detection areas next to each other.