Abstract: A display control device includes an identification information reception unit that receives identification information from an input device, an input unit that can receive a handwriting input through the input device, an object generation unit that generates an object from the handwriting input, and a display control unit that performs control of displaying the object on a display area, in which the object generation unit generates a tag object or a drawing object from the handwriting input based on the identification information.

Abstract: Improved sensing can include modified sampling and/or processing to improve performance against noise due to environmental variations and interference. In some examples, improved interference rejection can be achieved by sampling a sensor multiple times during settled periods. In some examples, the excitation signal and sampling window can be dynamically adjusted to satisfy drift and/or interference specifications based on various operating conditions or the operating environment. In some examples, drift performance can be traded off to improve interference performance. In some examples, improved immunity to environmental variations can be achieved by equalizing sensor outputs in accordance with characterization of the sensing system. In some examples, improved performance can be achieved by sampling the sensor continuously and using an optimized window function to improve performance against noise.

Abstract: A handwritten data capture method creates handwritten data including a plurality of pieces of stroke data that is based on writing performed on each page of a paper medium having a plurality of pages. The handwritten data capture method includes: acquiring the plurality of pieces of stroke data created based on the writing sequenced in a writing order; displaying the pieces of stroke data together on a display device; accepting an input of a break position of the pieces of stroke data; identifying a continuous portion of the pieces of stroke data based on the break position and the writing order; updating the display device to display the identified continuous portion of the pieces of stroke data in the writing order; and repeating the accepting, the identifying, and the updating until a given operation is received.

Abstract: A whiteboard or other surface has sensors located with respect to the whiteboard or opaque surface so that interaction with the whiteboard or other surface with a writing implement is detected by the sensors located beneath the surface. The electrical properties of the inks interact with the signals transmitted and received by the conductors. These changes are measured and used to reproduce marks made by the writing implements, to store the marks made for later reproduction, or to display contemporaneously with the writing upon the surface.

Abstract: A user notification method performed by a handwritten data capture device includes determining whether a pointing body is in a pen-up state or a pen-down state, and determining whether coordinate data of a pointing body on a touch sensor of the handwritten data capture device is stored in a first area of a memory. In response to determining that the coordinate data is stored in the first area of the memory and that the pointing body is in the pen-up state, making a first user notification, for example, by causing a LED lamp to slowly flash a light green color. In response to an acceptance of a given user operation, switching a storage destination of the coordinate data to a second area of the memory that is different from the first area. Accordingly, a user may be prevented from forgetting to press an operating button for changing a storage destination file of handwritten data.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a transparent substrate forming at least a portion of the first surface; a display disposed between the transparent substrate and the second surface of the housing and including a third surface facing the first direction and a fourth surface facing the second direction; at least one sensor disposed between a portion of the second surface of the display and a portion of the second surface of the housing; an electrical structure disposed between the sensor and a portion of the second surface of the housing; and a control circuit electrically connected to the electrical structure, wherein the control circuit detects an electrical signal occurring by a pressure from the second direction to a portion of the transparent substrate using the electrical structure.

Abstract: Provided by the present inventions are a pattern-printed sheet and a method for manufacturing this, wherein the pattern-printed sheet is characterized that on a precoat layer laminated on a substrate are formed an optically readable region in which a dot pattern optically readable by an input terminal is printed and an optically unreadable region in which a dot pattern optically unreadable by an input terminal is printed, and the dot pattern formed in the optically unreadable region is a halftone tint having regularity whose halftone dot concentration is in the range of 10 to 30%. This pattern-printed sheet not only can be obtained by using a gravure printing method having outstanding production efficiency but also has a dot pattern readable with high reading precision in a prescribed dot size.

Abstract: A writing preservation apparatus preserves, as image data, writing on a writing target medium in which writing is performed and erasing of writing in an arbitrary region is performed. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires time-series image data items at points of times for the writing target medium, a written region recognition unit that recognizes written regions in which writing is performed on the writing target medium at the points of time based on the image data items at the points of time which are acquired by the acquisition unit, and a preservation unit that preserves first image data at a first point of time in a case where the written region recognized based on the first image data in whole or part is absent in the written region recognized based on second image data at a second point of time subsequent to the first point of time.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a device displays functionality information in response to receiving an indication of a first input for which a contact meets functionality display criteria. In some embodiments, a device generates a user interface that includes a navigation bar including images from different positions in a respective content item, and a representation of an adjacent content item. In some embodiments, a device moves a selection-indicator in a user interface by a predefined amount in response to receiving an indication of a first input that meets unitary movement criteria. In some embodiments, a device interprets movement of a contact of an input based at least in part on a grip of a user. In some embodiments, a device displays a plurality of character selection options when a text entry field is not tolerant of character ambiguity and a first input corresponds to a plurality of candidate characters.

Abstract: A text input method based on gesture recognition, comprising: collecting image information containing a target object; determining the target object according to the image information, and acquiring a writing surface and a movement trace of the target object; extracting the movement trace of the target object in the writing surface as a writing trace and outputting same; and performing character recognition according to the writing trace, and outputting a character recognition result.

Abstract: A method for determining a touch position and a touch control chip are disclosed. The method includes: determining (S310) a variation caused by a noise to raw data of a capacitive touch screen; determining (S320) a noise processing method of a raw value of the capacitive touch screen according to the variation caused by the noise to the raw data of the capacitive touch screen; performing (S330) noise cancellation processing on a first raw value set of the capacitive touch screen using the noise processing method, to obtain a first processed value set; and determining (S340) a touch position on the capacitive touch screen according to the first processed value set. The method for determining a touch position and the touch control chip contribute to improving accuracy of the touch position.

Abstract: A sensor comprises conductive elements arranged and connected for proximity sensing. The conductive elements are formed of an ionically conductive polymer. The sensor may also include conductive elements arranged and connected for touch sensing. The conductive elements may be connected to an alternating-current (AC) source. Another sensor comprises one or more conductive elements arranged and connected for touch sensing by detecting resistivity changes in the one or more conductive elements. A flexible and transparent sensor is also provided, which comprises a layer of a piezoelectric polymer and conductive elements in contact with the layer for transmitting an electric signal generated by compression of the layer. Methods and processes for using such sensors are also provided.

Abstract: There is provided an input device, including a steering pad that is arranged on a steering wheel of a vehicle and includes a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, a first input unit that is arranged on the first face of the steering pad and receives an operation causing a first change of a display form in a display unit, and a second input unit that is arranged on the second face of the steering pad and receives an operation causing a second change of a display form in the display unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first interconnect layer; a second interconnect layer adjacent to the first interconnect layer; a semiconductor layer between the first and second interconnect layers; a first charge storage layer between the first interconnect layer and the semiconductor layer; and a second charge storage layer between the second interconnect layer and the semiconductor layer. A first distance between the first and second interconnect layers is shorter than a second distance between the first and second charge storage layers.

Abstract: A touch sensor, a touch detection device and a detection method, and a touch control apparatus are provided. The touch sensor comprises a first electrode layer, a rigid insulating layer, a second electrode layer, a compressible layer, and a third electrode layer disposed successively The compressible layer may change the distance between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer when subjected to a touch pressure. The second electrode layer and the third electrode layer may form a capacitor structure, and the capacitance value of the capacitor structure may vary with the distance between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer. The pressure information of a user's touch operation can be calculated from the change of the capacitance value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film touch sensor in which a separation layer is formed on a carrier substrate prior to the formation procedures of the touch sensor, and a method of preparing the film touch sensor. The film touch sensor according to the present invention comprises a separation layer; an electrode pattern layer formed on the separation layer and comprising a sensing electrode and a pad electrode formed at one end of the sensing electrode; and an insulation layer formed on the electrode pattern layer and used as a base film layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a touch control circuit, a touch driving circuit, and a touch display device, which selectively change and set one or more of a waveform, an amplitude voltage, and a pulse period of a touch driving signal without reduction in touch performance, and thus, provide a touch display device and an application device which are stable and reliable. Also, embodiments of the present application provide a touch control circuit, a touch driving circuit, and a touch display device, which selectively change and set one or more of a waveform, an amplitude voltage, and a pulse period of a load free signal without reduction in touch performance, and thus, provide a touch display device and an application device which are stable and reliable.

Abstract: This disclosure provides designer interfaces that present condensed representations of texture functions, the representations displaying selected control points that manipulate the representations, an algorithm that computes a texture function based on the positions of said selected control points, and the texture function generating a signal to control a force on an appendage of a user that touches a tactile surface, and methods of using the designer interfaces.

Abstract: Combined selection tool techniques are described in which selection of portions within an image is enabled via a tool configured to selectively switch between a coarse selection mode and a refinement selection mode. In one or more implementations, an image is exposed for editing in a user interface and input is obtained to select portions of the image using the tool. The selection mode is automatically toggled between the coarse selection mode and refinement selection mode based on characteristics of the input, such as position and velocity of the input or gestures mapped to the input. Then, selection boundaries defining the selection of portions of the image are modified in accordance with the input. In one approach, the coarse selection mode corresponds to a graph cut mechanism and the refinement selection mode corresponds to a level set mechanism.

Abstract: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting that one or more wearable computers are within a proximity range to a wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include determining one or more characteristics associated with the one or more wearable computers in response to the detecting that the one or more wearable computers are within the proximity range to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include providing a feature associated with a wagering game based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable computers.

Abstract: A detection device including: a measurement electrode, and a second electrode separated from one another by a distance (D) that is elastically modifiable locally, by a load exerted by an object on a detection surface, and a controller arranged in order to: connect the electrodes to an alternating guard potential (Vg) in order to measure a capacitance representing an approach and a contact; and connect the second electrode to a second potential a second potential proportional to the guard potential (Vg) and having a different amplitude, or to the ground potential (G), in order to measure a capacitance representing a pressure. Also provided is a detection method utilizing such a detection device.

Abstract: A location of contact with a touch sensitive device is determined. Output signals associated with a plurality of electrodes such as formed on a single layer of the touch sensitive device are measured to identify a first electrode positioned at an approximate location of contact with the touch sensor. An output signal associated with a different electrode that is separated from the first electrode is measured to determine an undesired signal amount, such as due to deflection. An undesired single amount associated with the first electrode may be estimated based on the undesired signal amount measured at the other electrode. The signal amount measured at the first electrode is then compensated by the estimated undesired signal amount. The location of contact with the touch sensor is then determined based on the compensated signal amount.

Abstract: Method for controlling input to a touch panel includes a monitor screen display displaying a rear camera image screen, a measurement screen at the touch panel, and an input operation screen display in which an input operation can be performed. When the machine is operable, a monitor screen can be displayed in an input lock state in which the input operation is inhibited by turning off a hydraulic lock switch and releasing a hydraulic lock state. A specific input lock releasing operation on the touch panel releases the lock and the monitor screen display is switched to the input operation screen display.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive haptic device comprising: a support plate onto one surface of which a touch screen is coupled; an actuator, coupled to the support plate, for generating vibration in response to a load applied to the touch screen and delivering the vibration to the support plate; a guide rail part, disposed in contact with the other surface of the support plate, for supporting the support plate; and a load sensing part coupled to both ends of the guide rail part, for detecting the size of the load which has been applied to the touch screen and delivered, via the guide rail part, to the load sensing part.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage media contains instructions for displaying on a small display an interactive element that is or includes one or more characters. The instructions can identify, based on an input, one or more of the interactive elements or characters.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for determining a touch position and a touch control chip. The method includes: determining a variation caused by a noise to raw data of a capacitive touch screen; performing noise processing on a first raw value set of the capacitive touch screen according to the variation caused by the noise to the raw data of the capacitive touch screen, to obtain a first processed data set; and determining a touch position on the capacitive touch screen according to the first processed data set. The method for determining a touch position and the touch control chip provided by the present application contribute to improving accuracy of the touch position.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission processing section which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device, a reception processing section, a received data processing section which acquires information obtained by communication with the communication partner device, a display section which displays the information, and a display processing section which executes processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information.

Abstract: A cursor calibration method includes setting a threshold angle, and when an angle of elevation between a pointing direction of a pointer and a horizontal plane is reduced from greater than the threshold angle to smaller than or equal to the threshold angle, displaying the cursor of the pointer on a predetermined position of a display.

Abstract: Methods can include: activating a human-computer interface (HCI), such as a brain-computer interface (BCI) or a muscle-computer interface (muCI), through which a computing device is in operative communication with a brain or one or more muscles of a user; defining a command mapping according to which operation of the computing device is configured to be controlled through the HCI based on at least one electric signal of the user measured via one or more sensors coupled to the user; detecting an operation context of the computing device during operation of the computing device; and remapping the command mapping based on the detected operation context during operation of the computing device. The operation of the computing device can then be controlled through the HCI based on the at least one measured electric signal according to the remapped command mapping.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a display; a first sensor located on a first surface of a housing including the display; a second sensor located on a second surface of the housing; and a processor for determining a state of the electronic device on the basis of at least a part of first sensing information acquired by the first sensor, acquiring second sensing information from the second sensor on the basis of the result of the determining the state of the electronic device, and determining the brightness of the display on the basis of at least one of the first sensing information and the second sensing information, wherein the second sensor includes a sensor for detecting light.

Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a stylus to a capacitive sense array. The system including a capacitive sense array which includes a plurality of electrodes. A synchronization signal is transmitted to the stylus using the plurality of electrodes. The synchronization signal is transmitted to the stylus by capacitively coupling the stylus to the capacitive sense array.

Abstract: The present application provides a sensor comprising a grating and a sensor array sequentially disposed in a thickness direction of the sensor, wherein the sensor array comprises a plurality of photosensitive sensor units, and light passing through a light transmission gap of the grating reaches the plurality of photosensitive sensor units. The present application further provides a display device comprising the sensor. The sensor may detect three-dimensional coordinates of an object so that the display device can realize three-dimensional touch control.

Abstract: A touch substrate comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. When the second substrate is not subjected to a pressure, the second conductive layer is insulatively spaced apart from the first conductive layer; when the second substrate is subjected to a pressure equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the second substrate is deformed so that at least a part of the second conductive layer is contacted with the first conductive layer. A touch display panel and a display device which comprise the touch substrate are also provided.

Abstract: In an approach to securing data using alternative value identification schemes, one or more computer processors receive user registration data, wherein the user registration data includes one or more authentication parameters, wherein the one or more authentication parameters includes one or more physical pressure-based inputs by a user. The one or more computer processors receive an access request requiring an authentication from the user, wherein the access request includes the one or more physical pressure-based inputs by the user associated with the one or more authentication parameters. The one or more computer processors determine whether the one or more authentication parameters match the user registration data. Responsive to determining that the authentication data matches the registration data, The one or more computer processors authenticate access for the user.

Abstract: Achieving high spatial resolution in contact sensing for robotic manipulation often comes at the price of increased complexity in fabrication and integration. One traditional approach is to fabricate a large number of taxels, each delivering an individual, isolated response to a stimulus. The proposed sensors include a continuous volume of soft material, e.g., a transparent polymer, and light emitting diodes configured to emit light into the transparent volume that can be received by photodetectors. The location and depth of indentations can be measured between all pairs of light emitting diodes and photodetectors in the set, and this rich signal set can contain the information needed to pinpoint contact location with high accuracy using regression algorithms.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present inventive concept include retrofit compliance apparatus, which can include a catch basin or drip tray. The retrofit compliance apparatus can be used in conjunction with a hand hygiene dispenser, and monitor for compliant usage of the dispenser. The retrofit compliance apparatus can include one or more microcontrollers and one or more sensors. The retrofit compliance apparatus can detect whether the dispenser has been properly used. The retrofit compliance apparatus can collect data allowing the determination of the identity of who used the dispenser. Historical information about valid dispense counts and invalid dispense counts for each individual user can be maintained by a remote server.

Abstract: The present application provides a display box and a display device. The display box includes a box body and a first support plate detachably connected with the box body. The first support plate is one of multiple first support plates with different sizes, and the multiple first support plates are selectively detachably connected with the box body for supporting flexible screens with different bending radii.

Abstract: Touch sensitive input devices and routing trace configurations designed to reduce border dimensions of such devices are provided herein. The touch sensitive input devices include a touch panel having a plurality of transmit lines and a plurality of receive lines, which are arranged with the plurality of transmit lines in a grid pattern, such that a sense node is disposed on the touch panel at each intersection of the transmit and receive lines. More specifically, the touch panel includes a first subset of the transmit lines coupled to routing traces on only a first side of the touch panel, a second subset of the transmit lines coupled to routing traces on only a second side of the touch panel, and a third subset of the transmit lines coupled to routing traces on both the first side and the second side of the touch panel. Methods are provided herein for compensating for differences in routing trace path lengths, so as to provide accurate detection of touch event locations on the touch panel.

Abstract: An electronic device and sound output method thereof are provided. The electronic device may include: an input unit comprising input circuitry configured to sense an input from outside of the electronic device; a plurality of piezo drivers including a first piezo driver and a second piezo driver; and a processor functionally connected with the input unit. The processor may be configured to detect an input through the input unit, to use a first piezo driver set including the first piezo driver to output sounds when the detected input corresponds to a first input, and to use a second piezo driver set including the second piezo driver to output sounds when the detected input corresponds to a second input.

Abstract: A system includes a recorder configured to record audio and/or video of a subject of interest and output a recording of the subject of interest and a non-contact sensor associated with the recorder. The non-contact sensor is constructed and arranged to measure movement and/or vibration of the subject of interest from substantially the same perspective and at the same time as the recorder. The system includes a controller configured to transform the measured movement and/or vibration of the subject of interest measured by the non-contact sensor into a tactile data stream for sending to a haptic display device for playback with the recording of the subject of interest by the recorder and providing haptic effects corresponding to the measured movement and/or vibration to a user of the haptic display device in synchronization with the recording.

Abstract: A capacitive detection circuit is provided according to the disclosure. The capacitive detection circuit is applied to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch screen, and the touch screen comprises a plurality of receiving electrodes. The capacitive detection circuit includes: a phase detection circuit for detecting a phase of a reception signal and generating a time signal, wherein the receiving electrode receives a transmission signal and generates the reception signal; a mixing module for performing a mixing operation on the reception signal according to the time signal so as to generate an output signal; and a back-end processing module for determining a capacitance corresponding to the receiving electrode according to the output signal. The time signal instructs the mixing module to perform the mixing operation on the reception signal after a first time point.

Abstract: A touch panel and a display device are disclosed. The touch panel includes a base layer, a first electrode formed on a surface of the base layer and including a first sensor unit including a first conductor, and a second electrode formed on another surface of the base layer and including a second sensor unit including a second conductor. A shape of the first conductor is different from a shape of the second conductor.

Abstract: One variation of a method for detecting and characterizing force inputs on a surface includes: during a resistance scan cycle of a sampling period, driving a shield electrode arranged over a resistive touch sensor to a reference potential and reading resistance values across sense electrode and drive electrode pairs in the resistive touch sensor; during a processing cycle of the sampling period, transforming the resistance values into a position and a magnitude of a force applied to a tactile surface over the shield electrode, releasing the shield electrode from the reference potential, reading a capacitance value of the shield electrode, and detecting proximity of an object to the tactile surface based on the capacitance value; and generating a touch image representing the position and the magnitude of the force on the tactile surface based on the proximity of the object to the tactile surface.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for detecting an event of a source device, and generating at least one data sequence comprising device event data specifying the event and state information of the event. The device event data and state information are type-specific data having a type corresponding to an application of the source device. A data capsule is formed to include the at least one data sequence. The data capsule has a data structure comprising an application-independent representation of the at least one data sequence. The systems and methods detect poses and motion of an object, translate the poses and motion into a control signal using a gesture notation, and control a computer application using the control signal. The systems and methods automatically detect a gesture of a body, translate the gesture to a gesture signal, and control a component coupled to a computer in response to the gesture signal.

Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to at a plurality of periodic intervals, measure phase information associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and based on the phase information, determine a displacement of a mechanical member relative to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor. The system may also include a driver configured to drive the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor at a driving frequency and a driving amplitude, wherein at least one of the driving frequency and the driving amplitude varies among the plurality of periodic intervals.

Abstract: Particular embodiments receive a plurality of touch events. Each touch event may be associated with at least one position on a touchscreen, and at least a portion of the plurality of touch events are substantially located along a line. Particular embodiments further determine that: (1) the touch events are approaching an edge of the touchscreen, and (2) one or more pressure measurements taken at one or more of the touch input events are less than a minimum pressure threshold. Based on the determinations, particular embodiments anticipate that the touch events will end before they reach the edge of the touchscreen, and based on the anticipating, particular embodiments terminate a series of extrapolated positions before the series of extrapolated positions reach the edge of the touchscreen.

Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for detecting touch inputs. In one aspect, a device includes: (1) a touch surface; (2) a plurality of sense electrodes coupled to the touch surface and configured to sense capacitance of a touch input; (3) one or more force electrodes coupled to the touch surface and configured to sense force of the touch input; and (4) a sensing module configured to: (a) determine capacitance of at least a subset of the plurality of sense electrodes; (b) determine force of at least one of the one or more force electrodes; and (c) if the capacitance meets one or more first predefined criteria indicative of a touch input and if force meets one or more second predefined criteria indicative of a touch input, determine that the touch input is present on the touch-sensitive surface.

Abstract: A touch display apparatus is disclosed. The touch display apparatus includes an electrophoretic structure, a protective layer and at least one touch sensing layer. The protective layer is disposed on the electrophoretic structure. The touch sensing layer is disposed on the protective layer and takes the protective layer as a carrier.

Abstract: A portable information handling system processes information with processing components disposed in a main housing portion and presents the information at a display disposed in a lid housing portion. A keyboard and touchpad disposed at the upper surface of the main housing portion accept end user inputs. The touchpad translates touch inputs at a touch detection surface into cursor movement at the display and accepts presses at a touch button as input clicks. One or more antenna integrated in the touchpad to support communication of wireless signals by a transceiver disposed in the main housing, such as to support wireless local area network communications. A ground plane of the touchpad forms openings under the one or more antenna to provide a pathway for the wireless signals.

Abstract: An automated teller machine (ATM) may include an input component and one or more processors. The input component may be configured to detect multi-factor input associated with an account. The multi-factor input may include at least two of: a sequence of characters input via the input component, a force with which at least one character, of the sequence of characters, is input via the input component, a length of time over which at least one character, of the sequence of characters, is input via the input component, or a combination of at least two characters, of the sequence of characters, that are input concurrently via the input component. The ATM may receive the multi-factor input, validate the multi-factor input in association with the account, and selectively permit or deny access to one or more actions associated with the account based on validating the multi-factor input.