Abstract: A detection device includes: optical sensors; switching elements, gate lines, and signal lines corresponding to the optical sensors; a detection circuit that is supplied with signals from the optical sensors through the signal lines; and a signal line selection circuit for switching a coupling state between the signal lines and the detection circuit. A drive signal is supplied to the gate lines row by row to bring the switching elements belonging to a predetermined row into a coupled state. The signal line selection circuit couples the signal lines to the detection circuit column by column in a predetermined order in a reading period of the predetermined row. A reset potential is supplied to the optical sensors and the signal lines belonging to the predetermined row after completion of the reading period of the predetermined row and before start of the reading period of a row next to the predetermined row.

Abstract: A wearable information terminal that can be worn by a user is provided with: a main body; a display that is incorporated in the main body and includes a screen; a controller that is incorporated in the main body and executes display processing onto the screen; and an operation detector that detects input operation executed by the user with respect to the controller.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a touch substrate, a touch substrate, and a touch displaying device. The touch substrate comprises a base plate and touch electrodes, wherein a first film layer, a second film layer and a third film layer are sequentially stacked on one side of the base plate, and the refractive index of the second film layer is smaller than that of the first film layer and the third film layer.

Abstract: A display module and system applications including a display module are described. The display module may include a display substrate including a front surface, a back surface, and a display area on the front surface. A plurality of interconnects extend through the display substrate from the front surface to the back surface. An array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are in the display area and electrically connected with the plurality of interconnects, and one or more driver circuits are on the back surface of the display substrate. Exemplary system applications include wearable, rollable, and foldable displays.

Abstract: A method for calibrating the position and orientation of a camera, in particular a vehicle-mounted camera, relative to a calibration pattern includes the steps of: A] acquiring an image of the calibration pattern by the camera; B] determining a parameter of the image or of the calibration pattern; C] transforming the image based on the parameter; D] identifying characteristic points or possible characteristic points of the calibration pattern within the transformed image; E] deriving the position or orientation of the camera relative to the calibration pattern from the identified characteristic points or possible characteristic points; F] in dependence of a confidence value of the derived position or orientation of the camera or in dependence of the number of iterations of steps B to F so far, repeating steps B to F; and G] outputting the position or orientation of the camera derived in the last iteration of step E.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a virtual keyboard are shown and described. User gestures are captured by a camera and are mapped to spatial coordinates that correspond to the keys of a virtual keyboard. The user defines the coordinate system based on his or her range of motion and also defines the spatial dimensions of the virtual keyboard. The spatial dimensions are then scaled to provide a display image of the virtual keyboard on a TV display. Facial recognition techniques and corresponding data regarding the viewer's anatomy and previously captured reference gestures are used to interpret the viewer's gestures and determine which keystrokes are intended. A character prediction technique using the trajectory of the cursor (i.e.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is provided comprising: a light transmissive panel that defines a touch surface, a plurality of light emitters and detectors arranged along a perimeter of the light transmissive panel, a plurality of optical components arranged along the perimeter of the light transmissive panel, wherein the light emitters are arranged to emit a respective beam of emitted light and the optical components are configured to direct the emitted light to a path across the light transmissive panel. Optionally, optical components comprise a light guide arranged to receive light from the light emitters through a first surface and couple out light travelling in the light guide to the touch surface through a second surface. The second surface may be diffusively transmissive. The light guide may further comprise a reflective surface configured to internally reflect light travelling in the light guide from the first surface to the diffusive surface.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes arranged on the substrate; a light source configured to emit light to an object to be detected; a detection circuit configured to detect first detection signals based on reverse bias currents of the photodiodes when the light source is off, and to detect second detection signals based on the reverse bias currents of the photodiodes when the light source is on; and a memory configured to store first imaging data based on the first detection signals when the light source is off, second imaging data based on the second detection signals when the light source is on, and difference data between the first imaging data and the second imaging data.

Abstract: A light shielding element substrate includes a substrate, a transparent island structure and a first light shielding layer. The transparent island structure is located on the substrate. The first light shielding layer is located on the transparent island structure. The first light shielding layer is overlapping with a part of the top surface of the transparent island structure. The first light shielding layer has a first through hole overlapping the top surface of the transparent island structure.

Abstract: System and methods are described to determining a recommendation for a user based on changes in objects detected on a network-connected surface. The system receives, from the network-connected surface, a plurality of object identifiers for a plurality of physically inanimate objects of different types detected on the network-connected surface, wherein the object identifiers indicate a positioning of each object; determines, based on the object identifiers, a first arrangement of the plurality of physically inanimate objects; detects one or more changes in the plurality of object identifiers, wherein the one or more changes correspond to one or more changes in positioning from the first arrangement; in response to detecting the one or more changes, determines a second arrangement of the plurality of physically inanimate objects; and generates a content recommendation based on the second arrangement.

Abstract: An illuminated eyewear includes a lens support including a frame with a pair of rims and a bridge that is attached to and extends between the rims. A first temple is attached to one of the rims and a second temple is attached to another one of the rims. A pair of lenses is mounted to the frame wherein each of the rims engages one of the lenses. A light source is mounted on the lens support and illuminating perimeter edges of the lenses when the light source is turned on.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a floating touch display device which includes a capacitive touch panel, a display device, an interval layer, and an optical-lens structure. The capacitive touch panel is configured to provide a floating touch surface at a floating height above a first surface. The display device includes a second surface, and the display device is configured to provide a display image from the second surface. The optical-lens structure is disposed between the capacitive touch panel and the display device. The interval layer is disposed between the second surface and the optical-lens structure, and a first optical distance is between the second surface and the optical-lens structure. The optical-lens structure is configured to image the display image on the floating touch surface at a second optical distance, and the first optical distance is equal to the second optical distance.

Abstract: An image obtaining method comprises: by a projecting device, separately projecting an image acquisition light and a reference light onto a target object, wherein the light intensity of the image acquisition light is higher than the light intensity of the reference light; by an image obtaining device, obtaining a first image and a second image, both the first image and the second image comprising the image of the target object, with the target object of the first image being illuminated by the image acquisition light, and the target object of the second image being illuminated by the reference light, wherein the first image has a first area including a part of the target object, and the second image has a second area including the part of the target object; and by a computing device, performing a difference evaluation procedure to obtain a required light intensity based on a required amount.

Abstract: A display substrate includes: a base substrate, a drive circuit on the base substrate, an insulating layer on a side of the drive circuit away from the base substrate, and a fingerprint recognition device on a side of the insulating layer away from the base substrate. The fingerprint recognition device includes: a first electrode, a photosensitive layer and a second electrode that are disposed in a stacked manner. The first electrode electrically connects to the drive circuit through a via hole running through the insulating layer; and the first electrode forms a recess in the via hole, and the recess is filled with an insulating material, so that a surface of the first electrode on a side away from the base substrate is a flat surface, and the photosensitive layer is disposed on the flat surface.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel including a display surface; a sensor configured to detect an external object in proximity to or in contact with the display surface; an ultraviolet light emitter configured to emit ultraviolet light to the display surface; and a controller configured to control an operation of the ultraviolet light emitter. The controller increases an emission amount of ultraviolet light from the ultraviolet light emitter as the object approaches the display surface, and reduces the emission amount of ultraviolet light from the ultraviolet light emitter as the object recedes from the display surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for magnetic resonance imaging. The method may include obtaining first k-space data collected from a subject in a non-Cartesian sampling manner. The method may also include generating second k-space data by regridding the first k-space data. The method may further include generating third k-space data by calibrating the second k-space data, wherein a calibrated field of view (FOV) corresponding to the third k-space data is constituted by a central portion of an intermediate FOV corresponding to the second k-space data. The method may still further include reconstructing, using at least one of a compressed sensing algorithm or a parallel imaging algorithm, a magnetic resonance (MR) image of the subject based at least in part on the third k-space data.

Abstract: A system includes a microcontroller, one or more sensors affixed to an object, and memory storing one or more programs including instructions for receiving and storing first sensor data from the one or more sensors in response to motion of the object, determining whether the first sensor data meets a first threshold, in accordance with a determination that the first sensor data meets the first threshold: receiving and storing second sensor data from the one or more sensors in response to subsequent motion of the object for as long as the second sensor data meets a second threshold, performing pattern recognition on the second sensor data, and identifying a first position of the object based on the pattern recognition of the second sensor data.

Abstract: In some examples, a computer includes a display panel, a bezel around the display panel, a camera, and a plurality of separate light sources integrated into the bezel at respective different locations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a frame, a display device and a display apparatus. The frame includes at least two frame assemblies. The frame assemblies in different directions are spliced through an adapter, an infrared lamp strip is installed on the frame assembly, the adapter is provided with a bunching member, and a connection line for the infrared lamp strip is bunched around the bunching member when the frame assemblies in different directions are spliced.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides in some embodiments an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate, an insulating layer, a via hole and a first blockage pattern; wherein the insulating layer is arranged on the base substrate, the via hole runs through the insulating layer; and an orthographic projection of the first blockage pattern on the base substrate partially or entirely covers an orthographic projection of the via hole on the base substrate.

Abstract: Systems and methods for position-based gesture control are described. In some embodiments, a system may include a wearable device including a biopotential sensor and a location sensor. The system may be configured to determine that a body part is in a first position relative to a person's body, detect a first gesture, and, in response, direct a first instruction to a first destination. The system may be further configured to determine that a body part is in a second position relative to the person's body, detect a second gesture, and, in response, direct a second instruction to a second destination different than the first destination.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a seal. The second substrate is opposed to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The seal bonds the first substrate to the second substrate together and seals the liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a light source disposed at a position overlapping the seal in a planar view. The light source is sealed by the seal.

Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided in the present disclosure. The mobile terminal includes a cover plate, a display screen, a middle frame, an edge frame, and a photosensitive device, where the cover plate is fixedly connected to the edge frame, the display screen is located between the cover plate and the middle frame, a first gap is provided between the display screen and the edge frame, a second gap is provided between the middle frame and the edge frame, and the first gap and the second gap are connected to form an optical channel for the photosensitive device.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first pixel area and a second pixel area adjacent to the first pixel area. The display panel includes an array substrate, a color film substrate arranged oppositely to the array substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the color film substrate, and a backlight module positioned at a side of the color film substrate, which is back on to the array substrate. The display panel comprises a plurality of micro light emitting diode (micro LED) lighting units. A transparent area is placed among the micro LED lighting units, and the color film substrate includes a color filter in the second pixel area.

Abstract: An electronic device for preventing misrecognition by a proximity sensor is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a proximity sensor disposed under the display, at least one processor operatively connected with the display and the proximity sensor, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to in response to the display being turned on, detect a light entering the proximity sensor by using the proximity sensor, calibrate a reference range, based on a characteristic of the entering light, and identify whether an external object is close to the electronic device, based on the calibrated reference range.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display device, a gesture sensor, and a control device. The control device functions as a controller. When the gesture sensor detects a first gesture, the controller sets the image forming apparatus to a suspend mode and starts counting a first time. When the first time reaches a first threshold value, the controller sets the image forming apparatus to a waiting mode and allows the display device to display a notification indicating the waiting mode. When the gesture sensor detects a second gesture while the notification is displayed, the controller starts counting a second time. When the second time reaches a second threshold value, the controller turns off power of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A method of configuring a touch sensor includes transmitting an ultra-sonic test signal induced by a first excitation signal towards a touch structure that has a first interface with an enclosed interior volume of the touch sensor and a second interface with an external environment; receiving a plurality of ultra-sonic reflected signals produced from the ultra-sonic test signal and the touch structure, including a first ultra-sonic reflected signal internally reflected by the first interface and a last ultra-sonic reflected signal internally reflected by the second interface; determining a last time of flight corresponding to the last ultra-sonic reflected signal; and selectively configuring a second excitation signal based on the last time of flight. The second excitation signal is used for inducing further ultra-sonic signals.

Abstract: A display screen assembly is provided. The display screen assembly includes a display screen, a first light source, a light conducting member, a receiving element, and a processor. The display screen includes a display region for displaying images and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The light conducting member faces the display region. At least one first light source faces at least one surface of the light conducting member. The at least one first light source is configured to emit a detection signal to the light conducting member. The light conducting member is configured to diffuse the detection signal to allow the detection signal to pass through the display region, to interact with a detection object to form a target signal. The receiving element is disposed in the display region and configured to receive the target signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, a pixel structure layer on the substrate, and a sensor layer on a side of the pixel structure layer away from the substrate. The pixel structure layer includes a plurality of sub-pixels. At least one of the plurality of sub-pixels is configured to emit a first light. The sensor layer includes a photoelectric conversion device. The photoelectric conversion device is configured to receive a second light produced after the first light is reflected by an external object, and convert the second light into an electrical signal.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed comprising a panel that defines a touch surface, a plurality of light emitters and detectors arranged along a perimeter of the panel. The light emitters are arranged to emit a respective beam of emitted light that travels above the touch surface, wherein the light detectors are arranged to receive detection light from the emitted light. The plurality of light emitters and detectors are arranged above the touch surface and are connected to a substrate extending in a direction parallel with a normal axis of a plane in which the panel extends. A method of assembling a touch sensing apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A touch screen controller, a touch screen driving circuit and a touch screen system are provided. The touch screen driving circuit configured to drive a touch screen includes an analog driving circuit configured to provide driving signals to a display panel and a touch panel of the touch screen, and generate a touch sensing value based on a touch sensing signal from the touch panel; a display noise table (DNT) comprising display noise information indicating display noise that varies according to a driving state of the touch screen and image data; a feature extractor configured to extract a plurality of feature values from the driving state and the image data; and a touch processor configured to read a display noise value mapped to the plurality of feature values from the DNT, subtract the display noise value from the touch sensing value and generate a touch value.

Abstract: A high-pressure steam stream produced from the waste heat recovery system of a syngas producing unit may be superheated and then supplied to a steam turbine in a hydrocarbon production plant to produce an expanded steam stream and shaft power. A portion of the expanded stream can be fed into the reforming reactor in the syngas producing unit. The shaft power can be used to drive compressors and pumps in an olefins production plant. Considerable energy efficiency and capital investment savings can be realized by such steam integration compared to running the olefins production plant separately.

Abstract: A display device improves ESD resistance while using a plurality of adhesive double-sided tapes for fixing a display. After an OGS and a liquid crystal display are bonded to each other to be integrated, an outer edge portion of the OGS is bonded and fixed to a frame housing a backlight unit by four adhesive double-sided tapes. The four adhesive double-sided tapes are arranged to substantially surround a central region with a slight gap between adjacent ones of the adhesive double-sided tapes. An end portion of each of the adhesive double-sided tapes is set to have a shape such that a narrow path is bent, rather than being straight, the narrow path being a space surrounded by end surfaces of the two adhesive double-sided tapes between the frame and the OGS and extending narrowly.

Abstract: An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes a data line; a first voltage supply line; a second voltage supply line; and a pixel driving circuit. The pixel driving circuit includes one or more transistors in a first group and one or more transistors in a second group. A source electrode and a drain electrode of at least one transistor in the first group, the data line, the first voltage supply line, and the second voltage supply line are in a same layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode of at least one transistor in the second group are in a layer different from the first voltage supply line and the second voltage supply line.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed, comprising a light transmissive panel that defines a touch surface, an opposite rear surface, and panel sides extending between the touch surface and rear surface. The panel sides define a perimeter of the light transmissive panel. The touch sensing apparatus comprises a plurality of light emitters and detectors arranged along the perimeter and adjacent the panel sides, a light guide arranged along the perimeter and having a first reflective surface comprising a diffusive light scattering element.

Abstract: There is provided an ultrasonic fingerprint identification component, including an ultrasonic fingerprint identification circuit, which includes a detection circuit and a source follower circuit, and a current supply circuit, where an output terminal of the source follower circuit is coupled to the current supply circuit through a signal reading line; the current supply circuit is configured to provide a constant current to the output terminal of the source follower circuit during an operation of the ultrasonic fingerprint identification circuit; the detection circuit is coupled to a receiving electrode of an ultrasonic sensor and is configured to output a sensing voltage to a sampling node according to an electric signal output by the receiving electrode of the ultrasonic sensor; and the source follower circuit is configured to output a corresponding source follower voltage to the signal reading line according to the sensing voltage under control of the constant current.

Abstract: Systems and methods for gesture-based control are provided. In some embodiments, a system may include a wearable device configured to be worn on a person's wrist. The wearable device may include a plurality of biopotential channels, a location sensor, and a processor. The system may be configured to generate a data stream based on the outputs from the biopotential channels and/or the location sensor. The system may be configured to enter a first state in which the output from the location sensor is processed according to a first set of logical rules. The system may be configured to classify a gesture, and, based on the gesture classification, transition to a second state in which the output from the location sensor is processed according to a second set of logical rules that is different than the first set of logical rules.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying a defined display region; receiving, on an off screen input device, user input; scaling, using a processor, the user input based on the defined display region; and displaying, on a display device, the scaled user input within the defined display region. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A method of configuring a screen of an electronic device is provided. The method includes acquiring a distance between the electronic device and an object for performing an input into the electronic device, and displaying at least one of an input screen and an output screen on a display of the electronic device based on the acquired distance.

Abstract: A computing device includes a memory for storing vector graphics including information about graphic objects including locations of the graphic objects, a display for displaying a representation of the vector graphics and a surface or pointing device for detecting an indication of a change in the vector graphics. In response to detecting the indication, the computing device is configured to automatically change a geometry of at least one other graphic object connected to at least one other graphic object at one or more locations of the at least one graphic object, the change includes a change in at least one location of the at least one graphic object, and at least one location of the at least one other graphic object is unchanged, and automatically change at least a portion of the representation, and the display is configured to display at least a portion of the changed representation.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to enhancing the fields of view of one or more cameras of a gesture recognition system for augmenting the three-dimensional (3D) sensory space of the gesture recognition system. The augmented 3D sensory space allows for inclusion of previously uncaptured of regions and points for which gestures can be interpreted i.e. blind spots of the cameras of the gesture recognition system. Some examples of such blind spots include areas underneath the cameras and/or within 20-85 degrees of a tangential axis of the cameras. In particular, the technology disclosed uses a Fresnel prismatic element and/or a triangular prism element to redirect the optical axis of the cameras, giving the cameras fields of view that cover at least 45 to 80 degrees from tangential to the vertical axis of a display screen on which the cameras are mounted.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode display is provided. The light-emitting diode display includes a substrate, a plurality of wires, a plurality of light-emitting areas, and at least one driver IC. The plurality of wires are formed on the substrate. The plurality of light-emitting areas include a light-emitting diode area and a virtual area. The plurality of light-emitting areas are arranged in a matrix. The virtual area of the plurality of light-emitting areas corresponds to each other. The driver IC is formed on the virtual area of the plurality of the light-emitting areas or on the plurality of the light-emitting areas.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the first substrate, a vibration generator including a sound output unit which vibrates the display panel to output a sound and a first ultrasonic wave output unit which vibrates the display panel to output ultrasonic waves, and a first ultrasonic wave absorbing film overlapping the first ultrasonic wave output unit in a thickness direction of the display panel, where the first ultrasonic wave absorbing film absorbs the ultrasonic waves.

Abstract: A method including capturing a series of image frames of a hand. The method includes generating a map of hand landmarks for each in the series of image frames. The method includes determining whether the maps of hand landmarks include at least: (i) a first map that matches a first reference map of hand landmarks representing a hand in substantially a start position of a snap motion and (ii) a subsequent, second map that matches a second reference map of hand landmarks representing a hand in a progressed (e.g., intermediate or end) position of a snap motion. The method includes determining that a finger-snap gesture is detected in response to determining that the first map and second map were generated from image frames captured within a snap time limit; and executing an action corresponding to a determination that a finger-snap gesture is detected in the series of image frames.

Abstract: Systems and methods for gesture-based control are described. In some embodiments, a system may include a device configured to be worn at a person's wrist. The wearable device may include a biopotential sensor, a wrist location sensor, and a wireless transmitter. The system may have a first state and a second state. In the first state, the system may be configured to classify first data based on an output from the wrist location sensor to detect a wake word gesture. In the second state, the system may be configured to classify second data to detect a second gesture, the second data being based on both wrist location data and biopotential data. The system may be configured to transition from the first state to the second state based, at least in part, on a detection of the wake word gesture.

Abstract: A display device including: a pixel connected to first, second and third scan lines, a data line, and an emission line, the pixel including: an LED; a first transistor including a first electrode connected to a first node, a second electrode connected to a second node, and a gate electrode connected to a third node; a second transistor connected between the data line and the first node and including a gate electrode connected to the first scan line; a third transistor connected between the second node and the third node and including a gate electrode connected to the second scan line; a fourth transistor connected between the second node and a power source and including a gate electrode connected to the third scan line; and a fifth transistor connected between the second node and an anode of the LED and including a gate electrode connected to the second scan line.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a system to render a virtual reality (VR) scene, and a method and computer program product to determine a follower pose in a VR simulator during a simulation step. In one example, the method includes: (1) computing one or more current candidate poses utilizing input parameters, wherein each of the current candidate poses is a temporal projection of a follower pose along a respective sweep direction towards a leader pose, and wherein an obstruction is located between the follower pose and the leader pose, (2) selecting a target pose from the one or more current candidate poses, (3) refining the target pose utilizing physics-based constraints and the input parameters, wherein the physics-based constraints use a surface of the obstruction, and (4) rendering a new follower pose based on the refined target pose.

Abstract: A display device, an electronic device, and a method for driving a display device are provided. The display device includes a display panel and a plurality of image sensors. The display panel has a display side and a back side opposite to the display side, the plurality of image sensors are independent at a plurality of independent positions on the back side of the display panel, and the plurality of image sensors are configured to integrally obtain depth image information of a target to be detected on the display side of the display panel.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a touch control system are disclosed. In one aspect a touch screen interface on a mechanical keyboard is disclosed. A touch sensing area on a keyboard having mechanical key mechanisms also provides a touch sensing surface. Touch position on the keyboard is detected and used to control a user interface. Unique touch sensing systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A control element is used for a display unit, a system includes a control element and a display unit, a method of using the control element and a method for operating a display unit in conjunction with the control element are described.