Abstract: A display apparatus includes circuitry to receive an input of hand drafted input data. The hand drafted input data is input to an input area being displayed. The circuitry displays, in the input area, an object corresponding to the hand drafted input data, and displays, based on a part of the object failing to be displayed within the input area, a display component related to an additional object representing at least the part of the object.

Abstract: A pen state detection circuit that is connected to a touch sensor of a capacitance type and adapted to detect a state of an electronic pen in accordance with an output signal from the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes sensor electrodes disposed in a planar manner, and the electronic pen includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The pen state detection circuit includes a processor configured to sequentially and repeatedly: acquire first and second coordinate values in a sensor coordinate system, the coordinate system being defined on a detection surface of the touch sensor, the first coordinate values indicating a projected position of the first electrode, the second coordinate values indicating a projected position of the second electrode; calculate an inclination value indicative of an inclination of the electronic pen from the acquired first and second coordinate values in accordance with calculation rules; and output the inclination value.

Abstract: The wrist rest may include a base structure; at least two flexible supports extending from the base structure; a vibration assembly supported on the at least two flexible supports in a manner such that the vibration assembly may be spaced apart from the base structure; and a cushion assembly including a cushion disposed over the vibration assembly in a manner so as to conceal the vibration assembly between the base structure and the cushion. The cushion may be secured to the base structure. The at least two flexible supports may be configured to isolate the base structure from a vibrating motion of the vibration assembly. A surface of the vibration assembly directed towards the cushion assembly may move relative to a corresponding surface of the cushion assembly in a manner so as to allow the vibration motion of the vibration assembly to be sensed through the cushion.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a casing, an opening portion formed on one side of the casing, a core body that projects outside of the casing through the opening portion, a pen module part, and a core body insertion member disposed in the casing and having a hollow space that houses the core body. The hollow space includes a hollow portion between an inner circumferential surface of the core body insertion member and an outer circumferential surface of the core body when the core body insertion member houses the core body, the hollow portion communicating, via the opening portion, with a first space external to the electronic pen. The hollow portion is separated from a second space in which the pen module part is disposed within the casing.

Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for detecting a movement of a ring controller, a ring controller, and a computer readable medium. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of moving parameters of the movement of the ring controller, wherein the ring controller is used to interact with a user interface; determining a rotating condition of the ring controller based on the moving parameters; and adjusting a visual content provided in the user interface based on the rotating condition of the ring controller.

Abstract: An input support device arranged above a detection device including a plurality of electrodes, the input support device comprising: an LC circuit; a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit; a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, and an adjustment circuit coupled to the LC circuit and configured to adjust circuit characteristics of the LC circuit.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen with a cylindrical housing including an opening at an end portion of the housing on a pen tip side of the housing, a cylindrical member disposed in the housing and fixed to the housing at a part on the pen tip side of the housing, and a core body formed in a rod shape by a material containing a pigment, the core body including a body portion inserted into the cylindrical member through the opening of the housing and a pull-out portion configured to enable the core body to be pulled out of the housing. A diameter of the body portion of the core body inserted into the cylindrical member is larger than a difference between an outer diameter of the cylindrical member and an inner diameter of the cylindrical member.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit that displays an image during a plurality of frames; and a sensor unit that overlaps the display unit, where the sensor unit includes a plurality of sensors. During a first period of an Nth frame of the plurality of frames, the plurality of sensors transmit a first signal. During a second period of the Nth frame, the plurality of sensors transmit a second signal. During a third period of an (N+1)th frame of the plurality of frames, the plurality of sensors transmit a third signal. During a fourth period of the (N+1)th frame, the plurality of sensors transmit a fourth signal. The first signal and the third signal have phases opposite to each other.

Abstract: An input device includes a contact body to contact an object, a pressure sensor to detect pressure of contact of the contact body with the object, a vibrator to generate a vibration to provide a tactile sensation, and a vibration controller. The vibration of the vibrator when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is large is larger than that when the pressure detected based on the output of the pressure sensor is small.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a nib which is disposed in the housing, includes a pen tip protruding to the outside through the second end, and includes a dielectric coil wound multiple times therein, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the dielectric coil, a board seating part which is at least partially coupled to the nib and in which a printed circuit board is seated, an elastic member seating part disposed in the housing such that the elastic member seating part and the board seating part are at least partially fitted to each other, and an elastic member disposed between the elastic member seating part and the board seating part, when the nib is pressed in a direction toward the inside of the housing by the pen pressure, the pen pressure is transmitted to the elastic member via the board seating part.

Abstract: An electronic pen cartridge is replaceable with a refill of a stationery ballpoint pen such that the stationery ballpoint pen housing can be reused as the electronic pen housing. The electronic pen cartridge is of a capacitance type and includes a pen tip which is projectable from an opening on one side in an axial direction of the pen housing. Inside the tubular cartridge housing are an electronic circuit including a signal transmission circuit configured to generate a signal to be supplied to a position detection sensor, and a rechargeable power storage device configured to supply a power supply voltage to the electronic circuit. A coil is wound around a rear end portion of the cartridge housing on a side of the cartridge housing opposite from the pen tip side. The power storage device is charged by a current induced in the coil based on an externally supplied magnetic field.

Abstract: A stylus comprising a housing and a nib portion configured to be attached to the housing and to extend out from the housing, wherein the nib portion comprises at a tip area an integrated conductive tip electrode and at least one integrated conductive ring electrode surrounding the tip electrode at least partially and electrically isolated from the tip electrode.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuitry, a camera, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to detect at least one of a first specific color or a first specific shape from at least one surface of the stylus pen, and execute a first specific function based on the detecting of the at least one of the first specific color or the first specific shape.

Abstract: The method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium embodiments described herein are directed to verifying identification documents. In various embodiments, a server may receive a first image of a front-side of an identification document. The server may extract a first feature of the front-side of the identification document from the first image using optical character recognition (OCR) and identify a first environmental feature from the first image. The server may receive a second image of a backside of the identification document and identify a second feature of the backside of the identification document from the second image. The server may also identify a second environmental feature from the second image. The server may verify the identification document by confirming that the first feature matches the second feature and the first environmental feature matches the second environmental feature.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a touch pen capable of being used in electronic devices. The touch pen includes a pen body having an accommodation space extending in a longitudinal direction, a pen tip coupled to one end of the pen body, a plurality of weight members disposed inside the accommodation space of the pen body, and a buffer material disposed between adjacent weight members among the plurality of weight members to prevent movement of the plurality of weight members in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A method for electronic device identifier assignment at a host computing device includes receiving a current local identifier of a separate electronic device and a full unique identifier of the separate electronic device. A host-specific identifier is assigned to the separate electronic device by, based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is included in a set of local identifier values available for assignment, assigning the host-specific identifier to the separate electronic device with a same local identifier value as the current local identifier. Based at least in part on determining that the current local identifier of the separate electronic device is already assigned by the host computing device to a different separate electronic device, the host-specific local identifier is selected from the set of local identifier values available for assignment and assigned to the separate electronic device.

Abstract: A method for segmenting an image includes receiving one or more object seeds associated with one or more first object portions represented by a first image and receiving one or more background seeds associated with one or more first background portions represented by the first image. A second image representing one or more second object portions and one or more second background portions is received, wherein the first image comprises a plurality of subportions and the second image is a subportion of the plurality of subportions of the first image. The second image is processed based on the one or more object seeds and the one or more background seeds to determine the one or more second object portions and the one or more second background portions.

Abstract: Example stylus holders for an electronic device are disclosed herein. In an example, the stylus holder is coupled to an outer housing of the electronic device. In addition, the stylus holder includes a sleeve that is to transition between: an extended position, in which the sleeve is projected out of the aperture of the outer housing; and a retracted position, in which the sleeve is retracted into the aperture of the outer housing from the extended position. Further, the stylus holder includes a biasing member disposed within the outer housing and coupled to the sleeve. The biasing member is to bias the sleeve toward the retracted position when the sleeve is in the extended position.

Abstract: A smart pen including: a body part; a nib part at an end of the body part; a code detection unit for receiving light reflected from a display panel and the nib part, wherein the light reflected from the display panel and the nib part is used to detect shape data for code patterns of the display panel; and a code processor for generating coordinate data based on the shape data and transmitting the coordinate data to a main processor for driving the display panel based on the coordinate data.

Abstract: A transmitter comprising: a signal modulator for transmitting electrical signals via an electrode, wherein the electrical signals carry a message representing a signal value; and a controller, coupled to the signal modulator, configured for having the signal modulator transmitting the electrical signals with a first duty cycle in a reference signal time period and transmitting the electrical signals with a second duty cycle in a modulation signal time period, wherein a first ratio corresponding to the second duty cycle and the first duty cycle is corresponding to the signal value, wherein the lengths of the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same, and wherein the maximum amplitudes of the electrical signals during the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same.

Abstract: A gesture-recognition (GR) device is disclosed that includes a capacitive touch sensor panel and a controller. The capacitive touch sensor panel comprises a plurality of sensing pads arranged in a cylindrical pattern inside a handle of the GR device and detects a multi-factor touch assertion at a set of sensing pads of the plurality of sensing pads. The controller transmits a driving signal to each of the plurality of sensing pads for the detection of the multi-factor touch assertion, generates an assertion signal, determines a signal sequence based on the assertion signal, and converts a current inactive state of the GR device to an active state based on a validation of the determined signal sequence corresponding to the multi-factor touch assertion and an inferred user intent.

Abstract: A method comprising displaying, on a touchscreen, a digital electronic document; receiving first input from the touchscreen and determining that the first input comprises a rectangle gesture; receiving second input from the touchscreen and determining that the second input comprises a subdivision gesture that indicates dividing the rectangle; determining that the first input and the second input have been received within a time threshold; in response to determining that the first input and second input have been received within the time threshold, automatically generating a table that comprises a plurality of cells; automatically placing the table in the document at a location that is based on the first input and updating the document that is displayed on the touchscreen to visually show the table; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

Abstract: A haptic system includes a haptic device and a control device. A sensor of the haptic device detects contact of a finger of a user who grips a casing, a determination unit of the control device determines whether sensor information on a contact position of the finger detected by the sensor of the haptic device matches preset reference position information, and an instruction unit sends a notification unit a notification instruction in at least one of cases where the sensor information does not match the reference position information and where the sensor information matches the reference position information. On accepting the notification instruction, the notification unit of the haptic device notifies the user of an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger is shifted or an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger matches the reference position.

Abstract: A method may be executed by one or more active capacitive styluses and a sensor controller connected to sensor electrodes. The method includes: a discovery step, executed by the sensor controller, of repeatedly sending out a discovery packet for detecting any of the active capacitive styluses; a discovery response step, executed by a first active capacitive stylus among the one or more active capacitive styluses, by which the discovery packet is detected, of returning a response packet to the discovery packet; a configuration step, executed by the sensor controller, of transmitting a configuration packet including time slot designation information that designates a first time slot to the first active capacitive stylus; and a data transmission step, executed by the first active capacitive stylus, of transmitting operation state data indicative of an operation state of the first active capacitive stylus using the designated first time slot.

Abstract: An electronic device comprising a stylus; said stylus comprising a pointed end having a touch capable compression tip, and a top end, said top end comprising a rotatable element disposed of at the end of the top end, comprising a first electronic element mounted on said rotatable element, a second electronic element mounted below said rotatable element; a first contact point and a second contact point disposed on said stylus between said second electronic element and said pointed end; and at least one sensing button; said stylus comprising means for electronically communicating with said electronic device.

Abstract: A position indicator that electrostatically interacts with a sensor includes: a casing having a pen shape; a conductive core body including a pen tip that protrudes from an opening on one end in the axial direction of the casing; a conductor surrounding the core body; a signal transmitting circuit which, in operation, generates a signal that electrostatically interacts with the sensor, and supplies the generated signal to the core body; and a control circuit which, in operation, produces different electrostatic interactions with the sensor by performing a first control operation that sets the conductor in a state of being grounded while the signal is sent out from the pen tip of the core body to the sensor, and performing a second control operation that sets the conductor in a state different from the state of being grounded.

Abstract: An active pen includes an integrated circuit that transmits a downlink signal through a first electrode and receives an uplink signal through a second electrode different from the first electrode. The active pen includes a stop filter inserted between the second electrode and the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit, in operation, performs transmission of the downlink signal and the reception of the uplink signal at the same time.

Abstract: In order to achieve the objective of the present disclosure, a robot cleaner for performing autonomous navigation according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a main body; a driving unit for moving the main body; an ultrasonic sensor for sensing a distance between the main body and an obstacle; and a controller for controlling the driving unit by using an output value of the ultrasonic sensor, wherein the ultrasonic sensor comprises: a transmitting unit, installed at one point on the outer surface of the main body, for emitting ultrasonic waves in a predetermined direction; a plurality of receivers, installed at positions spaced apart from the transmitting unit by a predetermined distance on the outer surface of the main body, for receiving ultrasonic waves reflected by the obstacle after being emitted from the transmitting unit; and an electrical signaling unit for electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of receivers to the transmitting unit.

Abstract: The present application provides a transmitter including a first sensor and a processing module electrically coupled to the first sensor. The processing module is configured to transmit a first electric signal during a first time period. The first electric signal represents at least one part of a digital sensing value of the first sensor.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a housing, a core body having a front end that protrudes from an opening in a side of the housing, and a coupling member housing one or more components of the electronic pen. The housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion separated in an axial direction of the housing. The first housing portion includes an opening arranged such that the front end of the core body protrudes outside while the first housing portion is electrically separated from the core body. A protrusion portion formed on an outer peripheral surface of the coupling member electrically separates the first and second housing portions. One side of the cylindrical coupling member in the axial direction with respect to the protrusion portion is fitted to the first housing portion, and another side in the axial direction is fitted to the second housing portion.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion observation portion including a distal end portion to be inserted into a target object; an objective lens portion disposed on the distal end portion of the insertion observation portion and includes a lens; a holding member that holds the objective lens portion; a sheath that covers the objective lens portion and the holding member; and a sealing material that is disposed on an outer circumference of the objective lens portion and that shields light. A part of the sealing material is disposed on an inner side of a recessed portion of the lens and forms a diaphragm portion that widens a depth of field of the endoscope.

Abstract: A method for motion tracking and text recognition, the method including a step of generating ultrasound waves with a transmitter; a step of receiving the ultrasound waves at a receiver, the receiver including sensors that record the ultrasound waves; a step of estimating with a processor, angle-of-arrival information for the ultrasound waves; a step of associating the angle-of-arrival information with a gesture; a step of extracting features from the gesture; and a step of classifying the gesture as a specific text character based on the extracted features by comparing the extracted features with known text characters stored in one or more templates.

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: An input detection system includes a plurality of electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and an input support device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to the LC circuit and arranged so as to overlap with at least equal to or more than one of the electrodes, and a housing accommodating therein at least the LC circuit. The housing is a conductor, and one end side of the LC circuit is coupled to the housing through a coupling member or a capacitor and another end side of the LC circuit is coupled to the first electrode.

Abstract: A single position indicator that can be used with a plurality of different types of position detection systems. The position indicator includes a communication circuit which, in operation, communicates with an outer device, a configuration circuit which, in operation, performs an initial setting process based on a signal from the outer device, a signal generation circuit which, in operation, generates a stylus position signal, and a control circuit. The control circuit, in operation, controls transmission of the stylus position signal based on an initial setting of at least one switch circuit that is set by the initial setting process performed by the configuration circuit, and controls reception of a signal received from the outer device via the communication circuit.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for pressure detection, an active pen, a touch control chip and an electrode device are provided, configured to detect a pressure of the active pen on a screen. The active pen includes a pressure sensor, a wireless communication module and a tip electrode, and the pressure sensor is configured to detect the pressure generated by the active pen. The method includes: determining a second pressure level corresponding to the pressure, according to a detection signal corresponding to a first driving signal output by the tip electrode, when a pressure signal of a first pressure level corresponding to the pressure sent by the wireless communication module is not received; and displaying handwriting of the active pen, by the screen, according to the second pressure level. The method can reduce time delay of a response of a first writing of the active pen.

Abstract: A foldable device includes: a flexible display including: a first part; a second part; and a third part provided between the first and second parts; a first body supporting the first part; and a second body supporting the second part, each of the first and second body are configured to move between a first and a second position, in response to each of the first and second bodies being provided in the first position, the first body and the second body form a receiving space, the third part forms a curved portion of the flexible display and the curved portion is provided within the receiving space, and wherein the first part is configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the flexible display with respect to the first body in response to the first and second bodies moving between the first and second positions.

Abstract: An integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a timebase generator and a switch mode direct current-to-direct current (DC-to-DC) converter coupled to the timebase generator. The timebase generator comprises a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) having an output and a logic circuit comprising a first logic inverter, a first AND logic gate, and a first multiplexer, wherein the first logic inverter has an input coupled to a most significant bit of the output of the LFSR, wherein the first AND logic gate has a first input coupled to a second most significant bit of the output of the LFSR and a second input coupled to an output of the first logic inverter, wherein a selector input of the first multiplexer is coupled to an output of the first AND logic gate.

Abstract: A touch display apparatus includes a first sensing element, a flexible display device, and a second sensing element. The flexible display device is disposed below the first sensing element. The flexible display device is located between the first sensing element and the second sensing element. The second sensing element includes a pressure sensing layer and a reaction force layer. The pressure sensing layer is located between the flexible display device and the reaction force layer.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for content navigation within a media player is provided. The present invention may include displaying, by a computing device, a media content and a corresponding textual content. The present invention may include receiving, from a user, input regarding the textual content. The present invention may include modifying a playback of the media content based upon the input regarding the textual content to generate a modified media content. The present invention may include playing the modified media content.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen core body including a tip component portion coupled to an axis component portion. At least one end of the axis component portion in an axial direction is made of a material that is harder than a material from which the tip component portion is made. The axis component portion includes a recessed hole and a fitting portion directly or indirectly fitted to a pen pressure detector. The tip component portion includes a tip portion protruding from the one end of the axis component portion in the axial direction, a coupling core portion disposed within the recessed hole and coupled to an inner wall surface of the recessed hole of the axis component portion, and a second ring-shaped end surface that contacts a first ring-shaped end surface of the axis component portion. The first ring-shaped end surface is covered by the second ring-shaped end surface.

Abstract: Wearable devices, methods and processor-readable media for multi-finger mid-air gesture recognition are described. A smart ring wearable device having an array of proximity sensors located about the circumference of the ring is used, in conjunction with a motion sensor such as an accelerometer, to sense and recognize multi-finger mid-air gestures. The proximity sensors may be used to sense the relative positions and shapes of the fingers of the user's hand. The motion sensor may be used to detect gross movements of the finger, hand, and arm, and to detect other movements such as finger collisions using high-frequency sampling of accelerometer data to sense bio-acoustic vibrations. A gesture-sensing system may be operated by the wearable device, a gesture-controlled device, or another device to recognize the gestures based on the sensor data using a trained support-vector machine as a classifier.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing input to an augmented reality system or an extended reality system based, at least in part, on neuromuscular signals. The methods and systems comprise detecting, using one or more neuromuscular sensors arranged on one or more wearable devices, neuromuscular signals from a user; determining that a computerized system is in a mode configured to provide input including text to the augmented reality system; identifying based, at least in part, on the neuromuscular signals and/or information based on the neuromuscular signals, the input, wherein the input is further identified based, at least in part, on the mode; and providing the identified input to the augmented reality system.

Abstract: An electronic device in some embodiments includes: a display layer configured to display an image based on image data and having a plurality of regions defined thereon; a sensor layer on the display layer; and a sensor driver configured to receive image information data calculated based on the image data, to generate an output signal based on the image information data, and to provide the output signal to the sensor layer, wherein the image information data includes noise information on the image, the noise information being calculated based on the plurality of regions. Some embodiments may include the electronic device included in an interface device.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a signal generator, a power supply, and a resonance circuit. The signal generator is configured to generate a signal. The power supply is configured to supply power to the signal generator. The resonance circuit is configured to generate a current based on the signal and emit a magnetic field based on the current.

Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic device by an input device, and an input device is disclosed. The method includes: controlling, by the input device, an electronic device by using a touch apparatus when the input device detects that the input device is in contact with the touch apparatus of the electronic device; and when the input device detects that the input device is in contact with an object surface beyond the touch apparatus of the electronic device, detecting, by the input device, a motion of the input device on the object surface, and sending information about the motion to the electronic device, to control the electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensing panel, at least one processor electrically connected to the sensing panel and the communication module, and a memory electrically connected to the at least one processor. The memory may store instructions configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to, based on a pen signal from the stylus pen being detected through the sensing panel, perform a first operation identified based on the detected pen signal, and based on the pen signal from the stylus pen not being detected through the sensing panel, receive, through the communication module, at least one communication signal, identify a gesture based on information on a position of the stylus pen, included in the received at least one communication signal, and perform a second operation corresponding to the identified gesture. Various other embodiments are possible.

Abstract: An electronic pen includes a cylindrical housing including an opening on one end of the housing in an axial direction of the housing, a core body attached inside of the housing such that an end of the core body protrudes from the opening on the one end of the housing, and a signal generation circuit which, in operation, generates a signal that is transmitted from the core body. The core body includes a core rod that is conductive and a protection member. The core rod includes a front portion that protrudes from the opening on the one end of the housing, a back portion, and an intermediate portion between the front portion and the back portion. The intermediate portion has a tapered shape narrowing from the front portion toward the back portion. The core rod receives the signal from the signal generation circuit. The protection member covers a side surface of the intermediate portion of the core rod.

Abstract: An electronic pen central rod includes a front-end member configured as a rod-like body having a pen tip part and a back-end extension part that extends from a back-end face of the pen tip part in an opposite direction from the pen tip part; a back-end member configured as a rod-like body having an attachment part to be detachably attached to an electronic pen interior and a front-end extension part that extends from a front-end face of the attachment part in an opposite direction from the attachment part; and a connection member configured as a rod-like body having two end sides, one of the two end sides being provided with a front-end hole part into which the back-end extension part of the front-end member is inserted, the other end side being provided with a back-end hole part into which the front-end extension part of the back-end member is inserted.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for character recognition in a digital image processing environment. The present invention is configured to electronically retrieve one or more documents from a document repository, wherein the one or more documents are in an image format; initiate one or more image super resolution algorithms on the one or more documents; generate, based on at least the one or more image super resolution algorithms, one or more high-resolution images associated with each of the one or more documents; initiate one or more image bottleneck ensembles (IBE) algorithms on the one or more high-resolution images; extract, using the one or more IBE algorithms, one or more features associated with the one or more high resolution images; and store the one or more features extracted from the one or more high resolution images in a feature repository.