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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130027334 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM In one embodiment, there is provided an input device. The input device includes: a first sensor disposed in or near a first touch area of the input device and configured to detect an object when the object comes close to the first touch area; a second sensor disposed in... | 01/31/2013 |
| 20130002598 | Circuits and Methods for Tracking Multiple Objects Relative to a Touch-Sensitive Interface An integrated circuit includes a processor configured to receive position data corresponding to positions of objects relative to a touch-sensitive interface. The processor is configured to determine a first index point for the position data and a second index point of p... | 01/03/2013 |
| 20120280918 | MAXIMUM SPEED CRITERION FOR A VELOCITY GESTURE An apparatus, system, and method for a maximum speed criterion for a velocity gesture. The apparatus includes an input sensor, a processor, and a memory. The apparatus also includes a detection module that detects fulfillment of velocity gesture criteria on the input se... | 11/08/2012 |
| 20120284674 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a touch control method and an apparatus. The method includes: entering, when it is detected that a user triggers a function control, a function state corresponding to the function control; detecting a touch control operatio... | 11/08/2012 |
| 20120205165 | INPUT DETECTING APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE An apparatus, and an associated method, forms a user interface permitting input of input instructions to an electronic device. Input commands are evidence by tactile input forces applied to a force receiving surface. Force sensing elements are positioned to sense indica... | 08/16/2012 |
| 20120138371 | TOUCH DEVICE A touch device has multiple electromagnetic conductors and a detecting circuit. More than one of the multiple electromagnetic conductors are used as sensing points. Each of the sensing points receives a sensing voltage through electromagnetic coupling. The detecting cir... | 06/07/2012 |
| 20120119990 | POINTER CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD A pointer control system includes a pointer control device and a pointer sensing device. The pointer control device includes two coils. The two coils respectively transmit a first signal and a second signal to the pointer sensing device, so that the pointer sensing devi... | 05/17/2012 |
| 20120086656 | Touch Sensing Circuit and Associated Method A touch sensing circuit and method is provided. The touch sensing circuit discriminates a common voltage change of a display panel couple to the touch sensor in a touch panel display apparatus. The touch sensor comprises a plurality of sensor electrodes. The touch sensi... | 04/12/2012 |
| 20120086667 | FORCE MEASURING METHOD FOR A MULTIMODE TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE A force measuring method for a touchscreen device makes it possible to measure the force applied to the touchscreen. The principle of the invention consists in measuring the displacement of the two plates supporting the conduction lines and columns of the touchscreen, a... | 04/12/2012 |
| 20120056839 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK FOR TOUCHPADS AND OTHER TOUCH CONTROLS A haptic feedback planar touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor of the computer based on a location of user contact on the touch surface. The computer can posit... | 03/08/2012 |
| 20120038577 | FLOATING PLANE TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD A touch input device and method for manufacturing a touch input device are described. Each embodiment includes a touch surface, a mounting fixture, a sensing-suspension system, and a locating system. The touch surface may be an integral component of a host system, such ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032915 | OPERATING ELEMENT FOR ACTUATION BY A USER AND OPERATING ELEMENT MODULE An operating element for actuation by a user includes, but is not limited to a movable element that can be actuated by a user and a sensor layer, which is situated below the movable element and implemented as a touchscreen, the sensor layer being implemented to establis... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120019450 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE The present invention relates to a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the touch sensing device includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, alternately arranged along a first direction and a second direction substantia... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019468 | SELECTIVE INPUT SIGNAL REJECTION AND MODIFICATION Embodiments are related to user input devices that accept complex user input including a combination of touch and push (or pick) input. Embodiments of the invention provide for selective ignoring or rejection of input received from such devices in order to avoid interpr... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110242015 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE A touch input device, includes a touch panel, a number of slave touch detection circuits, and a master touch detection circuit. The touch panel is divided to a number of sub-panels and each sub-panel has a reference position. Each of the slave touch detection circuits i... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110222714 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE SENSOR A touch-sensitive sensor and a method for detecting a position where a user touches a wire or cable are described.... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110214923 | LIGHT WEIGHT AND FULL PLANAR ELECTROMAGNETIC DIGITIZER A light weight and full planar electromagnetic digitizer is disclosed. The electromagnetic digitizer comprises a upper board, a lower board, a circuit board and an antenna board and a cushion board. The circuit board has at least one electronic device to control the ant... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110193776 | POINTER, POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD A position detection apparatus of the electrostatic coupling type is provided, to detect not only a position of a pointer but also information other than the position information such as, for example, pointer pressure or side switch information. The pointer transmits tw... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110157080 | User Interface System Disclosed is a user interface system that includes a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid within the fluid vessel, a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid with... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110147100 | Pen Transcription System Utilizing a Spatial Filter for Limiting Interference A pen transcription system and method for locating a moveable signal source are disclosed. The transcription system includes a base having a planar base surface, first and second acoustical sensors that detect an acoustical signal emitted by a moveable signal source, th... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110139516 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH MULTILAYER ELECTRODE HAVING IMPROVED OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE A touch sensor including one or more multilayer electrodes, said electrodes including at least two transparent or semitransparent conductive layers separated by a transparent or semitransparent intervening layer. The intervening layer includes electrically conductive pa... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110134061 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MOBILE DEVICE ACCORDING TO THE RATE OF CHANGE OF THE TOUCH AREA A method and system for operating a mobile device according to a rate of change of a touch area are provided. The system includes a touch screen for creating a touch event according to a touch and a controller. The controller detects the rate of change of the touch area... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110100727 | Touch Sensitive Device with Dielectric Layer A touch sensitive device having a dielectric layer between a cover layer and a touch sensor layer is disclosed. The dielectric layer can reduce a negative pixel effect associated with poor grounding of an object touching the device. The dielectric layer can reduce a cap... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110095989 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND BEZEL THEREFOR An interactive input system comprises at least one imaging device having a field of view looking into a region of interest, a bezel at least partially surrounding the region of interest and having a surface in the field of view of the at least one imaging device, a firs... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110063993 | Automatic Low Noise Frequency Selection Automatic low noise frequency selection for a touch sensitive device is disclosed. A low noise stimulation frequency can be automatically selected by device logic without intervention of the device processor to stimulate the device to sense a touch event at the device. ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110061948 | Touch Controller with Improved Diagnostics Calibration and Communications Support A touch controller with improved diagnostics calibration and communication support includes a data capture register configured to sample data from one or a plurality of touch panel sense channels at an output of an analog to digital (A/D) converter. The sampled data is ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110061947 | Power Management for Touch Controller Power management for a touch controller is disclosed. The touch controller can include a transmit section for transmitting stimulation signals to an associated touch sensor panel to drive the panel, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the transmit section ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050621 | RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL A resistive touch panel has a lower panel module, an upper panel module and a flexible circuit board. The upper panel module has a protective film sequentially printed with a pattern layer and a varnish layer on a top thereof, an upper conducting layer mounted on a bott... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110030502 | MOTOR VEHICLE A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and a touchpad integrated into the steering wheel, situated in a channel, and adapted to input commands.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110025606 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING KEYSTROKE A writing apparatus comprises a housing and a keyboard mounted in the housing and having keys representing symbols of a language. Each key is moveable from a rest position. Sensors sense position of each key and develop a signal representing position of each key. A cont... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110018826 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE TYPE INPUT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH INPUT FUNCTION INCLUDING THE SAME Disclosed herein is an electrostatic capacitance type input apparatus, including, a first substrate, a flexible second substrate disposed so as to face the first substrate, a first electrode for detection of a depressed position, the first electrode being provided eithe... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012839 | STACKING ASSEMBLY OF A TOUCH PANEL A stacking assembly of a touch panel includes a touch sensing unit arranged insulated between a top plate and a substrate. The top plate and the substrate are transparent optical isotropic plates, and light regulating layers are arranged above separately. The light regu... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110006977 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING GESTURES INTO DIGITAL GRAFFITI The subject disclosure provides a device, computer readable storage medium, and method for converting gestures undergone by a device into digital graffiti. The disclosure includes ascertaining an orientation of the device and a path traversed by the device. Gestures und... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100288567 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A TOUCHPAD IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING THE TOUCHPAD A motor vehicle is equipped with a steering wheel to which is allocated a touchpad for controlling various functions of the motor vehicle. A touchpad can be automatically deactivated when the steering wheel exceeds a prescribed angle of lock. Also indicated is a corresp... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100282524 | TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALISING AN EXCITATION A touch control system and method having an interaction means between a user and a system, at least two transforming means for transforming an excitation of the interaction means into respective signals and a signal processing means configured to determine the position ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100283749 | Interfacing Sensors to a Processing Device A sensor having a rigid connector connectable to an interface device for interfacing with a processing device. The rigid connector is configured to convey information to the interface device, the information identifying a property of the sensor. An interface device conn... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100238121 | TRANSDUCER A transducer for a position sensor is described. The transducer comprises a single laminate sensor board carrying a plurality of windings formed by conductors on one or more layers of the sensor board, the windings being arrayed over a first area of the sensor board; an... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100224423 | STYLUS A stylus includes a main body and a holding member. The holding member connects to the main body. With the holding member being rotatable relative to the main body, a distance between an end of the holding member and the main body is changeable. The stylus is convenient... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100194702 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SELECTION METHOD OF UER INTERFACE ICON FOR MULTI-TOUCH PANEL The present invention provides a signal processing apparatus and a signal processing method of a man-machine interface. The signal processing method comprises steps of: receiving a first touch signal; recognizing an object corresponding to the first touch signal; determ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100163316 | Handwriting Recognition System Using Multiple Path Recognition Framework Described is a multi-path handwriting recognition framework based upon stroke segmentation, symbol recognition, two-dimensional structure analysis and semantic structure analysis. Electronic pen input corresponding to handwritten input (e.g., a chemical expression) is r... | 07/01/2010 |
