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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090166100 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE A position detecting device includes a position indicator (2), a first detection section (13) (e.g., an electrostatic capacity type detection section) having a substantially flat shape, and a second detection section (14) (e.g., an electromagnetic i... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090160817 | TRANSPARENT CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A transparent capacitive touch panel comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent cover lens and a transparent adhesive layer is provided, wherein a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer are disposed on the transparent cover len... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090159344 | TOUCH PAD ELECTRODE DESIGN A multi-touch capacitive touch sensor panel can be created using a substrate with column and row traces formed on separate layers of the substrate. The column and row traces can include sections extending from a central trace and forming a rectilinear trace pattern with... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090120697 | DISCERNING BETWEEN SUBSTANCES A method and apparatus to detect the presence of a material at a sensing device and to determine whether the material is a first material having a first material property or a second material having a second material property.... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090114457 | Object detection for a capacitive ITO touchpad In the detection of multiple objects touching on a capacitive ITO touchpad, the relative levels of the capacitive measurements received by a touch integrated circuit are used to determine the relative position between the multiple objects.... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090107737 | MULTIPLE-SENSOR-ELECTRODE CAPACITIVE BUTTON Methods for determining actuation of a capacitive button having at least three sensor electrode elements associated with at least three distinct sensor electrodes are described. In one embodiment, indicia from the at least three distinct sensor electrodes associated wit... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090101417 | TOUCH SENSOR A touch sensor includes: a first touch sensor section; a second touch sensor section disposed close to the first touch sensor; and a sensor detection section detecting whether a valid touch has been given to the first touch sensor section on the basis of an output of th... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090095542 | TOUCH SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Provided are a touch sensor and a method of operating the same. The touch sensor includes: a pulse signal generator for generating a pulse signal of which pulse width is calibrated in response to a control code; a pulse signal transmitter for transmitting the pulse sign... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090090568 | Apparatus for controlling digital device based on touch input interface capable of visual input feedback and method for the same The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling a digital device, which controls the digital device by using a sensor sensing a touch of a human body, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for controlling a digital device, which cont... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090084613 | Capacitive Touch Panel with Low Coupling Capacitance and Display Device Using the Capacitive Touch Panel A capacitive touch panel and a display device using the capacitive touch panel are provided. The capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of first direction electrode strings and second direction electrode strings. Each first direction electrode string has a pluralit... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090065267 | INPUT APPARATUS An input apparatus includes a surface plate, an electrostatic capacitive sensor disposed under the surface plate, and a strain sensor disposed between the electrostatic capacitive sensor and the surface plate and fixed to the back surface of the surface plate. As a firs... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090058664 | POWER CONTROL APPARATUS Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling power of an electronic device, controlled by a touch input. To this end, a power control apparatus for an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed including a touch sensor for s... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090040191 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR WITH CONDUCTIVE TRACE LINES IN BONDING REGION Methods and apparatus are provided for a capacitive touch sensor including a circuit substrate (which may be a flexible substrate) having a touch sensor controller coupled to a plurality of contacts through a plurality of conductive traces. The contacts are formed on a ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090032312 | Touch Position Detector of Capacitive Touch Panel and Method for Detecting the Touch Position A touch position detector includes a plurality of capacitance sensors, a negative capacitance compensation unit, an analog/digital converter and a micro processing unit. The negative capacitance compensation unit is utilized to compensate the capacitance of the capacita... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090008161 | Capacitive sensor array and gesture recognition Apparatus and methods for determining a deflection of a moveable conductive plate that is moved over a capacitive sensing device. The method may include moving the moveable conductive plate over sensor elements of the capacitive sensing device, and determining the defle... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090008162 | Input Device of Capacitive Touchpad An input device of capacitive touchpad is capable of generating an inducing capacitance through holding by a user. The claimed input device includes a pen nib which is made of/from an electric-conductive material, a pen body providing wider holding area for the user and... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080308323 | Object Location Sensor of Touch Panel An object location sensor of a touch panel has at least one capacitive sensing set having two adjacent capacitive sensors. The at least one capacitive sensing set is arranged along a direction, one capacitive sensor has a capacitance value increasing gradually along the... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080302014 | Method and apparatus for positioning a motor actuated vehicle accessory A method and apparatus are disclosed for positioning a motor actuated vehicle accessory. A vehicle window having a touch receptive field is used to detect touch events of a touch command applied by a vehicle occupant. A control unit, which is coupled to the touch recept... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080302582 | Easy to Use and Intuitive User Interface for a Remote Control The present invention is a system and method for an easy to use and intuitive user interface on a remote control. In one embodiment of the present invention, a touch sensitive area is extended beyond a screen. In one embodiment, soft buttons lie partially on the screen ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080283310 | SYSTEM FOR USING A GROUND ELECTRODE TO AMPLIFY SIGNALS ON A CAPACITANCE SENSITIVE TOUCHPAD A capacitance sensitive touchpad having a ground electrode disposed on top of but not in electrical contact with an XY grid of electrodes, wherein a plurality of mechanical keys are disposed above but not in electrical contact with the ground electrode, wherein each of ... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080277171 | Reducing sleep current in a capacitance sensing system An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of capacitance sensing device in a reduce power mode. In one embodiment, the method includes individually measuring a capacitance on each of a plurality of sensor elements of a device, coupling a group of sensor ele... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080259044 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Provided is a coordinate input device including: a plurality of detection electrodes which are arranged in a planar shape in a detection area of a substrate; a plurality of routed wires connected to the plurality of detection electrodes; a coating film which coats the p... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080251299 | CAPACITANCE TOUCH SENSOR A capacitance touch sensor includes a square wave generator for generating a square wave clock, a sensor panel for receiving the square wave clock and then generating a panel signal, a peak detector for receiving the panel signal and then generating an analog peak signa... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080245582 | FLOATING CAPACITIVE COUPLERS USED TO ENHANCE SIGNAL COUPLING IN A CAPACITIVE TOUCHPAD A capacitive touchpad comprised of drive electrodes and at least one sense electrodes disposed on or within an insulating substrate material, wherein an electrically floating capacitive coupler is disposed adjacent to both the drive electrodes and the sense electrode to... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080238885 | System and method for multiple object detection on a digitizer system A digitizer system comprises at least one object incorporating an electronic tag configured for radiating at least one modulated signal and at least one second signal; a digitizer sensor configured for detecting the at least one second signal while the object is positio... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080185193 | TOUCH PAD STRUCTURE A touch pad structure includes a first substrate, a joining layer, a guide light layer, a second substrate and an illuminant component. The joining layer is adhered to a side of the first substrate. The guide light layer is disposed next to the joining layer. The second... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080179112 | Setting a discharge rate and a charge rate of a relaxation oscillator circuit An apparatus and method for setting a ratio of a discharge rate to a charge rate for measuring a capacitance on a sensor element of a sensing device. The apparatus may include a sensor element of a sensing device, a relaxation oscillator having a first and a second prog... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080142281 | CAPACITANCE MEASURING CIRCUIT AND METHOD Disclosed are systems and methods of measuring a plate capacitance, which include accumulating a first signal representative of charge over a plurality of switch-controlled plate charging cycles and accumulating a second signal representative of charge over another plur... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080128182 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR USE WITH A TOUCH SENSOR Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables ... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080078590 | Pointing device using capacitance sensor Apparatuses and methods for determining a deflection of a moveable conductive plate that is moved over a capacitive sensing device. The method may include moving the moveable conductive plate over sensor elements of the capacitive sensing device, and determining the def... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080053714 | INPUT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF An input device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The input device includes a conductive film formed on a substrate; electrode sections obtained by cutting and partitioning the conductive film in a predetermined shape so as to correspond to the sensor sec... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080047765 | Circular Touch Sensor A circular touch sensor has three or more sensors arranged in an iris pattern. Each pad is defined by continuous edges that spiral outward about a center point. The unique geometric shape allows measurement of relative amounts of contact on adjoining sensors. In one imp... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080047764 | Temperature compensation method for capacitive sensors A method and apparatus for detecting an environmental effect and a presence of a conductive object on a touch-sensing device without using a dedicated environmental effect sensor, and compensating for the environmental effect on the detection of the conductive object. T... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080041642 | CLOSED-LOOP SENSOR ON A SOLID-STATE OBJECT POSITION DETECTOR The present disclosure discloses an object position detector. The object position detector comprises a touch sensor formed as a closed loop and having a physical constraint formed on an upper surface of the touch sensor and coextensive with the closed loop. The touch se... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080006454 | Mutual capacitance touch sensing device A touch sensing device is disclosed. The touch sensing device includes one or more multifunctional nodes each of which represents a single touch pixel. Each multifunctional node includes a touch sensor with one or more integrated I/O mechanisms. The touch sensor and int... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080006453 | Mutual capacitance touch sensing device A mutual capacitive touch sensing device is disclosed. The touch sensing device includes a mutual capacitive sensing controller having a plurality of distinct drive lines and a plurality of distinct sense lines; a source for driving a current or voltage separately thoug... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070246267 | TOUCH SENSOR A sensor is disclosed. The sensor may be a touch sensor. The sensor may be incorporated into a water delivery system.... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070240914 | Transparent touch panel A transparent touch panel according to this aspect of the present invention comprises a transparent substrate, a capacitive touch device positioned on the transparent substrate, an interfacial structure positioned on the capacitive touch device, and a display device pos... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070235231 | Control circuit for sensor array and related methods A control circuit for scanning a pressure or force responsive sensor array is disclosed. Pressure or force sensors formed of an array of pressure or force responsive sensor elements can be used to acquire pressure or force measurements in response to an applied load. Th... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070163815 | DETECTION CIRCUIT USING A DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITIVE SENSOR WITH INPUT-COMMON-MODE CONTROL IN A SENSE INTERFACE A detection circuit is provided with a differential capacitive sensor and with an interface circuit having a first sense input and a second sense input, electrically connected to the differential capacitive sensor. Provided in the interface circuit are: a sense amplifie... | 07/19/2007 |
