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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120044212 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL Light emitting optical waveguide cores are provided in one of opposite side portions located on opposite sides of a detection area, and light receiving optical waveguide cores are provided in the other side portion. Light beams are emitted from distal ends of the light ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044211 | OPTICAL TOUCH LOCATING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF An optical touch locating system and method thereof is disclosed herein. The method includes the following steps. A step is used for activating the coordinate detecting module. A step is used for calculating the distance between two optical touch apparatuses. A step is ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110304587 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING OBJECT IMAGE OF A POINTER An apparatus and a method for acquiring object image of a pointer are provided. The apparatus is suitable for an optical touch system and is used for acquiring an object image of a pointer when the pointer interacts with a touch surface of the optical touch system. The ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110279411 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL In an optical touch panel 20 using optical waveguides, a pigment mixture consists of at least 2 kinds of pigments is contained in a clad 14. The pigment mixture has stronger absorption of light in a visible range than in a near-infrared range. Signal beams... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110266074 | CAMERA BASED TOUCH SYSTEM One aspect of the present invention relates to an apparatus for touch detection. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a touch panel, an imaging device mounted to the touch panel and configured such that when a pointer touches the touch panel, the imaging device acq... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110234538 | OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE An optical touch device includes a transparent substrate and at least a light emitting and receiving unit. The transparent substrate has a touch surface, a first light incidence surface and a first light emitting surface. Each light emitting and receiving unit includes ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110227874 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME A touch sensing apparatus is controlled to determine the position of one or more objects (7) that interact with a touch surface (1). The apparatus includes a group of emitters (2) arranged to emit light to illuminate at least part of the touch surfa... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110210947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM To provide an information processing apparatus having a user interface for enabling a user to readily give an instruction. A distance distribution image obtaining unit obtains a distance distribution image produced based a measured result output from a distance distribu... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110163996 | DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF ONE OR MORE OBJECTS ON A TOUTH SURFACE An apparatus is operated to determine a location of at least one object on a touch surface of a light transmissive panel. An illumination arrangement in the apparatus is operated to introduce beams of radiation into the panel for propagation by internal reflection betwe... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110157026 | COORDINATE LOCATING METHOD, COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE A coordinate locating device for a display apparatus is provided, which can have lower manufacturing costs and can locate the coordinates of a single or multiple objects. The coordinate locating device includes a light source configured to emit light, wherein said light... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110148815 | TOUCH PANEL WITH CARBON NANOTUBE FILM An exemplary touch panel, includes a flexible first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a first electrically conductive layer formed on the first substrate and facing the second substrate, a second electrically conductive layer formed on the s... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110147102 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE A device for detecting the presence of an object is provided. The device includes a light source, a current controller coupled to the light source, a sensor and a pattern detection engine. The current controller sets to provide the light source with a drive current havi... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110122092 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE An electronic device with an optical touch module is presented. A touch pad is disposed on the electronic device and at least one light transmission element is disposed on at least one side of the touch pad. The touch pad has a sensing area and senses a moving track dir... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110115750 | CONTROL SURFACE FOR A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM The invention relates to an optical-signal based control surface for a data processing system, said surface being designed as a planar optical fiber, on which photoelectric sensors are provided, the measured signals of which are used to deduce the position of a light si... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110061950 | Optical Touch Device and Locating Method thereof, and Linear Light Source Module An optical touch device includes a light guide module including a first light guide component, a second light guide component, a third light guide component and a fourth light guide component, a light source module including a first light emitting component and a second... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110063255 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL WITH THE SAME In an optical waveguide 10 with a light-emitting element to be used in the present invention, a core includes: a main path; and a plurality of branched paths branched at a plurality of branched points from the main path. The main path has two sides faced to each ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110012868 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF An optical touch apparatus includes an inputting interface, an optical module, a light receiving module, and a processing module. The inputting interface includes a surface and a light transmitting unit under the surface. The optical module and the light receiving modul... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100321344 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF An optical touch system is disclosed. The optical touch system comprises a panel apparatus and an optical touch apparatus. The panel apparatus includes a first position and a second position. The optical touch apparatus includes a light emitting module, a light path adj... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100315380 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF An optical touch apparatus is disclosed. The optical touch apparatus comprises a light emitting module, a noise suppressing module, a light sensing module, and a processing module. The light emitting module emits at least one sensing beam, and the at least one sensing b... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100289773 | Controlling Method Applied to a Sensing System A controlling method applied to a sensing system includes the following step. Whether a specific function is started is determined according to the size of a total pattern acquired. In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of determining whether the specific ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100245291 | WRITING APPARATUS A writing apparatus includes: a voltage application unit that applies a voltage to a display medium whose display changes according to an irradiation of light and an applied voltage; an optical output unit that irradiates light toward the display medium; and a controlle... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100207911 | Touch screen Signal Processing With Single-Point Calibration A coordinate detection system can comprise a display screen, a touch surface corresponding the top of the display screen or a material positioned above the screen and defining a touch area, at least one camera outside the touch area and configured to capture an image of... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100193259 | TOUCH PAD AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE TOUCH PAD A touch pad is controlled to detect a location of one or more objects (16) on a touch surface (15) of a transmissive element (12). The touch pad includes at least two scanning arrangements (24-26, 28, 29) which are configured as optica... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100187023 | USER INPUT APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TOUCH SENSORS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL DEVICE BY SENSING USER TOUCH FROM THE APPARATUS A user input apparatus having a plurality of touch sensors is provided. The apparatus includes: a plurality of touch sensors, each of which detects the user's touch and generates touch a sensing signal; a state control unit determining an activated or deactivated state ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100170725 | TOUCH SURFACE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCH INPUT A system and method for touch detection and a touch-responsive surface are provided. According to one embodiment, a “virtual” touch-sensitive surface in is provided in that a plurality of transmitter-sensor devices receive and calculate a touch by detecting position... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100163317 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING TOUCHPAD THEREOF A light emitting touchpad and an electronic device are provided. The light emitting touchpad disposed at a main body of the electronic device includes a light emitting module, a touch control module and a controller. The light emitting module includes a light guiding pl... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100101873 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING NIB POSITION USING IMAGES CAPTURED AT DIFFERENT PEN ROTATIONS A method of estimating a position of nib of a pen relative to an optical sensor mounted on the pen. The method comprises the steps of: (a) placing the nib in contact with a coded surface; (b) capturing, using the sensor, at least two images of the coded surface at diffe... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100097349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TOUCH POINT A method of detecting a touch point includes detecting an edge image of a finger image from an input image, generating a touch point image utilizing the detected edge image, and calculating coordinates of the touch point from the touch point image. The touch point image... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100071967 | OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TACTILE SWITCH A system of a tactile switch and an optical navigation device. The system includes a user device. The user device includes an optical finger navigation device. The optical finger navigation device enables a user to control a function of the user device via the optical f... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100059296 | Light sensitive display A light sensitive display. ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100038153 | SYSTEM FOR RECORDING INFORMATION A system for recording information from a surface. The system includes a base having a surface provided with a first position code coding locations of a plurality of first points and. In a zone of the surface, a second position code codes locations of a plurality of sec... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090303546 | System For Printing An Interactive Document On Demand A system for printing an interactive document on demand. The system comprises a computer system and a printer. The computer system is configured for: identifying a document for printing; allocating a document identity to the document; recording an association between th... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090283341 | Input device and control method thereof An input device and a control method thereof are described. The input device includes an optical trace-detecting module, an instruction determining module, and an instruction code transmitting module. A finger moving signal is received by the optical trace-detecting mod... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090219261 | Touch-Sensitive Illuminated Display Apparatus and Method of Operation Thereof A touch-sensitive system, and apparatus, and method of operation of the apparatus, are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a light source module configured to emit light; and a deformable waveguide coupled to the light source module and configured to tra... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090211820 | Optical Operating Apparatus and Method for Determining Operation Motion An optical operating apparatus includes a soft plate, a transparent supporting plate, a deformable unit, a light source, and an image sensing module. The soft plate is configured for being pressed. The transparent supporting plate is disposed under the soft plate. The d... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090166099 | UNLOCKING METHOD WITH TOUCH SENSOR An unlocking method with a touch sensor is provided. The method is adapted to a portable device having a touch sensor, wherein the portable device is at a lock state. The method is as follows. First, a signal generated by an input device is received by the touch sensor.... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090159345 | DISPLAY MEDIUM AND WRITING APPARATUS The present invention provides a display medium which prevents a decrease in reflectance during storage at high temperatures, and a writing apparatus using the display medium. A photoconductive layer 24, a selective light transmission layer 22, and a liqui... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090090569 | Sensing System A sensing system includes a panel, a reflective element (RE), an image sensor (IS) and a processor electrically connected to the IS. The panel has a plane, a first area (FIA) having the first, second, third and fourth boundaries connected in order and a third area (TA) ... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090033637 | LIQUID MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE High-resolution multi-touch sensor and display device where the interaction medium is liquid, enabling more realistic tactile experience for simulations of synthetic wet environments. Based on frustrated total internal reflection, the device employs liquid within a tank... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080121442 | Infrared sensor integrated in a touch panel An infrared source is configured to illuminate the underside of one or more objects on or above a touchable surface of a touch panel. Infrared light reflected from the underside of the object(s) is detected by an infrared sensor integrated in the touch panel below the t... | 05/29/2008 |
