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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127109 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Provided is a portable display device sufficiently small to be held with one hand that enters a state for accepting a gesture when a fixed coordinate position near a central portion between a left display unit (14a) and a right display unit (14b<... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131503 | APPLICATION DISPLAYING METHOD FOR TOUCH-CONTROLLED DEVICE AND TOUCH-CONTROLLED DEVICE THEREOF A method for displaying applications of a touch-controlled device includes the steps of: generating an electronic signal according a gesture applied on a touch panel of the touch-controlled device; generating a detection result according to the electronic signal, wherei... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127101 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS A display control apparatus includes a first displayer. A first displayer displays a first image on a screen. A second displayer displays a second image on the screen. A determiner repeatedly determines whether or not an object exists near the screen. A controller displ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127108 | DATA RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND DATA RETRIEVAL METHOD According to an aspect, a data retrieval apparatus includes a display unit, a detector, and a control unit. The display unit displays a group including a plurality of data on a display screen. Each of data is associated with a relevance ratio to search criteria. The det... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127179 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USER INTERFACE Provided herein are a method, apparatus and computer program product for conveying to a user of a mobile terminal the correct manner in which a finger should be located and moved to achieve a repeatable and reliable fingerprint scan. In particular, the method of example... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131490 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ON THE TOUCH-CONTROLLED DEVICE THEREOF A touch-controlled device includes a touch panel, a recognition module, and a control unit. The touch panel is arranged for generating a touch signal according to a plurality of blocks on the touch panel triggered by a gesture, and for displaying images. The recognition... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127093 | TOUCH PAD AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE APPLIED WITH THE SAME A touch pad disposed in an electronic display device is provided. The touch pad includes a sliding region, a first virtual-key region and a second virtual-key region both adjacent to the sliding region, a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The sliding region are capa... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127100 | ASYNCHRONOUS MOTION ENABLED DATA TRANSFER TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE DEVICES In order to exchange images and data objects from one mobile device to another mobile device or a PC, there is currently no easy, user friendly solution. The technologies are open and exist, but no common standard or technique has been developed Also, data transfer is u... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC BOOK FUNCTION IN A MOBILE DEVICE A touch device is provided that allows users to easily select text in an Electronic Book (e-book), based on a touch interaction. A method is also provided that operates an e-book function in the touch device which includes displaying e-book content, receiving an anchor ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127107 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM A display control device according to the present invention includes a detection unit for detecting contact of an operating object on a display surface of a display unit, a position calculation unit for calculating a contact position, on the display surface, of the oper... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY USE UNDER VIBRATION AND TURBULENCE A method and system for improving touch screen display use during vibration and turbulence conditions is provided. The system includes a sensor configured to transmit a first input signal relative to a measured parameter of the vehicle, a touch screen input and display ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127126 | MULTI-USER INPUT SYSTEMS AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR SERVING MULTIPLE USERS Techniques for providing a common input for multiple users are disclosed. Two separate input detection systems can be provided. One input detection system detects the identity of user while the other detects the location of input for processing. The information provided... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129495 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Provided is a mobile terminal including a plurality of user identification modules and an operating method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen, and a controller configured to simultaneously unlock the mobile terminal and at least one of the plurality of... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131458 | Flick to Send or Display Content In an embodiment, a flick motion is detected on a touch screen interface of a first device. In response to detecting the flick motion: data associated with the flick motion is identified and transmitted to a second device. The data may be automatically displayed in resp... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING USER-DEFINED MACROS A method and apparatus for performing a task at a handheld device. The method includes detecting a first gesture at a handheld device, monitoring for a second gesture in response to detecting the first gesture, detecting the second gesture at the handheld device, determ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127092 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL A flat panel display integrated with a touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate each divided into a display region and first and second non-display regions around the display region; a plur... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127096 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNLOCKING METHOD USING STYLUS A method unlocks a portable electronic device using a stylus. A user can remove the stylus received in a receiving space of the portable electronic device to unlock the portable electronic device. In an unlocking procedure, a detection circuit detects whether the stylus... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127099 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH CIRCUIT PATTERN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF The present disclosure relates to a touch circuit pattern and a manufacturing method thereof. A capacitive touch circuit pattern in the present disclosure comprises a substrate, wherein at least two adjacent transparent first-axis electrode blocks, a transparent first-a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127102 | MOVING AN OBJECT BY DRAG OPERATION ON A TOUCH PANEL A contact state of a finger with respect to an object displayed on a first layer is detected. The object is moved onto a second layer and displayed on the second layer in response to detecting that the finger has moved from the contact state to a proximity state with re... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127103 | CONFIGURABLE PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM A system for patient monitoring includes a plurality of non-integrated components including a display, a monitor, one or more modules, and at least one patient parameter measuring device. The display includes a flat glass front with a blackened border that appears conti... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127105 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL A method and an apparatus for controlling an operation of a mobile terminal are preferably includes: cancelling a touch screen off mode and checking a set mode mapped to a certain key when input of the certain key is sensed while the mobile terminal is in the touch scre... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127106 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXECUTING COMMANDS THEREIN AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING COMMANDS IN THE SAME The present invention provides a method for executing commands in an electronic device having a touch sensing element. A stylus or finger is used to touch the touch sensing element and move through several sensing areas on the touch sensing element. A responsive signal ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127086 | Touch Screen One embodiment of the present invention comprises a mobile computing device comprising processing components, memory components, a wireless receiver/transmitter, and an electronic display. The electronic display is adapted to detect a location of a touch and comprises a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127114 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH ELECTRODES HAVING LOCATION PATTERN INCLUDED THEREIN A conductive element in a touch sensitive device, such as an electrode in a mutual capacitive touch sensor, that includes conductors arranged in a location pattern that may be sensed and analyzed, and a position on the touch sensor determined therefrom.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127119 | TOUCH SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REFRESHING AN OPERATION FREQUENCY OF A PROCESSOR AND METHOD THEREOF A method of refreshing an operation frequency of a processor includes detecting a number of objects touching a touch panel, refreshing the operation frequency of the processor according to the number of the objects touching the touch panel, detecting a number of followi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127120 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH POSITION LOCATING METHOD THEREOF A touch device and a touch position locating method thereof are provided. The touch position locating method includes the following steps. A plurality of target blocks are selected from a plurality of sensing blocks of a touch panel. The target blocks are detected at th... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127085 | Automatic Switching Between Functions Emulated By a Click Pad Device Touchpad devices emulating button functionality (“click pad” devices) that simultaneously emulates multiple functionalities are described herein. In addition, embodiments provide for click pad emulation of both TrackPoint and touchpad functionality. According to emb... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127206 | MULTI-TOUCH INTERFACE GESTURES FOR KEYBOARD AND/OR MOUSE INPUTS A mouse-and-keyboard based user interface is updated based on gestures made on a touch screen that is displaying the mouse-and-keyboard based user interface. The user interface update process includes the steps of receiving one or more touch events in response to a gest... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127084 | VARIABLE LIGHT DIFFUSION IN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE Embodiments are disclosed that relate to variable diffusers in interactive display devices. One embodiment provides an interactive display device comprising a display panel configured to display an image on an interactive surface, an image capture device configured to c... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127075 | SEGMENTED PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAY A portable electronic device includes a first segment including a first display and a second segment coupled to the first segment. The second segment includes a first input device on a first side of the second segment and a second display on a second side of the second ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127087 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY A portable electronic device includes a first flexible display. The first flexible display includes a display area, a non-display area, and a first fold such that at least part of the non-display area is non-coplanar with the display area. Information is displayable nea... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127088 | HAPTIC INPUT DEVICE One embodiment of a haptic input device may include a receiver configured to receive a signal from a touch-based user interface device. The signal may include a control signal or a look-up value. The haptic input device may also include a decoder coupled to the receiver... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127090 | OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE AND OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE THEREWITH An optical touch module and an optical touch display module therewith are disclosed. The optical touch module includes a frame, a transparent plate, and an optical sensing module. The frame includes a plurality of rims connected to form a hollow portion. The transparent... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127091 | DISPLAY DEVICE A display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes: i) a display panel having a display area and a peripheral area, ii) a touch panel disposed corresponding to the display area on the display panel, iiii) a connecting portion extending from an edge of... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127094 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME A touch screen panel includes: a substrate; a sensor that is disposed at the center of the substrate; a metal wire pattern that is disposed at a periphery of the sensor and that has at least a portion that is connected to the sensor; an insulation layer that covers the ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127095 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY WITH AN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL A flat panel display with an integrated touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate; a plurality of sensing patterns in a display region of the upper substrate facing the lower substrate; a pl... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127097 | CONDUCTIVE FILMS Conductive films with transparency characteristics are provided. In accordance with various example embodiments, a transparent conductive film includes an inorganic nanowire mesh embedded in an organic substrate layer. The embedding may involve, for example, embedding a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127098 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same A method includes displaying information associated with a first application on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display and determining touch attributes, determining when the touch is a first gesture type based on the touch attributes, ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131514 | Gesture Recognition Gesture recognition is described. In one example, gestures performed by a user of an input device having a touch-sensitive portion are detected using a definition of a number of regions corresponding to zones on the touch-sensitive portion, each region being associated ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION A touchscreen device is configured to display a number of user interface elements in accordance with a menu hierarchy. Upon receipt of a predetermined touchscreen gesture (e.g., the circular motion of a manipulator) the menu hierarchy is bypassed and the user is given i... | 05/03/2012 |
