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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110757 | Interference removal in pointing device locating systems An apparatus and a method for determining the location of a pointing device in the vicinity of a set of receivers able to receive one or more locating signals transmitted through a medium. The method includes receiving at a receiver a signal that includes a locating... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7982141 | Coordinate detecting device, writing instrument, and coordinate inputting system A pen includes a first speaker that outputs a first signal and a second speaker that outputs a second signal. The first and second speakers are located away from a tip of the pen at respectively different locations. The second signal is delayed with respect to the f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7812269 | Acoustic wave touch detection circuit and method A circuit for an acoustic wave switch or sensor having a resonant acoustic wave cavity detects a touch or sensed event using a time domain approach. The circuit includes a controller that drives an acoustic wave transducer to generate a resonant acoustic wave in the... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7525050 | Interference removal in pointing device locating systems An apparatus and a method for determining the location of a pointing device in the vicinity of a set of receivers able to receive one or more locating signals transmitted through a medium. The method includes receiving at a receiver a signal that includes a locating... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7443387 | Coordinate input apparatus, its control method, and program A signal change range, which is generated due to a pointing operation of a pointer on a coordinate input region, with respect to an initial detection signal distribution of a detection unit in an initial state in which no pointing operation is made on the coordinate... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436393 | Touch panel for display device A touch panel for a display device integrates functionality provided by resistive-type and EM-type touch panels. The touch panel is integrated with the display device and includes a resisitve-type touch panel arranged above the display device and an EM-type touch pa... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432914 | Coordinate input apparatus, its control method, and program Angle information corresponding to a specified point is calculated on the basis of a change in light amount distribution obtained from at least two sensor units which are arranged on the corner portions of a coordinate input region and receive incoming light. The co... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7411584 | Touch sensitive device employing bending wave vibration sensing and excitation transducers A touch sensitive apparatus includes a touch plate to which several pickup sensors and at least one excitation transducer are coupled. Each of the sensors is configured to sense bending waves in the touch plate, and the excitation transducer is configured to induce ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411581 | Touch pad A touch pad (101) includes transducers (201-204) for receiving acoustic signals resulting from touch events, such as the continuous movement of a fingertip across the surface (105) of the touch pad. The acoustic signals are acquired at di... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400319 | Tablet apparatus A pair of piezoelectric substrates, the length of which is shorter than the length of one side in the longitudinal direction of the operation panel or the supporting board, is respectively fixed to one side from the diagonal position along the longitudinal direction... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7342350 | Handheld device having ultrasonic transducer for axial transmission of acoustic signals A handheld stylus having an elongated housing, a writing and drawing implement disposed within the housing and including a tip extending through an opening at an end of the housing where ultrasonic waves radiate therefrom and are used for determining a position of t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334735 | Card for interaction with a computer A smart card comprising: a memory for storing information; at least one transmitting or receiving antenna; and a low frequency circuit, for handling information associated with said antenna and said memory, which information is modulated at a modulation frequency of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7315336 | Stress seal for touchscreen systems A touchscreen system is provided that incorporates a simplified sealing system around the bezel. The touchscreen system includes a planar touchscreen coupled to a display device having a planar display surface, the touchscreen having a touch sensitive region on a to... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315300 | Touch sensitive device employing impulse reconstruction A touch sensitive apparatus includes a touch plate and a number of sensors coupled to the touch plate. Each of the sensors is configured to sense bending waves in the touch plate and, in response to a touch to the touch plate, generate sensor signals. A controller i... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7307627 | Individual acoustic wave switch An individual acoustic wave switch includes a body with a top section having an acoustic wave cavity formed therein and a base section extending downwardly from the top section. An acoustic wave transducer is mounted adjacent to a surface of the acoustic wave cavity... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7294059 | Gaming apparatus having touch pad input A gaming apparatus includes a display unit for generating gaming images and a value input device. The apparatus includes a touch pad assembly capable of generating a touch detection field, a portion of which defines a touch area. A user touch in the touch area creat... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295191 | Method and system for detecting multiple touches on a touch-sensitive screen Disclosed are a method and a system for detecting multiple, simultaneous touches on a touch-sensitive screen of a computing device. The hardware that controls the touch screen performs two measurements to locate a touch location on the screen. If there is a single t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292227 | Electronic device, vibration generator, vibration-type reporting method, and report control method An electronic device drives an oscillatory actuator to cause generation of vibration when it is detected that an operation input to a touch panel or operation key has been received. The electronic device causes, by this vibration, the touch panel and operation key t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289882 | Robot operating in association with interface surface A robot is provided which is adapted to operate in association with an interface surface, which has disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the interface surface and of a plurality of reference points of the interface surface. The robot h... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286706 | Device for detecting and representing movements The present invention concerns a device for detecting and representing movements. The device includes a position sensor for detecting the current position of a reference point of the device, a data processor for processing the position data detected by the position ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283127 | Stylus input device utilizing a permanent magnet A stylus that operates utilizing magnetic fields, wherein a permanent magnet is disposed within a passive stylus that is detectable by a plurality of magnetic sensors that remove the magnetic field of the stylus from the earth's relative magnetic field to thereby ob... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279646 | Digital signature collection and authentication A digital signature collection and authentication system includes an ink pen having an ultrasonic transmitter that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receivers. A computer triangulates the location of the pen versus time to generate the signatu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277087 | Touch sensing with touch down and lift off sensitivity A touch sensing device includes a plurality of sensors and an emitting transducer coupled to a touch panel. The transducer induces bending waves in the touch panel. The sensors sense bending waves in the touch panel and generate a bending wave signal responsive to t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274358 | Focusing-shaped reflector arrays for acoustic touchscreens An acoustic touchscreen having a substrate capable of propagating acoustic waves, the substrate having a touch-sensitive area, and an array of acoustically reflective elements lying in or on the substrate are positioned to transmit or receive acoustic signals into o... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265746 | Acoustic wave touch detection circuit and method A circuit for an acoustic wave switch or sensor having a resonant acoustic wave cavity detects a touch or sensed event using a time domain approach. The circuit includes a controller that drives an acoustic wave transducer to generate a resonant acoustic wave in the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265750 | Haptic feedback stylus and other devices A force feedback interface and method including an actuator in a non-primary axis or degree of freedom. The force feedback interface device is connected to a host computer that implements a host application program or graphical environment. The interface device incl... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254775 | Touch panel system and method for distinguishing multiple touch inputs Touch panel systems and methods are disclosed that can distinguish temporally overlapping touch inputs from single touch inputs so that valid touch position coordinates can be determined. Touch panel systems and methods of the present invention can distinguish overl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250939 | Display motion multiplier Navigating on a display includes tracking coordinate information of an input tool on a display and moving a visible portion of a page of information on the display a distance equal to a change in the coordinate information of the input tool multiplied by a multiplie... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248249 | Touch panel apparatus and method for controlling the same A touch panel apparatus includes a touch panel for recognizing a contact position and a touch panel controller for computing a coordinate value corresponding to the contact position on the touch panel, wherein an activation force is set to a value between 80 g˜150 ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248251 | Wireless display systems and stylii A wireless coordinate input system for a display system includes a stylus that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receiving stations in a projection plane. In an embodiment, the stylus may include one ultrasonic transmitter used for determinati... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230609 | Touch position coordinate detecting system A touch position coordinate detecting system is provided that is based on surface acoustic waves and includes arrays of reflective patterns between a touch region of a touch panel. An initial burst that includes two frequency components is sent on the panel. The ref... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230612 | Touch panel device Surface acoustic waves are propagated in a lower-left oblique direction and a lower-right oblique direction from an excitation element located on the upper side of a non-piezoelectric substrate and then received by receiving elements located on the left side and the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204148 | Acoustic wave touch detecting apparatus Two groups of inclined lines, which are included in a spurious wave scattering means, are formed at opposite angles with respect to each other in the vicinity of an upper edge of a substrate. The angles of the inclined lines are such that they are close to perpendic... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205984 | Pen input display device A pen input unit includes ultrasonic receivers that receive an ultrasonic signal transmitted from an ultrasonic transmitter of an input pen. Based on the received signal, the distance (distance value) of the ultrasonic transmitter from each of the ultrasonic receive... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203384 | Implement for optically inferring information from a planar jotting surface The present invention relates to a jotting implement that infers hand-jotted information from a jotting surface. The hand-jotted information is any information marked on the jotting surface as a result of writing, jotting, drawing, sketching or in any other manner o... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199788 | Pointing input device The present invention provides a pointing input device, which sequentially outputs pointing position data indicating a pointing input position and push detection data from a push by the same pen or finger used for a pointing input. The pointing input device includes... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193617 | Acoustic contact detecting device An object of the present invention is to provide a coordinate input device of touch-type capable of giving an electric signal to a transducer, even if a piezoelectric vibrator having electrodes on both surfaces thereof is employed. A device according to the p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7187369 | Acoustic touch sensor A coordinate input device of touch-type capable of giving an electric signal to a transducer, even if said transducer is disposed on a back surface of a substrate. The device contains acoustic wave transducers (piezoelectric vibrators), each functioning for oscillat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186934 | Pressure switch An indication displayed by a display unit included in a pressure switch is inverted and the respective setting functions of push-button switches are reversed when the operator is obliged to look at the display unit from a direction opposite a normal looking directio... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184029 | Touch panel device Each of an excitation element for exciting surface acoustic waves in two directions and a receiving element for receiving surface acoustic waves from two directions is constructed by forming a comb-like electrode on the front surface of a piezoelectric body in the f... | 02/27/2007 |
