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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7215330 | Touch-sensitive surface which is also sensitive to pressure levels This sensitive surface comprises two films (2, 4) facing each other and means for keeping these two films a certain distance apart when no pressure is exerted on the surface. Each film (2, 4) has, on its face turned toward the other film: ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212189 | Capacitive mouse A pointing device some or all of whose elements are made from capacitive sensors. Such elements may include a rotary motion detector which includes a rotating member and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; a rolling ball with patterned conductive surf... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202855 | Capacitive input device An X electrode layer having X electrodes and a Y electrode layer having Y electrodes are formed on one side of a film board through an insulating film so that the X electrodes and the Y electrodes are arranged into a matrix. Ends of the X electrodes are led to the e... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202859 | Capacitive sensing pattern A capacitive sensor is disclosed. The capacitive sensor comprises a plurality of spaced-apart X traces disposed along an X axis and a plurality of spaced-apart Y traces disposed along a Y axis with each of the Y traces forming a single crossing with each of the X tr... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7180508 | Dynamic corrections for a non-linear touchscreen The present invention provides a way to measure and track non-linear corrections in touchscreens. Some or all of the relevant non-linear corrections may be determined automatically. Production floor test equipment may make electronic measurements, compute parameters... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176907 | Device and method for pointer system of digitizer tablet The invention, an improved device and method for the pointer system of a digitizer tablet, is to repetitiously emit signals sequentially from a specific set of inductive loop when the position pointed by the wireless pointer device is located within a range formed b... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163733 | Touch screen having spacer dots with channels A touch screen comprising: a) a substrate; b) a first conductive layer located on the substrate; c) a flexible cover sheet comprising a substantially planar surface and integral compressible spacer dots formed thereon, each integral compressible spacer dot having a ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161460 | Switching element provided with a foil construction A switching element provided with a foil construction includes a first supporting foil and a second supporting foil that are kept at a distance from one another via a spacer. The spacer has a recess in at least one active area of the switching element. A contact arr... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158121 | Enhanced touch-screen display system An enhanced touch-screen display system is disclosed for generating pixel coordinate estimates corresponding to a location on a display screen touched by a user. The system is an analog resistive touch-screen display system having a processor and associated software... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154481 | Touch sensor A touch sensing method and a touch sensing device are described for sensing a location of a touch. When the touch sensing device is touched, a first conductive layer disposed on a supporting layer is deflected toward a second conductive layer. The touch location is ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148704 | Charge transfer capacitive position sensor The position of an object, which may be a user's finger, along a body is sensed capacitively. A measurement circuit meters the simultaneous injection of electrical charge into the two ends of the body, which may be shaped as a straight line or as a curve. A computin... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148881 | Apparatus and method for increasing accuracy of touch sensor An apparatus for increasing the sensing accuracy of a touch sensor comprises a transparent or translucent substrate; a conductive film coated on the upper surface of the substrate; a plurality of resistor elements printed in at least one or more than one row, wherei... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145432 | Flexible switching devices An electronic resistor user interface comprises flexible conductive materials and a flexible variably resistive element capable of exhibiting a change in electrical resistance on mechanical deformation and is characterised by textile-form electrodes (10,12) a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129423 | Automatic livestock weighing system A system for weighing a plurality of quadruped animals is for use in a pen confining the animals. The pen has at least first and second segregated spaces with a first one-way chute allowing animal passage from the second space to the first space. A weighing station ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113174 | Coordinate inputting/detecting apparatus and method designed to avoid a trailing phenomenon A coordinate inputting/detecting apparatus in which a designating device for designating a position in a flat or substantially flat two-dimensional coordinate inputting/detecting area of the coordinate inputting/detecting apparatus is judged as located in a predeter... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113179 | Force sensing resistor with calibration element and method of manufacturing same A force sensing resistor includes two substrates. Conductive traces including first, common, and calibration fingers are on the first substrate and define a contact area. A spacer surrounds the contact area and attaches the substrates together such that a cavity sep... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109978 | Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition A method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y direction from the matrix of X and Y conductors, determining an occurrence o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106888 | Signature capture via interface surface A method of enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system via an interface surface and a sensing device. The interface surface contains information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of a signature field relat... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106311 | Correction of alignment and linearity errors in a stylus input system A method and system for correcting alignment and linearity errors in devices using a finger or stylus input device with a display device interactively coupled to a digitizer is disclosed. Touching intersections in a calibration grid on the display device may be perf... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100439 | Balance control system for weight scales The present invention is directed to a weight scale having a balance control system that detects unequal load distribution to the scale's load sensors and produces an output signal that enables the user to re-distribute weight until a predetermined level of balance ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098897 | Touch screen assembly and display for an electronic device A touch screen assembly includes a first outer layer (102) and a second outer layer (110) separated by a separator layer (118). The first and second outer layers are transparent, and the separator layer has openings (120) at button locati... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7075522 | Touch panel structure for increasing active area The present invention relates to a touch panel structure for increasing an active area of a touch panel. The touch panel structure comprises a resistive surface for constructing an inner portion of the panel taking the shape of a rectangle with four sides and four c... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071926 | Touch panel capable of wide-area inputting A wide range-inputable touch panel is provided which allows a larger amount of input operations to be made with one display operation on a screen, in which at least one bus bar and a transparent electrode on a conductive panel fronting the bus bar though spaces form... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7064748 | Resistive touch screen with variable resistivity layer A resistive touch screen includes a transparent substrate defining a touch area; a first layer of conductive material formed on the transparent substrate and extending over the touch area; an electrical connection to the first layer of conductive material; a transpa... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7050927 | Capacitance touch slider A device for detecting the position of a human finger or other object on a touch-sensitive scrolling pad. Dual independent oscillators may be used to generate two pulse trains at frequencies dependent upon the capacitance of two conductors resulting from the positio... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048186 | Voting apparatus and method A voting apparatus includes a print media receiving unit including a surface suitable for receiving a printed medium containing a list of two or more choices. An electronic position determining system is associated with the print media receiving unit. The electronic... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050047 | Signal line of touch panel display device and method of forming the same A signal line of a touch panel display device includes an upper substrate having a first transparent conductive film, a lower substrate having a second transparent conductive film, the lower substrate positioned opposite to the upper substrate, a pair of first elect... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7023429 | Touch panel and method of making the same In a touch panel structure in which transparent conductive films 13 and 14 are formed on opposing surfaces of glass substrates 11 and 12 and electrodes 15 and 16 formed on one of the transparent conductive films are connecte... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023427 | 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... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019734 | Resistive touch sensor having microstructured conductive layer The present invention discloses resistive touch sensors that incorporate microstructured conductive layers. When local electrical contact is made between the microstructured conductive layer and an opposing conductive layer due to a touch input, the resulting signal... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009119 | Weight scale control system and pad The present invention is directed to a weight scale having a control system that prompts users for their identity and then displays any one or more of: present weight, past weights, target weights and/or the differences therebetween, as well as a graphical represent... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006078 | Apparatus and method for sensing the degree and touch strength of a human body on a sensor An improvement in sensor for detecting contact with a human resistive element is disclosed. This design uses additional components to avoid discharging capacitors through the human resistive element, thereby sparing the user the uncomfortable sensation associated th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6974917 | Information recording medium and information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus is constructed to include a plurality of information recording media respectively having a generally paper shape with an image display surface for displaying various information, a holding part which holds a holding portion of eac... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975305 | Pressure-sensitive touch panel A pressure sensitive touch panel in which the position of an inner periphery of a window frame is disposed opposite to spacers, whereby a conductive film, which bends together with a flexible insulating plate when an operator presses the window frame, is caught by t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969264 | Transparent touch panel A transparent touch panel is structured by forming connecting layers that contain conductive metal powder dispersed in a resin, on ends of wiring patterns on a wiring board to which upper electrodes and lower electrodes are to be bonded. This structure can provide a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965396 | Video-centroid integrated circuit An analog, single integrated circuit for providing centered video images. A light detector array which can be, e.g., a CCD or an array of phototransistors or silicon retinas, is scanned out to provide a video signal. Current summing lines along each row and column o... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961049 | Capacitive touch sensor architecture with unique sensor bar addressing A capacitive touch sensor with symmetrical electrical interconnections for use with a touch sensor of a device is disclosed. The touch sensor includes several sensor bars, with a unique pair of lead lines coupled to each sensor bar. No inter-connection is provided b... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954078 | Transparent tablet for evaluation of motor responses Transparent tablet for evaluation of motor responses furnishes the coordinates of the contact points of at least one conductive probe tip on tablet. The tablet is overlaid on its outer face by a resistive transparent film, such as tin dioxide. By the provision of a ... | 10/11/2005 |
