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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7443385 | Data processing Data processing apparatus comprises an array of user-operable controls, the controls being adjustable by movement of a user's hand while touching a control; a detector for detecting when a user's hand is touching a control; a display screen for displaying respective... | 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 |
| 7436395 | Simplified capacitive touchpad and method thereof In a capacitive touchpad, a plurality of sensing zones are defined, and a controller is connected with a plurality of scan lines for sensing a movement of an object slipping on the plurality of sensing zones, wherein at least one of the plurality of scan lines is co... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427983 | Visual communication system A visual communication system that is suitable for use in connection with a display surface is disclosed. The system includes a camera or other data-capturing device that can be remotely positioned from the display surface. A control unit receives image data from th... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7400318 | Touchpad having increased noise rejection, decreased moisture sensitivity, and improved tracking An improved touchpad and measurement circuitry for enabling input to a computer or other electronic device. The system includes an X electrode, a Y electrode, a common sensing electrode, and a “water” electrode, wherein these four separate electrodes can be impl... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7394458 | Low EMI capacitive trackpad A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly provides a two layer capacitive trackpad sensor in which an EMI ground grid is interposed among the sensor's capacitive elements on each of its layers. The EMI grid on each of the two layers is electrically coupled via, typical... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393472 | Composition for coating organic electrode and method of manufacturing an organic conductive layer having excellent transparency using the composition The present invention relates to a composition for coating an organic electrode and method of manufacturing an organic electrode having a excellent transparency using the composition comprising 3% to 20% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol, polyol or a mixture thereof... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379054 | LCD and touch-control method thereof A touch-control method of an LCD is provided. During the idling time in-between the writing periods, the first touch-position sensing step detects the values of liquid crystal capacitances formed between the scan lines and the counter electrode, and detects a scan-l... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7358964 | Electromagnetic inductive system with multi-induction loop layout and battery less pointer device and its method for locating the coordinate A multi-induction loop layout of an electromagnetic inductive system is disclosed. The multi-induction loop layout of the invention comprises a plurality of inductive loops, one terminal of each inductive loop connecting to a loop switch, and the other terminal conn... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355592 | Digital resistive type touch panel and fabrication method thereof A display device integrated with a touch panel is disclosed, which can use various types of input devices. Thus, in addition to conductive devices, a gloved hand or a non-conductive stylus pen can be used as an input. The touch panel includes a supporting substrate;... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352355 | Transparent overlay input device A transparent overlay input device includes a transparent non-conductive substrate, a plurality of transparent conductive electrode pairs and a transparent non-conductive cover. The plurality of transparent conductive electrode pairs are formed on the substrate and ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348898 | Capacitive input device A input device is provided which includes a clock signal generator that generates a clock signal; a delay unit that has a capacitive sensor where an electrode is formed on a substrate; protective sheets each of which is formed of a dielectric and which are disposed ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339580 | Method and apparatus for integrating manual input Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, compliant, and flexible multi-touch surface. The surface consists of compressible cushion dielectric, el... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331245 | Pressure distribution sensor and sensing method A spatial pressure distribution sensor comprises a sensor array and a processor. The sensor array comprises an array of pressure sensors. Each of the pressure sensors is operable to generate a respective pressure signal in response to pressure applied to it. The pre... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327352 | Linearized conductive surface Electrode pattern disposed on a conductive surface is disclosed. The electrode pattern includes a plurality of conductive segments. The conductive segments are located along the edges of two or more concentric parallel polygons. Each edge of each polygon has one or ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7307626 | Capacitive touch sensor A method for determining the location of a touch made to a capacitive touchscreen in which the touchscreen includes a plurality of electrodes distributed around a touch sensitive area of the touchscreen, and a control circuit connected to the plurality of electrodes... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7289111 | Resistive touch pad with multiple regions of sensitivity A touch pad for a data processing system includes a first film and an electrically conductive first thin film above the first film, a plurality of electrically non-conductive spacer dots above the first thin film, a second electrically conductive thin film above the... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286118 | Object sensing An integrated display and object sensing user input device is described. Display components and electric field sensing components are provided on a substrate. Also described is a sensing circuit for detecting current induced in a receiving electrode of an electric f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7265686 | Touch sensor with non-uniform resistive band A touch sensors with improved topological equivalence between an equipotential space and a Cartesian space to which the equipotential space will be mapped. The touch sensor comprises a substrate with a touch region, and a set of electrodes that are electrically coup... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265303 | Electromagnetic digitizer sensor array An electromagnetic digitizer arrangement that may include a comb-like pattern of sensing traces that form various sensing loops depending upon the configurations of various switches is described. The comb arrangement of traces may be fabricated using only a single l... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257506 | Position detecting system and method A position detection system for locating an object including a magnetic field generator is disclosed. The position detection system also includes an array of parallel conductors responsive to a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator and a plurality... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7248248 | Pointing system for pen-based computer A secondary input system for a pen-based computer allows users to control a graphical user interface without the use of a stylus. The secondary input system may be in the form of a pointing system. A display surface may be attached to a housing in which the display ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236160 | Apparatus and method for driving a touch panel having a variable resistor for maintaining a desired voltage difference between electrodes An apparatus and a method of driving a touch panel that increases an analog-digital converting range includes a first resistive layer having first and second electrodes formed facing each other along opposing edges of the first resistive layer in a first direction, ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236159 | Handheld or pocketsized electronic apparatus and hand-controlled input device A handheld or pocketsized electronic apparatus, such as a mobile telephone, having a display unit and a touch surface that is position-sensitive in a first and second direction for control of the electronic apparatus; the display unit having a display area taking up... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224324 | Interactive automotive rearvision system A vehicular mirror system includes a mirror assembly with a mirror casing and a reflective element with a rearward field of view when the mirror assembly is mounted to a vehicle. The mirror casing includes a mounting portion that is adapted to mount the mirror casin... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7199789 | Input apparatus having electrostatic sensor An input apparatus having a reduced-size electrostatic sensor that can precisely detect an input and then output a signal and, thus, has excellent responsiveness and reliability contains the following: clock signal generating means for generating clock signals; dela... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7184025 | Altering a display on a viewing device based upon a user controlled orientation of the viewing device A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture altering a displayed image presented to a user on a viewing device using a user-controlled orientation of the viewing device to determine how the displayed image is to be presented. The viewing device includes a plural... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184009 | Display circuit with optical sensor A combined input/output device having a display mode in which it operates as a matrix display and sensing mode in which it receives optical input, comprising multiple picture element circuits arranged as a matrix display and multiple optical sensors arranged as a se... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169688 | Method and apparatus for cutting devices from substrates A method and system for cutting a wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate attached to an array of integrated devices includes placing the wafer on a stage such as a movable X-Y stage including a vacuum chuck having a porous mounting surface, and securing the wafe... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170017 | Coordinate detecting method and system for touch panel The invention relates to a coordinate detecting method for a touch panel. Firstly, a plurality of X-axis and Y-axis I/O ports are converted to a plurality of X-axis and Y-axis scanning wires respectively by orthogonal method. Polling signals are transmitted to X-axi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158125 | 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... | 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 |
| 7146024 | Swiped aperture capacitive fingerprint sensing systems and methods A fingerprint sensing system includes an image sensor, a rate sensor and a sensor circuit. The image sensor includes a linear array of capacitive sensors for capacitive sensing of ridge peaks and ridge valleys of a fingerprint on a swiped finger. The rate sensor sen... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138997 | System for physical rotation of volumetric display enclosures to facilitate viewing The present invention is a system that allows a user to physically rotate a three-dimensional volumetric display enclosure with a corresponding rotation of the display contents. The rotation of the enclosure is sampled with an encoder and the display is virtually ro... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7129935 | Sensor patterns for a capacitive sensing apparatus One embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes a capacitive sensing apparatus. The capacitive sensing apparatus comprises a first set of interdigitated conductive traces. Additionally, the capacitive sensing apparatus comprises a second set of inte... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129926 | Navigation tool This invention relates to a navigation tool for connecting to a display device, comprising at least two sensor elements having known positions relative to each other, each sensor element being coupled to detector means for recording a change in a predetermined param... | 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 |
