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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7855718 | Multi-touch input discrimination Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different input patterns to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. By way of example, large objects hovering a short distance from the touch-surface (e.g., a cheek, thigh or chest) may be identified and... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855716 | Infrared touchframe system A touchframe system includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of light receiving elements positioned around the perimeter of the display area. Each of the light receiving elements in combination with a plurality of the light emitting elements f... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855717 | Touch screen apparatus and method In a method for determining a position of a touch on a touch screen, a first sinusoidal signal is provided to an electrode on a touch screen, the first sinusoidal signal having a frequency. A signal flowing from the first electrode is sensed to generate a sensed sig... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855719 | Touch input method and portable terminal apparatus A touch input method applied to a portable terminal apparatus includes the following steps. First, a touch command is received. Then, a pressing area is derived by conducting a range computation according to the touch command. After that, a cursor is produced accord... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7852323 | Touch screens A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen (14) having first (50) and second conductive layers (52) arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen (14). A detection system (20, 30) is arranged to detect a co... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852324 | Process of integrating a digitizer input device in a display A process for integrating digitizer sensor array into flat panel displays. The sensor array is formed on the side of the display element (e.g., LC layer or OLED layer) where the pixel control switches (e.g., thin film transistors (TFTs)) of the display module are pr... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847788 | Device for operating television appliances In an arrangement for operating television-technological apparatuses, operating and display elements can be represented on a screen. The screen is provided with a touch-sensitive input field. The respective value of at least one quantity to be set is represented gra... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847789 | Reducing accidental touch-sensitive device activation Aspects of the present invention reduce the number of false positive touch inputs made by a non-stylus object such as the user's finger or hand. When the stylus is located proximate to the touch-sensitive surface, the sensitivity of the surface to non-stylus input i... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847790 | Interactive touchpad A film interactive touchpad for control of home systems. A touchscreen defined by a glass panel and polyester film defines active areas responsive to contact. Multiple, customizable and interchangeable templates correspond with multiple levels of functionality and d... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843440 | Scrolling electronic whiteboard A scrolling electronic whiteboard is provided, including a thin-film antenna board, at least an electromagnetic signal transmitter, a main control board, and a scrolling mechanism cassette. The scrolling mechanism cassette is for providing the housing of the thin-fi... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843439 | Touch detection for a digitizer A detector for detecting touches of at least one object on a transparent sensor located over a display screen, the detector comprising. a display screen; a patterned arrangement of conductors extending into said sensor situated over said display screen; and detectio... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843438 | Notebook-sized computer and input system of notebook-sized computer A notebook-sized computer, comprising a main unit having a display screen portion with a display screen and a key input portion, said notebook-sized computer further comprising an electrostatic capacitance type input pad by which the touch operation by user's finger... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839391 | Segmented touch screen console with module docking A segmented touch screen overlies the display or displays of a console having an operating system and display controller for the display. A touch screen controller is continuously connected to each of the touch screen segments and separate touch position information... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839392 | Sensing circuit and display device having the same A sensing circuit is provided that senses an externally provided pressure on a panel, and includes a sensing capacitor, a first switching element, a second switching element and a third switching element; where the sensing capacitor includes a sensing electrode on t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7834860 | Input device An electrostatic capacitance type input device includes a plurality of electrodes, and detects coordinate position on the basis of a variation in an electrostatic capacitance between the electrodes. The device corrects an erroneous operation in which the device is n... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834859 | Process for recovering a spacecraft first stage The process comprises the steps of: 1) launching the vehicle from the launch site using the first stage booster rocket engine system; 2) separating the at least one upper stage from the first stage booster; 3) terminating operation of the first booster stage rocket ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834861 | Mobile communication terminal and method of selecting menu and item A menu selection method, which includes selecting a main menu displayed on a touch device of a terminal, displaying one or more sub-menus corresponding to the selected main menu, sensing a direction of a dragging operation on the touch device, and executing a corres... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834862 | Touch sensor layout design The present invention relates to a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the touch sensing device includes a plurality of sensor units arranged in the form of an M×N matrix having M rows and N columns. Each sensor unit has a first touch sensor, S1,1, ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834855 | Wide touchpad on a portable computer In one exemplary embodiment, a portable computer having a display assembly coupled to a base assembly to alternate between a closed position and an open position. Palm rest areas are formed by a touchpad disposed on the surface of the base assembly. In an alternativ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834856 | Capacitive sense toggle touch dimmer A touch/toggle dimmer circuit that includes a controller coupled to at least one measurement capacitor whose capacitance is known, and at least one touch pad where the controller is configured by an algorithm to measure changes in the capacitance of the touch pad in... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834858 | Depressable computer touch input device for activating an additional control signal A trace-detecting computer input device such as a touch input device, optical tracing module, or optical tracing plate includes a trace-detecting module and a microswitch. The trace-detecting module has a neutral position and a depressed position. A first control si... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834857 | Input device having a touch panel and haptic feedback An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a housing, a display arranged in the housing for optical display of information, a touchscreen arranged above the display to enter commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen, an actuator arranged ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830365 | Sensors A sensor includes a rectangular conductive sheet. Electrical connectors are connected at each corner of the sheet. A number of non-conductive features, e.g. apertures, are formed in this sheet. In one embodiment, V-shaped features extend from near the corners of the... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7830366 | Touch panel The touch panel of the present invention has a thermally color-changing portion in the vicinity of a connecting portion which is to be bonded by heat. It can be easily checked whether the heat press has been performed at a predetermined temperature when the wiring b... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825902 | Controller, system and method for identifying a number of interactions with a computer input area Disclosed is a method for identifying a number of interactions with a computer input area defined by at least first and second intersecting sets of detection paths. First, indications of which of the detection paths are affected by the interactions are received. The... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825910 | Touchpad including non-overlapping sensors A touchpad in which a user input is received includes at least first through third zones, with the first zone and the third zone being non-adjacent. The touchpad further includes at least first and second non-overlapping sensors, with the first sensor disposed in at... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825903 | Method and apparatus for providing haptic effects to a touch panel A method and apparatus for generating haptic effects for a touch panel or other interface device employs a touch-sensitive panel, a display and an actuator. The actuator includes a first structural element and a second structural element, a biasing element and two m... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825911 | Touch sensor, touch pad and input device A touch sensor includes a contact sensor and a pressure sensor. The contact sensor includes a first electrode and a first switching element connected to the first electrode, and detects a change in an electric potential when an object contacts a surface. The pressur... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825904 | Information processing apparatus and storage medium storing item selecting program An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel provided on a menu selection screen including a plurality of items, a direction key for instructing a moving direction of a cursor, and an execution key for instructing execution of a process corresponding t... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825908 | Method for resetting configuration on a touchscreen interface Factory settings of a touchscreen interface may be restored by cycling power off and on to initiate system startup while simultaneously touching the touchscreen. If a screen touch is in progress at system startup, the user is prompted to discontinue the screen touch... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825909 | Storage medium storing object movement control program and information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a processor. A movement of an object is controlled in accordance with an input. For example, a starting point of the input is determined by detecting coordinates in a first area including the object. A second area is set,... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825907 | Touch key assembly for a mobile terminal A touch key assembly is structured to operate with a cover having at least one touch key, which is defined by an optically transmissive region of the cover. A touch pad is coupled to the cover and is shaped to define at least one aperture which forms a light guide t... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825905 | Anisotropic touch screen element A touch sensitive position sensor for detecting the position of an object in two dimensions is described. The position sensor has first and second resistive bus-bars spaced apart with an anisotropic conductive area between them. Electric currents induced in the anis... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825906 | Coordinate detecting device A coordinate detecting device is disclosed. The coordinate detecting device includes a resistance film, a common electrode which applies electric potential to the resistance film, a voltage supplying section which supplies a voltage to the common electrode, wiring w... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821505 | Controlling device with dual-mode, touch-sensitive display A processing device of a universal controlling device is programmed to distinguish between a first input type provided to a touch-sensitive surface and a second input type provided to the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being prov... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821504 | Controlling device with dual-mode, touch-sensitive display A processing device of a universal controlling device is programmed to distinguish between a first input type provided to a touch-sensitive surface and a second input type provided to the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being prov... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821502 | Two-dimensional position sensor A capacitive position sensor for determining the position of an object along first and second directions is described. The sensor comprises a substrate having an arrangement of electrodes mounted on a single surface thereof. The electrodes are arranged so as to defi... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821501 | Touch screen driver and methods for use therewith A touch screen driver includes a conditioner module for conditioning a first input/output port of a touch screen. The conditioner module includes a precharge module for charging the first input/output port to a precharge voltage in response to a precharge signal, an... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821503 | Touch screen and graphical user interface A selective input system and associated method is provided which tracks the motion of a pointing device over a region or area. The pointing device can be a touchpad, a mouse, a pen, or any device capable of providing two or three-dimensional location. The region or ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7817145 | Method and system for performing scrolling by movement of a pointing object in a curvilinear path on a touchpad A method of moving an object in a generally circular manner on the surface of a touchpad and causing a list to be scrolled as long as the object is moving, wherein a method is provided for activating a scrolling function, wherein a method is provided for determining... | 10/19/2010 |
