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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7375656 | Circuit configuration for a capacitive touch switch A circuit configuration for a capacitive touch switch contains at least one sensor circuit with a capacitive sensor element which changes its capacitance value when touched, and an evaluation circuit which is supplied with an output signal from the sensor circuit in... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368921 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor includes a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer comprising a detector and trace, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7327354 | Low power dissipation touch plane interface circuit A method of determining a type of touch plane operator input device comprises sensing the impedance across first and second terminals of a touch plane operator input device to distinguish the touch plane operator input device as being one of at least two different t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312788 | Gesture-based input device for a user interface of a computer The gesture-based input device for a user interface of a computer comprises two pairs of electrodes scalable for any screen size wherein the electrodes are arranged to capture the quasi-electrostatic field surrounding the user in order for the graphic user interface... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7289113 | Projection display system with pressure sensing at screen, and computer assisted alignment implemented by applying pressure at displayed calibration marks An interactive display system comprising a touch sensitive display surface for sensing pressure applied thereto and in response generating control signals indicating locations of the applied pressure, a personal computer for receiving the control signals and in resp... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277817 | Position sensing device A position sensing device having an insulating board, a first conductive sensing element, a second conductive sensing element, an oscillator, conductive material, a differential amplifier, and a processor. The first and second spaced conductive sensing elements are ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276917 | Printed capacitive sensor The invention relates to a flexible, resilient capacitive sensor suitable for large-scale manufacturing. The sensor includes a dielectric, an electrically conductive detector and trace layer on the first side of the dielectric layer including a detector and trace, a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268774 | Tracking motion of a writing instrument Motion of a writing instrument is tracked from sensors located in the vicinity. The signals generated from the sensors are processed and used in a wide variety of ways. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268771 | Panel display screen with touch control function A flat panel display screen includes a flat panel display screen main unit and a touch control induction layer. The touch control induction layer is placed behind the flat panel display screen, wherein the touch control induction layer is constituted by an electroma... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7251567 | Electronically calibrated beacon for a horizontal directional drilling machine A monitoring system for use with a horizontal directional drilling machine and adapted to determine the roll and/or pitch orientation of the downhole tool assembly by detecting signals from a sensor assembly supported by the downhole tool assembly. In a preferred em... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7218314 | Coordinate input device A coordinate input device includes a coordinate input element. The coordinate input element includes a transparent coordinate detector and a controller having a control circuit which drives and controls the coordinate detector and which corrects electrostatic capaci... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7209125 | Method for driving a touch panel device A method for driving a touch panel that detects and compensates a double touch includes sequentially inputting coordinate values of touched points on the touch panel at predetermined time intervals, measuring a variation of the inputted coordinate values, determinin... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205991 | Graphical user interface widgets viewable and readable from multiple viewpoints in a volumetric display The present invention is a widget display system for a volumetric or true three-dimensional (3D) display that provides a volumetric or omni-viewable widget that can be viewed and interacted with from any location around the volumetric display. The widget can be view... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7187366 | Input system with detection of coordinates A coordinate detection input system includes two first elongated electric conductors with an insulation grounding device respectively, a control circuit and two elongated electric conductors with another insulation grounding device respectively. The two elongated el... | 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 |
| 7177132 | Method and apparatus for determining a switching signal state A technique for controlling a switching circuit includes one or more sensing circuits that generate signals based upon the presence of an actuating object and upon a randomly applied strobe signal. The generated signals are sampled and are used as a for determining ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176897 | Correction of memory effect errors in force-based touch panel systems A method and system are provided to correct one or more sensor signals having errors induced by a viscoelastic effect. The errors may be characterized using a combination of linear or non linear functions. The characterization of the errors may be used to reduce the... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158122 | Calibration of force based touch panel systems A method and system are provided to correct inaccuracies in touch location determination associated with mechanical distortion of the touch screen. Calibration parameters are provided for a touch screen characterizing an error in an expected touch signal associated ... | 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 |
| 7151528 | System for disposing a proximity sensitive touchpad behind a mobile phone keypad A proximity-based mutually capacitance-sensitive touchpad that is disposed directly beneath a keypad keymat of a mobile telephone, wherein posts associated with each key pass through a mutually capacitance-sensitive sensor electrode grid of the touchpad such that th... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7133793 | Magnetic calibration array A calibration system is provided for use in generating calibration data for calibrating an X-Y digitiser. The calibration system uses an alignment head having an array of magnetic field generators which are for alignment with the X-Y digitiser. Each of the magnetic ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7116315 | Water tolerant touch sensor A method, computer readable medium, and touch sensor system for reducing the effects of contaminants on an acoustic touch sensor. Acoustic energy is transmitted across the touch sensor substrate. Any perturbations in the acoustic energy induced by environmental even... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7106308 | Input device and electronic device Relating to input devices and electronic devices generating a signal corresponding to a position depressed on their input domain, an input device and an electronic device are capable of performing an easy correction. The input device generates the signal correspondi... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7094978 | System and method for generating a high speed estimated position output for a position encoder A system and method for generating an approximated position signal that is updated and output at a rate higher than a base rate of actual position signals measured using a position transducer. The actual position signals are determined and/or stored by a transducer ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085542 | Portable device including a replaceable cover An apparatus and method utilizing a portable device including an array sensor and a replaceable housing. The apparatus can include a main housing, a first replaceable housing configured to be coupled to the main housing, an array sensor coupled to the main housing, ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082349 | Machining apparatus for machining a workpiece to reproduce a model shape A machining apparatus capable of easily machining a workpiece to reproduce a shape of a machining model or with alternation of a scale in a scanning or profiling direction. A non-contact displacement gauge is fixed to one surface of a tool rest, and a tool to the ot... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075057 | Method of generating an index signal for an optical encoder A processing apparatus calculates and applies calibrations to sensors that produce quasi-sinusoidal, quadrature signals, using fixed or programmable electronic circuits, a circuit to calculate the phase and magnitude corresponding to the two input (quadrature) signa... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7053886 | Liquid crystal panel device having a touch panel and method for driving the same A liquid crystal panel device having a touch panel, includes a liquid crystal panel, a touch panel positioned on the liquid crystal panel, a signal line having one end connected to the liquid crystal panel, and a touch controller for receiving analog signals generat... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7012199 | COORDINATES CORRECTION APPARATUS, COORDINATES CORRECTION PARAMETER CALCULATION APPARATUS, COORDINATES CORRECTION METHOD, COORDINATES CORRECTION PARAMETER CALCULATION METHOD, MEMORY MEDIUM FOR STORING COORDINATES CORRECTION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM FOR STORING COORDINATES CORRECTION PARAMETER CALCULATION PROGRAM Correction of coordinates input by a user through an input device is effected using coordinate correction parameters. To calculate the coordinate correction parameters, a plurality of reference points are displayed on the input device. Coordinate input is designated... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998545 | Touch and proximity sensor control systems and methods with improved signal and noise differentiation The present invention discloses a novel new technique for detecting an intended activation of a touch sensor in the presence of noise. An algorithm is described that compares a cumulative deviation of a touch sensor reading to a scale to obtain a ratio expressed as ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6922490 | Image compression of selected regions based on transmission bit rate, motion, and/or region information, and bit selection before compression based on transmission bit rate An image encoding device is provided that can transmit encoded image data without lowering the frame rate even when the transmission speed of the transmission path is lowered. An encoded region designator selects the region that is to be encoded, in the input image,... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6906695 | Touch control apparatus and touch control method that can be applied to electronic instrument A touch curve memory 110 stores therein a touch curve formed by velocity values corresponding to touch data generated by a keyboard device 20. A correction coefficient generator 10 generates a correction coefficient composed of a ratio of one of... | 06/14/2005 |
