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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115738 | Position detecting apparatus, position inputting apparatus, and computer including the same A position detecting apparatus includes a display apparatus having a screen for displaying images by changing states of a plurality of display elements arrayed in the screen along a predetermined direction which is parallel to a side boundary of the screen, and at l... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115744 | Multi-point touch-sensitive system A multi-touch detection system includes a touch-sensitive device, a microcontroller coupled to the touch sensitive device, and an electronic application coupled to the microcontroller. The touch-sensitive device includes multiple electrically isolated conductive reg... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115749 | Dual touch pad interface A smart phone has a dual touch pad interface that includes a graphical user interface. Further, the smart phone includes a first touch pad, which is operably connected to the smart phone, that has a plurality of first touch pad sensors arranged in at least one first... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115747 | Energy-efficient touch panel device and related method An energy-efficient touch panel control device includes a touch panel, a buffer memory, an interrupt initiation unit, for outputting an interrupt signal, an analog to digital conversion unit, for converting analog output voltage to digital trace data and storing the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115743 | Terminal with touch screen and method for inputting message therein A terminal with a touch screen and a method for inputting a message therein are provided. The method includes: arranging at least two letters allocated to a key area of the touch screen in a message input mode and displaying the letters in the key area; determining ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115745 | Apparatus and method for interactive display with tactile feedback An electronic device including an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode. The interactive display includes an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device whe... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115741 | Device for providing improved access to the functions of human machine interfaces A bezel positionable adjacent the outer periphery of a computer touch screen is provided. The bezel includes an elongated rim having a first side adjacent the computer screen and a surface. An identification marker positioned on the surface of the rim and identifyin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115739 | Touch screen device and operating method thereof A touch screen device and an operating method thereof are provided. More specifically, a touch screen device is provided which allows a user to selectively restrict input through a touch screen. The touch screen device includes a screen that includes a display confi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115746 | Display panel with multi-touch function A display panel with multi-touch function includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area includes a data line, a gate line, a first sensing line, a second sensing line, and a sensing unit. The sensing unit electrically connects the first and second... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115740 | Electronic device capable of executing commands therein and method for executing commands in the same The present invention provides a method for executing commands in an electronic device having a touch sensing element. A stylus or finger is used to touch the touch sensing element and move through several sensing areas on the touch sensing element. A responsive sig... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115748 | Electronically capturing handwritten data A method and apparatus are provided for electronically capturing handwritten data using a computing device having a handwriting capture interface. The method includes detecting a position associated with an actuation of the handwriting capture interface to define a ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115742 | Touch panel and display device using the same A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second elec... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111243 | Apparatus and method for recognizing a tap gesture on a touch sensing device A method and apparatus to recognize a tap gesture on a sensing device. The method may include detecting a presence of a conductive object on a sensing device, determining a velocity of the detected presence of the conductive object, and recognizing a tap gesture bas... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111244 | Apparatus, method, and medium for providing user interface for file transmission Provided are an apparatus, method, and medium for providing a user interface for file transmission. The apparatus includes a motion perception (recognition) module perceiving (recognizing) a motion input to the user interface and identifying a position of the percei... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111245 | Touch panel and display device using the same An exemplary touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111246 | Touch panel integrated flat display device A touch panel integrated flat display device capable of improving reliability is disclosed. The touch panel integrated flat display device includes a display panel, a touch panel disposed on the display panel, and a flexible circuit board electrically connect... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111247 | System and method for changing touch screen functionality A system and method changes touch screen functionality based on whether a user is detected during camera operation. A first camera generates a video signal containing a representation of at least a portion of a scene within a field of view of the first camera. A con... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106888 | Vibration sensing touch input device The present invention provides a touch sensitive input device that uses vibrations due to touch impacts and/or frictional movement of a touch implement across a surface to determine information related to the touch, such as touch position. The present invention also... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106890 | Slide based technique for inputting a sequence of numbers for a computing device A contact with a point of a touch input component of a computing device can be sensed. A continuous contact from the point to a different point on the touch input component can be detected that is caused by a first slide based motion of a contact instrument maintain... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106889 | Touch-screen display device and method thereof A touch-screen display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, and an adhesive member. The display panel has a peripheral area surrounding an effective area. The touch panel is separated from and faces the display panel. The adhesive member has an adhesive p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106891 | Multi-point touch-sensitive device A touch-sensitive device includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer has at least a first edge and a second edge. The second edge is substantially parallel to the first edge and there is a voltage drop across the first... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102382 | Power supplying surface for cordlessly charging portable electronic device A smart surface is disclosed that can stand alone or be contained within a portable computer or other system, for powering and communicating with single or multiple cord-free transducers. Operating or charging power is transmitted by the surface using a carrier sign... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102381 | Display system and method of restricting operation in same A control section 10 makes a judgment about which occupant the menu icon of an operation restricted item is operated by, and thereby makes invalid the operation of a touch panel related to the operation restricted item by an occupant on a driver's seat side w... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102377 | Portable interactive media presentation system A system for providing a portable touch system comprises a bezel having a first and a second end, and a housing that is adapted to receive the first and second end of the bezel such that a display area is bounded by the housing and the bezel. At least one camera sys... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102378 | Display having infrared edge illumination and multi-touch sensing function A touch-sensing display screen includes an upper transparent substrate, a lower substrate opposite the upper substrate and an infrared light source configured to illuminate a portion of the upper transparent substrate. A light converting layer is disposed between th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102379 | Touch sensing device and touch sensing apparatus The invention discloses a touch sensing device, which includes a containing space, a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer, a driver, and a sensor. The first substrate layer and the second substrate layer define the containing space for containing a fluid.... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102376 | Method for object detection on a capacitive touchpad In an object detection method for a capacitive touchpad, at least one reference time interval is used to distinguish whether a variation of the sensed value on the touchpad is resulted from an operation of an object on the touchpad, actions such as an object touch d... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102380 | Information processing device, program and method to detect hand rotation gestures According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a position detecting section configured to detect a position of a hand from an input image of the hand, a memory section configured to store data of the position of the hand detected by the posit... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098236 | Touch-sensitive screen with haptic acknowledgement A touch sensitive screen comprising a display device and a light-permeable, wherein a touch-sensitive arrangement arranged upstream of an image side of the display device at a distance therefrom. The arrangement can be displaced in relation to the display device suc... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098237 | Stylus for data collection devices A data collection device having a touch pad, supported by a housing, for receiving input from a stylus having a first end adapted to interact with the touch pad so as to input data through movement of the first end relative to the touch pad and a second end having a... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098238 | Handheld electronic apparatus and input device thereof A handheld electronic apparatus comprises a touch keypad, a circuit board, a base and a support mechanism. The touch keypad is configured to receive a user's touch operation and comprises a plurality of icons. The circuit board is placed below the touch keypad and h... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098235 | Multi-touch device having dynamic haptic effects A system for generating haptic effects senses at least two generally simultaneous touches on a touchscreen and, in response, generates a dynamic haptic effect. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098234 | Haptic feedback system with stored effects A haptic feedback system that includes a controller, a memory coupled to the controller, an actuator drive circuit coupled to the controller, and an actuator coupled to the actuator drive circuit. The memory stores at least one haptic effect that is executed by the ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098232 | Touch sensitive display having tactile structures An improved handheld electronic device has a touch sensitive display which comprises a number of elongated tactile structures that are haptically detectable by a user. Various routines executable on the handheld electronic device can cause visual elements to be outp... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098233 | 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... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098239 | Systems and methods for positional number entry In various embodiments, a number entry mechanism may include a motion sensitive input device that is operable to receive a user motion along two or more dimensions. The motion sensitive input device may include input devices such as touchpads, touchscreens, mouse, e... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094129 | Touch sensing using shadow and reflective modes A touch panel is described which uses at least one infrared source and an array of infrared sensors to detect objects which are in contact with, or close to, the touchable surface of the panel. The panel may be operated in both reflective and shadow modes, in arbira... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094127 | Display device A display device includes a display, e.g., for displaying information relevant to the operation of a motor vehicle, on the display, an actuator layer being arranged, the operating surface geometry of which is deformable as a function of a control signal. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094133 | Touch panel device A touch panel device according to the present invention includes: a stylus pen including a conductive stylus pen electrode portion at a tip portion thereof; a plurality of capacitance detecting interconnections formed on a substrate in row and column directions; an ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094134 | Touch panel having press detection function and pressure sensitive sensor for the touch panel An object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel having a press detection function, which makes it possible to suppress degradation of visibility of a display unit of a display device even when mounted on an electronic device, and also to improve a pre... | 01/10/2012 |
