258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-178.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 178 Telegraphy. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:02:45 patents@patentstorm.us en http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120038584/description.html

Application Number:  20120038584

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  LIU, YONG

A touch panel for determining real coordinates of multiple touch points is provided. The touch panel for determining real coordinates of multiple touch points comprises a sensing path layer having a plurality of first paths and a plurality of second paths for detecting the raw coordinates of said multiple touch points, and an Eliminating Path Layer having a plurality of third paths for eliminating ghost coordinates of said multiple touch points from said raw coordinates to output said real ...
]]> 20120038584 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120038583/description.html

Application Number:  20120038583

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Han, Jefferson Y.; Westhues, Jonathan

Methods, systems, and apparatus relate to touch sensors that are configured to measure a true capacitive touch and a force applied to the sensor from a user. Some implementations involve the measurement of force and true capacitive touch simultaneously in a touch capacitive ...
]]> 20120038583 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120038577/description.html

Application Number:  20120038577

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  BROWN, Daniel; MALINIAK, Krystyna; CAPONE, Frank N.

A touch input device and method for manufacturing a touch input device are described. Each embodiment includes a touch surface, a mounting fixture, a sensing-suspension system, and a locating system. The touch surface may be an integral component of a host system, such as a display, which would result in a touch screen, or a touchpad input device. The touch surface is a floating plane, where the suspension positions, attaches and motion-enables the touch surface within the host system, and ...
]]> 20120038577 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120037433/description.html

Application Number:  20120037433

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  YEH, YUN-HSIANG; Chen, Chang-Sian

An angle correcting method for a position pointer induced by a handwritten input device is disclosed. The steps of the method includes: firstly, an inclined angle table is provided. Then, a first induced voltage amplitude of a first position where the position pointer touches and a second induced voltage amplitude of a second position where is near to the first position are induced. The ratio of the first induced voltage amplitude to the second induced voltage amplitude is calculated to ...
]]> 20120037433 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032928/description.html

Application Number:  20120032928

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Alberth, William; Schellinger, Michael

Methods and devices are provided for determining location of an input on a surface of a device using an acoustic sensing element. An exemplary method begins by determining an anticipated acoustic response resulting from an output generated by a component of the device at the acoustic sensing element. The method continues by subtracting the anticipated acoustic response from a measured acoustic response at the acoustic sensing element to obtain a nominal acoustic response, and determining the ...
]]> 20120032928 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032915/description.html

Application Number:  20120032915

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  WITTORF, Marten

An operating element for actuation by a user includes, but is not limited to a movable element that can be actuated by a user and a sensor layer, which is situated below the movable element and implemented as a touchscreen, the sensor layer being implemented to establish an actuation of the movable ...
]]> 20120032915 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032910/description.html

Application Number:  20120032910

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Kim, Jae Il; Oh, Yong Soo; Lee, Jong Young; Kim, Woon Chun

Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; a transparent electrode made of a conductive polymer and formed on one surface of the transparent substrate; an anisotropic conductive adhesion layer formed on an edge of the transparent electrode; and an electrode formed on the anisotropic conductive adhesion layer and electrically connected with the transparent electrode by the anisotropic conductive adhesion layer. The touch panel is advantageous in that the anisotropic ...
]]> 20120032910 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026104/description.html

Application Number:  20120026104

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Hsieh, Ming-Hua; Pan, Heng-Lin; Ho, Chang-An

Track compensation methods and systems for touch-sensitive input devices are provided. First, a track corresponding to an input tool on a touch-sensitive device of an electronic device is detected. At least one motion attitude information corresponding to the touch-sensitive device is obtained. Then, the track is compensated for according to the at least one motion attitude information corresponding to the touch-sensitive ...
]]> 20120026104 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026087/description.html

Application Number:  20120026087

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  KE, Lian-Tien

An electronic device with a moveable operation plate is provided. The electronic device includes a body, an operation plate and a sensing module. The body includes a disposing portion. The operation plate is moveably disposed on the body and electrically connected with the body. The sensing module is disposed on the body for sensing the movement of the operation plate to generate a moving signal, and the moving signal is transmitted to the body via the electrically connection and make the body ...
]]> 20120026087 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019479/description.html

Application Number:  20120019479

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  LIN, JAO-CHING; Chu, Linabel; Chang, Chang-Sheng

A touch pad for multiple sensing configured to receive touch and pressed-pressure made from at least one finger, conductor or object, comprising an upper conductive layer and a lower conductive layer underneath the upper conductive layer. The upper conductive layer has a plurality of upper sensor members and a plurality of upper joint members. The lower conductive layer has a plurality of lower sensor members and a plurality of lower joint members. The distance-related capacitance on upper ...
]]> 20120019479 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019471/description.html

Application Number:  20120019471

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Schlipf, Carsten

A method for entering information into a communications device is disclosed. The method includes a user sliding a finger along a touch bar in either a horizontal or vertical direction to select a symbol. The method continues with the user selecting the symbol when the symbol enters the selection area, in which the appearance of the symbol is accentuated as the symbol enters the selection ...
]]> 20120019471 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019468/description.html

Application Number:  20120019468

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Mullens, Christopher Tenzin; WESTERMAN, Wayne Carl

Embodiments are related to user input devices that accept complex user input including a combination of touch and push (or pick) input. Embodiments of the invention provide for selective ignoring or rejection of input received from such devices in order to avoid interpreting unintentional user actions as commands. Furthermore, some input signals can be modified. The selective rejection or modification can be performed by the user interface device itself or by a computing device that includes or ...
]]> 20120019468 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019467/description.html

Application Number:  20120019467

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Yousefpor, Marduke; Krah, Christoph Horst; HOTELLING, Steve Porter; Wilson, Thomas James

A multi-stimulus controller for a multi-touch sensor is formed on a single integrated circuit (single-chip). The multi-stimulus controller includes a transmit oscillator, a transmit signal section that generates a plurality of drive signals based on a frequency of the transmit oscillator, a plurality of transmit channels that transmit the drive signals simultaneously to drive the multi-touch sensor, a receive channel that receives a sense signal resulting from the driving of the multi-touch ...
]]> 20120019467 http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019450/description.html

Application Number:  20120019450

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Lee, Seok Lyul; Huang, Kung-Chieh; Chou, Shih-Po

The present invention relates to a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the touch sensing device includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, alternately arranged along a first direction and a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to form a sensing matrix, such that each first touch electrode and a corresponding second touch electrode are entangled each other along with at least one of the first and second ...
]]> 20120019450