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7312409 Touch pad and position detecting circuit and method thereof  
A touch pad and a position detecting circuit and method thereof are provided. The touch pad uses a waveform generator to generate an input signal; the input signal is capable of gradually moving a...
7310089 Annular potentiometric touch sensor  
The present invention determines angular position using a potentiometric touch sensor. The sensor has an annular pattern of resistive material on a bottom substrate top surface. Conductive drive...
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...
7307625 Touch panel, and input device and electronic apparatus each equipped with the touch panel  
A touch panel includes: a first layer and a second layer that are arranged to face each other, with a predetermined gap being formed between the first layer and the second layer; a first resistance...
7307622 Coordinate detection device with improved operability and method of detecting coordinates  
A coordinate detection device is provided, which device includes an input unit which has a surface thereof to which a coordinate value is input by an input means, a calculation unit which...
7301525 Coordinate positioning device and method thereof  
A coordinate positioning device and the method thereof for detecting the coordinate of a contact point even in an environment of periodic noises. Firstly, obtain a first and a second sampling...
7298366 Touch panel and electronic equipment using the same  
A touch panel and an electronic device using the touch panel have satisfactory, reliable operability. The touch panel is used for an operating section of the electronic device. In this touch panel,...
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...
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...
7233263 Analog actuation allocation structure with many actuators  
A system and method for allocation of actuators is provided. Electrodes having several voltages are assigned to actuators within correlation regions of the actuators. By varying the voltages, a...
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...
7148881 Apparatus and method for increasing accuracy of touch sensor  
An apparatus for increasing the sensing accuracy of a touch sensor comprises a transparent or translucent substrate; a conductive film coated on the upper surface of the substrate; a plurality of...
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...
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...
7100439 Balance control system for weight scales  
The present invention is directed to a weight scale having a balance control system that detects unequal load distribution to the scale's load sensors and produces an output signal that enables the...
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...
7075522 Touch panel structure for increasing active area  
The present invention relates to a touch panel structure for increasing an active area of a touch panel. The touch panel structure comprises a resistive surface for constructing an inner portion of...
7019734 Resistive touch sensor having microstructured conductive layer  
The present invention discloses resistive touch sensors that incorporate microstructured conductive layers. When local electrical contact is made between the microstructured conductive layer and an...
6975305 Pressure-sensitive touch panel  
A pressure sensitive touch panel in which the position of an inner periphery of a window frame is disposed opposite to spacers, whereby a conductive film, which bends together with a flexible...
6933931 Method and apparatus of position location  
An apparatus for sensing the location of user input is disclosed. The apparatus may include a display unit including a screen having a resistive coating disposed on its surface. The apparatus may...
6914595 Digitizing apparatus  
Graphics are drawn with an input pen, which is provided with an optical sensor at its tip, on a display surface of an EL display. At this time, the EL display is caused to emit light in dot...
6909425 Touch panel  
Laser etching is used to form channels which divides a conductive film adhered on a board of a touch panel into a plurality of regions of desired form. A conductive film damage preventing element...
6894682 Connection structure for connecting between touch panel and external conductor  
Improves the connection between a touch panel and an external harness. A first electrode cable ( 11 ) and a third electrode cable ( 13 ) are disposed on a first ITO film ( 20 ) on a glass...
6862019 Coordinate input apparatus, control method therefor, and computer-readable memory  
A signal waveform detection circuit detects the three-dimensional coordinate value of an indicating tool which is defined in the first, second, and third dimensions. An arithmetic control circuit...
6861961 Foldable alpha numeric keyboard  
The present invention relates to a foldable alpha numeric keyboard device ( 2301 ) configured to input data items into a computer or similar processing device ( 2307 ). The keyboard device...
6819316 Flexible capacitive touch sensor  
A flexible, capacitive touch sensor, and a method of manufacturing a plurality of such touch sensors, are provided. The capacitive touch sensor comprises a thin, flexible, transparent, insulating...
6816153 Touch-panel device  
A touch-panel device including a conductive membrane, current measurement resistors which are connected at one end to both ends of the conductive membrane and which are connected at the other end...
6784948 Touch panel for display device with pet film having transparent gel layer  
A touch panel has a reduced whole thickness when attached to a display device, increases the accuracy of the positional information, and improves the display quality and durability inexpensively....
6781579 Touch panel with improved linear response and minimal border width electrode pattern  
A touch screen panel including an insulative substrate; a resistive layer disposed on the insulative substrate; and a plurality of spaced conductive segments on the resistive layer along the border...
6781577 Capacitive sensor-based input device  
A capacitive sensor-based input device for coordinate data input includes an input unit that detects the variation of capacitances at a plurality of detection points, and a control unit that...
6781576 Wireless input apparatus and method using a three-dimensional pointing device  
A wireless input apparatus by which a user can input various types of information is provided. A conventional remote control of electronic equipment has many buttons or switches to perform various...
6765558 Multiple touch plane compatible interface circuit and method  
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...
6753853 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...
6731270 Piezoelectric transducer for data entry device  
A piezoelectric transducer is provided, in which a piezoelectric shell has conductive layers on the outside and inside of the shell, which are adapted to be connected to a signal input source. When...
6720956 Apparatus and method for obtaining geographical information using a touch-sensitive globe device  
An apparatus is provided that includes a touch-sensitive three-dimensional globe and an information handling system coupled to the touch-sensitive three-dimensional globe and adapted to receive the...
6689965 Digitizer system with cursor shape changing as a function of pointer location on menu strip and/or physical structure on tablet surface indicating menu strip location  
A digitizer system includes a pointer (e.g. stylus or puck) for manipulation by a user over a work surface of a tablet. The tablet includes a menu strip area thereon. According to certain...
6683601 Electronic apparatus including pen  
Disclosed is a user-friendly electronic apparatus having a pen and a panel as the input devices. The pen is tethered to the apparatus by a cord on which position data is recorded along its length...
6677542 Touch panel  
A touch panel comprises a pair of glass substrates ( 11, 12 ) each having a transparent conducting, film ( 13, 14 ) formed on its one side surface. The glass substrates disposed with their...
6661408 Touch screen capable of isolating noise signals  
A touch screen capable of isolating noise signals is mainly a touch screen installing at the front side of a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen or cathode ray tube (CRT) for eliminating...
6654006 Touch panel for display device integrated with front light unit  
A touch panel for a display device is structured such that one resistive layer of a pair of resistive layers disposed opposing each other across a plurality of insulating dot spacers is laid on a...
6646634 Touch panel coordinate determination  
Method and system for determining (x,y) location coordinates for a contact point on a touch sensitive panel or input screen. Selected, substantially constant voltages are provided for two...
6642458 Touch screen device and method for co-extensively presenting text characters and rendering ink in a common area of a user interface  
A touch screen device and method for co-extensively and contrastingly presenting text characters ( 34 ) and rendering ink ( 36 ) in a common area of a user interface. The text characters ( 34 ) and...
6639587 Method and apparatus for a scaleable touch panel controller  
A method and an apparatus for determining the contact position on a touch panel sensor. The method and apparatus utilizes a counter to determine the elapsed time that occurs before a circuit...
6628269 Touch panel input device capable of sensing input operation using a pen and a fingertip and method therefore  
A touch panel input device includes layers A and B. Layer A includes a first transparent film, a first transparent resistive film, a second transparent film, a second transparent resistive film,...
6621486 Expanded touch panel display  
Apparatus for a touch sensitive panel or input screen for a hand held computing device that provides increased active or key area for the input screen. Four wires, each connected to one of the...
6611257 Automatic detection of touch plane type  
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...
6611256 Touch screen dielectric separators  
A touch screen assembly for contact input systems, with the touch screen including a base substrate with an electrically resistive coating thereon. An array of reticulated spaced raised projections...
6603464 Apparatus and method for record keeping and information distribution  
A method of capturing data having the steps of writing on a form with a pen to leave an image on the form, scanning the written image as the written image is being written, and storing the scanned...
6573155 Contact structure of substrates of touch panel and method of bonding the same  
Process steps for bonding substrates of a touch panel. Steps include forming an insulator layer around a flexible printed cable (FPC) contact formed on electrodes, forming a low resistive metal...
6570103 Method and apparatus for coordinate inputting capable of effectively using a laser ray  
A coordinate input apparatus includes light sources, a reflecting member, light receiving members, a signal analyzing mechanism, and a coordinate determining mechanism. Each light source is fixed...
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