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7379054 LCD and touch-control method thereof  
A touch-control method of an LCD is provided. During the idling time in-between the writing periods, the first touch-position sensing step detects the values of liquid crystal capacitances formed...
7358964 Electromagnetic inductive system with multi-induction loop layout and battery less pointer device and its method for locating the coordinate  
A multi-induction loop layout of an electromagnetic inductive system is disclosed. The multi-induction loop layout of the invention comprises a plurality of inductive loops, one terminal of each...
7355592 Digital resistive type touch panel and fabrication method thereof  
A display device integrated with a touch panel is disclosed, which can use various types of input devices. Thus, in addition to conductive devices, a gloved hand or a non-conductive stylus pen can...
7352355 Transparent overlay input device  
A transparent overlay input device includes a transparent non-conductive substrate, a plurality of transparent conductive electrode pairs and a transparent non-conductive cover. The plurality of...
7348898 Capacitive input device  
A input device is provided which includes a clock signal generator that generates a clock signal; a delay unit that has a capacitive sensor where an electrode is formed on a substrate; protective...
7327352 Linearized conductive surface  
Electrode pattern disposed on a conductive surface is disclosed. The electrode pattern includes a plurality of conductive segments. The conductive segments are located along the edges of two or...
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...
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...
7224324 Interactive automotive rearvision system  
A vehicular mirror system includes a mirror assembly with a mirror casing and a reflective element with a rearward field of view when the mirror assembly is mounted to a vehicle. The mirror casing...
7202855 Capacitive input device  
An X electrode layer having X electrodes and a Y electrode layer having Y electrodes are formed on one side of a film board through an insulating film so that the X electrodes and the Y electrodes...
7199789 Input apparatus having electrostatic sensor  
An input apparatus having a reduced-size electrostatic sensor that can precisely detect an input and then output a signal and, thus, has excellent responsiveness and reliability contains the...
7158125 Capacitance touch slider  
A device for detecting the position of a human finger or other object on a touch-sensitive scrolling pad. Dual independent oscillators may be used to generate two pulse trains at frequencies...
7129935 Sensor patterns for a capacitive sensing apparatus  
One embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes a capacitive sensing apparatus. The capacitive sensing apparatus comprises a first set of interdigitated conductive traces....
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...
7109978 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition  
A method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y...
7098898 Information recording medium and information processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus is constructed to include a plurality of information recording media respectively having a generally paper shape with an image display surface for displaying...
7069357 Touch sensor system  
A touch sensor system and a method of operating the system is provided to detect the touch of a person. An AC power source is provided with an isolated power supply connected to thereto with a DC...
7064747 Touch-sensitive detector  
A touch-sensitive detector includes a detection surface and a conducting element, and a first and second set of electrodes, each set of electrodes including at least one electrode extending...
7050047 Signal line of touch panel display device and method of forming the same  
A signal line of a touch panel display device includes an upper substrate having a first transparent conductive film, a lower substrate having a second transparent conductive film, the lower...
7030860 Flexible transparent touch sensing system for electronic devices  
A transparent, capacitive sensing system particularly well suited for input to electronic devices is described. The sensing system can be used to emulate physical buttons or slider switches that...
7019765 Input device  
An input device, which is small-sized and inexpensive in spite of being simple in construction and thin, comprises at least one primary electrode and a plurality of secondary electrodes, both...
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...
7006078 Apparatus and method for sensing the degree and touch strength of a human body on a sensor  
An improvement in sensor for detecting contact with a human resistive element is disclosed. This design uses additional components to avoid discharging capacitors through the human resistive...
6999007 Linear position sensor  
In a linear position encoder, a support is provided upon which a pair of phase quadrature windings are mounted. The windings are arranged to have a sinusoidal magnetic sensitivity characteristic...
6995747 Capacitive sensing and data input device power management  
Capacitive proximity sensing is carried out by detecting a relative change in the capacitance of a “scoop” capacitor formed by a conductor and a surrounding ground plane. The conductor may be a...
6985139 Interactive apparatus using print media  
A method for producing an output in response to an interaction with a print element on a sheet is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes placing a sheet comprising a print element on a...
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...
6974917 Information recording medium and information processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus is constructed to include a plurality of information recording media respectively having a generally paper shape with an image display surface for displaying...
6961049 Capacitive touch sensor architecture with unique sensor bar addressing  
A capacitive touch sensor with symmetrical electrical interconnections for use with a touch sensor of a device is disclosed. The touch sensor includes several sensor bars, with a unique pair of...
6940495 Variable capacitance type input device  
A capacitance type sensor includes a substrate, a group of electrodes fixed on an upper face of the substrate, a movable electrode plate having an electrode on its lower side and a gap between the...
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...
6927763 Method and system for providing a disambiguated keypad  
A keypad system (FIG. 2 ) and corresponding method (FIGS. 3-4 ) suitable for use in a subscriber device ( 1 ) includes a capacitive touchpad 22 for detecting movement within a region, a driver...
6919882 Position detection method and device  
The present invention disclosed a position detection device and method for use in a plane surface to determine the position of a capacitive coupling device. Two arrays of row and column conductive...
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...
6891531 Sensing an object with a plurality of conductors  
An object ( 130 ), e.g. a human finger or a stylus, is sensed with a plurality of conductors ( 120 , X 1 , . . . XN). The conductor processing times (TX 1 , TX 2 , . . . TXN) but are shifted...
6885365 Glass touch sensing circuit  
A glass touch sensing circuit which is capable of accurately detecting a sense signal resulting from a user's touch under no influence of variations in temperature. The glass touch sensing circuit...
6839052 Two dimensional solid state capacitive sensor array  
An apparatus for providing an output signal for selectively controlling movement of a visual pointer on a display screen is disclosed. A plurality of solid state capacitive sensor switches are...
6831631 Portable computer and related method for preventing input interruption by write-tracking an input region  
A method is provided for a portable computer. The portable computer has a touch panel for sensing a position of pressure exerted by a user. The method includes setting an input region on the touch...
6825833 System and method for locating a touch on a capacitive touch screen  
Described is a touch-sensitive screen having a sensing circuit capable of discriminating where a perturbation of an electric field created by the sensing circuit occurs. The invention may be...
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...
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...
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...
6686546 Static charge dissipation for an active circuit surface  
A structure and method is disclosed for dissipating electrostatic charges comprising an insulating layer between and over a plurality of conductive plates, wherein the insulating layer isolates the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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