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7242395 Input device and driving device thereof  
An input device and a driving device able to be made thin and secure sufficiently large vibration amplitude are provided. The input device comprises an input panel, a current conducting element for...
7242394 Slidable electronic whiteboard system  
The present invention provides movable visual communication systems, more specifically movable electronic whiteboard systems. The invention provides an electronic whiteboard having at least one...
7239249 Menu sign system  
A method for controlling a menu sign linked to a light and a menu sign system are disclosed. The method may include highlighting an item entry on a menu sign and/or illuminating a light associated...
7237937 Touch panel assembly  
In a touch panel assembly, the thickness of a touch panel is successfully reduced by using a touch panel 10 provided with no reinforcement member. A housing frame 50 that supports the...
7239153 Sensor module for measuring surfaces  
This invention relates to a sensor module for measuring structures in a surface, especially in a finger surface being moved over the sensor module, that includes a number of sensor elements, and an...
7239305 Information processing system and screen display method  
Disclosed are a method of and a system for displaying information in such a way that an audience is able to follow up with an operation of an operator in demonstration and presentation using a...
7236159 Handheld or pocketsized electronic apparatus and hand-controlled input device  
A handheld or pocketsized electronic apparatus, such as a mobile telephone, having a display unit and a touch surface that is position-sensitive in a first and second direction for control of the...
7236162 Passive touch system and method of detecting user input  
A passive touch system includes a passive touch surface and at least two cameras associated with the touch surface. The at least two cameras acquire images of the touch surface from different...
7236161 Remote touch simulation systems and methods  
Systems and methods provide for simulating an effective human touch on a touch screen sensor of a touch screen system. Touch simulation involves interaction with, or cooperation between, a subject...
7232986 Apparatus for detecting a pointer within a region of interest  
An apparatus for detecting a pointer within a region of interest includes at least one pair of imaging devices. The imaging devices have overlapping fields of view encompassing the region of...
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...
7230198 Flexible sheet for resistive touch screen  
A resistive touch screen, comprising: a) a substrate; b) a first conductive layer located on the substrate; c) a flexible cover sheet having integral compressible spacer dots; and d) a second...
7231231 Method and apparatus for locking a mobile telephone touch screen  
A mobile phone having a touch screen display includes a touch screen lock which is activated during an ongoing call by contacting the touch screen a first time and pressing again within a...
7230609 Touch position coordinate detecting system  
A touch position coordinate detecting system is provided that is based on surface acoustic waves and includes arrays of reflective patterns between a touch region of a touch panel. An initial burst...
7230610 Keypad in textiles with capacitive read-out circuit  
Input apparatus including at least one textile fabric carrier, at least one flexible, wire-and/or thread-like electrical conductor comprising at least one weft and/or warp thread of the fabric...
7231229 Communication device interface  
In a communication device, user activation of a speed-dial button causes a context-sensitive menu to be displayed. The menu lists available options, or communication modes, for contacting the party...
7230607 6-key keyboard for touch typing  
A keyboard having six keys. Characters are entered in two strokes. That is, the user selects a group including a desired character by the first stroke, and selects the desired character by the...
7226291 Refreshable tactile computer display  
A method and apparatus for refreshable tactile output of information from a computer, includes using a movement actuator to move in unison along a first dimension a plurality of tactile elements...
7227537 Touch panel  
A touch panel of the present invention in which a piezoelectric substrate is fixed to a movable plate or a supporting substrate has a reduced weight, size, and thickness by providing simpler...
7227535 Keyboard and display for a computer  
A keyboard and display for a computer includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a front wall. A processor is mounted within the...
7224991 Method and system for handwritten electronic messaging  
The present invention provides a system and method for providing handwritten messages with electronic communication devices. For example the electronic communication device may be a mobile...
7224347 Writeboard method and apparatus  
A writeboard according to an embodiment of the invention includes plural display cells capable of controlling light within a visible-light spectrum, the display cells being arranged over a display...
7224366 Method and system for control system software  
The present invention discloses a method for building and displaying control and non-interactive, non-control information on a touch panel. The method can include constructing a page for display on...
7225402 Method and system for capturing a note-taking session  
A system and method capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a...
7224348 Writing stylus  
A stylus for an electrographic position location apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the stylus includes a writing element that is retractable. The stylus may have a proximal end and a...
7221359 Illuminated touch switch  
A touch sensitive electroluminiescent (EL) switch is provided in a vehicle for actuating a vehicle accessory. A dielectric layer is adjacent to a rear electrode layer. A phosphor layer is adjacent...
7221358 In-vehicle digital broadcast reception apparatus  
A display and a touch panel can replace operation of a remote control. Conversion/management analyzes BML description for realizing the software remote control function corresponding to operation...
7221357 Method for selecting and representing objects in a plane and in N-dimensional space  
Operating assemblies and installed components of a vehicle are represented by representational objects such as icons, graphic images and symbols on a touch-sensitive display screen. A matrix with...
7218312 Information display device  
An information display device includes a display with a display screen, a multifunction switch, an IR sensor detecting whether or not an operator's hand is in a range around the multifunction...
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...
7216010 Article manufacturing apparatus  
The present invention provides an article manufacturing apparatus that even a user unfamiliar with the article manufacturing apparatus can operate appropriately. The article manufacturing apparatus...
7215331 Touch panel  
A touch panel includes first and second substrates. Each substrate includes an extension formed at one side thereof, first and second transparent electrodes on each of the surfaces of the first and...
7215321 Input device with pattern and tactile feedback for computer input and control  
The tactile input device is a user interface selection device used to transmit user information to a user interface interpretation module. The tactile input device allows a user to activate and...
7215319 Wristwatch type device and method for moving pointer  
A feature of the present invention includes a device having a display controller for controlling a display position of the pointer on the display screen, a displacement detector for detecting a...
7215323 Three-dimensional integrated tough screen input apparatus  
A 3D input device ( 102 ) is used to generate control data ( 108 ) for electronic or electrical devices, and has: an actuation part ( 104 ), which is designed so that it can be manipulated...
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 )...
7215329 Touch panel input device  
A piezoelectric substrate is fixed to the movable plate or the support substrate directly or through a drive electrode of the piezoelectric substrate. When a pressure on an input operation surface...
7212296 Use of queues  
A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to...
7212189 Capacitive mouse  
A pointing device some or all of whose elements are made from capacitive sensors. Such elements may include a rotary motion detector which includes a rotating member and a plurality of fixed...
7212192 Electronic input device  
A thin electronic input device has a film layer, a conducting layer, a covering layer, character display layer, an IC control unit and a connecting unit. The film layer is made of a flexible...
7209124 Multiple-position docking station for a tablet personal computer  
The disclosed embodiments provide a multiple-position docking station for a tablet personal computing device. A different mode of operation of the tablet personal computing device is supported by...
7209114 Bracelet with information display and imputting capability  
A bracelet with information display and inputting capability comprises twelve segments hinged together to allow the bracelet to be folded around the wrist of a user. An information processing unit...
7208694 Capacitance activated switch device  
A capacitance based switch device employs an electric field imaging device electrically coupled via an electrical conductor to a conductive electrode member that is attached to the door or any...
7209126 Viewing angle-controlled displays for point-of-sale terminals and methods for fabricating the same  
A display assembly for a point-of-sale terminal is provided. The display assembly has a liquid crystal display and a touch screen disposed overlying the liquid crystal display. The display assembly...
7208691 Touch screen having undercut spacer dots  
A touch screen comprising: a) a substrate; b) a first conductive layer located on the substrate; c) a flexible sheet comprising a substantially planar surface and integral compressible spacer dots...
7209127 Electronic sketch pad and auxiliary monitor  
An electronic sketch pad and auxiliary monitor to be used as a peripheral to personal computers. The electronic sketch pad and auxiliary monitor slides under or attaches to the computer keyboard...
7209985 Input information processing apparatus, method and program  
There are provided, on the POS device unit side, a physical keyboard having a plurality of physical keys arranged thereon; a screen keyboard comprising a plurality of screen keys arranged and...
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...
7205983 Touch sensitive display device  
A touch-sensitive display is made by incorporating a pressure dependent resistive polymer composite into the polymer networks, which are components of the electro-optical pixels. Examples are PDLC,...
7205909 Touch panel device and method of fabricating the same  
A touch panel device includes a wiring terminal, a flexible printed circuit film connected to the wiring terminal, an adhesion part corresponding to a location where the flexible printed circuit...