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7617599 |
Sensor packaging method for a human contact interface
Methods of packaging systems pressure-sensitive devices that are subject to human contact force are disclosed. The methods include coupling and attaching the sensing devices and at least one other...
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7616195 |
One dimensional and three dimensional extensions of the slide pad
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for providing three-dimensional motion inputs to a device includes measuring characteristics (e.g., capacitances) between sense electrodes and a...
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7613358 |
Method and system for reducing effects of undesired signals in an infrared imaging system
Effects of undesired infrared light are reduced in an imaging system using an infrared light source. The desired infrared light source is activated and a first set of imaging data is captured...
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7598949 |
Multi-touch sensing light emitting diode display and method for using the same
Apparatus and method for both displaying graphical output and for sensing, e.g., multi-touch input are provided. A light-emitting diode (“LED”) matrix-array may be configured to both emit and...
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7595791 |
Input device
An input device capable of easily achieving a high performance is provided. The input device includes an input unit in which an input detecting unit of an electrostatic sensor is disposed on an...
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7593004 |
Touchscreen with conductive layer comprising carbon nanotubes
The present invention is directed to a touchscreen comprising touch side and device side electrodes wherein each electrode comprises in order an insulating substrate, a first electrically...
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7592901 |
Input device
There are provided an input means 2 that allows information to be input as touched by an operator, a vibration application means 3 disposed on a back side of the input means 2 , and a control...
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7589715 |
Coordinate input apparatus, control method thereof, and program
A signal change range generated by a pointing operation of a pointer on a coordinate input region is specified in correspondence with the initial detection signal distribution of a detection unit...
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RE40891 |
Methods and apparatus for providing touch-sensitive input in multiple degrees of freedom
Disclosed is a multiple coordinate controller device having a three-dimensional body with a first surface portion and a second surface portion where the second surface portion is not coplanar with...
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RE40867 |
Multiple input proximity detector and touchpad system
A touchpad is formed of an electrically insulating membrane ( 10 ) with a first series of spaced apart conductors ( 12 ) on a first face of membrane ( 10 ) and a second series of spaced apart...
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7561397 |
Limited current circuit for electro-luminescent lamp inverter
A current limiting device includes a constant current source circuit constructed and arranged to be connected to a direct current input voltage source and to regulate electrical current and a...
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7557590 |
Capacitance detection circuit and capacitance detection method
A capacitance detection circuit containing an input protection circuit and having high sensitivity is provided. A capacitance detection circuit for detecting the capacitance of a capacitive sensor,...
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7554531 |
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 portion of a bottom substrate top surface....
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7551163 |
Minimum move touch plane scanning method and device
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...
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7551160 |
Touch pad apparatus for a portable computer
A touch pad apparatus for a portable computer is provided. The touch pad apparatus includes a keyboard deck with a pad vent hole formed therethrough, a touch pad exposed through the pad vent hole,...
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7545366 |
Portable electronic device, method of controlling input operation, and program for controlling input operation
Disclosed herein is a portable electronic device including an operation surface for inputting an operating action of a user, detecting means for detecting the coordinates of a point of contact of a...
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7545343 |
Display device
A display device is equipped with a panel having a common electrode layer to which a voltage changing at a fixed frequency is applied and a tabular member which is arranged at a fixed gap from said...
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7538760 |
Force imaging input device and system
A force imaging touch pad includes first and second sets of conductive traces separated by a spring membrane. When a force is applied, the spring membrane deforms moving the two sets of traces...
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7535462 |
Touchscreen with one carbon nanotube conductive layer
The present invention is directed to a touchscreen comprising touch side electrode and device side electrode wherein each electrode comprises an insulating substrate and an exposed electrically...
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7532205 |
Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition
A method of generating cursor motion signals for improved usability is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises detecting object motion in a sensing region and providing cursor motion...
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7526737 |
Free form wiper
A free-form wiper tool may be used to select and move document objects in an electronic document. A free-form wipe selection may be determined by analyzing the shape of a free-form selection in...
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7526403 |
Mortar ballistic computer and system
A software and related software operational system has both military and civilian uses and that can be operated as a light weight, hand-held, commercial, off-the-shelf computer device. The...
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7511702 |
Force and location sensitive display
A unit to provide both force and location detection includes a first transparent substrate (having first and second sets of conductive traces oriented in a first direction), a second transparent...
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7508461 |
Polarizer integrated with transparent conductive film, a touch panel integrated with the polarizer and a flat panel display integrated with the touch panel
A polarizer integrated with a transparent conductive film for a liquid crystal display includes a lower film an optical film and a transparent conductive film. A touch panel integrated with the...
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7499038 |
Thin-frame touch panel
In an analog resistive-film touch panel, a lower electrode member has a transparent electrode on a top face of a transparent insulating base member, a pair of bus bars on parallel sides of the...
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7495658 |
Control device, electronic apparatus and medium for outputting information in accordance with an operation relative to an input device
An object of the present invention is to provide an accurate positioning function with respect to an object and program generating an operation by depression and its depression release. The present...
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7479951 |
Device for controlling touch panel
Disclosed herein is a device including a differential amplification unit for supplying current to the touch panel; a signal amplification unit for amplifying the output voltage of the differential...
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7467380 |
Invoking applications with virtual objects on an interactive display
One or more objects placed on a display surface of an interactive display system are identified by a camera that receives infrared light reflected back by the object(s) through the display surface....
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7463756 |
Finger position sensing methods and apparatus
A finger position sensing apparatus, typically used in a fingerprint sensing system, includes a position pickup plate disposed generally orthogonally with respect to an expected direction of...
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7463246 |
Capacitive sensing device
One embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes a capacitive sensing device. The capacitive sensing device comprises a substantially transparent substrate and a set of patterned...
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7443385 |
Data processing
Data processing apparatus comprises an array of user-operable controls, the controls being adjustable by movement of a user's hand while touching a control; a detector for detecting when a user's...
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7443384 |
Coordinates input device
A coordinates input device includes an operation unit that receives an operation input, a vibration generator that applies a vibration to the operation unit, and a vibration control unit that...
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7439962 |
Touch pad with flexible substrate
A touch sensor device is provided that uses a flexible circuit substrate to provide an improved input device. Specifically, the present invention uses a touch sensor controller affixed to the...
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7436395 |
Simplified capacitive touchpad and method thereof
In a capacitive touchpad, a plurality of sensing zones are defined, and a controller is connected with a plurality of scan lines for sensing a movement of an object slipping on the plurality of...
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7436393 |
Touch panel for display device
A touch panel for a display device integrates functionality provided by resistive-type and EM-type touch panels. The touch panel is integrated with the display device and includes a resisitve-type...
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7427983 |
Visual communication system
A visual communication system that is suitable for use in connection with a display surface is disclosed. The system includes a camera or other data-capturing device that can be remotely positioned...
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7423635 |
Single-layer touchpad having touch zones
A single-layer touchpad comprised of a relatively clear substrate, a first active electrode disposed thereon, and a sense electrode disposed thereon, wherein the first active electrode and the...
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7400319 |
Tablet apparatus
A pair of piezoelectric substrates, the length of which is shorter than the length of one side in the longitudinal direction of the operation panel or the supporting board, is respectively fixed to...
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7394458 |
Low EMI capacitive trackpad
A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly provides a two layer capacitive trackpad sensor in which an EMI ground grid is interposed among the sensor's capacitive elements on each of its layers. The...
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7391411 |
Capacitance type sensor
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...
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7385594 |
Position encoded sensing device and a method thereof
A position encoded sensing device having a display panel, a light guiding layer disposed on the display panel. The light guiding layer is configured to have encoded information therein. In...
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7382360 |
Methods and systems for changing the appearance of a position sensor with a light effect
Methods and systems are provided for producing a light effect on a touchpad or other position sensor. In one aspect, a position sensor for detecting a position of an object suitably includes a...
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7382357 |
User interface incorporating emulated hard keys
An emulated hard key that emulates a key of a user-selected keyboard is generated on a reconfigurable keyboard. In one exemplary embodiment, the reconfigurable keyboard has an array of...
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7372455 |
Touch detection for a digitizer
A detector for detecting touches by fingers or like body parts on a sensor comprises at least one sensing conductor, typically a grid of such conductors, extending into the sensor, a source of...
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7369121 |
Input device with a zoom apparatus
An input is disclosed that includes a zoom apparatus for increasing or decreasing the size of an image rendered on a display screen. The zoom apparatus has an actuator that is movable in a first...
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7365031 |
Conductive pressure sensitive textile
A fabric including within its construction a first elongated electrical conductor crossed by a second elongated electrical conductor, the conductors being normally biased apart at a crossover point...
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7362313 |
Touch simulation system and method
Systems and methods provide for simulating an effective touch on a touch screen sensor. A touch screen sensor includes a first surface, an opposing second surface, and one or more electrodes...
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7355593 |
Pointer tracking across multiple overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input region
A touch system comprises overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input surface. Each coordinate input sub-region generates pointer coordinate data in response to...
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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...
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7352365 |
Flexible computer input
The invention relates to a “Flexible Computer Input”, determined from the data from a touch-sensitive input surface for fingertip positions and pressure trigger regions in comparison with a...
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