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7616192 |
Touch device and method for providing tactile feedback
A touch device includes a touch panel and a vibration device to provide tactile feedback to a user to locate a key on a display of the touch panel. A processor generates a drive signal to the...
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7613375 |
Optical waveguide for touch panel
An optical waveguide for a touch panel which obviates a need for positioning a light receiving optical waveguide portion. The touch panel optical waveguide A 1 which is to be fitted around a...
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7613329 |
Apparatus for controlling the position of a screen pointer that detects defective pixels
An apparatus for controlling the position of a screen pointer includes a light source for illuminating an imaging surface, thereby generating reflected images. The apparatus includes a navigation...
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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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7597177 |
Ultrasonic/electromagnetic non-contact buttons/switches for elevators
A method of providing non-contact data selection, comprising the steps of providing at least one data selection, transmitting at least one signal in proximity to the at least one data selection,...
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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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7590622 |
System for facilitating searches for data stored on a network
A system for facilitating searches for data stored on a network includes a computer system forming a node on the network and having a database of electronic documents, each of which are associated...
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7589716 |
System for software interaction using printed form identity
A system for enabling user interaction with computer software which includes a printer for receiving print data, printing a form, using the print data, by printing information related to at least...
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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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7589714 |
Tactile display device and touch panel apparatus with tactile display function using electrorheological fluid
Conductivity of a photoconductive layer changes in accordance with a display pattern made of black and white, which is displayed on a display device of a touch panel apparatus with tactile display...
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7586479 |
Display device and driving method thereof
A display device includes a panel assembly, a backlight unit supplying light to the panel assembly, a first photosensor, a second photosensor, a sensing signal processor and a signal controller....
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7580084 |
Liquid crystal display device having image sensing function
A liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a data line intersecting each other on a substrate. The liquid crystal display device further includes a photo sensing device and a first...
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7576725 |
Using clear-coded, see-through objects to manipulate virtual objects
An object placed on an interactive display surface is detected and its position and orientation are determined in response to IR light that is reflected from an encoded marking on the object. Upon...
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7573465 |
Optical touch panel
An optical touch panel including a support, an optical light guide illumination assembly arranged along and above at least most of a periphery of the support to define a detection region, the...
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7573459 |
Pixel structure for LCD with embedded touch screen
A pixel structure for an liquid crystal display (LCD) with an embedded touch screen is provided. The pixel structure includes a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, each...
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7561146 |
Method and apparatus to reject accidental contact on a touchpad
In one exemplary embodiment, a portable computer having a display assembly coupled to a base assembly to alternate between a closed position and an open position. Palm rest areas are formed by a...
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7557935 |
Optical coordinate input device comprising few elements
The present invention is an optical electronic input device for identifying the coordinates of an object in a given area. The device may capture two-dimensional or three-dimensional input...
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7557338 |
Electronic device with integrated optical navigation module and microlens array therefore
A portable device includes a transparent surface; a microlens array having lenslets, each lenslet forming a corresponding image of an object using light received through the transparent surface; a...
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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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7538759 |
Touch panel display system with illumination and detection provided from a single edge
A touch panel that has a front surface, a rear surface, a plurality of edges and an interior volume. An energy source is positioned in proximity to a first edge of the touch panel and is configured...
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7535463 |
Optical flow-based manipulation of graphical objects
Motion of one or more physical objects relative to a display surface of a display system is detected and an optical flow determined from the motion is used to manipulate a graphical object...
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7532206 |
System and method for differentiating between pointers used to contact touch surface
A touch system comprises a touch surface and at least one camera acquiring images of the touch surface. A pointer contact data generator generates pointer position data in response to pointer...
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7531788 |
Photosensor comprising light receiving elements and filters, and a corresponding target detection method and display panel
A photosensor includes first and second light receiving elements which detect light, and a light source which is disposed behind the first and second light receiving elements and which emits light...
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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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7525615 |
Integral-type liquid crystal panel with image sensor function and pixel electrode overlapping photoelectric conversion element
A display device using a novel semiconductor device, which includes a pixel matrix, an image sensor, and a peripheral circuit for driving those, that is, which has both a camera function and a...
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7525539 |
System having printer and sensing device for interaction with computer software
A system for enabling user interaction with computer software including a printer and sensing device. The printer receives print data, and prints a form, using the print data, with information...
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7525538 |
Using same optics to image, illuminate, and project
A system for directing light in an interactive display system so as to perform multiple functions. In addition to projecting images on the interactive display system, the system is used to...
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7525536 |
Coordinate input device, control method therefor, and control program for implementing the method
A coordinate input device which is capable of performing accurate and appropriate detection of a pen-up/pen-down state over the entire coordinate input surface, based on motion of an indication...
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7522156 |
Optical scanning-type touch panel
Laser light emitted by a light emitting element is made parallel light by a collimation lens, passes through an aperture of an aperture mirror, and is then angularly scanned in a plane...
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7522149 |
Display device and information terminal device
A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present invention includes a pixel array unit 1 having signal lines and scanning lines respectively arranged side by side, a signal line drive...
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7519223 |
Recognizing gestures and using gestures for interacting with software applications
An interactive display table has a display surface for displaying images and upon or adjacent to which various objects, including a user's hand(s) and finger(s) can be detected. A video camera...
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7515144 |
System for software interaction using printed form
A system for enabling user interaction with computer software which includes a computer system which transfers print data to a printer. The printer is responsive to the print data to print a form...
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7515143 |
Uniform illumination of interactive display panel
An interactive display device employing a flat panel display (FPD). The interactive display device includes a housing, a flat panel display, a light diffusing layer, a visible light illumination...
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7511703 |
Using size and shape of a physical object to manipulate output in an interactive display application
Output of a computer system is manipulated using a physical object disposed adjacent to an interactive display surface. A painting application produces an image in response to an object disposed...
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7499027 |
Using a light pointer for input on an interactive display surface
A light pointer is selectively activated to direct a light beam onto an interactive display surface, forming a pattern of light that is detected by a light sensor disposed within an interactive...
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7499026 |
System and method for inputting graphs and words
A system for transmitting graphic information from a writing area to a display device. The method can include the operation of transmitting a signal from a writing device. The signal can be...
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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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7492357 |
Apparatus and method for detecting a pointer relative to a touch surface
An apparatus for detecting a pointer relative to a touch surface includes at least two spaced imaging assemblies having overlapping fields of view encompassing the touch surface. The imaging...
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7480618 |
Eliminating interference of noisy modality in a multimodal application
Aspects of the present invention provide for ranking various input modalities relative to each other and processing recognition results received through these input modalities based in part on the...
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7477987 |
Method for performing games
A method for carrying out a game of the type comprising the steps of noting written information on a surface with the aid of a writing means. The surface is provided with a position-coding pattern...
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7477816 |
Lens-equipped optical wave guide device for touch panel and optical waveguide for use in the same
A lens-equipped optical waveguide device for a touch panel includes an optical waveguide including an under cladding layer, and a plurality of cores formed on a surface of the under cladding layer...
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7477241 |
Device and method for optical touch panel illumination
An optical touch panel including a support defining a generally planar surface, an optical illumination assembly arranged along and above at least part of a periphery of the support to define a...
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7468724 |
System for allowing interaction with computer software
A system for enabling user interaction with computer software. The system includes a computer system for generating print data and transferring the print data to a printer. The printer is...
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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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7466308 |
Disposing identifying codes on a user's hand to provide input to an interactive display application
Input for controlling an application is provided to a computer system having an interactive display surface with an optical vision system for sensing objects. An optical code selected to be...
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7463248 |
System and method for constructing optical devices using fold-up portions extended from a substrate
In one embodiment, the transmitters and detectors for an integrated optical touch panel (OTP) are mounted at right angles to the surface of the OTP. The transmitters and detectors are contained on...
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7460110 |
Dual mode touch system
An apparatus for detecting a pointer includes a waveguide and a touch surface over the waveguide on which pointer contacts are to be made. At least one reflecting device extends along a first side...
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7453447 |
Interactive apparatus with recording and playback capability usable with encoded writing medium
An interactive apparatus is disclosed. The interactive apparatus has an audio recording mode and an audio playback mode. Further, the interactive apparatus includes a writing tool for manually...
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7453443 |
Method of deactivating lock and portable electronic device
The invention relates to a method of deactivating the touch screen lock in a portable electronic device comprising a touch screen and means for locking the touch screen. The method comprises...
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