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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light-pointing device and a light-tracking receiver having a function selection key, and a system using the same. SOLUTION: The light-pointing device generates a light beam, and converts the light beam into a flicker mode with the function selection keys. Different function selection keys trigger different flicker frequencies. The dotted image of the light beam is formed in a plurality of frames detected by the tracking receiver. The tracking receiver determines the start of a specific function according to the frequency of occurrence or the interval mode of the dotted image in the plurality of successive frames. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical ranging sensor device that achieves miniaturization, high performance, low power consumption, high-speed response, and low cost. SOLUTION: A light receiving element 13 with a position detection light receiving part, a processing circuit part and a driving circuit part mounted thereon is formed of one chip by a structure in which the light emitting element 13 is formed on the same plane as a light emitting element 12, and the light emitting element 12 and the light receiving element 13 are formed in the same package, by mounting the light emitting element 12 and the light emitting element 13 on the same leadframe 11, and integrally molding them from translucent resin 14a, 14b and light shielding resin 15. Thus, the production cost is reduced by reducing the size of the optical ranging sensor. Further, a valid light receiving part of the position detection light receiving part is designed to be smaller than a designed size of a light spot. Thus, the production cost is further reduced by reducing the size of the chip of the light receiving part 13. In addition, the performance is improved by reducing the response time and power consumption, and increasing the S/N ratio upon signal processing, by eliminating an invalid light receiving part of the position detection light receiving part and unnecessary signals from the invalid light receiving part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light-pointing device and a light-tracking receiver having a function selection key, and a device using them. SOLUTION: By means of the function selection key in this light-pointing device emitting a light beam, the light beam is converted into that in a flicker mode. By means of a different function selection key, a different flicker frequency is generated. Interrupted spot images of the light beam are formed in a plurality of frames detected by the tracking receiver. The tracking receiver determines a start of a specific function according to a generated frequency of the interrupted spot images, that is, an interruption interval mode in a plurality of continuous frames. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical touch display which is low in manufacturing cost and is excellent in the stability of sensitivity.SOLUTION: The optical touch display includes a display panel, a light source module, and a sensing module. The display panel has a first side, a second side adjacent to the first side, a third edge adjacent to the second side, and a fourth side adjacent to the third side. The light source module is disposed beside the first side and the second side of the display panel and provides first parallel light which impinges from the first side of the display panel and is emitted from the third side and passes a display surface of the display panel, and second parallel light which impinges from the second side of the display panel and is emitted from the fourth side and passes the display surface of the display panel. The sensing module is disposed beside the third side and the fourth side of the display panel and senses the first parallel light and the second parallel light.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sensor system capable of detecting a position of a pointer no matter where in a sensing area the pointer is located, and a method for detecting the position of the pointer.SOLUTION: The sensor system comprises a sensing area 116, a reflecting mirror disposed at a dotted line 202, an image sensing device 110, and a processing circuit. The reflecting mirror indicates a mirror image of the pointer 102 that approaches the sensing area. When the pointer approaches the sensing area, the image sensing device senses the pointer and the mirror image. When the pointer approaches the sensing area, the processing circuit calculates a coordinate value of the pointer from the image sensed by the image sensing device and a planned size of the pointer. Here, the radius of a circular orthogonal projection of the pointer formed in the sensing area is the planned size of the pointer.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller, using a two-dimensional input device, in which a remote controller is installed, for the right control and the left control of a game system, and inserting an external game panel in the game system or performing game software by a predetermined pattern of the game software displayed by a user himself. SOLUTION: The control device can communicate with a game body for performing the game software. The control device includes the two-dimensional input device and the remote controller. The two-dimensional input device includes a touch panel where a pattern corresponding to the game software is formed, and outputs two-dimensional coordinate data for achieving two-dimensional coordinates when the user touches the pattern. The remote controller commandeers the two-dimensional coordinate data through a first communication module, and transmits the two-dimensional coordinate data to the game body through a second communication module. The game software is performed according to the two-dimensional coordinate data commandeered by the game body. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the method and related apparatus for controlling a photo-charge capacity of a photodiode in order to solve the problems involved in the prior art. SOLUTION: An image sensing apparatus comprises a photodiode for receiving light, a first transistor whose source is connected to the photodiode and which controls photo-charge transfer in the photodiode, a reference voltage control unit which is connected to a gate of the first transistor and which receives a plurality of control signals to provide a reference voltage to the gate of the first transistor, a second transistor whose source is connected to an output of the first transistor, whose drain is connected to a power source, and which resets the photodiode, a third transistor whose drain is connected to the power source and whose gate is connected to the source of the second transistor, and a fourth transistor whose drain is connected to the source of the third transistor, whose source is connected to a wordline and which selects whether or not to output a signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for coordinate generation, which is applicable for targets that use and do not use interlace scanning, and an orientation device which generates coordinates of target points and which is suitable for the targets. SOLUTION: A method for coordinate generation to be implemented using an orientation device 3 includes the steps of: providing at least three reference marks 111-114 on a target 11; aiming the orientation device 3 at an initial point 111 on the target 11, and operating the orientation device 3 such that a sensor is able to capture an image of the target 11 that contains at least one of the reference marks 111-114; correlating a coordinate space of the orientation device 3 with a coordinate space of the target 11; and operating the orientation device (3) such that the sensor is able to capture an image of the target 11; and determining relative coordinates of the target point with reference to the established coordinate space relation and the captured image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image recognition method capable of recognizing a plurality of objects without using an image buffer. SOLUTION: The method includes: (A) successively acquiring pixel values of each row sequentially in the image; (B) determining a start point of a newly detected image segment located in a currently inspected row of the image; (C) accumulating information of the newly detected image segment point-by-point starting from the start point; (D) determining an end point of the newly detected image segment; (E)identifying the object to which the newly detected image segment belongs according to a spatial correlation between the newly detected image segment and a previously detected image segment in an adjacent previously inspected row of the image; (F) collecting accumulated information of each object to which the image segment belongs; (G) identifying the image segment of the next object contained in the row; and (H) reading all pixel values contained in the image and recognizing each object in the image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultraviolet sensor having quartz glass allowing ultraviolet rays to pass through, in order to solve problems due to conventional techniques. SOLUTION: The ultraviolet sensor, having quarts glass allowing ultraviolet rays to pass through, comprises a photoresponsive resistor of which the output value changes according to light-beam intensity and the quartz glass which is placed above the photoresponsive resistor and filters light beams received by the photoresponsive resistor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI