A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed comprising a panel that defines a touch surface, a plurality of light emitters and detectors arranged along a perimeter of the panel. The light emitters are arranged to emit a respective beam of emitted light that travels above the touch surface, wherein the light detectors are arranged to receive detection light from the emitted light. The plurality of light emitters and detectors are arranged above the touch surface and are connected to a substrate extending in a direction parallel with a normal axis of a plane in which the panel extends. A method of assembling a touch sensing apparatus is also disclosed.

A fingerprint sensing display panel includes a flexible substrate, a light sensing layer, a thin film transistor layer, an organic light-emitting diode layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer. The light sensing layer is disposed on the flexible substrate. Sensitivity of the light sensing layer set at high sensitivity. The organic light-emitting layer is disposed on the thin film transistor layer and configured to generate light according to an emitting signal from the thin film transistor layer. The thin film encapsulation layer is disposed on the organic light-emitting layer and configured to protect the organic light-emitting layer. When a user puts a finger on the fingerprint sensing display panel, the light sensing layer detects light generated from the organic light-emitting layer and reflected by the finger. By utilizing the fingerprint sensing display panel of the present disclosure, fingerprint recognition can be achieved without installing extra fingerprint recognizing components.

A display device having a non-contact input function without contact is provided. A first light-emitting device that performs display, a second light-emitting device that emits light for detection, and a light-receiving device are included, and the light-receiving device has a function of detecting light that has been emitted by the second light-emitting device and reflected by an object. Near-infrared light, which has substantially no visibility, is used as the light emitted by the second light-emitting device. Therefore, the light emitted from a display portion even at high luminance does not affect visual recognition of the display. In addition, when the light is emitted at high luminance, an object that is positioned away from the display device can be detected with high sensitivity.

There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling improvement of operability in a case of performing a user operation on surfaces of various real objects. The information processing apparatus includes an operation pattern control unit configured to control an operation pattern in an operation area on a surface of a real object on the basis of information indicating a characteristic of the operation area. The operation pattern includes, for example, at least one of a method of inputting operation data in the operation area or a method of detecting the operation data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system using augmented reality (AR).

Systems and methods for optical imaging are disclosed. An optical sensor includes: an image sensor array comprising a plurality of pixels; and a collimator filter disposed above the image sensor array, the collimator filter comprising a plurality of light collimating apertures and light blocking material, wherein multiple light collimating apertures of the plurality of light collimating apertures are disposed within a photosensitive area of one of the pixels in the plurality of pixels, and wherein the multiple light collimating apertures are disposed over different portions of the photosensitive area of the one of the pixels.

A tactile touch sensor (TTS) system and method allowing physical augmentation of a high-resolution touch sensor array (TSA) is disclosed. Physical augmentation is accomplished using a TSA physical overlay (TPO) placed on top of the TSA. The TPO is constructed to transmit forces to the underlying TSA. Force transmission is accomplished by either using a flexible overlay or with a rigid mechanical overlay that transmits user forces exerted on the overlay to the underlying TSA. Incorporation of TPO identifiers (TPI) within the TPO permits identification of the TPO by a TPO detector (TPD) allowing operational characteristics of the TSA to be automatically reconfigured to conform to the currently applied TPO structure by a user computing device (UCD). The UCD may be configured to automatically load an appropriate application software driver (ASD) in response to a TPI read by the TPD from the currently applied TPO.

A tactile touch sensor (TTS) system and method allowing physical augmentation of a high-resolution touch sensor array (TSA) is disclosed. Physical augmentation is accomplished using a TSA physical overlay (TPO) placed on top of the TSA. The TPO is constructed to transmit forces to the underlying TSA. Force transmission is accomplished by either using a flexible overlay or with a rigid mechanical overlay that transmits user forces exerted on the overlay to the underlying TSA. Incorporation of TPO identifiers (TPI) within the TPO permits identification of the TPO by a TPO detector (TPD) allowing operational characteristics of the TSA to be automatically reconfigured to conform to the currently applied TPO structure by a user computing device (UCD). The UCD may be configured to automatically load an appropriate application software driver (ASD) in response to a TPI read by the TPD from the currently applied TPO.

An example method includes determining, by one or more processors, an estimated location of a wearable computing device on a display device that is not presence-sensitive, wherein the wearable computing device is configured to be worn on a wrist of a user; causing the display device to output, at the estimated location, a graphical pattern; determining, by the one or more processors and based on optical data generated by an optical sensor of the wearable computing device, a refined location of the wearable computing device; and utilizing, by the one or more processors, the refined location of the wearable computing device as a location of user input for an application outputting a graphical user interface via the display device.

An example method includes determining, by one or more processors, an estimated location of a wearable computing device on a display device that is not presence-sensitive, wherein the wearable computing device is configured to be worn on a wrist of a user; causing the display device to output, at the estimated location, a graphical pattern; determining, by the one or more processors and based on optical data generated by an optical sensor of the wearable computing device, a refined location of the wearable computing device; and utilizing, by the one or more processors, the refined location of the wearable computing device as a location of user input for an application outputting a graphical user interface via the display device.

A handwriting input device having the shape of a digital pen, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a pen tip formed on one side of the pen; a light source part for irradiating coherent light to a surface around the pen tip; first and second image sensors for respectively sensing coordinate components necessary for calculating movement coordinates of the pen according to a user's handwriting input by using at least a portion of the coherent light reflected from the surface and received; and a processor for calculating the movement coordinates of the pen by using the coordinate components sensed through the first and second image sensors, wherein the first and second image sensors are disposed such that the distances between each sensor and the pen tip are the same.