20th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120120006 | TOUCH DEVICE FOR DETERMINING REAL COORDINATES OF MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS AND METHOD THEREOF - A touch device for determining real coordinates of multiple touch points is provided. The touch device for determining real coordinates of the multiple touch points comprises a plurality of electrodes and a scanning circuit having a Normal Scanning Circuit and a Split Scanning Circuit connected to said electrodes for eliminating ghost coordinates of the multiple touch points from raw coordinates to output the real coordinates of the multiple touch points. The method of determining real coordinates of multiple touch points on the touch device is also provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120007 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method of controlling a transparent display apparatus and a transparent display apparatus are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes detecting a subject, defining a subject area corresponding to the subject, and displaying a single color image in the subject area. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120008 | VIBRATING MOTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are a vibrating motor with long life wherein vibration of the vibrating motor can be converged instantaneously, and an electronic device. Upon receiving an input signal from the operating section ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120009 | Sensor - A sensor for, and a method of, generating electrical signals indicating a positional property and an extent property of a mechanical interaction within a sensing zone. The sensor comprises a plurality of conductive layers. At least one conductive layer is a pressure-sensitive conductive layer comprising a quantum tunnelling conductance (qtc) material. Contact between conductive layers is allowed during the absence of a mechanical interaction within said sensing zone. The sensor may be configured to provide a three-terminal sensing functionality or a four-terminal sensing functionality. The sensing zone may be substantially two-dimensional or substantially three-dimensional. The sensor may be substantially flexible or substantially rigid. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120010 | TOUCH APPARATUS - The touch apparatus includes a casing, a touch module and at lease a non-rotary actuator. The touch module is disposed in the casing and at least has a touch panel. The non-rotary actuator is connected with the casing or the touch module. The touch apparatus can provide a good tactile feedback and make sound by the actuator. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120011 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus including a display panel, a touch panel, an insulation element, and a shielding electrode layer is provided. The touch panel disposed on the display panel includes a substrate, first sensing series, and second sensing series. The insulation element is disposed between the touch panel and the display panel. The shielding electrode layer is disposed between the insulation element and the display panel and includes shielding electrode stripes. Each first sensing series includes first sensing electrodes orthogonally projected on the display panel in a first area. Each second sensing series includes second sensing electrodes orthogonally projected on the display panel in a second area. The first area is separated from an adjacent second area in a distance. Each shielding electrode stripe is orthogonally projected on the display panel in a third area with a width at least identical to the distance. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120012 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING DIGITAL CHARACTERS - A method for inputting symbols into a data entry field of an electronic device includes displaying on the electronic device a start screen having a plurality of start zones. Each start zone has a plurality of symbols associated therewith. A start zone is selected using the electronic device, and an end screen having a plurality of end zones is displayed on the electronic device. Each end zone has assigned thereto a single symbol or function. When an end zone is selected using the electronic device, the symbol assigned to the selected end zone is inputted into the data entry field of the electronic device, in order to create a message, command, etc. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120013 | METHOD FOR ENCODED INPUT AND CONTROL BY FINGERPRINT - The invention relates to a method for acquiring user inputs and for performing certain functions of an electronic device ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120014 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING AT LEAST ONE TOUCH ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE OF AN OBJECT - This method for locating at least one touch on a touch-sensitive surface of an object comprises the following steps:
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20120120015 | REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE - A system including a display, a sensor and a controller. The sensor can detect an object and generate data related to the object. The controller can determine a first pose of the object from the data and display a first representative image on the display. The controller can determine a second pose of the object and display a second representative image on the display, wherein the second representative image is associated with a displayed element. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120016 | IMAGE OF A KEYBOARD - A system or method including a display and sensor to detect touches of the display. The display can display an image of a keyboard. The image of the keyboard can be shaped to the locations of the touches of the display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OBJECT INFORMATION USING AN ESTIMATED DEFLECTION RESPONSE - The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved performance. Specifically, the devices and methods provide the ability to determine object information for objects causing deflection of a surface of a capacitive sensor device. The devices and methods are configured to determine an estimated deflection response associated with a deflection of the at least one sensing electrode using a set of sensor values, where the deflection was caused by one or more objects in contact with the input surface. The estimated deflection response at least partially accounts for effects of capacitive coupling with the object(s) in contact with the input surface, Object information may then be generated using the estimated deflection response. Where the input device is used to direct an electronic system the object information may be used to facilitate a variety of interface actions on a variety of different electronic systems. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120018 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device including a capacitive touch screen panel is provided. The display device includes a touch screen panel sensor film including an upper Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layer and a lower ITO layer, and a touch screen Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB), wherein an air path direction modification unit is formed on a passageway of an air path to modify a direction of the air path, the air path being formed between the upper ITO layer and the touch screen FPCB. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120019 | EXTERNAL INPUT DEVICE FOR ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE-TYPE TOUCH PANEL - The present disclosure provide an external input device for an electrostatic capacitance-type touch panel, the external input device comprising at least one input unit; and at least one electrode unit connected to the at least one input unit and provided on an electrostatic capacitance-type touch panel. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120020 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A BUILT-IN TOUCH INPUT MEANS - This disclosure provides a display device having a built-in touch input unit, the display device including: a lower substrate; an upper substrate; a plurality of first signal lines and second signal lines; touch cells that are formed in a plurality of areas, respectively including a conductive pad that forms an electrostatic capacity between a touch input means and the conductive pad when the touch input means approaches to the conductive pad within a predetermined distance (d) in each divided area, and at least a 3-terminal type switching element whose gate electrode is connected to the conductive pad; and a touch position detector that transmits and receives position detection signals to and from the first signal lines and the second signal lines, and detects whether output signals of the switching element are changed by capacitance that is formed between the touch input means and the conductive pad. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120021 | INPUT CONTROL APPARATUS - In a portable terminal that is provided with a plurality of touch panels, it is possible to provide operation methods that are new until now, and compatible with two kinds of operations, including the contact operation which is performed by contacting a touch panel directly with a finger or the like, and the spatial operation which is performed without contacting the touch panel. It includes a touch panel ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120022 | GYROSCOPIC INPUT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Gyroscopic input systems and methods are provided. A gyroscopic input apparatus ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120023 | TOUCH-SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COVER LENS AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen display apparatus and a cover lens and an assembling method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus comprises the cover lens, a touch panel, a display panel and a backlight module. The cover lens comprises a plate body, a display area and a plurality of engage elements. The engage elements are disposed on one side of the plate body and around the display area for engaging with the backlight module. In the assembling method of the apparatus, the touch panel and the display panel are firstly disposed on the cover lens, and then the backlight module is engaged with the cover lens. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120024 | TOUCH SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM WITH POWER-SAVING MECHANISM - A touch system and an optical touch system with a power-saving mechanism are presented. The touch system includes a sensing module and a processing module electrically connected to the sensing module; the optical touch system includes an optical sensing module and a processing module electrically connected to the optical sensing module. The processing module modulates a working frequency and/or a working voltage of the processing module according to a touch point count on a touch region, a preset function of the processing module, and/or an imaging count detected by the optical sensing module, so as to decrease a power consumption of the processing module. An electronic device equipped with such system may not only dynamically adjust the working frequency and/or the working voltage of the processing module, but also can determine a working frequency and/or a working voltage satisfying a report rate through an input of the system. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120025 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TEXT INPUT - An input text correcting method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes detecting whether a display is touched, recording sound generated by friction between a touching finger and the display when the display is being touched, comparing the recorded sound with the one or more standard sounds. Determining a touch operation on a touch area is an erasing operation and further determining display text in the touch area when the recorded sound matches the one or more standard sounds, and erasing the display text in the touch area. An electronic device for implementing the input text correcting method is also provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120026 | OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE AND LIGHT SENSING MODULE THEREOF - An optical touch device includes at least a light sensing module disposed beside the touch area. The light sensing module includes a sensing unit, a lens component and at least a reflecting member and. The sensing unit has a plurality of sensing regions. Each of the sensing regions has a field of view. The at least a reflecting member is disposed in the front of at least one of the sensing regions to turn the field of view of the corresponding sensing region. The lens component includes a first substrate and a plurality of lenses. The first substrate is disposed between the at least a reflecting member and the sensing unit. The lenses are assembled with the first substrate and respectively disposed in the front of the sensing regions. The optical touch device is adapted to be applied to an electronic product. Moreover, two light sensing modules are provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120027 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method and a device for controlling a data processing system is provided. A light beam is emitted from a pointing device to a control surface which is equipped with one or more optical position detectors connected to the data processing system. The data processing system is influenced in accordance with the impact point of the light beam on the control surface. In order to be able to input different characters using the pointing device independently from where the light beam emitted by the pointing device is currently pointing, the light intensity emitted by the pointing device to the control surface oscillates in a pulse sequence characteristic for individual characters. The optical position detector is a flat luminescence optical wave guide with local photoelectric sensors enabling it to achieve the required high resolution. In a further embodiment, the identity of a pointing device is coded in the pulse sequence, enabling a clear distinction of several input devices. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120028 | OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - An optical detection system includes a detection part that detects object information as information of an object based on a light reception result of reflected light by reflection of irradiation light on the object, and a processing part that performs processing based on the object information, and the processing part acquires reflectance information of the object as the object information and performs processing of a command designated by the object based on the acquired reflectance information. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120029 | DISPLAY TO DETERMINE GESTURES - A display system including a panel | 2012-05-17 |
20120120030 | Display with an Optical Sensor - A three dimensional optical sensor | 2012-05-17 |
20120120031 | Method For Determining The Locations Of One Or More Impacts Or Touches On A Surface Of An Object Including Two Or More Transducers - The invention relates to a method for determining the locations of one or more impacts or touches on a surface of an object including two or more transducers which improves the precision of localisation even for low signal to noise ratios and furthermore provides the possibility to identify multi touch or multi impact situations. To achieve these objects the method comprises the steps of: a) receiving a signal, in particular an acoustic signal, from each one of the transducers, wherein the signals correspond to at least one impact at least one location on the surface; b) determining a representative value based on the signals received in step a) and predetermined properties, in particular acoustic properties, of the object at a given location on the surface of the object; and c) deciding whether the at least one impact at the at least one location on the surface of step a) corresponds to the given location on the surface based on a comparison of the representative value and the corresponding value of the at least two signals. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120032 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - The present method is to drive a plasma display panel which displays a frame composed of a plurality of sub-fields having different weights of luminance. The method comprises using plural kinds of application voltage waveforms different in light emission luminance, as pulse voltages for sustain discharges in display of each sub-field, and adjusting the number of waves in each of the plural kinds of application voltage waveforms according to the weight of luminance set for each sub-field, thereby performing gradation display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120033 | FLEXIBLE PIXEL HARDWARE AND METHOD - A graphical display station of arbitrary shape such as channel letters or other shaped structures is populated with pixels which are components of flexible pixel strings which can be arranged to fit the arbitrary shape(s). The flexible pixel strings provide for straightforward and cost effective fabrication of channel letter or other shaped displays. The invention also includes pixel units which comprise lighting elements together with such control circuits as are needed to roperly drive the lighting elements to form a graphical image. Addressing of the particular pixels is provided to accommodate the arbitrary arrangement of pixels of the flexible pixel strings. Methods of fabricating a channel letter display are also disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120034 | LCD PANEL - A LCD panel includes an invisible zone and a visible zone. The invisible zone includes a gate driver and a wiring zone, wherein the gate driver sequentially outputs six pulse signals. By the wiring zone, a first pulse signal is converted into a first gate driving signal of the visible zone, a second pulse signal is converted into a fourth gate driving signal of the visible zone, a third pulse signal is converted into a fifth gate driving signal of the visible zone, a fourth pulse signal is converted into a second gate driving signal of the visible zone, a fifth pulse signal is converted into a third gate driving signal of the visible zone, and a sixth pulse signal is converted into a sixth gate driving signal of the visible zone. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120035 | LCD PANEL - A LCD panel with an improved pixel array configuration is provided. The LCD panel uses a column inversion driving method to drive the data lines so as to achieve a stable common voltage. Moreover, by cross-connecting the layout traces of the wiring zone in a specified manner, the gate pulses outputted from every two gate lines neighboring the sub-pixel are not overlapped with each other, so that the frame can be normally displayed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120036 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a display apparatus including a switching transistor, a correction voltage for eliminating an effect of a variation in a characteristic of a driving transistor is stored in a storage capacitor. The switching transistor is disposed between one current terminal of the driving transistor and a light emitting element. The switching transistor turns off during the non-light emission period thereby to electrically disconnect the light emitting element from the one current terminal of the driving transistor thereby preventing a leakage current from flowing through the light emitting element during the period in which the correction unit operates, and thus preventing the correction voltage from having an error due to the leakage current. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120037 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display module on which a lighting source for supplying light is disposed on a back surface thereof, an optical sensor detecting luminance of the light supplied from the lighting source, and a light transmission member disposed between the lighting source and the optical sensor, the light transmission member providing a transmission path of the light generated in the lighting source to transmit the light into the optical sensor. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120038 | Display With An Optical Sensor - A display system can include a panel | 2012-05-17 |
20120120039 | Driving System for Display and Method of the Same - The present invention discloses a driving system and the method thereof for a display system, and particularly for the display system with a bi-stable display. The driving system of the present invention has the advantage of requiring less memory capacity than that of traditional driving systems. The driving system of the present invention reads one frame data at one time and will clear the current frame before displaying a new frame. Owing to the current frame being cleared before a new frame being updated, the driving system needs not to record the difference of gray level between the two frames and thereby reduces the requirement of memory capacity. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120040 | Drive Device For Display Circuit, Display Device, And Electronic Apparatus - A drive device includes a plurality of latch circuits provided correspondingly to a plurality of signal lines respectively. A plurality of latch circuits each obtain a plurality of bit data at a time that constitute pixel data and output the plurality of bit data sequentially. A plurality of latch circuits each include a plurality of latch unit circuits arranged in series along the direction in which a plurality of signal lines extend and each configured to obtain one-bit data and transfer the one-bit data. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120041 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Display unevenness is suppressed. A display device includes pixels ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120042 | PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT OF AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - A pixel driving circuit of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a capacitor, and an OLED. The operation of the pixel driving circuit includes three stages including discharging, data writing, and emitting. The pixel driving circuit compensates the threshold voltage of the transistor in the stage of data writing, so the driving current of the OLED can be irrelevant to the variations of threshold voltages. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120043 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING METHODS AND DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a display driving device, a display device including the same, and an image data compression and decompression method. The display driving device comprises an encoder that compresses PenTile® matrix encoded input image data using a binary encoding scheme and a DPCM encoding scheme, calculates errors produced by each encoding scheme, and selects an encoding scheme mode and its compressed data according to the calculated errors. A decoder decompresses the compressed data according to a decoding scheme corresponding to the selected encoding scheme mode. And a source driver drives source lines connected with a display panel based on decompressed data. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120044 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Provided is a liquid crystal display device performing a precharge and having a function of switching an order for selecting scanning lines, in which such as flicker and burn-in can be prevented from being produced. A scanning line drive circuit selects scanning lines either in ascending order or in descending order based on an order of arrangement according to a shift direction signal, and causes selection periods of the scanning lines to be partially overlapped for a precharge. A data line drive circuit applies voltages of different polarities to data lines by frame and by data line. A common voltage generating circuit generates two types of voltages whose levels are independently adjustable, selects one of the two voltages according to a scan selection signal and applies the selected voltage to a common electrode of a liquid crystal panel. As the common voltage generating circuit, a D/A converter may be used. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120045 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an active matrix substrate and an organic EL display device in which reduction in the response rate of a current-driven light-emitting element is suppressed. The active matrix substrate of the present invention is an analog gradation-driving active matrix substrate, including multiple pixels each including a current-driven light-emitting element and a drive transistor. The current-driven light-emitting element includes a pixel electrode electrically coupled with the drive transistor. The drive transistor supplies a current to the current-driven light-emitting element through the pixel electrode. The multiple pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel disposed adjacent to each other. A gate electrode of the drive transistor of the first pixel is disposed between the pixel electrode of the current-driven light-emitting element of the first pixel and the pixel electrode of the current-driven light-emitting element of the second pixel in a plan view of a main face of the substrate. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120046 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An erasing TFT | 2012-05-17 |
20120120047 | Method of Supplying Power, Power Supply Apparatus for Performing the Method and Display Apparatus Having the Power Supply Apparatus - A power supply apparatus includes a storage battery, a power part and a solar battery part. The storage battery provides a charged voltage to an electronic device. The power part provides an external voltage to the electronic device and simultaneously charges the storage battery, upon determining that the external voltage is provided to the power supply apparatus. The solar battery part charges the storage battery using a voltage output by a solar battery upon determining that the external voltage is not provided to the power supply apparatus and the electronic device is not in use, and provides the voltage output by the solar battery and the charged voltage output by the storage battery to the electronic device, upon determining that the external voltage is not provided to the power supply apparatus and the electronic device is in use. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120048 | Drive Control Method, Drive Controller, And Display Device - A drive control method for a display panel configured to constantly provide a good display quality with ensuring that EMI countermeasures are properly carried out is accomplished. Image data used to display a plurality of drive regions of a display panel obtained by dividing the display panel is supplied to data drivers of the plurality of drive regions based on transmission clock signals respectively having different transmission clock frequencies suitable for the plurality of divided drive regions, a common drive-start control signal used for all of the plurality of drive regions is generated based on a reference clock signal having a clock frequency different from any of the transmission clock frequencies, and drive signals start to be output from the data drivers of the plurality of drive regions to display elements corresponding to the respective data drivers at a same timing based on the supplied drive-start control signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120049 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An integrated circuit device includes first to Nth circuit blocks (N is an integer of two or more) disposed along the long side of the integrated circuit device. One circuit block of the first to Nth circuit blocks is a logic circuit block, and another circuit block of the first to Nth circuit blocks is a programmable ROM of which at least part of data stored therein can be programmed by a user. The logic circuit block and the programmable ROM block are adjacently disposed along a first direction. At least part of information stored in the programmable ROM block is supplied to the logic circuit block. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120050 | Dual-mode two-dimensional/three-dimensional display - In one exemplary embodiment, method includes: showing, in 2D mode, a two-dimensional image based on 2D data; in response to a trigger to switch the 2D mode to S3D mode to show a stereoscopic three-dimensional image, showing, in the S3D mode, a first intermediate image based on the 2D image data, the first intermediate image utilizes the 2D data as both left and right data for the S3D mode, where 3D data includes S3D left and right data; showing, in the S3D mode, a second intermediate image based on the 3D data, where the second intermediate image utilizes one of the S3D left and right data as both the left and right data for the S3D; and showing, in the S3D mode, the S3D image based on the 3D data, where the S3D image utilizes the S3D left and right data as the left and right image data. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120051 | Method and system for displaying stereoscopic images - Stereoscopic images are projected on a display device from an image source according to adaptive parameters which are adjusted according to the current positions of the projector, the screen and a user wearing a 3D viewing device. By detecting the distance between the projector and the screen and the distance between the 3D viewing device and the screen during a 3D presentation, the adaptive parameters may automatically be adjusted in order to provide the best and most comfortable 3D viewing environment. Or, the recommended values of the adaptive parameters which result in the best and most comfortable 3D viewing environment may be provided to the user for manual adjustment. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120052 | AUTOMATIC TOLERANCING OF GEOMETRICAL TEMPLATES - A system for tolerancing geometrical templates upgrades the geometrical template to include a unique identifier and index corresponding to each sub-feature of the template. The upgraded template is associated to a set of 3D annotations and the association is stored in a catalog which uses the unique identifier as an index. Upon instantiation of the geometrical template, a list of corresponding tolerance templates are retrieved and displayed for selection, and a selected tolerance template is then instantiated onto the geometrical template. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120053 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL 3D OBJECTS - A digital 3D object processing apparatus is provided, for processing a digital 3D object comprising a plurality of sub-objects belonging to one of a plurality of digital 3D object formats, comprising: a communication unit coupled to a first outer computer through a network; an interface unit coupled to the communication unit, receiving an instruction from the first outer computer; and a control command unit coupled to the communication unit, transmitting a control command to the first outer computer, wherein the first outer computer establishes a relative position of the plurality of sub-objects according to the control command, and transmits the relative position and the plurality of sub-objects to the communication unit. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120054 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMAL ITERATION WORKFLOW FOR IMAGE SEQUENCE DEPTH ENHANCEMENT - Movies to be colorized/depth enhanced (2D->3D) are broken into backgrounds/sets or motion/onscreen-action. Background and motion elements are combined into composite frame which becomes a visual reference database that includes data for all frame offsets used later for the computer controlled application of masks within a sequence of frames. Masks are applied to subsequent frames of motion objects based on various differentiating image processing methods, including automated mask fitting/reshaping. Colors/depths are automatically applied with masks throughout a scene from the composite background and to motion objects. Areas never exposed by motion or foreground objects may be partially or fully realistically drawn/rendered/applied to the occluded areas and applied throughout the images to generate artifact-free secondary viewpoints during 2D->3D conversion. Iterative workflow is eliminated for simple artifact correction through real-time manipulation of images to avoid re-rendering of images and associated delays of sending work product to other workgroups for correction. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120055 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, the image processing apparatus including: a parallax estimation unit which estimates parallax with respect to a left eye image and a right eye image of a three-dimensional (3D) image; a horizontal movement value determination unit which determines a horizontal movement value using the estimated parallax; a horizontal movement unit which horizontally moves the left eye image and the right eye image based on the horizontal movement value; and a controller which calculates a chronological change rate of the estimated parallax for a predetermined time, determines whether the chronological change rate is greater than a predetermined threshold, and if the chronological change rate is greater, limits the horizontal movement value to a predetermined range and controls the horizontal movement unit to horizontally move the left eye image and the right eye image based on the limited horizontal movement value. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120056 | COMPUTER, MONITOR, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE THEREOF - A computer, a monitor, a recording medium, and a method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) image thereof are provided. The method of providing the 3D includes: generating a left eye image frame and a right eye image frame corresponding to a frame of an input 3D image; inserting an indicator indicating whether a current frame, among the left eye image frame and the right eye image frame, is a left eye image or a right eye image to a specific pixel of the current frame; and outputting, to a monitor, an image signal comprising the left eye image frame and the right eye image frame, to at least one of which the indicator is inserted. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120057 | Display Driver Circuit, Operating Method Thereof, and User Device Including the Same - A display driver integrated circuit includes a source driver driving source lines of the display panel. A plurality of memory devices stores image data to be displayed by the display panel. A memory controller controls a write operation and a read operation of the plurality of memory devices. A timing controller controls the memory controller such that the image data in the plurality of memory devices is displayed as three-dimensional (3D) image data and controls the source driver such that the generated 3D image data is provided to the display panel. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120058 | Method of Driving Display Panel and Display Apparatus for Performing the Method - In a method of driving a display panel, a first data voltage having a first potential difference with respect to a reference voltage is outputted to pixel units of the display panel during a first frame which the data voltage has a same polarity with respect to the reference voltage as a data voltage of a following frame, and a second data voltage having a second potential difference less than the first potential difference is output to pixel units of the display panel during a second frame in which the data voltage has a polarity with respect to the reference voltage that is reversed with respect to a data voltage of a following frame. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120059 | DISPLAY FOR 3D HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A display device for displaying 3D holographic images has multiple pixels, each having a set of coupled optical resonators. The optical paths of the coupled optical resonators can be adjusted to impart a desired phase shift to light passing through the coupled optical resonators. The transmission amplitude and phase of each pixel of the display can be dynamically and individually adjusted for displaying 3D holographic images. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120060 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to generate a first signal to display a stereoscopic image to a user at a first display position. The first display position may be disposed within a predetermined distance of the first spatial position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120061 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a position on a surface of the determination unit corresponding to a contact between a portion of an operating tool and the determination unit surface. The apparatus may also include a definition unit configured to define a first display position of a first stereoscopic image, and a generation unit configured to generate a second stereoscopic image in response to the contact. A control unit may be configured to generate a signal to display the first stereoscopic image at the first display position and display the second stereoscopic image at a second display position, the first and second display positioned being within a predetermined distance of the contact position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120062 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D OBJECT PROTECTION BY PERMUTATION OF COORDINATES OF ITS POINTS - A 3D object is protected by a first device that receives the 3D object, permutes the coordinates of at least one dimension of at least some of the points of the 3D object to obtain a protected 3D object, and outputs the protected 3D object. The coordinates of the dimensions are preferably permuted independently of the permutations of the other dimensions. The protected 3D object is unprotected by a second device ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120063 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an input section where performing of input of an operation on a display image is possible using a multi-viewpoint image, a parallax detection section which detects the parallax of each image which configures the multi-viewpoint image, and a parallax control section which adjusts parallax of the multi-viewpoint image in a case where it is at least possible to perform an operation on the display image using the input section. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120064 | Information Processing Apparatus, Stereoscopic Display Method, and Program - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to define a first size of a stereoscopic image, based on at least the first spatial position, and generate a signal to display the stereoscopic image at the first stereoscopic image size. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120065 | IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD BASED ON USER'S LOCATION - An image providing apparatus includes: a user location acquisition unit which acquires locations of users; a barrier adjustment unit which adjusts at least one of a space between a display and a barrier screen, a size of a barrier slot, and a left/right movement amount of the barrier slot at least based on a user's location of at least one of the users; an image generation unit which generates an image of which a time point region is adjusted, by the barrier adjustment unit, to the user's location; and an image output unit which outputs the generated image on a display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120066 | INSTRUCTION ACCEPTING APPARATUS, INSTRUCTION ACCEPTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When an instruction is accepted from a user using a instruction acceptance image which is a stereoscopic image, a plurality of instruction acceptance images are displayed transparently or semi-transparently one on top of the other. Thus, many soft keys of the instruction acceptance images are listed simultaneously, and an instruction is accepted from a user via the displayed instruction acceptance images. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120067 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus, a frame rate converter divides an image signal into a first image frame for a left eye and a second image frame for a right eye, and generates a first intermediate image frame and a second intermediate image frame. A timing controller converts the first and second image frames to a first compensation frame and a second compensation frame, respectively, and sequentially provides the first compensation frame, the first intermediate image frame, the second compensation frame, and the second intermediate image frame to a data driver. The data driver converts the first and second compensation frames to left-eye and right-eye data voltages, respectively, and converts the first and second intermediate image frames to a predetermined black data voltage. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120068 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes an input unit, a depth direction position information processing unit, and a display processing unit. Depth direction position information is inputted to the input component. The depth direction position information is information corresponding to information about and/or the position in the depth direction of a subject. This depth direction position information is set for at least part of a two-dimensional information corresponding to a subject. The depth direction position information processing unit processes two-dimensional information. The two-dimensional information is made up of depth direction position information and either horizontal direction position information or vertical direction position information. The display processor displays an image corresponding to two-dimensional information processed by the depth direction position information processor. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120069 | IMAGE INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - Provided is a video image data generation system including a database for storing a plurality of image data photographed in various directions in various locations, correlating the directions and the locations with the stored image data, and correlating and storing a photographed sub-region when the image data is acquired, a route view point specifying device which specifies various locations and eye level directions arranged on a view point route, an image search engine which searches an image of an eye level direction specified from a location of a view point route specified by the route view point specifying device and outputs video data, wherein the image search engine searches image data stored in a database and the image data including a sub-region located in an eye level direction in each of a plurality of locations on a view point route by referencing photography direction data correlated with the sub-region. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120070 | System and method to display maintenance and operational instructions of an apparatus using augmented reality - A head-mounted display provides a user with an augmented view of an object being viewed; a tracking mechanism such as a camera repeatedly determine the position and orientation of the head-mounted display relative the object being viewed; and a computer system provides information for the augmented view and repeatedly updates the augmented view of the object being viewed based on the determined position and orientation of the display. The head-mounted display may be a see-through display; it may be video-based or optical-based, and it may be monoscopic and stereoscopic. The tracking mechanism determines its position using one or more markers or beacons on the object being viewed. The markers may be active or passive, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit invisible light. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120071 | SHADING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS BASED ON FACE IMAGES - A device may include a transceiver for communicating with another device, a memory to store images, and a processor. The processor may recognize, in each of a plurality of images, an image of a face, shade an image of a virtual object based on the images of the face, and store the shaded image in the memory. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING 3D MODEL OF AN ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides a system (method and apparatus) for creating photorealistic 3D models of environments and/or objects from a plurality of stereo images obtained from a mobile stereo camera and optional monocular cameras. The cameras may be handheld, mounted on a mobile platform, manipulator or a positioning device. The system automatically detects and tracks features in image sequences and self-references the stereo camera in 6 degrees of freedom by matching the features to a database to track the camera motion, while building the database simultaneously. A motion estimate may be also provided from external sensors and fused with the motion computed from the images. Individual stereo pairs are processed to compute dense 3D data representing the scene and are transformed, using the estimated camera motion, into a common reference and fused together. The resulting 3D data is represented as point clouds, surfaces, or volumes. The present invention also provides a system (method and apparatus) for enhancing 3D models of environments or objects by registering information from additional sensors to improve model fidelity or to augment it with supplementary information by using a light pattern projector. The present invention also provides a system (method and apparatus) for generating photo-realistic 3D models of underground environments such as tunnels, mines, voids and caves, including automatic registration of the 3D models with pre-existing underground maps. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120073 | Method for the Real-Time-Capable, Computer-Assisted Analysis of an Image Sequence Containing a Variable Pose - The invention relates to a method for the real-time-capable, computer-assisted analysis of an image sequence of an object consisting of elements that can be moved relative to each other and are interconnected, said sequence containing a variable pose, wherein the individual images of the image sequence are recorded by way of a time-of-flight (TOF) camera such that said images can be processed by a computer, and contain brightness and distance data as functions of the pixel coordinates of the camera for each image of the sequence, comprising the following steps: a. Capturing the pixels of an individual image forming the object, b. calculating a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud in a virtual space, said point cloud representing the surface of the object that is visible to the camera, by a computational projection of object-depicting pixels in such a space, while taking captured distance data to the object into consideration, c. fitting a model of the object consisting of nodes and edges into the computer-generated 3D point cloud for the individual image, wherein the nodes represent a selection of elements of the object and the edges represent the connections of said elements among each other, d. iteratively updating all node positions by applying a learning rule for training a self-organizing map having a previously defined number of randomly selected dots of the point cloud, e. repeating steps a. to d. for each subsequent individual image of the sequence, wherein for the fitting in step c. the result of step e. of the preceding image is used in each case, and f. determining the varying pose from the positions of predetermined nodes of the model which have been captured in at least representative images of the image sequence. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120074 | METHOD FOR MAPPING TUBULAR SURFACES TO A CYLINDER - Methods of cylindrical surface parameterization, such as colon flattening are provided for parameterizing tubular surfaces onto a cylinder, wherein the length of the cylinder is modified so that parameterization distortion is reduced. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120075 | SHUTTER GLASSES AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A pair of shutter glasses capable of reducing decrease in brightness of displayed images to be visually recognized is provided. A pair of shutter glasses include a pair of light selectors the state of each of which is switched between a light transmitting state in which the light selector transmits light and a light blocking state in which the light selector blocks light. When a full area where light is transmitted or blocked in the light transmitting state or the light blocking state is virtually divided into a plurality of divided areas along a first direction, each of the light selectors switches the state of each of the plurality of divided areas between the light transmitting state and the light blocking state sequentially along the first direction. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120076 | User-Interface Design - Graphical user interface objects are specified by a collection of attribute-value pairs, the collection of which comprise a complete description of the object and may be used by a rendering element to create a visual representation of the object. In practice, each of a first portion of attributes may be associated with two or more values—each value (for a given attribute) specifying that attribute's value for a unique resolution. A second portion of attributes are associated with a single value and are, therefore, display resolution independent. Accordingly, the target object may be displayed at any of the specified design display resolutions or accurately displayed at any resolution between the specified design display resolutions. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120077 | RECRUITING ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FOR HPC SIMULATION - Graphics processing units (GPUs) deployed in general purpose GPU (GPGPU) units are combined into a GPGPU cluster. Access to the remote GPGPU cluster is then offered as a service to users who can use their own computers to communicate with the GPGPU cluster. The users' computers can be standalone desktop systems, laptops, or even another GPGPU cluster. The user can run a parallelized application locally and patiently wait for results or can dynamically recruit the remote GPGPU cluster to obtain those results more quickly. Dynamic recruitment means that the users can add remote GPGPU resources to a running application. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120078 | DISPLAYING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INFORMATION - Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to display system performance information are disclosed. An example method involves normalizing data representative of an operation performed by a system, a first performance metric of the system, and an event that occurred during the operation and during measurement of the first performance metric. A first object indicative of a duration of the operation is displayed. A second object is displayed with the first object. The second object is indicative of the first performance metric during the performance of the operation. An event marker is displayed with the first and second objects. The event marker is indicative of the event. The event is representative of an instance in which the first performance metric exceeded a first threshold or fell below a second threshold. The first and second objects and the event marker are aligned along a same timeline in a same graph. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120079 | COMPOSITING IN MULTIPLE VIDEO PROCESSING UNIT (VPU) SYSTEMS - The systems and methods include multiple processors that each couple to receive commands and data, where the commands and/or data correspond to frames of video that include multiple pixels. Additionally, an interlink module is coupled to receive processed data corresponding to the frames from each of the multiple processors. The interlink module selects pixels of the frames from the processed data of one of the processors based on a predetermined pixel characteristic and outputs the frames that include the selected pixels. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120080 | LIGHT GUIDE WITH DIFFUSIVE LIGHT INPUT INTERFACE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for providing illumination by using a light guide to distribute light. In one aspect, the light guide has a surface, such as an edge, into which light is injected. The surface is treated to create a diffusive interface with a light source. For example, the surface may be subjected to abrasion to form a frosted surface that acts as the diffusive interface, or a diffusive structure may be attached to the edge, with the attached diffusive structure functioning as the diffusive interface. The diffusive interface diffuses light entering into the light guide, and can thereby increase the uniformity of light propagating within the light guide. The light guide may be provided with light turning features that redirect light out of the light guide. In some implementations, the redirected light may be applied to illuminate a display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120081 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH PASSIVATION LAYER - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for providing illumination by using a light guide to distribute light. In one aspect, a passivation layer is attached to the light guide of an illumination device. The passivation layer may be an optically transparent moisture barrier and may have a thickness and refractive index which allows it to function as an anti-reflective coating. The passivation layer may protect moisture-sensitive underlying features, such as metallized light turning features that may be present in the light guide. The light turning features may be configured to redirect light out of the light guide. In some implementations, the redirected light may be applied to illuminate a display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120082 | Level Shifter, System-on-Chip Including the Same, and Multimedia Device Including the Same - Disclosed is a level shifter that includes an input node; first and second voltage shifter circuits configured to generate an output clock of a second voltage domain in response to an input clock of a first voltage domain input via the input node, and an output node configured to output the output clock, wherein the first and second voltage shifter circuits have the same structure and are connected in parallel between the input node and an output node. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120083 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus, and a display controller and an operating method thereof are provided. The display controller includes a controller, a buffer, and a compression/decompression unit. The controller receives an original frame from a host. The controller controls a display module to display the original frame provided by the host in a non-still frame mode. The compression/decompression unit is coupled between the buffer and the controller. The controller compresses the original frame to the buffer through the compression/decompression unit. If the controller operates in a still frame mode, the controller decompresses a compressed frame in the buffer to obtain a decompressed frame through the compression/decompression unit, and controls the display module to display the decompressed frame. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120084 | COLOR FILTER ARRANGEMENT FOR DISPLAY PANEL - A color filter arrangement for a display panel is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a plurality of first sub-pixels with different colors. The second pixel includes a plurality of second sub-pixels with different colors. A first edge sub-pixel of the first sub-pixels is adjacent to (neighbor on) a second edge sub-pixel of the second sub-pixels. The first edge sub-pixel and the second edge sub-pixel have a same color. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED GRAPHICS IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a video source coupled to a display configured for rendering a user interface thereon; generating a grayscale element associated with the user interface by evaluating alpha values related to pixels associated with the video input; generating an opacity mask; and setting red, green, blue (RGB) values equal to an alpha value of a source image for certain pixels in the source image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120086 | Interactive and Scalable Treemap as a Visualization Service - Techniques for providing a visualization of an interactive and scalable treemap are described. A service provider hosts large-scale hierarchical data and supports online users who desire to visualize the large-scale hierarchical data in a treemap format on their computing devices. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120087 | Liquid Crystal Display and Backlight Module - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a display module and a backlight module configured to irradiate light on the display module. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a first light source, a reflective plate, and a second light source. The light guide plate has a light output face at a position corresponding to a first small area on the display module. The first light source is configured to irradiate light toward the light guide plate from a side of the light guide plate in such a manner that the irradiated light reaches the first small area. The reflective plate is facing to the light guide plate, and the reflective plate has a reflective face configured to reflect light toward a second small area different from the first small area. The second light source is configured to irradiate light toward the reflective plate from a side of the reflective plate in such a manner that the irradiated light reaches the second small area. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120088 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - At least one pixel having specific range color information in color information including at least one selected from the group including RGB values, a hue, a saturation, and a brightness is detected in a captured image captured by a real camera. When the pixel having the specific range color information has been detected, at least one of a shape, a position, and a display form of an object to be placed in a virtual world is changed on the basis of the color information of the pixel. Then, an image of the virtual world where at least the set object is placed is displayed on a display device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120089 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND GLOBAL DIMMING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A global dimming control method of a liquid crystal display for controlling a luminance of backlight depending on a displayed image includes calculating an average picture level (APL) of the displayed image, calculating the number of pixels of a chromatic region belonging to the displayed image when the APL is equal to or less than a previously determined first threshold value, comparing the number of pixels of the chromatic region with a previously determined second threshold value, calculating a gain value of the chromatic region when the number of pixels of the chromatic region is greater than the second threshold value, and multiplying the gain value by the APL to calculate an adjustment dimming control signal, and controlling the luminance of the backlight using a dimming value obtained based on the adjustment dimming control signal. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120090 | DISPLAYING RECEIVED MESSAGE WITH ICON - A mobile terminal including a communicating unit, a display unit including an indicator area notifying an alarm when a message is received, and a controller configured to receive a message from at least one other terminal, and display message information on the indicator area of the display unit. Further, the message information including a first image selected according to a type of the received message, and a second image selected according to a type of the attached file. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120091 | VISUALIZING SURGICAL TRAJECTORIES - A method and system are provided for visualizing a surgical path ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120092 | FACILITY OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE, AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The display color of, for example, a button image responsive to a command input into a facility operation display device is controlled by a palette value having a smaller number of bits than an RGB value. When the display color of the button image is changed, the palette value of a drawing object associated with the button image is changed to an RGB value. This eliminates the necessity of incorporating, for example, a high-performance CPU as a central arithmetic unit. In addition, it is not necessary to pre-store images corresponding to several kinds of display colors specified by RGB values, to thereby eliminates the necessity of incorporating, for example, a high-capacity storage medium in the facility operation display device. Accordingly, the device cost can be reduced. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120093 | TARGET DISPLAY FOR GAMMA CALIBRATION - User interfaces are provided that allow for the display of a target element that may be used to adjust a gamma value of a display device. The target element includes three layers. These layers include a bottom static layer, a gray static layer, and a progressive layer that gradually changes from a fully transparent are to an opaque area. Additionally, a manipulation area is provided, which may be a sliding mechanism. The user may adjust the gamma to a higher value when the fully transparent area appears lighter than the opaque area, and may adjust the gamma to a lower value when the fully transparent area appears darker than the opaque area. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120094 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN RECEPTION STATUS DISPLAY PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECEPTION STATUS DISPLAY METHOD - An exemplary reception status display apparatus receives a series of data transmitted thereto, and displays, in a stepwise manner, a corresponding image, which is an image corresponding to the series of data, in a predetermined region in a screen, in accordance with a progression of reception of the series of data. Furthermore, during the reception of the series of data, the exemplary reception status display apparatus continuously generates, outside the predetermined region, movement objects each having a color selected from component colors of the corresponding image and moves each movement object toward the predetermined region. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120095 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH CONTROL PROGRAM IS RECORDED - The present invention provides an image processing device capable of realizing appropriate color expression without requiring a large increase in data amount of image data for displaying a composite screen. A television broadcast receiver ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120096 | Image Control for Displays - Displays such as televisions, computer monitors, and the like may boost ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120097 | Clipart Cartoon Techniques - Techniques for generating a personalized cartoon by using a few text queries are described herein. The present disclosure describes efficiently searching multiple images from a network, obtaining clipart image from the multiple images, and vectorization of the clipart image. The present disclosure also describes techniques to change a style of the cartoon such as recoloring one or more cartoon objects. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120098 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVERTISING - A method of rendering interactive content on a wireless device. The wireless devices receives a plurality of scene components. The plurality of scene components are associated with an application and comprise at least one behavior module or functional unit operable to execute functions associated with the scene components. The functions are a portion of an application to be executed on the wireless device. The wireless device further receives a plurality of assets. The assets are operable to be used in rendering a scene in conjunction with the plurality of scene components and the assets are customized for rendering on the wireless device. The wireless device uses a graphical user interface comprising the plurality of scene components to generate the scene based on the scene components and the functional unit. The wireless device renders the scene based on the generated scene. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM THEREOF - Based on a first image and a second image among a plurality of images, a first region in the first image and a second region in the second image are specified. The first region in the first image and the second region in the second image has a correlation with each other. The first image and the second image are displayed based on the specified regions, and a layout for arranging the first image and the second image is determined in accordance with a user instruction via a display screen. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - In one aspect, the system and method provides a modified image in response to a request for a street level image at a particular location, wherein the previously captured image is modified to illustrate the current conditions at the requested location. By way of example only, the system and method may use local weather, time of day, traffic or other information to update street level images. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120101 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLEMENTING AND BLENDING DATA - A system, method, and computer program product for automatically combining computer-generated imagery with real-world imagery in a portable electronic device by retrieving, manipulating, and sharing relevant stored videos, preferably in real time. A video is captured with a hand-held device and stored. Metadata including the camera's physical location and orientation is appended to a data stream, along with user input. The server analyzes the data stream and further annotates the metadata, producing a searchable library of videos and metadata. Later, when a camera user generates a new data stream, the linked server analyzes it, identifies relevant material from the library, retrieves the material and tagged information, adjusts it for proper orientation, then renders and superimposes it onto the current camera view so the user views an augmented reality. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE - Provided is a system and method for controlling a device using Augmented Reality (AR). A system for controlling a device using Augmented Reality (AR) includes a device server, an AR server, and a portable terminal. The device server registers information about each device. The AR server generates an AR screen displaying type information and service-related information of at least one device searched in response to a request of a portable terminal by using the registered device information, and provides the generated AR screen to the portable terminal. The portable terminal connects with a device selected among devices displayed on the AR screen and performs a specific function with the connected device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120103 | ALIGNMENT CONTROL IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY HEADPIECE - This patent discloses a method for providing an augmented image in a see-through head mounted display. The method includes capturing an image of a scene containing objects and displaying the image to a viewer. The method also includes capturing one or more additional image(s) of the scene in which the viewer indicates a misalignment between the displayed image and a see-through view of the scene. The captured images are then compared to determine an image adjustment to align corresponding objects in displayed images to the objects in the see-through view of the scene. This method provides augmented image information that is displayed in correspondence to the image adjustments so the viewer sees an augmented image comprised of the augmented image information overlaid and aligned to the see-through view. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120104 | Simplified Creation of Customized Maps - Embodiments of the present invention relate to providing a method for creating customized labeled maps that include displaying a map using a presentation device based on a selectable elevation value, where the map contains geocoded information and the user selects at least one position on the displayed map. The method continues by automatically creating and displaying at least one label located in proximity to the selected position, where at least one label is based on reverse geocoded information associated with the selected position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120105 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING NOTIFICATION PROGRAM - a mobile electronic device includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first screen or a second screen. The storage unit stores therein a character string in association with a condition. The control unit displays the character string on the first screen in a superimposed manner in a case where the first screen is displayed on the display unit and the condition is satisfied. The control unit does not display the character string on the second screen in the superimposed manner in a case where the second screen is displayed on the display unit and the condition is satisfied. | 2012-05-17 |