21st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130127784 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HIDING OPTICAL CONTRAST FEATURES - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for hiding optical contrast features. To reduce visibility of an elongated optical contrast feature, such as a wire on a transparent light guide, neighboring light-turning features in the light guide are “moved” relative to their location in a layout where they are physically uniformly distributed. This movement renders the local optical density in the region around the wire more equal to the optical density in other regions of the light guide. The movement of neighboring light-turning features occurs principally within a distance from the wire that is within the width of the line spread function of the human eye at a normal viewing distance. The uniformity of the local optical density is therefore increased, and the human eye does not perceive the wires as being separate structures. Thus, the wires can be “hidden” within a field of light-turning features. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127785 | OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY, A CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND A CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch display, a calibration apparatus, and a calibration method thereof are disclosed. The calibration method is used for calibrating the optical touch display, and the optical touch display has a plurality of image detecting sensors. The calibration method includes the following steps: generating a plurality of calibration points; generating a plurality of representative calibration points from the plurality of calibration points; obtaining a first image position of each representative calibration point via the plurality of image detecting sensors; constructing a coordinate transformation mechanism for transforming the first image position into a first screen position; calculating a relative position between the representative calibration points and its neighboring calibration points; calculating a second image position of each calibration point based on the relative position; and calculating a second screen position by using the transformation mechanism and the second image position. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127786 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING TOUCH POSITION USING THE SAME - A touch display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light emitting part, a light receiving part and a light transmitting element. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The light emitting part is adjacent to a first side of the first substrate, and generates and emits light to the first substrate. The light receiving part is adjacent to a first side of the second substrate at a same side of the touch display apparatus as the first side of the first substrate, and receives light from the second substrate. The light transmitting element connects a second side of the first substrate opposing the first side of the first substrate to a second side of the second substrate opposing the first side of the second substrate. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127787 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen panel includes a unit pixel and a light sensing part. The unit pixel is connected to an N-th gate line and an M-th data line. The light sensing part is adjacent to the unit pixel. The light sensing part includes a first sensing switching element and a second sensing switching element. The first sensing switching element includes a gate electrode connected to the N-th gate line, a drain electrode connected to a P-th read out line and a source electrode connected to a first node. The second sensing switching element includes a gate electrode to which a first voltage is applied, a drain electrode connected to the first node and a source electrode connected to an X-th gate line. N, M, P and X are positive integers. Thus, an aperture ratio of the touch screen panel can be improved. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A MULTITOUCH EVENT IN AN OPTICAL TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A touch sensitive optical control device comprising a set of light emitters | 2013-05-23 |
20130127789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A MULTITOUCH EVENT IN AN OPTICAL TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A touch sensitive optical control device comprising a set of light emitters | 2013-05-23 |
20130127790 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL - A touch-sensing display panel, comprising a plurality of image-forming pixel elements; a planar light guide with a first refractive index, having a front surface forming a touch-sensing region and an opposite rear surface facing the pixel elements; a plurality of light emitters arranged at a peripheral region of the panel to emit light into the light guide for propagation therein through total internal reflection; a plurality of light detectors disposed at the peripheral region for receiving light from the light guide; and an optical layer disposed at the rear surface of the light guide to cover a plurality of the image-forming pixel elements in at least a central region of the panel, wherein said optical layer is configured to reflect at least a part of the light from the emitters impinging thereon from within the light guide. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127791 | Thumb or Finger Devices with Electrically Conductive Tips & Other Features for Use with Capacitive Touch Screens and/or Mechanical Keyboards Employed in Smartphones & Other Small Mobile Devices - A pair of thumb or finger sleeves incorporating electrically conductive tips operates as passive styluses that enable accurate user engagement with capacitive touch displays. Capacitive touch screens are commonly found on smartphones and other handheld devices. Capacitive touch screens are normally activated by direct thumb or finger touch. The human thumb or finger, however, provides a contact area that is too large to allow precise character selection on the small keys found on these devices. The present invention satisfies the electrical conductivity requirements for capacitive touch screens and, through its small contact point, reduces the excessive contact area of the thumb or finger. This invention also maintains or improves upon other operating characteristics of the thumb or finger when interacting with capacitive touch screens and small mechanical keyboards. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127792 | ELECTRONIC WRITING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides an electronic writing system including a holder, a light guide plate, at least one light source, and at least one optical film. The light guide plate is disposed in the holder, and the light guide plate has at least one light entrance surface and a light exit surface. The light source is disposed on the light entrance surface of the light guide plate, and is used for generating a light. The light enters the light guide plate through the light entrance surface, and the light emits out of the light guide plate from the light exit surface. The optical film covers the light exit surface of the light guide plate. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127793 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device comprises: a body made of a conductive material; a brush formed at one end of the body for external extraction, and which is made of a conductive material for touching a capacitive touch panel; and a unit for generating a clicking sensation which is installed within the body to generate a clicking sensation when the touch panel is touched by the brush, thereby enabling a user to sense a click when touching the touch panel, thus improving user convenience, enabling dragging to be smoothly performed, enabling pictures to be easily drawn, minimizing damage such as scratches or the like on the surface of the touch panel, and enabling the surface of the touch panel to be cleaned. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127794 | WRITE WAVEFORM PORCH OVERLAPPING - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for writing data to a display having an array of display elements. Delays which are utilized in reducing error during writing data to the array of display elements may be overlapped in time with each other to improve the frame rate of the display. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127795 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The display panel is configured to display images. The detection circuit is configured to detect a noise influencing a display apparatus, and generate a detection signal in response to the noise when the noise is detected. The control circuit is coupled to the detection circuit and the display panel, and configured to maintain an image displayed by the display panel according to the detection signal until the noise disappears. In this way, when the display apparatus is influenced by a noise, the display panel can keep displaying an image displayed before the influence. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127796 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An array substrate and driving method thereof are described. The array substrate includes a gate driver, a source driver, a plurality of pixel regions and a switch unit. The pixel regions are composed of an array configuration in form of rows and columns wherein each of the pixel regions is connected to a secondary data line and two scan lines. The switch unit is coupled to the source driver via a plurality of primary data lines and coupled to the pixel regions via the secondary data lines wherein one of the primary data lines corresponds to one secondary data line in one pixel region and to another secondary data line in another pixel region adjacent to the one pixel region by the switch unit. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127797 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND GATE DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A gate driving circuit includes a shift register circuit and an auxiliary circuit which are disposed at different sides of a pixel array. The shift register circuit includes an (N−1)th shift register stage for generating an (N−1)th gate signal according to a first clock, an Nth shift register stage for generating an Nth gate signal according to a second clock, and an (N+1)th shift register stage for generating an (N+1)th gate signal according to a third clock. The auxiliary circuit includes a first transistor. The first transistor performs the signal voltage stabilization and level switching acceleration operations on the Nth gate signal according to the (N−1)th gate signal and the second clock. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127798 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY PANEL BY DIVIDING SCAN LINES INTO GROUPS AND ADJUSTING SCAN SEQUENCES - A driving method for a display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixel units coupled to the data lines and the scan lines. The data lines are arranged to input an image data to the pixel units. The scan lines have groups of scan lines, and pixel units coupled to each group of scan lines are coupled to the same data line. The driving method includes: during a first and a second frame, scanning the scan lines one by one in a first and a second scan sequence to enable the pixel units, respectively, wherein the second scan sequence is different from the first scan sequence, and the scan sequence of each group of scan lines in the first scan sequence is different from that in the second scan sequence. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127799 | Display Device Having a Rollable Display Unit - A display device comprises: a rollable display unit including a main body portion for displaying an image and a bonding portion formed on one edge of the main body portion; a driving integrated circuit chip mounted on the bonding portion of the rollable display unit; a roller unit including a cylindrical roller main body on which the rollable display unit is rolled up, and a roller pad formed at one portion of the cylindrical roller main body and coupled to the bonding portion of the rollable display unit; and a cable having one side connected to the roller pad through the interior of the cylindrical roller main body. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127800 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MICROMIRROR, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MICROMIRROR AND IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM - A method for controlling a micro-mirror, having the following: generating a first control signal which encodes a tilting motion of the micro-mirror about a first tilt axis, at a first frequency; generating a second control signal which encodes a tilting motion of the micro-mirror about a second tilt axis which is perpendicular to the first tilt axis, at a second frequency which is lower than the first frequency; modulating the second control signal by binary modulation of the second control signal, at the first frequency; and controlling force coupling elements of the micro-mirror, using the modulated second control signal and the first control signal. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127801 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a plurality of first driving switches installed at a first side of the display panel, a plurality of second switches installed at a second side of the display panel, a plurality of first data lines, a plurality of second data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixels. Each of the first driving switches includes a first input end and a plurality of first output ends. Each of the second driving switches includes a second input end and a plurality of second output ends. The first data lines are electrically connected to the first output ends. The second data lines are electrically connected to the second output ends. The plurality of pixels are electrically connected to the plurality of first data lines, second data lines and scan lines for displaying images. The first data lines and the second data lines are arranged interlacedly. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127802 | 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. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127803 | DEVICE FOR EXITING SCREEN SAVER MODE - A device includes an infrared sensor, a signal processing unit, a first signal conversion unit, a second signal conversion unit, and an interface. The infrared sensor senses infrared rays and outputs a signal to the signal processing unit. The signal processing unit processes the signal, and outputs a processed signal to the first signal conversion unit. The first signal conversion unit transforms the processed signal into a keyboard signal, and outputs the keyboard signal to the second signal conversion unit. The second signal conversion unit transforms the keyboard signal into an interface signal according to type of the interface, and outputs the interface signal to the interface. The interface outputs the interface signal to a computer connected to the interface, to cause the computer to exit a screen saver mode. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127804 | DATA DRIVING APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The data driving apparatus includes a gamma data storage unit storing p-bit gamma data, a conversion data storage unit storing q-bit gamma data corresponding to the p-bit gamma data, a gamma data conversion unit converting the p-bit gamma data into the q-bit gamma data based on the conversion data storage unit, and a gamma voltage generator generating gamma voltage from the q-bit gamma data, in which the conversion data storage unit is refreshed in a vertical blank period. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127805 | SCAN DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A scan driving apparatus includes a plurality of sequentially arranged scan driving blocks, each including: a first node configured to receive a first clock signal; a second node configured to receive an input signal according to a second clock signal input; a first transistor having a gate electrode coupled to the first node, a first electrode configured to receive a power source voltage, and a second electrode coupled to an output terminal; and a second transistor having a gate electrode coupled to the second node, a first electrode for receiving a third clock signal, and a second electrode coupled to the output terminal. Each scan driving block is configured to receive the first, second, and third clock signals as a corresponding three clock signals among four clock signals sequentially shifted by a first period, and to output the third clock signal by being synchronized with the input signal. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127806 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display panel includes a switch control circuit, a first pre-charge switch circuit and a second pre-charge switch circuit. The switch control circuit is used for comparing the most significant bits (MSBs) of data signals to generate switch control signals for controlling the first and second pre-charge switch circuits, such that data lines are pre-charged through the first and second pre-charge switch circuits respectively. A method for driving a display panel is also provided herein. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127807 | SCAN DRIVER AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A scan driver including sequentially arranged scan driving blocks, each of the blocks including a first node receiving a signal input into a driving signal input terminal based on a clock signal input into a second-clock-signal input terminal, a second node receiving a clock signal input into a first-clock-signal input terminal, a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node, one electrode receiving an output control signal, and another electrode connected to an output terminal, a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first node, one electrode connected to a third-clock-signal input terminal, and another electrode connected to the output terminal, and a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to the third-clock-signal input terminal and one electrode connected to the first node and configured to transfer a voltage of the output terminal to the first node. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127808 | Scan Driving Device, Method for Driving Scan Driving Device, and Method for Managing Defect of Scan Driving Device - A scan driving device includes: a first scan driving block group including scan driving blocks receiving at least two different clock signals among a plurality of scan driving blocks which are sequentially arranged; a second scan driving block group including scan driving blocks receiving at least two clock signals which are the same as at least two clock signals inputted to each of the scan driving blocks included in the first scan driving block group; first line transistors connected in parallel to scan lines of each of the scan driving blocks included in the first scan driving block group, and turned on or off according to a first line connection signal; and second line transistors connected in parallel to a scan line of each of the scan driving blocks included in the second scan driving block group and turned on or off according to a second line connection signal. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127809 | SCAN DRIVER, DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD OF SCAN DRIVER - A scan driver, a display device including the same, and a driving method of a scan driver are provided. The scan driver includes a signal generator configured to generate and output first signals to output lines sequentially and/or to generate and output second signals to the output lines simultaneously, and a switching unit configured to receive the first signals and/or the second signals from the signal generator and to select a plurality of first scan lines connected to a first group pixels among the plurality of pixels included in a display unit or a plurality of second scan lines connected to a second group pixel different from the first group pixels among the plurality of pixels to output the plurality of first signals or the plurality of second signals as corresponding scan signals. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127810 | CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A circuit for driving a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of gate lines and data lines, a gate driver, a data driver, a memory for storing data necessary for operation of a timing controller and programmable power integrated circuit (PPIC) voltage setting data, the timing controller for reading and outputting the PPIC voltage setting data stored in the memory and reading the data necessary for operation of the timing controller stored in the memory and controlling the data driver and the gate driver, a PPIC for supplying a reference voltage, a gamma voltage and a common voltage to the data driver according to the voltage setting data supplied by the timing controller, and a power supply for receiving power from an external device and supplying power to each unit. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127811 | SWITCHING DISPLAY UPDATE PROPERTIES UPON DETECTING A POWER MANAGEMENT EVENT - Systems and methods provide automatic switching of display update properties such as screen resolution, pixel depth, and refresh rate in response to a power management event. The display update property may be decreased when power is switched from AC power to DC power, for example, when the system is unplugged from a wall outlet and is running on battery power. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127812 | DRIVING CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A new driving circuit is provided. The driving circuit according to the present invention comprises a first period for setting a current to be supplied to a display element, a second period for setting a gray-scale of the display element, and a third period for supplying a driving current to the display element. The present invention, in the driving circuit of the display element, is provided with a current source circuit for supplying a constant current to the display element and a control circuit for controlling the time to supply a constant current to the display element from the current source circuit. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127813 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device. The display device comprises: a timing controller, having a first number of output points; and a second number of source drivers, coupled to the first number of output points of the timing controller, respectively; wherein the first number is equal to the second number. The display device has higher resolution and fewer control pins between a timing controller and a source driver thereof. In addition, the display device provided by the present invention comprises the de-skew operation for minimizing the data and clock skew issue under high speed operation in prior art and the error bit check operation for avoiding display failure caused by error transmission. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127814 | Controlling the Stabilization Period of an Electrophoresis Display Device - An electrophoresis display device that reduces power consumption of the device. The electrophoresis display device reduces power consumption by stopping the output of driving circuits that drive a display panel during a stabilization period following an image update period of the device. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127815 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display unit having a plurality of pixel, a scan driver that sequentially applies scan signals at a first voltage level to the plurality of pixels, a data driver that writes data by applying data signals to the plurality of pixels to correspond to the scan signals at the first voltage level, and a power source controller that supplies a first power source voltage and a second power source voltage to the plurality of pixels. The power source controller maintains the first power source voltage and the second power source voltage at the second voltage level while the data are written, and allows the plurality of pixels to which data are written to emit light by changing the first power source voltage into a third voltage level and the second power source voltage into the first voltage level after writing is complete. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127816 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes an image input unit which receives a 3D image, an image processing unit which divides the 3D image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image, an image output unit which includes a polarization panel that is switchable between polarization directions, and which provides a different polarization direction to the left-eye image and the right-eye image displayed alternately by switching a polarization direction of the polarization panel, a voltage driving unit which applies a driving voltage to the polarization panel, and a controller which divides the polarization panel in time or in space and drives the polarization panel with a voltage corresponding to each of Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) pixels, respectively, which form at least one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127817 | METHOD FOR DRIVING AN ELECTRO-WETTING DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRO-WETTING DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving an electro-wetting display panel including a pixel part is provided. In the method, data voltages are applied to the electro-wetting display panel during a first time of a frame. The frame has the first time and a second time. The first time has a plurality of horizontal periods. The data voltages are generated based on reference gamma voltages. At least one of reference gamma voltages of one of the horizontal periods is different from another of the reference gamma voltages of another of the horizontal periods. A reset voltage is applied to the electro-wetting display panel during the second time of the frame. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127818 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method of a pixel circuit, implemented with five transistors and two capacitors, includes steps of: supplying three control signals and a gate signal to the pixel circuit; modulating an operation state of each control signal and keeping the gate signal being disable so as to reset data of the pixel circuit and have an voltage compensation effect on the pixel circuit; and enabling the gate signal so as to operate the pixel circuit in a data writing period, and supplying, in the data writing period, a data voltage to the pixel circuit so as to change a terminal voltage of a driving transistor, which is used to drive the light-emitting device. A pixel circuit is also provided. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127819 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF LAYING OUT WIRING IN DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device includes: a pixel array section having pixels arranged in a form of a matrix on a display panel; a first terminal group disposed on the display panel so as to correspond to each control line of a first control line group arranged in each pixel row of the pixel array section; a first wiring group for electrically connecting each terminal of the first terminal group to each control line of the first control line group; a second terminal group disposed on the display panel for a second control line group arranged in each pixel row of the pixel array section with a plurality of control lines as a unit; and a second wiring group for electrically connecting each terminal of the second terminal group to each control line of the second control line group through parts between the terminals of the first terminal group. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127820 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A driving circuit that switches a light emitting element between an ON state and an OFF state in synchronization with an input signal is provided. The circuit includes a driving current supply unit that has a control terminal and supplies the light emitting element with a driving current whose value changes with dependency on the potential of the control terminal; a control unit that changes the potential of the control terminal in synchronization with the input signal; and a supplementary current supply unit that supplies the control terminal with a supplementary current that promotes change in the potential of the control terminal. The supplementary current supply unit has a capacitor, a voltage that is applied to the capacitor changes in synchronization with the input signal, and the supplementary current is generated by change in the voltage of the capacitor. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127821 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING A DISPLAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE USERS' CORRECTIVE LENSES OR PREFERRED DISPLAY SETTINGS - A system and method for adjusting display settings to allow a user that requires prescriptive eyewear to view images on the display without the eyewear. The user provides input on which value for each display setting is optimal for the user's viewing experience. Once the optimal values are determined, the present invention adjusts the settings of the display means. The user is then able to view the text or images without wearing his/her prescriptive eyewear. The present invention optimally manipulates at least one of the following settings to achieve this aim: brightness, contrast, clock/phase, sharpness, colour, resolution, aspect ratio, gamma setting, and any other settings of the display means that are available to adjust the display so that a user may view the image to his or her satisfaction. The display means may be a monitor, or any other means that displays text or images. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127822 | OBJECT DATA SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An object data search system is provided. The object data search system includes a communication device and an identification device. The communication device includes a display processing unit and an information transceiver unit. The display processing unit displays a real-time image and retrieves an image screen showing a specific object from the real-time image. The information transceiver unit transmits the image screen retrieved by the display processing unit. The identification device receives the image screen transmitted by the information transceiver unit and performs an image identification operation to the received image screen to generate specific information corresponding to the specific object according to an identification result. Then, the identification device returns the specific information to the communication device. The communication device gets web information corresponding to the specific object by using an external search system, and the display processing unit displays the web information. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127823 | Generating a Depth Map Based on a Single Image - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for determining a depth map from a single image. An image is displayed on a computer display, where the displayed image corresponds to image data. User input via is received via one or more tools applied to the displayed image, where the user input specifies one or more depth constraints for at least a portion of the image. A depth map for the image data is automatically determined subject to the one or more depth constraints, and a representation of the depth map is displayed on the computer display | 2013-05-23 |
20130127824 | Object Selection in Stereo Image Pairs - A method is disclosed. Input data indicates a location within a region of a digital image of a stereo image pair. A boundary of the region and a corresponding boundary of a corresponding region of another digital image are defined based on the input data, content of the digital image, and content of the another digital image. The boundary and the corresponding boundary represent boundaries of a visual feature in the digital image and the other digital image. The defining further includes constructing a probability distribution for the digital image and another probability distribution for the other digital image. The probability distribution for the digital image represents a probability that each pixel of a set of pixels of the digital image is within the region. The other probability distribution represents a probability that each pixel of another set of pixels of the another digital image is within the corresponding region. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127825 | Methods and Apparatus for Interactive Rotation of 3D Objects Using Multitouch Gestures - Methods and apparatus for interactively rotating three-dimensional (3D) objects using multitouch gestures. To perform a roll gesture, multiple touch points are detected on a multitouch-enabled device. The touch points are associated with, or select, a 3D object displayed on the device. The centroid of the touch points is computed, and motion of the centroid, resulting from motion of the touch points, is tracked. When motion of the centroid is detected, a displacement is obtained, and the displacement is mapped to a rotation transformation. The 3D object may then be rotated according to the rotation transformation, and a 2D projection of the rotated 3D object is displayed. If the number of touch points changes, rotation may be reset without rotating the object. Alternatively, displacement from the previous centroid to the new centroid is determined and the object is rotated accordingly. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127826 | PARALLAX IMAGE AUTHORING AND VIEWING IN DIGITAL MEDIA - An authoring tool assigns a first depth value to a first image layer and a second depth value to a second image layer. The first depth value is a first simulated distance from a user. The second depth value is a second simulated distance from the user. The authoring tool composes an image based on the first image layer and the second image layer such that the image is displayed within a page in a scrollable area on a viewing device. The first depth value is utilized to generate a first offset value from a first static position of the first image layer and the second depth value is utilized to generate a second offset value from a second static position of the second image layer based upon a scroll position of the page with respect to a target location in the scrollable area to create a parallax effect. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127827 | Multiview Face Content Creation - New views of a 2D image are generated by identifying an object class within the image, such as through a face detector. The face is then fitted to a model face by means of an AAM, and the results extended to a fitted 3D polygon mesh face. A boundary perimeter with predefined anchor points and a predefined triangulation with the 3D polygon mesh is defined a predefined depth distance from the depth center of known landmarks within the 3D polygon mesh face. By rotating the 3D polygon mesh face relative to the boundary perimeter, which may follow the perimeter of the input image, new views of the input image are generated. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127828 | Three Dimensional Building Blocks - Methods, systems, and products describe physical structures for interactive computer displays. A tangible, three-dimensional structure has an interior and an exterior surface. A bundle of optical fibers propagates light through the interior to the exterior surface of the three-dimensional structure. A magnet in the three-dimensional structure produces an attractive force, and a marker on the exterior surface identifies the three-dimensional structure and the magnet | 2013-05-23 |
20130127829 | LCD Panel and LCD Device - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and an LCD panel are disclosed. The LCD panel comprises charging scanning lines, discharging scanning lines, first data lines, second data lines and pixel units. The charging scanning lines and the discharging scanning lines are arranged alternately and parallel with each other in a first direction. The first data lines and the second data lines are arranged parallel with each other in a second direction and insulatedly intersect the charging scanning lines and the discharging scanning lines. Each pixel unit comprises a charging TFT, a discharging TFT and a pixel electrode. When two adjacent charging scanning lines are being scanned in the LCD panel, two adjacent discharging scanning lines located in other rows different from those of the two adjacent charging scanning lines being scanned are scanned within a same scanning time frame. The LCD panel can extend the charging time of gates. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127830 | Flat Panel Display Device and Stereoscopic Display Device - The present invention provides a flat panel display device. The flat panel display device includes a backlight system and a display panel, wherein: the backlight system includes an LED light bar and a back frame; the back frame carries the LED light bar and the back frame includes at least two primary assembling pieces, and the at least two primary assembling pieces are joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame. The back frame further includes positioning walls, and the positioning walls are mounted to a side wall of at least one of the primary assembling pieces to define a receiving space for receiving an LED light bar. The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device. With the above described manner, the flat panel display device and the stereoscopic display device of the present invention form a back frame through joining so as to make structure of the back frame simple and save the material for the back frame so as to lower down the manufacturing cost of flat panel display device. Further, the present invention uses a primary assembling piece that is provided with positioning walls to precisely and effectively position an LED light bar thereby simplifying assembling and increasing assembling efficiency. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127831 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic image device includes a display unit that displays an image; and a barrier portion disposed over the display unit and configured to control transmission of the image to a user. The barrier portion includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposing each other to define a space in which interception portions and lens portions are to be alternately disposed. The barrier portion further includes a common electrode disposed over one surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode disposed at a region corresponding to each of the interception portions, and a second electrode including a plurality of sub-electrodes and disposed at a region corresponding to each of the lens portions. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127832 | 3D DlSPLA Y SYSTEM - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) display system. The 3D display system synthesizes a 3D image and position information data of an observer obtained through a camera with an optimal viewing area image with respect to horizontal and vertical directions of a display panel in a 3D space, and displays the synthesized image on the display panel such that the observer can visually know an optimal viewing area. Accordingly, the 3D display system enables the observer to visually check the optimal viewing area with ease and induces the observer to move to a position in the optimal viewing area. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127833 | Volumetric Data Exploration Using Multi-Point Input Controls - A three-dimensional data set is accessed. A two-dimensional plane is defined that intersects a space defined by the three-dimensional data set. The two-dimensional plane defines a two-dimensional data set within the three-dimensional data set and divides the three-dimensional data set into first and second subsets. A three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set is rendered on such that at least a portion of the first subset of the three-dimensional data set is removed and at least a portion of the two-dimensional data set is displayed. A two-dimensional view of a first subset of the two-dimensional data set also is rendered. Controls are provided that enable visual navigation through the three-dimensional data set by engaging points on the multi-touch display device that correspond to either the three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set and/or the two-dimensional view of the first subset of the two-dimensional data set. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127834 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A computer implemented data processing method for recursively approximating a proper value for a target matrix includes the following steps of: determining whether the target matrix corresponds to a low complexity condition; if so, obtaining a first updated target matrix according to a first variance, relevant to a second iteration parameter, and a first iteration parameter, wherein the first and the second iteration parameters correspond to fixed values; if not, obtaining a second updated target matrix according to a second variance, relevant to a fourth iteration parameter, and a third iteration parameter, wherein the third and the fourth parameters are related to the target matrix. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127835 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING TWO-DIMENSIONAL/THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a display panel, a processor, a timing control circuit, and a switch cell layer. The switch cell layer includes a liquid crystal layer, a first driving circuit, and a second driving circuit. The switch cell layer is installed on the display panel. When the display panel displays at least one two-dimensional region and at least one three-dimensional region according to an image signal, the processor determines positions of the at least one two-dimensional region and the at least one three-dimensional region on the display panel according to the image signal. The timing control circuit is for generating an address signal according to the positions. The first driving circuit and the second driving circuit drive first enable lines coupled to the first driving circuit in groups and second enable lines coupled to the second driving circuit in groups respectively according to the address signal. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127836 | Methods and Apparatus for Three-Dimensional (3D) Sketching - Methods and apparatus for 3D sketching may provide an interface for creating 3D drawings from 2D and 3D input, and for creating 3D curve networks. The technique may provide tools for 2D sketching that enable 2D sketching in 3D space, and for creating a network of intersecting 3D curves. The technique may provide user interface elements and techniques that facilitate the curve drawing tasks. For 2D sketching, the technique may provide methods for interpreting imprecise user 2D strokes as continuous, high-quality 3D curves. The technique may provide the ability to edit existing 3D curves using sketched 2D strokes. The technique may enable sketching of 3D curves by rotating a drawing plane and/or by creating drawing surfaces on which curves may be added. The technique may provide user interface elements for converting curves in 3D space into a curve network. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127837 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - By adjusting parameters of single-eye 3D information on the basis of the visual-sense characteristic of a human being, it is possible to present a 3D image more hardly causing the human being to have a feeling of discomfort and a feeling of displeasure. An input-value-adjustment-quantity determination section determines an adjustment quantity of an input value on the basis of an evaluation function to serve as an adjustment quantity corresponding to a determined depth adjustment quantity. An adjustment-gain computation block computes a gain value of each of spatial-frequency components of an input 3D image on the basis of the adjustment quantity of the input value. An image adjustment block adjusts the spatial-frequency components in accordance with the gain values computed for the spatial-frequency components respectively. The present application can be applied to typically an image processing apparatus for adjusting depths of the input 3D image. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127838 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY OF A DIGITAL IMAGE - The present invention describes a method for providing a three-dimensional display of a digital image. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for providing a three-dimensional display of a digital image including retrieving of at least one digital image from a storage memory on an electronic device, wherein the digital image comprises at least two digital image layers. Additionally, displaying to a viewer the at least two digital image layers of the digital image. Moreover, estimating of a change in a perspective of the viewer by a three-dimensional parallax display module based on a plurality of spatial orientation data. Furthermore, modifying, with the three-dimensional parallax display module, the display of the at least two digital image layers. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127839 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A mobile terminal comprising a stereoscopic display unit outputting a stereoscopic image is disclosed. In one embodiment the stereoscopic display unit comprises a display element configured to periodically display left and right images, a refractive lens unit disposed to overlap with the display element and configured to change refractive characteristics thereof, and a controller configured to control the refractive characteristics of the refractive lens unit such that a refraction direction of transmitted light is periodically changed to make the left and right images face in different directions. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127840 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes a conversion and synthesis unit that converts an array of pixels constituting each of planar images for multiple view points and synthesize the planar images in which the array of the pixels is converted to generate a three-dimensional display image, the unit including a correspondence control unit that associates view point image sub pixels with three-dimensional display sub pixels, a sub pixel value decision unit that decides a value of the sub pixel before the conversion for each color of the sub pixels on the basis of the view point image sub pixel extracted from the planar image for each view point, and a sub pixel generation unit that obtains a value of the sub pixel after the conversion on the basis of the decided value of the sub pixel before the conversion to generate the associated three-dimensional display sub pixels. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127841 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D IMAGING AND DISPLAYING CONTENTS ACCORDING TO START OR END OF OPERATION - A method of displaying contents performed by a display apparatus, the method including: displaying the contents according to a current operation mode; and when data for 3D display of an object is displayed, in a case where an operation is determined to end, displaying data for 2D display of the object on a display device, instead of the data for 3D display of the object. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127842 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A three-dimensional image processing apparatus and a calibration method of the same are disclosed. A display device displays two or more view images. A three-dimensional image filter is disposed at the front of the display device. The three-dimensional image filter has transmission regions and non-transmission regions which are alternately arranged. A controller adjusts positions of the non-transmission regions of the three-dimensional image filter based on a current position of a user and a reference switch mode. Upon detecting a user action to request movement of the non-transmission regions, the controller changes the reference switch mode in response to the user action and adjusts the positions of the non-transmission regions of the three-dimensional image filter based on the changed reference switch mode. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127843 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display method and apparatus are provided. The method includes selecting at least one content to be focused of the plurality of content being displayed, adjusting a disparity value so that the selected content has a different depth value from other content, and displaying the content of which the disparity value has been adjusted. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127844 | FILLING DISOCCLUSIONS IN A VIRTUAL VIEW - In accordance with a first aspect, filling disocclusions in a virtual view video has identifying a background portion of a first virtual view image of the virtual view video based on a depth/disparity map associated with a first virtual view image, updating a background sprite image based on the background portion of a first virtual view image, and filling a disoccluded area of a second virtual view image of the virtual view video based on a corresponding portion of the background sprite image. According to a second aspect, filling a disoccluded area in a virtual view image is performed by patch-based texture synthesis being responsive to a depth/disparity map associated with a virtual view image. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127845 | DISPLAY AND EXPORT OF INDIVIDUAL BIPLANE IMAGES - An ultrasound system which is capable of biplane imaging is able to display, store and export independent image frames of only the reference image ( | 2013-05-23 |
20130127846 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A parallax image generation device includes: a depth value correction unit which performs correction processing on a depth value, from among a plurality of depth values which define a depth image, to shift a position corresponding to the depth value to be closer to a display screen as the depth value is located closer to an end of the depth image, the display screen being for displaying a parallax image; and a parallax image generation unit which generates a first parallax image and a second parallax image having mutual parallax, using a two-dimensional image and the depth image corrected through the correction processing. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127847 | System and Method for Interactive Image-based Modeling of Curved Surfaces Using Single-view and Multi-view Feature Curves - Various embodiments of an interactive system and methods for generating an image-based 3D model of an object from multiple images captured from different viewpoints of the object are described. A user may identify feature curves for the object by outlining the feature curves on a display of the images. The user may outline a feature curve in multiple images which depict the feature curve from different viewpoints. 3D shape constraints for the model may be generated dependent on the identified feature curves and camera parameters for the images. The user may also outline multiple single-view feature curves, such as silhouette curves, in single images. A 3D surface approximation for the model may be generated from the single-view feature curves. The 3D shape constraints and the 3D surface approximation may be used to generate a polygonal mesh which represents the surface of the 3D model of the object. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127848 | System and Method for Generating 3D Surface Patches from Unconstrained 3D Curves - Various embodiments of a system and methods for generating 3D surface patches from unconstrained 3D curves are described. The system may receive a set of unconstrained 3D wireframe curves that represent a 3D wireframe model. The 3D wireframe curves may be unorganized, may have inconsistent orientations, and may have an arbitrary number and type of curve intersections. The system may automatically generate the 3D surface patches, dependent on the 3D wireframe curves. The 3D surface patches may form a 3D surface that connects the 3D wireframe curves. The 3D surface patches may be generated from faces of the 3D wireframe model. The faces may be elementary cycles extracted from the 3D wireframe model. The system may receive user input which indicates changes to the 3D surface patches. A user may change, create, and/or delete 3D surface patches to achieve a desired 3D surface that represents the 3D wireframe model. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127849 | Common Rendering Framework and Common Event Model for Video, 2D, and 3D Content - A multimedia presentation may include 2D and 3D content integrated into a common rendering framework and common event model. The 2D and 3D content may be rendered based on a specification of one or more rendering effects to be applied to both the 2D and 3D content. In response to an event pertaining to the 2D and 3D content, an effect may be applied to the 2D and 3D content according to the common event model. Creation of the multimedia presentation may include receiving a specification of one or more rendering effects to be applied to the 2D and 3D content and may also include receiving a specification of one or more event effects to the 2D and 3D content. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127850 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A user interface for a computing device, the interface comprising means for defining a coordinate system of a 3D frame ( | 2013-05-23 |
20130127851 | STRUCTURE DISCOVERY IN A POINT CLOUD - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for radar data processing. In some examples, the system includes a communication module, a surface discovery module, a linear condensation identification module, and a structure generation module. The communication module is configured to receive 3-dimensional image data from an imaging device. The surface discovery module is configured to rotate the 3-dimensional image data around an axis in 3-dimensional space of the 3-dimensional image data. The linear condensation identification module is configured to identify linear condensations in the rotated 3-dimensional image data. The structure generation module is configured to generate a structure based on the linear condensations and the rotated 3-dimensional image data. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127852 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING 3D BUILDING INFORMATION - A method of providing 3D building information for enhancing a digital map involves applying a lattice deformation to a 3D model of a building, and rendering an image of the deformed 3D model from an orthographic viewpoint. The steps of applying a lattice deformation to the 3D model and rendering an image of the deformed 3D model from an orthographic viewpoint provide a rendered image of the deformed 3D model that is an oblique projection of the building represented by the model. The 3D model is geo-positioned before lattice deformation. The resulting rendered image is superposed on a digital map. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127853 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC RIGGING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS FOR FACIAL ANIMATION - A system and method for automatic rigging of three dimensional characters for facial animation provide a rigged mesh for an original three dimensional mesh. A representative mesh is generated from the original mesh. Segments, key points, a bone set, and skinning weights are then determined for the representative mesh. The Skinning weights and bone set are placed in the original mesh to generate the rigged mesh. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127854 | Scanning Projectors And Image Capture Modules For 3D Mapping - Apparatus ( | 2013-05-23 |
20130127855 | Stenciled Layer Peeling Graphics Processing - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering an artwork comprising a plurality of surfaces, wherein the plurality of surfaces comprises a plurality of semi-transparent surfaces unsorted in depth. An identifier of the nearest semi-transparent surface may be determined and stored in a stencil count of a stencil buffer. The depth of the second nearest semi-transparent surface may be determined using a stencil test based on the stencil count to bypass the nearest semi-transparent surface. The second nearest semi-transparent surface may be rendered to an image buffer, and the nearest semi-transparent surface may be rendered to the image buffer. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127856 | System and Method for Scalable Rendering of Diffusion Curves - The systems and methods described herein may allow diffusion curve images to be displayed by a variety of applications without requiring specialized graphics hardware to render the images. The system may provide mechanisms to convert a diffusion curve representation to an alternate representation in a scalable, portable format. The conversion may include a tessellation operation, and may produce a mesh of shapes (e.g., triangles) for which diffusible attribute values (e.g. color and blur) are assigned to each node. Tessellating an image may include generating a piecewise linear approximation of the diffusion curves and triangulating the image to generate the mesh. Color values for each channel may be assigned by solving a sparse linear system in the triangle domain. The alternate representation may be displayed by another application using various interpolation techniques. The alternate representation may be resolution-independent and compact, as compared to other representations used to display diffusion curve images. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127857 | System and Method for Generating a Manifold Surface for a 3D Model of an Object Using 3D Curves of the Object - Various embodiments of a system and methods for generating a manifold surface of an object from a set of 3D curves which define the shape of the object are described. The set of 3D curves may be directly tessellated in the 3D domain to form a manifold surface with boundary. The tessellation may be a Delaunay tetrahedralization which represents the set of 3D curves. The surface of the tetrahedralization may contain a set of possible manifold surface solutions. A dual complex form of the tetrahedralization may be generated to reduce the number of possible manifold surface solutions. Surface patches may be generated from the dual complex form, dependent on a set of metrics that may further reduce the number of possible manifold surface solutions. Compatible surface patches may be combined to form a set of possible manifold surface solutions which may be displayed to a user. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127858 | Interception of Graphics API Calls for Optimization of Rendering - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for graphics application programming interface (API) interception. In one embodiment, one or more function calls to a graphics API may be received. The function calls may comprise one or more parameters usable to render a scene. The scene's geometry comprising one or more objects may be generated based on the one or more parameters. One or more graphics programming unit (GPU) shaders may be generated based on the one or more parameters. Each of the GPU shaders may comprise instructions for rendering a corresponding one or more of the objects based on the one or more parameters. The geometry and the GPU shader(s) may be sent to a GPU. In one embodiment, the execution of the GPU shader(s) on the GPU may be caused to render the scene comprising the one or more objects. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127859 | Methods and Apparatus for Patch-based Shape from Shading - Methods and apparatus for patch-based construction of an object shape from the shading of an image are disclosed. An image is divided into a set of image subregions. For each image subregion, a set of subregion dictionary entries is identified. Each of the set of subregion dictionary entries includes a subregion entry appearance matching an appearance of the respective image subregion and a subregion entry geometry. A set of optimal subregion dictionary entries is identified. Identifying the set of optimal subregion dictionary entries includes minimizing an energy function of the sets of subregion dictionary entries for all image subregions. Each optimal subregion dictionary entry is, for a respective one of the image subregions, a subregion entry associated with a minimum of the energy function. The shape includes a shape construction parameter from a subregion geometry entry of each optimal subregion geometry entry of the set of optimal subregion geometry entries. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127860 | Methods and Apparatus for Light Space Graphical Model in Shape from Shading - Methods and apparatus for construction of an object shape from an image using a light-space graphical model are disclosed. A set of normal vectors for a set of pixels in an image is defined. Each normal vector is defined in terms of an azimuth and a zenith measured in a spherical coordinate system centered on a light source illuminating the image. The zenith of each normal vector is constrained based on an observed shading of a respective pixel. A shape is constructed from the image. Constructing the shape includes minimizing an energy function to specify an azimuth value and a zenith value of each normal vector. Minimizing the energy function further includes constraining the azimuth of each normal vector based on an image gradient of the image at each respective pixel to enforce a coplanar assumption between the image gradient expressed in a three-dimensional space and the respective normal vector. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127861 | DISPLAY APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING AN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Display apparatuses and methods for simulating an autostereoscopic display device to reduce development costs and time for such autostereoscopic display devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a display device includes a stereoscopic display device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image that is inherently substantially free from image artifacts, and an image generation unit. The image generation unit provides data representing at least one view pair to the stereoscopic display. The at least one view pair includes a right eye image for viewing on the stereoscopic display by a right eye of an observer, and a left eye image for viewing on the stereoscopic display by a left eye of the observer. The at least one view pair is based at least in part on autostereoscopic device parameters such that the stereoscopic display displays the at least one view pair with the autostereoscopic device parameters. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127862 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FORMING A RELATIVE LOCATION MAP BASED ON USER-SPECIFIED DECISION CRITERIA - A method, system, and computer program product for decision-support tools (e.g., for merger, acquisition, and spin-off decision support) within an enterprise software suite for forming a relative location graph based on user-specified decision criteria. The method commences by selecting a subject user-specified managed location comprising at least a location data structure, and receiving user-specified criteria (e.g., number of employees, departments, etc.), the criteria having corresponding values retrieved using the data structure. One or more additional user-specified managed locations are selected, and relationships between the subject location and the additional locations are determined for use in a graphical representation (e.g., a visual aid to display on a display surface in a graphical user interface). A graph is formed with nodes representing managed locations, and edges representing the relationships of the additional locations to the subject location based on the user-specified criteria. Additional edges on the graph serve to display additional criteria. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127863 | DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL SEQUENCE OF STATUS TRANSITIONS FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for determining optimal an sequence of status transitions for business objects are described herein. In one aspect, the method executed by one or more computers in a network of computers includes receiving a target status for a business object, identifying a source status of the business object, identifying a status schema including one or more transitions from the source status to the target status, parsing the status schema to retrieve the one or more transitions from the source status to the target status, generating a graphical representation illustrating the transitions from the source status to the target status, executing an algorithm upon the graphical representation to determine an optimal sequence of transitions from the source status to the target status, and processing the business object based upon the optimal sequence of transitions to attain the target status. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127864 | Methods for Generating Visual Data From Nodes Containing Identify Data for Individuals From a Set View Point - Computer implemented methods for constructing dynamic relationships between data for presentation on a display are provided. The data is obtained from one or more data sources and managed as a plurality of nodes. The nodes increase or decrease in number over time. One method includes setting a point of view from one of the nodes of the plurality of nodes, and the setting of the point of view acting to order certain ones of the plurality of nodes to produce a representation from the point of view. The method generates visual data that illustrates the representation of the plurality of nodes from the set point of view and provideds the visual data for rendering on a display of a device. Certain ones of the nodes contain unique identity data for individuals, and the nodes are associated with other nodes based on relationships between the individuals. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127865 | Methods for Generating Visual Data From Nodes Containing Identify Data for Individuals From a Set View Point - Computer implemented methods for constructing dynamic relationships between data for presentation on a display are provided. The data is obtained from one or more data sources and managed as a plurality of nodes. The nodes increase or decrease in number over time. One method includes setting a point of view from one of the nodes of the plurality of nodes, and the setting of the point of view acting to order certain ones of the plurality of nodes to produce a representation from the point of view. The method generates visual data that illustrates the representation of the plurality of nodes from the set point of view and provides the visual data for rendering on a display of a device. Certain ones of the nodes contain unique identity data for individuals, and the nodes are associated with other nodes based on relationships between the individuals. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127866 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ANALYZING TENNIS SWING MOTION - A tennis swing movement analyzing apparatus of the present invention includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire sampling data obtained by sampling a swing movement of a tennis racket by a user; a calculation unit configured to, based on the sampling data, calculate an indicator selected from among the velocity, the acceleration, the angular velocity, and the position of the tennis racket or a ball hit by the tennis racket and an arbitrary combination thereof; and a screen creation unit configured to create a GUI screen displaying a graph area that is divided into a plurality of areas respectively indicating types of swings and displaying the indicator in the graph area. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127867 | FREESTYLE DRAWING SUPPORTED BY STENCIL EDGE SHAPES - A graphical user interface displays a shape that is moveable from a first position in the graphical user interface to a second position. An input device receives freeform drawing data. The graphical user interface displays an edgeless subset of the freeform drawing data that is (i) drawn by a user at a time in which the edgeless subset of the freeform drawing data is in a different position in the graphical user interface than each of a plurality of edges of the shape and (ii) is located in a predetermined region with respect to each of the plurality of edges. A processor detects an edge touching subset of the freeform drawing data that is drawn by the user at a time in which the edge touching subset of the freeform drawing data is touching at least one of the plurality of edges of the shape. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127868 | Methods and Apparatus for Score-Based Tile Placement - A preferred location and a preferred orientation of a tile shape are determined with respect to a current shape based on scores at multiple locations and orientations. A new shape is generated by subtracting from the current shape a tile area. The tile area includes the tile shape in the preferred orientation of the tile shape at the preferred location of the tile shape with respect to the current shape. The determining and generating are repeated with respect to the new shape. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127869 | Methods and Apparatus for Stroke Grouping for High-Level Sketch Editing - Attributes of a graphical element are compared to attributes of one or more groups of graphical elements. Responsive to identifying a similarity between the graphical element and a group of graphical elements among the one or more groups, the graphical element is added to the group of graphical elements. The adding enables editing operations performed with respect to the group of graphical elements to result in changes to the graphical element. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127870 | FOCUS-CHANGE INVARIANCE IN A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY - A method for focus-change invariance in a graphical display may include computing selected items in the graphical display for presentation of each item in a predetermined geometric shape. The predetermined geometric shape may include a set of predetermined coordinates in a local coordinate system. The plurality of items may be presented using the local coordinate system. The method may additionally include mapping the set of predetermined coordinates of a chosen item of the selected items in a [0,0,1,1] coordinate system to a set of transformed coordinates for the predetermined geometric shape of the chosen item. The set of transformed coordinates allow presentation of the chosen item in the coordinate system of the graphical display. The chosen item may be displayed in the predetermined geometric shape using the set of transformed coordinates without varying the layout of the chosen item and reverting to a previously used coordinate system. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST CLIPPING OF LINE SEGMENTS - A method of static graphics rendering in a mobile device. Panning increments are received for panning a previously rendered frame to a panned frame. A rendering region is then determined based on the panning increments. A candidate line segment or polyline is then clipped to create clipped line segments contained within the rendering region. The clipped line segments can then be rendered, and a portion of the previously rendered frame can be copied, to provide the panned frame. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127872 | Dynamic Augmentation of Extensible Font Subsets - A font subset is received that includes one or more glyphs of a master font which has a master ordering that establishes an order of precedence on the glyphs of the master font. When the font subset is received, one or more glyphs already exist in a consecutive sequence in an extensible data structure. In response to receiving the font subset, at least one existing glyph is repositioned in the extensible data structure and each received glyph of the received font subset is positioned in the extensible data structure. The repositioning of the at least one existing glyph and the positioning of each received glyph jointly establish a new consecutive sequential ordering on the glyphs in the extensible data structure, such that the new consecutive sequential ordering preserves on the glyphs in the extensible data structure the order of precedence established by the master ordering. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127873 | System and Method for Robust Physically-Plausible Character Animation - An interactive application may include a quasi-physical simulator configured to determine the configuration of animated characters as they move within the application and are acted on by external forces. The simulator may work together with a parameterized animation module that synthesizes and provides reference poses for the animation from example motion clips that it has segmented and parameterized. The simulator may receive input defining a trajectory for an animated character and input representing one or more external forces acting on the character, and may perform a quasi-physical simulation to determine a pose for the character in the current animation frame in reaction to the external forces. The simulator may enforce a goal constraint that the animated character follows the trajectory, e.g., by adding a non-physical force to the simulation, the magnitude of which may be dependent on a torque objective that attempts to minimize the use of such non-physical forces. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127874 | Physical Simulation Tools For Two-Dimensional (2D) Drawing Environments - Methods and apparatus for simulating various physical effects on 2D objects in two-dimensional (2D) drawing environments. A set of 2D physical simulation tools may be provided for editing and enhancing 2D art based on 2D physical simulations. Each 2D physical simulation tool may be associated with a particular physical simulator that may be applied to 2D objects in an image using simple and intuitive gestures applied with the respective tool. In addition, predefined materials may be specified for a 2D object to which a 2D physical simulation tool may be applied. The 2D physical simulation tools may be used to simulate physical effects in static 2D images and to generate 2D animations of the physical effects. Computing technologies may be leveraged so that the physical simulations may be executed in real-time or near-real-time as the tools are applied, thus providing immediate feedback and realistic visual effects. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127875 | Value Templates in Animation Timelines - Methods and systems for animation timelines using value templates are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes generating a data structure corresponding to a graphical representation of a timeline and creating an animation of an element along the timeline, where the animation modifies a property of the element according to a function, and where the function uses a combination of a string with a numerical value to render the animation. The method also includes adding a command corresponding to the animation into the data structure, where the command is configured to return the numerical value, and where the data structure includes a value template that produces the combination of the string with the numerical value. The method further includes passing the produced combination of the string with the numerical value to the function and executing the function to animate the element. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127876 | GRAPHIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A graphic display apparatus within an automotive vehicle wherein the display apparatus includes at least two display units operable to display graphics and/or video, a wire connector connecting the at least two display units together, and a control system connected to the wire connector wherein the control system is operable to play video or graphics on the at least two display units. A method is provided to all the system to be universal for both audio and navigation systems wherein each system calls for a predetermined delay of the animation. The display units are in communication with one another providing for a coordinated or synchronized display of graphics. If, by way of example, a firework explodes on the main display screen, the remnants of that single firework will be exploded onto the secondary display screens. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127877 | Parameterizing Animation Timelines - Methods and systems for parameterizing animation timelines are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes displaying a representation of a timeline configured to animate a first image in a graphical user interface, where the timeline includes a data structure having one or more commands configured to operate upon a first property of the first image. The method also includes creating a parameterized timeline by replacing a reference to the first image within the timeline with a placeholder. The method includes, in response to a request to animate a second image, storing an entry in a dictionary of key and value pairs. The method further includes animating the second image by replacing the placeholder in the parameterized timeline with the reference to the second image during execution of the parameterized timeline. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127878 | PHYSICS RULES BASED ANIMATION ENGINE - At an animation authoring component, an inputted movement of an object displayed in a graphical user interface is received. Further, at a physics animation rule engine, a physics generated movement of the object that results from a set of physics animation rules is applied to the inputted movement. In addition, at the graphical user interface, the inputted movement of the object is displayed in addition to the physics generated movement of the object. At the animation authoring component, the physics generated movement of the object in addition to the inputted movement of the object is recorded. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127879 | GLASS-ENCAPSULATED PRESSURE SENSOR - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for glass-encapsulated pressure sensors. In one aspect, a glass-encapsulated pressure sensor may include a glass substrate, an electromechanical pressure sensor, an integrated circuit device, and a cover glass. The cover glass may be bonded to the glass substrate with an adhesive, such as epoxy, glass frit, or a metal bond ring. The cover glass may have any of a number of configurations. In some configurations, the cover glass may partially define a port for the electromechanical pressure sensor at an edge of the glass-encapsulated pressure sensor. In some configurations, the cover glass may form a cavity to accommodate the integrated circuit device that is separate from a cavity that accommodates the electromechanical pressure sensor. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127880 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DUAL-SIDED PROCESS FOR FORMING LIGHT TURNING FEATURES AND DISPLAY ELEMENTS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for providing illumination by using a light guide to distribute light. In an aspect, an illumination system is provided with a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first. The substrate can be optically transmissive and form part of the light guide for distributing light. The first side of the substrate is processed using a first processing technology. Processing the first side includes forming a light turning feature on the first side and forming a protective layer over the light turning feature. The second side is processed using a second processing technology to form display elements, while the protective layer protects the first side from damage. The first and second processing technologies can be performed using the same tool set. In addition to protecting the first side, the protective layer may function as an optical cladding and/or passivation layer. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127881 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for writing data to a display. The frame rate is improved by simultaneously and independently writing data to multiple common lines of the display. In some implementations, lines of common color are written simultaneously. In some implementations, more common lines of lower visual importance are written simultaneously than common lines of higher visual importance. In these implementations, colors of higher visual importance can be displayed at a higher resolution to maintain good image quality while still improving frame rate. Display element electrodes may be coupled along common lines in various ways to implement simultaneous writing to multiple common lines. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127882 | INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES AND DISPLAY APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - An input/output (I/O) device is provided. The I/O device is capable of operating in a first mode or a second mode. The I/O device includes a first connection unit and a switch unit. The first connection unit has a plurality of down-link I/O ports and an up-link I/O port. The switch unit is controlled by a selection signal. The switch unit has an input terminal coupled to the up-link I/O port, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal. When the I/O device is operating in the first mode, the switch unit couples the input terminal to the first output terminal according to the selection signal. When the I/O device is operating in the second mode, the switch unit couples the input terminal to the second output terminal according to the selection signal. | 2013-05-23 |
20130127883 | FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE AND ABSTRACT PROCESSING OF MULTIPLE HARDWARE DOMAINS, DATA TYPES AND FORMAT - A portable development and execution framework for processing media objects. The framework involves: accepting an instruction to perform a media processing function; accepting a media object to be associated with the media processing function; wrapping the media object with an attribute that specifies a type and format of the media object, and a hardware domain associated with the media object; and causing an execution domain to perform the media processing function on the media object. The instruction to perform the media processing function is expressed in a form that is independent of the hardware domain associated with the media object, and may also be independent of the type and format of the media object. The media object may be an image, and the media processing function may include an image processing function performed on a GPU. | 2013-05-23 |