21st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120127112 | FLEXIBLE PROJECTIVE CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR STRUCTURE - A flexible projective capacitive touch sensor structure includes following elements. A roll of first flexible transparent substrate has sensing unit regions thereon, and each of the sensing unit regions includes at least two first transparent patterned electrodes and at least three second transparent patterned electrodes. Bridging wires respectively stride over the corresponding first transparent patterned electrodes and respectively and electrically bridge the second transparent patterned electrodes located at two sides of each of the first transparent patterned electrodes to form at least one conducting wire. Dielectric pads are disposed between the bridging wires and the first transparent patterned electrodes. First connection wires are connected to the first transparent patterned electrodes and have first electrical connection terminals. Each of the second connection wires is connected to one second transparent patterned electrode of one end of the at least one conducting wire and has one second electrical connection terminal. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127113 | FLEXIBLE RESISTIVE TOUCH SENSOR STRUCTURE - A flexible resistive touch sensor structure includes a roll of first and a roll of second flexible transparent substrates, first connection wires, second connection wires, spacer dots and insulation frames. The rolls of first and the second flexible transparent substrate have first and second electrode unit regions thereon respectively. Each first electrode unit region includes at least one first transparent electrode. Each second electrode unit region includes at least one second transparent electrode correspondingly facing to the first electrode unit regions. The first connection wires are connected to the first transparent electrodes. The second connection wires are connected to the second transparent electrodes. The spacer dots are disposed between the first and the second transparent electrodes. The insulation frame seal surroundings of the first electrode unit regions and the second electrode unit regions corresponding to each other respectively and isolate the first and the second connection wires respectively. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127114 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH ELECTRODES HAVING LOCATION PATTERN INCLUDED THEREIN - A conductive element in a touch sensitive device, such as an electrode in a mutual capacitive touch sensor, that includes conductors arranged in a location pattern that may be sensed and analyzed, and a position on the touch sensor determined therefrom. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY USE UNDER VIBRATION AND TURBULENCE - A method and system for improving touch screen display use during vibration and turbulence conditions is provided. The system includes a sensor configured to transmit a first input signal relative to a measured parameter of the vehicle, a touch screen input and display system configured to transmit a second input signal relative to a manual input by a user. The touch screen input and display system includes a planar input and viewing surface having a plurality of edges and a bezel at least partially surrounding the surface proximate at least some of the plurality of edges. The bezel includes a surface configured to engage one or more digits of one or more hands of a user and is formed of an elastomeric material. The system also includes an input unit configured to receive the transmitted first and second input signals. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127116 | Sensing Devices - A sensing device is provided. First to third receiving electrodes extend in a first direction. First and third receiving electrodes are respectively disposed on two sides of the second receiving electrode. The first to fourth transmitting electrodes are disposed on a row extending in a second direction. The first and second transmitting electrodes are respectively disposed on two sides of the first receiving electrode, the third and fourth transmitting electrodes are respectively disposed on two sides of the third receiving electrode, and the second and third transmitting electrode are respectively disposed on two sides of the second receiving electrode. The first, second third and fourth transmitting electrodes are independently controlled by a transmitter. A receiver generates a sensing signal according to a signal level is at least one of the first, second, and third receiving electrodes. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127117 | CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN STRUCTURE - A capacitive touchscreen structure comprises in sequence a surface substrate including a top surface having a touch area, and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface; and a transparent conductive layer formed on the bottom surface of the surface substrate and having at least one electrode pattern arranged on the lateral side of the transparent conductive layer. When an external voltage is applied to the electrode pattern, a surface capacitance is generated on the touch area and variation of the surface capacitance is detected to determine a position where a user touches. A terminal impedance exists between the electrode patterns and has a value of 800-2000Ω. As the surface substrate is arranged on the surface of the overall capacitive touchscreen structure of the present invention, the capacitive touchscreen structure of the present invention is more durable and has higher yield. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127118 | TOUCH SENSOR HAVING IMPROVED EDGE RESPONSE - A sensor is provided. The sensor includes a planar sensing area including a sensor layout. The sensor layout includes an interior portion, an edge portion, and edges. The sensor layout also includes interior sensing elements, the interior sensing elements being located in the interior portion, and edge sensing elements, the edge sensing elements being located in the edge portion. The interior sensing elements are arranged in the sensor layout such that the interior sensing elements generally do not extend beyond a predetermined distance from the edges. Moreover, the edge sensing elements are arranged to extend beyond the predetermined distance and interlace with the interior sensing elements in the interior portion. The sensor further includes a controller and a connector, the connector coupling the planar sensing area to the controller. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127119 | TOUCH SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REFRESHING AN OPERATION FREQUENCY OF A PROCESSOR AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of refreshing an operation frequency of a processor includes detecting a number of objects touching a touch panel, refreshing the operation frequency of the processor according to the number of the objects touching the touch panel, detecting a number of following objects touching the touch panel according to the refreshed operation frequency of the processor, calculating coordinates of the objects touching the touch panel, and outputting the coordinates of the objects to a touch system. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127120 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH POSITION LOCATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch device and a touch position locating method thereof are provided. The touch position locating method includes the following steps. A plurality of target blocks are selected from a plurality of sensing blocks of a touch panel. The target blocks are detected at the same time to obtain a plurality of touch sensing data. Reference data is obtained according to the touch sensing data. Subtraction operations between the reference data and the touch sensing data are performed respectively, so as to obtain a plurality of adjusted touch sensing data. A location of a touch point on the touch panel is calculated according to the adjusted touch sensing data. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127121 | IN CELL TOUCH PANEL - Embodiments of the present invention employ resistance compensation to broaden voltage reading range of readout lines connected to a processing chip of an in cell touch panel. The resolution of the in cell touch panel is increased under the condition that the number of pins of the processing chip is not increased or is unchanged. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127122 | INPUT SENSING CIRCUIT AND TOUCH PANEL INCLUDING THE SAME - An input sensing device for sensing an input on a touch panel, and touch panel are provided. The input sensing device has a capacitance node and includes a charge pump to which an output signal from a first electrode of the capacitance node is input as a charge source in response to a sensing signal applied through a second electrode of the capacitance node. The input sensing device determines whether there is an input on the touch panel, based on an output voltage of the charge pump. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127123 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS AND TOUCH PANEL DETECTION METHOD - A touch panel apparatus includes a detector configured to detect contact or approach of an object to a panel within a detection range of the panel, a controller configured to execute the detection on the entire panel and control the detection range in accordance with a result of the detection, and an output unit configure to determine and output a position corresponding to the contact or the approach of the object within the detection range controlled by the controller. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127124 | Dual Mode Touchpad with a Low Power Mode Using a Proximity Detection Mode - A system includes a touchpad sensor array, a touch circuit, and a proximity circuit. The touch circuit executes a touch mode configured to track the position of a user or conductive object on the touchpad sensor array by detecting a change in an electrical property of the touchpad. The proximity circuit executes a proximity detection mode configured to track the position of a user or conductive object near or proximate to the touchpad sensor array by detecting a change in an electrical property of the touchpad. The system is configured to switch from the touch mode to the proximity detection mode after a predetermined period of inactivity, where the proximity detection mode can operate at one or more reduced polling rates, resulting in a reduced overall power dissipation. The system is configured to switch back to the touch mode when activity is detected by the proximity circuit. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127125 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, a control apparatus controls a touch panel includes a first resistive film includes a first terminal and a second terminal and a second resistive film includes a third terminal and a fourth terminal, the first and second resistive films being laid on top of each other with a gap between the resistive films. The control apparatus comprises an application unit, a measurement unit and a calculation unit. The application unit is configured to apply a voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal at a first timing. The measurement unit is configured to measure a voltage of each of the third and fourth terminals at the first timing. The calculation unit is configured to derive a positional relationship between two points at which the touch panel has been touched based on the voltages of the third and fourth terminals measured at the first timing. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127126 | MULTI-USER INPUT SYSTEMS AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR SERVING MULTIPLE USERS - Techniques for providing a common input for multiple users are disclosed. Two separate input detection systems can be provided. One input detection system detects the identity of user while the other detects the location of input for processing. The information provided by the two detection systems is effectively reconciled to determine whether a particular user identified by the first system has provided input in a particular location indicated by the second system. Information can be reconciled, for example, at least partially based on the timing information provided by the two systems (e.g., whether the times indicated by the two systems are within an acceptable range). It will also be appreciated that both input system can be integrated into a single device which can be presented, for example, as multi-user touchscreen. The multi-user touch screen can provide a common input surface to serve numerous applications. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127127 | SINGLE-CAMERA DISPLAY DEVICE DETECTION - Various embodiments related to determining a distance of an object from a surface of an interactive display device are disclosed herein. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising, directing infrared (IR) light to the object above the surface which is reflected by the object back to the interactive display device, and refracting IR light reflected from the object into two rays travelling in different directions based on a polarization state of the reflected IR light. The method further comprises switching a polarization state of an LCD device to allow one of the two refracted rays to pass through the LCD device, and receiving, at a detector, the one of the two refracted ray that passes through the LCD device. Further, the method comprises estimating a distance of the object from the surface based on triangulation. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127128 | HOVER DETECTION IN AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to hover detection in interactive display devices. One embodiment provides an interactive display device comprising a display panel configured to display an image on an interactive surface, an imaging optical wedge disposed adjacent to the display panel, an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object located in front of the interactive surface and spaced from the interactive surface by capturing the image through the imaging optical wedge, a logic subsystem, and a data-holding subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to operate the display panel and the image sensor, and to detect a hover input based upon one or more images received from the image sensor. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127129 | Optical Touch Screen System and Computing Method Thereof - An optical touch screen system includes a sensing device and a processing unit. The sensing device includes first and second sensors, each generating an image. The images include the image information of a plurality of objects. The processing unit generates a plurality of candidate coordinates according to the image information and selects a portion of the candidate coordinates as output coordinates according to an optical feature of the image information. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127130 | PROPORTIONAL AREA WEIGHTED SENSOR FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL LOCATIONS ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A touch sensor is provided including a controller and a planar layout having an edge and an interior portion. Further including a connector coupling the touch controller to the layout; a substrate made of a first material; and sensing elements made of a second material formed on the substrate and covering the layout without overlapping. Sensing elements have non-monotonic widths from the center along two perpendicular directions, and a centroid. The touch sensor including pass-through traces to couple edge to interior portions to determine two-dimensional locations for touches using a weighting that is proportional to an overlap area of the sensor elements and their centroids. The substrate may be made of a dielectric and the sensing elements made of a conductor. A method for using a controller circuit having a memory to store centroid locations and determine a two-dimensional location on a touch screen as above is also provided. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127131 | METHOD TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF A PROPORTIONAL AREA WEIGHTED SENSOR FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL LOCATIONS ON A TOUCH SCREEN - An electronic appliance including a processor and a computer-readable medium, having instructions for execution by a processor is provided. The instructions causing the processor to perform methods to obtain an error map for locations in a touch sensor. The method including inputting a geometry for a touch sensor layout; inputting coordinates for centroids of sensing elements in the touch sensor layout; and inputting a touch geometry. The method includes the steps of selecting a plurality of test points on the touch sensor layout; generating, a calculated touch location for each of the plurality of test points; and an error map from the calculated touch locations and the test points. The method may include generating an error measure from the error map; displaying, the generated error map and the generated error measure; and adjusting the geometry for the touch sensor layout if the error measure is larger than a tolerance value. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127132 | POSITION INPUT DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A position input device is provided in which signals are transmitted from a position indicator, and signals transmitted from the position indicator are received by a position detector device. According to certain embodiments, an electrical double-layer capacitor, a charging circuit which charges the electrical double-layer capacitor, and a power transmission unit which relays and supplies to the charging circuit power supplied from a power supply unit external to the position indicator, are provided in the position indicator. In other embodiments the position input device has a built-in power supply unit, transmitting units, and a control unit for switching the transmitting units between energized and de-energized states. Also provided are position input systems and computer systems including the position input device, and methods of operating the position input device and the systems. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127133 | Switching a PLL Clock Source to Reduce Wireless Communication Interference - Adjusting a phase locked loop (PLL) clock source to reduce wireless communication (e.g., radio frequency (RF)) interference within a device. The PLL may be included in a high speed serial interface, e.g., coupled to a display, and may be initially driven by a first clock. Later, when a second clock is available and aligned with the first clock, the PLL may be driven by the second clock. The second clock may be configured to change its frequency over time such that the PLL does not lose lock and also does not interfere (or reduces interference) with wireless communication of the device. For example, the second clock may be programmable or may dynamically vary its operating frequency, thereby reducing its interference with the wireless communication of the device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127134 | PORTABLE COMPUTER - A portable computer comprises a display housing, a first G-sensor, a main housing and a main board. A display is disposed inside the display housing. The first G-sensor is arranged in the display housing. The main housing is pivotally connected to the display housing. The main board has a processor and is arranged in the main housing. The main board is coupled to the first G-sensor and the display. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127135 | SOCKET AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A socket includes a conductive base, a first socket terminal, and a second socket terminal, the first socket terminal extends from one end of the base, and the second socket terminal extends from an other end of the base, opposite to the first socket terminal with the base therebetween. Further, the first socket terminal has a first contact portion extending from the base and contacting with a terminal of the connector, a second contact portion extending from the first contact portion and contacting with the terminal of the connector, and a first bending portion extending from the second contact portion and bending away from the first contact portion. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127136 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING PIEZOELECTRIC AND LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYERS - A display device includes a piezoelectric layer. First electrically conductive electrodes are disposed on both sides of the piezoelectric layer. A bistable liquid crystal layer is disposed adjacent the piezoelectric layer. Second electrically conductive electrodes are disposed on both sides of the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer can be addressed by electrically addressing the piezoelectric layer causing the piezoelectric layer to move into contact with the liquid crystal layer, changing the brightness of pixels of the liquid crystal layer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127137 | CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING NON-SIGNAL OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a technique, in which when driving chips are used in which control units are respectively merged in driving devices, all modes of the other driving chips are simultaneously converted into a fail safe mode when one driving chip detects a non-signal state. A circuit for controlling a non-signal of a flat panel display device includes a plurality of driving chips. When detecting a non-signal state that the normal signal (LVDS) is not inputted from an outside, each of the plurality of driving chips simultaneously changes potentials of non-signal detection pads of its own driving chip and another driving chip so that all the driving chips are operated in the fail safe mode | 2012-05-24 |
20120127138 | Output circuit, data driver, and display device - An output circuit includes a differential amplifier circuit, an output amplifier circuit, a control circuit, input and output terminals, and first to third supply terminals applied with first to third supply voltages, respectively. The third supply voltage is set a voltage between the first and second supply voltages. The differential amplifier circuit differentially receives signals of the input and output terminals. The output amplifier circuit includes first and second transistors of different conduction type each other coupled in series between the first and third supply terminals via the output terminal, and having control terminals coupled to first and second output nodes of the differential amplifier circuit, respectively. The control circuit includes a third transistor and a switch, and controls the third transistor being in a diode coupling mode between the first supply terminal and the control terminal of the first transistor for a given period of the output period. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127139 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - When a request to execute the same Java application program as a Java (registered trademark, omitted hereafter) application program currently being executed, the Java application program is deployed into a work area of a RAM | 2012-05-24 |
20120127140 | MULTI-MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH AUXILIARY NON-DISPLAY COMPONENTS - A liquid crystal display, alone or in combination with any kind of computing device, may comprise a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel comprising a transmissive part and a reflective part, wherein a cross sectional area of the reflective part is greater than half of a total cross sectional area of an entire size of that sub-pixel; one or more auxiliary components that are in a non-transmissive part of the sub-pixel and that are configured to provide one or more auxiliary functions that do not affect optical performance of that sub-pixel. In various embodiments the auxiliary components are electronic digital memory logic or drivers; electronic high refresh rate logic or drivers; touch sensor elements, and the display further comprising a touch panel sheet over the pixels; light sensors; photodiodes; photovoltaic solar power generating cells; organic light emitting diodes. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127141 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device having an infrared receiver module. The display device includes a display part on which an image is displayed, a bezel part formed along an outer edge of the display part, an infrared receiving part provided on the bezel part, and the infrared receiver module disposed at a rear surface of the infrared receiving part and including an infrared sensor to receive an infrared signal and a plate-shaped printed circuit board on which the infrared sensor is mounted, and a distance from the outer edge of a side surface of the display part to a most distant portion of the infrared receiver module mounted on the printed circuit board in the sideward direction is shorter than a length from the outer edge of the side surface of the display part to a most distant portion of the printed circuit board. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127142 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND INVERSION DRIVING METHOD - A liquid crystal display (LCD) ensuring excellent display quality and reducing power consumption is disclosed. The liquid crystal display (LCD) includes first and second polarity image display pixels, such that a polarity inversion of data is executed by line, column, and dot, and the polarity inversion of a common voltage is executed by frame. An inversion driving method using the liquid crystal display (LCD) is also disclosed. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127143 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A driving device drives a liquid crystal display panel in which the number of source lines is by one larger than the number of columns of pixel electrodes and in which the columns of pixel electrodes are arranged between the source lines. The driving device has a configuration in which potential output terminals, in a central region, are not connected to any source line. A voltage follower is connected to an output switching section. Additionally, potential output terminals are connected through switches to input terminals, respectively. The switch connects a first terminal to a second terminal with control signal at a high level and connects the first terminal to a third terminal with at a low level. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127144 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF PANEL THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a source driving apparatus and a driving method of a panel thereof are provided. In the present invention, two data strings with matched driving polarities are selected to perform charge-sharing, before pixels are driven by output buffers of the source driving apparatus. Accordingly, the power consumed by the output buffers of the source driving apparatus would be lower during the process of driving pixels, and thus achieving the purpose of power saving. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127145 | SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device and its operating method are provided. The display device and its driving method are capable of operating at a fail mode according to an image signal. The display device includes a master timing controller that generates a first substituting image signal and a fail operating signal, and a slave timing controller that generates a second substituting image signal in response to the fail operating signal. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127146 | Organic Electroluminescent Light Emitting Display Device - In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127147 | Liquid Crystal Display and Driving Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display having: a liquid crystal display panel comprising a plurality of pixels; a data driver applying a data voltage to a plurality of data lines connected to the plurality of pixels; an initial voltage driver applying an initial voltage to the plurality of data lines before the data voltage is applied; and a boost driver applying a boost voltage to a plurality of boost lines connected to the plurality of pixels and boosting voltages of the plurality of pixels to which the data voltage is applied. Crosstalk caused by noise generated in a boost line can be reduced by coupling with a data line, and an ALS driving scheme can be applied to a liquid crystal display having high resolution. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127148 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display substrate includes an insulating substrate, a first gate line, a first lower electrode, a second lower electrode, a first upper electrode, and a second upper electrode. The insulating substrate includes a first pixel region and a second pixel region located at a first direction from the first pixel region. The first gate line extends in a second direction crossing the first direction on the insulating substrate. The first and the second lower electrodes are in the first and the second pixel regions, respectively. The first upper electrode overlaps the first lower electrode in the first pixel region and includes a first slit pattern extending in a third direction different from the first and the second directions. The second upper electrode overlaps the second lower electrode in the second pixel region and includes a second slit pattern extending in a fourth direction different from the first to third directions. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127149 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A semiconductor device includes a plurality of sets of external drive terminals in a marginal region along one long side of a rectangular semiconductor substrate, a plurality of sets of ESD protection circuits arranged in the marginal region and coupled to corresponding sets of the drive terminals, and a plurality of output circuits coupled to corresponding sets of the drive terminals. Each set of drive terminals in a plurality of n columns along a Y direction is laid out in a staggered arrangement with drive terminals in adjacent columns shifted relative to each other. Each output circuit includes n output units associated with n drive terminals of each set and arranged in one column in an X direction. By the arrangement, the drive terminals can be arranged at a narrower pitch, and the total width for n output units can be compacted into that of one output circuit. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127150 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display Device and Method for Driving the Same - The present invention an organic light emitting diode display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixel regions, a gate driving unit for driving gate lines and light emitting control lines of the display panel, a data driving unit for driving data lines of the display panel, a power supply unit for supplying first and second power signals to power lines of the display panel as well as a compensating voltage to a compensating power line, and a timing controller for controlling the gate and data driving units for displaying an image with a data voltage compensated with the compensating voltage and controlling the power supply unit to supply the compensating voltage after converting a level of the compensating voltage just before display of a first image on the display panel at an initial driving. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127151 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The power supply device according to the present invention comprises a first power supply circuit arranged to generate a first output voltage from an input voltage; and a second power supply circuit arranged to generate from the input voltage a second output voltage that is less than the first output voltage, wherein the first power supply circuit performs feedback control of the first output voltage so as to cause a first feedback voltage that corresponds to the first output voltage to match a predetermined reference voltage; and the second power supply circuit performs feedback control of the second output voltage so as to cause a second feedback voltage that corresponds to the second output voltage to match the first feedback voltage. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127152 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE DRIVER CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A circuit includes a first logic circuit section that outputs a signal that could be in an active voltage level depending on a transfer-signal input from a shift register throughout a display period and outputs a signal whose voltage is constant at the active voltage level throughout an off sequence period; an enable signal output section that outputs an enable signal that is pulsed during the display period; and a second logic circuit section that outputs a signal corresponding to a logical product of the output signal of the first logic circuit section and the enable signal. The enable signal output section keeps the voltage of the enable signal constant at the active voltage level throughout the off sequence period. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127153 | Display Device And Display Device Driving Method - An active matrix display device is disclosed in which, during each kth period, each data signal line is supplied with a signal whose electric potential polarity is constant, and a picture element to which a signal finishes being written within the kth period is caused to be in a selected state from a (k−1)th period to the kth period so as to be conductive to a data signal line connected thereto, and during each kth period (1≦k≦n−1) for the effective display region, a data signal line that is not connected to a picture element to which a signal finishes being written within the kth period is supplied with a signal that was supplied to this data signal line during the (k−1)th period. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127154 | Pixel-Intensity Modulation Technique for Frame-Sequential Stereo-3D Displays - Discloses herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for preparing and displaying images in frame-sequential stereoscopic 3D. Frame-sequential stereoscopic display includes an alternating sequence of left- and right-perspective images for display. Disclosed methods include identifying pixels that modulate due to the alternating sequence of left- and right-perspective images of the frame-sequential stereoscopic display. The disclosed methods also include processing the pixels to reduce one or more residual images caused by the alternating sequence of left- and right-perspective images of the frame-sequential stereoscopic display. The disclosed methods may be implemented by a processing unit and the processing unit may be included in a system (such as, a computer or video-game console). | 2012-05-24 |
20120127155 | 3D COMFORT AND FUSION LIMIT EMPIRICAL MODEL - A method for displaying a pair of stereoscopic images on a display includes receiving a pair of images forming the pair of stereoscopic images, one being a left image and one being a right image. The disparity is adjusted between the left image and the right image based upon a profile of a particular viewer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127156 | Presenting and Browsing Items in a Tilted 3D Space - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for presenting and browsing items in a tilted 3D space are disclosed. In tilted viewing mode, groups of items from several consecutive levels of a hierarchy can be presented in respective browsable parades shown at different depths into a viewable region of the tilted 3D space. The user can browse laterally across each browsable parade, and browse up and down the hierarchy within the tilted 3D space. With the combination of browsing laterally across the parades presented in the viewable region of the tilted 3D space and browsing up and down the hierarchy along the depth dimension of the 3D space, the user can navigate the entirety of the hierarchy in the tilted 3D space. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127157 | Recording and Analyzing Data on a 3D Avatar - In particular embodiments, a method includes generating a 3D display of an avatar of a person, where the avatar can receive inputs identifying a type of a physiological event, a location of the physiological event in or on a person's body in three spatial dimensions, a time range of the physiological event, a quality of the physiological event, and rendering the physiological event on the avatar based on the inputs. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127158 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - For each layer, a scaling rate of an object image or a background image belonging to each of the layers is calculated based on a distance from a predetermined reference point in a virtual three-dimensional space to each of the layers. In addition, for each of the layers, a movement velocity of each of the layers when conducting a parallax scrolling is calculated based on a distance from the predetermined reference point in the virtual three-dimensional space to each of the layers. Furthermore, an image in each of the layers is scaled up or down based on the calculated scaling rate, and each of the layers are moved in a predetermined direction at the calculated movement velocity. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127159 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes identifying a dimension of input data, where the input data is one of two-dimensional input data and three-dimensional input data, and generating first distributed data and second distributed data based on the dimension of the input data by at least one of copying the input data and dividing the input data into front data and back data. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127160 | Three Dimensional Image Display Device and Method of Driving the Same - A three dimensional image display device includes a display device that includes a first region and a second region which are adjacent to each other. The display device alternately displays a left eye image and a right eye image, and displays an image having a predetermined gray in a period between the left eye image and the right eye image. In a current frame, a white data voltage is applied to the first region and a corrected white data voltage is simultaneously applied to the second region. The corrected white data voltage may be smaller than the white data voltage. A black data voltage is applied to the first region, a corrected black data voltage is simultaneously applied to the second region, and the corrected black data voltage may be smaller than the black data voltage. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127161 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS - One or more geographic limits of a view of a digital display device are determined based on a location and orientation of the digital display device. A least a location of a subsurface object within the view is determined, and a multi-dimensional first representation of the subsurface object is rendered in the view based on the location and depth such that the first representation indicates an actual location of the subsurface object within the view. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127162 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method for displaying a stereoscopic image, the method comprises generating k images for a left eye and k images for a right eye based on a left-eye image and a right-eye image, where ‘k’ is a natural number greater than two, correcting an image currently received using an n-th image of the k images for the left eye and the k images for the right eye that are previously received, where ‘n’ is a natural number greater than ‘k’, displaying corrected k images for the left eye and corrected k images for the right eye on a display panel, and providing the display panel with lights based on the image displayed on the display panel. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127163 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image receiver which receives a plurality of image frames each including a first image and a second image respectively corresponding to a first eye and a second eye of a user, and an image processor which detects a pixel of the second image corresponding to at least one pixel of the first image and updates the first image based on information about the detected pixel of the second image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127164 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING AVATAR - A processing apparatus for creating an avatar is provided. The processing apparatus calculates skeleton sizes of joints of the avatar and local coordinates corresponding to sensors attached to a target user, by minimizing a sum of a difference function and a skeleton prior function, the difference function representing a difference between a forward kinematics function regarding the joints with respect to reference poses of the target user and positions of the sensors, and the skeleton prior function based on statistics of skeleton sizes with respect to reference poses of a plurality of users. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127165 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO DISPLAY THREE-DIMENSIONAL ROBOTIC WORKCELL DATA - A system and a method for displaying a three-dimensional robotic workcell data includes generating the robotic workcell data, a display device including a web browser for receiving the robotic workcell data in a standard format and displaying a three-dimensional rendering of the robotic workcell data, and manipulating the three-dimensional rendering on the display device. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127166 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a left-eye image and a right-eye image based on an input image; a storage unit that stores an OSD image; an OSD image acquisition unit that acquires at least one of a left-eye OSD image and a right-eye OSD image based on the OSD image stored in the storage unit; an image combination unit that superimposes the OSD images acquired by the OSD image acquisition unit on the left and right-eye images acquired by the image acquisition unit to thereby generate an image; and a display unit that displays the image generated by the image combination unit. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127167 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes: a determining unit that determines whether an input image is a 2D image or a 3D image; a storage unit that stores an OSD image; an OSD image acquisition unit that acquires any one of a 3D OSD image and a 2D OSD image based on the OSD image stored in the storage unit in correspondence to the result of the determination by the determining unit; an image combination unit that superimposes the OSD image acquired by the OSD image acquisition unit on the input image to thereby generate an image; and a display unit that displays the image generated by the image combination unit. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127168 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - Enlarged display of part of display data on display by a first display section is performed to a second display section, based on a relative position of the second display section with respect to the first display section. A display system has a first display section that displays display data; a second display section that performs enlarged display of part of the display data on display by the first display section; a display partial area storage section that stores an area of the partial data to be displayed to the second display section that is part of the display data on display by the first display section; a relative position determination section that determines a relative positional relation between the first display section and the second display section; and a display control section that performs enlarged display of at least part of the partial data of the area stored. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127169 | Guided Navigation Through Geo-Located Panoramas - A capability for guided navigation in an interactive virtual three-dimensional environment is provided. Such a capability may enhance user experience by providing the feeling of free-form navigation to a user. It may be necessary to constrain the user to certain areas of good visual quality, and subtly guide the user towards viewpoints with better rendering results without disrupting the metaphor of freeform navigation. Additionally, such a capability may enable users to “drive” down a street, follow curving roads, and turn around intersections within the interactive virtual three-dimensional environment. Further, this capability may be applicable to image-based rendering techniques in addition to any three-dimensional graphics system that incorporates navigation based on road networks and/or paths. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127170 | Path Planning For Street Level Navigation In A Three-Dimensional Environment, And Applications Thereof - Embodiments relate to navigating along a street network in a geographic information system. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method navigates a virtual camera in a three-dimensional environment at street-level. The virtual camera defines a perspective to display the three-dimensional environment. In the method, a target location is determined in the three-dimensional environment. A path along a representation of a street in the three-dimensional environment is determined. The path is from a first position corresponding to an initial location of the virtual camera to a second position corresponding to the target location. A virtual camera is moved in the three-dimensional environment toward the target location along the path. Finally, the virtual camera is oriented to face the target location as the virtual camera moves along the path. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127171 | TECHNIQUES FOR RAPID STEREO RECONSTRUCTION FROM IMAGES - Stereo image reconstruction techniques are described. An image from a root viewpoint is translated to an image from another viewpoint. Homography fitting is used to translate the image between viewpoints. Inverse compositional image alignment is used to determine a homography matrix and determine a pixel in the translated image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127172 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE REFINEMENT USING CIRCUIT MODEL OPTIMIZATION - A method for refining a three-dimensional image includes identifying a depth image of the three-dimensional image, and establishing a simulation circuit model by a processor. The simulation circuit model includes data nodes, diffusion nodes and connection devices, the connection devices connecting the data nodes and the diffusion nodes, the simulation circuit model assigning emulation voltage signals to the data nodes, the assigned emulation voltage signals being substantially correlated to depth data. The processor applies an optimization operation to generate diffused voltage signals for the diffusion nodes due to at least a redistribution of at least some of the emulation voltage signals to the diffusion nodes through the connection devices, and updates the depth data of the depth image based on the diffused voltage signals. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127173 | SERIALIZING COMMAND STREAMS FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSORS - A method and an apparatus for determining a dependency relationship between graphics commands based on availability of graphics hardware resources to perform graphics processing operations according to the dependency relationship are described. The graphics commands may be received from graphics APIs (application programming interfaces) for rendering a graphics object. A graphics driver may transmit a portion or all of the received graphics commands to a graphics processing unit (GPU) or a media processor based on the determined dependency relationship between the graphics commands. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127174 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLORED PROJECTION IMAGE FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA - A projection image of an object is colored using three-dimensional image data. This may be particularly useful in radiographic imaging applications, for example. In one embodiment, a colored synthetic image is rendered from a colored three-dimensional image of an object, and color components of pixels of the synthetic image are used to determine color components, or color values, for corresponding pixels of a projection image depicting a similar view of the object as the synthetic image. In this way, the two-dimensional projection image is colored similarly to the colored three-dimensional image. For example, the projection image may be colored based upon density (if the three-dimensional image is colored based upon density) so aspects of the object that attenuate a similar amount of radiation but have different densities may be colored differently. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127175 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING OBJECT COVERING MODEL FRAGMENTS - A computerized method of mapping a plurality of model fragments covering a selected object. The method comprises receiving a representation of an object, generating a parameterized data model of the object according to said representation, the parameterized data model having a plurality of elements, setting a plurality of model fragments each cover a portion of the parameterized data model, applying, using a processor, a set cover algorithm to identify a subgroup of the plurality of model fragments so that a union of a plurality of members of the subgroup covers said parameterized data model, and outputting the subgroup. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127176 | Systems And Methods For Applying Model Tracking to Motion Capture - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device and a model of a user in the image may be generated. The model may then be adjusted to mimic one or more movements by the user. For example, the model may be a skeletal model having joints and bones that may be adjusted into poses corresponding to the movements of the user in physical space. A motion capture file of the movement of the user may be generated in real-time based on the adjusted model. For example, a set of vectors that define the joints and bones for each of the poses of the adjusted model may be captured and rendered in the motion capture file. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127177 | CONTROLLING EDGE ROUTING USING LAYOUT CONSTRAINTS - A system and method for creating or editing a graph diagram. A system provides a mechanism to specify constraints on edge way points. Constraints may specify alignment with other way points, distribution of way points, spacing from other way points or nodes, or other types of constraints. A system may automatically determine edge way point constraints based on edge direction, edge type, target nodes or regions of nodes, or other characteristics of edges. The system enables a combination of constraints specified by a user and automatically determined by the system. Way points are positioned based on associated constraints, and edges are routed based on their associated way points. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127178 | MAINTAINING GRAPHICAL PRESENTATIONS BASED ON USER CUSTOMIZATIONS - A method and system for rendering graphics based on user customizations in a computer graphics application are disclosed. The customizations relate to various properties of one or more graphical elements in the graphic. Such properties include positioning, size, formatting and other visual attributes associated with the graphical elements. These properties may be defined as either semantic properties or presentation properties. Semantic properties are persistent across all graphic definitions. Presentation properties are specific to the graphic definition to which each particular graphic belongs. Thus, a customization to a semantic property of a displayed graphic is preserved in memory for application not only to the currently displayed graphic, but also to all other graphic definitions that may be displayed in the future. In contrast, a customization to a presentation property is only preserved for the currently displayed graphic, and thus not preserved for all other graphic definitions. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127179 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USER INTERFACE - Provided herein are a method, apparatus and computer program product for conveying to a user of a mobile terminal the correct manner in which a finger should be located and moved to achieve a repeatable and reliable fingerprint scan. In particular, the method of example embodiments may include providing for display of a start mark proximate a fingerprint scanning sensor and receiving an indication of a touch at the start mark. The start mark may be displayed in a location relative to the fingerprint scanning sensor such that a swipe initiated at the start mark continues across the fingerprint scanning sensor. The method may further include providing for display of an instruction, where the instruction indicates a desired motion of a finger over the fingerprint scanning sensor. The method may also include changing at least one property of the start mark in response to receiving the indication of a touch at the start mark. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127180 | METHOD TO CALIBRATE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY TO METER SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY - A method and system for calibrating a digital speedometer display to match an analog speedometer indicated value. The method generally includes calibrating each analog speedometer unit such that the exact deviation or “offset” from the center point of the analog speedometer is known. This measured deviation is then used to adjust the value input to the digital display thereby making the digital display value match the indicated value of the analog speedometer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127181 | AV DEVICE - There is a problem in that, conventionally, an OSD of a channel sign is displayed in a uniform pattern regardless of any switching operations. Thus it may be difficult for a user to intuitively grasp which switching operation causes a screen display based only on information on the screen, in the case where the user watches a TV screen but not the remote controller. To solve this problem, an AV device is provided which displays an animation of the channel sign from bottom to top in the case where an up key of a broadcast reception channel is operated, for example, and a function for displaying the animation of the channel sign from right to left in the case where an external input (input channel) switching operation is performed so that the user is capable of intuitively grasping the content of the operation. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127182 | PARALLEL PROCESSING OF PIXEL DATA - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for processing vector-based information for an image. From a set of pixels that comprises the image, a first subset of one or more pixels that are used in a raster representation of an element in the image, such as pixel values used to render the image, is identified. A first operation is performed in parallel for the respective one or more pixels in the first subset, such as by evaluating a batched first subset of pixels using stacked instruction for the first operation. The first operation comprises instructions for at least a first portion of a function for generating an image pixel value used to represent the element in the image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127183 | Distribution Processing Pipeline and Distributed Layered Application Processing - The present invention contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for distributing different processing aspects of layered application, and distributing a processing pipeline among a variety of different computer devices. The system uses multiple devices resources to speed up or enhance applications. In one embodiment, application layers can be distributed among different devices for execution or rendering. The teaching further expands on this distribution of processing aspects by considering a processing pipeline such as that found in a graphics processing unit (GPU), where execution of parallelized operations and/or different stages of the processing pipeline can be distributed among different devices. There are many suitable ways of describing, characterizing and implementing the methods and systems contemplated herein. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127184 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, MEMORY CONTROL APPARATUS, LASER PROJECTOR, AND MEMORY ACCESS METHOD - An image projection apparatus includes an input part that inputs image data, a frame memory that stores the image data, a laser oscillator that radiates a laser to a screen, a deflection part including a reflective optical element and configured to oscillate the reflective optical element with respect to two perpendicularly intersecting axes, a storage part that stores coefficient data of a polynomial expression, an irradiation position calculating part that calculates an irradiation position based on a coefficient obtained by using the coefficient data and an oscillation angle of the reflective optical element, an address calculating part that calculates an address in the frame memory corresponding to the irradiation position, a memory control part that reads out pixel data of the address, and a laser drive part that oscillates the laser oscillator in accordance with a luminance corresponding to the pixel data. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN OPTIMIZED ON-THE-FLY TABLE CREATION ALGORITHM - A video output system in a computer system reads pixel information from a frame buffer to generate a video output signal. In addition, a full-motion video may also be displayed. Reading from both the frame buffer and the full-motion video buffer when displaying the full-motion video window wastes valuable memory bandwidth. Thus, the disclosed system provides a system and methods for identifying where the video output system must read from the frame buffer and where it must read from the full-motion video buffer while minimizing the amount of area it reads from both the frame buffer and the full-motion video buffer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127186 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A display control apparatus includes: an updating frequency calculator ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127187 | Error Check-Only Mode - Video display pipes may terminate with a FIFO (first-in first-out) buffer from which pixels are provided to a display controller to display the pixels on a graphics/video display. The display pipes may frequently process the pixels at a much higher rate than at which the display controller fetches the pixels from the FIFO buffer. In an error-checking only mode, the FIFO may be disabled, and an error-checking (e.g. CRC) block connected in front of the FIFO may receive the pixels processed by the display pipes as fast as the display pipes are capable of processing the pixels. Accordingly, the length of test/simulation time required to perform a test may be determined by the rate at which pixels are generated rather than the rate at which the display controller displays the pixels. It also becomes possible to perform testing/simulation in environments where a display is not supported or is not available. The results generated by the error-checking may be read and compared to an expected value to detect test pass/fail conditions. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127188 | IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE MOUNTING THE CIRCUIT - A display panel driver includes a compression circuit configured to, when receiving image data of a plurality of pixels of a target block, generate compressed image data corresponding to the target block by compressing the image data, an image memory configured to store the compressed image data, a decompression circuit configured to generate decompressed image data by decompressing the compressed image data reading from the image memory, and a drive circuit configured to drive a display panel in response to the decompressed image data. The number of bits of the compression type recognition bit of the compressed image data becomes low, when the correlation between the image data of the plurality of pixels becomes low. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127189 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the apparatus, by which a setting item designated by a user and a setting status of a setting value for the setting item are displayed together, thereby allowing the user to efficiently set items necessary for a photographing operation and/or other operations. The apparatus includes a body and a display unit on the body where setting information is displayed, in which a display screen displayed on the display unit includes a selection region where at least one setting item is displayed and an adjustment region where a currently set current setting value is displayed together with candidate setting values that can be set for at least one of the at least one setting item, and in which the at least one setting item is designated as candidate items that can be displayed on the selection region and display items selected from among the candidate items are displayed on the selection region. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127190 | Modifying Screen Objects - A system for identifying prior selection of specific display information on an EPG. In one embodiment, a user selects an object on a screen, and upon selection of the object, an attribute of the object (e.g., color, transparency, etc.) is modified. The modified value is saved into memory so the user may later identify that the specific object was selected. Each subsequent selection will modify the attribute further, allowing the user to identity that the object was selected a number of times. In one embodiment, the attribute will continue to be modified until a specific expiration limit has been reached. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127191 | Method for Compensating Data and Display Apparatus for Performing the Method - A method of compensating data uses a look-up table divided into a first area, a second area and a boundary area between the first and second areas defined by a first previous reference value, a second previous reference value greater than the first previous reference value, a first current reference value and a second current reference value less than the first current reference value. A compensation data of a current frame is generated based on to which one of the first, second and boundary areas grayscale data of previous and current frames belongs. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DISPLAY - A method and apparatus provide selective display. The method includes acquiring region setting information in a display screen, acquiring a screen configuration element in the display screen, dividing the display screen into at least one region based on the region setting information and the screen configuration element, setting a screen attribute to each of the at least one region divided based on the region setting information and the screen configuration element, and controlling each pixel of the at least one region according to the set screen attribute and displaying information. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127193 | User Interface Pipe Scalers with Active Regions - A display pipe may include fetch circuitry and a scaler unit, and registers programmable with information that defines active regions of an image frame. Pixels within the active regions are active pixels to be displayed, pixels outside of the active regions are inactive pixels not to be displayed. The fetch circuitry may retrieve frames from memory, retrieving the active pixels and not retrieving the inactive pixels as defined by the programmed contents of the registers. A scaler unit may produce scaled pixels from the fetched pixels, basing each scaled pixel on a respective corresponding set of pixels. When a given pixel of the respective corresponding set of pixels is an inactive pixel, the scaler unit may assign an estimated value to the given pixel based on one or more active pixels in the respective corresponding set of pixels. The scaler unit may provide the scaled pixels to a blend unit for blending with other pixels. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127194 | Digital Display Devices And Digital Projectors With Expanded Color Gamut - The color gamut of display devices like digital projectors and digital displays is expanded by incorporating additional passband filters into the optical path of the devices to produce presentations of color components in two different color gamuts. The composite visual effect of the two presentations is a presentation in an expanded color gamut. Special considerations in the modulation of color components of the image can reduce variations in color and brightness, which can otherwise manifest themselves as flicker. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127195 | COMBINED COLOR HARMONY GENERATION AND ARTWORK RECOLORING MECHANISM - Obtaining an original set of two or more original colors associated with an artwork is disclosed. An input set of one or more user selected colors is received. For each original color in the original set, a mapping from the original color to one of a plurality of derived colors is determined. The plurality of derived colors is derived based at least in part on one or more user selected colors. The artwork is colored with at least two of the plurality of derived colors using the mapping. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127196 | DIGITAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTED IMAGE DISPLAY DURATIONS - A digital image display device for displaying a collection of digital images, comprising: a display screen; a processor; a real-time clock; an image memory for storing a plurality of digital images; and a processor-accessible program memory. The program memory stores executable instructions for causing the processor to execute the steps of: initiating a sequential display of a sequence of digital images on the display screen at an initial time, the sequence of digital images including at least a subset of the stored digital images, each digital image being displayed for an image display duration, the image display duration being set to an initial image display duration at the initial time; and modifying the image display duration during the display of the sequence of digital images. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127197 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, RECEPTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTENT TRANSCEIVING SYSTEM - A transmission control device may include an acquiring unit to acquire information indicating an orientation of a transmission apparatus. In addition, the device may include a control unit to control the transmission apparatus to transmit to a reception apparatus content of the transmission apparatus when an operation is performed to the transmission apparatus after the information indicating the orientation is acquired, the operation corresponding to the orientation. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127198 | SELECTION OF FOREGROUND CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON BACKGROUND - A text colorization system is described herein that automatically sets foreground text color based on one or more background colors over which the text is displayed. The text colorization system identifies a background color neighboring each pixel of a string of text. For each pixel region, the system selects a color to satisfy one or more colorization criteria. Next, the system sets the text color at each region based on the selected color. The system then displays the layered image to the user, such as through a computer display or mobile device display. Thus, the text colorization system provides readable text in the presence of layered graphics displays. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127199 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING SUPERIMPOSITION OF A NON-LINEARLY STRETCHABLE OBJECT UPON A BASE OBJECT USING REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES - A method and system for creating and using a virtual dressing room, by superimposing a non-linearly stretchable object image onto a base image in a display screen of a communication device, the images being planar. The method comprises scanning an encoded indicium associated with the object image, accessing and uploading a URL associated with the object image, the object image including a plurality of object image critical points, accessing the base image at the communication device, the base image including a plurality of base image critical points respectively corresponding to the object image critical points, re-mapping the object image via global transformation of coordinates associated with the object image critical points, such that the re-mapped object image critical points coincide with the respective base image critical points, and superimposing the re-mapped object image onto the base image for display at the display screen. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127200 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - The medical image display device is provided with a medical image reading unit configured to read a medical image obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, a projected image creating unit configured to project the medical image onto a projection plane to created the projected image, and a projected image display unit configured to display the projected image, wherein the projected image creating unit has a virtual liquid generating unit configured to generate virtual liquid, the light transmittance of which is not zero and a virtual liquid adding unit configured to add the virtual liquid to the surface of an organ within the medical image, and creates a projected image of the medical image to which the virtual liquid has been added. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127201 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USER INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for providing an augmented reality user interface are provided. The method may be as follows. An augmented reality image is stored. The augmented reality is obtained by overlapping an image with augmented reality information, which is related to at least one object included in the image. The stored augmented reality image and an augmented reality image, which is captured in real time, are output through a divided display user interface at the same time. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DELIVERY INFORMATION - Provided are a system and a method for logistics delivery using augmented reality, which are used for efficient logistics delivery through generation of an optimal delivery route and improvement of a delivery rate. The present invention is constituted by a mobile terminal which is used by a delivery man, a logistics information system, and a mobile communication company's server. When the delivery man scans an image in a delivery scheduled area by using the mobile terminal, a mobile apparatus displays detailed delivery information regarding a delivery point in an area for each set area unit and whether a customer is positioned in the vicinity of an address and generates the optimal delivery route. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127203 | MIXED REALITY DISPLAY - An image processing device includes capture optics for capturing light-field information for a scene, and a display unit for providing a display of the scene to a viewer. A tracking unit tracks relative positions of a viewer's head and the display and the viewer's gaze to adjust the display based on the relative positions and to determine a region of interest on the display. A virtual tag location unit determines locations to place one or more virtual tags on the region of interest, by using computational photography of the captured light-field information to determine depth information of an object in the region of interest. A mixed-reality display is produced by combining display of the virtual tags with the display of objects in the scene. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127204 | METHODS AND FILES FOR DELIVERING IMAGERY WITH EMBEDDED DATA - The present invention is directed to the realistic three-dimensional presentation of images in scenes, and is particularly useful for easily illustrating how artwork would appear on a surface in a scene, such as on a billboard. In one embodiment, image files are provided for use in an imaging application, such as ADOBE® PHOTOSHOP® CS2. The files permit the placement of artwork on scene background, and include embedded surface data that instructs the imaging application to alter the appearance of the artwork according to its placement within the scene. Also described are methods of generating image files for use as templates, and the use of the image files. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127205 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY AREA - A display device to change an image displayed in a display area when the display area is changed includes a memory, a location output unit and a screen display unit. The memory stores size information of a display area displayed on a screen and the image data of the displayed image. The location computing unit computes a start point of the changed display area when the display area is changed. The display unit decodes data corresponding to the size of the display area based on the computed new start point from the image data to display the decoded data in the display area. Since the start point is obtained with center point of the changed display area and its size information and then a display area to be displayed is determined based on the start point, a current search location is maintained even when the screen is swung. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127206 | MULTI-TOUCH INTERFACE GESTURES FOR KEYBOARD AND/OR MOUSE INPUTS - A mouse-and-keyboard based user interface is updated based on gestures made on a touch screen that is displaying the mouse-and-keyboard based user interface. The user interface update process includes the steps of receiving one or more touch events in response to a gesture made on the touch screen, translating the touch events to a mouse-and-keyboard based command, transmitting the mouse-and-keyboard based command to an operating system, and receiving an updated display in response thereto. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127207 | Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management - A portable electronic device with a touch screen display for photo management is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images. The device replaces the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array. The user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image. The portable device displays a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image in accordance with a scrolling gesture. The scrolling gesture comprises a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127208 | METHOD FOR SCROLLING SCREEN IN TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method and apparatus scroll a screen in a touch screen terminal. The method includes entering a screen scroll mode, determining the direction of screen scroll, preparing screen scroll of the determined direction, and waiting to receive a screen scroll signal for operating the screen scroll, and, if the screen scroll signal is received, performing the screen scroll in the previously determined direction. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127209 | SCROLLING APPARATUS, SCROLLING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND INTERGRATED CIRCUIT - A scrolling apparatus ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127210 | Random PWM Dimming Control for LED Backlight - In one aspect of the invention, a driver for driving a backlight module having a plurality of LED strings includes a random frequency multiplexer for receiving one or more PWM signals and responsively outputting a plurality of random frequency signals, a PWM dimming controller electrically coupled to the random frequency multiplexer for receiving the plurality of random frequency signals and responsively outputting a plurality of driving signals to the plurality of LED strings to drive each of the plurality of LED strings, respectively, and a switching control circuit LX electrically coupled to the random frequency multiplexer for receiving the plurality of random frequency signals and responsively outputting a plurality of switching control signals to a boost converter to regulate duty cycle ON/OFF of each of the plurality of driving signals, respectively, so as to cause each of the plurality of LED strings to emit light of a desired brightness within a desired timing cycle. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127211 | Graphic Medic Display Device and Method for Using Same - According to one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus and method for displaying graphic media are disclosed. The apparatus and method can contain and secure graphic media and provide illumination. The apparatus and method may also contain electronic communication devices. | 2012-05-24 |