30th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120188190 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a first insulating substrate; a main pixel which is formed on the first insulating substrate and comprises a plurality of sub-pixels and a single sensing electrode; a second insulating substrate which faces the first insulating substrate; a sensing spacer formed on the second insulating substrate which faces the sensing electrode; and a contact electrode formed on the sensing spacer. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188191 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - A method and an electronic device for gesture recognition are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device, which displays at least one object on a touch screen. Wherein the object has two states, one of which is a selected state and the other is an unselected state. The method includes: detecting a first touch point and a second touch point on the touch screen; when the first touch point and the second touch point are on the touch screen simultaneously, and the first touch point corresponds to at least one object, and the second touch point corresponds to at least another object, entering a multi mode. Wherein the at least one object corresponding to the first touch point and the at least one object corresponding to the second touch point are set to the selected state. It can simplify user operations by using this method. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188192 | TACTILE DISPLAY AND CAD SYSTEM - A tactile device of a tactile display slides above an object. The tactile device comprises three rods which are free to move up and down. Lower ends of the rods are in contact with a surface of the object. Upper ends of respective rods touch a palmar-side skin equivalent to positions of three joints of a first finger or a second finger. When the tactile device is slid, upper ends of respective rods move up and down in accordance with a surface relief of the object. In response to the movement of the tactile device, the three rods push three finger joint positions of the palmar-side skin with a stroke equal to a height of the relief. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188193 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A touch panel ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120188194 | PROVIDING A PRELOAD APPARATUS IN A TOUCH SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A spring component used in an electronic device provides a preload force used to urge a touch input component against a force transducer. The spring also provides an electrostatic grounding between the touch input component and other components of the electronic device. The use of the spring in an electronic device achieves both grounding and preloading and provides improvements in touch sensitive electronic devices. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188195 | INPUT DEVICE TRANSMITTER PATH ERROR DIAGNOSIS - A processing system configured for capacitive sensing comprises transmitter circuitry, a first internal diagnostic mechanism, and a determination module. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit during a first time period with a first transmitter path of a plurality of transmitter paths in an input device. Each transmitter path of the plurality of transmitter paths is configured for capacitive sensing. The first internal diagnostic mechanism comprises a selectable leakage path. The selectable leakage path is configured to be coupled with the transmitter circuitry. The determination module is configured to determine if a discontinuity exists within the first transmitter path based on a discharge rate for the first transmitter path. The discharge rate is acquired during a second time period via the selectable leakage path of the first internal diagnostic mechanism, wherein the second time period occurs after the first time period. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188196 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display apparatus, a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the touch panel are disclosed. The display apparatus comprises a display panel and the touch panel. The method comprises the following steps: forming a first electrode sensing layer on a first substrate; forming an insulating layer on the first sensing electrode layer; forming a second sensing electrode layer on the insulating layer; forming a barrier electrode layer on a second substrate; and forming a liquid crystal layer between the second sensing electrode layer and the barrier electrode layer. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188197 | Probabilistic Latency Modeling - Touchscreen testing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a piece of conductor (e.g., metal) is positioned as proximal to a touchscreen device and the touchscreen device is tested by simulating a touch of a user. This technique may be utilized to perform a variety of different testing of a touchscreen device, such as to test latency and probabilistic latency. Additional techniques are also described including contact geometry testing techniques. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188198 | INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL - An input method and apparatus for implementing a non-contact touch sensing method according to a corresponding function in a capacitive touch screen terminal. The sensed capacitance varies as a finger or special pointer approaches the surface of the touchscreen without making actual contact, and different thresholds of capacitance can be used to trigger different functions. The method preferably includes sensing a request of a corresponding function, verifying whether or not the requested corresponding function is performed by a non-contact touch sensing method, and implementing a non-contact touch sensing region set for the corresponding function when the corresponding function is performed by the non-contact touch sensing method. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188199 | TOUCH SCREEN, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SCREEN, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SCREEN - A display device with a touch screen includes a display device that has a display area and a touch screen that has a detection area including a transparent electrode and a peripheral area located around the detection area. The touch screen being disposed in the display area. The peripheral area includes a connection electrode that is connected to the transparent electrode and an insulating film that includes a protrusion extending to the detection area. The protrusion is disposed to be superimposed on the connection electrode. The transparent electrode is disposed to cover a part in which the protrusion and the connection electrode are superimposed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188200 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROL INTERFACE SENSITIVE TO A MOVEMENT OF A BODY OR OF AN OBJECT AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT INTEGRATING THIS DEVICE - A method and device is provided for control interface sensitive to a movement of a body or of an object and the control equipment integrating this device, in particular gestural and/or tactile and/or vocal, sensitive to a movement of at least one part of a body or of an object within a detection space, including a detection surface, at least one capacitive sensor, having a measurement electrode, a guard made of electrically conducting material disposed in proximity to the measurement electrodes, and electronic apparatus for processing the signals emanating from the at least one capacitive sensor. The active surfaces of the measurement electrodes are independent of one another, and an electronic device for excitation and processing interrogate these measurement electrodes independently of one another. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188201 | TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor for sensing user input comprising one or more elements. At least a portion of one or more if the elements is configured to be desensitized, in order to determine the location of one or more user inputs. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188202 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL PANEL EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION - Provided is a liquid crystal panel equipped with a touch sensor function that can detect pressing force. Multiple displacement detection units ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120188203 | IMAGE SENSING MODULE AND OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM - An image sensing module utilizes an image sensor to sense objects and a mirror image of the objects in a mirror through a plurality of first light filtering components with a first transmission spectrum and a plurality of second light filtering components with a second transmission spectrum for generating an image. A light filtering module substantially having the first transmission spectrum is disposed in front of the mirror. The image includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first sub data and a second sub data. The image sensing module utilizes an image sensing controller to detect real images corresponding to the objects and virtual images correspond to the mirror image of the objects from the image according to the first sub data and the second sub data of the plurality of pixels. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188204 | TOUCH SENSING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch sensing substrate includes a substrate, a first light sensing element, a second light sensing element and a first bias line. The first light sensing element includes a first gate electrode, a first active pattern overlapping with the first gate electrode, a first source electrode partially overlapping with the first active pattern and a first drain electrode partially overlapping with the first active pattern. The second light sensing element includes a second gate electrode, a second active pattern overlapping with the second gate electrode, a second source electrode partially overlapping with the second active pattern and a second drain electrode partially overlapping with the second active pattern. The first bias line is connected to the first and second gate electrodes. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188205 | ASIC CONTROLLER FOR LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SCREEN - A controller including a chip package coupled with a light-based touch screen, emitter driver circuitry inside the chip package for selectively activating photoemitters that are outside of the chip package, detector driver circuitry inside the chip package for selectively activating photo detectors that are outside of the chip package, detector signal processing circuitry for generating detection signals representing amounts of light detected on the photo detectors, signal conducting pins for connecting the photoemitters to the emitter driver circuitry, signal conducting pins for connecting the photo detectors to the detector driver circuitry and to the detector signal processing circuitry, controller circuitry inside the chip package for controlling the emitter driver circuitry and the detector driver circuitry, and at least one input/output pin for outputting the detection signals to a host processor, for the host processor to identify one or more locations on the touch screen that are being touched. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188206 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN WITH TRI-DIRECTIONAL MICRO-LENSES - A lens for refracting light in three directions, including a lens surface having a repetitive pattern of recessed cavities formed by a repetitive pattern of three substantially planar facets. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188207 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a display device having an input function that is not dependent on the light environment, multiple sensor pixel circuits that detect light in a specified detection period and hold the light amount when not in the specified detection period are disposed in a pixel region. In a frame in which input is performed using the sensor pixel circuits, a backlight is lit one time for a time in a frame period, and a first detection period and a second detection period are set one time each in the frame period. The difference between the light amount in the first detection period and the light amount in the second detection period is obtained using a difference circuit. The backlight is in an extinguished state at the beginning of the first detection period, and lighting of the backlight is started at a time during the first detection period. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188208 | INTERFACE ENHANCEMENT COMPONENT FOR USE WITH ELECTRONIC TOUCH-SCREEN DEVICES - An interface enhancement component is described for use with touch devices. This component consists of a thin, rigidity increasing, generally flat-shaped support structure, no larger than the size of the user interface directly attached to the component. Disclosed embodiments provide a slight protrusion extending from the support structure that consists of a gradually rising bell-shaped structure that allows for accuracy of input and is angled in relation to the support structure for optimal application. The material comprising this component will provide for functionality regardless of the type of touch technology currently in existence, including capacitive and resistive technology, it may serve to increase the rigidity of the user interface where applicable, and it may also provide for additional playability depending on the application. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188209 | Information Processing Device, Display Control Method, A Program, And an Information Storage Medium - An information processing device is provided. The device includes a position coordinate storing section configured to store a plurality of positions, a positioning section configured to sequentially calculate the position and store the calculated position into the position coordinate storing section, and a display control section configured to display information items indicating all or a part of the plurality of positions stored in the position coordinate storing section in an order that the positions are calculated, and control a distance between adjacent information items based on a distance between the positions indicated by the adjacent information items. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188210 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT UNIT, GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate driving circuit unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device are disclosed. The gate driving circuit unit comprises: a first clock signal control module, an input signal control module, a third clock signal control module and a fourth clock signal control module, wherein the first clock signal control module comprises a driving unit and a clock feed-through suppressing unit. The driving unit transmits a first clock signal to an output port after being switched on. The clock feed-through suppressing unit couples the control end of the driving unit to a signal output interface under control of the first clock signal. The input signal control module provides the driving voltage for the driving unit under control of an input pulse signal. The third clock signal control module provides the shutdown voltage for the driving unit. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188211 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - In a display driving circuit, odd-stage shift registers (SRs) are cascaded; and even-stage SRs are cascaded. The SRs support dual direction shifting. Each SR includes: first, second, third, and fourth transistors. The first transistor is coupled to a forward scan start signal from a third transistor of a former second SR, coupled to an output signal from the former second SR and coupled to a node. The second transistor is coupled to a reverse scan start signal from a fourth transistor of a next second SR, coupled to an output signal from the next second SR and coupled to the node. The third transistor is coupled to a forward operation voltage and coupled to the node, and further outputs a forward scan start signal. The fourth transistor is coupled to a reverse operation voltage and coupled to the node, and further outputs a reverse scan start signal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188212 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus wherein a sustain capacitance wire is shared between two rows of pixels to prevent the reduction in aperture ratio and the reduction in yield, and further the capacitive coupling drive can be performed. The display apparatus comprises: pixels arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns (where n and m represent integers equal to or greater than two); m source lines and n gate lines provided in a grid pattern; and a sustain capacitance unit formed in a boundary area between odd-numbered and even-numbered rows of pixels. The sustain capacitance unit comprises: a sustain capacitance wire shared between the odd-numbered and even-numbered rows of pixels; an insulating film; an opposite electrode used for the odd-numbered row of pixels; and an opposite electrode used for the even-numbered row of pixels. The odd-numbered row of pixels each have a pixel electrode electrically connected to the opposite electrode used for the odd-numbered row of pixels, and the even-numbered row of pixels each have a pixel electrode electrically connected to the opposite electrode used for the even-numbered row of pixels. The polarity of the potential of the pixel electrode is reversed for every two rows of pixels sharing the sustain capacitance wire, while the potential of the sustain capacitance wire is varied to vary the potentials of the pixel electrodes of the two rows of pixels, thereby performing the capacitive coupling drive. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188213 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device (LCD), and a method of driving the LCD. The LCD includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels defined as a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines cross each other, wherein a storage capacitor of each of the plurality of pixels is connected to a front or rear gate line; a gate driver for generating a gate-on voltage by boosting a first input voltage in multi-stages, the gate-on voltage turns on a switching device of each of the plurality of pixels, and a gate-off voltage that turns off the switching device, and sequentially applying the gate-on voltage and the gate-off voltage to the plurality of gate lines; and a source driver for applying a data voltage to a data line connected to a pixel whose switching device is turned on. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188214 | TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT, TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND DRIVER UNIT - A transmitter circuit includes a driver circuit including a non-inverting output terminal and an inverting output terminal for outputting a signal current, which has a loop direction that changes based upon an input signal, to the non-inverting output terminal and the inverting output terminal and an output-waveform control circuit for detecting a waveform edge of the input signal and responding by increasing the signal current temporarily. The output-waveform control circuit includes a first inverter circuit receiving a non-inverted input signal, a first capacitor including one end connected to an output terminal of the first inverter circuit and another end connected to the inverting output terminal, a second inverter circuit receiving an inverted input signal, and a second capacitor including one end connected to an output terminal of the second inverter circuit and another end connected to the non-inverting output terminal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188215 | ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES WITH VARIABLE MECHANICAL LAYERS - An electromechanical systems array includes a substrate and a plurality of electromechanical systems devices. Each electromechanical systems device includes a stationary electrode, a movable electrode, and an air gap defined between the stationary electrode and the movable electrode, where the air gap defines open and collapsed states. At least two different electromechanical systems device types correspond to finished devices having different sized air gaps when in the open state. Each electromechanical systems device further includes a primary mechanical layer of a common thickness along with one or more mechanical sub-layers with a different cumulative thickness for each of the at least two different electromechanical systems device types. The mechanical sub-layers can be deposited for use as etch stops during processing of the air gap. The different air gap sizes of each electromechanical systems device type can correspond to a different mechanical sub-layer thickness. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188216 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SECURITY FUNCTION - A display device includes a display panel, a module frame having first and second contact pins, and a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) having first and second pads connectable with the first and second contact pins of the module frame, respectively, in a contacting state and disconnectable therewith in a non-contacting state. The first and second contact pins are electrically connected to each other. The PCB includes a circuit block in a non-operational state when the first and second pads are in the non-contacting state with the first and second contact pins of the module frame, respectively. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188217 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a plurality of LEDs and driving the LEDs by supplying different currents to the LEDs comprises a control portion which performs control such that a current value of a current that is supplied to each of the LEDs is changed each time a predetermined period of time passes or each time a power supply of the display device is turned on. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188218 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A memory-type liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including memory circuits, and conducts a refresh operation more than once during a display holding period after rewriting of a screen. The memory-type liquid crystal display device increases at least one of (i) a frequency at which the screen is rewritten and (ii) a frequency at which the refresh operation is conducted during the display holding period as an intensity of light received by the liquid crystal panel increases. This allows the memory-type liquid crystal display device to reduce power consumption while keeping its display quality. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188219 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a dynamic ratioless shift register which is operated in a stable manner and can expand the degree of freedom of design. In the dynamic ratioless shift register which is provided with thin film transistors having semiconductor layers made of p-Si on a substrate surface, a node which becomes the floating state is connected to a fixed potential through a capacitance element. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188220 | GATE SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate signal line driving circuit includes plural basic circuits, each outputting to a gate signal line a gate signal which is high during a high signal period and low during a low signal period. Each of the basic circuits includes: agate line high voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the high signal period to apply the high voltage to the gate signal line; a gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the low signal period to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line; and a second gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line in at least a part of a period between turning off the gate line high voltage application circuit and turning on the gate line low voltage application circuit. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188221 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic EL display panel includes a P-type drive transistor having a gate connected to a capacitor and a drain connected to an organic EL element, an N-type drive transistor having a gate connected to the capacitor and a source connected to the element, a power line for applying a voltage to the P-type drive transistor, another power line for applying a higher voltage to the N-type drive transistor. The transistors have characteristics whereby, a first gate voltage value corresponding to a predetermined current value in current-voltage characteristics of the element is a minimum voltage of the data voltage, and a second gate voltage value corresponding to the predetermined current value is greater than a third gate voltage value corresponding to a minimum current value of the element. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188222 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A display device including a pixel unit, a selection unit, and a control unit is disclosed. The pixel unit includes a driving transistor and a capacitor. The driving transistor includes a gate and a source. The capacitor is coupled between the gate and the source. The selection unit selectively transmits a first voltage or a second voltage to the driving transistor. The control unit controls the selection unit and receives the voltage of the source. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188223 | CHIP ON GLASS TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A chip on glass (COG) type liquid crystal display comprises: a glass substrate ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120188224 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT PERFORMING THE SAME AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT - A data processing method for a display apparatus includes comparing data signals outputted to a first data line and a second data line of a plurality of data lines of a data driving circuit in the display apparatus to generate an output buffer control signal, and outputting output signals from at least one amplifier of a plurality of amplifiers of an output buffer in the data driving circuit to the first data line and the second data line, where the at least one amplifier is selected based on the output buffer control signal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF APPLICATION INTERFACE - The present application discloses a method for dynamic display of an application interface, including: parsing a configuration file of a first application to obtain a display string identifier of the first application; reading a display string of the first application from a resource file of the first application according to the display string identifier; and dynamically displaying the display string on the interface. The present invention also discloses an apparatus for dynamic display of an application interface. With the present invention, dynamic display of an application interface may be implemented. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188226 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A method for displaying stereoscopic images is provided. A parallax bound and a plurality of depth ranges are calculated according to at least one environmental parameter. The user may select a depth range among the plurality of depth ranges. A depth of a stereoscopic image is adjusted according to the parallax bound and the selected depth range. Stereoscopic images are then displayed on a screen of a 3D display device according to the adjusted depth. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188227 | METHOD FOR PAIRING SHUTTER GLASSES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for pairing a pair of shutter glasses and a display apparatus includes providing a pair of shutter glasses, in which the pair of shutter glasses may switch turning on of the left shutter and the right shutter according to a default command; receiving an information packet sent from a display apparatus; parsing the information packet; and controlling on/off durations of the left shutter and the right shutter of the pair of shutter glasses according to a sequence of on/off commands in the information packet, in which the sequence of on/off commands in the information packet are different from the default command. The pair of shutter glasses is operable to review three-dimensional (3D) images presented by display apparatuses of different brands, thereby solving limitation of a fixed pairing of a pair of shutter glasses and a display apparatus of the same brand in the prior art. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REALISTICALLY REPRODUCING EYEBALL - Provided is a method and apparatus for realistically reproducing an eyeball that may verify and analyze a material property and a deformation property with respect to each of constituent portions of an eyeball and may render each of the constituent portions based on the analyzed priorities, thereby more realistically reproducing the eyeball. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188229 | Enhanced Lookup of Display Driving Values - Approximation errors commonly occur when color transformation values stored in color look-up tables are interpolated to produce color display drive signals, since the stored transformation values typically correspond to non-linear functions. Such errors can be reduced by applying a pre-indexing function to the transformation values before they are stored in the look-up table, and by applying the same function to values extracted from the table during look-up operations. Alternatively, such errors can be reduced by providing one or more additional look-up tables to achieve higher order (i.e. more accurate) interpolation results that are achievable by interpolation of values stored in a single look-up table. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188230 | 3D DISPLAY, BARRIER DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a barrier device including an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The upper substrate includes a first substrate and a first electrode, a first insulation layer and a plurality of first stripe electrodes sequentially formed on the first substrate. The lower substrate includes a second substrate and a second electrode, a second insulation layer and a plurality of second stripe electrodes sequentially formed on the second substrate. The present invention further provides a 3D display and a driving method for a barrier device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188231 | DIRECTING CAMERA BEHAVIOR IN 3-D IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of associating a computer generated camera with an object in a three-dimensional computer generated space. The method receives a command to associate the camera with an object in the simulated space. Based on the command the method determines a path for moving the camera to a position near the object and aiming the camera at the object such that the object. The method creates a video from the simulated camera's perspective of the three-dimensional simulated space. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SELECTED GARMENTS ON A COMPUTER-SIMULATED MANNEQUIN - A method and system for providing a computer-simulated environment for displaying a selected mannequin wearing a combination of selected garments. In one aspect, three-dimensional scenes containing mannequin and garment objects are created within a three-dimensional modeling environment, and a simulation is performed using a cloth simulator within the modeling environment to model the construction, draping, and collision of the garment with the mannequin. Rendering frames corresponding to a variety of garments, mannequins, garment dimensions, garment styles, wearing patterns, viewing angles, and other parameters, are then generated from which images can be rendered and displayed in accordance with user requests. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188233 | ADAPTABLE GENERATION OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMES - A virtual environment in generated in a server where at least one object representative of an entity interacts with other objects or attributes of the environment. A desired frame rate for rendering the virtual environment is identified, and compared to a maximum achievable frame rate at a client device. If the maximum achievable frame rate is slower than the desired frame rate, the number of objects displayed within the virtual environment is modified, in accordance with one or more rule sets, until the maximum achievable frame rate is at or near the desired frame rate. In addition, a server may provide and synchronize output for clients participating in the virtual environment using different target frame rates. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188234 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may synthesize an image observed at a target view excluding a reference view. A decoder of the image processing apparatus may decode depth transition data. A first map generator of the image processing apparatus may generate a foreground and background map of a target view to render an image, based on the decoded depth transition data. A rendering unit of the image processing apparatus may determine a color value of each of pixels constituting the image by comparing the foreground and background map of the target view with a foreground and background map of at least one reference view. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188235 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image display device includes region of interest extraction unit, parallax image generation unit and 3D image display unit. Region of interest extraction unit generates depth image signal by depth image conversion employing depth threshold, depth image signal including information on distance in three-dimensional space between viewpoint and each pixel of two-dimensional image including region of interest desired to be noted by observer, depth image conversion being such that depth value indicating distance between viewpoint and each pixel of two-dimensional image is converted to depth value for 2D display when depth value is equal to or larger than depth threshold. Parallax image generation unit generates both-eye parallax image having parallax in region of interest alone, from two-dimensional image and image obtained by conversion of region of interest image representing region of interest at each of both-eye viewpoints, based on two-dimensional image and depth image signal. 3D image display unit displays both eye parallax image. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188236 | System, Method and Apparatus for Visualizing Changes in Cylindrical Volumes - A method includes interpreting first dimensional data such as a caliper log for a wellbore at a first time, and interpreting second dimensional data such as a caliper log for the wellbore at a second time. The method further includes determining a dimensional differential in response to the first dimensional data and the second dimensional data. The dimensional differential includes a volume difference between cross-sectional profiles from the first dimensional data and the second dimensional data. The cross-sectional profiles for comparison may be at a specified axial location or range of axial locations in the wellbore. The method includes graphically displaying the dimensional differential by marking the dimensional differential with a first marker index where the first dimensional data is inside the second dimensional data, and with a second marker index where the first dimensional data is outside the second dimensional data. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188237 | VIRTUAL WORLD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A virtual world processing apparatus and method. Sensed information, which is information collected by a sensor is inputted. The sensed information is adapted, based on a sensor capability, which is information on capability of the sensor. Accordingly, interoperability between a real world and a virtual world or interoperability between virtual worlds may be achieved. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188238 | MULTIPLE-VIEW DIRECTIONAL DISPLAY - A multiple view directional display comprises a pixelated image display layer having a plurality of first pixels assigned to display a first image and a plurality of second pixels assigned to display a second image, and a parallax barrier aperture array for directing light from the first pixels generally into a first viewing window and for directing light from the second pixels generally into a second viewing window not overlapping the first viewing window. The display further comprises first light directing means for re-directing light emitted from a first lateral edge region of each first pixel away from the second viewing window. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188239 | INTRUCTION FOLDING MECHANISM, METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AND PIXEL PROCESSING SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable medium, including an instruction scheduler for scanning first and second instructions that are operable to output data to different components in a register. A rule checker determines if the scanned first and second instructions are data independent. An instruction combiner, in response to a determination that the scanned first and second instructions are data independent, forms a combination of the scanned first and second instructions. A processing unit that includes a single decoder, receives the combination, decodes the combination using the single decoder, and executes the combination. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188240 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A medical image display apparatus includes an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a first image and a second image of a subject generated based on volume data, a base line setting unit configured to set a base line in the first image obtained by the image obtainment unit, an image division unit configured to divide, based on the base line that has been set in the first image by the base line setting unit, the second image into two divided images, and a display control unit configured to display the two divided images, which have been divided by the image division unit, on the first image at a display device in such a manner that the two divided images are away from the base line by a predetermined distance. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188241 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MESH, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECODING 3D MESH - An apparatus and method for encoding a 3D mesh, and an apparatus and method for decoding the 3D mesh are disclosed. The 3D mesh encoding apparatus may determine mesh information including position information of each of vertices constituting the 3D mesh, and connectivity information among the vertices, based on a level, and may progressively encode the determined mesh information based on the level, thereby reducing an error with an original 3D object when compared to an equal transmission rating. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188242 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL WORLD PATTERN POSITIONING USING TEMPLATES - Three-dimensional virtual world pattern positioning comprises reading incoming data and utilizing a template system having template nodes that are connected together in a hierarchy to construct the virtual world pattern. Each template node has at least one pattern that the template node can output, a test/criteria to run on the incoming data to determine behavior of the template node and a set of child template nodes to transition to after giving out a pattern. Virtual world pattern positioning comprises calling a first template node to select the virtual world pattern by running the test/criteria on the incoming data, generating a key having a key value, using the generated key value to output a pattern, determining whether the key value also has an associated child template node and providing a reference to the child template node if a child template node exists. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188243 | Portable Terminal Having User Interface Function, Display Method, And Computer Program - A portable terminal is provided with: a display device; a sensor configured to detect the orientation or position of the portable terminal; a data storage unit configured to store data; and a display control unit configured to display on the display device an icon or object that corresponds to the data stored in the data storage unit. The display control unit acquires information regarding the orientation or position of the portable terminal from the sensor and determines a display mode of the icon or object in accordance with a change in the orientation or position of the portable terminal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188244 | DEPTH ESTIMATION DATA GENERATING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING DEPTH ESTIMATION DATA GENERATING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, AND PSEUDO-STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A depth estimation data generating device includes a difference data generator and negative and positive shift amount generators. The difference data generator calculates the difference between a non-stereo image and the average value data of the average brightness of the non-stereo image to generate the difference data. The negative shift amount generator generates a negative shift amount, wherein the difference data generated using the minimum value data of the minimum brightness of the non-stereo image has a minimum value of shift amount and the shift amount approaches zero from the minimum value as the difference data approaches zero. The positive shift amount generator generates a positive shift amount, wherein the difference data generated using the maximum value data of the maximum brightness of the non-stereo image has a maximum value of shift amount and the shift amount approaches zero from the maximum value as the difference data approaches zero. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188245 | DISPLAY RESOLUTION INCREASE WITH MECHANICAL ACTUATION - There are provided apparatuses and methods for increasing the pixel density of a digital display through mechanical actuation. In some embodiments, a display device is described having a processor configured to provide an image for display and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores the image and is configured to map the image to a pixel matrix. A display controller is coupled to the memory and configured to sample portions of the image and to store the portions of the image into planes. Each sampled portion comprises a different set of pixels of the pixel matrix. A display is coupled to the display controller and is configured to display the contents of the sampled planes. In particular, the display controller is configured to sequentially provide the sampled planes to the display for sequential display. At least one actuator is coupled to the display to displace the display for the displaying of the sampled planes, so that pixels of each plane are displayed in a unique location from the pixels of other planes. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188246 | INTERACTIVE FLYER SYSTEM - An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188247 | DIGITAL FLYER SYSTEM WITH CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION - A system for contextualizing a digital flyer is disclosed. The system includes a polygon mapping module for incorporating contextual information in the digital flyer using polygon mapping information, the polygon mapping information comprising a polygon for defining a polygonal area on a source flyer image of the digital flyer, the polygon being tagged with the contextual information, and a flyer data store for storing the tagged polygon. There is also disclosed for displaying the contextualized digital flyer and generating feedback using the contextualized digital flyer. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188248 | Image Management and Presentation - A method for managing a number of images. A plurality of resolutions in which the number of images are to be stored and a style of presentation for the number of images is identified using a policy. A plurality of copies of the number of images in the plurality of resolutions are stored. A copy of a particular image in the number of images for a selected location in a layout defining a presentation for the number of images is selected using the style of presentation. The copy of the particular image has a desired resolution in the plurality of resolutions for the selected location in the layout. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188249 | DISTRIBUTED GRAPH SYSTEM AND METHOD - In certain embodiments, a system is provided that includes a graph distributed to form one or more partitions, a graph aggregate, and one or more graph services each associated with a graph partition. The graph services are in communication with the graph aggregate and the distributed graph is operable to be accessed using the graph aggregate. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188250 | GRAPHICAL FORECASTING INTERFACE - A system, method, apparatus, and technique for gathering and providing information forecasts is disclosed. An example of a system according to the technique includes a graph module having at least and interactive portion and an optional static portion. The interactive portion of the graph can be capable of plotting future data points provided by a user. The static portion of the graph can contain a plot of past data points. The graphical forecasting interface provides a simple mechanism for a user to make one or a plurality of future predictions as to an information item using a graphical input. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188251 | SELECTIVE COMPUTATION USING ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS - A method for selective computation using analytic functions is provided in the illustrative embodiments. An object graph and information about a change therein is received. The object graph includes several objects representing several resources in an environment as well as a set of analytic function instances in relation to the objects. A set of analytic function dependencies is determined A first analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances that has to be re-executed based on the change is identified. A re-computation graph is computed using the analytic function instance and presented. The change may be an addition, a deletion, a modification, or a combination thereof. The change may be a change in an object, in a relationship between two objects, in a relationship between an object in and an analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances, or in an analytic function instance. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188252 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PORTION OF THE SETS OF DATA THAT A QUERY IS EXPECTED TO RETURN - In an embodiment, a user is provided with a data representation covered by a relationship. For example, the data representation may include a collection of data objects representations. In an embodiment, the data object representations are arranged in a manner so as to indicate rows or records of different data objects that are associated with one another. In an embodiment, portions of the data objects in the collection are indicated as representing the data that is covered by the relationship. In an embodiment, a report representation that is expected to be generated by the report type defined by the user defined relationship is also provided. In an embodiment, a correspondence in indicated between elements of the report representation (e.g., columns in a thumbnail sketch of a report) and the data object representations (e.g., ovals in a Venn diagram). | 2012-07-26 |
20120188253 | SIGNAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND PROCESS - Display apparatus and process is provided for displaying a static source image in a manner that it is perceived as an animated sequence of images when viewed by an observer in relative motion to the apparatus. The source image is sliced or fractured to provide a plurality of image fractions of predetermined dimension. The fractions are redistributed in a predetermined sequence to provide an output image, which is placed in a preferably illuminated display apparatus provided with a mask. An observer in relative motion to the display apparatus, sequentially views a predetermined selection of image fractions through the mask, which are perceived by the observer as a changing sequence of images. Applying the concepts of persistence of vision, the observer perceives the reconstructed imagery as live action animation, a traveling singular image or series of static images, or changing image sequences, from a plurality of lines of sight. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188254 | Distinguishing requests for presentation time from requests for data time - Techniques are provided for managing Presentation Time in a digital rendering system for presentation of temporally-ordered data when the digital rendering system includes a Variable Rate Presentation capability. In one embodiment, Presentation Time is converted to Data Time, and Data Time is reported instead of Presentation Time when only one time can be reported. In another embodiment, a predetermined one of Presentation Time and Data Time is returned in response to a request for a Current Time. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188255 | Framework for Graphics Animation and Compositing Operations - A framework for performing graphics animation and compositing operations has a layer tree for interfacing with the application and a render tree for interfacing with a render engine. Layers in the layer tree can be content, windows, views, video, images, text, media, or any other type of object for a user interface of an application. The application commits change to the state of the layers of the layer tree. The application does not need to include explicit code for animating the changes to the layers. Instead, an animation is determined for animating the change in state. The determined animation is explicitly applied to the affected layers in the render tree. A render engine renders from the render tree into a frame buffer for display on the processing device. Those portions of the render tree that have changed relative to prior versions can be tracked to improve resource management. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188256 | VIRTUAL WORLD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for processing a virtual world. A data structure of a virtual object of a virtual world may be defined, and a virtual world object of the virtual world may be controlled, and accordingly an object in a real world may be reflected to the virtual world. Additionally, the virtual world object may migrate between virtual worlds, using the defined data structure. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188257 | LOOPING MOTION SPACE REGISTRATION FOR REAL-TIME CHARACTER ANIMATION - A method for generating a looping motion space for real-time character animation may include determining a plurality of motion clips to include in the looping motion space and determining a number of motion cycles performed by a character object depicted in each of the plurality of motion clips. A plurality of looping motion clips may be synthesized from the motion clips, where each of the looping motion clips depicts the character object performing an equal number of motion cycles. Additionally, a starting frame of each of the plurality of looping motion clips may be synchronized so that the motion cycles in each of the plurality of looping motion clips are in phase with one another. By rendering an animation sequence using multiple passes through the looping motion space, an animation of the character object performing the motion cycles may be extended for arbitrary length of time. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188258 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING DISPATCH FROM USER MODE - A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for providing improved access to accelerated processing device compute resources to user mode applications. The functionality disclosed allows user mode applications to provide commands to an accelerated processing device without the need for kernel mode transitions in order to access a unified ring buffer. Instead, applications are each provided with their own buffers, which the accelerated processing device hardware can access to process commands. With full operating system support, user mode applications are able to utilize the accelerated processing device in much the same way as a CPU. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188259 | Mechanisms for Enabling Task Scheduling - Embodiments described herein provide a method including receiving a command to schedule a first process and selecting a command queue associated with the first process. The method also includes scheduling the first process to run on an accelerated processing device and preempting a second process running on the accelerated processing device to allow the first process to run on the accelerated processing device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188260 | GRAPHICS CONTROLLER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITHOUT MEMORY INTERFACE - A CMOS integrated circuit that comprises a graphics controller system that consists of a graphics engine and video memory together with some interface blocks, a PCMCIA host adapter, an infrared interface for generating video images on a LCD or CRT display unit, and a video stream interface for receiving video signals. Since the video memory is integrated on the same integrated circuit as the graphics controller, no package pins are required for the memory interface. The pins thus saved are used to provide access to an on-chip PCMCIA host adapter. The internal memory interface is 128 bits wide. Simultaneous performance improvement and power dissipation reduction is achieved because of the wide memory interface and the elimination of the large parasitic capacitances associated with a package pin connection. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188261 | CONTRACT BASED MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR ISOCHRONOUS STREAMS - A method of displaying an image includes generating a contract in the display engine, transferring the contract to the memory controller before the end of a sweep, generating a contract amendment in response to changes in the display engine, transferring the contract amendment to the memory controller, making a decision whether the contract amendment can be processed, fetching data from the memory controller according to the contract incorporating the contract amendment if the decision is that the contract amendment can be processed, sending the fetched data to the display engine in an isochronous stream; and processing the fetched data using the display engine. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188262 | DETECTING STATIC IMAGES AND REDUCING RESOURCE USAGE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device for detecting static images and reducing resource usage is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The electronic device determines image memory. The electronic device also sets a timer. The electronic device further monitors the image memory. The electronic device also determines whether there is a write access request for the image memory. Furthermore, the electronic device determines whether a time threshold has been reached based on the timer if there is not a write access request for the image memory. The electronic device also reduces display resource usage if the time threshold has been reached. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188263 | Method and system to dynamically bind and unbind applications on a general purpose graphics processing unit - A system for dynamically binding and unbinding of graphics processing unit GPU applications, the system includes a memory management for tracking memory of a GPU used by an application, and a source-to-source compiler for identifying nested structures allocated on the GPU so that the virtual memory management can track these nested structures, and identifying all instances where nested structures on the GPU are modified inside kernels. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188264 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING ENHANCED USER INTERFACE (UI) CONTENT DISPLAY FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A method for visually rendering data on a display of a mobile device having a native client user interface (UI) may include storing application data on a backend data server without visual attribute formatting associated therewith, and generating visual attribute formatting rules for storage on an application proxy server so that application data retrieved from the backend data server has the visual attribute formatting rules applied thereto. At least one application for the mobile device may be generated that is configured to at least cause the mobile device to retrieve the stored application data having the visual attribute formatting rules applied thereto from the backend data server via the application proxy server, and visually render on the display of the mobile device the retrieved application data having the visual attribute formatting rules applied thereto using the native client UI and without visual attribute formatting by the at least one application. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188265 | Image Display Device and Method for Adjusting Correction Data in Look-Up Table - An image display device such as LCD television comprises: LUTs (look-up tables) which are tables of correction data for correcting color balance of a displayed image; gain adjustment units for providing gain to input signal values representing brightness levels of red, green and blue colors in image data of the displayed image; and a microcomputer for recalculating the correction data in the LUTs and updating the correction data to the recalculated ones. The microcomputer determines, as adjustment gain values, gain values which are provided to the input signal values by the gain adjustment units and which bring color balance of a white balance adjustment image to a predetermined color balance, and recalculates the correction data in the LUTs based on the correction data and the adjustment gain values. This image display device can increase accuracy of white balance adjustment and reduce time required for the white balance adjustment. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188266 | SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A scanning image display includes a light source, a light detector, a scanning section, a storage section, a current controlling section, a reference current section, a sweep section, and a change section. The light detector detects the laser light emitted from the light source. The scanning section scans the laser light. The current controlling section controls laser light by supplying a current supplied to the light source. The storage section is configured to store a reference current value, a reference light output value, and a gamma table. The reference current section supplies the reference current value to the current controlling section. The sweep section sweeps current values supplied to the current controlling section to obtain one current value where the detected laser light corresponds to the reference light output value. The change section changes the gamma table based on the one current value obtained by the sweep section. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188267 | METHOD OF GENERATING INVERSE CONVERSION TABLE, PROGRAM FOR GENERATING INVERSE CONVERSION TABLE, IMAGE CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGE CONVERSION METHOD, AND IMAGE CONVERSION PROGRAM - A method of generating an inverse conversion table generates an inverse conversion table T | 2012-07-26 |
20120188268 | DISPLAY COLOR CORRECTING SYSTEM - A display color-correcting system is provided. Color response values are measured that go into the vertices of polyhedra in a cubic color output space of the display. A set of corresponding values for the display is built from intermediate values determined between the measured color response values. The intermediate values are determined by decomposition and interpolation of interpolation volumes in the cubic color output space. Each of the interpolation volumes is the combined volume of a selected polyhedron within the cubic color output space and a predetermined volume of space between the selected polyhedron and the next polyhedron within the cubic color output space. The set of corresponding values is converted into decoupled RGB adjustment values that specify the RGB signals independently for the display to produce corrected colors. The RGB adjustment values are saved into one or more look-up tables. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188269 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An apparatus includes a processor that executes a process including detecting a position of an object with respect to a screen of a display, determining whether a distance from the object to the screen is between a first value and a second value smaller than the first value on a basis of the position, displaying a first image on the screen when the distance is determined to be between the first value and the second value, the first image being an enlarged image of an area corresponding to the position, determining whether the distance is equal to or less than the second value on a basis of the position and displaying a second image when the distance is determined to be equal to or less than the second value, the second image being displayed on the screen when the distance decreases to be the second value. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188270 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLENDING RENDERED IMAGES FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of generating a first rendered image associated with a first application, independently generating a second rendered image associated with a second application, applying a first set of blending weights to the first rendered image to establish a first weighted image, applying a second set of blending weights to the second rendered image to establish a second weighted image, and blending the first weighted image and the second weighted image before scanning out a blended result to a first display device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING SCREEN IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes an apparatus for capturing a screen. The apparatus determines a capture scope; and captures contents displaying within a determined capture scope to an image. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188272 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL OVERLAPPING UPDATES FOR AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A display controller including a pixel processor which processes working pixel data for each pixel of a frame, and which includes an overlap detector, a collision detector, and a construction processor. The overlap detector detects an overlap when any new pixel value of a new update region is within a region of a current update of the frame. The collision detector issues a correction request when at least one pixel within the overlap region has a begin pixel value prior to the current update that is different from an end pixel value provided by the current update, and when a new pixel value provided by the new update for the pixel is different from the end pixel value. The construction processor updates the working pixel data before the current update is completed using a new pixel value for each non-overlapping pixel. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188273 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR REPRODUCING IMAGES - Example methods, apparatuses and computer-readable media for reproducing images are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes reproducing a first image, recognizing a first location of a main object in the first image, recognizing a second location of a main object in a second image, and reproducing the second image so that the main object in the second image is displayed at substantially the first location of the main object in the first image. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188274 | GRAPHIC DISPLAY APPARATUS, GRAPHIC DISPLAY METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH GRAPHIC DISPLAY PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Disclosed is a graphic display apparatus including a display unit, a reference object length storage unit in which specified parts of reference objects and actual lengths of the specified parts are stored, an image storage unit in which images are stored, an image display control unit which displays a specified image which is specified based on a user's operation in the display unit, a specified image part setting unit which detects a specified part of a reference object in the specified image and sets the detected specified part as a specified image part, a coordinate system setting unit which superimposes a coordinate system on the specified image and sets a display range of the coordinate system based on an actual length of the specified image part, and a graphic display control unit which superimposes and displays a graphic on the specified image. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188275 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and method is disclosed. A reduced image of a screen image comprising at least one icon is displayed on a display surface. The reduced image is overlapped on the screen image displayed on the display surface. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188276 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a first screen processing unit that performs first screen processing using a first screen angle on a line region of a character, a second screen processing unit that performs second screen processing using a second screen angle on at least an outline region out of the line region, the second screen angle being different from the first screen angle, and a composition unit that performs composition of a processing result of the first screen processing and a processing result of the second screen processing, on at least the outline region out of the line region. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188277 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AVATAR DISPLAY ADAPTATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROCESSOR, VIRTUAL WORLD SERVER AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - The invention concerns a method for processing images in a virtual environment (EV) in which a plurality of avatars respectively representing associated users evolve, said image processing method comprising the following stages:
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20120188278 | COLLAPSING AREAS OF A REGION IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE TO CONSERVE COMPUTING RESOURCES - Described herein are processes and devices that coalesced and/or collapse areas in a region of a virtual universe to conserve computing resources. Some embodiments are directed to detecting an indication to reduce usage of a computing resource in the virtual universe and, in response, determining the first area of the virtual universe for coalescing and collapsing into the second area of the virtual universe. In some embodiments, the first area comprises a plurality of virtual universe objects. Some embodiments are further directed to selecting a first set of the plurality of virtual universe objects for moving from the first area into the second area, coalescing the first set of the plurality of virtual universe objects into the second area from the first area, and, in response, collapsing the first area of the virtual universe. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188279 | Multi-Sensor Proximity-Based Immersion System and Method - Systems and methods for interaction with a virtual environment are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises generating a virtual representation of a user's non-virtual environment, determining a viewpoint of a user in a non-virtual environment relative to a display, and displaying, with the display, the virtual representation in a spatial relationship with the user's non-virtual environment based on the viewpoint of the user. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188280 | System and Method for Pre-loading Flyer Image Tiles and Managing Memory for Same - In the present disclosure, there is disclosed a communication device including a pre-loading module configured to retrieve a first and a second set of flyer image tiles from a flyer image tile set stored in memory, the first set of flyer image tiles being associated with the most zoomed-out state and the second set of flyer image tiles being associated with a zoom level of a current viewport. The pre-loading module is further configured to associate the first set of flyer image tiles with an underlay viewport. The communication device further includes a display configured to display the first set of flyer image tiles in the underlay viewport that are visible in the current viewport and overlay the second set of flyer image tiles visible in the current viewport onto the first set of flyer image tiles. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188281 | Information Processing Device, Display Control Method, A Program, And an Information Storage Medium - The method includes the steps of displaying one or more main images within a main area in a screen, displaying one or more tab images associated with the main image within a tab area in the screen, displaying other main image within the main area in the screen according to a user's instruction so as to replace the main image that is already displayed with the other main image, and displaying other tab image within the tab area in the screen in addition to the tab image that is already displayed, in which the other tab image is associated with the other main image. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188282 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE DISPLAYED ON SCREEN OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for adjusting an image displayed on a screen of an electronic device uses an accelerometer of the electronic device to measure a rotation angle and a rotation direction of the electronic device when the electronic device is rotated. The electronic device acquires the rotation angle and the rotation direction from the accelerometer and reversely rotates the image relative to the rotation direction by the rotation angle. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188283 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: a first feature amount extraction unit configured to extract a first feature amount from an image; a position detection unit configured to detect observation positions from the image based on a position detection dictionary, and the first feature amount extracted from the image; a second feature amount extraction unit configured to extract a second feature amount from the observation position; an observation-order determining unit configured to determine the order of observing the observation positions based on an order generation dictionary, and respective second feature amounts of the observation positions; and an image generation unit configured to generate observation images for displaying the observation positions in the observation order based on the image, the detected observation positions and the determined observation order. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188284 | TOUCH APPARATUS - A touch apparatus includes a touch panel and a control unit. The touch panel has an input interface, which has a plurality of buttons and a zooming zone. The control unit is electrically connected with the touch panel. When a user touches one of the buttons, the control unit generates a prompt signal corresponding to the button, and a symbol corresponding to the button is magnified and displayed in the zooming zone. When the user then releases the button and doesn't touch the input interface, the symbol or a function corresponding to the button is inputted to the control unit. The touch apparatus has the advantages of assisting visually impaired people to use and simplifying information input. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188285 | ENHANCED POINTING INTERFACE - An enhanced pointing interface associated with a user interface, e.g. a display, comprising a pointing interface arranged to detect locations, and possibly sizes and motions of pointing elements and a processing unit calculating a response, e.g. an interface area upon the display, and activate the response in relation to the detected parameters of the pointing elements. The enhanced pointing interface allows non-visual responses as well as visual ones, such as magnifying, diminishing and shifting (avoidance of hiding as well as panning) of the interface areas in response to location changes of the pointing elements, and further actions such as selection (thereby emulating a touch screen on a display which lacks touch capabilities) and repeated enhancement of parts of the interface areas. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188286 | DYNAMIC IMAGE TILING - A system and method of manipulating digital images to optimize for quick viewing of details, and is related to companion applications filed simultaneously, all of which are part and parcel to a method for browsing digital content and composing digital media and data, via dynamic interaction of tiled images, external video, audio, text, and multimedia resources to create smoother and faster response time to user request, managed by a level of detail system which expands the ability of user to create, manipulate, and interact with digital content and media via an application hosted in a browser or running on a desktop application which enhances user ability to dynamically position and zoom into and out of views within a larger canvas. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188287 | Methods for Enhancing Longevity in Electronic Device Displays - An electronic device may contain components such as a processor, video circuitry, camera flash, communications circuitry, and other components that may generate heat during operation. The device may have a display with a backlight unit that contains light-emitting diodes. Control circuitry within the electronic device can apply drive powers to the light-emitting diodes in a way that is sensitive to the operating temperature of the light-emitting diodes. The control circuitry can determine whether the temperature of the light-emitting diodes is elevated by determining which components are active in the device. Activity levels can be ascertained by gathering status information on each component. Temperature sensors may be used to make real time temperature measurements. Based on factors such as component activity levels and measured temperature values, the control circuitry can adjust the maximum allowed light-emitting diode drive power level to avoid overdriving the diodes during operation at elevated temperatures. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188288 | Display Apparatus - An apparatus including at least one light source; a selective attenuation element, used for a plurality of adjacent pixels and configured to attenuate light from the at least one light source; and a group of adjacent mono-chrome light filters, used for the plurality of adjacent pixels, the group including a first mono-chrome light filter, for a first one of the plurality of adjacent pixels, configured to filter light transmitted via the selective attenuation element for the first one of the adjacent pixels; and a second mono-chrome light filter, for a second one of the plurality of adjacent pixels, configured to filter light transmitted via the selective attenuation element for the second one of the adjacent pixels. | 2012-07-26 |
20120188289 | PROJECTOR WITH LUMINANCE ADJUSTING FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A projector with a luminance adjusting function is provided. The projector projects images to a projective plane. The projector stores a color adjusting table. The color adjusting table records a number of modes of the projector and a fine luminance value preset for each mode of the projector. The projector controls a distance detecting unit to obtain a distance between the projector and the projective plane and controls a color sensor to obtain the color of the projective plane periodically or according to operations of user. The projector determines a current mode of the projector according to the obtained distance and the color and obtains the fine luminance value of the current mode of the projector, and adjusts the luminance of the projector according to the obtained fine luminance value. | 2012-07-26 |