| 34th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
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| 20110205129 | MOBILE WIRELESS EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is mobile wireless equipment wherein degradation of antenna performance in a condition with the casing closed can be prevented. In this mobile wireless equipment, a first casing ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205130 | Methods and apparatus for determining parameters of an array - Methods and apparatus for determining parameters for an array are described. An exemplary embodiment of a method determines a set of parameters for an antenna array including multiple array elements, the array being fed by a feed array including a plurality of feed elements. The embodiment of the method includes measuring a plurality of bistatic ranges Rijk through different signal path combinations, each signal path combination from a feed element “i,” to an array element “j,” and to a feed element “k”. The measuring includes radiating energy from feed element “i”, and reflecting some of the radiated energy from array element “j” back to feed element k of the feed array. The measured bistatic ranges are processed to solve for the set of parameters. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205131 | ANTENNA DISH HEATING SYSTEM - An antenna system having a dish, a heating element and a shaped plate. The dish has a concave shape on one side and a generally convex shape on the opposite side. The shaped plate has the heating element applied to a first side. The shaped plate has a second opposite side. The shaped plate is coupled to the opposite side of the dish. The shaped plate being formed from a flat plate having at least one slot cut therein, each slot having edges that are overlapped to thereby cause the flat plate to become the shaped plate. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205132 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA - Disclosed is an antenna capable of receiving a very wide band of frequencies. The antenna includes a pair of antenna elements and a pair of feeding legs, which are arranged symmetrically with respect to a line L, with a narrow space G in between. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205133 | NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A problem of the invention is to provide a non-contact communication device capable of conducting non-contact communication even when a control section cannot be operated a drop in a battery voltage or a reset. A memory element ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205134 | RFID SYSTEM WITH AN EDDY CURRENT TRAP - An REID antenna assembly configured to be energized with a carrier signal is disclosed. The REID antenna assembly includes an inductive component including a loop antenna assembly, at least one capacitive component coupled to the inductive component, and an eddy current trap positioned a predetermined distance from the loop antenna assembly. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205135 | RECEPTACLE WITH ANTENNA - An electrical receptacle is disclosed. The electrical receptacle includes a housing and at least one socket at least partially disposed within the housing and having at least a pair of entry ports. The at least one socket is controllable by a radio frequency signal. The electrical receptacle also includes an antenna at least partially disposed within the housing configured to at least receive the radio frequency signal used to control the at least one socket. The electrical receptacle further includes at least one tamper resistant device at least partially disposed within the housing. The at least one tamper resistant device is configured to block the entry ports unless a mating electrical plug is inserted into the at least one socket. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205136 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID GEOMETRY FEED HORN - A feed horn and systems and methods of making and using the feed horn are presented. Exemplary feed horns include a first portion comprising a dual mode geometry and a second portion comprising an axial corrugation geometry. The feed horn may operate simultaneously in a plurality of separate frequency bands (e.g., from about 18.3 GHz to about 20.2 GHz and from about 29.1 GHz to about 30.0 GHz) and a plurality of separate waveguide modes (e.g., TE | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205137 | Antenna with Polarization Diversity - A horizontally polarized antenna array allows for the efficient distribution of RF energy into a communications environment through selectable antenna elements and redirectors that create a particular radiation pattern such as a substantially omnidirectional radiation pattern. In conjunction with a vertically polarized array, a particular high-gain wireless environment may be created such that one environment does not interfere with other nearby wireless environments and avoids interference created by those other environments. Lower gain patterns may also be created by using particular configurations of a horizontal and/or vertical antenna array. In a preferred embodiment, the antenna systems disclosed herein are utilized in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) wireless environment. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205138 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes a T-shaped element having a first end part, a second end part, and a third end part, the first end part being a feeding point, the T-shaped element being bifurcated at an intermediate point; and a stub having one end connected between the intermediate point and the second end point and another end connected to ground, the stub forming a π-shaped configuration with the T-shaped element; wherein a length of a first line between the first end part and the second end part is longer than a length of a second line between the first end part and the third end part; and the length of the first line and the length of the second line correspond to a first resonance frequency and a second resonance frequency. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205139 | BANDPASS FILTER, RADIO COMMUNICATION MODULE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE BANDPASS FILTER - Provided is a bandpass filter which can cope with a wide band and has a large degree of freedom in designing a pass band. Provided also are a radio communication module and a radio communication device using the bandpass filter. The bandpass filter includes a first, a second, and a third resonator ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205140 | VARIABLE PITCH MANDREL WOUND ANTENNAS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A system and method for fabricating a mandrel wound antenna are provided. The method includes securing a first end of a wire to a first portion of a mandrel tool, where the mandrel tool includes a faceplate supporting a plurality of posts, and the posts arranged and disposed to define non-overlapping circumferential patterns. The method also includes wrapping the wire around outer peripheries of the plurality of posts to form non-overlapping wire coils around the plurality of circumferential patterns to provide an antenna. The method further includes securing a second end of the wire to a second portion of the mandrel tool, cutting the wire in proximity to the second end, attaching the antenna to a substrate separate from the faceplate, and detaching the antenna from the faceplate. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205141 | ANTENNA PATTERN FRAME AND MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided an antenna pattern frame including: a radiator comprising an antenna pattern portion transmitting and receiving a signal and a connection terminal portion allowing the signal to be transmitted to and received from a circuit board of an electronic device; and a radiator frame manufactured by injection molding on the radiator, allowing the antenna pattern portion to be embedded in a case of the electronic device, and supporting the radiator. The radiator frame includes a hydraulic recess introducing a resin material to a mold for manufacturing a case of the electronic device in which the radiator is embedded through injection molding, so that the radiator frame contacts the mold by injection pressure. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205142 | Apparatus for Mounting an Object to a Railing - Apparatus are described for mounting an object to a structure having a railing. The apparatus includes a base attachable to the object and configured for placement on the structure proximate the railing. The apparatus further includes an adjustable compression mechanism positioned between the base and the railing configured to secure the base to the structure with a selected force. The mechanism includes a first plate on the base, a second plate movable relative to the first plate for producing a selected height of the mechanism and a threaded member attached to the first plate and the second plate. The threaded member is configured to move the second plate relative to the first plate to achieve the selected height and apply the selected force. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205143 | EXTERIOR ANTENNA STRUCTURE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An exterior antenna structure of a mobile terminal that may extend the length of an antenna pattern when it is inserted into a case is provided. The exterior antenna structure of the mobile terminal, includes, an exterior antenna including a sleeve extending to an outside of a case, a stopper connected to a lower end of the sleeve, and a pogo pin provided at an inside and a lower end of the stopper, and an additional antenna pattern electrically connected to the pogo pin when the exterior antenna is inserted into an inside of the case. Accordingly, an additional antenna pattern contacting with an exterior antenna may minimize reduction in a passive gain when an exterior antenna is inserted into a case, and a pogo pin provided at a stopper allows an exterior antenna inserted in a case to achieve a stable electric contact with an additional antenna pattern. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205144 | Semiconductor Device and Driving Method Thereof - Brightness irregularities that develop in a light emitting device due to is persion among pixels in the threshold values of TFTs used for supplying electric current to light emitting devices become obstacles to improved image quality of the light emitting device. As an image signal input to a pixel from a source signal line, a desired electric potential is applied to a gate electrode of a TFT for supplying electric current to an EL device, through a TFT having its gate and drain connected to each other. A voltage equal to the TFT threshold value is produced between the source and the drain of the TFT | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205145 | Optoelectronic Device, Display and Backlight Module - A backlight module comprises a light transmission member and a light emitting module. The light emitting module includes at least two circuit substrates and a plurality of light emitting units. Short sides of the circuit substrates are corresponding to each other. The light emitting units are disposed on the circuit substrates and face a light incident surface of the light transmission member. The illumination chromaticity of several light emitting units disposed on the circuit substrates and adjacent to each other, and the mixed illumination chromaticity of other light emitting units disposed on each circuit substrate are substantially the same, and all emits white light. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205146 | Display Device - A display device, in particular a screen unit ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205147 | Interacting With An Omni-Directionally Projected Display - Concepts and technologies are described herein for interacting with an omni-directionally projected display. The omni-directionally projected display includes, in some embodiments, visual information projected on a display surface by way of an omni-directional projector. A user is able to interact with the projected visual information using gestures in free space, voice commands, and/or other tools, structures, and commands. The visual information can be projected omni-directionally, to provide a user with an immersive interactive experience with the projected display. The concepts and technologies disclosed herein can support more than one interacting user. Thus, the concepts and technologies disclosed herein may be employed to provide a number of users with immersive interactions with projected visual information. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205148 | Facial Tracking Electronic Reader - Facial actuations, such as eye actuations, may be used to detect user inputs to control the display of text. For example, in connection with an electronic book reader, facial actuations and, particularly, eye actuations, can be interpreted to indicate when the turn a page, when to provide a pronunciation of a word, when to provide a definition of a word, and when to mark a spot in the text, as examples. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205149 | MULTI-MODAL INPUT SYSTEM FOR A VOICE-BASED MENU AND CONTENT NAVIGATION SERVICE - A system and method for providing voice prompts that identify task selections from a list of task selections in a vehicle, where the user employs an input device, such as a scroll wheel, to activate a particular task and where the speed of the voice prompt increases and decreases depending on how fast the user rotates the scroll wheel. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205150 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a main body unit, a hard disk drive housed inside the main body unit and including a head which performs reading and writing of data to a magnetic disk, a display unit pivotable between a first position where the display unit is laid parallel to the main body unit and a second position where the display unit is raised relative to the main body unit, a sensor which senses an angle at which the display unit is positioned, and a control unit. The control unit retracts the head to a retraction position when the sensor senses a change in the angle of the display unit. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205151 | Methods and Systems for Position Detection - A computing device, such as a desktop, laptop, tablet computer, a mobile device, or a computing device integrated into another device (e.g., an entertainment device for gaming, a television, an appliance, kiosk, vehicle, tool, etc.) is configured to determine user input commands from the location and/or movement of one or more objects in a space. The object(s) can be imaged using one or more optical sensors and the resulting position data can be interpreted in any number of ways to determine a command, including 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional movements with or without touch. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205152 | LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION - In response to a positional relationship (distance, or a combination of distance and angle) between an information output unit and a user who uses information displayed in the display unit, a control unit changes the amount of information to be displayed in the display unit based on an information level, the number of pieces of information, a scrolling speed or a cycle. In some aspects, the control unit controls the information output unit to increase the amount of information to be output when the user is close to the display unit. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205153 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile phone ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205154 | ILLUMINATED OPTICAL NAVIGATION MODULE - A navigation module for a handheld communication device having a navigation pad, a chrome-like ring surrounding the navigation pad, an illumination ring surrounding the navigation pad, and at least one light source is optically coupled to at least the illumination ring. The illumination ring can be interposed between the chrome-like ring and the navigation pad. The chrome-like ring can be interposed between the illumination ring and the navigation pad. The light source can be a light emitting diode. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205155 | Methods and Systems for Position Detection Using an Interactive Volume - A computing device, such as a desktop, laptop, tablet computer, a mobile device, or a computing device integrated into another device (e.g., an entertainment device for gaming, a television, an appliance, kiosk, vehicle, tool, etc.) is configured to determine user input commands from the location and/or movement of one or more objects in a space. The object(s) can be imaged using one or more optical sensors and the resulting position data can be interpreted in any number of ways to determine a command. An interactive volume can be defined and adjusted so that the same movement at different locations within the volume may result in different corresponding movement of a cursor or other interpretations of input. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205156 | COMMAND BY GESTURE INTERFACE - The invention discloses a device and a method for commanding appliances by a gesture. User interfaces of the prior art have the limitation that they require an increasing number of buttons and/or graphical input areas on a display, so that the learning time of the user increases exponentially and his ability to memorise the corresponding codes decreases inversely. The device of the invention, in various embodiments which may be combined, increases the number of functions of one or more appliances which may be controlled without increasing the number of buttons and/or graphical control zones of displays. This is provided by including an orientation sensor in the device, said orientation being one of the parameters to control the operating mode of the device. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205157 | System and Method for Information Handling System Touchpad Enablement - A disabled information handling system integrated pointing device is automatically enabled based upon user inputs detected at the integrated pointing device, such as inputs that indicate a user is unsuccessfully attempting to use the integrated pointing device. For example, a touchpad disposed at a portable information handling system housing in a disabled state automatically transitions to an enabled state when user inputs include rapid movements, movements from end to end or movements of increasing speed. The touchpad automatically transitions to an enabled state based upon movements interpreted as an attempt by the user to make inputs at the touchpad. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205158 | Separable Mouse - A separable mouse includes a top cover with an input device installed at the surface of the top cover. At least one first fastening element is set inside the top cover. A first circuit board set inside the top cover coupled to the input device for receiving the control signals transmitted from the input device. A bottom cover hosts a second circuit board which is set at the surface of the bottom cover, and a first connection element which is set on the first circuit board. A second connection element set on the second circuit board to connect the first connection element. Also, at least one second fastening element is set on the bottom cover to bind the first fastening element. Additionally, the separable mouse of the invention further comprises a separable-side-button module. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205159 | DEVICE THAT MANAGES POWER PROVIDED TO AN OBJECT SENSOR - A hand-held device with a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface enables power to the sensor at a first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is stationary and adjacent relative to the object surface, enables power to the sensor at a second time interval shorter than the first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is moving and adjacent relative to the object surface, and enables power to the sensor at a third time interval when the hand-held device is determined to be in a position that is removed relative to the object surface. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205160 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING A STRING OF CHARACTERS AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided herein is a method and apparatus for more effectively and accurately inputting a character string through a gesture input, and the apparatus for inputting a character string associated with an embodiment of the present invention may include a keypad for inputting a gesture generated by touch motion; a memory configured to store at least one of a gesture, character string information corresponding to the gesture, and a gesture input from the keypad; a controller configured to identify a character string corresponding to the gesture input from the keypad to extract a character string corresponding to the identified character string or including the identified character string among the character strings previously stored in the memory; and a display unit configured to display the extracted character string under a control of the controller. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205161 | VERSATILE KEYBOARD INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICE - A versatile keyboard input and output device is described. The keyboard device includes a housing having a plurality of buttons, with each button individually clickable, and a capacitive sensing element under each button for touch sensing. The versatile keyboard input and output device further includes a lighting element under each button to provide selective lighting for each button, and a plurality of button glyphs for the plurality of buttons respectively, wherein the button glyphs are selectively visually changeable. The keyboard input device also includes a haptic feedback mechanism included in the housing for providing haptic feedback for the plurality of buttons. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205162 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN A VEHICLE AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - In a method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, a plurality of objects are represented graphically with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle. A user-interface device generates graphics data which control the display such that the graphical objects are shown disposed on a virtual, perspectively displayed ring, and that in response to an input with the aid of an input device, an arithmetic logic unit of the user-interface device alters the graphics data such that the graphical objects on the virtual ring rotate like a carousel. A corresponding display device is provided. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205163 | Off-Screen Gestures to Create On-Screen Input - Bezel gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, the bezel of a device is used to extend functionality that is accessible through the use of so-called bezel gestures. In at least some embodiments, off-screen motion can be used, by virtue of the bezel, to create screen input through a bezel gesture. Bezel gestures can include single-finger bezel gestures, multiple-finger/same-hand bezel gestures, and/or multiple-finger, different-hand bezel gestures. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205164 | METHOD OF CHANGING THE STATE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method changes the state of an electronic device to a second state from a first state, where the electronic device includes an input portion for interaction with an object. The method includes the steps of: monitoring at least one sensor having a detection range at least partially disposed near the input portion, determining whether the object is within the detection range of the sensor, determining movement characteristics of the object when the object is detected, determining if the movement characteristics of the object put the object on a path to contact the input device, and changing the state of the electronic device from the first state to the second state when the object is on a path to contact the input device. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205165 | TUNED MASS DAMPER FOR IMPROVING NVH CHARACTERISTICS OF A HAPTIC TOUCH PANEL - A haptic interface is disclosed. The haptic interface includes a base having a front surface. A haptic member is disposed adjacent the front surface of the base to receive an input from a user. An actuator is interposed between the base and the haptic member. A control system is provided that is in electrical communication with the haptic member and the actuator, wherein the control system receives the input from the haptic member effective to control an operation of the control system and provides an output to the actuator to produce a vibration of the haptic member having a frequency domain and a peak amplitude. A tuned mass damper is coupled to the haptic interface, wherein the tuned mass damper minimizes the peak amplitude of the vibration and minimizes a transfer of the vibration from the haptic member to a support structure. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205166 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a touch panel, which includes a transparent conductive film, electrodes printed at both ends of the transparent conductive film, and a substrate having a wiring connected to the electrodes and formed in a multilayer therein, and surrounding the transparent conductive film at the inner peripheral surface thereof, so that the use of the substrate having the wiring in multilayer form enables a plurality of wirings necessary for multi touch to be formed even under conditions of a thin bezel size, thus satisfying the trend which is reducing the size of electronic products. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205167 | Brain concussion screening method & apparatus - A method and apparatus for detecting a reduction in cerebral function of an athlete, indicating the incidence of a brain concussion, by displaying a moving icon on a screen, and asking the athlete to track the movements of the icon, by following it either with the eyes or by touching a touch screen. The icon can be displayed on a device fixedly positioned relative to the head of the athlete, or on an interactive touch screen display. The athlete's performance is tested in real time, soon after the possible incidence of a concussion. The performance of the athlete can be compared to that particular person's history of test results, or to a data base of test results of other test subjects. Control of the display, tracking of the athlete's gaze or touch, and analysis of the test results, can all be performed by a computer. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205168 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A fabricating method of a touch screen panel, a transparent electrode layer and an insulating layer which are sequentially formed on a same surface of a transparent substrate. The transparent electrode layer and the insulating layer are co-patterned using a halftone mask to form a plurality of first sensing patterns connected along a first direction, a plurality of second sensing patterns having separated patterns between the first sensing patterns, and the insulating layer positioned on the first and second sensing patterns to expose regions of the second sensing patterns. A conductive layer is formed on the transparent substrate on which the first and second sensing patterns and the insulating layer are formed. The conductive layer is patterned to form second connection patterns allowing the second sensing patterns to be connected along a second direction through the exposed regions of the second sensing patterns. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205169 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT APPARATUS AND ITS INTERFACE METHOD USING HYBRID RESOLUTION BASED TOUCH DATA - A method is disclosed for mapping finger movements on a touch pad to a display screen. The method includes receiving touch data from a touch pad. The touch data identifies the absolute coordinates of one or more finger touch points on the touch pad. The method also designates a portion of the display screen as a portion mapping area. The size of the portion mapping area is less than the size of the entire display screen area. The method then maps the coordinates of the one or more finger touch points of the touch data to the coordinates of the portion mapping area. The method includes use of a primary touch pad and a secondary touch pad to generate multi-touch finger gestures. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205170 | ELECTRONIC TOUCH - SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A control unit of an electronic touch display apparatus, comprising: a touch signal receiving module for receiving a touch signal; a recognition module, coupled to the touch signal receiving module, for recognizing an indicated page number from the control signal; and a data processing module, coupled to the recognition module, for accessing data corresponding to the page number from a database; wherein the data are displayed on a screen of the electronic touch display apparatus, and the indicated page number may be non-adjacent to a page number corresponding to the current displayed page. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205171 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY ON TOUCH PANEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control device that facilitates an operation on a touch panel, for the timeline display of a moving image. A synthesis section controls display on a touch panel. A touch state-detecting section detects any touched position on the touch panel, and determines whether two touched positions are detected on a single display object displayed on the touch panel. Determining that two touched positions are detected on the single display object, the touch state-detecting section determines whether the detected touched positions are moved while keeping their touched states. When the touched positions are determined to be moved while keeping their touched states, an overall controller extracts frame images of which the number depends on a distance between the two touched positions after the movement thereof, and controls the synthesis section to display the extracted frame images between the two moved touched positions. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205172 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device has a panel body that is provided with a plurality of first electrodes arranged parallel with respect to each other, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged parallel with respect to each other, such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes form a grid-shaped pattern. The apparatus also has a controller that detects a touch operation from a side of the panel body based on variations of signals of an endmost electrode, of the first electrodes or of the second electrodes, that is closest to an edge of the panel body and an electrode adjacent to the endmost electrode. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205173 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an input device, including: a protective substrate having a manipulation surface which an object to be detected contacts; a detection body in which a detection electrode is formed on a detection substrate facing a surface of the protective substrate opposite to the manipulation surface of the protective substrate; and a vibrating body which is fixed to the protective substrate and which is vibrated when the object to be detected contacts the manipulation surface. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING TOUCH EVENT OF TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for collecting a touch event of a terminal are provided. In the method, a touch panel is activated. An interrupt index is checked according to a given period of time, the interrupt index indicating at least one of a change in a coordinate or a change in a state of the touch event generated on the touch panel. Based on the interrupt index, it is determined whether to collect the touch event corresponding to the at least one of the change in the coordinate or the change in the state of the touch event. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205175 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING ROTATION GESTURE - The method and device for determining a rotation gesture are disclosed. By separating a touch trace into a plurality of segments, the orientation of each segment of the trace can be determined. According to these orientations, it can be determined whether the trace is a rotation gesture, and if so, the direction of the rotation gesture. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205176 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND POWER SAVING METHOD AND POWER SAVING PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A portable electronic device includes an information display which displays information; a touch panel which receives an operation instruction by being touched; a timer which measures time; a storage unit which stores a display stop time until power supply to the information display is stopped and a touch panel stop time until power supply to the touch panel is stopped; and a controller which stops the power supply to the information display when the timer measures elapsing of the display stop time after the touch panel shifted to the non-operated state, and stops the power supply to the touch panel when the timer measures elapsing of the touch panel stopping time after the touch panel shifted to the non-operated stated. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205177 | PORTABLE DEVICE, METHOD OF DETECTING OPERATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DETECTING OPERATION - A mobile telephone includes a touch panel, an acceleration sensor which detects an acceleration, and an operation detection unit which detects a predetermined operation in accordance with the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor while an instruction made by the touch panel is being detected. For this, it is possible to detect an operation to press the touch panel while a user finger is in contact with the touch panel. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205178 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TWO DISPLAY DEVICES, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device can operate in two operation modes of a “mouse mode” and a “tablet mode”. In the mouse mode, a program is executed in response to an input to a liquid crystal panel implemented by a display-integrated tablet. An operation screen of the program created as a result of execution of the program is displayed on a main screen. In the tablet mode, a program is executed in response to an input to the liquid crystal panel. An operation screen of the program generated as a result of execution of the program is displayed on the liquid crystal panel. In a sub application “book”, information on history of electronic books that have been selected so far for viewing on a book viewer is stored and a soft key indicative of each electronic book is displayed on the liquid crystal panel in the order in accordance with the history information. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205179 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ILLUMINATED AREA FOR OPTICAL NAVIGATION - A navigation module for a handheld communication device having a navigation pad, a chrome-like area proximate the navigation pad, and a three-dimensional illumination area proximate the navigation pad. The three-dimensional illumination area can be interposed between the chrome-like area and the navigation pad. The chrome-like area can be interposed between the three-dimensional illumination area and the navigation pad. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205180 | Liquid Crystal Display Device Having Touch Sensor - A liquid crystal display having a touch screen panel (TSP) function includes a sensor unit formed on the first substrate; a first sensor wire disposed on the first substrate and a second sensor wire extending perpendicular to the first sensor wire, wherein the sensor unit includes a first sensor electrode connected to the first sensor wire and a second sensor electrode connected to the second sensor wire, wherein said first sensor electrode and said second sensor electrode connect when touched, and said first and second sensor wires confirm a touch position by transmitting a sensing current through the connection between the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode, a trench is formed near the sensor unit and a silicon protrusion pattern to increase the sensitivity of the touch screen panel. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205181 | INPUT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - An input apparatus includes: a transparent substrate with which an object is brought into contact; a rectangular single sheet electrode formed on the transparent substrate; first detection means which inputs a measurement signal to the rectangular single sheet electrode from one of two opposing perimeter portions along a first direction, and takes out the measurement signal from another one of the two opposing perimeter portions, to detect a contact point of the contacting object along the first direction; and second detection means which, after the contact point in the first direction is detected, inputs a measurement signal to the rectangular single sheet electrode from one of two opposing perimeter portions along a second direction, and takes out the measurement signal from another one of the two opposing perimeter portions, to detect the contact point along the second direction. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205182 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit for detecting a state of a manipulating body in a manipulation area, a state judgment unit for judging whether the manipulating body is in an input state in which a given input manipulation process is executed according to input information input by the manipulating body or in a standby state in which the input manipulation process is not executed, based on the detection result of the detection unit, and an execution process determination unit for determining a process to be executed from a plurality of processes including the input manipulation process based on the state judged by the state judgment unit or a change of the state. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205183 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The gap between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate is greater in a terminal region in which a flexible printed circuit and anisotropic conductive films are inserted, than the gap between the first and second transparent substrates in a detection region. A guide portion which is used to guide an end of the flexible printed circuit at which the anisotropic conductive films are provided, into the gap between the first and second transparent substrates, is provided on the first or second transparent substrate. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205184 | ELECTRONIC INTERACTIVE DEVICE, AND RELATED MEMORY - An electronic interactive device including a support base ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205185 | Sensor Methods and Systems for Position Detection - A computing device, such as a desktop, laptop, tablet computer, a mobile device, or a computing device integrated into another device (e.g., an entertainment device for gaming, a television, an appliance, kiosk, vehicle, tool, etc.) is configured to determine user input commands from the location and/or movement of one or more objects in a space. The object(s) can be imaged using one or more optical sensors and the resulting position data can be interpreted in any number of ways to determine a command. Signal conditioning logic (or a programmable CPU) can be used to facilitate detection by performing at least some image processing in hardware before the image is provided by the imaging device, such as by a hardware-implemented ambient subtraction, infinite impulse response (IIR) or finite impulse response (FIR) filtering, background-tracker-based touch detection, or the like. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205186 | Imaging Methods and Systems for Position Detection - A computing device, such as a desktop, laptop, tablet computer, a mobile device, or a computing device integrated into another device (e.g., an entertainment device for gaming, a television, an appliance, kiosk, vehicle, tool, etc.) is configured to determine user input commands from the location and/or movement of one or more objects in a space. The object(s) can be imaged using one or more optical sensors and the resulting position data can be interpreted in any number of ways to determine a command. During a first sampling iteration, a range of pixels can be identified from a location of a feature of the object, with the range used in sampling from the at least one imaging device during a second iteration based on the data sampled during the first iteration. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205187 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DETECTION METHOD FOR USE IN THE SAME - Embodiments described herein are to provide a touch panel display apparatus which includes a horizontal row of light-emitting elements and a horizontal row of light-receiving elements arranged on horizontal sides of a display unit. The touch panel display apparatus further include a vertical row of light-emitting elements and a vertical row of light-receiving elements arranged on vertical sides of the display unit. The touch panel display apparatus further include a control unit which activates a first set of the light-emitting elements and the corresponding light-receiving elements when the touch pattern is disposed between the light-emitting elements and the corresponding light-receiving elements, and inactivate a second set of the light-emitting elements and the corresponding light-receiving elements when the touch pattern is not disposed between the light-emitting elements and the corresponding light-receiving elements. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND DIFFERENTIATING USERS OF A DEVICE - An apparatus for operator control of an in-vehicle system includes an interface device for receiving inputs for control of the in-vehicle system from an operator hand, the interface device including a control panel having a visual display screen. The apparatus further includes a sensing system adjacent the interface device including an optical proximity sensor having a single infrared light source, a first plurality of directionally sensitive light receivers for detecting a first reflected infrared light from the infrared light source that is reflected by the operator hand only when the operator hand approaches the optical proximity sensor near the interface device from a driver side of the vehicle and a second plurality of directionally sensitive light receivers for detecting a second reflected infrared light from the infrared light source that is reflected by the operator hand only when the operator hand approaches the optical proximity sensor near the interface device from a passenger side of the vehicle. A controller generates a user-specific menu on the visual display screen based upon the first and second plurality of directionally sensitive light receivers detecting respective first and second reflected infrared light from the infrared light source. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205189 | Stereo Optical Sensors for Resolving Multi-Touch in a Touch Detection System - An optical touch detection system including at least two stereo pairs of optical sensors, which are identify a set of potential points, and methods for determining which of the potential points are true touch points. The first pair of optical sensors is used to identify a first set of potential points and the second set of optical sensors is used to identify a second set of potential points. Potential point pairs are then compared as between the first and second sets of potential points, i.e., each potential point pair includes a potential point from the first set and a potential point from the second set. Each potential point pair is evaluated to determine the distance between its constituent potential points. The true touch points are identified by selecting the potential point pairs having the shortest distances between their constituent potential points. Using at least two pairs of optical sensors reduces the total number of potential point pairs that must be evaluated to determine the true touch points necessary computational analysis. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205190 | KEYPAD RING - The keypad ring is configured to be worn on one's thumb to facilitate touching or striking keys on a miniature keypad, miniature keyboard, or other miniaturized data input mechanism of a handheld electronic machine, such as a smart phone, cell phone, media player, or the like. The ring fits over the distal phalange of a user's thumb, the ring having an elongate cylindrical stem extending obliquely therefrom. When the keypad ring is attached to the user's thumb, the user can move the thumb to strike the miniature handheld device keys of the miniature keyboard with the tip of the stem portion of the keypad ring. The keypad ring can be made of materials including, but not limited to, rubber or thermoplastic materials. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205191 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING DEVICE HAVING MULTI-POINT TOUCH FUNCTION - An electromagnetic sensing device having a multi-point touch function comprises electromagnetic pens ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205192 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INPUT MODE THUMBWHEEL - A thumbwheel input device oriented on an incline and comprising a wheel such that a first input is generated by rotation of the wheel about its axis, and a holder also having an axis of rotation and a portion thereon to receive the wheel whereby a second input is generated by rotation of the holder about the second axis. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205193 | Operational amplifier with decreased through current, and display panel driver and display device incorporating the same - An operational amplifier is provided with: a high-side output transistor connected between an output terminal and a positive power supply line; a low-side output transistor connected between the output terminal and a negative power supply line; a first capacitor element connected between a first node and the output terminal; a second capacitor element connected between a second node and the output terminal; a first PMOS transistor having a source connected to the gate of the high-side output transistor and a drain connected to the gate of the low-side output transistor; a first NMOS transistor having a source connected to the gate of the low-side output transistor and a drain connected to the gate of the high-side output transistor; a second PMOS transistor having a source connected to the first node and a drain connected to the gate of the high-side output transistor; and a second NMOS transistor having a source connected to the second node and a drain connected to the gate of the low-side output transistor. The gates of the first and second PMOS transistors are commonly connected and fed with a first bias voltage, and the gates of the first and second NMOS transistors are commonly connected and fed with a second bias voltage. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205194 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention has a connection changeover circuit, including switch elements for time-division driving, formed on a liquid crystal panel, and the switch elements are paired so that two switch elements in each pair are connected in parallel to one video signal line. The paired switch elements are turned on at the same time, and immediately before one of the switch elements is turned off upon completion of a charging period for its corresponding video signal line, only the other switch element is turned off. As a result, while maintaining drive performance, it is possible to solve the impact of fieldthrough phenomenon caused by one of the switch elements, which are transistors, and also reduce parasitic capacitance formed in the other switch element, thereby suppress the impact of fieldthrough phenomenon caused by that switch element. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205195 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electrophoretic display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electrophoretic element interposed therebetween, a plurality of scanning lines on an electrophoretic element side surface of the first substrate, a plurality of data lines extending in the crosswise directions of the plurality of scanning lines on the electrophoretic element side surface of the first substrate, a selection transistor connected to one of the scanning lines and one of the data lines, a pixel electrode connected to the selection transistor, and a capacitor with two electrodes, one of the electrode thereof being connected to the selection transistor and the pixel electrode, and the other electrode thereof being connected to one of the scanning lines, wherein a plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged so that a dot density thereof is more than or equal to 200 dpi. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205196 | GATE SELECTION CIRCUIT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, ACCUMULATING CAPACITY DRIVING CIRCUIT, DRIVING DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD - The present invention relates to the circuit size of a gate selection circuit of an active matrix liquid crystal panel. A plurality of clock signals are generated by a clock generation circuit, a shift register is formed by a plurality of latch circuits, and hold information is shifted in synchronization with enable clock signals. In a switch circuit, a plurality of clock signals are sequentially outputted as gate selection signals according to each output signal of the latch circuits. A driving method and a driving apparatus of the gate selection circuit are also disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205197 | ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES HAVING SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Embodiments of MEMS devices comprise a conductive movable layer spaced apart from a conductive fixed layer by a gap, and supported by rigid support structures, or rivets, overlying depressions in the conductive movable layer, or by posts underlying depressions in the conductive movable layer. In certain embodiments, both rivets and posts may be used. In certain embodiments, these support structures are formed from rigid inorganic materials, such as metals or oxides. In certain embodiments, etch barriers may also be deposited to facilitate the use of materials in the formation of support structures which are not selectively etchable with respect to other components within the MEMS device. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205198 | Organic Light Emitting Display Device - An organic light emitting display device comprises: a substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) formed on a first surface of the substrate; a passivation layer covering the plurality of TFTs; a plurality of first pixel electrodes formed on the passivation layer and respectively electrically connected to the plurality of TFTs, and overlapping with the plurality of TFTs so as to cover the plurality of TFTs, and including a reflection layer formed of a light-reflecting conductive material; a second pixel electrode formed of a light-transmitting conductive material and disposed on the passivation layer so as to be electrically connected to the plurality of first pixel electrodes; an opposite electrode formed such that light is transmitted or reflected therethrough, and disposed opposite the plurality of first pixel electrodes and the second pixel electrode; and an organic layer interposed between the plurality of first pixel electrodes and the second pixel electrode, and including an emission layer. Accordingly, transmittivity of the organic light emitting display device is increased, and optical outcoupling efficiency of the organic light emitting display device is also increased during double-sided emission. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205199 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVING APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205200 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal panel including: first and second pixel electrode ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205201 | MICROENCAPSULATED ELECTROPHORETIC PRICE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An electronic product price display system for installation in a retail environment for displaying price and related information concerning retail consumer products price including at least one microencapsulated electrophoretic display label for displaying information about consumer products; a power system for powering the display labels, where the power system includes a photovoltaic cell coupled with a means for storing the power generated by the photovoltaic cell; an antenna for receiving RF signals and transmitting them to a microcontroller; a microcontroller for receiving RF communication signals and for converting the received signals into instructions to change the display labels; a programmable computer module for generating instructions for the labels; means for receiving said instructions from said computer and generating RF instruction signals; and means for removably affixing said labels to store shelving holding the consumer products. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205202 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A method and system for controlling power consumption of a display is disclosed. The method includes determining battery voltage, brightness of ambient light, temperature, and adjusting the brightness of the organic electroluminescent display apparatus, or by adjusting the voltage difference between a first power voltage and a second power voltage of the organic electroluminescent display apparatus, according to the battery voltage, the brightness of the ambient light, the temperature, and image data of the organic electroluminescent display apparatus. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205203 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to carry out a display reset operation, a segment driver and a common driver are driven to operate as below during a display data reading period in which voltages to be applied to a liquid crystal display panel are nonuniform between lines. First, a shift register and a level shifter which are provided in the segment driver and a shift register and a level shifter which are provided in the common driver are driven to operate as usual, whereas a display control signal supplied from a controller causes output circuits to stop carrying out their respective output operations. In at least one embodiment, during a period in which a writing operation is carried out with respect to the liquid crystal display panel so as to carry out the display reset operation, the display control signal supplied from the controller allows the output circuits to carry out the respective output operations. This allows a memory (e.g., cholesteric) liquid crystal display device to carry out a display reset operation without causing display unevenness by simultaneously selecting a plurality of lines. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205204 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A DC-DC converter and an organic light emitting display using the DC-DC converter are provided. The DC-DC converter can generate a first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage, where the DC-DC converter includes a first voltage generator for generating the first voltage by switching an input voltage and accumulating energy in a first coil, a second voltage generator for generating the second voltage by switching an input voltage and accumulating energy in a second coil, a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller for controlling switching times of the first and second voltage generators in accordance with a control signal, and a voltage adjuster for generating the control signal to vary a voltage level of the second voltage and control a time of change of the second voltage. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205205 | Pixel circuit, display device, method of driving the display device, and electronic unit - A display device includes: a pixel circuit including a light emitting element, first to third ,transistors, and a capacitive element; and a scan line. The pixel circuit is configured in such a manner that, one of a drain and a source of the first transistor is connected to a gate of the second transistor, the third transistor and the capacitive element are connected in series between a gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor, and variation in scan line voltage is transmitted to the gate of the second transistor via the third transistor and the second capacitive element. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205206 | Display device and driving method thereof - A display device includes a display unit including a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines to which a plurality of compensation data signals are transmitted, a plurality of light emitting signal lines, and a plurality of pixels respectively connected to the plurality of scan lines, the plurality of data lines, and the plurality of light emitting signal lines, and a data driver generating a data voltage corresponding to a image data signal, and converting the data voltage to the compensation data signal. The data driver includes a compensator generating the compensation data signal in accordance with a feedback voltage. The feedback voltage is determined by a degree of deterioration associated with each pixel, and increases with an increasing deterioration degree of the pixel. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205207 | VIDEO PROCESSING CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing circuit, includes: a boundary detection section adapted to detect a boundary between a first pixel having an applied voltage, which is designated by the video signal input and is lower than a first voltage, and a second pixel having an applied voltage, which is designated by the video signal input and is one of equal to and higher than a second voltage higher than the first voltage, in a present frame and in a previous frame, which is one frame earlier than the present frame, respectively; and a correction section adapted to correct the video signal adapted to designate the applied voltages to the liquid crystal elements corresponding to the first pixel and the second pixel abutting on a moving section in the boundary of the present frame moving one pixel from the boundary in the previous frame so as to reduce a lateral electrical field caused by the first pixel and the second pixel. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205208 | VIDEO PROCESSING CIRCUIT, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A video processing circuit used in a liquid crystal panel, includes: a first boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a present frame to detect a boundary between a first pixel and a second pixel; a second boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a frame one frame before the present frame to detect a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel; a correction portion that corrects an applied voltage to a liquid crystal device corresponding to a second pixel which is adjacent to a portion of the boundary detected by the first boundary detector, which is changed from the boundary detected by the second boundary detector from the applied voltage specified by the video signal of the present frame to a voltage equal to or higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205209 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a pixel which includes a first photosensor portion having a first photodiode for detecting visible light, which is provided together with a display element portion; and a pixel which includes a second photosensor portion having a second photodiode for detecting infrared rays, which is provided together with another display element portion. The second photosensor portion detects infrared rays included in external light, and selects an imaging element and adjusts sensitivity in accordance with the amount of infrared rays detected by the second photosensor portion. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205210 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a display apparatus, after sampling switches turn on and a voltage signal to be held in a driving circuit is transmitted to a plurality of data lines and subsequently the sampling switches turn off, a selected scanning line supplies a control signal to the driving circuits along the selected scanning line, thereby causing the driving circuits to hold the voltage signal, and the plurality of scanning lines supply a control signal to the driving circuits simultaneously, and thereafter the sampling switches turn on and the voltage signal which is to cause the driving circuit to drive the display element is transmitted to the data lines thereby causing the driving circuits along the plurality of scanning lines to drive the display element simultaneously. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205211 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus which can reduce temperature rise and temperature variation in the heating elements in the housing, and is compatible with vertical arrangement and horizontal arrangement of a display screen without causing malfunction and image quality degradation is provided. The image display apparatus includes a control unit configured to control the air warmed up by the heating elements to flow in the vertical direction. The control unit is located closer to the center of the image display apparatus than the heating elements. The control unit includes a rotation plate that is rotated to maintain a longitudinal direction of the rotation plate parallel with the vertical direction according to rotation of the image display apparatus around the normal line as a rotation axis. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205212 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A control circuit for a display device includes a shift register circuit which includes at least one transistor and outputs a gate signal in response to at least one voltage signal, a temperature information acquisition unit configured to acquire temperature information at the control circuit for a display device, and a voltage switching unit configured to switch a voltage of the at least one voltage signal based on the acquired temperature information. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205213 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes two-column pixel electrodes. The pixel electrodes are arrayed so that a signal line is positioned between the pixel electrodes. The pixel electrodes include a first pixel electrode which is connected to the signal line and a second pixel electrode which is not connected to the signal line. A pixel electrode of a first column of the two columns is set as the first pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode of a second column of the two columns is set as the second pixel electrode in a first row. A pixel electrode of the first column of the two columns is set as the second pixel electrode, and a pixel electrode of the second column of the two columns is set as the first pixel electrode in a second row. At least one of the first and second rows is continuously arranged. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205214 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a partition electrode, a luminescent layer and a voltage source. The luminescent layer includes a luminescent material emitting light rays due to an electrochemical oxidation or reduction reaction thereof. The voltage source is configured to generate a driving voltage between the first and second electrodes so as to apply first and second potentials, wherein the first and second potentials are maintained at one and opposite polarities in respect to the reference potential during a predetermined segment period respectively and are periodically reversed, each of the first and second potentials is changed first to second absolute levels during the predetermined segment period, the second absolute potential is determined depending on the gradation of input image data, and the first absolute potential is higher than the second absolute potential. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205215 | Light-Emitting Device and Driving Method Thereof - In a light emitting device, luminance irregularities caused by fluctuation in threshold of TFTs for supplying a current to EL elements among pixels hinder the light emitting device from improving the image quality. A voltage equal to the threshold of a TFT | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205216 | SIGNAL LINE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Dispersion occurs in the characteristics of the transistors. The invention is a signal line driving circuit having a first and a second current source circuits corresponding to each of a plurality of signal lines, a shift register, and a constant current source for video signal, in which the first current source circuit is disposed in a first latch and the second current source circuit is disposed in a second latch. The first current source circuit includes capacitive means for converting the current supplied from the constant current source for video signal into a voltage, according to a sampling pulse supplied from the shift register, and supplying means for supplying the current corresponding to the converted voltage. The second current source circuit includes capacitive means for converting the current supplied from the first latch into a voltage, according to a latch pulse, and supplying means for supplying the current corresponding to the converted voltage. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205217 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL - Provided is a method of driving a display panel having a charge trap device and an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The charge trap device includes a nanocrystal layer. The nanocrystal layer includes nanocrystals, which are crystallized and dispersed, and a barrier layer, which buries the nanocrystals. When a program voltage is applied, charges are trapped in the nanocrystals, and the OLED emits light at a predetermined luminance with the application of a read voltage. Data signals are sequentially applied to all pixels of the display panel to express desired grayscales. The pixels of the display panel receive the read voltage and emit light at the same time. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205218 | DECODER AND DATA DRIVER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a decoder, receiving the first and the second reference voltage groups and selecting a reference voltage in accordance with a received digital signal, including a first sub-decoder receiving the first reference voltage group, a second sub-decoder receiving the second reference voltage group | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205219 | Automatically Repainting an External Display - A computer system may include a main display and an external display coupled, for example, to the computer system through a universal serial bus digital visual interface link. In response to the detection of an indication of a suspension of the system to a reduced power consumption state, such as the S3 sleeping state, the external display may be automatically repainted. In addition, the current image layers and coordinates may be automatically stored to a frame buffer. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205220 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A light emitting device includes a pixel circuit and a driving circuit, the pixel circuit including a driving transistor, a light emitting element, a first capacitance element interposed between a gate and a source of the driving transistor, a selection transistor, a current generating unit which generates set current. The driving circuit controls the current generating unit to generate set current with a predetermined magnitude in a current set period before a writing period of writing data potential in the pixel circuit, to set the voltage (voltage between both ends of the first capacitance element) between the gate and the source of the driving transistor to a value necessary to allow the set current to flow in the driving transistor. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205221 | DISPLAY AND COMPENSATION CIRCUIT THEREFOR - A display includes a scan line, a data line, a pixel circuit, a compensation circuit, a voltage controller, and a data line driver. The data line forms a junction with the scan line. The pixel circuit is disposed at the junction of the scan line and the data line. When the scan line and the data line are driven, the pixel circuit generates a driving current. The compensation circuit generates a comparing signal and a positioning signal based on the driving current. The voltage controller generates a reference voltage that corresponds to the positioning signal with reference to the comparing signal. The data line driver corrects an image signal based on the reference voltage, and drives the data line with the corrected image signal. A compensation circuit for the display is also disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205222 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for driving a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixel units. Each one of the pixel units is corresponding to one of the scan lines and one of the data lines. The method includes: turning on at least two of the scan lines at the same time, said at least two scan lines being separated from each other by at least one turned off scan line, and said at least two scan lines respectively coupled to distinct one or multiple of the data lines; and transmitting respective image data to the data lines which are coupled to said at least two scan lines. The present invention can solve problems of bad performance and errors in a display image. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205223 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel configured to selectively implement 2D images and 3D images, panel driving circuits configured to drive the liquid crystal display panel, a backlight configured to include a plurality of light sources and supply light to the liquid crystal display panel, and a controller configured to modulate input data to generate frame data synchronized with N (where N is a positive integer equal to or more than 4) multiple frame frequency, control the panel driving circuits such that the same frame data is displayed in the liquid crystal display panel every two consecutive frame periods, control the backlight to be turned off for a former frame period of the two frame periods allocated to display the same frame data, and control the backlight to be turned on for a latter frame period of the two frame periods. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205224 | CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a content reproducing apparatus to display a content image and a menu image on a display device, and a control method thereof. The menu image is generated based on a support capability of the display device. Therefore, when the content image and the menu image are alternately displayed, screen flickering may be prevented from occurring due to a change in image format. Also, a support capability of each constituent element may be notified to the user as guide information, and the content image may be output after user confirmation. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205225 | Method and a system for generating a synthesized image of a hair - The invention relates to a method of generating a synthesized image of a hair, comprising the following steps:
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| 20110205226 | GENERATION OF OCCLUSION DATA FOR IMAGE PROPERTIES - A method of generating an occlusion image property map for an occlusion viewing position for a three dimensional scene is provided. The occlusion image property map comprises at least some image property values that are occluded from the occlusion viewing position. The method utilises an algorithm which can generate an image property map for an image representing the scene as a function of a viewing position. The method generates ( | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205227 | Method Of Using A Storage Switch - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for processing signals, particularly signals encoding two-dimensional images, such as photographs, video frames, graphics, and other visually displayed information. Rather than attempting 3D-boosting by applying a global contrast enhancement method, method and system embodiments of the present invention generate a soft-segmented image, portions of which are effectively locally contrast enhanced and portions of which, having excepted region types, are not locally contrast enhanced, to produce an output image which is selectively 3D-boosted. | 2011-08-25 |
| 20110205228 | VIRTUAL TRACE-MULTIPLE VIEW MODELING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for generating two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional model is provided. The system includes an active building model system generating one or more user-selected two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional building model. A floor plan view location system receives user control data and places a two-dimensional floor plan view in a user-selected location of a viewing window. An elevation view location system receives user control data and places a two-dimensional elevation view in a user-selected location of the viewing window. | 2011-08-25 |
