36th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130229356 | Fabric Enclosure Backlighting - Fabric enclosure backlighting techniques are described. In one or more implementations, one or more translucent portions are formed within a plurality of layers of a fabric enclosure assembly. In one approach, regions within one or multiple layers are laser etched to form the translucent portions within the fabric enclosure assembly. A light source is then arranged to selectively transmit light through the layers via the translucent portions to provide backlight for one or more elements integrated with fabric enclosure assembly. The one or more elements may include representations of input keys and/or graphics associated with the fabric enclosure assembly. The backlight may be used to view the one or more elements in low light and/or provide backlight effects such as borders, side lighting, labels, and so forth. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229357 | SENSOR-IN-PIXEL DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH NEAR INFRARED FILTER - A display system includes both a cover panel and a display panel. The display panel includes multiple display pixels and multiple sensor elements configured to detect infrared light reflected from an object touching or close to the cover panel. The filter layer is configured to increase rejection of near infrared light reflected from the object prior to detection of the infrared light by the multiple sensor elements. The filter layer can be positioned in different locations, such as between the display panel and the cover panel, within the display panel, or within or on top of the cover panel. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229358 | TIME-BASED CONTEXTUALIZING OF MULTIPLE PAGES FOR ELECTRONIC BOOK READER - A system and associated method for contextualizing a page turn in an electronic book pursuant to a snap gesture made by a user on a touch screen of a tablet device, as performed by an e-reader program running in the tablet device. The snap gesture is quantified with data elements including linger time and direction of the snap gesture. The quantified snap gesture is utilized in identifying a target page number to display on the touch screen responsive to at least one predefined data element of the quantified snap gesture such that the user is enabled to turn multiple pages of the electronic book by the snap gesture as turning multiple pages of a paper book. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229359 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus including a display module and a touch panel is provided. The display module has at least one first connector. The touch panel is disposed on the display module and has a second connector, in which the second connector is plugged into the corresponding first connector to make the touch panel assembled onto and electrically connected to the display module. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229360 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DOT RENDERING ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method and apparatus for controlling dot rendering for a touch screen. The method and apparatus receives indicia of pressure on the touch screen, where the pressure indicia represents an amount of force applied to the touch screen. From the indicia, the method and apparatus computes a dot size and renders a dot having the computed dot size on the touch screen. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229361 | COMPUTER ACTION DETECTION - A tool for performing a computer action based on a user's touch on a touch screen. The user's touch is characterized by certain parameters which are compared to predefined parameters which correspond to the hand that was used to touch the screen and a specific computer action. If the parameters match, within a specific error tolerance, the computer action is performed. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229362 | TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL STRUCTURE HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN AND RELATED COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING SUCH TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE - For a communication device having a touch module or a touch display module, a near field communicable NFC antenna pattern is disposed on a component above a touch sensor unit of the touch module or the touch display module, which places the NFC antenna pattern away from the shielding easily generated from the metallic frame or metallic housing of the communication device. The NFC antenna pattern may be printed on a bottom side, a top side, or in the interior of a cover lens of the touch module or the touch display module, or on a surface of a deco film outside the cover lens. A ferrite sheet may also be disposed between the NFC antenna pattern and the touch sensor unit for further preventing electromagnetic interference from the touch sensor unit or other internal components. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229363 | Sensing User Input At Display Area Edge - One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229364 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device including a display panel, a shielding electrode layer, a touch panel, a conductive element and a flexible circuit board is provided. The shielding electrode layer covers a top surface of the display panel. The touch panel disposed on the shielding electrode layer includes a substrate, a touch control element, a ground electrode and a metal wire. The touch control element includes a sensing electrode, a transmission wire and two pads. The transmission wire is electrically connected to the sensing electrode and one pad. The meal wire is connected between the ground electrode and the other pad. The shielding electrode layer is electrically connected to the metal wire or the ground electrode of the touch panel through the conductive element. The flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the pads, so that the sensing electrode and the metal wire are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229365 | TOUCHPAD STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touchpad structure includes a substrate, a shielding layer and a sensing layer. The shielding layer fully covers a first surface of the substrate. By using a circuit forming process to form the sensing layer on the shielding layer so as to make the shielding layer sandwiched between the substrate and the sensing layer, the structural thickness and the manufacturing processes of the overall touchpad structure can be significantly reduced. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229366 | Support for an Optically Bonded Display Device - Display device support techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a touch panel assembly and a display housing. The touch panel assembly includes one or more touch sensors and a transparent surface. The display housing secures a display module, the display module optically bonded to the touch panel assembly. A support is disposed to contact the touch panel assembly and the display housing. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229367 | Dynamic Patterns for Mobile Device Authentication - Dynamic Patterns for Mobile Device Authentication is a computer-implemented method for authenticating to and unlocking a mobile device. The method comprises displaying a lock screen view with randomized placement of colored nodes and or numbered nodes and or other uniquely identified nodes on the mobile device to prevent unauthorized or inadvertent access to the mobile device's data. The mobile device, while locked, will detect a touch gesture corresponding to the placement of the uniquely identified nodes on a touch screen of the mobile device. The input touch gesture will vary for each authentication attempt based on the randomized placement of the uniquely identified nodes. A user is able to input the sequence of unique identifiers on the touch screen; and in response to input of the user-defined unique identifier sequence, causes the mobile device to unlock. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229368 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SCALE FOR ENLARGEMENT AND REDUCTION OPERATION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for displaying a scale for an enlargement and reduction operation on a touch screen includes detecting, using a multi-touch detection sensor, a plurality of touches by a user on the touch screen, and detecting an enlarging operation or a reducing operation caused by the user applying two operating fingers to the touch screen. An enlargement factor or a reduction factor is displayed on the touch screen at a position near the two operating fingers of the user. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229369 | INPUT DEVICE INCLUDING MOVABLE TOUCH PAD - An input device includes a touch pad which is rotatably supported and has an upper surface as an input operation surface, a switch element located on a lower side of the touch pad, and a control unit configured to be able to perform control such that during an operation of an operation body (finger, etc.) being moved on the input operation surface while the input operation surface is pressed downwardly by the operation body to cause the switch element to be in an ON state, the ON state is continued even if the ON state is released in a state the operation of the operation body on the input operation surface is kept. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229370 | OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an operation display device including: a touch panel unit to detect a touch position; a display unit; and a display control unit to execute a display according to a first display process on the display unit when a first operation is received on the touch panel unit, and to execute both of the display according to the first display process and a display according to a second display process when a second operation including an element of the first operation is received on the touch panel unit. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229371 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PAGES OF E-BOOK AND MOBILE DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - A page display method is provided that detects information related to pages of an e-book that the user inputs in a mobile device with a touch screen, and displays the pages on the touch screen, according to the detection. A system adapted to the method is also provided. The method includes: displaying a page of an e-book on the touch screen in a preset mode; detecting a touch at a spot on the displayed page; detecting a press by detecting a contact period of time of the detected touch; and, in response to at least one of a location of the spot and a strength of the detected press, displaying the spot on the page as being deformed. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229372 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTING - The present invention discloses a method, device and system for interacting, in which first information of each of the external accessories is obtained, it is judged whether the first information of each of the external accessories satisfies a preset first condition, and each of the external accessories is processed according to the preset first condition if the first information of each of the external accessories satisfies the preset first condition, therefore interaction between an electronic device and the accessories is achieved and user experience is improved. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229373 | LIGHT-BASED FINGER GESTURE USER INTERFACE - A light-based finger gesture user interface for an electronic device including a housing for an electronic device, a display mounted in the housing, a cavity, separated from the display, penetrating two opposite sides of the housing, a detector mounted in the housing operative to detect an object inserted in the cavity, and a processor connected to the detector and to the display for causing the display to render a visual representation in response to output from the detector. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229374 | TERMINAL, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided including a touchscreen and a controller. The controller is configured to display, on the touchscreen, a moving picture and a subset of a plurality of key frame pictures for the moving picture. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229375 | Contact Grouping and Gesture Recognition for Surface Computing - Tools and techniques for contact grouping and gesture recognition for surface computing are provided. These tools receive, from a finger grouping subsystem, data representing velocity parameters associated with contact points, with the contact points representing physical actions taken by users in interacting with software applications presented on a surface computing system. These tools also identify gestures corresponding to the physical actions by analyzing the velocity parameters, and provide indications of the identified gestures to the software applications. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229376 | SELECTIVE INPUT SIGNAL REJECTION AND MODIFICATION - Embodiments are related to user input devices that accept complex user input including a combination of touch and push (or pick) input. Embodiments of the invention provide for selective ignoring or rejection of input received from such devices in order to avoid interpreting unintentional user actions as commands. Furthermore, some input signals can be modified. The selective rejection or modification can be performed by the user interface device itself or by a computing device that includes or is attached to the user interface device. The selective rejection or modification may be performed by a module that processes input signals, performs the necessary rejections and modifications and sends revised input signals to higher level modules. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229377 | ACCESSORY PROTOCOL FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE ACCESSIBILITY - Techniques for controlling a touch input device using an accessory communicatively coupled to the device are disclosed. In one aspect, an accessibility framework is launched on the device. An accessory coupled to the device is detected. Receipt of input from the accessory is enabled. An accessibility packet is received from the accessory. The accessibility packet includes an accessibility command and one or more parameters. The accessibility packet is processed to extract the first accessibility command and the one or more parameters. Input is generated for the accessibility framework based on the accessibility command and the one or more parameters. In some implementations, the device also sends accessibility commands to the accessory, either in response to accessibility commands received from the accessory or independent of any received accessibility commands. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229378 | OPTICAL DEVICE SURFACE TREATMENT PROCESS AND SMUDGE-RESISTANT ARTICLE PRODUCED THEREBY - A surface treatment process comprises (a) providing at least one optical device; (b) providing a curable surface treatment composition comprising (1) at least one fluorinated organosilane compound comprising (i) a monovalent segment selected from polyfluoroalkyl, polyfluoroether, polyfluoropolyether, and combinations thereof and (ii) a monovalent endgroup comprising at least one silyl moiety comprising at least one group selected from hydrolyzable groups, hydroxyl, and combinations thereof, and (2) at least one fluorinated organosilane compound comprising (i) a multivalent segment selected from polyfluoroalkane, polyfluoroether, polyfluoropolyether, and combinations thereof and (ii) at least two monovalent endgroups, each independently comprising at least one silyl moiety comprising at least one group selected from hydrolyzable groups, hydroxyl, and combinations thereof; (c) applying the curable surface treatment composition to the optical device; and (d) curing the applied, curable surface treatment composition. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229379 | TOUCH SENSOR AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD - A tactile sensor includes an insulating support including a first face including a first series of parallel conducting tracks and a second face including a second series of parallel conducting tracks, the insulating support being folded and the second face being disposed opposite the first face. The tactile sensor includes an array of conducting tracks extending in an edge zone intended to be folded, along fold lines. The tactile sensor can, for example, be used in a tactile control screen. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229380 | Classifying The Intent Of User Input - Different types of user inputs can be input by a user via a keyboard of an input device. These different types of user inputs include, for example, key strikes, multi-touch interactions, single finger motions, and/or mouse clicks. Touch information regarding the pressure applied to the keys of a pressure sensitive keyboard over time (or the contact area of the user input for other types of keyboards over time) is used to classify the intent of the user input as one of the various types of user inputs. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229381 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN ADAPTIVELY RESPONSIVE FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A mobile electronic device having a flexible display device is disclosed. A request to retrieve information from a server over a wireless network is triggered based on a bending or folding of the flexible display device into a fixed position. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229382 | LOW POWER SWITCHING MODE DRIVING AND SENSING METHOD FOR CAPACITIVE MULTI-TOUCH SYSTEM - A low power switching mode driving and sensing method for capacitive multi-touch systems is used in a capacitive multi-touch system with a capacitive touch panel. When the capacitive touch system operates in an idle mode, the method uses a self-capacitance driving and sensing technology to detect touch points. When the touch points are detected on the capacitive touch panel, the capacitive touch system is switched to an active mode and uses a mutual-capacitance driving and sensing technology to detect touch points for accurately acquiring the positions related to the touch points detected. During a predetermined time interval in which there is no touch point detected, the method automatically performs a calibration to update a mutual-capacitance base image raw data and a self-capacitance base image raw data, so as to overcome the drifting of sensors of the capacitive touch system. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229383 | Sensing Structure of a Display - A sensing structure includes a display module, a sensing unit, an electronic component and a cover lens. The display module includes an active area. The sensing unit is disposed on the display module and overlaps at least part of the active area. The electronic component is disposed on the display module and outside the active area. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229384 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 2013-09-05 |
20130229385 | Capacitive Touch Sensing and Light Emitting Diode Drive Matrix - A pulse is applied through a capacitive touch key sensor to a sampling capacitor of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The voltage charge arriving at the sampling capacitor will be maximum when there is substantially no shunt capacitance between the capacitive touch key sensor and the sampling capacitor. However, a object such as an operator's finger when in close proximity to the capacitive touch key sensor will create a shunt to ground capacitance that diverts some of the charge that is supposed to go to the sampling capacitor and thereby reducing the voltage charge on the sampling capacitor. This change in charge voltage when the capacitive touch key sensor is activated (touched) may be easily detected with the ADC. In addition, light emitting diode (LED) displays may be integrated with the capacitive touch key sensors and use the same connections on an integrated circuit device in a time division multiplexed manor. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229386 | INPUT DEVICE WRITING SURFACE - Input device writing surface techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a connection portion configured to form a communicative and physical coupling to a computing device sufficient to secure the input device to the computing device. The input device also includes an input portion having a writing surface configured to perform a change in optical states that is viewable by the user, the change in the optical states performable without use of electronic computation. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229387 | OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE, PASSIVE TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM, AND INPUT DETECTION METHOD - An optical touch device includes a touch surface having a position mapping relationship with entire or a part of a picture displayed on a monitor, detects the object contacting or suspending over the touch surface and the movement of the optical touch device, and generates an absolute position signal according to the position of the detected object to point to the mapped position of the picture, a relative movement signal according to the detected movement of the optical touch device, and a control signal corresponding to the mapped position according to the absolute position signal and the relative movement signal. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229388 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING OBJECT IMAGE OF A POINTER - An apparatus and a method for acquiring object image of a pointer are provided. The apparatus is suitable for an optical touch system and is used for acquiring an object image of a pointer when the pointer interacts with a touch surface of the optical touch system. The apparatus includes an image sensor and a processing circuit. The image sensor is used for acquiring an image of the touch surface. When the pointer approaches the touch surface, the processing circuit compares at least a part of the information of a sensed image with a threshold value, so as to determine a comparison range. Then, the processing circuit determines another threshold value according to the image information in the comparison range. Afterwards, the processing circuit compares the image information in the comparison range with the aforementioned another threshold value, so as to acquire an object image of the pointer. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229389 | Methods and Apparatus for Simulation of an Erodible Tip in a Natural Media Drawing and/or Painting Simulation - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for simulation of an erodible tip. A brush tool representing an erodible media is modeled as a height map. Information is collected about a user manipulation of a stylus representing a stroke made on a virtual canvas with the brush tool. A mark to be made on the virtual canvas is determined dependent on the brush tool model and the collected information. The determined mark is rendered. A change in the height map of the brush tool due to the stroke is determined dependent on the brush tool model and the collected information. One or more subsequent marks are rendered in response to manipulation of the brush tool dependent on the determined change in the height map. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229390 | Methods and Apparatus for Deformation of Virtual Brush Marks via Texture Projection - A graphics application for simulating natural media drawing and painting may model a tablet stylus as if it were a virtual projector, and as if a 2D brush tip image were projected on a virtual canvas. The application may compute a texture projection based on the values of configurable parameters of the application and/or 6DOF data collected from the tablet stylus and/or the tablet. This texture projection (i.e., the mark resulting from deformation of the 2D brush tip image due to the stylus pose) may be used as a 2D stamp to create a mark on the virtual canvas in response to contact between the stylus and tablet. This may create a more natural mapping between tablet stylus poses and the resulting marks for artists accustomed to the behavior of pencils, felt tip pens, airbrushes, or another natural media, compared to those employed in previous digital painting applications. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229391 | Systems and Methods for Particle-Based Digital Airbrushing - A graphics application for simulating natural media drawing and painting may model a tablet stylus as if it were a virtual airbrush tool that sprays paint on a virtual canvas (tablet). The application may compute a conical shape of the paint spray, a target area in which to create an airbrush mark, and a target distribution of the paint to be deposited within the target area based on values of configurable parameters of the application and on 6DOF data collected from the tablet stylus and the tablet. The target distribution shape may be based on a hardness parameter. The virtual airbrush tool may create the mark using texture projection or by emitting multiple individual paint particles, which may have random sizes and velocity directions. In a hybrid mode, a granularity parameter may control the relative contributions of texture projection and particle emission in creating a given airbrush mark. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229392 | Persistence-Of-Vision Display With Stylus Input Device - A persistence-of-vision display device that is configured to receive inputs via a stylus and methods for its use are described. The device includes a display housing with a rotating armature disposed therein. The armature includes arrays of light sources and sensors. A stylus is provided that is useable to provide input through the display housing in a manner similar to drawing on the housing. Angular locations of the inputs are identified and corresponding light sources are illuminated. The impression of drawing on the display device is thus provided. Controls for color selection, animation, and other features are provided. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229393 | INSTRUMENT-ACTIVATED SUB-SURFACE COMPUTER BUTTONS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD INCORPORATING SAME - The present technique provides a system and method for providing instrument-activated buttons having a sub-surface mechanism for triggering a desired function upon interaction with an above-surface electronic/digital user device, such as a digitizing pointing device. The instrument-activated buttons may be disposed in a display device, a tablet computing device, or any other suitable electronic device. A user navigates a housing surface of the electronic device until a signal identifies the sub-surface button, which may then be activated by performing an instrument-based activation event. The activation event may be a button click, a tip movement, or any other suitable trigger on the electronic/digital user device. A wireless communication is then transmitted between the sub-surface mechanism and the electronic/digital user device to initiate the function associated with the instrument-activated button. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229394 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY PANEL - To provide a plural-viewpoint display device having an image separating optical element such as a lenticular lens or a parallax barrier, which is capable of arranging thin film transistors and wirings while achieving substantially trapezoid apertures and high numerical aperture, and to provide a driving method thereof, a terminal device, and a display panel. A neighboring pixel pair arranged with a gate line interposed therebetween is connected to the gate line placed between the pixels, each of the pixels configuring the neighboring pixel pair is connected to the data line different from each other, and each of the neighboring pixel pairs neighboring to each other in an extending direction of the gate lines is connected to the gate line different from each other. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229395 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - The present disclosure relates generally systems and methods for image data processing. In certain embodiments, a method for transferring the image data may include processing the image data in an image sensor by correcting one or more defective pixels in the image data based on a one-dimensional defective pixel correction algorithm; horizontally demosaicing the image data based on a one-dimensional horizontal demosaic algorithm; or a combination thereof. After processing the image data, the method may include horizontally downscaling the processed image data in the image sensor and vertically downscaling the horizontally downscaled image data in an image signal processor to be displayed for viewing on a display device. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229396 | SURFACE AWARE, OBJECT AWARE, AND IMAGE AWARE HANDHELD PROJECTOR - A handheld image projecting device that modifies a visible image being projected based upon the position, orientation, and shape of remote surfaces, remote objects like a user's hand making a gesture, and/or images projected by other image projecting devices. The handheld projecting device utilizes at least one illuminated position indicator for 3D depth sensing of remote surfaces and optically indicating the location of its projected visible image. In some embodiments, a handheld projecting device enables a plurality of projected visible images to interact, often combining the visible images, reducing image distortion on multi-planar surfaces, and creating life-like graphic effects for a uniquely interactive, multimedia experience. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229397 | Display Apparatus for Capturing Images and Operation Method Thereof - The present invention provides a display apparatus for capturing images. The display apparatus includes a first substrate, a pixel array disposed on the first substrate, a thin film transistor array disposed in the pixel array and a photodetector array disposed in the pixel array. The pixel array includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The thin film transistor array controls image data transferred to the pixel array. When a light illuminates a sub-pixel of the pixel array, a photodetector corresponding to the sub-pixel of the photodetector array generates a leakage current in response to a gray-level of the light. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229398 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a signal controller, a data driver, a display part, and a gate driver. The signal controller receives an image signal in accordance with a data transmission mode, receives a mode selection signal indicating the data transmission mode, and outputs one of a first inversion signal and a second inversion signal based on the indicated type. The data driver converts the image signal from the signal controller to data signals and controls a polarity of the data signals based on the output inversion signal. The display part includes a plurality of pixels to display an image. The signal controller is further configured to control the gate driver to sequentially output a plurality of gate signals to operate the pixels to receive the data signals. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229399 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a presence determining module configured to determine at an interval whether a user is present based on image data output by a camera; a display power controller configured to turn on a display when the user is present and to turn off the display when the user is not present, based on a result of the presence determining module; and a detection interval controller configured to control the interval such that the interval is shorter when the display is off compared to when the display is on and the user is determined to be present. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229400 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film transistor display panel capable of minimizing a bezel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The thin film transistor display panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines and data lines that cross each other on the substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; and a plurality of gate voltage supply lines arranged in a parallel direction with the data lines and connected to the plurality of gate lines, respectively, in which one pixel area is defined by two adjacent gate lines and two adjacent data lines, two pixel electrodes are formed in one pixel area, and the gate voltage supply lines pass between the two pixel electrodes formed in the same pixel area. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229401 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes pixels, a driver for providing a driving voltage, and conductive lines including a first line, a second line, and a third line. The display apparatus further includes a first circuit electrically connected to the driver for receiving the driving voltage and electrically connected to the pixels for controlling the pixels. The first circuit includes a first chip, a first inner line, a first pad, a second pad, a third pad, a fourth pad, and a fifth pad. The first chip is electrically connected to the driver through the third pad, the fourth pad, the fifth pad, the third line, the second line, the second pad, the first inner line, the first pad, and the first line. The fourth and fifth pads may contribute to consistent resistance for paths that transmit the driving voltage, for enabling desirable display quality of the display apparatus. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229402 | POWER GENERATOR AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A power generator includes a booster that boosts an input voltage supplied from a power supply unit and that supplies a boosted input voltage to an output terminal, a selector that selects one of the input voltage and a voltage at the output terminal as a selected voltage and supplies the selected voltage as an output voltage, a reference voltage generator that generates a reference voltage based on the output voltage, a comparator that compares a feedback voltage supplied from the booster and the reference voltage with each other, and a controller that controls the booster to output a chosen voltage from the output terminal according to a comparison result of the comparator. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229403 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes an array of pixels each having a memory function, a driving section that supplies a common voltage to a counter electrode of a liquid crystal capacitor, and supplies one of a first voltage and a second voltage to a pixel electrode of the liquid crystal capacitor, the first voltage being the same as the common voltage, the second voltage reversing polarity every predetermined period, and an adjusting section that adjusts an amplitude of at least the second voltage. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229404 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A transmission unit sequentially outputs a plurality of data signals in a predetermined transmission period during which a one-frame image is transmitted, the predetermined transmission period being defined by a product of a number of the given units and a transmission period of a given unit. Meanwhile, the transmission unit outputs a control signal in the period among the predetermined transmission period that is equivalent to a sum of the transmission time of the given units which does not include the data signals. This period corresponds to the sleep mode period of the transmission unit. The sleep mode period is set such that a ratio of the sleep mode period to the predetermined transmission period is larger than a ratio of a sum of a transmission period of the control signal and a margin period for transmission of the control signal to the predetermined transmission period. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229405 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of driving a display device including pixels in a matrix and a power source, each pixel including a light-emitting element, drive transistor, capacitance element, and switching transistor, and connected to the power source by a power line, the method including: setting a voltage across the light-emitting element smaller than or equal to its threshold voltage by adjusting a voltage outputted by the power source to the power line; (a) applying, to a gate of the drive transistor, a reset voltage with which the gate-source voltage of the drive transistor becomes larger than its threshold voltage; (c) causing a data voltage to be held in the capacitive element; and (d) causing the light-emitting element to emit light according to the data voltage by setting the voltage across the light-emitting element larger than its threshold voltage by adjusting the voltage outputted by the power source to the power line. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229406 | CONTROLLING IMAGES AT MOBILE DEVICES USING SENSORS - Controlling images at mobile devices using sensors is described, for example, for interactive advertisements which respond to sensor readings at a mobile computing device. In various embodiments images are displayed at a mobile computing device according to sensor readings observed at the device and before user input is received at the images. For example, different regions of an image depicting a panorama are displayed as a mobile device is panned around or tilted. In another example images of an object in different orientations are presented as a mobile device is tilted in order to display the object as rotating. In various examples the images are displayed as part of a web page by using a template in the web page to control the display of images according to sensor readings. In various examples sensor readings are used to report user engagement with advertisements. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229407 | STEREO DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereo display apparatus includes a display panel and an adjustable barrier. The display panel is capable of providing an image. The adjustable barrier is located on a transmission path of the image. The adjustable barrier includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a display medium located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate includes a second plate, a plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes. The first and second electrodes are located on the second plate. The first electrodes are arranged in a same space. The second electrodes and the first electrodes are alternately arranged. The second electrodes are arranged in a same space. A first space is between any two adjacent first electrodes. A second space is between any two adjacent second electrodes. The first space is greater than the second space. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229408 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT VIEWER-CENTRIC DEPTH ADJUSTMENT BASED ON VIRTUAL FRONTO-PARALLEL PLANAR PROJECTION IN STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for adjusting a depth of stereoscopic images including a plane determining unit to determine a first predetermined plane parallel to a first image, a depth adjusting unit to determine a second point by projecting a first point of the first image onto the first plane in a direction of a first viewer's viewpoint associated with the first image, to determine a third point by moving the second point, according to a depth adjustment value, and to determine a fourth point by projecting the third point onto the first image in a direction from the first viewer's viewpoint to the third point, and an image synthesizing unit to generate a second image which represents the depth adjusted scene obtained from the first image by determining a color value of the fourth point. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229409 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing method and an image display device. A signal input unit receives image data. A signal processing unit scales image data received by the signal input unit to first image data and second image data, wherein the first image data and the second image data are scaled to be different from each other. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229410 | RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A rendering apparatus and method are provided. A plurality of nodes of interface data are described using the plurality of nodes connected hierarchically and indicate a plurality of selectable items that are analyzed, and the interface data is rendered based on a result of the analysis. Consequently, a creator of interface data to be rendered can expect a time-to-market reduction when creating interface data described in a standardized format. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229411 | Apparatus For Generating Volumetric Image and Matching Color Textured External Surface - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for generating combined image data representing a volumetric image of a subject and a color textured external surface of the subject. According to one embodiment, two-dimensional image data and volumetric data of a subject is obtained using it two-dimensional imager and a volumetric scanner, respectively. The two-dimensional image data represent color texture of the subject, and the volumetric data represents both an internal and external structure of the subject. An opacity threshold of the volumetric data is set to render an external surface of the subject without generating external surface mesh data. An array ray is extended from a view point of the two-dimensional image data to the external surface of the subject such that the external surface of the subject has an opacity level higher than the opacity threshold. The two-dimensional image data is mapped to the external surface of the subject based on the extended array ray, and combined image data comprising the two-dimensional image data and the volumetric data is generated. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229412 | 3D DATA ANALYSIS APPARATUS, 3D DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND 3D DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM - The present invention provides a 3D data analysis apparatus, a 3D data analysis method, and a 3D data analysis program capable of easily and instinctively specifying microparticles and microparticle small populations to be analyzed without referring to a large number of histograms or cytograms or imaging a 3D distribution chart. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229413 | LIVE EDITING AND INTEGRATED CONTROL OF IMAGE-BASED LIGHTING OF 3D MODELS - The present invention relates to a system, method, and apparatus that include a novel connection between a 3D raytracing application and an editing application to allow live editing of an image representing the lighting of a 3D model. Further embodiments include a novel pin control in the editing application that allows pin control of lighting of a specific portion of the lighting image and 3D model to adjust the intensity, color, and blur of the environment within a given region. The pins can also be used to copy regions of data from the lighting image to new locations. The pins can be placed either directly by clicking in the lighting image or by clicking on the 3D model in the raytracing application to indicate where the illumination should fall or reflect. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229414 | TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING MEMORY ACCESS BANDWIDTH IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM BASED ON DESTINATION ALPHA VALUES - This disclosure describes techniques for reducing memory access bandwidth in a graphics processing system based on destination alpha values. The techniques may include retrieving a destination alpha value from a bin buffer, the destination alpha value being generated in response to processing a first pixel associated with a first primitive. The techniques may further include determining, based on the destination alpha value, whether to perform an action that causes one or more texture values for a second pixel to not be retrieved from a texture buffer. In some examples, the action may include discarding the second pixel from a pixel processing pipeline prior to the second pixel arriving at a texture mapping stage of the pixel processing pipeline. The second pixel may be associated with a second primitive different than the first primitive. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229415 | Method and System for Setting Display Resolution - A computing system with a graphical windowing server displaying to a display, and a method for setting the resolution of a display to which a computing device displays. The method comprises running a graphical windowing server with a digital connection enabled between the display and a graphics adapter for the display, querying the display with the digital connection for display modes supported by the display, receiving returned mode data, the mode data being indicative of one or more display modes supported by the display, shutting down the graphical windowing server, composing a modeline for the display according to the returned mode data and a desired resolution, running the graphical windowing server with the digital connection disabled and the modeline, and loading a graphics specification corresponding to the resolution indicated by the modeline. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229416 | Transformation Function Insertion for Dynamically Displayed Tracer Data - A visualization system for a tracer may include a processing pipeline that may generate tracing data, preprocess the data, and visualize the data. The preprocessing step may include a mechanism to process user-defined expressions or other executable code. The executable code may perform various functions including mathematical, statistical, aggregation with other data, and others. The preprocessor may perform malware analysis, test the functionality, then implement the executable code. A user may be presented with an editor or other text based user interface component to enter and edit the executable code. The executable code may be saved and later recalled as a selectable transformation for use with other data streams. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229417 | Method and Device for Displaying Values in a Vehicle - A method for displaying a value on a display device of a vehicle in which a circular dial with a predetermined range of values in a first angle range of a full or partial circle and an indicator pointing to the value of the circular dial to be indicated are graphically depicted. The scaling of the circular dial is altered and the circular dial is then displayed in a second angle range smaller than the first angle range, in keeping with the changed scaling. This provides additional space for displaying other information. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229418 | CUSTOM ANIMATION APPLICATION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES - A machine-controlled method can include an electronic device display visually presenting to a user a digital character, multiple vector cutters positioned over corresponding portions of the digital character, and at least one joint option feature positioned within overlapping sub-portions of at least two vector cutters. The method can also include the display visually presenting a movement of the digital character based on the vector cutters and joint option feature. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229419 | Efficient Writing of Pixels to Tiled Planar Pixel Arrays - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for efficient writing of pixels to tiled planar pixel arrays. An image editing operation is performed by a first thread on an area of an image comprising a plurality of tiles within the area. A lock for write operation is performed by a second thread on each of the plurality of tiles. Results of the lock for write operations are sent from the second thread to the first thread. An output of the image editing operation is sent from the first thread to one or more third thread. The output of the image editing operation is stored in the plurality of tiles by the one or more third threads. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229420 | PERFORMANCE ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - In accordance with some embodiments, a graphics process frame generation frame rate may be monitored in combination with a utilization or work load metric for the graphics process in order to allocate performance resources to the graphics process and in some cases, between the graphics process and a central processing unit. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229421 | GPU Display Abstraction and Emulation in a Virtualization System - A method, computer program product, and system that includes a virtual function module with an emulated display timing device, a first independent resource, and a second independent resource, where the first and second independent resources signal a physical function module that a new surface has been rendered, and where the physical function module signals the virtual function module via the emulated timing device and the first and second independent resources when the rendered new surface has been displayed, copied, used, or otherwise consumed. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229422 | Conversion of Contiguous Interleaved Image Data for CPU Readback - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for conversion of contiguous interleaved image data. Image data in a contiguous interleaved format is received at a graphics processing unit (GPU). The GPU generates converted image data in a tiled format based on the image data in the contiguous interleaved format. The GPU sends the converted image data in the tiled format to a central processing unit (CPU). | 2013-09-05 |
20130229423 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DATA STRUCTURES FOR GENERATING A RASTERIZER - Methods, systems and data structures produce a rasterizer. A graphical state is detected on a machine architecture. The graphical state is used for assembling a shell rasterizer. The machine architecture is used for selecting replacement logic that replaces portions of shell logic in the shell rasterizer. The machine architecture is used for selectively inserting memory management logic into portions of the shell logic to produce. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS IMAGE TRANSMISSION TO A PROJECTOR - A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset of image data may be a delta subset that represents those areas of the image that have changed since the previous transmission. The subset image data may also be a scalable vector graphics representation of the subset of the digital image. A projector discovery logic selects a suitable projector resource based on the order or signal strength of the discovery replies. A wireless image transmission session is established with the selected projector resource during which the projector is unavailable to other devices. The subset image data may be compressed and transmission coordinated with the projector resource so that the data is sent only when it is ready to be received. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229425 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a memory, a processing unit and an overdriving unit. The memory stores a data-truncated previous frame. The processing unit performs edge detection on the previous frame, and performs an image smoothing process according to an edge detection result to generate a processed previous frame. The overdriving unit performs an overdriving process according to the processed previous frame and a current frame to generate an output frame. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229426 | DISPLAY DEVICE MODULATION SYSTEM - Arrangements and methods are provided that modulate various display device outputs in response to detected changes in environmental conditions affecting a display screen. The arrangement responds to changing environments to maximize the quality of the display. A sensor that is responsive to the changing environment, such as changes in ambient light, is provided to modulate the display accordingly. The arrangement contains logic for utilizing the sensing input and user preferences to provide the best display under the prevailing conditions. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229427 | ANIMATED TRANSITION FROM AN APPLICATION WINDOW TO ANOTHER APPLICATION WINDOW - A method includes receiving an input signal. The input signal includes a request to transition from a start window to an auxiliary window. The start window is identified. The start application is initially in an active state. The auxiliary window is identified. The auxiliary window is initially in an inactive state. A start window overlay is determined based on the start window. The start window overlay includes a visual copy of the start window. An auxiliary window overlay is determined based on the auxiliary window. The method includes transitioning from the start window to the auxiliary window in an active state based on the start window overlay and the auxiliary window overlay. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229428 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATION OF IMAGE AT OBLIQUE VIEW ANGLE - The present invention discloses a method and a device for simulation of image at oblique view angle. The method includes: obtaining luminance values of multiple front-view grey scales in a front viewing condition and luminance values of multiple oblique-view grey scales in an oblique viewing condition for at least one elementary color of a display device; determining a pairing relationship between the front-view grey scales and the oblique-view grey scales according to the luminance values of the front-view grey scales and the luminance values of the oblique-view grey scales; obtaining a front-view image; and converting the front-view image into an oblique-view image according to the pairing relationship. The present invention can directly obtain an image of oblique view angle in a real-time manner without making any measurement. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229429 | Deterministic Visual Indication of User Data Context - A VCI (visual context indicator) color is assigned deterministically and proactively at runtime to user data contexts, and is not stored in the database, spreadsheet, or other context. VCI colors can be high contrast friendly colors. The same color is assigned to a given context each time the application runs unless the context's identifying property has changed. Color assignments are not made by users or by the application's designer, but are done instead by hashing from a context's identifying property into a VCI color palette containing, e.g., eight to sixteen colors. Unlike text-selection coloring, VCI coloring is based on the user data context's identifying property. The color assignment visually indicates context by displaying the context's name in the VCI color, or by displaying a graphical element in the VCI color near the context name. VCI color assignment also shows the occurrence and result of changes in user data context. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229430 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATION OF IMAGE AT OBLIQUE VIEW ANGLE - The present invention discloses a method and a device for simulation of image at oblique view angle. The method includes: obtaining stimulus values of multiple front-view grey scales in a front viewing condition and stimulus values of multiple oblique-view grey scales in an oblique viewing condition for at least one elementary color of a display device; determining a pairing relationship between the front-view grey scales and the oblique-view grey scales according to the stimulus values of the front-view grey scales and the stimulus values of the oblique-view grey scales; obtaining a front-view image; and converting the front-view image into an oblique-view image according to the pairing relationship. The present invention can directly obtain an image of oblique view angle in a real-time manner without making any measurement. The process is simple and may provide high accuracy of oblique view image simulation and eliminate color shifting in simulating oblique view image. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY IN A DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT USING COMPRESSION - A system and method for updating a remote display unit that communicates with a computing system are described. The method includes accessing display update information from an update queue that stores drawing commands issued by an application executing on the computing system, caching the display update information, applying a lossy compression algorithm to the display update information to create a lossy display update, and transmitting the lossy update to the remote display. The method also includes applying a lossless compression algorithm to the display update information in the cache to create a lossless display update and transmitting the lossless display update a predetermined of time after transmitting the lossy update. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229432 | Flexible Computation of Isodose Lines - The present invention relates to a data processing method of determining a distribution of isolines to be used for displaying a radiation dose distribution in tissue of a patient, the steps of the method being executed by a computer and comprising:
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20130229433 | COHERENT PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE REALITY AND INTERACTION MODELS - A method for navigating concurrently and from point-to-point through multiple reality models is described. The method includes: generating, at a processor, a first navigatable virtual view of a first location of interest, wherein the first location of interest is one of a first virtual location and a first non-virtual location; and concurrently with the generating the first navigatable virtual view of the first location of interest, generating, at the processor, a second navigatable virtual view corresponding to a current physical position of an object, such that real-time sight at the current physical position is enabled within the second navigatable virtual view. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229434 | VIEWING MEDIA IN THE CONTEXT OF STREET-LEVEL IMAGES - A system for displaying hybrid image data produced by embedding additional media objects within street-level panoramic images includes a user interface through which a user may view, search for, and/or navigate through additional media objects in the context of browsing a virtual environment of a location at street level. In response to user input indicating a request to view a geographic location and/or an additional media object, street-level panoramic image data associated with the geographic location, in which one or more additional media objects also associated with the geographic location have been embedded, may be provided for display through the user interface. The user interface may be provided by a client device including one or more processors that receive hybrid image data produced by one or more processors of a server and display the image data to the user. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229435 | Methods and Apparatus for Applying Complex Continuous Gradients to Images - Methods and apparatus for specifying complex continuous gradients. A field blur tool may provide a user interface through which users may apply instances of a field blur pattern. The field blur tool allows the user to place one, two, or more pins over the image and to specify the blur amount (blur radius) at each field blur pin. A blur algorithm distributes the blur values for the one or more instances of the field blur pattern over the entire image, applying the blur according to the locations of the pin(s) and blur parameters at the pin(s). If the input indicates the location and the value for the blur radius of each of two or more instances of the field blur pattern, the two or more instances of the field blur pattern are combined in a blur mask by multiplying normalized radius fields of each of the instances. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229436 | DRAG HANDLE FOR APPLYING IMAGE FILTERS IN PICTURE EDITOR - The present disclosure provides for dynamic application of image filters in picture editor applications. A selected filter is dynamically applied to a portion of an image displayed on a screen as a drag handle is moved across the image, the portion of the image to which the selected filter is applied being changeable in size with motion of handle across the image and determined by a position of the handle on the screen. Changes to the portion of the image caused by application of the selected filter are dynamically displayed as the handle is moved across the image displayed on the screen. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A MOBILE DEVICE USER INTERFACE WITH A DIRECTIONAL SENSING DEVICE - An electronic mobile device includes a display for displaying a graphical element. A tilt sensor is configured to sense first and second tilt angles of the mobile device. A processor is coupled to the display and the tilt sensor and configured to move the graphical element relative to the display in a first direction based on the first tilt angle, and to move the graphical element relative to the display in a second direction based on the second tilt angle. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229438 | DRAG HANDLE FOR APPLYING IMAGE FILTERS IN PICTURE EDITOR - The present disclosure provides for dynamic application of image filters in picture editor applications. A selected filter is dynamically applied to a portion of an image displayed on a screen as a drag handle is moved across the image, the portion of the image to which the selected filter is applied being changeable in size with motion of handle across the image and determined by a position of the handle on the screen. Changes to the portion of the image caused by application of the selected filter are dynamically displayed as the handle is moved across the image displayed on the screen. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229439 | DRAG HANDLE FOR APPLYING IMAGE FILTERS IN PICTURE EDITOR - The present disclosure provides for dynamic application of image filters in picture editor applications. A selected filter is dynamically applied to a portion of an image displayed on a screen as a drag handle is moved across the image, the portion of the image to which the selected filter is applied being changeable in size with motion of handle across the image and determined by a position of the handle on the screen. Changes to the portion of the image caused by application of the selected filter are dynamically displayed as the handle is moved across the image displayed on the screen. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229440 | STATE AWARE TILE VISUALIZATION - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for selecting images to represent tiles within a visualization and/or for creating a visually diverse visualization. That is, images for tiles within a visualization may be selected and/or modified based upon state information associate with such tiles (e.g., current time, current location, device resolution, current weather conditions, current image comprised within a tile, etc.). In this way, a set of visually diverse tiles may be created, such that adjacent tiles may be represented by visually diverse images. For example, tiles within a weather application may represent weather conditions for days of a week. If two adjacent tiles comprise visually similar images (e.g., images depicting a single cloud), then at least one of the images may be modified (e.g., to an image of four clouds) so that the two adjacent tiles may appear visually dissimilar within the weather application. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229441 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - It is arranged so that one can discern a sentence being read. To accomplish this, a sentence of interest to be read by a user is decided from within a document image, which is a document that has been converted to an image. The position of a display area is decided in the document image in such a manner that the area will contain the sentence of interest that has been decided. The sentence of interest that has been decided is displayed in highlighted form so that it can be distinguished from other sentences. The sentence highlighted is enclosed by a frame and indicated by hatching. The sentence of interest is displayed in highlighted form even when scrolling is performed. Thus the user can more readily discern the sentence that the user is reading. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229442 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN STATE OF MOBILE DEVICE AND RELATED MOBILE DEVICE - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for controlling a screen state of a mobile device and a related mobile device. The method according to the embodiments of the present invention includes: judging, when a mobile device is in a standby screen-off state and a screen turn-on instruction is received, whether a cover exists within a preset distance in front of a proximity sensor of the mobile device. If a cover exists within the preset distance in front of the proximity sensor, the mobile device stays in the standby screen-off state, and if no cover exists within the preset distance in front of the proximity sensor, the mobile device switches from the standby screen-off state to a screen-on state. By implementing the solutions in the present invention, battery power of the mobile device can be saved, and time for using the mobile device can be prolonged. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229443 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a gamma value calculation unit that calculates a gamma value for a pixel of an input image based on a grayscale value of the pixel, the gamma value being varied depending on the grayscale value, and an image generation unit that performs grayscale correction on the input image by raising the grayscale value of the pixel of the input image to a power of the gamma value, the grayscale value being normalized. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229444 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A display device in which pixels having a memory function are arranged includes a driving unit that performs display driving in a driving method that obtains a middle gradation by temporally changing gradation of each of the pixels in one period in which a plurality of frames are assumed, wherein the driving unit is configured to discontinuously write lower bits and higher bits of gradation data with respect to the pixels in a scanning direction in a unit of one line or a plurality of lines. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229445 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - When a write operation to change the pixel into one of the first gray level and the second gray level is stopped before completion of the write operation, and when a write section executes a write operation to change the pixel into another of the first gray level and the second gray level, the write section executes the write operation by voltage application to change the pixel into the other gray level the same number of times of voltage application as the number of times of voltage application in the write operation that has been stopped. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229446 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EMPLOYING SAME - Uniformize afterimages caused by black insertion to each image when two types of images are alternately displayed. There are provided a left and right image alternate output unit, a mask pattern storage unit a mask pattern selection counter , and a mask synthesizing unit. The left and right image alternate output unit alternately outputs two types of video frames. The mask pattern storage unit stores m mask patterns, wherein basic regions are defined in a pixel region of a liquid crystal panel, the pixel region has m pixels arrayed in a matrix, m is an even number equal to or greater than 4, the in mask patterns have different arrangements of mask pixels in the basic region, and the number of the mask pixels is an even number smaller than m and equal to or greater than 2. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229447 | DISPLAY METHOD OF EMISSION DISPLAY APPARATUS - Sticking of a Pixel is suppressed to improve the life of a display panel. In an emission display apparatus with a display panel in which a plurality of pixels each having at least one subpixel are disposed. A first display method of emitting light with only a pixel P(i,j) serving as an emission center and a second display method of allocating luminance of the pixel P(i,j) serving as an emission center to nearby pixels surrounding the pixel are combined in a controllable manner. A high-resolution mode with a high ratio of the first display method and a long-life mode with a high ratio of the second display method are switched therebetween depending on a spatial change or time change of image input data, an emission time, a degradation rate, a temperature, an emission luminance, and a display time. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229448 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A display device for displaying stereoscopic images is provided, wherein partial stereoscopic images are generated in spectral ranges at least partially different from each other, and wherein narrow-band emitting emission elements are present for generating images, and wherein different emission elements are present for generating spectrally narrow-band optical radiation in different spectral ranges, of which at least one comprises a light-converting material excited by an excitation element for emitting optical radiation. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229449 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A three-dimensional display device comprises a flat display panel and an image-converting sheet disposed on or above the display panel. The display panel comprises a matrix of unit display cells arranged as rows and columns and where the cells are spaced apart to have respective row and column direction pitches. The image-converting sheet comprises a plurality of inclined lenticular lenses where the inclination is set according to the row and column direction pitches so as to reduce perception of Moiré patterns when stereo-scopic images are projected through the image-converting sheet to an observer viewing the display panel as an upright panel having respectively different left and right stereo-scopic image projections. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229450 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING SURFACES OF MATERIAL PANELS, ESPECIALLY WOOD PANELS, WITH A MULTI-COLOUR IMAGE - A printing device and a method for printing surfaces of material panels, especially wood panels, with a multi-color image. The method includes orienting the material panel so the surface thereof is in a defined position and at a defined height; holding the material panel in place; moving a printing unit along a path of displacement over the surface of the material panel held in place; printing the surface of the material panel held in place, by means of a printing unit, the printing unit including a plurality of adjacently arranged printing heads, respectively for a plurality of colors, according to the width of the surface to be printed; moving the printing unit into a position for a control printing; preparing a control printing strip or a control model strip in said position; and carrying out printing with a test model on said control printing strip or on a control model strip. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229451 | APPARATUS USABLE WITH DIFFERENT CIRCUIT BOARD VARIANTS, WITH DETECTION OF CURRENTLY-INSTALLED VARIANT - An apparatus includes a number of apparatus components that are operable to produce an apparatus action. The components include a circuit board that is available for installation in a number of different board variants. Each circuit board variant includes a photoelectric barrier that receives an input signal from a controller of the apparatus, and that generates a photoelectric barrier output signal supplied to the controller. At least one of the circuit board variants includes a delay element that introduces a delay into the output signal from the controller that is supplied to the photoelectric barrier. The delay is matched to the particular variant of the circuit board, so that the controller, by detecting a characteristic of the delay, can identify the circuit board variant of the currently-installed circuit board. The controller then controls the components to produce the apparatus action dependent on the variant of the currently installed circuit board. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING RAISED MARKINGS ON SUBSTRATES FOR BRAILLE IDENTIFICATION AND SECURITY AND TO FACILITATE AUTOMATIC HANDLING OF THE SUBSTRATES - Haptic or tactile features, which are generally not visually perceptible or reproducible, are applied at varying positions on a substrate according to a predetermined scheme. A plurality of raised image areas are specified for a group of substrates and raised marks are printed in only one raised image area for each substrate in a manner that is evenly distributed between the raised image areas for the group of substrates. The substrates will present a relatively uniform stack avoiding localized large pile heights when the substrates are stacked. A clear marking material is used to print the raised marks so as not to obscure underlying data printed on the substrate. The clear marking material may include a monomer that may become cross-linked in an exposure process to resist deinking of the substrate. The clear marking material may be mixed with a phosphorescing or fluorescing material as an additional security measure. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229453 | INK JET PRINTER - An ink jet printer for printing on a substrate comprising a first print head outputting ink and defining an ink meniscus; a platen operable to carry the substrate; a support structure; and a print head mechanism coupled to the support structure and carrying the first print head. The print head mechanism moves the first print head relative to the platen. A controller controls the print head mechanism such that at least one of a predetermined acceleration and predetermined deceleration of the print head mechanism is achieved such that the ink meniscus is operably maintained. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229454 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MEDIUM EDGE POSITION IN LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus and a method for detecting a medium edge position are provided wherein the edge position of the medium can be comparatively more accurately detected even when the sensitivity of an optical sensor has changed due to fouling or the like. | 2013-09-05 |
20130229455 | DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF DROPLET JETTING HEAD - A droplet jetting apparatus includes: a droplet jetting head that is supplied with a jetting liquid and jets out droplets of the jetting liquid from nozzles formed in a nozzle surface; a spray device that sprays maintenance liquid on the nozzle surface; and a maintenance liquid temperature control unit that controls a temperature of the maintenance liquid so that the temperature of the maintenance liquid comes closer to or becomes higher than or equal to a temperature of the droplet jetting head. | 2013-09-05 |