48th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090289837 | Map Information Update Support Device, Map Information Update Support Method and Computer Readable Recording Medium - A map information update support device includes a communication interface unit that acquires plural items of radar image data of the same observation area acquired at different times, respectively, a registration processing unit that registrates the plural items of radar image data with respect to one another, a characteristic value calculation unit that calculates a characteristic value representing a state of a surface of the earth in the observation area using the items of radar image data after the registration process, a feature changed area extraction unit that extracts a feature changed area based on the characteristic value, a road change candidate area extraction unit that synthesizes the feature changed area with map information of the observation area and extracts a road change candidate area that is a candidate of a road changed portion, and an output unit that outputs the map information synthesized with the road change candidate area. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289838 | SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF A SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR - The invention relates to a synthetic aperture radar, having a first transmitting and receiving unit for transmission and for reception of a first frequency band, and a second transmitting and receiving unit for transmission and for reception of a second frequency band. According to the invention, the first frequency band and the second frequency band are each provided as a polarized frequency band, and a polarized antenna unit is provided for combination of the first polarized frequency band and of the second polarized frequency band. The synthetic aperture radar according to the invention and the method according to the invention for operation of a synthetic aperture radar have the advantage that they allow better resolution. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289839 | Dynamic Sub-Channel Sizing - A satellite system for broadband communication with a plurality of remote locations is described. The satellite system comprises service spot beams from a satellite. Forward channels may be transported on carriers of the service spot beams. A plurality of forward sub-channels may pass on the forward channels. They system further comprises a plurality of domains that are independently managed and a plurality of satellite modems with the service spot beams. The plurality of sub-channels may be divided among the plurality of domains. Each of the domains may correspond to a plurality of time slices. A scheduler may allocate forward channels among the plurality of domains. Each of the time slices corresponding to the plurality of domains may vary in size over time. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289840 | Process for Optimizing Status Notifications in the Case of a Navigation Satellite System - A process for optimizing status notifications in the navigation satellite system includes the following steps: the determination of information concerning a communication network of the navigation satellite system; and the transmission of the determined information as a status notification in at least one navigation message. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289841 | POSITIONING APPARATUS - A positioning apparatus includes a correlator | 2009-11-26 |
20090289842 | Process for Improving the Continuity in the Case of a Two-Frequency Navigation Satellite System - A process for improving continuity in a two-frequency navigation satellite system includes steps of i) observing the ionosphere by measurements in the two or more frequency bands; and ii) transmitting an alert message which informs user systems of a change of the ionosphere when at least one measurement indicates a change of the ionosphere that deviates from one or more predefined conditions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289843 | Method and System for Rendering Changing GPS Position on a Web Page - Described is a method including receiving initial location values of an asset within a monitored region, inserting the initial location values into a web-based document, and rendering an initial position of an icon on the web-based document. Further described is a device including a communication interface receiving initial location values of an asset within a monitored region, a display displaying an image of the monitored region, and a processor inserting the initial location values into a web-based document and rendering an initial position of an icon on the web-based document. The icon represents a location of the asset within the monitored region. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289844 | POSITION MONITORING SYSTEM - Various embodiments include a system comprising a remote unit operable to determine a geographic location of the remote unit, and to transmit data indicating the location of the remote unit, the remote unit coupled to a subject to be tracked, the remote unit operable to provide a stimulation to the subject, and a base unit operable receive the data indication the location of the remote unit, to determine if the remote unit is within a defined perimeter, and to signal the remote unit to provide the stimulation to the subject if the remote unit is not within the defined perimeter. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289845 | MULTIPLE-MODE LOCATION DETERMINING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods, apparatuses and/or systems are provided for selectively initiating a first mode location determination process using a location determining device if an item is not substantially stationary, and selectively initiating at least a second mode location determination process using the location determining device if the item is substantially stationary. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289846 | Method of processing a digital signal derived from an analog input signal of a GNSS receiver, a GNSS receiver base band circuit for carrying out the method and a GNSS receiver - An acquisition unit of a GNSS receiver base band circuit comprises an integrator ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289847 | METHOD OF RECEPTION AND RECEIVER FOR A RADIO NAVIGATION SIGNAL MODULATED BY A CBOC SPREAD WAVE FORM - To receive a radio navigation signal modulated by a composite wave form, the composite wave form comprising a linear combination with real coefficients of a component BOC(n | 2009-11-26 |
20090289848 | GPS for Communications Facility Records - Methods and systems are disclosed for enhancing line records with Global Positioning System coordinates. Global Positioning System information is acquired and a line record is assembled for an address using the Global Positioning System information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEM TIME RESOLUTION - A method and apparatus that reduces the number of possible time alignment possibilities to simplify the satellite positioning system time-ambiguity resolution problem is disclosed. The method may include receiving a first signal ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289850 | Gimbal System Angle Compensation - Gimbal system angle compensation methods and systems are provided. A particular method includes pointing an antenna at a first target using an initial set of at least four gimbal angles and determining first bore sight pointing errors resulting from a pointing direction of the antenna relative to the first target. The method also includes estimating values of a plurality of independently observable error variables based on the first bore sight pointing errors. The method further includes determining a set of gimbal angle corrections based on the values of the plurality of independently observable error variables. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289851 | REFERENCE BEACON METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TDOA/FDOA GEOLOCATION - A method and apparatus for estimating bias errors in a time-difference-of-arrival/frequency-difference-of-arrival (TDOA/FDOA) geolocation system using a reference signal transmitter in which position and/or motion information of the reference signal transmitter is encoded into the reference signal. The motion information may include the velocity and/or acceleration of the reference signal transmitter. The reference signal is received by multiple collection platforms operating in conjunction with a geolocation system and a reference correction processing system. The reference correction processing system receives, via the multiple collection platforms, the position and/or motion information, which is immediately and unambiguously associated with specific reference signal transmissions. The geolocation system estimates the position and/or velocity of the reference signal transmitter using conventional TDOA/FDOA techniques. The estimated position and/or velocity of the reference signal transmitter is compared to the information contained in the reference signal to estimate bias errors. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289852 | MULTI-LAYER OFFSET PATCH ANTENNA - A patch antenna includes a first patch element and a second patch element. Each patch element defines a center. The second patch element is spaced below the first patch element. A connection point is defined on the second patch element for connection to a transmission line. A first plane is defined through the connection point and the center of the second patch element and generally perpendicular to the second patch element. The first patch element is disposed offset the second patch element such that the center of the first patch element does not intersect with the first plane. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289853 | Omni-directional, multi-polarity, low profile planar antenna - An omni-directional, multi-polarity, low profile planar antenna for receiving high definition television signals includes a dielectric substrate having a first side and a second side on which are respectively formed first and second conductive patterns. Each conductive pattern includes segments functioning as antenna elements which are arranged to form a first modified H-shaped pattern on the first side of the dielectric substrate, and a second modified H-shaped pattern on the second side of the dielectric substrate which is disposed substantially ninety degrees with respect to the first modified H-shaped pattern. Each of the H-shaped patterns includes an extended S-shaped segment. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289854 | NOTCHED ANTENNA STRUCTURE WITH A STEPPED SHAPED ELEMENT - An antenna assembly ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289855 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing an Integrated Inverted Loop Antenna in a Wireless Device - An integral antenna for a wireless device in a personal article may include a housing that defines an interior space that is configured to house a functional component of the personal article. The housing includes an electrically conductive housing portion that is configured to include a first opening that substantially defines a first plane. The integral antenna includes an electrically conductive plane that is mounted in the interior space and is isolated from the electrically conductive housing portion, the electrically conductive plane oriented substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane and defining a continuous gap between the electrically conductive plane and the electrically conductive housing portion. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289856 | FILM TYPE ANTENNA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - There is provided a film type antenna including: a carrier film; a conductive pattern provided on one surface of the carrier film; and a conductive buffer layer provided on one surface of the conductive pattern. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289857 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A REPLACEABLE ANTENNA MODULE - A portable electronic device includes a main body including a housing and a wireless communication module installed inside the housing for processing wireless signals. The portable electronic device further includes an antenna module connected to the housing at one end in a rotatable manner. The antenna module includes an antenna body for receiving and radiating wireless signals. At least one sunken part is formed on the antenna body. The antenna module further includes at least one elastic structure fixed inside the housing and wedged in the sunken part on the antenna body in an elastic deformation manner so as to fix the antenna body and the housing. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289858 | ANTENNA DEVICE , A PORTABLE RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH ANTENNA DEVICE, AND A BATTERY PACKAGE FOR A PORTABLE RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An antenna device for use in a portable radio communication device comprises a ground plane ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289859 | HYPERBAND ANTENNA AND PORTABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A planar hyperband antenna includes a feed end, a radiating body and a grounding end. The radiating body includes a main body, a first radiating arm, a second radiating arm and a third radiating arm. The first radiating arm, the second radiating, and the third radiating arm extend from the main body and share the feed end cooperatively. The radiating body generates three resonant frequencies according to the radio frequency signals received by the feed end to make the first radiating arm, the second radiating arm and the third radiating arm form three different operating frequencies. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289860 | ACTIVE MAGNETIC ANTENNA WITH FERRITE CORE - An active magnetic antenna with a ferrite core having a winding is provided, forming a frame magnetic antenna which is connected with a low-noise transistor, to amplify a signal of the frame magnetic antenna. A base of the transistor is connected directly to one contact of the winding, and a second contact of the winding is capable of shifting a voltage of the base of the transistor. The impedance of the frame magnetic antenna is adjusted as a complex conjugate with an impedance of the base of the transistor of the low-noise amplifier, and the winding eliminates its own resonances. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289861 | RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS - One embodiment relates to a circuit for efficient wireless communication. The circuit includes an antenna feed and a plurality of communication paths stemming from the antenna feed, where different communication paths are associated with different frequency bands. The circuit also includes a shunt coupled to the antenna feed and adapted to selectively divert power from the antenna feed as a function of shunt control signal. Other methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289862 | Antenna System and a Method in Connection With an Antenna and an Antenna - The invention relates to an antenna system, which comprises a transmitter component ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289863 | ANTENNA ARRAY WITH METAMATERIAL LENS - An antenna array comprises two or more antenna elements. Each of the two or more antenna elements is configured to scan within a field of view. Each of the two or more antenna elements is further configured to transmit or receive a signal. The antenna array also comprises a metamaterial lens coupled to the two or more antenna elements. The metamaterial lens is configured to distribute the signal according to a sinc-like distribution over an aperture of the antenna array. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289864 | Antenna Arrangement And A Method Relating Thereto - The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289865 | FOLDED CONICAL ANTENNA AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The conical monopole antenna includes a conical antenna element having an apex and a base, a conductive base member coupled across the base of the conical antenna element and a ground plane antenna element, e.g. a disc antenna element, adjacent the apex of the conical antenna element. A fold conductor is coupled between the conductive base member and the ground plane antenna element. The fold conductor may include at least one impedance element, such as a resistive element or inductive element. An antenna feed structure is coupled to the ground plane and conical antenna elements. The antenna may have reduced gain above a cutoff frequency being traded for low VSWR below the cutoff frequency to get increased usable bandwidth. The folded resistive termination is preferential to driving point attenuation and edge loading, and the conical monopole antenna provides low VSWR at most radio frequencies. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289866 | BROADBAND TERMINATED DISCONE ANTENNA AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The discone antenna is a small communication antenna with broad voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) bandwidth. The discone antenna includes a conical antenna element and a disc antenna element adjacent the apex thereof and including a proximal electrically conductive planar member and a spaced apart distal electrically conductive planar member being electrically connected together at respective peripheries thereof defining a folded ground plane. An antenna feed structure is coupled to the disc and conical antenna elements and includes a first conductor coupled to the proximal electrically conductive planar member, and a second conductor coupled to the conical antenna element and to the distal electrically conductive planar member. An impedance element, such as a resistor, may be connected between the second conductor and the distal electrically conductive planar member. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289867 | WIDEBAND PRINTED DIPOLE ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS APPLICATIONS - In a broadband printed dipole antenna for wireless applications, metal plates of a radiation portion, a feed-in portion and a bandwidth modulation portion are formed on a substrate. Two radiation portions come with a specific shape and have an interval between the two radiation portions. The feed-in portion is composed of two separated long bars and coupled to one of the specific shaped radiation portions. The bandwidth modulation portion is disposed symmetrically adjacent to the feed-in portion, such that the impedance matching can be adjusted to form a broadband dipole antenna for WiMAX applications. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289868 | GROUND PLANE - A ground plane for an antenna comprises first and second planar conductors ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289869 | On-chip highly-efficient antennas using strong resonant coupling - The invention relates to an antenna structure for coupling electromagnetic energy between a chip and an off-chip element, including a first resonant structure disposed on or in a chip. The first resonant structure is configured to have a first resonant frequency. The antenna structure also includes a second resonant structure disposed on or in an off-chip element. The second resonant structure is configured to have a second resonant frequency substantially the same as the first resonant frequency. The first resonant structure and the second resonant structure are mutually disposed within a near field distance of each other to form a coupled antenna structure that is configured to couple electromagnetic energy between the chip and the off-chip element. The electromagnetic energy has a selected wavelength in a wavelength range from microwave to sub-millimeter wave. The invention also relates to a method of calculating dimensions for a highly coupled antenna structure. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289870 | Method and System for Using a Transformer for FM Transmit and FM Receive Functionality - Aspects of a method and system for using a transformer for FM transmit and FM receive functionality may include communicating data-bearing signals via primary windings of a transformer, wherein secondary windings of the transformer may be utilized for receiving and/or transmitting the communicated data-bearing signals, wherein the secondary windings may be utilized as a load for the transmitting. The secondary windings and/or a power amplifier may be biased for the transmitting by applying an electrical signal at a terminal of the secondary windings, wherein the electrical signal that may be applied at the center terminal may be a biasing voltage. The receiving and the transmitting may be operated in time division duplex mode, or simultaneously. DC signal components for the receiving may be blocked by using a plurality of capacitors. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289871 | Compact top-loaded, tunable fractal antenna systems for efficient ultrabroadband aircraft operation - Compact top-loaded, fractal monopole antenna system embodiments are provided for multi-band airborne operation over ultrabroadband ranges (e.g., 30 to 2000 MHz). These multi-band embodiments are self-contained, aerodynamic and compact (e.g., blade height less than 9.5 inches) and are power efficient with a low return loss (e.g., less than −7 dB). System embodiments include a set of impedance-matching circuits configured to substantially match an antenna impedance to a predetermined system impedance over a set of predetermined frequency bands. In an embodiment, at least one impedance-matching circuit includes a chain of selectable air-core inductors which are novelly arranged to improve radiation efficiency and prevent damage to support substrates. In an embodiment, a lowest-frequency one of the impedance-matching circuits is configured to process signals having a maximum wavelength λ | 2009-11-26 |
20090289872 | High Power Ultra-Linear TDD Switch - The present invention relates to wide-band high output power ultra-linear TDD switch systems for receiving and/or transmitting signals that can meet wireless communication and base systems requirements. They comprise of an antenna; one or more circulators; and one or more signal ports where at least one of the circulators enables a selectable path for a signal between the antenna and one of said signal ports. This selectable path may be uni-directional. For antenna switches that receive and transmit signals, these switches may have two signal ports, one for transmitting signals and another for receiving signals where at least one of the circulators enables a selectable uni-directional path for a signal between the antenna and a signal port; and at least one of the circulators enables a selectable uni-directional second path for a signal between the antenna and a second signal port. These antenna switches are ultra-linear, have simple base station mechanical structure that can be connected simply with transceivers, capable of handling high power transmissions in TDD wireless communication base station systems, and can have increased receiver sensitivity and increased isolation between the transmitted and received signals. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289873 | OBJECT DIRECTION INDICATION THROUGH THE USE OF MULTIPLE ANTENNA BEAMS - An arrangement of RFID antennas, comprises a first antenna having a beam centered at a first angle right of a center point and a second antenna having a beam centered at a second angle left of the center point, where the two beams being narrower than 70 degrees. This arrangement of RFID antennas enables division of the azimuth read zone of a reader into two or more zones which can provide a highly reliable indication of direction from the processing of RF tag reads. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289874 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS OF WHICH DISPLAY IS DISPOSED ON BORDER AREA AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus and an image display method are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a first display unit which displays a main image, and a second display unit which is disposed on a border of the first display unit and forms at least one side of a bezel. A user can thereby modify the design of the image display apparatus more diversely and easily. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289875 | Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus - The invention provides an electro-optical device that has luminescent elements of a long lifetime by preventing oxygen or moisture from entering to luminescent layers or electrodes even in case of an electrode-optical device provided with a number of luminescent layers and an electronic apparatus provided with the electro-optical device. The invention can include an electro-optical device having first electrodes on a base body, a plurality of element areas including element layers including at least one functional layers disposed above the first electrodes, a second electrode formed above the element layers, a surrounding sections disposed on the base body so as to cover outer sides of the element layers included the element areas in the nearest proximity of the periphery of the base body, and a gas-barrier layer covering over the second electrode. Outer sides of the surrounding sections can be covered with the second electrode, and the gas-barrier layer can be in contact with the base body. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289876 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic light emitting display is provided. In each circuit of pixels constituting a pixel unit, a transistor for providing an initialization voltage is arranged so that leakage current is reduced when the transistor is turned off. When the transistor is implemented as a dual gate transistor with a similar transistor from an adjacent pixel, layout space may be conserved. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289877 | Display apparatuses and methods of fabricating the same - A display apparatus may include: a flexible base having a first surface and a second surface; a hard base including a plurality of base members adhered onto the first surface of the flexible base; and/or an image display structure formed on the second surface of the flexible base. A method of manufacturing a display apparatus may include: preparing a flexible base having a first surface and a second surface; adhering a hard base onto the first surface of the flexible base; forming an image display structure on the second surface of the flexible base; and/or dividing the hard base into a plurality of base members. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289878 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD device and driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD device includes a source driver, a controller, a voltage generator, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixels, and a plurality of demultiplexer modules. The controller provides two sets of control signals. The voltage generator provides an AC common voltage. Each demultiplexer module includes two demultiplexers. The first demultiplexer distributes data signals received from the source driver into a set of data lines based on the first set of control signals. The second demultiplexer distributes data signals received from the source driver into another set of data lines based on the second set of control signals. The driving method is utilized for writing a plurality of low-voltage data signals having different polarities into a plurality of pixels based on different common voltages during different intervals of a frame period. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289879 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image display device includes an image-signal input module, an image-quality corrector, a light emitter, and a liquid-crystal display module. The image-signal input module receives an image signal. The image-quality corrector performs, based on an image-quality correction amount, an image-quality correction process on the image signal. The light emitter includes a plurality of light sources for emitting light. The liquid-crystal display module modulates, among light emitted from the light sources, light transmitted through the liquid crystal to display an image according to the image signal subjected to the image-quality correction process. The light emitter emits the light according to the image signal with less image-quality correction amount than that of the image signal subjected to the image-quality correction process. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289880 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BOTTOM CHASSIS THEREOF - A display device, which has a bottom chassis provided with an opening formed at one side thereof and receiving light sources therein, and at least one optical member connected to the opening to enhance optical characteristics of light emitted from the light sources, includes an optical member fixing unit including integral supporters formed integrally with the bottom chassis; and separable supporters connected to the bottom chassis to prevent movement of the at least one optical member connected to the integral supporters. The display device allows the separable supporters to have a smaller size than that of a conventional middle bezel, thus reducing production costs and to easily assemble the at least one optical member to the bottom chassis. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289881 | Power circuit and liquid crystal display device - A power circuit includes a transformer, a full-bridge rectifier and a feedback circuit. The transformer is used to input an external AC voltage. The transformer includes a plurality of output terminals. The output terminals include a plurality of output terminal combinations, and at least two different output terminal combinations output a first AC voltage and a second AC voltage. The full-bridge rectifier is used to convert the first AC voltage or the second AC voltage into DC voltages. The feedback circuit makes the transformer switch between different output ports combinations according to the value of the second AC voltage. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289882 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes three data lines intersecting a scanning line. Three sampling circuits are aligned in a different direction than the direction in which three (R, G, B) sub pixel units are aligned. An image signal line of one sampling circuit extends across the gate electrode of a transistor in another one of the sampling circuits. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289883 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method of driving the LCD in which the LCD includes a liquid crystal panel divided into a plurality of display regions, each of the display regions having a plurality of pixels; and a timing controller receiving a primitive image signal for displaying an image in the display regions, and correcting the primitive image signal using a plurality of dithering patterns respectively corresponding to the display regions, wherein the display regions in contact with each other on at least one side correspond to different dithering patterns | 2009-11-26 |
20090289884 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device having a plurality of scan signal line driving circuits, its display quality is improved. The display device comprises a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of image signal lines, and a plurality of scan signal line driving circuits for generating scan signals for driving the scan signal lines. Each of the scan signal line driving circuit internally generates a driving signal having the waveform of such potential variation that the potential decreases with a slope from a high potential to an intermediate potential between the high potential and a low potential. Each of the scan signal line driving circuits further includes a signal wiring for connecting the scan signal line driving circuits to one another and applying the driving signal. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289885 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A flat panel display includes a display screen, a first flexible printed circuit, and a second flexible printed circuit. The second flexible printed circuit has a plurality of pads and is electrically connected to the display screen. The first flexible printed circuit is electrically connected between the display screen and the second flexible printed circuit and has a plurality of pins corresponding to the pads. The pins are divided into a plurality of groups, and each the group is respectively located at the different sides of the first flexible. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289886 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display panel driving circuit includes a plurality of circuit blocks g aligned in a row direction, in each of which an upstream circuit and a downstream circuit are included and signal transmission is carried out between the upstream circuit and the downstream circuit that belong to one and the same circuit block. In each of the plurality of circuit blocks, the upstream circuit and the downstream circuit are aligned in the column direction. A inter-block common wiring Q is provided for every two circuit blocks. Signal transmission in one (g | 2009-11-26 |
20090289887 | PIXEL DRIVING METHOD, PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT - A pixel driving circuit includes a first gate line, a second gate line, a first data line, a second data line, a pixel part, a first driving part, a second driving part, and a first voltage-changing part. The first driving part applies a first data voltage to the first pixel electrode. The second driving part applies a second data voltage to the second pixel electrode. The first voltage-changing part is connected to the first pixel electrode, the first data line, and the second data line to change a first pixel voltage of the first pixel electrode to increase a voltage difference between the first and second pixel electrodes. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289888 | DISPLAY DEVICE CAPABLE OF REDUCING VOLTAGES IN EXTERNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a waveform processing circuit including: an amplitude expansion circuit configured to expand amplitude of an analog video signal; a voltage shifting circuit configured to shift a voltage of the analog video signal; and an impedance conversion circuit having an output impedance lower than that of the voltage shifting circuit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289889 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE WITH CONTROLLABLE BACKLIGHT AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video display device includes a video post processing module that processes a video signal to generate a processed video signal and a backlight control signal. A video display produces a video image, based on the processed video signal. The video display includes at least one controllable backlight that is controlled based on the backlight control signal. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289890 | LIGHT-EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a light-emission control device controls light emission of light sources of a light emitter including a plurality of light source areas each corresponding to one of the light sources, and includes a virtual light-value calculator, a light-value calculator, and a light controller. The virtual light-value calculator calculates a virtual light value for each virtual light source area including a light source area and a virtual area obtained by virtually dividing the light emitter into areas different in size from the light source areas. The light-value calculator calculates a light value of a light sources corresponding to the light source area based on the virtual light value. The light controller lights the light source based on the light value. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289891 | Image display medium, image display device, and image display method - An image display medium comprises a display member, a back substrate, spacers having a cell structure held between the substrates, and first particles and second particles, whose colors and charging polarities are different from one another, enclosed between the display member and back substrate. The display member includes a transparent support base, a transparent electrode formed thereon, a transparent dielectric layer formed on the transparent electrode, filters formed on the opposite side from the transparent electrodes side of the support base, and a protective layer formed thereon. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289892 | SIMULATION OF WRITING ON GAME CONSOLES THROUGH THE USE OF MOTION-SENSING TECHNOLOGY - A method and system of utilizing a game console with motion sensing technology is provided. The present invention, in various implementations, provides for a method for generating one or more symbols in response to one or more gestures using an input device of a gaming system. The method comprises providing the input device being capable of generating one or more gesture signals in response to one or more gestures and being operable to select a mode of one or more operational states. The method also provides for generating one or more gesture signals corresponding to the one or more gestures, respectively; mapping the one or more generated gesture signals in relation to one or more symbols, respectively; and, transmitting the one or more symbols corresponding to the respective one or more gesture signals to an output. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289893 | Finger appliance for data entry in electronic devices - The appliance is adapted to be mounted on a finger having a finger tip and a finger pad. It includes a finger engaging portion having first and second side members including oppositely oriented, spaced arcuate members and a force application member extending between the first and second side members of the finger engaging portion and abutting the finger tip. The force application member has a blunt surface adapted to contact a key of an electronic device. The blunt surface may have one or more ribs to provide a high friction surface. The appliance defines an opening aligned with the finger pad, so as not to obstruct the finger pad when mounted on the finger. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289894 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL INPUT DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a three-dimensional input device thereof are disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a display and the three-dimensional input device. The three-dimensional input device includes an infrared ray emitting/receiving unit, a cursor control unit and a radio frequency receiving unit. The infrared ray emitting/receiving unit is electrically connected to the display and includes an infrared ray emitter and an infrared ray receiver. The cursor control unit includes a reflective material and a radio frequency emitter. The radio frequency emitter is electrically connected to the display. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289895 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM INTERFACE SYSTEM, ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM INTERFACE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An electroencephalogram interface system includes: sections for measuring an electroencephalogram and an eye movement; an output section for presenting on a screen an option related to a device operation; a highlight determination section for, if a predetermined time has elapsed since a rotational angular velocity of the eye movement becomes equal to or less than a threshold value, identifying a region of the screen in which the user is fixing one's gaze based on the eye movement, and determining an option to be highlighted; an interface section for highlighting the determined option, and determining an operation of the device based on an event-related potential in the signal based on the timing of highlighting the option; and a timing adjustment section for adjusting a timing of beginning highlighting based on the eye movement after a process of displaying the option on the screen is begun and until the option is displayed on the screen. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289896 | INPUT ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A new form of input arrangement for cursor control devices or other handheld electronic devices in which the activation surfaces are designed to allow the fingers and thumb of the user to affect commands by means of ergonomic and less repetitive motion as compared to current devices. In embodiments, sensors are associated with the user's digits which sense motion in not only the downward direction, but in multiple directions. In embodiments, the cursor control device has resilient pads to further add comfort to a user. The resulting ability of the user to vary and reduce the points of pressure and other stresses onto different surfaces of the digits and corresponding nerves and muscles serves to reduce discomfort and pain resulting from current devices. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289897 | FORCE-SENSING MOUSE POINTING DEVICE FOR COMPUTER INPUT - A mouse has a set of force sensors that measure vertical force with respect to the surface on which the mouse moves and pass information to the computer system in question. The mouse output can be used for: 1) downward force; 2) tilt in several directions; 3) rotation. The relevant application program can use the data for any number of purposes. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289898 | Keyboard for Use in Computer System - A computer system having a computer and a keyboard is provided. The keyboard includes a plurality of first letter keys and respective second letter keys. Each of the first and second letter keys is associated with a respective letter. The computer system is arranged: (i) upon activation of one of the first letter keys to register the selection of the corresponding letter; and (ii) upon activation of one of the second letter keys to present to a user a predefined list of one or more words. The words of each list are associated with the corresponding letter. The computer system is further arranged to register a selection by the user of one of the presented words. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289899 | KEYPAD MODULE FOR CHARACTER INPUT, ELECTRONIC DEVICES UTILIZING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF - A keypad module ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289900 | GAME WORLD MANIPULATION - A method of actuating a computer program that generates a dynamically changing graphic object on a touch screen using a human finger, comprises identifying the object or the portion of an object which is being touched by said finger and thereafter virtually “attaching” said object or portion thereof to said finger so that a movement of said finger causes a change of shape, size or location of said object or portion thereof. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289901 | Method of Capturing a Human Resources Event - Various embodiments of this invention disclose a computer-aided human resources employment system and method that electronically captures and shares, in real-time, human resources and unemployment events and the completed forms that relate to those events. Other embodiments of this invention disclose a computer-aided system for managing human resources and unemployment forms and data captured in those forms. Another embodiment of the invention relates to a system and method for managing unemployment claims. This invention also relates to a human resources employment computer-based product that manages human resources and unemployment forms and database information. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289902 | PROXIMITY SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD WITH SUBREGION BASED SWIPETHROUGH DATA ENTRY - A touch sensor device and method is provided that facilitates improved device usability. Specifically, the device and method provide improved user interface functionality by facilitating quick and easy data entry using proximity sensors with limited space. The electronic device includes a processing system and a sensor adapted to detect strokes in a sensing region. The device is adapted to provide user interface functionality by defining a plurality of subregions in the sensing region and producing an output responsive to the sensor detecting a stroke that meets a set of criteria. The produced output corresponds to a selected option, and the option is selected from a plurality of options based on a subregion identified by a portion of the stroke and a direction of the stroke. By so defining a plurality of subregions, and facilitating the selection of options based on subregion identified by a stroke and the direction of the stroke, the electronic device facilitates fast and flexible user input in a limited space. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289903 | CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ICONS ON A TOUCHSCREEN - A control method for displaying icons of a touchscreen is shown. The touchscreen includes an icon control region and an icon display region comprising a plurality of icon display grids. The method includes sensing a touch on the icon control region and determining if a touch distance exceeds a predetermined distance. Each icon in the icon display region may be moved to the next icon display grid according to the move orientation of the finger of the user if the touch distance is less than the predetermined distance. Moving each icon in the icon display region moves two or more icon display grids according to the move orientation of the finger of the user if the distance is greater than the predetermined distance. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289904 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD OF EXECUTING FUNCTIONS THEREOF - An electronic device having a touch panel and a corresponding control method, the method including: receiving a first touch to a first position on the touch panel; receiving a second touch to a second position on the touch panel while the first touch is held to the first position; and executing a function corresponding to a relative position of the second position with respect to the first position. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289905 | Touch input recognition methods and apparatuses - Touch input recognition methods and apparatuses can increase the accuracy of the recognition of touch input from user and reduce processing load in recognizing the touch input. When at least one coordinate value corresponding to a touch trace is received at a given time interval, an inflection point based on the received at least one coordinate value is determined. When a predetermined coordinate value of the at least one coordinate value is a coordinate value of the inflection point, a symbol value is set based on an increment/decrement feature of at least one coordinate value provided before the predetermined coordinate value. Finally, an event corresponding to the set symbol value is retrieved. Thus, the event corresponding to a touch input from a user is retrieved and executed based on an increment/decrement feature of a coordinate value, thereby reducing a processing load and a false recognition rate. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN EXTERNAL TOUCH PANEL - A method and system for controlling an electronic device with an external touch panel are provided. The method includes retrieving applications executed on the electronic device by an interface, displaying user interfaces of the retrieved applications, detecting coordinates of a contacted point on the external touch panel, generating an analog signal in accordance with detection results, converting the analog signal from the touch panel into a digital signal, and outputting the digital signal to the electronic device to synchronize operations of the electronic device with the touch panel. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289907 | Method and Arrangement for the Operation of Electrical Devices - At least one additional menu layer can be selected in a menu layer and be displayed on a display unit by means of at least one control element. The additional menu layer selected via the control element is displayed in the display unit as a preview when an object approaches the control element that is equipped with a proximity sensor or when an object touches the control element that is fitted with a tactile sensor. The additional menu layer disappears again when the object, e.g. a person's finger, is removed, and the originally represented menu layer is automatically displayed again. This prevents the control elements from being repeatedly actuated, thus significantly increasing user friendliness and improving customer acceptance. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289908 | TOUCH DETECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF SAVING ELECTRICITY - A touch detecting device capable of saving power for a touch panel includes a touch sensing unit, a micro control unit and a mode detecting unit. The touch sensing unit is coupled to the touch panel and used for being triggered by a first control signal to generate sensing data according to a touch state of the touch panel. The micro control unit is coupled to the touch sensing unit and used for being triggered by a second control signal to generate the first control signal. The mode detecting unit is coupled to the micro control unit and the touch panel, and used for generating the second control signal according to the touch state of the touch panel. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289909 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH CONTROL FUNCTION - A display device ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090289910 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a plurality of pixel portions formed in a display region on a substrate, a first light-receiving element which is formed in the display region and shows light-receiving sensitivity with respect to an incident visible ray which enters a display surface, a second light-receiving element which is formed in the display region and shows light-receiving sensitivity with respect to an incident infrared ray which enters the display surface, and a detecting unit which detects a pointing unit which points the display surface on the basis of the light-receiving sensitivity with respect to the incident visible ray and the light-receiving sensitivity with respect to the incident infrared ray. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289911 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus that has a touch panel that is able to detect a plurality of touch input positions concurrently extracts a combination consisting of a predetermined number of touch input positions from a plurality of touch input positions that concurrently exist on the touch panel, and based on a positional relationship of the touch input positions constituting the combination that is extracted, determines whether or not the combination is an area designation operation of a single user. When it is determined that the combination is an area designation operation, the information processing apparatus specifies a designated area based on touch input positions of the combination, and acquires a selected object based on a relationship between the specified area and a display position of the object. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289912 | Touch-sensitive liquid crystal display device with built-in touch mechanism andmethod and method for driving same - A touch-sensitive liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate, a second substrate generally opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first scan line, a data line perpendicular to the first scan line, a sensing line parallel to the data line, and a first transistor formed at an inner side of the first substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer, and a common electrode formed at an inner side of the second substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first gate line. A drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to sensing line. A source of the first transistor is electrically connectable to the common electrode depending on an external pressure applied on the second substrate. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289913 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCHSCREEN AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING DATA THEREOF - A terminal equipped with a touchscreen and data search method using the touchscreen is provided. The data search method displays a list of data items and a scroll button in first and second display regions defined on the touchscreen, respectively, checks, when a touch is detected on the scroll button, a part of the second region at which the scroll button is placed, presents a value of tag information matched with the part, and displays at least one data item identified by the value of the tag information in the first display region. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289914 | MOBILE TERMINAL USING PROXIMITY TOUCH AND WALLPAPER CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Discloses are a mobile terminal having a proximity touch and a method for controlling a display screen thereof. A difference of recognition rates caused by a minute difference of capacitances generated when a human body approaches a touch screen depending on users can be calibrated to be suitable for each user. Also, in the state of the recognition rate being calibrated, operations of objects, i.e., icons, avatars and menus, displayed on a wallpaper and displaying effects on the wallpaper can variously be controlled according to a user's proximity touch, thereby allowing users to control the display screen more conveniently and accurately. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289915 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SENSORS - A display device with a touch screen includes: first sensing units, each first sensing unit comprising first optical sensors connected in series, each first sensing unit comprising a first terminal for receiving a first voltage, each first sensing unit extending in a first direction; second sensing units, each second sensing unit comprising second optical sensors connected in series, each second sensing unit comprising a first terminal for receiving a second voltage, each second sensing unit extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction; a reset unit for applying a reset voltage to a second terminal of each of the first and second sensing units; and a read-out unit for sensing a touch position based on voltage changes at the second terminals of the first and second sensing units. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289916 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN LOCKED STATE AND UNLOCKED STATE - A method for switching an electronic device with a touch sensitive display between a locked state and an unlocked state. The method includes receiving multiple contacts with respect to multiple predefined areas of the touch-sensitive display; detecting a sequence pattern in response to receiving the multiple contacts; determining if the recognized sequence pattern matches a predefined sequence pattern; and switching the electronic device to the unlocked state in response to determining that the recognized sequence pattern matches the predefined sequence pattern, so as to allow the electronic device to be manipulated in the unlocked state. An electronic device using the method is provided. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289917 | DYNAMIC VISUAL FEATURE COORDINATION IN AN ELECTRONIC HAND HELD DEVICE - An apparatus and method for dynamic visual feature coordination in an electronic hand held device is described. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes key configurations arranged in a clock-like fashion and other configurations so that a user's finger might be easily tracked prior to actual key selection within the circular arrangement and other keys to facilitate a multitude of features that includes anticipation of a user's actions and also shows alternative information based at least in part on current, previous and projected next finger movements. In other embodiments, visual display presentations related to described feature operations and key configurations are described. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289918 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a plurality of X scan electrodes, a plurality of Y scan electrodes, and common detection electrode forming capacitance with the X scan electrodes and the Y scan electrodes. In the cycles, a second driving signal is supplied to the same Y scan electrode, and in each of the cycles, a first driving signal is sequentially supplied to the X scan electrodes. Two positions touched by fingers are detected from detection current to be obtained by the detection electrodes. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289919 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device is adapted to reduce cross-talk and signal noise so as to improve the perception ratio and accuracy of a sense element. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels connected to gate lines and data lines thereon, respectively; a gate drive circuit applying scan signals to the gate lines; a data drive circuit applying pixel voltage signals to the data lines; at least one sensor unit formed in at least one pixel region and sensing external lights and a touch of the liquid crystal panel; a switch unit switching a switch voltage and the pixel voltage signals to be applied to the data lines on the liquid crystal panel; a sense processor processing the sensed signal from the sensor unit; and a timing controller controlling the gate drive circuit, the data drive circuit, the switch unit, and the sense processor to be driven in one of data write mode and light sense mode. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289920 | OPTICAL REFLECTED TOUCH PANEL AND PIXELS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - An optical reflective touch panel and pixels and a system thereof are provided. Each pixel of the optical reflective touch panel includes a display circuit and a sensing circuit. The display circuit controls the display of the pixel. The sensing circuit is coupled to the display circuit for sensing a sensitization state of the pixel during a turned-on period and a turned-off period of a backlight module and outputting a digital signal to notify an optical reflective touch panel system that whether the pixel is touched or not. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289921 | COMMUNICATIONS-ENABLED DISPLAY CONSOLE - The display console includes a substrate having a viewing surface and a hidden surface. The display console further includes a display zone, a border zone, and a transceiver module configured to wirelessly send and receive data and coupled to the hidden surface of the substrate in the border zone. The display console further includes a hardware interface operatively coupled to the transceiver module, and configured to provide an image to the display zone. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289922 | PAYMENT TERMINAL STYLUS WITH TOUCH SCREEN CONTACT DETECTION - In an exemplary embodiment, a stylus operates with a capacitive touch screen only when the stylus tip is in contact with the touch screen. The stylus is used as a sensor to determine the location where a user is touching the surface of a capacitive touch screen, but is not active until the stylus tip is pressed against the touch screen. In an exemplary embodiment, pressing the stylus tip against the touch screen activates the stylus by creating a physical separation in the circuit and disconnecting the stylus tip from ground. When the stylus tip is no longer grounded, it becomes active and is able to operate with a capacitive touch screen. In an exemplary embodiment, signal attenuation may be performed by diverting the sense signal to ground via a capacitor or other electronic component. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289923 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - The present invention provides an input device which enables a user to input desired information by simple operations even though a user has pressed a wrong button, as well as to make an information inputting position stationary. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289924 | MOBILE DEVICE AND AREA-SPECIFIC PROCESSING EXECUTING METHOD - A mobile device includes a control unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a displacement detecting unit that detects displacement of a physical value caused when the mobile device moves, wherein the control unit includes an icon displaying unit that displays the icon in the display area, an icon moving unit that moves the icon displayed, in the display area and based on the displacement of the physical value, an area determining unit that compares coordinates of the icon moved and displayed in the display area to the specific area to thereby determine whether the icon is in the specific area, and an area-specific processing executing unit that retrieves the area-specific processing corresponding to the specific area and executes the area-specific processing when the area determining unit determines that the icon is in the specific area. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289925 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device includes plasma display panel and a data driver. Plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate faced to each other to form a discharge space therebetween. The front substrate includes a plurality of display electrodes. The rear substrate includes a plurality of data electrodes intersected with the display electrodes. Discharges cells are formed at the intersections of the display electrodes and data electrodes. Data electrodes have a plurality of main electrode parts provided in portions facing the display electrodes, and wiring parts that connect main electrode parts together and have a width smaller than the widths of main electrode parts. The widths of main electrode parts in a peripheral portion of plasma display panel are larger than the widths of main electrode parts in a central portion thereof. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289926 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device includes: a display panel which has a plurality of X and Y display electrodes and a plurality of address electrodes crossing the X and Y display electrodes; an electrode drive circuit which drives the X and Y display electrodes and address electrodes; and a drive circuit which control the electrode drive circuit. The drive control circuit performs an address drive control for selectively turning cells ON in each subfield, sustain drive control for generating sustain discharge in the ON cells, and reset drive control for resetting charges on the electrodes by applying slope pulse voltage on the Y display electrodes. The drive control circuit also performs reset drive control corresponding to the sustain discharge count. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289927 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A DIGITAL PALETTE TO PRODUCE A DIGITAL DOCUMENT - A digital palette and a digital pen device are used to create or manipulate a digital document to provide complex information using features, such as graphical features selected from stencils, shapes, and connectors and possibly to apply one or more attributes to the digital document. The digital palette may have a custom layout. The features on the digital palette may be selected from a variety of sources, such as digital stencil libraries. The digital palette and digital document may be arranged on the same or different sheets of digital paper overlying one or more digital patterns. Information communicated from the digital palette to the digital document may be uploaded, processed, reviewed, changed and stored in a computer. Lastly, the digital document may be finalized and printed to incorporate all changes previously made using the digital palette, the digital pen device and the computer. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289928 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device with a driving method includes an LCD panel, a data driving circuit, a common voltage generating circuit, and a gate driving circuit. The LCD panel includes multiple data lines and multiple scanning lines intersecting with the data lines, and a common electrode. The gate driving circuit provides multiple gate-scanning signals to scan the scanning lines. The common voltage generating circuit provides a common voltage to the common electrode. The data driving circuit provides a gray level voltage signal including multiple voltage levels to the data lines. The common voltage is serial square waves having at least two non-identical frame periods. The square waves in each non-identical frame period of the common voltage in one frame have a constant period. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289929 | Plasma display device and driving method thereof - A plasma display device includes a scan driver adapted to apply reset, scan and sustain signals to scan electrodes, a sustain driver adapted to apply a sustain signal to sustain electrodes, and a display panel including discharge cells and discharge spaces, wherein the discharge cells are partitioned by horizontal and vertical barrier ribs on the display panel, on adjacent ones of the discharge cells, corresponding ones of the scan and sustain electrodes are alternatively arranged in a scan-sustain-sustain-scan electrode or a sustain-scan-scan-sustain electrode manner, the discharge spaces are between the horizontal barrier ribs of two adjacent rows of the discharge cells, and adjacent ones of the scan electrodes are electrically connected in parallel and spaced apart from each other in a region above the respective discharge space. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289930 | Operational amplifier circuit and display panel driving apparatus - An operational amplifier circuit includes: an input stage for generating an internal current corresponding to a potential difference between inverting and non-inverting input terminals; and an output stage for driving an output terminal in response to the internal current. The output terminal includes: a floating current source through which the internal current flows; a PMOS transistor for driving the output terminal corresponding to a potential of a first terminal of the floating current source; and an NMOS transistor for driving the output terminal corresponding to a potential of a second terminal of the floating current source. The floating current source includes: a PMOS transistor whose source and drain are respectively connected to the first and second terminals; and an NMOS transistor whose drain and source are respectively connected to the first and second terminals. A back gate of the latter PMOS transistor is connected to the source thereof. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289931 | Electro-optical device, matrix substrate, and electronic equipment - The invention provides power-supply wiring preferable for large displays. An electro-optical device according to the present invention includes a pixel area including electro-optical elements driven by power supplied from power-supply circuits. The electro-optical device includes basic power-supply lines, which receive a power-supply voltage output from the power-supply circuits and which are formed on the upper portion of a substrate, and includes main power-supply lines which intersect the basic power-supply lines and which are formed on the upper portion of the substrate. The power-supply voltage is supplied to the electro-optical elements via the main power-supply lines. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289932 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In one embodiment of the present invention, a reset signal changes into a High level in sync with rising and falling edges of a common electric potential. This causes a comparator to be reset in sync with the rising and falling edges of the common electric potential, so that a comparator output signal is maintained in a ground level. Therefore, even if a voltage held by a capacitor is suddenly changed by the inversion of the common electric potential, a wrong comparator output signal cannot be outputted. In a charge pump type power supply circuit having, for the purpose of regulating an output voltage, the comparator that fulfills an offset cancel function by using the capacitor, it is possible to obtain a stable output with little fluctuation without being affected by a change in the common electric potential of a common electrode of pixels in a liquid crystal display apparatus. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289933 | DISPLAY DRIVING APPARATUS, DISPLAY MODULE PACKAGE, DISPLAY PANEL MODULE, AND TELEVISION SET - A display driving apparatus includes: n level shift units shifting a voltage level of n pixel data; a step potential providing unit providing a step potential; a change judgment unit judging whether or not each of the n pixel data has changed from pixel data of an immediately previous cycle; a delay unit generating n timing signals changing with different timings; and a control unit performing control such that the display output terminal corresponding to the pixel data judged to have changed by the change judgment unit is provided with: the step potential provided by the step potential providing unit during a first time period included in each of the cycle; and a potential shifted by the corresponding level shift unit during a second time period that is different from each other and is based on a timing of change of the corresponding timing signal. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289934 | Method of driving display device, and display device - A method of driving a display device of a plasma tube array type includes: applying, in a first address period, a scan pulse sequentially to display electrodes, each being one display electrode of each display electrode pair in a first group of display electrode pairs; applying, thereafter, a first supplemental pulse of a same polarity as that of the scan pulse to other display electrodes, each being the other display electrode of each display electrode pair in the first group of display electrode pairs, while applying a second supplemental pulse of a polarity opposite to that of the first supplemental pulse, to address electrodes; and applying, thereafter in the first address period before a second address period, a third supplemental pulse of a polarity opposite to that of the first supplemental pulse to the other display electrode of each display electrode pair in the first group of display electrode pairs. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289935 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVE DEVICE, LCD APPARATUS AND DRIVE METHOD - A liquid crystal drive device includes: a frame memory retaining image information of a second frame immediately preceding a first frame; a first calculator calculating a first difference between image information of the first frame and the image information of the second frame; an edge enhancement processor performing edge enhancement processing of the first frame for each of pixels of the first frame and outputting edge enhancement image information; a selector selecting and outputting the edge enhancement image information or image information of the first frame; a second calculator calculating a second difference between an output of the selector and the image information of the second frame; an enhancement coefficient calculator multiplying an output of the second calculator by an enhancement correction coefficient; and a third calculator calculating sum information by adding together an output of the enhancement coefficient calculator and the image information of the second frame. | 2009-11-26 |
20090289936 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC LOYALTY DEVICES - A mobile device for use in processing a transaction, comprises an electronic card, tag, fob or similar small portable device having a stored identity and comprising a housing having vertical and horizontal dimensions of a standard credit card, a tag, a fob or the like, transmitter/receiver means including an RFID transmitter and configured to communicate with a local computer for receiving messages, processor means for receiving, storing and outputting messages, and an output device configured to reproduce messages in visible or audible form. The aforesaid card, tag, fob or similar small portable device may be used in association with apparatus for reading and processing the card, tag, fob or similar small portable device consequent on a transaction involving a user of said card, tag, fob or similar small portable device, said apparatus comprising a reader for electronic remote reading of the stored identity on a card, tag, fob or similar small portable device, a processing station for processing a transaction involving the holder of the card, tag, fob or similar small portable device, a local computer configured to receive the identity read by the reader and transaction information from the processing station, and to cause a message to be transmitted to the card, tag, fob or similar small portable device, and one or more remote computers configured to contain a database of identities and transactions for the cards, tags, fobs or similar small portable devices and to generate messages for storage on the cards, tags, fobs or similar small portable devices, the local computer being configured to alert said remote computer or one of said remote computers on reading of a stored identity, and to supply information for use at said local computer concerning one or more messages to be transmitted to and stored on said card, tag, fob or similar small portable device. | 2009-11-26 |