48th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110291941 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DUAL-MODE DISAMBIGUATION OF TEXT INPUT - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In response to an ambiguous editing input at a location preceding at least a portion of an output word, the software performs one disambiguation operation with respect to the editing input and another disambiguation operation with respect to the editing input in combination with the at least portion of the output word. The results are output in order of decreasing frequency value, with the results of the one disambiguation operation having the portion of the output word appended thereto. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291942 | DISPLAY METHOD, APPLICATION PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER KEY FUNCTION - A display method, an application program and a computer readable medium for displaying key function are disclosed. The display method for computer key function includes steps user pressing a special keys on the keyboard, triggering an internal embedded controller in the computer and further detecting hardware function set up in the computer via a basic input output system. Thus, function descriptions are displayed on a screen according to hardware function set up in the computer, wherein the hardware function and function descriptions correspond to each function key on the keyboard. Accordingly, it is not required to replace keyboard with different printed function reminding pattern when hardware functions of the computer is changed. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291943 | TOUCH INTERFACE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY CONTROL - An electronic device includes a first touch panel disposed on a first side of the device. The first touch panel receives a first touch input. The electronic device further includes a display disposed on the first side of the device, and a touch interface disposed on a second side of the device, where the second side is different than the first side. The touch interface receives a second touch input. A control unit receives an indication of the first touch input from the first touch panel and receives an indication of the second touch input from the touch interface. The control unit further determines alterations to a three dimensional view of the display in the x, y and/or z directions based on the first touch input, and rotates the three dimensional view on the display angularly in accordance with movement of the second touch input. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED TOUCH SCREEN RESPONSE - This document discloses examples of systems, methods, and articles of manufacture that may provide one or more advantages relating to determining which touch on a touch screen is intended and which touch or touches are inadvertent. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291945 | User Interface with Z-Axis Interaction - A user interface presents a plurality of items configured as a stack in a display of a device. The stack is scrollable in a direction oblique to a plane of the display for successively viewing the items in the stack. Some implementations provide for control of the user interface based on input from a finger position sensor or a slider. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291946 | TOUCHPAD INTERACTION - Techniques utilizing a rear-facing touch panel are described for implementing user interfaces in a handheld device. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291947 | Touch-Sensitive Display - An electronic device is described comprising a touch-sensitive display movable, relative to a base, between a first position and a second position. The electronic device includes a deflector that moves the touch-sensitive display at least laterally to the second position when the touch sensitive display is depressed. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291948 | Systems and Methods for Determining Intentional Touch Screen Contact - A device configured to distinguish between intentional and inadvertent input is provided. Input may be in the form of touch screen or on-screen keyboard input. Such input is examined such that a device may ignore unintentional and resting contact while reacting only to purposeful contact. The characteristics of unintentional and resting device contact are ascertained and differentiated from the contact characteristics of intentional device input. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291949 | PALMTOP ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - A palmtop electronic product includes a casing having opposite first and second sides. A screen is mounted to the first side of the casing. A first input unit is mounted to the second side of the casing. A control unit is mounted in the casing and electrically connected to the screen and the first input unit. The first input unit can be pressed or touched by a user, and the control unit generates an input signal when the first input unit is pressed or touched by the user. The input signal is processed by the control unit, and the processing result of the input signal being displayed on the screen. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291950 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a first touch at a first location and a second touch at a second location on a touch-sensitive display, determining a first force value and a second force value based on measured force values at force sensors, force sensor locations, and the first and second locations, determining a third force value based on the measured force values at force sensors, the force sensor locations, and the first and second locations, and pairing coordinate values of the first touch and the second touch based on the first force value, the second force value, and the third force value. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291951 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a first touch at a first location and a second touch at a second location on a touch-sensitive display, determining a first force value by a first sensor and a second force value by a second sensor, wherein the first force value and the second force value are determined at a time when the first touch and the second touch are both detected, and determining a first applied force value for the first touch and a second applied force value for the second touch based on the first force value and the second force value and based on the first location and the second location. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291952 | USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, method and computer program are provided. The method comprises: controlling a touch sensitive display, while a user digit is detected hovering a distance from the touch sensitive display, to display a transient indication of first content for pasting, wherein if the user subsequently moves the user digit away from the touch sensitive display such that the user digit is no longer detected, the transient indication of the first content for pasting is removed from display on the touch sensitive display. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291953 | ROBOT DEVICE AND PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING - A small microcontroller based robotic toy includes various rich features on its small footprint. User input sensing includes a smooth scrolling enabled resistive or capacitive touch sensing pad primarily for child-friendly menu navigation. Pressure activated squeeze areas of the robot surface facilitate exchange of special gifts and emoticons through a network. Additionally, the robotic toy allows a user to experience a multimodal engagement visually via a miniature OLED graphics display, audibly by an embedded audio system for producing sounds and through haptics using a vibrotactile effects generator. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291954 | PROVIDING NON-VISUAL FEEDBACK FOR NON-PHYSICAL CONTROLS - Techniques are described herein to assist users to operate non-physical controls in situations where the users are unable to visually locate the controls. According to one embodiment, the device containing the non-physical controls is designed to give non-visual feedback to the user based, at least on part, on the distance between (a) the current position of user input, and (b) the location of the non-physical control. At least one characteristic of the non-visual feedback changes as that distance changes. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291955 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing, at least two elastic latching members, an inner frame received in the housing, and at least two fixing members. The housing defines at least two locking portions, the inner frame defines at least two fixing portions, the at least two elastic latching members are fixed to the corresponding fixing portions by the fixing members, and each of the elastic latching members protrudes from the corresponding fixing portion and is latched with the corresponding locking portions. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291956 | HIERARCHICAL TOUCHPAD INTERACTION - Techniques utilizing a hierarchically-arranged touchpad in conjunction with different types of user interfaces are described. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291957 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD - A touch-type transparent keyboard is for use with an electronic device. The touch-type transparent keyboard includes a touch screen, a control module electrically connecting to the touch screen, a transparent plate and a writing pad. The transparent plate includes a number of key icons and a driver circuit electrically connecting the key icons to the control module. The writing pad and the touch screen are disposed on the transparent plate; the writing pad electrically connects to the control module. The control module triggers the driver circuit to illuminate, the key icons that are displayed through the touch screen. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291958 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD - A touch-type transparent keyboard is for use with an electronic device. The touch-type transparent keyboard includes a touch screen, a transparent plate, a keyboard layer. The transparent plate includes a lens. The keyboard layer is disposed between the touch screen and the transparent plate. The lens facilitates people with poor eyesight to be able to read the text. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291959 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD - A touch-type transparent keyboard is for use with an electronic device. The touch-type transparent keyboard includes a touch screen, a control module, and a transparent plate. The control module is electrically connected to the touch screen. The transparent plate includes a plurality of key icons, a driver circuit, and a metal film. The key icons are made of transparent electroluminescence material. The driver circuit is electrically connecting the key icons to the control module. When the keyboard is powered off, the metal film is used to reflect light as a mirror. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291960 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD - A touch-type transparent keyboard is for use with an electronic device. The touch-type transparent keyboard includes a touch screen and a transparent plate. The transparent plate is attached under the touch screen. The transparent plate includes a plurality of key icons made of luminous material. The key icons can absorb energy of light it is exposed to from a display of the electronic device, ambient artificial light, and sunlight. Then the key icons will glow in the dark. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291961 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL - A touch-sensing display panel includes a panel and a touch-sensing layer. The panel has a display region and a non-display region. The touch-sensing layer overlaps the display region and the non-display region. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291962 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT INPUT DEVICE - A touch-type transparent working in input mode or display mode includes a transparent display screen, a touch screen, a central processing unit, a touch screen controller, and a display screen controller. The touch screen is located on the transparent display screen and electronically connected to the transparent display screen. The display screen controller controls the transparent display screen to display user interfaces correspond to the operating modes under the control of the CPU. At least one function key for switching the operating modes is displayed on the transparent display screen. Touch actions are performed on a user interface. The touch screen controller sends touch signals according to touch locations or touch trajectories on the touch screen to the CPU. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291963 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL WITH EMBEDDED TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch display device includes a display panel, a conductive layer disposed on the display panel, a touch electrode disposed adjacent to the conductive layer and on the display panel, a routing line coupled to the touch electrode, and a polarizer disposed on the touch electrode and the conductive layer, where the conductive layer and the touch electrode are formed of the same material. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291964 | Apparatus and Method for Gesture Control of a Dual Panel Electronic Device - An electronic device includes a processor, a first touch screen and a second touch screen. The first touch screen displays an object. An object transition module executed by the processor includes executable instructions to map a gesture applied to the object to a set of object movement parameters and then move the object from the first touch screen to the second touch screen in accordance with the object movement parameters. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291965 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE ENABLING INTERACTIVE DISPLAY CONTROL - A power supply device enabling an interactive display control that can transfer the electricity data, the rotation speed data and the temperature data generated by the power supply to an interactive display module is disclosed. In addition, the interactive display module may implement prompt adjustment to output voltage and fan rotation speed in the power supply by minimal human operations. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291966 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - According to the present invention, a touch screen device includes a first electrode having a plurality of first conductor lines, inclined at a predetermined angle in clockwise and counterclockwise directions with respect to a first direction and provided at a predetermined interval to form a grid-shaped pattern; and a second electrode having a plurality of second conductor lines, inclined at the predetermined angle in clockwise and counterclockwise directions with respect to a second direction, the second direction perpendicular to the first direction and provided at the predetermined interval to form a grid-shaped pattern. The first electrode and the second electrode are superimposed to form a pattern of squares as basic shapes, and the predetermined angle is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. By superimposing the first electrode and the second electrode, a pattern of two different squares as basic shapes is formed due to interaction of the first electrode and the second electrode. In this manner, it is possible to inhibit the occurrence of moiré. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291967 | OPERATION METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL OF PORTABLE TERMINAL AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - An operation method for a touch panel of a portable terminal and a portable terminal supporting the same are provided. The operation method for a touch panel of a portable terminal includes activating the touch panel, collecting touch-down events from the activated touch panel, acquiring a vertical synchronous signal for driving a display unit, and performing a polling of the touch panel in unit of predefined time-periods based on the vertical synchronous signal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291968 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a transparent electrically conductive substrate having excellent adhesive strength between a transparent electrically conducting film such as ITO and a metal electrode and between a plastic sheet or film substrate and the transparent electrically conducting film, wherein the transparent plastic film substrate, the transparent electrically conducting film, and the metal electrode are formed in this order. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291969 | Apparatus and Method for Right/Left Hand Orientation of a Dual Panel Electronic Device - An electronic device includes a processor, a first touch screen displaying a page for reading and a second touch screen displaying a pad for writing. An object transition module is executed by the processor. The object transition module includes executable instructions to detect a rotational input applied to the pad. The pad is rotated in accordance with the rotational input, while the original orientation of the page is maintained. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291970 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device including a touch display panel, a panel touch control unit, and an image adjustment unit is provided. The panel touch control unit is electronically connected to the touch display panel. The image adjustment unit is electronically connected to the touch display panel. In operation, the touch display panel has a content display region and a touch menu region with adjustable sizes. The panel touch control unit adjusts the size of the touch menu region according to a received touch signal. The touch display panel contacts an object to be pressed and generates a touch signal according to a contact area. The image adjustment unit adjusts the size of the content display region according to an adjustment signal generated by the panel touch control unit. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291971 | Highly Integrated Touch Screen Handheld Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a highly functional highly integrated handheld device. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291972 | Serial Presentation With Interactive Guide - A device for presenting serial adaptation of a body of text, such as a work of literature for example, and a corresponding interactive reader's guide may provide an accessible platform for readers to experience a serial adaptation of a body of text. A first page of a first plurality of pages may be displayed. The first plurality of pages may be ordered and serially linked. Each of the first plurality of pages may display a frame of the serial adaptation of the body of text. Each page in a second plurality of pages may correspond to a respective page in the first plurality of pages. Each respective page in the second plurality of pages may display respective first guide information related to the respective frame of the respective page in the first plurality of pages to which the respective page in the second plurality of pages is linked. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291973 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL AND OPERATING CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device includes a touch panel, a position detecting portion, an operating control portion and a detection sensitivity control portion. The position detecting portion detects a close coordinate when sensing that a pointing means comes close to a position on a close plane away from the touch panel by a first distance, and detects a contact coordinate when sensing that the pointing means comes close to a position on a contact plane lying closer to the touch panel than the position on the close plane. The operating control portion controls an operation of a controlled unit based on the close coordinate and the contact coordinate. The detection sensitivity control portion switches detection sensitivity of the position detecting portion from close detection sensitivity to contact detection sensitivity when the position detecting portion senses that the pointing means comes close to the position on the close plane. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING INPUT FUNCTION WHEN TOUCH INTERFACE OF A TOUCHSCREEN-BASED DEVICE MALFUNCTIONS - A method and apparatus for supporting an input function to a touchscreen-based device when the touch interface malfunctions are provided. The input function supporting method includes detecting an input operation via a function key, determining, when the input operation is performed via the function key, an input manner of the input operation via the function key, changing, when the input manner of the input operation via the function key corresponds to a preset manner, a current mode to an emergency input mode, and processing a function, according to another input operation of the same or another function key, in the emergency input mode. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291975 | Haptic Operating Device - A haptic operating device particularly for motor vehicles, having a touch panel having at least one touch-sensitive area. When the area is touched, a switching signal can be triggered and the touch panel can be activated by a motion drive to be able to move at a certain rhythm in the plane of the touch panel. The touch panel is connected to a fixed support by one or more flexible connecting elements. The support and the touch panel form two housing parts of a closed housing, in which at least the display device or the display plane thereof is arranged, and are connected to each other by a sealing device so as to be able to move relative to each other in the plane of the touch panel or in a plane parallel to the touch panel. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291976 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device includes an input screen page; an operation element generating unit configured to generate one or more operation elements to be displayed as one or more images on a display unit positioned underneath the input screen page; an oscillation generating unit configured to generate an oscillation for oscillating the input screen page; and a drive control unit configured to drive and control the oscillation generating unit with the use of a driving pattern for generating a standing wave having a waveform in accordance with positions of the one or more operation elements. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291977 | TOUCH PANEL INCORPORATING DISPLAY DEVICE - In a touch panel incorporating a display device, a first sensor line ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110291978 | Touch Display Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch display panel includes a PCB, a display panel, a touch panel, a first conductive adhesive and a second conductive adhesive. The touch panel, electrically connected to the PCB, includes a substrate and a plurality of signal traces. The substrate includes a plurality of first signal pads and a plurality of second signal pads. The first signal pads correspond to a first edge of the substrate, and the second signal pads correspond to a second edge of the substrate. Each of the signal traces, disposed on the substrate and used for transmitting a touch signal, is electrically connected to one of the first signal pads or one of the second signal pads. The first conductive adhesive electrically connects the first signal pads and the PCB. The second conductive adhesive electrically connects the second signal pads and the PCB. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291979 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch screen display, a first region setup module, a second region setup module, an operation detection module, a first data output module and a second data output module. The first region setup module sets a first region including plural input regions on the touch screen display. The second region setup module sets a second region overlapped with the first region. The operation detection module detects whether a touch operation is a first operation or a second operation. The first data output module outputs first data corresponding to a first potion of the first region where the touch operation is performed, when the first operation is detected. The second data output module outputs second data corresponding to a second position where the touch operation is performed, when the second operation is detected. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291980 | TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH-DETECTING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH FUNCTION - A touch panel is adapted for detecting a touch location of a touch point. The touch panel comprises a substrate and at least one first-direction detecting device. The first-direction detecting device is arranged at a first direction of the substrate to detect a first-direction coordinate value of the touch point. Each first-direction detecting device comprises a first deformation sensor and a second deformation sensor. The first deformation sensor generates a shape variation in the first direction because of the touch point, and provides a first variation according to the shape variation. The second deformation sensor generates a shape variation in the first direction because of the touch point, and provides a second variation according to the shape variation. The first-direction coordinate value is determined by the first variation and the second variation. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291981 | Analog Touchscreen Methods and Apparatus - A computer implemented method for determining an intensity of user input to a computer system, performed by the computer system that is programmed to perform the method includes determining by a display, an indication of a finger position a user in response to a change in finger position relative to the computer system, wherein change in fin position is also associated with a magnitude of change, determining by a physical sensor of the computer system, the magnitude of change in response to the change in finger position, determining by the computer system, a user selection of a function to perform in response to the indication of the finger position, determining by the computer system, an input parameter associated with the function in response to the magnitude of change, and initiating performance by the computer system, of the function in response to the input parameter. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291982 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING DEVICE THEREOF - A touch display apparatus including a display panel and a touch sensing device disposed on the display panel is provided. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged in parallel to a first direction and a plurality of driving electrodes arranged in parallel to a second direction. The driving electrodes are interlaced with the sensing electrodes to form a plurality of capacitive sensing units. Each sensing electrode comprises a main electrode strip and a plurality of branch electrodes connected to the main electrode strip. The driving electrode of each capacitive sensing unit includes at least an outer electrode strip with a first width and at least an inner electrode strip with a second width in the first direction, and the outer electrode strip and the inner electrode strip interlaced with the branch electrodes, and the first width is smaller than the second width. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291983 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display module, a touch module, and an elastic optical film. The touch module is disposed above the display module. The elastic optical film is not adhesive and is located between the touch module and the display module. The elastic optical film is elastically deformed to fill a gap between the touch module and the display module when the touch module is assembled and located above the display module. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291984 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND GHOST POINT DETERMINATION METHOD - A capacitive touch panel and a ghost point determination method are provided. The capacitive touch panel includes a touch sensing plate and a touch sensing module. The touch sensing plate includes a plurality of sensing units. The sensing units are disposed along a first direction and a second direction to from an array. Capacitance values of the sensing units are decreased gradually along the first direction. The touch sensing module is coupled to the touch sensing plate for sensing at least two real touch points. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291985 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, SCREEN COMPONENT DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information terminal that enables a desired screen component to be easily found and an original state prior to movement of a screen component to be easily discerned is provided. An information terminal includes: a display surface that displays a plurality of icons; a contactless input unit that detects information related to a distance of a finger that designates the icons, from the display surface and information related to a position of the finger in a plane parallel to the display surface; and an icon movement rendering unit that motion-displays in sequence the icons selected according to a selection rule, to such positions on the display surface obtained according to a display rule based on the information related to the distance and the information related to the position. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291986 | HIGH SPEED LOW POWER MULTI-TOUCH TOUCH DEVICE AND CONTROLLER THEREFOR - A touch-sensitive device includes a touch panel, a drive unit, a sense unit, and a measurement unit. A touch applied to a node of the panel changes a capacitive coupling between two electrodes (a drive electrode and a sense electrode) of the touch panel. The drive unit delivers a drive signal, which may comprise one or more drive pulses, to the drive electrode. The sense unit couples to the sense electrode, and generates a response signal that that is used to accumulate charge in a charge accumulator to provide an accumulated signal. The accumulated signal is responsive to the capacitive coupling between the electrodes, and is measured to provide an indication of a touch at the node. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291987 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a decorative layer, a metal trace layer, a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a touch-sensitive region of the touch-sensitive device. The decorative layer is disposed on a non-touch-sensitive region of the touch-sensitive device, and the metal trace layer is disposed on the non-touch-sensitive region. The first insulation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and covers the touch-sensing structure and the metal trace layer. The second insulation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and distributed only in the non-touch-sensitive region to provide a distribution area substantially overlapping the metal trace layer. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291988 | Method and system for recognition of user gesture interaction with passive surface video displays - A system recognizes user-object gesture interactions with the surface of a monitor display, with hover space defined spaced-apart from the display surface, or in virtual scroll regions defined on the periphery of the monitor display. The system recognizes user-object interactions, e.g., gestures, and can affect what is displayed commensurately. The system includes at least a first time-of-flight (TOF) system and at least one of a second TOF, a two-dimensional camera, and a mirror, each TOF system processing at least one of z-depth data and A-brightness data. User-object interactions, e.g., touching(s) of the display surface, location(s) in a hover region, or location(s) in a virtual scroll region, are recognized passively in that the user-object need not have capacitance, resistance, exert force, or deform during gesture interaction. The system may be attached retroactively to the monitor, which may be a large (>22 cm) monitor, or a small cell phone sized monitor. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291989 | System and Method for Contactless Touch Screen - A touch screen that employs a lens-less linear IR sensor array and an IR light source from a single location at the periphery of the screen to illuminate one or more objects proximate to the screen surface and detect light reflected from such objects. The sensor array is paired with a proximal grid-like barrier/reflector to create Moiré patterns on the sensor array. Digital signal processing converts such patterns into discrete Fourier transforms. The peaks of the lower order discrete Fourier spectrum as well as the complex phases of the lower order peaks can be used to determine the locations of the objects proximal to the screen accurately. A small number of pressure or surface acoustic sensors at the periphery of the screen are utilized to improve positioning reliability by providing redundant positioning information and registering physical contacts with the screen. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291990 | PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ATTACHING DEVICE - A projection display system includes: an image projection device projecting an image on a projection surface; an optical detecting device; and an attaching device, wherein the optical detecting device includes an irradiating section emitting an irradiation light toward a detection region which is set along the projection surface, a light receiving section receiving a reflected light generated as a result of the irradiation light being reflected from the object, and a detecting section detecting position information of the object based on the result of the light received by the light receiving section, and the attaching device includes a first attaching section attached to a support supporting the attaching device, a second attaching section attached to the image projection device, and a third attaching section attached to the optical detecting device. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291991 | PORTABLE OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM - There is provided a portable optical touch system including a first image sensing module, a second image sensing module, a connecting device, a communication interface and a processing circuit. The two image sensing modules have partially overlapped field of views and the partially overlapped field of views is for defining a touch region. The connecting device is configured to adjust or fix a distance between the first and second image sensing modules. When an object is in the touch region, the processing circuit calculates a position of the object according to images of the object acquired by the two image sensing modules and outputs information of the position of the object through the communication interface. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291992 | Optical Sensor Array - An optical sensor array comprises a photo-sensitive area formed by an array of chiplets having individual light-sensitive elements, each element configured to produce a signal or signals in response to incident light. The displacement of a chiplet from a predetermined position is derivable from the output signal or signals of the element or elements associated with the chiplet. The arrangement provides a method of measuring the displacement of at least one chiplet in an active display. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291993 | TOUCH PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TOUCH PANEL-INTEGRATED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel includes: an infrared light transmitting material through which infrared light is transmitted and which has a surface as a touch surface ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110291994 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen panel includes a plurality of first sensing patterns and a plurality of second sensing patterns formed in a touch active region and connected to each other in a first direction and in a second direction, respectively; and a plurality of position detecting lines positioned in a touch inactive region defined outside the touch active region and connected to each of the first sensing patterns and the second sensing patterns. At least one of the first sensing patterns and the second sensing patterns has a multilayered structure including at least one first electrode layer made of transparent conductive material and at least one second electrode layer made of non-transparent conductive material. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291995 | STERILIZING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR STERILIZING DEVICE - A sterilizing device comprises a light guiding member and an ultraviolet (UV) light source. The light guiding member has a surface. The UV light source emits UV light rays such that the UV light rays are guided into the guiding member based on a total internal reflection. When an object contacts or comes close to the surface, an evanescent wave from the UV light rays irradiates on the object. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291996 | MULTI-LAYER COVERSHEET FOR SAW TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a surface acoustic wave propagating substrate having top and bottom surfaces and a multi-layer coversheet that is positioned over the substrate. The coversheet includes a load-spreading layer, a compliant layer and an anti-sticking layer. The load-spreading layer has top and bottom surfaces, and the top surface receives touch input from an object. The compliant layer has top and bottom surfaces and the top surface of the compliant layer is coupled to the bottom surface of the load-spreading layer. The anti-sticking layer has top and bottom surfaces and the top surface of the anti-sticking layer is coupled to the bottom surface of the compliant layer. The bottom surface of the anti-sticking layer is positioned proximate to the top surface of the substrate. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291997 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATABLE TRANSLATION OF POSITION - A calibratable system for translating a position input by a user to a first device to a position output of a second device includes a translation module and a calibration module. The translation module receives the position input by the user to the first device and that translates the position input to position output for the second device based on a plurality of parameters and a translation method. The calibration module selectively generates the plurality of parameters based on a calibration method that commands the user to move the position input to locations defined by the calibration method. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291998 | Calibrating a Digital Stylus - A method for calibrating a digital stylus comprising imaging a portion of a calibration pattern area of a data encoding pattern using an imaging module of the stylus in order to generate calibration data representing an error in alignment for the stylus, and using the calibration data to adjust subsequent measurements from the stylus in order to compensate for the error. | 2011-12-01 |
20110291999 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a housing, a stylus body and a first rotating member. The stylus body includes a tip. The first rotating member is coupled between the housing and the stylus body so the stylus body rotatably engages with the housing. The tip moves from one side of the first rotating member to another side of the first rotating member, when the stylus body rotates relative to the housing. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292000 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a housing, a stylus body including a tip, a pen including a head, a first rotating member and a second rotating member. The first rotating member is coupled between the housing and the stylus body so the stylus body rotatably engages with the housing. The second rotating member is coupled between the housing and the pen so the pen rotatably engages with the housing. When the stylus body rotates relative to the housing, the tip moves from a first side of the first rotating member to a second side of the first rotating member opposite to the first side of the first rotating member; when the pen rotates relative to the housing, the head moves from a first side of the second rotating member to a second side of the second rotating member opposite to the first side of the second rotating member. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292001 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus retaining mechanism for portable electronic device includes a housing, a button assembly and a rejection assembly. The housing defines a receiving chamber to receive a stylus. The button assembly attached to the housing includes a button and a first elastic member. One end of the first elastic member is attached to the housing, and the another end resists the button. The button includes a locking portion to engage with a latching portion of the stylus. The ejection assembly is attached to the housing. The ejection assembly contacts with one end of the stylus and pushes the stylus out when the stylus is disengaged from the locking portion. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292002 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus retaining mechanism is configured for retaining a stylus to a housing. The stylus includes a latching portion. The stylus retaining mechanism includes a locking assembly. The housing includes a fixing portion, an opening and a receiving chamber communicating with the opening. The receiving chamber is configured to receive a stylus, the housing including. The locking assembly is attached to the fixing portion. The locking assembly includes a locking member and an elastic member. One end of the elastic member is attached to the fixing portion, and the other end resists the locking member. The locking member includes a protrusion to engage with a latching portion of the stylus. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292003 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a stylus member including a first housing defining a first receptacle; a stylus body assembly slidably and non-rotatably accommodated in the first receptacle. The stylus body assembly including a first threaded hole, and a pen member including a second housing defining a second receptacle, a pen assembly slidably and non-rotatably accommodated in the second receptacle. The pen assembly defining a second threaded hole therethrough; and a shaft including a first threaded portion engaging with the first threaded hole and a second threaded portion engaging with the second threaded hole so rotation of the shaft relative to the first housing and the second housing causes the stylus body assembly to extend into or retract from the first housing and the second housing respectively. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292004 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR A USER INTERFACE - The present invention relates to an operating device for a user interface and a method for generating a control signal by way of a user interface. For example, the operating device comprises operating elements and a control device, by means of which at least one control signal can be generated in a manner dependent on the state of the operating elements. The operating device comprises a first at least two-dimensional element and a second elongate element, which are displaceable relative to one another in at least two different directions. Furthermore, the operating device comprises a control device, by means of which, on the basis of the relative position of the second elongate element with respect to the first at least two-dimensional element, an overlap of the two elements can be detected and at least one control signal with interval values can be generated in a manner dependent on said overlap. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292005 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING GHOST THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a gate driver, a source driver and a discharge circuit. The data lines are intersected with the scan lines. Each of the pixel transistors is electrically coupled to a corresponding scan line and a corresponding data line, and each of the pixel electrodes is electrically coupled to a corresponding pixel transistor. The gate driver is electrically coupled to the scan lines, and the source driver is electrically coupled to the data lines. The discharge circuit is electrically coupled to the gate driver and the data lines. The discharge circuit starts when the display apparatus is turned off, to control the gate drive for turning on the pixel transistors simultaneously, and make the pixel electrodes be electrically communicated with a reference voltage. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292006 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a scan driver transmitting a plurality of scan signals to a plurality of scan lines, a data driver transmitting a plurality of data signals to a plurality of data lines, a display unit including a plurality of pixels connected to corresponding scan lines and corresponding data lines, and respectively receiving the corresponding data signal when the plurality of pixels are selected with the corresponding scan signal, and a timing controller controlling the scan driver and the data driver, dividing one frame period into a first viewpoint image display period, a second viewpoint image display period, and a black image display period, and generating image data signals corresponding to the first viewpoint image display period, the second viewpoint image display period, and the black image display period, and supplying the respective image data signals to the data driver, wherein the black image display period is shorter than the first viewpoint image display period and the second viewpoint image display period, and the image data signal corresponding to the black image display period is a black image data signal controlling the plurality of pixels not to emit light. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292007 | SHIFT REGISTER, DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING SHIFT REGISTER - A display device is implemented that does not cause abnormal operation even if a shift in threshold voltage occurs in a transistor composing a shift register. Each bistable circuit includes an output terminal that outputs a state signal; a thin film transistor having a drain terminal to which a clock signal is provided, and having a source terminal connected to the output terminal; a thin film transistor for charging a region netA connected to a gate terminal of the thin film transistor; a thin film transistor having a drain terminal connected to the netA; a thin film transistor having a drain terminal connected to the output terminal; and a second node potential control portion that detects a higher one of the threshold voltages of the thin film transistors and sets, based on the detected threshold voltage, the potential of a region netB connected to gate terminals of the thin film transistors to a relatively low-level potential and a relatively high-level potential. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292008 | Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - In order to achieve lower power consumption, a technique of performing display (partial display) by utilizing only a part of a display area is used. For example, a display area is divided, a plurality of driver circuits for driving the divided display areas independently are provided, and only a region where a fixed pattern is displayed is driven in a power saving mode, thereby partial display is performed; however, display cannot be performed at an arbitrary position. Alternatively, partial display can be performed by inputting a video signal to a pixel in an arbitrary display area; however, a structure of a driver circuit is complicated. The object of the invention is to provide a display device which can perform partial display at an arbitrary position and reduce power consumption. In partial display, operation of a signal line driver circuit is set so as to be stopped and a non-display signal is set so as to be outputted from the signal line driver circuit when a pixel in a non-display area is selected. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292009 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING OPENING ANGLE THEREOF - An electronic device includes a base, a display pivotably connecting to the base, a detecting unit, a processing unit, and a driving unit. The detecting unit is for detecting a positional relationship between the display and a user in front of the display. The processing unit is for generating an adjusting signal according to the positional relationship. The driving unit is for adjusting an opening angle defined between the display and the base according to the adjusting signal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292010 | 3D GLASSES AND A 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS - Three-dimensional (3D) glasses according to the present disclosure are interconnected to a 3D display apparatus and include: a glass unit, a glass driving unit which drives the glass unit, an infrared (IR) sensor unit which receives a sync signal transmitted from the 3D display apparatus, a window unit which, when the 3D glasses are directed to the 3D display apparatus, transmits the sync signal to the IR sensor unit and transmits external IR light, incident from a direction different from the direction of the 3D display apparatus, away from the IR sensor unit, and a controlling unit which controls the glass driving unit based on the sync signal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292011 | PLL, DISPLAY USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR TIMING CONTROLLER TO GENERATE CLOCK USING THE SAME - Provided are a phase-locked loop (PLL) receiving an input clock and generating a clock, a display using the PLL, and a method for a timing controller to generate a clock using the PLL. The display includes a timing controller configured to generate a first clock using a PLL, insert the first clock into data, and transmit the data into which the first clock is inserted, transmission lines configured to transfer the data into which the first clock is inserted, and data-driver integrated circuits (ICs) configured to receive the data into which the first clock is inserted, separate the first clock from the data, and drive data lines of a liquid crystal panel on the basis of the first clock and the data. The PLL includes a phase detector configured to generate a DC error corresponding to a phase difference between an input clock and the first clock, a plurality of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), a VCO selector configured to select a VCO having a frequency operating range, which is a range from the highest oscillation frequency of the VCO to the lowest oscillation frequency, including a frequency of the first clock from among the plurality of VCOs with reference to the DC error, and an inductor/capacitor (LC) resonant circuit connected with the selected VCO, including a plurality of fixed capacitors, and configured to perform coarse frequency tuning of the selected VCO. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292012 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRSYTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRSYTAL DISPLAY USING SAME - An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292013 | ELECTRONIC BOOK - An electronic book includes a main body and an attached flexible hose lamp. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292014 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device that can display an image with desired luminance is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes: pixels at crossing regions of scan lines and data lines; first control transistors between a first power supply (for supplying current to the pixels) and the pixels in the odd-numbered rows (or, in a second embodiment, the even-numbered rows); and second control transistors between the first power supply and the pixels in the even-numbered rows (or, in the second embodiment, the odd-numbered rows). The first control transistors are configured to turn on and off in alternation with the second control transistors during a scan period of one frame period. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292015 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PIXEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel operating in a concurrent (or simultaneous) emission method includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current flowing to a second power supply through the organic light emitting diode from a first power supply, the first power supply being coupled to a first electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a data line and a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first capacitor coupled between a second electrode of the first transistor and the first power supply; and a fourth transistor coupled between a second electrode of the second transistor and the organic light emitting diode, wherein the first transistor and the fourth transistor are configured to be turned on during a period when the first capacitor is charged with a voltage corresponding to a data signal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292016 | Liquid crystal display device with decreased power consumption - The present invention relates to enhancing low power consumption of a display device having a SRAM. The display device includes a drive circuit receiving video data; video lines connected the drive circuit; and pixels connected to the video signals. The drive circuit includes a memory storing the video data in memory cells. Each memory cell includes a first inverter with input and output terminals connected to first and second nodes, respectively. A second inverter has output and input terminals connected to the first and second nodes, respectively. A First and second transistors between a first data line and the first node each have a control terminal connected to a first word line or a third word line, respectively. Third and fourth transistors between a second data line and the second node each have a control terminal connected to a second word line or a fourth word line, respectively. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292017 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THEREOF - A display is disclosed. The display includes electrodes in an edge region of the panels to which AC voltages are applied to reduce the effects of ionic particles. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292018 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An area control section individually sets illumination intensity (light control value) of each backlight cell corresponding to each area of the display screen. A spatial filter corrects the light control values so that spatial distribution of the light control values becomes more moderate between adjoining areas. A black area control section sets the minimum value of the light control value based on a “black area” in the screen. A power control section corrects the light control values so that power consumption of the backlight does not exceed a limit value. A shading control section corrects the light control values to relatively lower brightness in the peripheral part of the screen compared to the central part of the screen. A micro-controller switches the operations of the above light control value correcting sections according to an image display mode selected by the user. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292019 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an image display device including: a pixel circuit; a power supply line; a data line for supplying a data signal to the pixel circuit; and a current path control unit. The pixel circuit includes: a light emitting element; a drive transistor for controlling a current flowing to the light emitting element; a storage capacitor provided between the data line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor, for storing a potential difference; and a data line connection switch for connecting one end of the storage capacitor on the gate electrode side of the drive transistor and the data line. Before the data line supplies the data signal, the data line connection switch is turned ON, and the current path control unit interrupts a current path from the power supply line to the one end of the storage capacitor. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292020 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A display device and method are provided. The display device includes a timing controller configured to insert a clock between data and transmit the data in which the clock has been inserted, transmission lines configured to transfer the data in which the clock has been inserted, and data driver integrated circuits (ICs) configured to receive the data in which the clock has been inserted, separate the clock from the data, and drive data lines of a liquid crystal panel on the basis of the clock and the data. The timing controller includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) including an oscillator and an inductor-capacitor (LC) resonant circuit, and a reset signal generator configured to generate a reset signal causing the PLL to start coarse frequency tuning when initial power is applied or a frequency of an applied input clock changes. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292021 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME - In a liquid crystal display device which uses an electric field whereby a sufficient reset effect or sufficient overdrive effect is obtained at a lower-limit temperature at which the device is used, but which does not produce bounce at normal temperatures, the electric field applied has an intensity greater than that of an electric field at which a 99% response is obtained, and less than that of an electric field at which a 99.9% response is obtained, between a white image and a black image at the lower-limit temperature at which the device is used. Alternatively, the electric field applied has an intensity greater than that of an electric field at which average tilt angle of the liquid crystal exceeds 81 degrees, and at which average tilt angle does not exceed 85 degrees. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292022 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS AND POWER CONVERTING METHOD - A power converting apparatus including a power converting unit and a control unit is provided. The power converting unit receives an input voltage and generates an output voltage for a display driving unit according to a control signal. The control unit provides the control signal to the power converting unit, wherein the control unit adjusts the duty cycle or the frequency of the control signal according to an image signal. In addition, a power converting method is also provided. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292023 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data processor, a data driver, and a gate driver. The display panel displays images. The data processor generates at least one interpolated frame data by using a first motion vector calculated by a plurality of frame data, and generates a current frame compensation data by using the current frame data, an adjacent frame data adjacent to the current frame and the interpolated frame data. The data driver outputs a data voltage corresponding to the current frame compensation data to the display panel. The gate driver outputs a gate signal to the display panel in synchronized with an output of the data voltage. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292024 | Mode Conversion Method, And Display Driving Integrated Circuit And Image Processing System Using The Method - According to an example embodiment, a display driving integrated circuit (IC) includes a timing controller and a plurality of source drivers. The timing controller is configured to output a plurality of signals to the plurality of source drivers, and at least one of the timing controller and the plurality of source drivers operates in a power down mode in at least one of an initializing period, a data transmission period, and a vertical blank period. According to an example embodiment, a mode conversion method used in a display driving IC includes switching between a normal mode to a power down mode in response to a standby control signal. The power down mode is implemented on at least one of a timing controller and a plurality of source drivers included in the display driving IC in at least one of an initializing period, a data transmission period, and a vertical blank period. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292025 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention achieves a display device capable of quick compensation of charging of parasitic capacitance with a simple configuration and low power consumption. The display device in accordance with the present invention includes (i) pixels, (ii) signal wires (Sj), and (iii) an operational amplifier (OP | 2011-12-01 |
20110292026 | Display Apparatus with a Display Device and Method of Driving the Display Device - A display apparatus ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110292027 | BACKLIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVING CURRENT OF AN LED - A backlight control device for controlling a driving current of an LED is disclosed. By controlling current outputs from current sources of a plurality of current output units, a display will be able to generate desirable backlight. Then by adjusting currents output by the plurality of current output units, brightness of a plurality of pixels can be dynamically adjusted. The brightness of pixels with higher gray levels can be increased while the brightness of pixels with lower gray levels can be decreased, thereby improving the contrast of image and saving power consumption. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292028 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A device for driving an image display device that includes an image display panel, a plurality of drivers for driving the image display panel, a Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) transmission unit for converting external image data and a plurality of control signals including frame ratio setting signals into LVDS signals and transmitting the same, an LVDS reception unit for converting the image data and the plurality of control signals including frame ratio setting signals OP | 2011-12-01 |
20110292029 | Apparatus and method for driving e-paper panel - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for driving an e-paper panel. The e-paper panel driving apparatus includes a DC/DC converter that converts and outputs DC voltage to be input into a preset voltage and supplies the output voltage as a driving voltage of an e-paper panel; a sensing module that senses load conditions of the e-paper panel; and a control module that varies the driving frequency of the DC/DC converter according to the load conditions of the e-paper panel sensed by the sensing module. According to the present invention, the driving clock of the DC/DC converter that supplies the driving voltage to the e-paper panel is varied in consideration of the load conditions of the e-paper panel, thereby making it possible to prevent an image quality of the e-paper panel from being degraded due to unstable power supply, while simultaneously minimizing unnecessary power consumption of the e-paper panel driving apparatus. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292030 | Map Display Device - A map display device | 2011-12-01 |
20110292031 | MANIPULABLE HUMAN INTERACTIVE PROOFS - A manipulable human interactive proof (HIP) displays at most a portion of verification information. A user performs at least one manipulation on the HIP display to obtain full verification information. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292032 | MULTILEVEL DISPLAY CONTROL LIST IN TILE BASED 3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for rendering a 3 dimensional computer graphics image. The image is divided into plurality of rectangular tiles which are arranged in a multi level structure comprising a plurality of levels of progressively larger groupings of tiles. Image data is divided into a plurality of primitive blocks and these are assigned to groupings of tiles within the multi level structure in dependence on the groupings each one intersects. Control stream data is derived for rendering the image and this comprises references to primitive blocks for each grouping of tiles within each level of the multi level structure, the references corresponding to the primitive blocks assigned to each grouping and control stream data is used to render the primitive data into tiles within the groupings of tiles for display. This is done such that for primitive blocks which intersect a plurality of tiles within a grouping, control stream data is written for the grouping of tiles rather than for each tile within the grouping. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292033 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hand-held electronic device ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110292034 | REAL TIME CONCURRENT DESIGN OF SHAPE, TEXTURE, AND MOTION FOR 3D CHARACTER ANIMATION - Systems and methods for automatically generating animation-ready 3D character models based upon model parameter, clothing selections, and texture-region color component selections are described. One embodiment of the invention includes an application server configured to receive the user defined model parameters and the at least one texture selection via a user interface. In addition, the application server includes a generative model and the application server is configured to generate a 3D mesh based upon the user defined model parameters using the generative model and to apply texture to the generated mesh based upon the at least one texture selection. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292035 | IMAGE OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image output control apparatus includes a detector and a controller. The detector is configured to detect a capability of an image display apparatus. The controller is configured to execute control to output one of a 2D image and a 3D image to the image display apparatus based on the capability detected by the detector. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292036 | DEPTH SENSOR WITH APPLICATION INTERFACE - A method for processing data includes receiving a depth map of a scene containing a body of a humanoid subject. The depth map includes a matrix of pixels, each pixel corresponding to a respective location in the scene and having a respective pixel depth value indicative of a distance from a reference plane to the respective location. The depth map is processed in a digital processor to extract a skeleton of at least a part of the body, the skeleton including multiple joints having respective coordinates. An application program interface (API) indicates at least the coordinates of the joints. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292037 | 3D MODEL COMPARISON - Techniques for comparing 3D models are provided. A method for comparing 3D models includes obtaining a first skeleton of a first 3D model, obtaining a second skeleton of a second 3D model, and calculating similarity between the first and the second 3D models based on distance, angle, and inter-position related global constraints of the first and the second skeletons. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292038 | 3D VIDEO CONVERSION - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a primary stream of video frames derived from 3D video game console can be packed into time multiplexed format in which left eye and right eye images are packed into a single frame. The stream of frames can be coupled into first and second image processors. The first image processor zooms and vertically shifts the left eye image from each frame in the primary stream to produce a first output stream of left eye images. The second image processor zooms and vertically shifts the right eye image from each frame in the primary stream to produce a second output stream of left eye images. The first and second output streams can be fed into a 3D video recording device and stored in a dual image video format. Alternatively, the first and second output streams can be fed into a dual image video projection device for real-time projection of 3D video from the game console. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292039 | VISUALIZATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This method includes: generating data of a mask surface with respect to visualization data arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space, for calculation values at respective calculation points; identifying, from a first data storage storing, as time-series data, positions of the calculation points and calculation values at the calculation points, a first point whose position is closest to a predetermined point on the mask surface; reading out, from the first data storage, a position of the identified first point in each time; arranging the mask surface in each time based on a direction of a user's sight line and the read position in each time so as to make the mask surface perpendicular to the direction of the user's sight line and have the predetermined point on the mask surface arranged at the read position; and drawing polygon data of the visualization data and the mask surface in time series. | 2011-12-01 |
20110292040 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM - A stereoscopic display system includes: a display panel; a backlight; and shutter eyeglasses including a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter. The backlight is off during a period in which the left-eye and right-eye shutters both are open. | 2011-12-01 |