50th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130328783 | TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO SMART FABRIC OUPUT DEVICE - A system and method are provided for a user to communicate uniquely human and personal information to one or more other users, via a smart textile input/output device. The information may be displayed on the device associated with the user, on one or more other articles of clothing associated with one or more other users, or on one or more external devices proximate to and associated with a target user. The information may result from a direct input of display information from a source user to a target user or from a third party directed to one or more target users. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328784 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MODE SELECTION METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: an image receiver which receives an image signal of at least one channel; an image processor which processes the received image signal; a display which displays an image thereon based on the processed image signal; a communication unit which communicates with at least one multi-view device which is synchronized c with the displayed image; and a controller which controls the display to display thereon a user interface (UI) for selecting a channel and a display mode corresponding to the at least one multi-view device and controls the image processor to display an image based on the selected channel and display mode if a command regarding the selection of the channel and display mode through the UI is input. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328785 | KEYBOARD BACKLIGHT FEATURES FOR A PORTABLE COMPUTER - The present application describes various embodiments of systems and methods for internal components for portable computing devices relating to keyboard components and keyboard backlighting. In one embodiment, a keyboard module can include a rectangular light guide panel and a driver board including discrete light sources mounted on the driver board where the driver board is disposed along one edge of the light guide panel and light emitted for the discrete light sources is captured by the light guide panel and distributed to predetermined locations. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328786 | INFORMATION TRIAGE USING SCREEN-CONTACTING GESTURES - A user is able to triage information on a touch-enabled computing device. Information objects are displayed on a touch-sensitive screen of the device. Whenever the user makes a first gesture on the screen using a first user input modality, the first gesture and that it was made using this first modality are identified, a first information management operation specifically associated with the first gesture being made with this first modality is also identified, and this first operation is implemented on the objects. Whenever the user subsequently makes a second gesture on the screen using a second user input modality which is different than the first modality, the second gesture and that it was made using this second modality are identified, a second information management operation specifically associated with the second gesture being made with this second modality is also identified, and this second operation is implemented on the objects. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328787 | Context Based Gesture-Controlled Instrument Interface - An instrument and method for operating the same is disclosed. The instrument includes an input port for receiving a signal, a processor for measuring a first parameter related to the signal, and a touch-enabled display. The touch-enabled display receives commands directed to the processor and displays the first parameter. The commands including commands that determine how the first parameter is displayed and commands that determine the manner in which the instrument operates. The commands are grouped into a plurality of contexts. Each command in a context is specified by a control gesture on the touch-enabled display. A first control gesture is used for a first command in a first context, the first control gesture is also utilized for a second command in a second context, the first context being different from the second context. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHOOSING AN INTENDED TARGET ELEMENT FROM AN IMPRECISE TOUCH ON A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for an improved workflow for choosing an intended target element from an imprecise touch on a touch screen display comprises determining whether a touch is within a bounding box of precisely one of a plurality of elements on a touch screen display; expanding the bounding box of all of the elements in the plurality of elements; determining whether the touch is within the expanded bounding box of at least one element in the plurality of elements; calculating a distance between the touch and a center of the bounding box for at least two elements in the plurality of elements, wherein the touch is determined to be within the expanded bounding box of the at least two elements; and determining a target element based on the shortest calculated distance between the touch and a center of the bounding box of the at least two elements. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328789 | TOUCH DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch device and an operating method of the touch device are provided. The operating method includes following steps. A plurality of touch values of a touch panel are obtained. During a first frame period, the obtained touch values are stored in a first memory unit, and a touch point is calculated according to the touch values stored in a second memory unit. During a second frame period, the obtained touch values are stored in the second memory unit, and the touch point is calculated according to the touch values stored in the first memory unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328790 | TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH POINT THEREOF - A touch device and method for detecting a touch point thereof are provided. The method includes: detecting a plurality of first touch values, second touch values and third touch values corresponding to a plurality of touch regions of a touch panel, respectively, during a first frame period, a second frame period and a third frame period; performing a value obtaining operation to output a median of the first touch value, the second touch value and the third touch value to which each of the touch regions correspond; and determining a real touch point according a touch threshold and the first touch values, the second touch values and the third touch values outputted by the value obtaining operation. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328791 | TOUCH SYSTEM INADVERTENT INPUT ELIMINATION - In one aspect a method is provided that includes: detecting touch input at a first touch point on a touch screen; detecting touch input at a second touch point on the touch screen within a predetermined time of detecting said touch input at the first touch point, the second touch point being within a predefined proximity to the first touch point; and performing an action to eliminate touch input detected at the second touch point on the touch screen. Other aspects are described. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328792 | Electronic Device with Wrapped Display - An electronic device may have a hollow display cover structure. The hollow display cover structure may be formed from a structure having an inner surface. The structure may be an elongated member having a longitudinal axis. A material such as sapphire, other crystalline materials, or other transparent materials may be used in forming the hollow display cover structure. A flexible display layer such as an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other flexible display structure may be wrapped around the longitudinal axis to cover the interior surface of the hollow display cover structure. The electronic device may have a touch sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and other sensors for gathering input such as user input. The electronic device may use one or more sensors to gather information on rotational motion of the device and can display content on the flexible display layer accordingly. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328793 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL OF DISPLAYS - A method includes displaying information in a display area of a first display of an electronic device, detecting a low-power condition for the electronic device, in response to detecting the low-power condition, discontinuing displaying information in the display area of the first display, and displaying information on a second display, which information is visible through the non-display area of the first display. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328794 | TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE - A touch display module includes a display device and a first panel. The display device includes a display panel, a frame surrounding the display panel, and at least two first positioning parts disposed on the frame. The first panel is disposed on the display device. The first panel includes a protection plate and at least two second positioning parts disposed on the protection plate. The first positioning parts are combined with the second positioning parts to fix relative locations of the first panel and the display device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328795 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY IN A DISPLAY HAVING MULTIPLE VCOMS - Methods and devices for improving image quality in a display having multiple common voltage layers (VCOMs) are provided. In one example, a method may include maintaining a deactivation signal on pixels of the display after programming a frame of data onto the pixels of the display, but before a touch sequence. The method may also include supplying a first data signal to each pixel of a first set of pixels coupled to a first VCOM while maintaining the deactivation signal. The method may include supplying a second data signal to each pixel of a second set of pixels coupled to a second VCOM while supplying the first data signal. The first data signal is supplied to each pixel of the first set of pixels and the second data signal is supplied to each pixel of the second set of pixels to inhibit image distortion during the touch sequence. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328796 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER USAGE OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - Methods and devices employing circuitry for reducing power usage of a touch-sensitive display are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving power for a display of an electronic device. The method also includes powering a touch subsystem and a display subsystem of the display. The method includes, in a standard display mode, storing a frame of data in pixels of the display subsystem during a first period of time. The method also includes, in a low power display mode, storing a frame of data in pixels of the display subsystem during a second period of time. The second period of time is not equal to the first period of time. The method includes detecting a touch of the display via the touch subsystem between each synchronization signal of a plurality of synchronization signals received by the display. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328797 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER USAGE OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - Methods and devices employing circuitry for reducing power usage of a touch-sensitive display are provided. In one example, a method for reducing power usage of a touch-sensitive display may include receiving power for the display of an electronic device. The method may also include powering a touch subsystem and a display subsystem of the display. The method may include, in a standard display mode, receiving synchronization signals at a first rate. A frame of data is stored on pixels of the display subsystem between each synchronization signal. The method may also include, in a low power display mode, receiving synchronization signals at a second rate. The second rate is less than the first rate. The method may include detecting a touch of the display via the touch subsystem between each synchronization signal. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328798 | TOUCH PANEL WITH SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conducting layer, and an antireflection film. The substrate is made of sapphire, and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The transparent conducting layer is covered on the first surface and is configured for detecting a touch operation thereon. The antireflection film is coated on the second surface and is configured for increasing the transmissivity of the substrate in relation to visual light. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328799 | CONDITION BASED CONTROLS FOR A DISPLAY - A system, method, and device for increasing uniformity between displays incorporating components from different manufacturers. Incorporating components from different manufactures in different displays may cause the different displays to appear differently even under similar conditions. By modifying the operating parameters used to drive the display according to performance characteristics for various conditions, displays incorporating components from different manufacturers may be configured to produce a substantially similar picture under similar conditions. The various conditions may include stimulus information, such as temperature or touch activity. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328800 | IN-CELL TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - An in-cell touch display device comprises a plurality of pixel structures, a display scanning circuit, a touch scanning circuit, and a control module. The pixel structures are applied to display an image and include a plurality of display scanning lines and a plurality of common electrodes. The display scanning circuit is coupled with the display scanning lines for actuating the pixel structures to display the image. The touch scanning circuit is coupled with the common electrodes so as to receive a touch signal by scanning the common electrodes. The control module is coupled with the display scanning circuit and the touch scanning circuit to receive and process the touch signal for executing the touch step. The display scanning circuit and the touch scanning circuit are integrated on the same substrate to reduce the thickness of the touch display device without affecting the touch effect. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328801 | SOFTWARE PIN ENTRY - A card reader configured to read a smart card can be detachably connected to a mobile computing device. When the card reader is attached to the mobile device, an application installed on the mobile computing device permits the mobile device to communicate with the card reader in order to process transactions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328802 | Method for operating functions of a vehicle and corresponding device - The present disclosure relates to a method for operating functions of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, by means of an operating element. The operating element comprises a touch-sensitive operating surface, wherein via the operating surface a plurality of functions can be operated, and the respective functions are each assigned part regions of the operating surface. The position of the hand of the operator is determined and the respective position of the respective part regions is assigned relative to the position of the hand of the operator. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a corresponding device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328803 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An information terminal device includes a displaying unit that displays information, a detecting unit that detects, when contact is made with a displayed screen of the displaying unit, a contact position and contact pressure, and a processor. The processor executes a process including storing, in a storing unit, a contact state indicating whether the contact pressure detected by the detecting unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and controlling displaying on the displaying unit in accordance with the contact position detected by the detecting unit and the contact state that is stored in the storing unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328804 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing apparatus equipped with a display unit including a touch panel, and a method of controlling the same. In response to a plurality of fingers of a user that are in touch with a display object displayed on the display unit including the touch panel moving in the same direction, the touched display object is displayed such that they move, and the moving display object and a plurality of display objects displayed within a predetermined distance thereof are displayed as a grouped display object. With an operation performed by the user on the grouped display object, delete processing for deleting objects corresponding to a plurality of display objects included in the grouped display objects is executed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328805 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH INPUT OF TERMINAL - A method of controlling a touch input of a terminal is provided. The method includes determining, when a touch input is sensed, a touch position, and setting a partial area of a touch panel including the determined touch position as an effective touch area of the touch panel. The method may further include determining, when the touch input is sensed, whether the touch input is a pen touch input, and sensing the touch input through a touch panel for sensing a user touch and an Electro Magnetic Resonance (EMR) panel for sensing the pen touch input, wherein the touch position is determined when the touch input is a pen touch sensed through the EMR panel. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328806 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of sensing units, a decoration layer, first signal lines, second signal lines, and a conductive component is provided. The substrate has an operation region and a periphery region surrounding the operation region. The sensing units are located within the operation region for sensing a coordinate of a touch point. The decoration layer is located within the periphery region. The first and second signal lines and the conductive component are located within the periphery region and disposed on the decoration layer. The conductive component has a widen portion located between the first and second signal lines, and the widen portion has a line width greater than those of the other portions of the conductive component. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328807 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate includes a detection electrode of a touch panel, pixels include pixel electrodes and counter electrodes, the counter electrodes are divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are provided in common to the pixels on a plurality of display lines being side by side, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are used as scanning electrodes of the touch panel as well, the liquid crystal display device includes a semiconductor chip configured to supply a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the divided blocks, the semiconductor chip includes a first terminal group formed on a side of a display area side configured by the plurality of pixels. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328808 | TOUCH WINDOW WITH SENSOR MEMBER - Disclosed is a touch window with a sensor member. The touch window includes: a cover window including an active area, an unactive area, and a function area; and a sensing electrode on the active area, wherein the function area includes a first printing layer on the cover window and a sensor member on the first printing layer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328809 | ACCESSIBILITY AIDS FOR USERS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A screen protector is provided with tactile aids for vision-impaired users. The screen protector can be placed on the display screen of a computing device to enhance the out-of-box experience for vision-impaired users and/or guide the user during subsequent use of the device. For example, the screen protector can be configured to be tactilely-informative about how to activate accessibility features of the device and/or how to proceed with initial set-up and configuration of the device. The screen protector may include, for example, braille instructions for activating the accessibility mode and/or a raised or embossed tactile aid that identifies the location of a UI control feature that can be engaged to initiate the accessibility mode or other desired function. Once the user has engaged the accessibility mode, the user may receive verbal instructions and cues going forward so as to allow the user to successfully use the device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328810 | STORING TRACE INFORMATION - The disclosure is directed to storing trace information. An aspect includes determining whether or not a pen is within a threshold distance of the touchscreen, storing trace information generated by a user's touch in a touch buffer if the pen is not within the threshold distance of the touchscreen, and clearing the touch buffer and storing trace information generated by the pen in the touch buffer if the pen is within the threshold distance of the touchscreen. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328811 | INTERACTIVE LAYER ON TOUCH-BASED DEVICES FOR PRESENTING WEB AND CONTENT PAGES - Techniques are described for selecting and providing enhanced, interactive content that can be displayed atop web-based content when presented via a touch-enabled display. The enhanced and interactive content is presented in an opener component that has a visual representation that is intended to convey a metaphorical representation of a real-world object, via which a user might naturally and intuitively interact via the touch-enabled display. When the opener component is invoked via a touch-based gesture, pre-loaded content may be presented, or additional functionality may be invoked. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328812 | TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged on a substrate in parallel in a first direction; a plurality of second electrodes arranged in parallel in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction without contacting with the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of first connecting wires, each first connecting wire being connected with at least one of the plurality of the first electrodes; and a plurality of second connecting wires, each second connecting wire connecting the second electrodes to each other in the second direction, wherein a touch driving voltage is supplied to the plurality of first connecting wires and a common voltage is supplied to the plurality of second connecting wires so that mutual capacitance is generated between the a plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328813 | Unlocking Mechanism for a Touch Screen Device - A method for unlocking a touchscreen device comprises no involvement of pressing a physical button of the touchscreen device. Rather, it employs a pre-defined touchscreen area as the unlocking spot. The location and size of this unlocking spot can be redefined by a user. When this spot is touched by a finger, a counter will start to count numbers. When it passes a pre-defined number threshold, the activation signal will be sent to a micro control unit (MCU) to activate the MCU. In this way, the touchscreen device is unlocked. In addition, a power saving circuit is provided to execute such unlocking function and reduce power consumption. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328814 | INTERACTIVE TOUCH SCREEN METAPHORS WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A system and computer-implemented method of providing haptic effects to a first user of a multi-user application. The method includes executing a first instance of the multi-user application on a first computing platform associated with the first user. The multi-user application is configured to interface with an object based on control inputs received from the first user and based on control inputs received from a second user via a second computing platform executing a second instance of the multi-user application, and responsive to performance of a first control input by the second user on the second computing platform, the method includes generating a first haptic effect for the first user on the first computing platform, the first haptic effect conveying information to the first user about the effect of the first control input. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328815 | Display Device With Touch Panel - A display device with a touch panel which includes a first substrate, and a second substrate facing the first substrate. The first and second substrates each include a detection area to detect a coordinate and an outside area which includes external terminals. The first substrate includes first lines to detect a coordinate, and the second substrate includes second lines, made of metal, in the detection area which face the first substrate. A polarizing plate is arranged on the first substrate at a side opposite to the second substrate. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328816 | Waveform Observing Apparatus and Waveform Observing System - There are provided a waveform observing apparatus and waveform observing system that solve a problem of displacement of a handwritten comment which occurs with enlargement/reduction in display in such a manner that, when a determination is NO in a process step, namely when a current compression ratio differs from a compression ratio at the time of writing a handwritten comment in displaying the handwritten comment to such a degree as to cause occurrence of non-allowable displacement, a process proceeds to a next process step, and a simple indication indicating the presence of the handwritten comment is displayed in a position associated with a portion of a waveform corresponding to a measured data number. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328817 | Touch Panel and Touch Type Input Device - A sensing apparatus that includes a polylactic acid film having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The polylactic acid film is molecularly oriented and thermally treated so as to have a shear piezoelectric property. An electrode arrangement is provided adjacent at least one of the first and second surfaces of the polylactic acid film, and is configured to detect a relative position of an input on the polylactic acid film and detect a pressure of the input toward the polylactic acid film. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328818 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A user interface apparatus provides multiple touch panels coupled to a processor and operating as a single touch panel. Multiple touch inputs can be provided to the multiple touch panels. The touch panels provide spatial and temporal touch information to the processor such that the touch inputs are reliably analyzed by the processor, even when a predetermined maximum touch count is imposed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328819 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT - Improved operability can be achieved in receiving a handwritten input via a touchscreen panel. An electronic device includes a touchscreen panel, a memory for storing content having at least one predetermined position set for the content, and a processor for obtaining a first touched position via the touchscreen panel, and causing the touchscreen panel to display the content thereon based on the first touched position and the predetermined position. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328820 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an electronic device including a touch panel | 2013-12-12 |
20130328821 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRADIENT IMAGING SENSORS - A processing system for an input device includes a transmitter module, a receiver module, and a determination module. The transmitter module, which includes transmitter circuitry, is coupled to a plurality of transmitter electrodes and configured to drive a first end of a first transmitter electrode of the plurality of transmitter electrodes to produce a first voltage gradient across the first transmitter electrode. The receiver module is configured to receive a plurality of resulting signals with a plurality of receiver electrodes, the plurality of resulting signals each comprising effects of the first voltage gradient. The determination module is configured to determine a two-dimensional capacitive image based on the plurality of resulting signals, and determine positional information for a first input object located within a sensing region based on the capacitive image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328822 | BASELINE CAPACITANCE CALIBRATION - An embodiment of the invention provides a method of creating a statistical model of a baseline capacitance C | 2013-12-12 |
20130328823 | TOUCH DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch device and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes the following steps. A plurality of data baseline values of the touch panel is calibrated and set during an initialization of a touch panel. A plurality of touch data is obtained after scanning the touch panel. A plurality of touch values corresponding to the touch panel is calculated according to the data baseline values and the touch data. A touch point is detected according to the touch values. When the touch data is complied with a re-calibration requirement, the data baseline values are re-calibrated and reset. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328824 | DYNAMIC VOLTAGE GENERATION FOR TOUCH-ENABLED DISPLAYS - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that provides power for a touch-enabled display, wherein the touch-enabled display cycles between a display mode and a touch mode. During the display mode, the system drives a display-mode voltage to the touch-enabled display through a power output, wherein the power output is coupled through a display-mode capacitor C | 2013-12-12 |
20130328825 | DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BETWEEN ACCESSORY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Accurate and reliable techniques for determining information of an accessory device in relation to an electronic device are described. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328826 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including multiple electrodes is provided. The electrodes form a sensing area and are disposed on a same plane. The sensing area has a first border and a second border that are substantially perpendicular to each other. The electrodes include one parallelogram electrode. The parallelogram electrode has two first sides parallel to the first border and two second sides parallel to neither the first border nor the second border. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328827 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An information terminal device includes a displaying unit that displays information and that detects, when a touch is performed on a displayed screen, a touched position, a memory, and a processor that is connected to the displaying unit and the memory. The processor executes a process including determining whether an area containing the touched position detected by the displaying unit is a scroll area targeted for scrolling, and switching a control mode of the displayed screen of the displaying unit in accordance with the determination result at the determining. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328828 | GLOVE TOUCH DETECTION FOR TOUCH DEVICES - Apparatuses and methods of glove touch detection are described. One method performs a first scan to detect an object proximate to a sense array. The first scan comprises a first sensitivity parameter. The method compares touch data from the first scan against a plurality of thresholds. The method performs a second scan to detect a touch event when the first scan's touch data exceeds a glove saturation threshold of the plurality of thresholds. The second scan comprising a second sensitivity parameter that is different than the first sensitivity parameter. The method reports a glove touch event when the first scan's touch data does not exceed the glove saturation threshold and exceeds a glove-reporting threshold of the plurality of thresholds. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328829 | IN-CELL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL SYSTEM WITH INCREASED ACCURACY OF TOUCH POSITIONS - An in-cell touch display panel system with increased accuracy of touch positions includes a panel display unit, a touch unit, a display unit power supply, and a touch unit power supply. The display unit power supply has a power supply end and a ground end for supplying power to the panel display unit. The touch unit power supply has a first switch, a second switch and an energy storage device. The first switch has one end connected to the power supply end and the other end connected to one end of the energy storage device. The second switch has one end connected to the ground end and the other end connected to the other end of the energy storage device. When the touch unit performs a touching detection, the first and second switches disconnect the energy storage device from the power supply end and the ground end. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328830 | TOUCH SCREEN PANELS - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, a first sensing line and a second sensing line. The first sensing line includes first sensing cells arranged along a first direction and first connection patterns coupling the first sensing cells. The second sensing line includes second sensing cells arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and second connection patterns coupling the second sensing cells. At least one of the first and the second sensing cells includes openings and conductive patterns located in the openings. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328832 | TRACKING INPUT TO A MULTI-TOUCH DIGITIZER SYSTEM - A method for identifying intended input to a digitizer sensor includes identifying a plurality of regions of input to a digitizer sensor over a plurality of refresh cycles, classifying each of the plurality regions as one of intended input and unintended input, the classifying performed for each of the plurality of refresh cycles, storing a list of locations of regions classified as unintended input regions, where each entry of the list stored for a pre-defined time period and then subsequently removed from storage and invalidating output obtained from a region classified as a region of intended input, responsive to the region overlapping a location listed in the list of locations classified as unintended input regions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328833 | DUAL-MODE INPUT APPARATUS - A dual-mode input apparatus is disclosed and includes a panel, a processing module, and an image-capturing system capable of capturing images in front of the panel. The image-capturing system can capture a touch input image and a gesture input device by an image-sensing component and a light-modulating component. The processing module processes the sensed images to determine input information. Alternatively, the image-capturing system can include an image-capturing device capable of rotating relative to the panel. The processing module is therefore capable of controlling rotating of the image-capturing device so as to capture a touch input image and a gesture input image selectively for the processing module to determine input information. Therefore, the dual-mode input apparatus of the invention can provide two input modes by use of the same image device, which overcomes the limitation of a conventional single image-capturing system being applied only to a single input architecture. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328834 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER INPUT DETECTION - An imaging system may be provided that includes a camera module, a transparent or translucent surface, and processing circuitry that is configured to perform character recognition operations based on images of the translucent surface that have been captured using the camera module. The camera module may include an image sensor having an array of image pixels and one or more lenses that focus light from the translucent surface onto the array of image pixels. The processing circuitry may be configured to recognize gestures from one or more users on the translucent surface. The processing circuitry may be configured to extract user input data from captured images of an object seen through the translucent surface by extracting gesture point locations from the captured images, storing coordinate data associated with the extracted gesture point locations, and comparing the stored coordinate data with template data that corresponds to a plurality of known characters. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328835 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is an optical touch panel touched by an infrared light in a remote place without a physical touch. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328836 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS USING ULTRASONIC SIGNAL - Provided is an information input apparatus using an ultrasonic signal according to the present invention, a connector which is to be inserted into a communication port of a portable electronic apparatus is installed in a position measurement module which measures a position of a signal generation device to generate position information of the signal generation device by receiving an ultrasonic signal, and a connector connection member which is to be connected to the connector is installed in a docking module which is detachably fixed to a handwriting surface to store the position information of the signal generation device therein and to transmit the position information to an external electronic apparatus. Therefore, the connector of the position measurement module is inserted into a connector connection member of the docking module, so that the position measurement module and the docking module can be easily coupled with and detached from each other. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328837 | IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image supply device used with an image display device and an operation detection device adapted to detect an indication location in accordance with a position indication operation on a display surface includes a drawing section adapted to generate a superimposition image to be displayed while being superimposed on an original image based on the indication location detected by the operation detection device, a first image generation section adapted to generate a first composite image by superimposing the superimposition image generated by the drawing section on the original image, a second image generation section for generating a second composite image by superimposing an operating image for instructing a process of the superimposition image generated by the drawing section on the first composite image in response to a change in the original image, and an output section adapted to output the second composite image to the image display device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328838 | DIFFUSERS FOR DIFFERENT COLOR DISPLAY ELEMENTS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for improving brightness, contrast, and viewable angle of a reflective display. In one aspect, a display includes a diffuser including a topographical pattern that is different in different areas of the display and a planarization layer over the diffuser. The diffuser is configured to scatter incident light to a different range of angles for different areas of the display. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328839 | GATE DRIVER FALL TIME COMPENSATION - A display system includes a display panel of pixels, a gate driver and a compensation unit. The gate driver receives a control signal and based on the control signal, generates a gate signal to drive a transistor included in a pixel. The compensation unit measures and compensates for a fall time of the gate driver. The compensation unit includes a replica gate driver, a peak RMS detector, a comparator and a counter. The replica gate driver generates a replica gate signal based on the control signal. The peak RMS detector calculates a peak RMS of the replica gate signal. The comparator compares the peak RMS of the replica gate signal and a reference voltage and generates a comparator value. The counter is controlled by the comparator value to generate a compensation value used to adjust the gate driver and the replica gate driver. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328840 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY PANEL - In a display panel ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130328841 | BACKLIGHT CALIBRATION AND CONTROL - A system and method for characterizing the power and luminance values for a display. This may include testing a device to determine a luminance value for a display of a given device at a given current and determining whether the first current is to be adjusted during future uses based on a comparison of the luminance with at least one threshold value. This may also include storing an adjusted current value if it is determined that the first current is to be adjusted. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328842 | Electronic Device With Display Brightness Control - Automatic display brightness adjustments may be made by an electronic device based on ambient light sensor data. Proximity sensor data from a light-based proximity sensor, from nearby capacitive sensor electrodes in a touch screen, or from other proximity sensing components may be used to determine whether the ambient light sensor is being shadowed by a hand or other external object. Ambient light sensor data associated with blocked sensor conditions can be suppressed. A transient event filter may be used to remove spikes from ambient light sensor data. A display brightness baseline may be adaptively adjusted. Short changes in ambient light level may result in corresponding momentary adjustments to display brightness. Longer changes in ambient light level may be associated with persistent changes in the display brightness baseline. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328843 | Systems and Methods for Reducing or Eliminating Mura Artifact Using Image Feedback - Systems, methods, and devices for calibrating an electronic display to reduce or eliminate a mura artifact are provided. The mura artifact may be due to differential behavior of common voltage layers (VCOMs) in the electronic display. One method for reducing or eliminating the mura artifact may involve setting pixels of the electronic display to a first gray level and measuring a luminance difference between light and dark areas of a mura artifact on the electronic display. A value of an operating parameter of the electronic display may be adjusted while monitoring the luminance difference measurement. A value of the operating parameter that causes the luminance difference measurement to be within a specified range of acceptable luminance difference measurement values may be stored in the electronic display. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328844 | Using Clock Detect Circuitry to Reduce Panel Turn-on Time - Systems, devices, and methods for using clock detector circuitry to reduce turn-on time of an electronic display, improve image quality, and reduce operations of a host are provided. In one example, a system may include a host configured to transmit a number of signals and a display driver coupled to the host. The number of signals may include a clock signal and data signals. The display driver is configured to drive a display based at least in part on the data signals. The display driver is also configured to be reset upon detection of the clock signal without waiting for a host-issued reset signal. A clock detect circuit configured to detect the clock signal may be configured to transmit an internal reset signal to reset the display driver without a dedicated host-issued reset signal. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328845 | ADAPTIVE FRAME RATE CONTROL FOR POWER SAVINGS - Embodiments disclosed herein pertain to power conservation for electronic devices. According to one embodiment, power conservation can be achieved through adaptive frame rate control for a display associated with an electronic device. The frame rate is able to be controlled so as to adapt to a frame rate that is adequate for the display task. Since the display often times displays content that is not very dynamic, the frame rate in such situations can be controlled to use a reduced frame rate, which thereby reduces power consumption. However, when the display displays content that is substantially dynamic, the frame rate in such situations can be controlled to use an enhanced (or not reduced) frame rate, which ensures reasonable display quality. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328846 | CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSISTORS ON A DISPLAY SYSTEM SUBSTRATE USING A REPLICA TRANSISTOR - Better performance can be provided for a display system that has semiconductor microelectronic components such as demultiplexors, gate line and data line drivers, and pixel switches formed on the display substrate, e.g., a glass substrate that constitutes part of an active matrix display panel. A constituent transistor of one of these microelectronic components, e.g., a pixel thin film transistor (TFT) that is part of a particular display element, may be characterized using a replica component that emulates the behavior of the component. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328847 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR COMMON ELECTRODE MURA PREVENTION - Methods and devices employing mura prevention circuitry, are provided. In one example, a method may include supplying a first voltage pathway between a common electrode driver and a common electrode of an electronic display device and supplying a second voltage pathway between the common electrode driver and ground. Mura prevention circuitry may be supplied that activates the first voltage pathway when the electronic display device is turned on and an activation gate signal is provided from a gate corresponding to the common electrode driver. Further, the mura prevention circuitry may activate the second voltage pathway when the electronic display device is turned off or no activation gate signal is provided from the gate corresponding to the common electrode driver. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328848 | PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY PANEL - A pixel driving circuit includes a first switch, a capacitor, a second switch and at least one organic light emitting diode. The first switch includes a first end for receiving data voltage, a control end for receiving a first scan signal, and a second end for outputting the data voltage. The capacitor includes a first end coupled to the second end of the first switch, and a second end. The second switch includes a first end coupled to the second end of the first switch, a control end for receiving a second scan signal, and a second end. The at least one organic light emitting diode includes a first end coupled to the second end of the second switch, and a second end coupled to the second end of the capacitor. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328849 | DISPLAY WITH WIRELESS CHARGING FUNCTION, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND CORRESPONDING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display with wireless power charging function, an operation method thereof and a corresponding portable electronic apparatus are provided. The display includes a RFID read/write module and is applicable to electrically charge a portable electronic apparatus with a RFID tag. The operation method includes steps of: displaying an image on the display surface of the display panel of the display; transmitting data between the Radio Frequency Identification read/write module of the display and the Radio Frequency Identification tag of the portable electronic apparatus and electrically charging the energy storage unit of the portable electronic apparatus while the portable electronic apparatus is placed in the readable/writable area; and adjusting, while the portable electronic apparatus is placed in the readable/writable area, the image to an updated image having no overlap with the readable/writable area if the image has an overlap with the readable/writable area. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328850 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A LCD and a method of driving the LCD are provided. The LCD includes first and second gate lines extending in a first direction, a data line insulated from the first gate line and crossing the first gate line, a pixel electrode including first and second sub-pixel electrodes, the pixel electrode being disposed in a pixel having a long side in the first direction, a first thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the first gate line, the data line, and the first sub-pixel electrode, a second TFT connected to the first gate line, the data line, and the second sub-pixel electrode, and a third TFT connected to the second gate line, the second sub-pixel electrode, and a charge-sharing capacitor, the charge-sharing capacitor sharing a data voltage applied to the second sub-pixel electrode. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328851 | GROUND NOISE PROPAGATION REDUCTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and device for reducing ground bounce in circuitry. Utilization of a common ground supplied to multiple integrated circuits reduces the complexity and costs of producing circuitry but tends to interfere with signal quality within the circuitry by subjecting each integrated circuit to the ground bounce of every other integrated circuit. By introducing a source follower to selectively decouple and/or couple slave circuits within the circuitry, the ground bounce for the overall system can be reduced, thereby increasing the efficiency of interpreting signals within the circuitry. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328852 | MEASUREMENT OF TRANSISTOR THRESHOLD VOLTAGE ON A DISPLAY SYSTEM SUBSTRATE USING A REPLICA TRANSISTOR - Better performance can be provided for a display system that has semiconductor microelectronic components such as demultiplexors, gate line and data line drivers, and pixel switches formed on the display substrate, e.g., a glass substrate that constitutes part of an active matrix display panel. A threshold voltage of a constituent transistor of one of these microelectronic components, e.g., a pixel thin film transistor (TFT) that is part of a particular display element, may be measured using a replica component that emulates the behavior of the component. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328853 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including a substrate; a scan line formed on the substrate and applying a scan signal; a data line and a driving voltage line intersecting the scan line and respectively applying a data signal and a driving voltage; a switching TFT connected to the scan line and data line; a driving TFT connected to a switching drain electrode TFT and the driving voltage line; an OLED connected to the driving drain electrode; a storage capacitor connected between the driving voltage line and the driving gate electrode; and a boosting capacitor including a first boosting capacitor plate connected to the driving gate electrode and a second boosting capacitor plate overlapping the first boosting capacitor plate and connected to the scan line, where an area of the first boosting capacitor plate of the boosting capacitor is larger than an area of the second boosting capacitor plate. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328854 | OUTPUT SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION FOR DISPLAY BIAS - A display power circuit is provided. The display power circuit includes a power supply circuit that receives an input voltage and generates an output voltage to power a display. A power switching device couples the output voltage from the power supply circuit to provide a display voltage for the display. A monitor circuit that generates a shut down signal based on a change of the output voltage relative to the input voltage exceeding a predetermined threshold indicating a short circuit condition of the display voltage. A control circuit disables the power switching device based on the shut down signal if the short circuit of the display voltage is detected. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for driving an active matrix display panel includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lies intersecting the scanning lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes that are coupled to the scanning lines and the data lines. The method includes activating the scanning lines sequentially, and adjusting common voltages applied to a plurality of common electrodes that are disposed opposite to the pixel electrodes in response to differences in voltage changes generated among the pixel electrodes when the scanning lines changes from an on state to an off state. Therefore a voltage difference between each of the pixel electrodes and a common electrode arranged opposite to the pixel electrode is equal to a target voltage. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328856 | DRIVING OF ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A display apparatus includes a display device and a display driving system having a data input connected to a distributor for providing signals for driving image regions. Each image region has an active display state in which it is driven with an active voltage signal including a first signal level which sets the image region to the active display state and a second signal level applied for a shorter duration than the first signal level. Operation includes (1) applying the first signal level to an image region in response to receiving data on the data input indicating that the image region is to be set to the active display state, (2) applying the second signal level to the image region after said first signal level has been applied, and (3) reapplying the first signal level before receipt of further data for said image region on the data input. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328857 | Streaming Hierarchy Traversal Renderer - A method is provided for a streaming hierarchy traversal renderer with particular application for feature films and other demanding content creation using scenes of high complexity that cannot fit in memory. The renderer organizes scene geometry into a spatial hierarchy, generates directional queries to be traced in the spatial hierarchy, performs a streaming hierarchy traversal over the directional queries, and uses the results of the directional queries to shade or render the scene. The traversal performs a single pass over the directional queries for splitting into one child stream of directional queries for each child node at each scene node in the hierarchy. A prioritized traversal of the hierarchy may also be carried out using various cost-metrics for optimized parallelism. The rendering may also bounce the directional queries to provide multi-pass global illumination. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328858 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA MODELS - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for generating a three dimensional output which includes a continuum of image data sprayed over three-dimensional models. The three-dimensional models can be representative of features captured by the image data wherein image data can be captured at multiple disparate points along another continuum. The user interface can also include multiple modalities of image data and statistical analysis of the image data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328859 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE MANIPULATION - Shadows, reflections, and other image effects for use with high-resolution display screens may be quickly and efficiently generated to maximize resources available for other applications and programs. These effects may be quickly and efficiently created by identifying a region surrounding an image, distorting the image in the region, applying a uniform blur and/or other effect to the distorted image, and then undoing the distortion. By selectively applying effects to distorted images, it is possible to create the appearance of a non-uniformly applied blur and other effects without using the computing resources required to actually calculate and apply a non-uniform blur on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Systems, methods, and media are provided. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328860 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR BLENDING OVERLAPPING IMAGES - A method, system and apparatus, for blending overlapping images are provided. Image areas mapped to a common image space that includes a blend region: fixed image values are assigned to areas outside the blend region. Pixels from the blend region are iteratively sampled in the common image space, and for each respective sampled pixel corresponding to the sampled pixel in a respective image area: a value of the respective sampled pixel is changed to an average of neighbouring pixel values in the respective image area; and, when each respective sampled pixel in each of the at least two image spaces is changed to the average of the neighbouring pixels, each averaged respective sampled pixel value is normalize to a blended value, wherein iterations are repeated until a convergence criteria is met. One or more blend masks is output, each comprising at least normalized blended pixel values in the blend region. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328861 | Generation of Road Data - Some embodiments provide a method for generating road data. The method receives data regarding several road segments and several junctions for a map region. The road segments include a first road segment and a second road segment that intersect at a particular junction. The method determines whether the first road segment and the second road segment are separate segments of a same road. When the first and second road segments are separate segments of the same road, the method defines an aggregate road that references the first and second road segments. In some embodiments, the method determines whether the first and second road segments are separate segments of the same road by using location data and road properties of the first and second road segments. In some embodiments, the aggregate road is stored as an ordered list of road segments that link together at junctions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328862 | GEOSPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA-LESS MAP AREAS - Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a mapping application which when executed on a device by at least one processing unit renders views of a three-dimensional (3D) map. The mapping application requests a first set of map tiles associated with a portion of the 3D map. In response to the request, the mapping application receives a second set of map tiles associated with portion of the 3D map. The mapping application identifies a third set of map tiles included in the first set of map tiles but not included in the second set of map tiles. For each map tile in the third set of map tiles, the mapping application generates a replacement map tile comprising geospatial data. The mapping application renders the portion of the 3D map based on the second set of map tiles and the set of replacement map tiles. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328863 | COMPUTING PLAUSIBLE ROAD SURFACES IN 3D FROM 2D GEOMETRY - Road network data can include two dimensional (2D) coordinates corresponding to junctions and non junctions in the road network. Height values for roads at junctions can be obtained from optimizing a cost function or as input. Height values for roads at non junction locations can be obtained from a height function defined using the height values for the junctions. Pitch, yaw, and roll vectors can be obtained for non junction locations using the height function, the 2D coordinates, and one or more road parameters, respectively. These vectors can define a coordinate frame for the road, along with which a width can provide points for defining polygons for the road. Road surface data can be constructed from the polygons. The polygons can be provided to a device display for rendering of a three dimensional image of navigation data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328864 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating same are disclosed. The method includes storing a first captured image that does not include a viewer image being an image of a viewer as a background image, calculating a position of the viewer based on a differential image between the background image and a second captured image including the viewer image, and changing multi-viewpoint images based on the position of the viewer and displaying the changed multi-viewpoint images. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328865 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRAPHIC OFFLOADING BASED ON VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITOR - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for graphic offloading based on a virtual machine monitor. A graphic offloading server device includes a virtual machine unit for performing graphics processing of three-dimensional (3D) graphics software, and a virtual machine monitor unit for transmitting graphics processing instructions of the 3D graphics software input from the virtual machine unit to a graphic offloading client device using a pass-through technique, so that the graphic offloading client device actually performs graphics processing of the 3D graphics software. The graphic offloading server device virtually performs graphics processing of the 3D graphics software in a desktop virtualization environment | 2013-12-12 |
20130328866 | Spatially multiplexed imaging directional backlight displays - Disclosed is an imaging directional backlight that cooperates with a spatial light modulator to direct light into a first viewing window for one set of image pixels and into a second viewing window for a second set of image pixels. The waveguide may comprise a stepped structure, where the steps further comprise extraction features hidden to guided light, propagating in a first forward direction. Returning light propagating in a second backward direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features to provide discrete illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the waveguide. Viewing windows are formed through imaging individual light sources and hence defines the relative positions of system elements and ray paths. Such an apparatus may be used to achieve an autostereoscopic display with a flat structure, not requiring fast response speed spatial light modulators. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION USING THREE DIMENSION MAP - An apparatus for providing augmented information using a 3-D map in a mobile device including a camera, a display that displays a current image including a first object acquired in real time through the camera, and a controller that performs to control such that the current image acquired in real time and an actual 3-D image acquired and stored by previously photographing the first object are mixed and displayed on the display. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328868 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, RENDERING METHOD, AND RENDERING APPARATUS - A computer-readable recording medium stores a rendering program that causes a computer to execute process that includes acquiring an internal organ model that is a set of elements having physical values according each position of an internal organ; setting a plurality of planes that form given angles with a line of sight from a viewpoint position, and intersect the internal organ model; assigning among the set of elements, a physical value of an element intersected by a plane set at the setting, to an element cross section that is a plane where the plane set at the setting intersects the element; and rendering, based on the physical value, the element cross section to which the physical value has been assigned. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A FACE ADJUSTMENT IMAGE - The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a face adjustment image, the method comprising the steps of: (a) generating a matched image by superimposing a cephalometric image having a cranium image of a patient whose face is to be corrected with a three-dimensional facial image of the patient; and (b) displaying a predicted facial image on a screen by transforming soft skin tissues of the face according to the skeletal change in the cephalometric image. According to the present invention, the change in the soft skin tissues and the predicted facial image are displayed on a screen of a computer, a terminal or the like based on the skeletal change in cranium, teeth, prosthesis or the like supporting the soft skin tissues. Therefore, the change in the soft skin tissues can be predicted, thereby increasing the accuracy of a face correction operation, making it more accurate and convenient to plan the operation, and enhancing communication between the patient and medical staff. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328870 | System and Method for Generating 2D Texture Coordinates for 3D Meshed Surfaces - Systems and methods for generating 2D texture coordinates for 3D surfaces meshes may assign initial 2D texture coordinates to each node within a mesh using dead reckoning, compute a conformal mapping solution to revise the texture coordinates dependent on the initial mapping, and store the texture coordinates for subsequent use in a graphics application (e.g., applying a texture and/or re-meshing a surface). The methods may include designating one node as the origin, determining the shortest distance from each other node to the origin, and computing texture coordinates for each other node in order of increasing distance to the origin. The dead reckoning operation may compute texture coordinates of each node dependent on the distance and direction of a vector formed between the node and a neighbor node to which texture coordinates have already been assigned. Isometric terms reflecting stretching or compression may be introduced following convergence by the conformal mapping. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328871 | NON-STATIC 3D MAP VIEWS - Some embodiments provide a mapping application for generating views of a three-dimensional (3D) map. The mapping application includes a geographic data module for identifying a set of geographic data that represents a portion of the 3D map. The set of geographic data includes a set of camera captured images that correspond to the portion of the 3D map. The mapping application includes an image processing module for rendering the view of the 3D map based on the geographic data by animating a type of map element in the view of the 3D map. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328872 | COMPUTER AIDED MODELING - To facilitate modeling a virtual object type is introduced. The virtual object type is a generic modeling aid by means of which one or more virtual objects, each representing a three-dimensional determined volume within a model, may be created, the virtual object being usable for modeling one or more physical objects representing one or more articles that will or may exist in the real world. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328873 | FORWARD RENDERING PIPELINE WITH LIGHT CULLING - A method for enhanced forward rendering is disclosed which includes a depth pre-pass, light culling and a final shading. The depth pre-pass minimizes the cost of final shading by avoiding high pixel overdraw. The light culling stage calculates a list of light indices overlapping a pixel. The light indices are calculated on a per-tile basis, where the screen has been split into units of tiles. The final shading evaluates materials using information stored for each light. The forward rendering method may be executed on a processor, such as a single graphics processing unit (GPU) for example. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328874 | Clip Surface for Volume Rendering in Three-Dimensional Medical Imaging - Volume rendering with a clipping surface is provided in three-dimensional medical imaging. An open curved surface is defined for clipping. The clipping surface is fixed relative to the volume rather than any images, but is editable on multi-planar reconstruction. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328875 | Integration Cone Tracing - A method is provided for integration cone tracing with particular application for feature films and other demanding content creation using scenes of high complexity requiring global illumination. Instead of using a conventional noise prone ray tracer, cones are intersected with a scene bounding hierarchy to determine intersecting scene geometry, and integration results are computed by directional sampling within the cones. As a result, the working data set may be reduced as the rendering may begin with a smaller set of cones as compared to the large number of rays required for acceptable filtering in a conventional ray tracer. Furthermore, by refining the cones during the rendering only on an as-needed basis according to an acceptable noise threshold and by sharing secondary cone bounces among primary cones, the processing workload and data set requirements may be kept to a reasonable level even for multiple global illumination passes. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328876 | BUILDING KD-TREES IN A DEPTH FIRST MANNER ON HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Apparatuses, computer readable mediums, and methods of building a k-dimensional tree (kd-tree) are disclosed. The method may include a first processor, for example a graphics processing unit (GPU), selecting a node to split in a depth first manner. The method may include the GPU splitting based on a split plane a node into a left node and a right node. The GPU may assign the left (right) node to the GPU when a number of polygons associated with the left (right) node is above a threshold and otherwise assign the left node to a second processor, for example a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU may build the kd-tree in a depth first manner. The GPU (CPU) may select a next node to split based on a last node assigned to the GPU (CPU) or by selecting a node that is currently in a local memory of the GPU (CPU). | 2013-12-12 |
20130328877 | PRODUCT MODELING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A product modeling system and method are provided. On one embodiment, the product modeling system is used to model a piece of apparel, such as a shirt, with a design wherein the model with the design is used to display the piece of apparel with the design to a consumer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY MIRRORING - A computing system that supports the use of multiple displays in display mirroring mode and extended display mode may automatically determine a display mode in which to configure the system (with little or no user input) based on various characteristics of the displays in the system. For example, the system may determine that a television, projector, or other presentation type display is connected in the system, and in response, may determine that the system should be configured in a display mirroring mode, rather than in an extended display mode. The system may also determine that the presentation type display is the preferred display, and may render image content in a best (or preferred) mode for that display using its native resolution, aspect ratio or color profile. The system may then scale the rendered image content for display on other (non-preferred) displays, such as an internal display, without re-rendering it. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328879 | Scalable and Efficient Cutting of Map Tiles - A process is provided that reduces the amount of data for a map tile that could not be displayed separately on the scale of that tile. The process generates an equivalent of the road data by rasterizing the vectors representing road segments lying within a tile and generating a connectivity mask that keeps track of which pixels are connected to which other pixels along the vectors. The process constructs an undirected graph. Each “on” pixel of the undirected graph represents a vertex and the vertices are connected by edges generated from the connectivity graph, but without a set direction. The process traces the undirected graph to generate chains of connected road segments and takes the chains and simplifies them in order to reduce the amount of data that must be stored and transmitted for the tile in order to produce all the visible roads of the tile at that scale. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328880 | IDENTIFICATION OF MARKER FEATURES IN MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA - Method(s) and system(s) for identifying marker features of various subsets of a multi-dimensional data are provided. Each subset includes various data points associated with various features. Each of the data points are defined by feature values corresponding to the associated features. The method includes identifying feature pairs based on a matrix of the data points and the features, and computing correlation distances between features in each of the feature pairs. The method includes generating a non-linear pattern of the plurality of features in a two-dimensional plane. Additionally, the method includes calculating a threshold feature value for the associated features of the data points of a particular subset and representing the threshold feature value as a threshold non-linear pattern in the two-dimensional plane. The method includes determining the marker features based on a relative position of the features with respect to the threshold feature value in the two-dimensional plane. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328881 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA - A method and apparatus for displaying and manipulating the rendering of multiple parameters obtained from a plurality of objects simultaneously. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: plotting the parametric locations of the plurality of objects in m-dimensional parametric space on a first 2-dimensional display; positioning a closed boundary over a subset of the parametric locations of the plurality of objects in the first 2-dimensional display; and plotting the parametric locations of the objects corresponding to the subset of the parametric locations in the first 2-dimensional display in an n-dimensional space on a second 2-dimensional display. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328882 | Named Area Generation - Systems, methods, and computer program products for named area generation are disclosed. In some implementations, documents are processed to uncover pairs of text strings and geographical regions (e.g., a collection of simple convex polygons). For any string/polygon pair, each polygon defines a geographical region whose name is the associated string. | 2013-12-12 |