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| 20090040233 | Wearable Type Information Presentation Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a wearable type information presentation device that allows a user to perform both an activity and information viewing/hearing while taking into consideration the safety of the user. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090058877 | Method for a representation of image data from several image data volumes in a common image representation and associated medical apparatus - Method for the representation of image data from several image data volumes in at least one common image representation on an image display unit connected to a computer, in particular for the representation of medical image data, whereby in the or at least one image representation image data from at least one data volume which are to be assigned or have been assigned to different areas of the image representation are represented by the computer, at least in part, with reciprocally different opacity. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090153582 | Laser Displays Based On Color Mixing Between Colored Light And Phosphor-Emitted Visible Colored Light - Laser display systems using at least one scanning laser beam to excite one or more fluorescent materials on a screen which emit light to form images. The fluorescent materials may include phosphor materials. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090267959 | TECHNIQUE FOR VISUALLY COMPOSITING A GROUP OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS - Embodiments of a method for visually compositing a group of objects in an image are described. During operation, a processor determines a modified opacity for a first object in a first group of objects based on a first group opacity for the first group of objects and an initial opacity for the first object in the first group of objects. Then, the processor determines a modified opacity for a second object in the first group of objects based on the modified opacity for the first object in the first group of objects and an initial opacity for the second object in the first group of objects, where the modified opacity for the first object in the first group of objects and the modified opacity for the second object in the first group of objects are used to composite the first group of objects. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090273608 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS TO UNAMBIGUOUSLY OUTLINE A REGION OF INTEREST - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a graphical object is generated around a mathematical boundary of a region of interest in an image. The graphical object has varying opacity in which a higher opacity in areas of the graphical object in close proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate close proximity to the boundary, and lesser opacity in areas of the graphical object of more distant proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate distant proximity to the boundary. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090303246 | IMAGE BROWSING DEVICE, COMPUTER CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide an image viewing device for enabling a user to readily find their desired image. An image viewing device comprises a viewpoint position moving unit for moving a position of a viewpoint ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100007675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING IMAGE USING TOUCH INTERFACE FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device and method of editing an image in the mobile device are disclosed. The method of editing an image includes dividing the image into an uncertain region, an object region, and a background region along the boundary line which is input through a touch interface and displayed on the image, determining a last object region by determining the uncertain region as one of the object region and the background region through color comparison of the uncertain region with neighboring blocks, and post-correcting an error included in the last object region. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100013852 | TOUCH-TYPE MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD APPLIED THERETO - A touch-sensitive mobile computing device includes a main body, a display screen and a touch-sensitive interface. The display screen is disposed on the main body for showing a virtual keyboard. The touch-sensitive interface is disposed on the display screen. When a touching position of the touch-sensitive interface is touched, a pointer is shown on the display screen and in the vicinity of the touching position to point a first virtual key of the virtual keyboard, so that the first virtual key pointed by the pointer exhibits a highlight effect and a distortion effect. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100066755 | COLOR COMPOSITING USING TRANSPARENCY GROUPS - Methods and apparatus, including computer programs, for processing transparency attributes of digital graphics objects. The techniques result in the color compositing of an arbitrary structure of artwork elements defining the appearance of a page to produce a result color at any position on the page that is continuous with respect to all inputs. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100079480 | Methods and Systems for Per Pixel Alpha-Blending of a Parent Window and a Portion of a Background Image - A system for alpha blending at least a portion of an image of a window with a background image, where the image of the window is captured by an alpha blender and blended together with an image of the background also captured by the alpha blender. The resulting alpha-blended image is then displayed within the window to give at least a portion of the window the appearance of smooth, anti-aliased edges. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100110099 | DYNAMIC SEARCH RESULT HIGHLIGHTING - A dynamic highlighting system initially applies a high-level highlight to occurrences of one or more keywords in a search result that fades to a low-level highlight effect. The system receives search results from a search engine and identifies occurrences of keywords in the search results. The system applies a first highlight effect to identified occurrences of the keywords and displays the search results incorporating the highlighted keywords. Upon detecting the occurrence of a highlighting change event, such as the expiration of a timer, the system applies a second highlight effect to the displayed search results. The second highlight effect may include removing the highlight or displaying a muted highlight effect. Thus, the dynamic highlighting system provides an initial noticeable highlight that fades to a level that is still noticeable but is less likely to distract the user from other elements of the user interface. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100123732 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR HIGHLY INTERACTIVE LARGE IMAGE DISPLAY AND MANIPULATION ON TILED DISPLAYS - Display units which can be arranged to form a single arrayed display system, thereby allowing the display of much larger images than can be shown on a single display. Each display unit can include an image display, a communication mechanism, such as a network interface card or wireless interface card, and an image display module, such as a video card and an image processor. Each display module can be configured to selectively process and display portions of large digital images. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100128056 | DISPLAY INTERFACE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR ON SCREEN DISPLAY - A display interface for on screen display is disclosed. The display interface comprises a pattern and a layer with black and transparent background. When an on screen display (OSD) is activated, the pattern corresponding to the OSD is displayed, the black and transparent background is rendered, and radiative transition effect is implemented to the pattern. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100134516 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Video signals which represent a scene as viewed by a camera are processed to combine a computer generated object with the video signals with the effect that the computer generated object appears within the scene when the video signals are displayed. The scene includes a first object. The process includes mapping a virtual model of the first object to a position of the first object within the scene so that the virtual model substantially corresponds with the real object. The virtual model has a degree of transparency such that the virtual model can be rendered as a substantially transparent virtual object within the scene. The process further includes detecting occluded regions of the virtual model. The occluded regions correspond to regions of the virtual model which are hidden from a virtual light source by the computer generated object. The process also includes modifying the degree of transparency of the virtual model at the occluded regions so as to generate modified transparency regions, and rendering the scene in combination with the computer generated object and the virtual model such that the modified transparency regions of the virtual model appear as shadows on the first object. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100188416 | SINGLE-PASS AND ORDER-INDEPENDENT TRANSPARENCY IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS USING CONTANT MEMORY - A single-pass, order-independent method in support of rendering transparency effects into a computer generated image is provided. A geometric primitive of a scene is rasterized so as to convert the geometric primitive into a set of pixels. For at least each pixel or subpixel, a stipple pattern is selected from a set of unique stipple patterns. The set of unique stipple patterns is characterized by a select opacity value with the stipple pattern delimiting a unique set of pixels in the computer generated image which contributes to a visible surface determination. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100207957 | OVERLAYING VIDEOS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - The embodiments of the present disclosure teach overlaying videos on a display device. The technique involves one or more buffers at input such as a first buffer (Primary Buffer) and an overlay buffer, a blitting module, a second buffer(Frame Buffer), and a display screen. The first buffer provides a first image data to the blitting module and the overlay buffer provides a second image data to the blitting module. The embodiments of the present disclosure demonstrate overlaying the second image on the first image with enhanced configurable functionality (like stretching, clipping, color keying, Alpha Blending and Raster Operation) if required, without modifying the Primary Buffer without the need of any overlay support in hardware. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100259552 | FIELD COLOR SEQUENTIAL IMAGING METHOD AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY - Field color sequential (FCS) imaging method and technology/apparatus based on FCS principle are provided. In an embodiment, while displaying a frame based on FCS principle, the invention includes: extracting at least a monochrome subfield value and at least a mixed subfield value from each color channel of each pixel of the frame, writing corresponding monochrome subfield value of each pixel in association with a single color channel, and writing corresponding mixed subfield value of each pixel in association with a mixed color which is mixed by at least two color channels. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100271388 | Bios Graphical Engine Providing Uniform Look And Feel - A computer system comprises a Basic Input/Output System (“BIOS”) graphical engine and a BIOS graphics look and feel module. The BIOS graphics look and feel module is separate from the BIOS graphical engine, and comprises a look and feel definition that defines the appearance and behavior of BIOS graphical user interface displays presented to a user before an operating system acquires control of the system. The BIOS graphical engine transforms information to be displayed for a user in accordance with the look and feel definition to provide a uniform appearance and behaviour to graphical displays provided to the user. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100277501 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display method and an image display device, which may reduce burn-in caused by a still image displayed on part of a screen, respectively, are provided. In the image display method, a non-self-luminous display device is driven, so that a content image is displayed on a screen, and a functional image is displayed on part of the screen, and besides, the functional image is temporally expanded or reduced with a predetermined, fixed position as a reference. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100283794 | DLP EDGE BLENDING ARTEFACT REDUCTION - A method of reducing visual artefacts in a blend zone of at least two projector images is provided. The method comprises determining a maximum intensity variance for each pixel group within a blend curve of the blend zone, the maximum intensity variance being based on a blend multiplier selected to achieve a net light intensity specific to the location of the pixel group within the blend curve. For each pixel group, a first adjusted blend multiplier is determined, wherein the blend multiplier is increased by at least a portion of the maximum intensity variance. For each pixel group, a second adjusted blend multipler is also determined, wherein the blend multiplier is decreased by at least a portion of the maximum intensity variance. The light intensity of each pixel in each pixel group is adjusted using the first and second adjusted blend multipliers specific to each pixel group. The average pixel intensity of each pixel group after application of the first and second adjusted blend multipliers remains equal to the net light intensity of the pixel group within the blend curve. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110037775 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTER INPUT USING TOUCH SCREEN IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for character input using a touch screen in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes determining a character input mode when a screen is touched, displaying characters of the determined character input mode in peripheral regions centering on a touched position, and inputting a character positioned in a direction in which the touch is dragged. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110057947 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and method for displaying a display item is disclosed. A first pattern comprises an image at a first image size and a character string at a first character string size. A second pattern comprises the image at a second image size and the character string at a second character string size, the character string not overlapping the image at the second image size. The second image size is larger than the first image size, and the second character string size is larger than the first character string size. A selected size comprises at least a first size and a second size. The first pattern is displayed for the display item if the selected size is the first size, and the second pattern is displayed for the display item if the selected size is the second size. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063321 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing unit which processes and displays an image; a recognizing unit which recognizes a pointing operation input from a pointing device; and a control unit which executes during an execution a predetermined function when a first pointing operation which selects the predetermined function and a second pointing operation which confirms whether to execute the selected predetermined function are input from the pointing device, and controls the image processing unit to process the image in response to the execution of the predetermined function. With this configuration, it is possible to more precisely detect a pointing operation input from a pointing device according to user's intention and allow a user to serve the user's intention using the pointing device. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110069080 | Enhanced Display - Security of communications between users involving mobile devices has to date focused to ensuring message integrity, preventing attacks as well as verification/authentication of the user to access the message. At the same time manufacturers of LCD displays for use within electronic devices, particularly mobile devices have focused to extending the viewing angle of these displays, their brightness and contrast. As a result content that has been securely encrypted, delivered, and decrypted is visible to malevolent individuals or organizations around the user when accessing this content. As such secure information, credentials, etc may be divulged without the user being aware. Accordingly the invention acts to limit the external viewing angle of LCD displays allowing reduced breaches of confidential information. Embodiments of the invention can be integrated with the LCD displays during manufacturing, added to the mobile device in assembly or form part of an after-sales option. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110090241 | DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Pixel data is stored in a field corresponding to a pixel of an image. The field includes an opacity bit and a set of bits. If the opacity bit is set to an opaque-indicating state, then a color level value of a component color of the pixel is stored in the set of bits. However, if the opacity bit is set to a transparency-indicating state, then a transparency level value is stored in at least one bit of the set of bits and the respective color level value is stored in other bits of the set of bits. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110096087 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING TOUCH SCREEN-BASED USER INTERFACE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL ADAPTED TO THE METHOD - A method for providing touch screen-based user interface and a portable terminal adapted to the method are provided. The method includes setting types and display order of icons to be displayed on a touch screen, sensing a touch input to the touch screen, measuring a time that the touch input is retained on the touch screen, and displaying at least one icon, in an order, according to the measured touch input retaining time and the set types and display order of icons. The touch screen-based user interface providing method can allow a user to easily search for and operate a corresponding function, via a relatively small number of touch inputting actions, thereby enhancing the user's experience while the user is using the portable terminal. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110148909 | GENERATING OBJECT REPRESENTATION FROM BITMAP IMAGE | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157214 | Multi-Screens Electronic Apparatus and Image Display Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a multi-screens electronic apparatus and image display method thereof. The method is applicable to an electronic apparatus with a display unit and a touch-sensitive display unit, comprising the following steps: reading a digital file via a processing module and display the content of the digital file on the display unit; choosing a specific region by using a region choosing module; displaying the content of the specific region on the touch-sensitive display unit by the processing module; when a touch control command is received by the touch display, adjusting the range of content on the touch-sensitive display; and adjusting the range of the specific region in the display unit according to adjusted range of the content displayed on the touch-sensitive display unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110199386 | OVERLAY FEATURE TO PROVIDE USER ASSISTANCE IN A MULTI-TOUCH INTERACTIVE DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT - An example method of displaying items on a touch screen display includes detecting contact with a touch-sensitive display. The method further includes generating a semi-transparent overlay that appears on the display based on the contact with the touch-sensitive display. In other embodiments, the example method includes detecting how many contacts are made with a touch-sensitive display, and generating an overlay that appears on the display, wherein the type of overlay that appears on the display is based on the number of contacts that are made with the touch-sensitive display. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110210978 | DIGITAL METHOD FOR MATCHING STAINS - The present invention relates to color matching and, more specifically, an apparatus and method for preparing a stain to match a target color of a selected substrate (e.g., wood species). In one embodiment a system is provided that comprises (i) a computer (e.g., a stand-alone PC or a networked computer), (ii) hardware and/or software to store a database of stain records, (iii) hardware and/or software to create or load spectral data (e.g., a digital image) of a target sample, and (iv) hardware and/or software to display images and/or process spectral data. The system preferably facilitates the selection of a desired stain, and in preferred embodiments may also include hardware and/or software to dispense colorant agents and/or vehicles to create the desired stain. The system of the present invention may be used in a “manual” mode (whereby a human compares database and target images and makes a selection); an “automatic” mode (whereby the computer system uses spectral data to suggest a closest match based on the selected substrate); or a “combination” mode (whereby the computer system uses spectral data to suggest a closest match and the user can then compare the suggested match with various images to achieve a final selection). | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110234623 | Interface with and communication between mobile electronic devices - A method of entering text into a mobile electronic device, comprising: sensing stylus input that is input on a surface through which information displayed on an electronic display is viewed; and displaying on the electronic display an image of the stylus input as it is being input, the image of the stylus input being displayed in a translucent manner so as to less obscure underlying display information. A corresponding mobile electronic device is also described. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110261069 | Method and System for Transparency Adjustment and Occlusion Resolution for Urban Landscape Visualization - According to certain embodiments of the present invention, a graphical presentation is generated from a data representation. A transparency lens is applied to reveal a region-of-interest within an original image. The region-of-interest is occluded by an occluding portion of the original image. The transparency lens includes a focal region having a transparency to reduce occlusion of the region-of-interest by the occluding portion. The transparency lens also includes a shoulder region between the focal region and a foreground of the original image. The shoulder region has decreasing transparency from the focal region to the foreground. In an embodiment, occluding portion is sliced into slices normal to a depth axis of the original image. Transparencies are applied to the slices as a function of depth of the slices to form the shoulder region. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110267363 | Multiplied Occluding Transparency Graphics Processing - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering an artwork comprising a plurality of surfaces, wherein the plurality of surfaces comprises a plurality of semi-transparent surfaces. Each of the semi-transparent surfaces may be rendered to a first image buffer at a multi-sampled resolution. Each of the rendered semi-transparent surfaces at the multi-sampled resolution may be multiplied by one or more transparency values of one or more of the plurality of surfaces nearer than the rendered semi-transparent surface. Each of the rendered and attenuated semi-transparent surfaces may be reduced from the multi-sampled resolution to a display resolution and added at the display resolution to a second image buffer. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267364 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - Disclosed is an in-vehicle device for displaying a meter image in real time, wherein the processing load is reduced without deterioration of the appearance of the meter image. The in-vehicle device stores therein a plurality of basic images which can indicate a first measured value and a second measured value both of which are measured values relating to the vehicle. According to the acquired first and second measured values, the in-vehicle device selects a predetermined basic image out of the plurality of basic images, transmits a partial area of the selected basic image, and synthesizes these basic images, to thereby generate a meter image to be displayed. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110285743 | TOP-TO-BOTTOM PATH RENDERING WITH OPACITY TESTING - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for rendering paths by first generating a stencil buffer indicating pixels of the path that should be covered and then covering the path. The paths may be filled or stroked without tessellating the paths. Path rendering may be accelerated when a graphics processing unit or other processor that is configured to perform operations to generate the stencil buffer and cover the path to fill or stroke the path. When the paths are rendered in a top-to-bottom (front-to-back) order, an opacity stencil may be generated and used to avoid determining path coverage and shading for pixels that are opaque. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285744 | DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method includes storing a transparency value. A color level value is stored in a set of color bits. The color level value is multiplied by the transparency value, by bit-shifting the set of color bits by a number of bit positions indicated by the transparency value. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110304642 | Process and Apparatus for Blending Images - A process and circuit for blending a foreground image (B) with a background image (A), said foreground and background images being arranged in pixels and having color representations (R, G, B). The foreground foreground image (A) has a transparency parameter (T(x,y)) in accordance with a so-called alpha plane representative of the transparency profile to apply to the foreground image. The process involves the steps of:-applying a dithering method on said alpha plane in order to convert said transparency parameter (T) into a one-bit transparency parameter (T′);-use said one-bit transparency parameter (T′) for controlling a multiplexing unit having two inputs respectively receiving the foreground image (A) and the background image (B). In one embodiment, the one-bit transparency parameter T′ into the two extreme values of a range of continuous values, for instance coded on 8 bits. The process then applies a four-pixel interpolation method to the foreground image (A) for the purpose of creating a five level transparency parameter in the blending process, and then uses the five level transparency parameter for controlling a multiplexing circuit for the purpose of achieving blending of the foreground image with the background image. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110316874 | METHOD OF REVEALING HIDDEN CONTENT VIA HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of revealing hidden content associated with printed content using a handheld display device. The method includes the steps of: imaging an area of a printed substrate and generating image data using an image sensor; determining interaction data using the image data; retrieving display data using an identified page description, the display data including the hidden content associated with the printed content; displaying, on an opaque touch-sensitive display screen of the handheld display device, display information based on the display data and including the hidden content. The opaque display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. The opaque display screen additionally displays the hidden content in real-time as if it were printed on the printed substrate. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120013636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - For each of a plurality of drawing objects, whether the drawing object is laid out on the rear side of one or more other drawing objects is determined based on an overlapped state of the plurality of drawing objects. The drawing object to be selected is decided based on the determination result. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120032972 | MOBILE TERMINAL PROVIDING LIGHTING AND HIGHLIGHTING FUNCTIONS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal of an embodiment including a first display unit having a light-transmissive light emitting element and a second display unit overlaid on the first display unit, and a corresponding control method, the method including: displaying contents on the second display unit; and controlling display characteristics of a first area of the first display unit. In controlling the display characteristics, the display characteristics of a light emitting element included in the first area are changed for the contents displayed on the second display unit. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120038661 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION OF TRANSMISSION FLOW IN A SYSTEM, AN OPERATOR TERMINAL AND A SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for visualizing on a display unit of an operator terminal a transmission flow in a system. The method includes: retrieving a starting point and an end point of the transmission flow; generating a picture wherein a geometrical line from the starting point to the end point graphically represents the transmission flow and wherein a direction of the transmission flow is graphically represented by a continuously increased opacity of the geometrical line between the starting point and the end point of the transmission flow; and outputting the picture on the display unit. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120056896 | PRESENTING INFORMATION ON A SEE-THOUGH DISPLAY - A method for displaying information on a see-through display to provide improved viewability of digital information to a user, includes: providing a see-through display including control electronics, an image source with optics and a transparent viewing area, so that a user can view a scene with overlying digital information on the transparent viewing area of the see-through display and receiving digital information and providing the digital information to the control electronics. The method further includes using the control electronics to modify the digital information to increase viewability and providing the modified digital information to the image source so that the modified digital information is presented on the transparent viewing area overlying the viewed scene. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120069046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGES ON A HEAD MOUNTED DEVICE - Systems and methods for displaying computer-generated images on a head mounted device are provided. In some embodiments, a system for displaying computer-generated image is provided and may include transparent surface including a coating and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a computer-generated image, determine the type of computer-generated image, vary a voltage applied to the coating of the transparent surface based on the determined type of computer-generated image, and display the received computer-generated image on the transparent surface. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120075328 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CHANGING COLORS OF DISPLAYED ASSETS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for changing a color of an asset used as part of a displayed avatar from an initial color to an destination color. An indexed color can be defined for the asset, where initial colors of the asset that are sufficiently similar to the indexed color can be changed to replacement colors. In particular, the replacement colors can include gradients or other optical effects that may be similar to those of the initial colors. A model encoding color information for each pixel of an asset can include a color index indicating whether the color of the pixel is changeable. In some cases, the model for a particular pixel may be converted from a RGB model to a HSV model for reducing the processing that may be required to define replacement colors when a selection of a destination color is received. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120098852 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are: an image display unit that displays an image based on image data; a detection unit that detects a position corresponding to the tip of an indication member that indicates a part of the image that has been displayed by the image display unit; an extraction unit that extracts image data for a predetermined region including the position corresponding to the tip from the image data; and a control unit that controls such that a window that displays an image that is based on the extracted image data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the image display unit. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120120093 | TARGET DISPLAY FOR GAMMA CALIBRATION - User interfaces are provided that allow for the display of a target element that may be used to adjust a gamma value of a display device. The target element includes three layers. These layers include a bottom static layer, a gray static layer, and a progressive layer that gradually changes from a fully transparent are to an opaque area. Additionally, a manipulation area is provided, which may be a sliding mechanism. The user may adjust the gamma to a higher value when the fully transparent area appears lighter than the opaque area, and may adjust the gamma to a lower value when the fully transparent area appears darker than the opaque area. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120154425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING SYNTHESIZED ENVIRONMENT MAP - An apparatus and method for providing Augmented Reality (AR) corresponding to objects that are hidden from view of a user. The apparatus includes a first extraction unit to extract a first environment map corresponding to a location of a terminal; a second extraction unit to determine an expanded area enclosing the location of the terminal and to extract a second environment map corresponding to the expanded area; and a synthesization unit to generate a synthesized environment map by synthesizing the first environment map and the second environment map. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154426 | Displaying User Interface Elements Having Transparent Effects - Embodiments are configured to provide information for display. Various embodiments include processing functionality that can be used to efficiently process pixel data associated with video, graphical, and other information. The functionality can be used in conjunction with different hardware and/or software architectures and configurations. In an embodiment, a computing device includes functionality to use a distinct window having alpha and occlusion features that can be used when processing pixel data associated with user interface (UI) elements and video, but is not so limited. The computing device can use the distinct window to display user interface elements having different levels or amounts of transparency as part of video capture and playback operations. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120162242 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A graphical user interface apparatus, method and computer program product cooperate to control a display. An item is displayed at a periphery of a display and a detector detects when an object is proximate to the item. When detected the display displays a relation item. Then, when the object is detected as moving to be proximate to the relation item, a controller changes a displayed form of the relation item in response to detecting when the object is moved. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162243 | Display Control Device and Display Layer Combination Program - A display control device includes: a transparent color information storage unit that stores transparent color information; a run-length counter that calculates a run-length specifying the number of consecutive pixels having the same color information; a combination calculation unit that combines the image data for the plurality of display layers; and a combined image display unit that outputs the combined image data to a display device. If the color information for a total of run-length pixels calculated by the run-length counter is a transparent color, the combination calculation unit performs combination by ignoring the image data for the total number run-length of consecutive pixels. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120182308 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A brightness control device is provided. The brightness control device includes an electric paper, a controller, a light sensor, and a memory device. The electric paper includes a plurality of pixels. The light sensor is used to sense intensity of surrounding light. The memory device is coupled to the controller and used to store control programs and light data. The controller is coupled to the electric paper and the light sensor. The controller is used to control the pixels of the electric paper to determine the transparency of the electric paper according to the intensity of surrounding light and manually control signals by employing an e-paper control method. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120249572 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to an illustrative embodiment, a display controller is provided. The display controller includes a control section for controlling a display to display a sequence of images, first character information corresponding to a first displayed image of the sequence of images, and other character information corresponding to an image in the sequence of images which is prior to the first displayed image, wherein the control section controls display of the first character information and the other character information in response to a user operation. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120262474 | IMAGE EDITING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING THE ROTATIONAL APPEARANCE OF A SUBJECT - Methods and systems of editing a set of images depicting a subject displayed at a plurality of rotational angles is disclosed, comprising defining degrees of angular rotation of the subject about a rotational axis; selecting a subset of images based on the degrees of angular rotation of the subject depicted in the subset; determining image transformation values for the subset; determining interpolated image transformation values by interpolating the image transformation values for at least one of the images in the image set based on the image transformation values for the subset; and transforming at least one of the images in the set based on the image transformation values, and/or the interpolated image transformation values. The methods and systems may further comprise transforming the other images in the set based on both the image transformation values and the interpolated image transformation values, so they appear more precisely centered. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120274652 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MARKER IN A MAP SERVICE - A method for displaying a marker in a map service is provided. In the method, a plurality of markers each representing information are displayed differentially in a propagation range set according to importance of a user in the map service, and when the plurality of markers are displayed overlapped, only a marker representing information of highest importance is displayed. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120293538 | IMAGE MOTION BLURRING - The disclosed systems and methods make the motion of an object in an animation appear smooth by blending a number of subframes of visually adjusted images of the object for each frame of the animation. A request to animate an object along a motion path can be received by a graphics processing system of a device, where the motion path traverses at least a portion of a user interface presented on a display of the device. For each frame of the animation, the graphics processing system blends N subframes of visually adjusted images of the object to create a final blurred image which is rendered on the display. The graphics processing system can determine whether there is more processing time to perform additional blending of subframes prior to rendering a final frame for display, and then blending more subframes of images prior to rendering the final frame for display. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120299950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INPUT THROUGH AN APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE FOR DISPLAY OF AN IMAGE - Provided herein is a technique by which a user may interact with an apparatus configured to provide for display of an image, such as with augmented reality glasses. An example embodiment may provide a method including receiving an indication of a first motion event initiated on a first side of a device from a motion sensor, determining a first motion event pattern based on one or more directional components of the first motion event, distinguishing the first motion event from a motion event initiated on a second side of the device, correlating a first operation with the first motion event pattern, and causing the first operation to be performed. The first operation may include causing the opacity of an image presented on a substantially transparent display to be increased. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299951 | Rendering Transparent Primitives - Representing a transparent object as a summation of substantially zero step functions of a visibility curve for the object. An array may be used to store nodes to represent the visibility function. The size of the array may be limited to be storable within a memory of an on-chip graphics processing unit. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120313961 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPTIMIZING STRATIFIED SAMPLING ASSOCIATED WITH STOCHASTIC TRANSPARENCY - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for optimizing stratified sampling associated with stochastic transparency. In use, surface data associated with one or more surfaces to be rendered is received. Additionally, the one or more surfaces are rendered, utilizing stochastic transparency, where stratified sampling associated with the stochastic transparency is optimized. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130038624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING ANTI-ALIASED GRAPHIC OBJECTS - The invention provides a method and an apparatus for displaying anti-aliased graphic objects. Subpixels are generated with two different memories including the one for alpha masking and the other for color storage, and function as a small virtual bitmap in which each position (i.e. subpixel) is set to be stainable on a one-off basis at every frame update. If plural objects share an identical pixel, the virtual bitmap for the pixel is to be filled gradually in forward-to-rearward order, reflecting the accurate objects' intensities. Transparent representation is processed via determination of active subpixels smaller in number than the number of subpixels, thereby shrinking the coverage of rendering objects in respective pixels. These active subpixels are selected with bit masks, and plural bit masks are provided to control transparent levels of rendering objects. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130063473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LAYERING USING TILE-BASED RENDERERS - A method for tile-based rendering of content. Content may be rendered in a memory region organized as multiple tiles. In scenarios in which content is generated in layers, for operations that involve compositing image layers, an order in which portions of the image are processed may be selected to reduce the aggregate number of memory accesses times, which in turn may improve the performance of a computer that uses tile-based rendering. An image may be processed such that operations relating to rendering portions of different layers corresponding to the same tile are performed sequentially. Such processing may be used in a computer with a graphics processing unit that supports tile-based rendering, and may be particularly well suited for computers with a slate form factor. An interface to a graphics processing utility within the computer may provide a flag to allow an application to specify whether operations may be reordered. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130088507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION UPON A SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for controlling the presentation of a visual representation of information upon a see-through display. In the context of a method, a visual representation of information is initially caused to be presented on a see-through display. At least a portion of the information at least partially occludes a user's view through the see-through display. The method also determines a context associated with the user. For example, the method may determine the context associated with the user by receiving data based upon an activity of the user and determining the activity performed by the user based upon the data. Regardless of the manner in which the context is determined, the method reduces occlusion of the user's view through the see-through display attributable to the visual representation of the information based at least in part on the context associated with the user. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130106898 | DETECTING OBJECT MOVING TOWARD OR AWAY FROM A COMPUTING DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130113819 | TRAFFIC SYMBOLOGY ON AIRPORT MOVING MAP - A method and system is described for enhancing ground situational awareness to an aircrew via the display of an airport moving map within an own-ship, including determining the position of the own-ship and an aircraft on one of a taxiway, a runway, or an apron, displaying each of the own-ship and the aircraft on an airport moving map by displaying for each a first symbol that indicates the location on the airport moving map; and displaying a second symbol that changes in transparency in proportion to the range of the airport moving map. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113820 | GALAXY VIEWS FOR VISUALIZING LARGE NUMBERS OF NODES - A system and method for illustrating data. An example method includes organizing the data into objects; assigning a transparency value to each object; and graphically depicting the data by distributing nodes representing the objects in a region of a visualization in accordance with a distribution method or function. Each node is displayed as partially transparent in accordance with the transparency value. In a more specific embodiment, the visualization includes a galaxy visualization with nodes that are randomly or pseudo randomly distributed about a center point or region of the visualization. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130127896 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A LOGO IMAGE IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for displaying a logo image in a mobile terminal includes determining whether a screen displaying a logo image is changed, and if so, an available space in which any image is not displayed is searched according to predetermined criteria for a display of the logo image from a previous screen. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130155093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ENHANCED VISION AND SYNTHETIC IMAGES - A vehicle display system displays enhanced vision images augmented with selected features of synthetic vision images that correspond to features of the enhanced vision images. The selection of the features may be predetermined, made by the pilot, or based on the operational status of the aircraft. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155094 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING NON-READABLE PART - A mobile terminal having a non-readable part and includes: a control unit for controlling a function of a program; a storage unit in which various data are stored; and a display unit for displaying the digitalized document through the control unit. The display unit includes a readable part which enables a user to clearly read the document and a non-readable part in which the user is not able to read clearly by having the clarity different from the clarity of the readable part. Accordingly, the mobile terminal of the present invention enables the user to easily read the electronic document without missing sentences by improving the readability for the electronic document in the moving state. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130169665 | Method and Apparatus for Improving Speed of Rasterizing Transparent Images - A method for improving a speed of rasterizing transparent images, comprising determining, from P graphic entity objects on a transparent page, M transparent images and N nontransparent images. Each of the N nontransparent images includes an intersecting area with one of the M transparent images, P is an integer larger than 0, M is an integer larger than 0 and smaller than or equal to P, N is an integer larger than or equal to 0 and smaller than P, and P=M+N. The method also comprises determining a page-level transparent area and a page-level de-transparentizing area of the P graphic entity objects. Contributions of the transparent images and the nontransparent images to the page-level transparent area and the page-level de-transparentizing area are calculated using different methods. The methods further comprises assembling the M transparent images according to the page-level transparent area and the page-level de-transparentizing area. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130176328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSISTENT DISPLAY OF NAVIGATION CONTENT - An approach is provided for presenting persistent navigation content. Presentation of navigation information on a graphical user interface is caused, at least in part, on a device in a first format. The navigation information is generated according to a navigation application. Placement of the navigation application into a background process of the device is detected. Display of other content information in place of the navigation information on the graphical user interface based on the detection is caused, at least in part. Presentation of all or part of the navigation information in a second format is caused, at least in part. The second format is a persistent element overlaid on the other content information in the graphical user interface. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130201204 | Method And Device For Implementing A Generic Icon With Multiple Display Modes - A method and device for implementing a generic icon with multiple display modes. An original image icon in a Bitmap format is preset, translucent processing is performed on the original image icon according to preset display modes, mask layer icons satisfying requirements of each of the display modes are obtained, the original image icon and the mask layer icons obtained by translucent processing are encapsulated into a skin installation package, and the skin installation package is sent. The number of the images in the skin installation package, and the cost of the downloading made by the user may be reduced. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130207992 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM CARRYING INSTRUCTIONS FOR MITIGATING VISUAL ARTEFACTS - The application discloses a method of controlling frame data to be fed to a display device, comprising: controlling one or more processors of an electronic device to produce frame data in which the contrast of a region of the image represented by the frame data is adjusted responsive to: animation of that region of the image; and an indication that the contrast of the region should be adjusted during animation. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130271483 | Method and System for Transparency Adjustment and Occlusion Resolution for Urban Landscape Visualization - According to certain embodiments of the present invention, a graphical presentation is generated from a data representation. A lens is applied to reveal a region-of-interest occluded by an occluding portion of an image. The lens includes an extent of the lens, a focal region including a magnification and a transparency to reduce occlusion of the region-of-interest by the occluding portion, and a shoulder region between the extent of the lens and the focal region. The shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to a portion of the image outside of the extent of the lens by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region. The shoulder region also has decreasing transparency as depth decreases from the focal region to the portion of the image outside of the extent of the lens. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130286038 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTION AND DISPLAY OF MULTIPLEXED IMAGES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE - Exemplary embodiments enable selection and overlaid display of the expression of one or more biomarkers and/or one or more DNA sequences in a field-of-view of a biological tissue. The expressions of the biomarkers and/or DNA sequences are represented in one or more user-selected colors. The color settings are stored in associated with the biomarkers and/or DNA sequences such that a first user-selected color associated with a first biomarker in the saved color settings is automatically selected in response to receiving user input selecting the first biomarker. Similarly, a second user-selected color associated with a first DNA sequence in the saved color settings is automatically selected in response to receiving user input selecting the first DNA sequence. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130300760 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus includes a see-through display, an image mask generator, an image generator, and an image display unit. The see-through display is located before an eye of a user. The image mask generator is configured to generate an image mask. The image generator is configured to generate a display image with the image mask being overlapped with an original image. The image display unit is configured to display the display image on the see-through display. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130314433 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND TRANSPARENCY ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display device and a transparency adjustment method thereof are provided. The transparent display device includes a transparent display unit, a sensing module and a processing unit. The sensing module detects at least one of conditions of the environmental background of the transparent display device and a user's input. The processing unit determines if it is necessary to adjust the transparent degree of a transparent image displayed by the transparent display unit or not according to a sensing result detected by the sensing module. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130328908 | TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION IN IMAGE OR VIDEO FORMAT NOT NATIVELY SUPPORTING TRANSPARENCY - Colour information and transparency information of pixels of a source image, which may be a partially transparent overlay image of a format that natively support transparency, are stored as a transformed image. The transformed image is of a format that does not natively support transparency. The transformed image has two disjoint regions, one storing the source color information and the other storing the source transparency information. The transformed image can be used as a representation of the overlay image when compositing with a base image. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130335440 | DEFINING A MIDLET REGION SPACE - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to MIDlet execution in a desktop environment and provide a method, system and computer program product for clip region definition for a MIDlet region space. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for clip region definition for a MIDlet region space can be provided. The method can include extracting a raster image from a MIDlet, computing a clip region from the extracted raster image for the MIDlet, deploying the MIDlet to a desktop environment through an emulator, and applying the clip region to the MIDlet through the emulator to deploy the MIDlet as a widgetized application in the desktop environment. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130342560 | Layering A Line with Multiple Layers for Rendering a Soft Brushstroke - A method for drawing a line having a gradient opacity across a width of the line includes receiving a path for rendering the line in a user interface, and rendering, by a computing device, a plurality of composite lines on a user interface along the path to form the line. The composite lines of the plurality of composite lines have different widths have an opacity, and are multilayered along the path. The method further includes centering, by the computing device, longitudinal-centers of the plurality of composite lines with a center of the path. The opacity of the plurality of composite lines is additive across portions of the width of the line to form the gradient opacity. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342561 | DATA VISUALIZATION RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a data visualization system, a method of generating a representation of data values for a plurality of data points being visualized in an image space, the method comprising the steps of the data visualization system: i) retrieving data values from a data storage module in communication with the data visualization system, wherein a first data value is associated with a first data point, ii) determining a size and a transparency value for a first icon based on the first data value, iii) rendering the first icon in two dimensions in a position associated with the first data point in the image space, wherein the first icon is rendered based on the determined size and transparency values to generate a representation of the data value. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140035942 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display includes a display including a plurality of transparent display layers, and a controller configured to control the display, when a first event occurs, to display a first screen on a first transparent display layer from among the plurality of transparent display layers, and to display a second screen on a second transparent display layer that is from among the plurality of transparent display layers, wherein the controller controls the display to display the first screen that is currently displayed on the first transparent display layer to be displayed on the second transparent display layer for a predetermined time when a second event occurs. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140043355 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC IMAGE MANIPULATION IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for dynamic image manipulation and a mobile terminal supporting the same are disclosed. The method for dynamic image manipulation includes: outputting at least one thumbnail; receiving an input event; and performing image change by changing at least one of the shape, color and transparency of the output thumbnail according to properties of the input event. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140063042 | DISPLAY ERROR INDICATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating and providing display error indications. In one aspect, a method includes accessing data defining display areas and, for each display area: respective display area borders that are different from display area borders of other display areas; and display data for each of a plurality of objects that are rendered in the display area, the display data defining, for each object: a display position of the object; display dimensions of the object; and content data defining content of the object; wherein each object in each display area corresponds to a respective object in each other display area; receiving user input specifying a change in the display data of a first object in a first display area and, in response, determining whether the change causes a display error; and for each display area for which the change causes a display error, generating an error indication. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063043 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRANSMITTING OPACITY DATA FOR A PLURALITY OF PIXEL VALUES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for transmitting opacity data for a plurality of pixel values. In use, opacity data is identified for a plurality of pixel values in a first format. Additionally, the opacity data for the plurality of pixel values is stored in a second format. Further, the opacity data for the plurality of pixel values is transmitted, utilizing the second format. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063044 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A navigation apparatus includes a priority information database (DB) that stores display priority of a plurality of additional images to be displayed on a map image, and a control unit configured to adjust opacity of the additional images according to the display priority when an overlap between the additional images is detected. Accordingly, a display unit displays the additional images having the adjusted opacity. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063045 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND ADJUSTING IMAGE INFORMATION - A device and a method for displaying and adjusting image information are disclosed. The method at least includes steps of: controlling an LCD unit to be transparent, so that an environmental scene is visible, and an image information is displayed on the LCD unit according to a display instruction; executing a first automatic adjustment procedure. The first automatic adjustment procedure includes steps of: detecting the light intensity of the environment by the light-detecting unit to correspondingly generate a first detection value; comparing the first detection value with a determination range of light intensity by the processor to generate an automatic adjustment instruction according to the operation status of the active light source module; automatically adjusting the operation status of the active light source module according to the automatic adjustment instruction to adjust the brightness of the image information and correspondingly adjust the transparency of the LCD unit. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063046 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TRANSPARENCY OF DISPLAY USED FOR PACKAGING A PRODUCT - A device and method for adjusting the transparency of a display used for packaging a product are provided. The method includes: receiving a user input on the transparent display that encloses the product; adjusting the transparency of the transparent display based on the user input; and displaying information related to the product, which is enclosed by the transparent display, on the transparent display whose transparency has been adjusted. A transparent display with adjustable transparency includes a display configured to display product information provided by a product; a sensor configured to detect a user input on the transparent display; and a controller configured to adjust, based on the detected user input, the transparency of at least a portion of the transparent display determined by a device connected to the transparent display, and wherein the controller is configured to adjust the transparency of the determined portion according to control information received from the device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140092121 | SYSTEM WITH CONTENT DISPLAY MANAGEMENT - A method performed by a processing system with content display management includes identifying a first added content in a set of added contents that overlap and forming a display image to include the first added content such that a first portion of the first added content is partially transparent with respect to remote content captured by a remote system and a second portion of the first added content is opaque with respect to at least a portion of second added content in the set of added contents. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140132621 | EFFICIENT RADIAL GRADIENT FILLS - Disclosed is a method of rendering a radial gradient blend defined by a gradient function. The method identifies respective first and second radial limits for a point of the radial gradient blend, the respective first and second radial limits having known blend values and receives an estimated value of the gradient function for the point. The method determines a direction from the estimated value to an ideal value, wherein the ideal value is a value of the gradient function for the point and modifies the estimated value, based on the direction of the ideal value. The method checks the ideal value is within a predetermined threshold of the estimated value and stores a determined blend value for the point by interpolating between the known blend values of the respective first and second radial limits on the basis of the modified estimated value of the gradient function, to render the radial gradient blend. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132622 | MULTI-LAYERED SLIDE TRANSITIONS - Architecture that enhances the visual experience of a slide presentation by animating slide content as “actors” in the same background “scene”. This is provided by multi-layered transitions between slides, where a slide is first separated into “layers” (e.g., with a level of transparency). Each layer can then be transitioned independently. All layers are composited together to accomplish the end effect. The layers can comprise one or more content layers, and a background layer. The background layer can further be separated into a background graphics layer and a background fill layer. The transition phase can include a transition effect such as a fade, a wipe, a dissolve effect, and other desired effects. To provide the continuity and uniformity of presentation the content on the same background scene, a transition effect is not applied to the background layer. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140139546 | DATA VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method implemented by a computer for generating an image on a display that represents a plurality of transactions as lines connecting points in the display indicative of a source and an origin for the respective transactions. For each of the lines, an anti-aliasing process is used to determine a coverage value for each pixel of the display that represents the extent to which the line covers each pixel, and a record of a cumulative coverage value for each pixel is maintained in an image buffer. When the lines have been rendered into the image buffer, the method comprises determining a maximum and a minimum of the cumulative coverage values stored in the image buffer, scaling the cumulative coverage value for each pixel, and rendering each pixel onto the display by using the scaled cumulative coverage value to determine a transparency for the pixel. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140152688 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS IN WHICH A PART OF A SCREEN AREA IS IN A THROUGH-STATE - Display control that extends a user's visual ability is accomplished. By wearing an eyeglass-type or headgear-type mounting unit, he or she is allowed to see display means disposed in front of his or her eyes. By causing a part of a screen area of the display means to be in a through-state and a display with a display image signal to be executed, the user can see an image of a scene different from a scene that he or she ordinarily sees with a display of the display image signal while he or she can see the ordinary visual scene with the through-state area. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140168252 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREOF - A display apparatus and an image processing method thereof are provided. The method includes displaying an image on a display screen, acquiring weather information through at least one of a sensor and an external server, and providing an image effect corresponding to the weather information to the displayed image by processing the image based on the acquired weather information. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140198124 | Transparency-based image processing method, device, and terminal - The present disclosure discloses a transparency-based image processing method, device, and terminal. The method includes steps of: acquiring first simulated pixel information representing a first pixel, and acquiring first transparency information; acquiring second simulated pixel information representing a second pixel, and acquiring second transparency information; calculating third simulated pixel information representing a third pixel as a sum of a product of the first simulated pixel information times the first transparency information and a product of the second simulated pixel information times the second transparency information; and acquiring a third actual pixel by narrowing the third simulated pixel information. Compared with an existing fixed-point-number method, the present disclosure reduces prior six integer multiplications and three integer additions to two integer multiplications and one integer addition, such that efficiency in operating the method may be enhanced; compared with an existing method by looking up a table, the transparency-based image processing method provided by the present disclosure does not require traversing any 2D-array table or occupying more memory. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140204111 | LAYERED LIGHT FIELD RECONSTRUCTION FOR DEFOCUS BLUR - An algorithm may reconstruct defocus blur from a sparsely sampled light field. Light field samples are generated, using stochastic rasterization or ray tracing as examples. Then the samples are partitioned into depth layers. These depth layers are filtered independently and then combined together, taking into account inter-layer visibility. Since each layer corresponds to a smaller depth range, it results in more effective reconstruction filters than previous approaches. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140218387 | VIEW NAVIGATION GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR HAND HELD DEVICES WITH DISPLAY - System and method for view navigation guidance system for a physical display that is smaller than the virtual display it needs to display. Guidance map placed in a heads-up display layer within a small user defined area of the physical display provides an instantaneous indication of the current position of the screen view with minimal obstruction of the contents information. Color selection for the guidance map is automatically determined based on the background color in the main display layer beneath the map. The guidance map area on a touch screen display may include tapping controls, and the position of the guidance map can be dynamically altered by the user during the view navigation to control the navigation parameters. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218388 | PRE-SUBPIXEL RENDERED IMAGE PROCESSING IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Display systems and image processing methods process pre-subpixel rendered images embedded in input color image data. The display systems include a pre-subpixel rendered (P-SPR) image detector that detects locations of a marking code that marks the portion of the input data that has been pre-subpixel rendered and which is ready for direct display. Several display system embodiments comprise first and second image data paths; the input data that requires sub-pixel rendering proceeds along the first path while the P-SPR image data proceeds along the second path. Another display system embodiment processes the combined input and P-SPR data along a single data path. Techniques for marking and detecting P-SPR image data using two distinct marking codes are presented in the context of the sub-pixel layout of the display. Techniques for using P-SPR data to display high-quality graphical symbols (e.g., font glyphs) are suitable for small, low-cost devices. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140232739 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OBJECT ON SCREEN OF TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for processing an object on a screen of a terminal that may receive or determine information about a recognition area of a wallpaper image of a home screen of the terminal, determine whether the recognition area and an object overlap based on information about the recognition area, and process the object so that the recognition area is not covered or concealed by the object on the home screen. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140267362 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Adjusting the Appearance of a Control - An electronic device with a display displays a user interface on the display. The device determines a first set of content-display values for one or more content-display properties of first content that corresponds to a respective region of the display. The device determines a first set of control-appearance values for one or more control-appearance parameters based on the first set of content-display values. The device displays a control in the respective region of the display, wherein an appearance of the control is determined based on the first content and the first set of control-appearance values. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267363 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Adjusting the Appearance of a Control - An electronic device with a display displays a user interface on the display. The device determines a first set of content-display values for one or more content-display properties of first content that corresponds to a respective region of the display. The device determines a first set of control-appearance values for one or more control-appearance parameters based on the first set of content-display values. The device displays a control in the respective region of the display, where an appearance of the control is determined based on the first content and the first set of control-appearance values, and displaying the control includes applying a blur operation to the first content to generate first blurred content and overlaying a translucent colored layer over the first blurred content. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140292798 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a parameter input unit configured to input parameter information for setting an operating state of a target apparatus, an image conversion unit configured to generate conversion image data by imaging the parameter information, and a setting file image generation unit configured to generate setting file image data where the conversion image data is placed in image data having a larger image size than the conversion image data. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140300621 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MAP ON NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A method for displaying a map performed by a navigation system, the method comprising: defining a matching area of a numerical map to which a photomap is matched; extracting the photomap corresponding to the matching area from a map data storage; matching a reference point of the photomap and a reference point of the numerical map; matching a scale of the photomap in line with a scale of the numerical map; and performing a boundary treatment at an overlap area of the numerical map and the photomap that are matched. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300622 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether rendering positions of two pieces of rendering data, each representing a semitransparent state by including pixels that are to be rendered by a rendering unit and pixels that are not to be rendered, overlap, and a control unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the rendering positions of the two pieces of rendering data overlap, perform control such that one of the two pieces of rendering data is not rendered by the rendering unit. Based on the level of the overlap between a plurality of semitransparent objects, the apparatus converts each hatch pattern so that image quality deterioration does not occur. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140333657 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING AN IMAGE - This invention relates generally to a method of and system for rendering images. In particular, to a method of rendering an image containing a plurality of opaque and at least partially transparent layers listed in a layer tree. The plurality of layers of a layer tree of an image are separated into a first list of opaque layers and a second list of at least partially transparent layers. Each layer is assigned an index number and the lists are sorted with reference to the assigned index numbers. It is determined whether or not each layer requires rendering and a mask is applied to each layer or certain layers to be rendered if they are overlapped by at least one opaque layer. Layers to be rendered are rendered in order based on their position in their respective sorted list. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333658 | COLOR MIXING SET WITH MODELING COMPOUNDS - A color mixing set includes containers holding a number of samples of a modeling compound, each composed of the modeling compound and a different pigment forming a different primary color, and one or more samples of the modeling compound without a pigment, for mixing to form a number of secondary colors. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140368529 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - A flat panel display device includes: a first display unit, a second display unit, and a third display unit. The first display unit comprises a (1-1)-th surface facing a (1-2)-th surface, and is configured to display an image on the (1-1)-th surface and enable external light to transmit from the (1-2)-th surface to the (1-1)-th surface. The second display unit comprises a (2-1)-th surface facing a (2-2)-th surface, and is configured to display an image on the (2-1)-th surface and enable external light to transmit from the (2-2)-th surface to the (2-1)-th surface. The third display unit comprises a (3-1)-th surface facing a (3-2)-th surface, and is configured to display an image on the (3-1)-th surface. The third display unit is disposed between the first display unit and the second display unit. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150022544 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL AND TEXTUAL OVERLAYS ON GEOSPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS - A method is provided for dynamically displaying graphical and textual overlays on geospatial arrangements. Glyph information provided by one or more third party systems may be stored in a centralized system. Upon request from a client terminal, the glyph information may be applied to a geospatial arrangement to generate an updated map to be displayed by the client terminal. Newly created glyphs, including new visual content, may be provided seamlessly after initial configuration. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150029211 | ADDRESSABLE SWITCHABLE TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - A display system includes a switchable display screen comprising a first transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive layer disposed upon the first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, and a second transparent conductive layer disposed upon the second transparent substrate. The display screen further includes a polymer-stabilized cholesteric texture layer and spacer elements disposed between and in contact with the first transparent conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The display screen comprises a plurality of addressable regions, each region capable of being switched from a transparent state to a diffuse state. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150035849 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE VISUAL QUALITY OF AN IMAGE COVERED BY A SEMI-TRANSPARENT FUNCTIONAL SURFACE - This invention describes a method for improving the visual rendering of an image when said image is placed behind a semi-transparent functional surface. The method consists of modifying certain features of the original image, in particular the brightness, contrast, gamma and colour saturation thereof, in such a way that the visual rendering of the image modified in this way and placed behind the semi-transparent functional surface is closer to the rendering of the original image when said image is seen alone, without the semi-transparent functional surface. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150054848 | METHOD OF CORRECTING IMAGE-OVERLAPPED AREA, RECORDING MEDIUM AND EXECUTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to an image correction method, and more specifically, to a method of correcting an image-overlapped area, the method including the steps of: identifying an overlapped area in an image projected by a plurality of projectors; determining a difference of at least any one of brightness and color of the overlapped area and a non-overlapped area of the image; and adjusting a factor among the brightness and the color in which the difference is generated. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150062147 | DISPLAY METHOD FOR BACKGROUND OF APPLICATION PROGRAM AND MOBILE TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a display method for background of application program and a mobile terminal. The method includes the following steps: capturing image information, where the image information includes current environment information; separating a background displaying layer of a currently running application program; adding the image information to the background displaying layer of the currently running application program; and displaying the image information as a background of the currently running application program. According to the present invention, image information captured by using a camera may be used as a background of an application program, so that users can use an application program of a mobile terminal conveniently when walking. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150130830 | MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - A measurement information display system includes a measuring apparatus that measures biological and/or behavioral information of a user, and the measurement information display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display unit with a screen; a communication unit that communications with the measuring apparatus to acquire the information, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, where the graphs represent the information. The graphs include a first graph located on a first portion of the screen and a second graph located on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150138224 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE OF THE SAME - A method of changing a light transmittance of a head-mounted display device and the head-mounted device are provided. The method of changing a light transmittance of a head-mounted display device includes detecting an illuminance; determining an application displayed on a display unit of the head-mounted display device; determining a first light transmittance corresponding to the illuminance and the application; and changing a second light transmittance of a light transmission unit of the head-mounted display device to the determined first light transmittance. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150145883 | ALTERING ATTRIBUTES OF CONTENT THAT IS PROVIDED IN A PORTION OF A DISPLAY AREA BASED ON DETECTED INPUTS - A method is disclosed for providing content on a computing device. Content is provided, from execution of an application, in a defined portion of a display area that is provided by a display device of the computing device. The defined portion includes a first set of attributes. One or more attributes of the first set of attributes is altered based on one or more inputs detected by one or more sensors. The one or more attributes are altered independent of a set of settings used by the display device to provide the display area. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150309312 | DISPLAY DEVICES WITH DIMMING PANELS - Described herein are display devices, and methods for use therewith. Such a device can be used to display one or more virtual images within a first see-through portion of the device, adjacent to which is a second see-through portion that does not overlap with the first see-through portion. The first and second see-through portions of the device collectively cover a substantially entire field-of-view (FOV) of a user. A transmittance (and/or other optical characteristic(s)) corresponding to the first see-through portion of the device and a transmittance (and/or other optical characteristic(s)) corresponding to the second see-through portion of the device can be caused (e.g., controlled) to be substantially the same to provide a substantially uniform transmittance (and/or other optical characteristic(s)) across the substantially entire FOV of a user. More generally, optical characteristics of see-through portions of the device can be controlled, e.g., by a user and/or through feedback. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310635 | SPECULAR HIGHLIGHTS ON PHOTOS OF OBJECTS - Systems and methods are presented for recording and viewing images of objects with specular highlights. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include accessing a first plurality of images, each of the images in the first plurality of images including an object recorded from a first position, and a reflection of light on the object from a light source located at a different location than in each of the other images in the first plurality of images. The method may also include generating a first composite image of the object, the first composite image comprising a superposition of the first plurality of images, and wherein each of the images in the first plurality of images is configured to change in a degree of transparency within the first composite image and in accordance with a first input based on a degree of tilt. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150356752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVELY VISUALIZING RULES AND EXCEPTIONS - The present disclosure discloses system and method for providing perceptually efficient visualization of rules and exceptions mined from dataset. Further, parsing is performed on data-attributes associated with the rules. The data-attributes may include antecedents, consequents, ranges of the antecedents, syntax and statistics of the rules and exceptions. The visualization scheme of present disclosure present an overview first, allows semantic zooming, and then shows details on demand. Further, data attributes of the rules are mapped with visual attributes of graphical elements such as shape, color, opacity to create the perceptually efficient visualization of the rules and exceptions. Initially, the visualization shows main rule highlighting the exceptions associated and properties of the exceptions. Further, a semantic zoom slider is provided for allowing a user to navigate through different exception levels of the exception. Further, an interface is provided for obtaining additional information associated with the rules and the exceptions. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363953 | IMAGE SWITCHING METHOD AND DEVICE - An image switching method and the device thereof may include: overlapping a first resolution version of an ith image on a second resolution version of the ith image currently displayed, the resolution of the first resolution version being below that of the second resolution version, i≧1; and replacing the second resolution version of the ith image with the second resolution version of the (i+1)th image; hiding the first resolution version of the ith image according to predetermined animation effects and displaying the second resolution version of the (i+1)th image. Smooth switching of the second resolution versions of two adjacent images is realized by way of the animation effect generated by the first resolution version of the previous image, thus improving the switching and displaying effect. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160048979 | DESKTOP MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DESKTOP MANAGEMENT FUNCTION - A desktop management method is used for managing a plurality of icons in a desktop. The desktop management method includes steps of setting a first counting period; accumulating a first number of used times of each icon during the first counting period; keeping a default color of N icons when the first number of used times of each of the N icons is larger than a predetermined number; thinning a default color of M icons when the first number of used times of each of the M icons is smaller than or equal to the predetermined number and larger than or equal to 1; and converting a default color of Q icons into transparent and displaying Q marks corresponding to the Q icons when the first number of used times of each of the Q icons is equal to 0. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160055821 | IMAGE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED CHROMINANCE QUALITY - An image device with improved chrominance quality includes a plurality of RGBW pixels, a plurality of RGBY pixels, and a plurality of RBGB pixels. Each RGBW pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel. Each RGBY pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a yellow sub-pixel. Each RBGB pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and two blue sub-pixels. At least one row or at least one column comprises sub-pixels of having a same first color. The RGBW pixels, RGBY pixels, and RBGB pixels are mixed in the image device. The image device can solve the problem of dark yellow in the conventional RGBW display while achieving a white balance status. As a result the chrominance quality is improved. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160070311 | Motion-Based Message Display - Computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and computer program product, the method comprising: receiving a reading from a sensor associated with a mobile computing device used by a user; determining based on the reading whether the device is in movement exceeding a threshold; responsive to the movement exceeding the threshold, displaying a message in a first manner; and responsive to the movement not exceeding the threshold, displaying the message in a second manner. The first manner may be associated with the message obstructing content displayed on the device; and the second manner may be associated with content displayed on the device being obstructed less than when the movement exceeds the threshold. The first manner may be associated with the message being bolder and the second manner may be associated with message being less bolder than when the movement exceeds the threshold. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071240 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTING AN ALPHA CHANNEL VALUE - Methods and systems for computing an alpha channel value are provided. In one embodiment, a set of parameters is obtained based on an effect (transformation) to be applied to a source image. A value is also obtained that defines a uniform width of an area that borders at least one boundary of the transformed source image in the target image. For a target image pixel coordinate in the area, a corresponding source pixel coordinate is computed that is within another non-uniform area bordering the source image. An alpha channel value defining semi-transparency of a pixel associated with the target image pixel coordinate is computed as a function of a location of the corresponding source pixel coordinate in the another area bordering the source image. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160104302 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE - A transparent display device is discussed. The present disclosure relates to a transparent display device for compensating for external environmental effects such as color background overlapping, interference due to external light, and the like, which have an effect on an image, to provide an original image with a minimized distortion to a viewer. According to the present disclosure, one or more sensors may be provided on a front surface and a rear surface of the transparent display device to detect the viewer's line of sight and background, and to compensate for a distortion of the image based on color coordinates estimated according to the detection results, thereby providing an image with higher quality. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160133046 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a bitmap image in which each of contained pixels has an alpha value indicating opacity of this pixel, and a rendering unit configured to render the bitmap image. The rendering unit is configured to, when rendering the bitmap image, refrain from performing alpha blending on a pixel contained in the bitmap image that has a specific alpha value and perform the alpha blending on a pixel contained in the bitmap image that has a different alpha value from the specific alpha value. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160147063 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics and reduction of color breakup in presented content. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147064 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics and reduction of color breakup in presented content. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147065 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics and reduction of color breakup in presented content. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160155242 | OVERLAY DISPLAY | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155427 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160171720 | AUTO-CONTRAST VIEWFINDER FOR AN INDICIA READER | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171779 | Opacity Filter For Display Device | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160178964 | MIRROR DISPLAY, HALF MIRROR PLATE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160189405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION VIA A USER INTERFACE - Various aspects of a method and system to present information via a user interface are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes detection of an orientation of an electronic device. The electronic device overlays one or more layers of information on the user interface displayed at the electronic device. Transparency of the overlaid one or more layers of information is dynamically adjusted based on the detected orientation of the electronic device. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189675 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a plurality of color filters positioned at a plurality of color pixels and representing different colors; and a transparent layer positioned at a white pixel and including a green colorant and a blue colorant, wherein white color coordinates represented by the white pixel are substantially equal to white color coordinates represented together by the plurality of color pixels. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160253828 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND GRAPH DISPLAY METHOD | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160379603 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION - A method for presenting information includes: receiving a notification message when a display screen is in a screen-off state; and presenting the notification message on the display screen with darkening a selected object, when the display screen is switched into a screen-on state from the screen-off state. Herein the selected object comprises all or partial content displayed on the display screen except the notification message. Accordingly, the selected object can be darkened and hidden on the display screen while the notification message can be highlighted. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170236314 | TAGGING UTILIZATIONS FOR SELECTIVELY PRESERVING CHART ELEMENTS DURING VISUALIZATION OPTIMIZATIONS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20180025697 | WIRELESS DEVICE | 01-25-2018 |
| 20190146744 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | 05-16-2019 |
