05th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110025612 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, SEALANT THEREOF, AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SEALANT - A touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a display medium and a sealant. The touch-sensing structure and the display medium are sealed between the first and second substrates by the sealant. The sealant is formed by performing a polymerization reaction on a composition. The composition includes a bis-phenol A type epoxy acrylic monomer (20 to 50 weight percent (wt %)), an acrylic monomer (2 to 8 wt %), a photo-initiator reagent (0.5 to 5 wt %) and a hardener reagent (1 to 5 wt %). The acrylic monomer has a chemical formula represented as the following: | 2011-02-03 |
20110025613 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch apparatus and a touch sensing method thereof are provided. The touch apparatus includes a touch panel and a controller coupling to the touch panel. The controller includes a detection unit and a decision unit coupling to the detection unit. A touch coordinate which is resulted from the touch panel being touched is detected by the detection unit, and a decision result is obtained according as the touch coordinate is touched continuously during a specific time. A database for storing a decision data is built in the decision unit according to the decision result. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025614 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COORDINATE CALCULATION METHOD - A touch panel detects a point in one of a plurality of unit areas at which an input was made, the unit areas being arranged in a matrix in an instruction plane. A game apparatus repeatedly acquires detection coordinates for locating a unit area detected by a pointing device. Also, the game apparatus repeatedly calculates, in response to the acquisition of the detection coordinates, detailed coordinates by which a point can be represented with accuracy in more detail than by the detection coordinates. The detailed coordinates indicate a point in the direction of a unit area indicated by previously acquired detection coordinates, as viewed from a predetermined reference point within a unit area indicated by currently acquired detection coordinates. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025615 | Touchpad with a Double-Layer Printed Circuit Board Structure - The present invention provides a touchpad with a double-layer printed circuit board structure. The touchpad comprises an upper layer, a bottom layer, a first conductor; and a second conductor; wherein the upper layer is configured to act as a touch-sensitive zone, and comprises a plurality of first conductive units, a first conductive wire and a plurality of second conductive units; the bottom layer comprises a wire connecting zone and a component zone, wherein the wire connecting zone further includes a second conductive wire and a connecting line configured to be electrically coupled to the component zone; and the first conductor and the second conductor are configured to connect the upper layer to the bottom layer; wherein the first and the second conductive units are each serially-connected to form a first touch-sensitive line and a second touch-sensitive line, respectively. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025616 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a lid with a window defined in a base wall thereof, a touch panel attached to the base wall in alignment with the window, and a plurality of positioning members. The are slidably attached to the base wall around the window for adjustably bracketing the touch panel therebetween. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025617 | HYBRID TOUCH PANEL - A hybrid touch panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and an insulation layer and a separating layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate has a first transparent electrode mounted thereon. A plurality of first electrodes are respectively mounted alongside edges of the first transparent electrode and are respectively connected with a plurality of first leading lines. The second substrate has a plurality of juxtaposed second transparent electrodes respectively corresponding to the first transparent electrode, a plurality of second electrodes respectively mounted on the second transparent electrodes and connected with a plurality of wires and second leading lines. Each second transparent electrode accompanying with the first transparent electrode forms an active areas. Accordingly, a multi-area touch panel can be constructed to enable a more smooth and flexible operation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025618 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANGULAR VARIATION OF A CONTROL PATH ON A TOUCH SURFACE AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL MODULE - The invention relates to a method for determining the elementary angle of a control path on a touch surface, characterised in that it comprises measuring two elementary movement values (|dX|, |dY|) along two perpendicular axes (X, Y) for a predetermined duration (dT), comparing said values (|dX|, |dY|) with unitary value ranges of elementary movements (Xu, Yu) of a reference data table and allocating a reference data representative of an angle to an elementary angle (dθ) of the control path. The invention also relates to a method for detecting an angular variation of a control path on a touch surface, characterised in that it comprises implementing the above method for determining the elementary angle of a control path on a touch surface and storing the elementary angle (dθ) allocated during an elementary step, repeating the elementary step, and assembling in series the allocated elementary angles (dθ) in order to determine an angular variation of the control path. The invention further relates to a control module including a touch surface ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110025619 | ELECTRONIC ANALYSIS CIRCUIT WITH MODULATION OF SCANNING CHARACTERISTICS FOR PASSIVE-MATRIX MULTICONTACT TACTILE SENSOR - An electronic analysis circuit for a multicontact passive-matrix tactile sensor including an electrical supply mechanism powering one of two axes of the matrix, and a mechanism detecting electrical characteristics along the other axis of the matrix, at nodes between the two axes. At least one scanning characteristic is modulated locally or temporally. A multicontact passive-matrix tactile sensor can include such an electronic analysis circuit. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025620 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - The present invention relates to an optical touch-sensitive device and a method of determining a position and determining a position change of an object contacting an optical touch sensitive device. In particular, the present invention relates to an optical touch pad and a method of determining a position and determining a position change of an object contacting an optical touch pad. A touch-sensitive device, according to the present invention may comprise a light source, a touch-sensitive waveguide, a detector array, and a first light redirecting member, wherein at least a part of the light propagating towards a specific point of the detector array is prevented from being incident upon the specific point of the detector array when an object contacts a touch-sensitive surface of the touch-sensitive waveguide at a corresponding specific contact point. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025621 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device which is the liquid crystal display device ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110025622 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - There is provided a touch panel including a coordinate input region composed of a double-layered structure which comprises: an input selective region | 2011-02-03 |
20110025623 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The invention discloses an electronic device with a touch panel and the method for controlling the same. The method includes the steps of: determining that the electronic device is operated in a stylus mode or a general mode; determining that the touch point is an effective touch point when the electronic device is in a stylus mode and the touch point on the touch panel is determined to be the first-type touch point; determining that the touch point is an ineffective touch point when the electronic device is in a stylus mode and the touch point on the touch panel is determined to be a second-type touch point; and determining that the touch point on the touch panel is an effective touch point when the electronic device is in a general mode. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025624 | Image Display Device - A method for operating an image display device for resizing an image on a touch panel is disclosed. The method displays an image, and detects an image resizing instruction set for changing a size of the image on the touch panel. The method changes the size of the image on the touch panel based on the image resizing instruction set. In this manner, a user can change the size of the image on the touch panel without inadvertently terminating an image resizing process. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025625 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and a method for controlling a mobile electronic device are disclosed. The mobile electronic device comprises a first display and a second display. A data item displayed on the first display is displayed on the second display in response to a state determined by a state determination module. The method comprises determining a state based on a rotational direction and/or positional relation of the mobile electronic device. The method further comprises selecting a display for displaying data based on the state. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025626 | Information Device - A method for executing an application program is disclosed. One or more icons are displayed on a touch panel. If a user's fingerprint is authenticated on the touch panel, an application program is given access to designated personal information. The application program is then executed using the designated personal information, if the detected action is an information-designated start operation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025627 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL UNIT, SCROLLING CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A touchscreen panel unit includes a scrolling determination part configured to determine whether to scroll a displayable region of information to be displayed on a screen based on the positional relationship between the position of a first contact with the screen and the position of a second contact with the screen; a scrolling setting part configured to set the scrolling direction and the scrolling distance of the displayable region based on the position of the first contact and a contact position path starting at the position of the second contact, in response to the scrolling determination part determining that the displayable region is to be scrolled; and a scrolling information output part configured to output information indicating the scrolling direction and the scrolling distance set by the scrolling setting part. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025628 | Method for Determining Touch Point Displacement and Associated Apparatus - A method for determining a displacement of a touch point is applied to a touch panel to reduce noise interfering with determination of the displacement. The method includes obtaining a displacement according to a movement of a touch point on the touch panel; checking whether the displacement is within a predetermined range; and determining that the movement is valid when the displacement is within the predetermined range. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025629 | Dynamic Mode Switching for Fast Touch Response - A method of operating a touch-sensing surface may include determining a presence of at least one conductive object at the touch-sensing surface by performing a search measurement of a first set of sensor elements of the touch-sensing surface, and in response to determining the presence of the at least one conductive object, determining a location of the at least one conductive object by performing a tracking measurement of a second set of sensor elements of the touch-sensing surface. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025630 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS USING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD THEREOF - A character input method using a touch screen, in which one or more areas requiring user input is defined in the touch screen, pre-recognized information is defined for each of the defined areas, character information is received by a user in one or more user desired areas among the defined areas, the character information is recognized using a character recognizer, and the recognized character information is updated in the user desired areas. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025631 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a capacitive touch screen ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110025632 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SELECTING MENU AND ITEM - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes allowing, via a wireless communication unit on the mobile terminal, wireless communication with at least one other terminal; displaying, on a first side of a touch screen display of the mobile terminal, a sound icon indicating whether or not a sound is output by the mobile terminal; receiving, via a controller, a touching selection signal indicating a touching of the sound icon; displaying, on the touch screen display, a first indicator corresponding to the sound icon on a second side of the touch screen display and separated from the sound icon, said first indicator indicating a direction in which a touch and drag operation should occur to turn off the sound output by the mobile terminal; receiving, via the controller, a touch and drag selection signal indicating a dragging operation along a vector from the sound icon toward an intersection with the first indicator; and turning off, via the controller, the sound output by the mobile terminal after receiving the touch and drag signal indicating the dragging operation and before the first indicator is touched. The present invention also provides a corresponding mobile terminal. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025633 | CONTROLLING DEVICE WITH DUAL-MODE, TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A processing device of a universal controlling device is programmed to distinguish between a first input type provided to a touch-sensitive surface and a second input type provided to the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being provided the first input type which is indicative of a static touch made upon the touch-sensitive surface the processing device causes a transmitter to transmit first data representative of the static touch made upon the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being provided the second input type which is indicative of a moving touch made across the touch-sensitive surface, the processing device causes the transmitter to transmit second data being representative of the moving touch made across the touch-sensitive surface. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025634 | DETECTION OF LOW NOISE FREQUENCIES FOR MULTIPLE FREQUENCY SENSOR PANEL STIMULATION - The identification of low noise stimulation frequencies for detecting and localizing touch events on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a separate sense line in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers, each mixer using a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency, phase and delay. With no stimulation signal applied to any drive lines in the touch sensor panel, pairs of mixers can demodulate the sum of the output of all sense channels using the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals of a particular frequency. The demodulated outputs of each mixer pair can be used to calculate the magnitude of the noise at that particular frequency, wherein the lower the magnitude, the lower the noise at that frequency. Several low noise frequencies can be selected for use in a subsequent touch sensor panel scan function. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025635 | TOUCH AND PROXIMITY SENSITIVE DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH AND PROXIMITY SENSING METHOD USING THE SAME - A touch and proximity sensitive display panel, a display device, and a touch and proximity sensing method using the same are disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, a pixel substrate having a pixel electrode arranged in an image output direction, a common substrate having a common electrode arranged at a position facing the pixels, and a panel controller that identifies touch and proximity positions of a touch object by sensing electrostatic capacitances of the pixel electrodes through the data lines in a touch-sensing mode. The display panel can sense the touch and proximity of the touch object without an additional touch screen. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025636 | CONTACT SENSING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED EDGE POSITION RECOGNITION CHARACTERISTICS - A touch sensing apparatus with improved edge touch position recognition characteristics is provided. The touch sensing apparatus includes a panel unit including a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a line along a first axis, a sensor unit to collect sensor data indicating a change in electrical characteristics occurring in each of the plurality of sensor electrodes, the sensor unit being connected to the plurality of sensor electrodes, and a computing unit to determine a touch position on the panel unit, to which a touch of a user is applied, based on sensor data collected from at least one sensor electrode among the plurality of sensor electrodes, wherein, among the plurality of sensor electrodes, an edge sensor electrode is located on an edge in a first axis direction, and is formed narrower in width in the first axis direction than the sensor electrodes other than the edge sensor electrode. When this configuration is employed, an invalid input region formed on an edge of an input region may be removed or reduced and thus, touch position recognition characteristics of the touch sensing apparatus may be enhanced. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025637 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed are a display device and an input device. The display device includes: gate and data lines arranged to cross each other and to define a pixel region; a pixel electrode disposed on the pixel region; a sensing element disposed on the pixel region; and a switching element configured to selectively connect the data line with any one of the pixel electrode and sensing element. Such a display device according to an embodiment allows both of a scan signal for the display of an image and an externally input signal to be transferred through the data line. Therefore, the display device according to an embodiment can display an image and input an external signal such as a touch or others, using a simplified configuration. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025638 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PROJECTED CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN HAVING WEIGHT BASED COORDINATE DETERMINATION - A touch location on a capacitive touchscreen system is identified by receiving signals in response to a touch from electronic channels connected to one electrode or to a group of semi-adjacent electrodes provided on a substrate. Adjacent ones of the electrodes have substantially triangular shapes that alternate between a first and second orientation to form an interleaved arrangement such that the touch generates a signal cluster comprising the signals generated from a series of adjacent electronic channels. Weights with at least two different numerical values are applied to the signals from the series of adjacent electronic channels. The at least two different numerical values are based on levels of the signals. A location of the touch on the substrate is determined based on the weighted signals. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025639 | ELECTRODE LAYOUT FOR TOUCH SCREENS - A device includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of sense electrodes. The drive electrodes run generally in a first direction and have multiple projections along their length. The sense electrodes run generally in a second direction transverse to the drive electrodes. The sense electrodes have multiple projections interleaved with the multiple projections of the drive electrodes. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025640 | TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel is disclosed. The structure of the touch panel is designed that the arrangement of the sensing units is not visible from outside. Moreover, the capacitive touch panel also has the advantage of having reduced thickness and simplified fabrication, and is easy to be combined with a liquid crystal display module. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025641 | TOUCH SCREEN APPLIED TO ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch screen includes a substrate, a plurality of conductive areas and a controller. The conductive areas are disposed on the substrate. The controller is electrically connected to the conductive areas. When one of the conductive areas is touched, the controller determines a coordinate where the touched conductive area is located on the substrate according to the capacitance change of the touched conductive area. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025642 | CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - A first resistive film is arranged such that one edge thereof is connected to a first terminal, and an edge that is opposite to the aforementioned edge is connected to a second terminal. A second resistive film is arranged with a gap between it and the first resistive film such that one edge thereof is connected to a third terminal. A voltage generating unit applies a predetermined first bias voltage and a predetermined second bias voltage to the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively. A voltage detection unit detects a panel voltage that occurs at the third terminal. A current detection unit detects a panel current that flows through a path including the first terminal, the first resistive film, and the second terminal. A computation unit determines the coordinates touched by the user, based upon the values of the panel voltage and the panel current. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025643 | SENSOR ELEMENT DEVICE - A sensor element device for a capacitive proximity switch of an operating device, where the sensor element device has an upper side for contacting the underside of an operating panel of the operating device and a block-like illuminated display with a lighting direction towards the underside of the operating panel. The sensor element device is electrically conductive on its side or an upper side facing the operating panel, thereby forming a sensor element. The illuminated display is mounted on a component carrier by a voluminous, spatial-shape-variable, elastic and electrically conductive material, where this material layer provides the required variable distance and electrical connection from the upper side to the underside as electrical contacts. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025644 | Touch Control Apparatus, Associated Sensing Control Apparatus and Method Thereof - A touch control apparatus includes a touch panel and a sensing control apparatus. The touch panel includes a plurality of sensing lines, and the sensing control apparatus includes a plurality of pins that are respectively coupled to the sensing lines. The sensing control apparatus adaptively controls a sequence for scanning the pins according to connection relationships between the pins and the sensing lines. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025645 | SUBSTRATE WITH TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAYER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - A substrate with a transparent conductive layer includes a transparent supporting substrate, a thermosetting resin layer containing 50% by weight or more of a melamine resin, and a carbon nanotube conductive layer in this order, wherein a value of linearity of resistance of the carbon nanotube conductive layer is 1.5% or less. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025646 | EXTENDED INFRARED-SOURCED MULTI-TOUCH SCREEN - This invention provides an extended infrared-sourced multi-touch screen, comprising: a display module; at least an infrared (IR) source set in adjacent to a display module as the light source of the multi-touch screen; at least a beam expander optical apparatus being responsive to the at least an IR source to form an IR flat-field line pattern; at least an IR receiver set corresponding to said at least a beam expander optical apparatus to receive IR light emitted by the at least an IR source and to receive IR light from an object when said display module being touched; and a positioning module being responsive to said at least an infrared receiver to process coordinate positioning after the touch action is detected by the at least an IR receiver. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025647 | Display Filter And Display Device Having The Same - A display filter functions not only to block unnecessary radiation emitted from a display device but also to allow Infrared (NIR) radiation emitted from the display device to be used as a user interface signal. The display filter includes a near-infrared radiation blocking layer which absorbs near-infrared radiation emitted from the display device. The near-infrared radiation blocking layer contains 1.5% by weight of a di-immonium-based colorant that absorbs the near-infrared radiation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025648 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TOUCH SURFACE CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC TOUCH SURFACE CONTROL DEVICE INCLUDING MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a method for controlling a touch surface control device, including at least one step comprising the generation of sensory feedback corresponding to the detection of a pressure applied by a user on the touch surface, said sensory feedback comprising haptic feedback and acoustic feedback. The invention is characterised in that the generation of the acoustic feedback is initiated after the generation of the haptic feedback once a characteristic value of the haptic feedback has exceeded a pre-defined threshold. The invention also relates to an electric control device having a touch surface, characterised in that it includes means for implementing said method ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110025649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING HOLD CONDITION ON AN ACOUSTIC TOUCH SURFACE - A bending wave touch system includes at least one sensor and a touchscreen controller. The at least one sensor is coupled to a substrate and is responsive to vibrations in the substrate. The at least one sensor outputs signals. The controller receives the signals from the at least one sensor and identifies touch coordinates based on high frequency components of the signals when a touch on the substrate includes at least one of a tap, a drag and a lift-off. The controller identifies a status of a hold condition of the touch based on at least two different time averages of low frequency components of the signals. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025650 | CALIBRATION OF INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD - There is disclosed a method for establishing calibration in an interactive display system comprising an interactive display surface and a projector for projecting images onto the interactive display surface, the system being adapted for connection to a computer to receive display data from the computer for display on the interactive display surface via the projector, the method comprising the steps of: a. determining the display parameters of the interactive display system; b. accessing stored calibration data; c. determining if any stored calibration data is associated with display parameters matching the determined display parameters of the interactive system; and d. in dependence on a match, retrieving and applying the calibration data to thereby calibrate the computer with the interactive display system. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025651 | POINTING DEVICE FOR USE ON AN INTERACTIVE SURFACE - A pointing device ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110025652 | OPERATING AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - An operating and display device is provided for a vehicle having a display unit and having a rotary knob for selecting a function and/or for selecting a menu within a hierarchical menu structure shown using the display unit. The rotary knob forming an operating unit is movable in both directions of its rotational axis, and pressing of the operating unit causing navigation between two menu levels in a first hierarchy direction and pulling of the operating unit causing navigation between two menu levels in a second, opposing hierarchy direction of the menu. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025653 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A method for driving a display apparatus uses self luminous elements that allows for favorable display by suppressing a luminance variation accompanying change of a total current amount at a time of on-off drive. In a display apparatus that performs periodic on-off drive, pixels are divided into at least two groups having different light emitting timings with the timing for writing data to the pixels as a reference. Light emission is controlled so that when one group does not emit light, the other group emits light. Alternatively, light emission is controlled so that when one group emits light, the other group does not emit light. In this manner, either the period in which the two groups do not flow current at the same time or the period in which the two groups flow current at the same time hardly exists in one field period. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025654 | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, DATA LINE DRIVER USING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A differential amplifier circuit includes: an | 2011-02-03 |
20110025655 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - An operational amplifier is provide with: a first MOS transistor pair connected to a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal; an intermediate stage connected to the first MOS transistor pair connected to the first MOS transistor pair; a first output transistor having a drain connected to an output terminal; and a first source follower. The first source follower is inserted between a gate of the first output transistor and a first output node of the intermediate stage. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025656 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL - An apparatus and method of driving a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a comparison unit and a source driver. The comparison unit receives and stores a current line data, and compares the current line data with a previous stored line data. When a pixel data within the current line data and another pixel data within the previous line data at the same position are not identical, the comparison unit outputs the pixel data of the current line data, and the source driver latches the pixel data for driving the display panel, which is output from the comparison unit. When the pixel data within the current line data and another pixel data within the previous line data at the same position are not identical, the comparison unit does not output the pixel data, and the source driver drives the display panel in accordance with the previously latched pixel data. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025657 | Method of operating electromechanical pixels - Operating methods of an array of electromechanical pixels resulting in efficient and reliable operation of light modulating elements. The invention simplifies the design of electromechanical light modulators and permits the construction of large size displays with greater mechanical tolerances on glass substrates. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025658 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY PANEL - A gate driving circuit of a display panel including a plurality of shift register sets coupled in series is provided. Every shift register set includes a shift register unit and a transistor coupled therewith. The shift register units receive a gate timing signal and an inverted gate timing signal, and one of a first level shift register unit and a last level shift register unit further receives a threshold driving signal. The shift register units respectively output a plurality of gate driving signals sequentially according to the threshold driving signal, the gate timing signal and the inverted gate timing signal. A gate and a first source/drain of each transistor are coupled to receive a gate controlling signal, and a second source/drain of each transistor is coupled to the corresponding shift register unit to output one of the gate driving signals. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025659 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device may include a plurality of pixels in pixel regions defined on a substrate, each of the pixels being coupled to a current scan line, a data line, a first power source, a second power source and a third power source, wherein each of the pixels includes a pixel circuit having a plurality of transistors and one or more capacitors, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) including a first electrode and coupled to the pixel circuit, the OLED configured to emit light with a luminance corresponding to a driving current flowing from the first power source to the second power source via the pixel circuit, wherein the third power source is configured to supply a constant voltage to the pixel circuit through a supply line, and wherein the supply line is in a same layer and of a same material as the first electrode. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025660 | Plasma display device - A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel including scan electrodes, a driver circuit portion including a connector, the driver circuit portion being configured to drive the plasma display panel, and a scan IC portion electrically connecting the plasma display panel to the driver circuit portion, the scan IC portion including a rigid substrate inserted in the connector, a scan IC on the rigid substrate, the scan IC being configured to receive an input signal and a reference potential from the driver circuit portion, and a flexible substrate electrically connected between the rigid substrate and the plasma display panel, the flexible substrate being configured to transmit an output signal from the scan IC to the scan electrodes. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025661 | LIGHT SENSOR NOISE SUPPRESSION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A light sensor arrangement is used to detect ambient light conditions. According to an example embodiment, a light detector arrangement (e.g., | 2011-02-03 |
20110025662 | TIMING CONTROLLER AND LIQUID DISPLAY DEVICE - An embodiment of the invention provides a timing controller. The timing controller comprises a frequency detector, a signal generator and a multiplexer. The frequency detector receives a reference clock signal and an input clock signal to generate a decision signal. The signal generator generates a first signal and a second signal. The multiplexer receives and outputs one of the first signal and the second signal according to the decision signal. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025663 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a display region including a plurality of pixels; a data driver for outputting data voltages corresponding to input data to the plurality of pixels; and a scan driver for outputting scan signals to the plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of pixels includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group, and wherein the first pixel group and the second pixel group have offset voltages having different polarities in a first frame, and the polarities of the offset voltages are inverted for each frame after the first frame. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025664 | Method for Driving Liquid Crystal Display and Storage Medium Storing Program for Implementing the Method - The present invention discloses a method for driving thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) and the storage medium for storing computer program representative of the method thereof. The method utilizes a timing controller to send polarity control signals to a plurality of source drivers in a TFT-LCD panel for changing the polarity distribution of the liquid crystal molecules in the panel. The method is characterized by dynamically changing the positions of polarity inversion for alleviating the problem of undercharging under high resolution and high frequency conditions; utilizing both polar and reverse polar driving signals for solving the problem of color shift in “checker board” checking signals; and providing a mechanism for mending the problem of undercharging of the first horizontal line. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025665 | DRIVING APPARATUS OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving apparatus for a display device includes: a reference gamma voltage generator configured to generate a reference gamma voltage according to an MTP control signal, a write control signal, and an erase control signal; and a data driver configured to convert a data signal into a data voltage corresponding to the reference gamma voltage. The reference gamma voltage generator includes: a protection unit configured to output a first voltage as a first internal voltage when the MTP control signal is at a first level, and to interrupt the output of the first voltage when the MTP control signal is at a second level; an MTP cell configured to program a bit signal by utilizing the first internal voltage and a second internal voltage according to the write control signal and erase control signal; and a gamma register configured to determine the reference gamma voltage corresponding to the bit signal. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025666 | Temperature sensors of displays driver devices and display driver devices - A display driver device and a temperature sensor of a display driver device are provided. The temperature sensor includes a proportional voltage generating unit, and a sensing signal output unit. The proportional voltage generating unit generates a first proportional voltage, which is proportional to a temperature, and a second proportional voltage, which is inversely proportional to the temperature. The sensing signal output unit outputs a sensing signal by amplifying a voltage difference between the first and second proportional voltages. A sensing signal may vary linearly according to the temperature. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025667 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY MODULE INCLUDING EXTERNAL DC-DC CONVERTER - A power control system includes a display module for displaying an image in accordance with image data, a DC-DC converter being external to the display module and for applying power to the display module, a host for generating a control signal for controlling the display module and outputting the control signal through a signal output pin of signal input/output pins of the host, and a connector connected to the signal input/output pins and for applying the control signal to the DC-DC converter and the display module. The DC-DC converter is adapted to apply power to the display module according to the control signal. Accordingly, the number of signal input/output pins of the connector can be reduced. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025668 | Display Apparatus Comprising Electrofluidic Cells - A display apparatus is described comprising a plurality of electrofluidic chromatophore (EFC) pixel cells. Each pixel cell comprises a fluid holder for holding a polar fluid and a non-polar fluid having differing display properties. The fluid holder comprises a fluid reservoir with a geometry having a small visible area onto the polar fluid, and a channel with a geometry having a large visible area onto the polar fluid. The channel is connected to the reservoir to enable free movement of the polar fluid and non-polar fluid between the channel and the reservoir. At least part of a surface of the channel comprises a wetting property responsive to a supply voltage. The pixel cell comprises at least one further pixel cell terminal that is coupled to a further electrode to supply a direct voltage to the pixel cell. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025669 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes a display region including first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels and third sub-pixels at crossing regions of scan lines and data lines and arranged in a repeating pattern, the first, second and third sub-pixels for emitting light of different colors, a scan driver for supplying scan signals to the scan lines; a data driver for supplying data signals to the data lines; and a data distributor between the data driver and the data lines for distributing the data signals from output lines of the data driver to the data lines. Ones of the first and second sub-pixels are alternately arranged in a first column, and ones of the third sub-pixels are arranged in a second column adjacent to the first column. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025670 | Organic Light Emitting Display and Method of Driving the Same - An organic light emitting display capable of reducing power consumption in a standby mode to increase the use time of a battery and a method of driving the same. The organic light emitting display includes a pixel unit for displaying an image by utilizing a plurality of frames and in accordance with data signals and scan signals; a data driver for outputting the data signals; a scan driver for outputting the scan signals; and a controller for controlling the data driver and the scan driver so that, in at least one frame of the plurality of frames, the scan signals are not transmitted to the pixel unit. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025671 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display includes a display unit that includes pixels coupled to scan lines, control lines, and data lines; a control line driver for providing control signals to the respective pixels through the control lines; a first power driver for applying a first power to the pixels of the display unit; and a second power driver for applying a second power to the pixels of the display unit, wherein the first power and/or the second power is applied to the pixels of the display unit, having voltage values at different levels, during periods of one frame, and the control signals and the first and second powers are concurrently provided to all of the pixels. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025672 | FLAT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY - A flat display apparatus has a flat display panel; a frame that is installed on a rear face side of the display panel; a cover that covers at least a rear face side of the frame; and a high-voltage power supply that applies high voltage to the display panel. The high-voltage power supply has a plurality of cases, each of which encloses one or more transformers and rectifier circuits, and obtains high voltage by connecting the plurality of cases in series, and the plurality of cases are arranged in a space created between the frame and the cover so as to be disposed on a plane in parallel with a screen of the display panel. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025673 | DC-DC CONVERTER WITH AUTO-SWITCHING BETWEEN PWM AND PFM AND OLED DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A DC-DC converter with auto-switching between pulse width modulation (PWM) and pulse frequency modulation (PFM) is used in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and judges power consumption of an OLED array of the display according to display data of the display and thus determines a switching time between PWM and PFM. The converter comprises a content statistic unit, an auto-switching control unit, a PWM controller, a PFM controller and a power generator. The content statistic unit receives and accumulates the display data of the OLED display and then outputs a statistic value. The auto-switching control unit outputs a control signal according to the statistic value to control the PWM controller and the PFM controller and to switch to a PWM mode or a PFM mode. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025674 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system includes an electronic device, a display device, a power line and two converters. The electronic device is used to provide image data, and the display device displays images according to the image data. The first converter is coupled to the electronic device and plugged to a first power socket for receiving the image data sent by the electronic device and power from the power line, combining image signal and power signal and transmitting the combined signal to a second converter via the power line. The second converter is coupled to the display device and plugged to a second power socket for receiving the power from the power line and the image data sent by the first converter and separating the signal to transmit the image data to the display device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025675 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH CONTROLLABLE VIEWING ANGLE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device with controllable viewing angle of the present invention has an upper substrate ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110025676 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING VOLTAGE SETTING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device with reduce power consumption is disclosed. Some embodiments include a current detector which measures current over varying drive voltages. The current measurements are used to determine drive voltages for driving the display array. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025677 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display capable of reducing power consumption in a standby mode and a method of driving the same. The organic light emitting display includes a pixel unit having a first emission region and a second emission region, wherein the pixel unit is configured to generate a driving current in accordance with data signals and scan signals to emit light so that light is emitted by the pixel unit only in the first emission region in a standby mode, a data driver for transmitting the data signals only to the first emission region in the standby mode, a scan driver for outputting the scan signals, and a power source supplier for generating and outputting voltages of an initialization power source and for blocking the driving current from flowing to the second emission region by utilizing a voltage of the initialization power source in the standby mode. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025678 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. The device includes a data driver for supplying a plurality of data signals and a reset voltage to each output line during every horizontal period. The data driver is configured to selectively supply the reset signal and the reset voltage based on a comparison of the data signal input to each data line during a current horizontal period with the data signal input to the data lines during the previous horizontal period. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025679 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a light emission driver realized by using PMOS transistors, thereby controlling a light emitting time. The display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of scan lines for transmitting a plurality of scan signals, a plurality of data lines for transmitting a plurality of data signals, a plurality of light emitting signal lines for transmitting a plurality of light emitting signals, and a plurality of pixels coupled to the scan lines and the data lines and for emitting light according to the light emitting signals; and a light emission driver for transmitting the light emitting signals to the light emitting signal lines and for controlling a pulse width of the light emitting signals. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025680 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display including a first over-driving (OD) compensation unit compensating R data at a first OD rate; a second OD compensation unit compensating G data at a second OD rate; and a third OD compensation unit compensating B data at a third OD rate, where the second OD rate is higher than the first OD rate and the third OD rate. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025681 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display includes: a plurality of spatially divided cells; and plural types of color substances contained in each of the cells wherein a display color is controlled by controlling electrophoresis of the colored substances within the cells, wherein each of a first cell, a second cell and a third cell included in the plurality of cells includes a first color substance corresponding to a mutually differing one of three primary colors in additive color mixing or subtractive color mixing and a second color substance in a relationship of complementary colors with the first color substance, wherein the first cell is controlled to be in a display state by the first color substance, and the second and third cells are controlled to be in a display state by the second color substance, respectively. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025682 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONSISTENT IMAGE SYNTHESIS - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for focusing computing power to a region of interest that can be changed interactively and arbitrarily during the process of image synthesis. In operation, a problem domain is partitioned utilizing a first selected technique. Additionally, a number of samples to be drawn per partition are assigned utilizing a second selected technique. Furthermore, the assigned number of samples are drawn for each partition, where the samples are generated by only one deterministic sample sequence. Still yet, the partitioning, assigning, and drawing are capable of being repeated such that existing partitions and assignments are capable of remaining unchanged during sampling and a convergence speed is adapted without compromising convergence in at least one of a sequential computing environment or a parallel computing environment. In this way, the convergence of image synthesis is not compromised. In fact, the image synthesis process may converge to the same solution that would have been obtained without interaction. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025683 | Map Display Device - A map display device includes: a map display control unit that displays a map at a display monitor; a weather information reception unit that receives weather information; and a weather information display control unit that displays the received weather information by superimposing the weather information over the map, wherein: if a plurality of sets of weather information for a plurality of geographical areas are allocated to a map area corresponding to a single pixel at the display monitor, a set of weather information for a geographical area with weather information thereof indicating a largest weather information numerical value, among the plurality of sets of weather information for the plurality of geographical areas, is displayed at the single pixel. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025684 | Three-dimensional tactical display and method for visualizing data with a probability of uncertainty - A feeder program is utilized for collecting and reading in and maintaining a time synchronization for combat fire solutions which may include threat containment regions. The threat containment regions are defined in terms of a probability of at least one threat being located therein. A three-dimensional viewer program displays bathometry information, an ownship relative position relative to said bathometry information, and determines what portions of said plurality of threat containment regions and said tracking and position information are to be displayed based on an angle of a view. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025685 | COMBINED GEOMETRIC AND SHAPE FROM SHADING CAPTURE - An image capturing system includes one or more image capturing devices and one or more illumination sources that have known and fixed positions relative to one another, wherein the illumination source is held constant or can be calibrated to provide a known illumination level on a subject, such that the variation in shading at various points on the surface of the subject, with different orientations relative to the illumination source, can be used to determine the orientation of the surface of the subject and thereby used to more accurately render an image or other representation of the subject. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025686 | System and Method for Generating a Three-Dimensional Image on a Pre-Printed Lined Substrate - A system for producing and viewing a three-dimensional/stereoscopic image comprises a two-dimensional substrate having a number of blank regions that has been filled in/colored by a user with selected colors calculated to produce a stereoscopic image when viewed through a stereoscopic viewer. The colored regions are separated by black lines and together operate to form a desired image. The image has a background that is predominately black. The black lines and/or background can be provided before or after the user has colored in the blank regions. When the colored image comprising the black lines and black background is viewed through a stereoscopic viewer, the user perceives a three-dimensional image. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025687 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an image processing device capable of alleviating processing loads in a case of expressing a state in which a part of a foot (shoe) of a player is hidden by turf growing on a field, for example. The present invention relates to the image processing device for displaying on a screen a virtual three-dimensional space in which a first object and a second object ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110025688 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING FEATURES IN A DIRECT MODELING PARADIGM - A CAD system enables a designer to freely modify a model of a design without regenerating a history of the model, as in traditional parametric feature based modeling. The CAD system automatically determines whether the modifications to the model invalidate current features associated with the model and whether the modifications create new features that should be added to the model. Such a CAD system enables a designer to quickly edit designs and simultaneously preserve design intent without requiring the significant computational resources of historical based approaches that regenerate a geometry upon every edit made by a designer. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025689 | Auto-Generating A Visual Representation - Techniques for auto-generating the target's visual representation may reduce or eliminate the manual input required for the generation of the target's visual representation. For example, a system having a capture device may detect various features of a user in the physical space and make feature selections from a library of visual representation feature options based on the detected features. The system can automatically apply the selections to the visual representation of the user based on the detected features. Alternately, the system may make selections that narrow the number of options for features from which the user chooses. The system may apply the selections to the user in real time as well as make updates to the features selected and applied to the target's visual representation in real time. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025690 | PHOTOGRAMMETRIC TEXTURE MAPPING USING CASUAL IMAGES - A method for photogrammetric texture mapping using casual images is provided. The method may include the following steps: estimating, for each vertex of at least a portion of a three dimensional (3D) mesh representing a model, projection parameters associated with a virtual camera that is unique for each vertex; mapping pixels from a two dimensional (2D) image to the vertices, such that each mapping of a pixel is based on the estimated respective virtual camera parameters; and texturing the portion of the mesh with corresponding mapped pixels wherein vertices on the textured portion are selected such that they are visible from a specified viewpoint associated with the 3D mesh. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025691 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY EXAMINATION DATA FROM AN EXAMINATION OBJECT - A method and a device are disclosed for displaying computed-tomography examination data from an examination object. In at least one embodiment, there firstly is of the examination object at least one first CT image data record with pixel or voxel values, which were reconstructed on the basis of quantitatively measured absorption data of X-ray beams passing through the examination object; and there secondly is at least one second CT image data record with pixel or voxel values, which were reconstructed on the basis of quantitatively determined phase shifts of X-ray beams passing through the examination object. In at least one embodiment, the at least one first CT image data record and the at least one second CT image data record are combined together pixel-by-pixel or voxel-by-voxel using a nonlinear function, and the combined values resulting therefrom are displayed visually as CT results image data record. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025692 | DISPLAY OF TRAVEL ROUTES - A method of displaying a graph of nodes adapted to the display of travel routes is described. The method includes the steps of finding a node of highest weight among all nodes of the graph after each node is attributed a weight based on a number of nodes pertaining to a double-tree structure of nodes of which each node is assumed to be the root. Then, the double-tree structure of nodes having the node of highest weight as root is extracted and a layout is computed. If there are remaining nodes left, they are grouped in one or more sub-graphs and a layout of the one or more sub-graphs is iteratively computed. The one or more sub-graphs are then merged with the double-tree structure of nodes to be displayed. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025693 | Graphics processing systems - A method of rendering a stroked curve for display in a graphics processing system in which an input stroked curve | 2011-02-03 |
20110025694 | METHOD OF MAKING AN ARTISTIC DIGITAL TEMPLATE FOR IMAGE DISPLAY - A method for creating a coordinated image display by designing a digital template for the image display. The template includes a number of openings for displaying digital images. Each of the openings has at least one stored required image attribute that must be satisfied to a programmed degree according to the artistic design of the template. A template recipe includes an image attribute for a dependent opening, which means that it's defined to be dependent upon at least one image attribute of an image in another opening of the template. The computer system automatically searches an image database for an image satisfying the required image attribute for the dependent opening. If a user of the computer system manually replaces or modifies an image upon which another image depends, the computer system will automatically search the image database for a new image that satisfies the required dependency upon the replaced or modified image, if necessary. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025695 | Multi-Image Display Apparatus And Image Display Apparatus - A multi-image display apparatus includes a plurality of image display apparatuses which are connected in series. The plurality of image display apparatuses each include: an input unit through which an image signal is inputted; a display unit which displays an image signal; a driver unit which performs processing of reducing deterioration in frequency characteristics on an inputted image signal; an output unit which selectively outputs an image signal which is outputted from the driver unit or the image signal which does not pass through the driver unit and a termination unit which terminates the image signal. When none of the display unit of the image display apparatuses displays an image signal, the termination is performed using one of the termination unit of the display apparatuses. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025696 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY ADDING AND REMOVING DISPLAY MODES COORDINATED ACROSS MULTIPLE GRAPHCIS PROCESSING UNITS - The present invention provides a method and system for coordinating graphics processing units in a single computing system. A method is disclosed which allows for the construction of a list of shared display modes that may be employed by both of the graphics processing units to render an output in a display device. By creating the list of shared commonly supportable display modes, the output displayed in the display device may advantageously provide a consistent graphical experience persisting through the use of alternate graphics processing units in the system. One method builds a list of shared display modes by compiling a list from a GPU specific base mode list and dynamic display modes acquired from an attached display device. Another method provides the ability to generate graphical output configurations according to a user-selected display mode that persists when alternate graphics processing units in the system are used to generate graphical output. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025697 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA THROUGH RSDS TRANSMISSION INTERFACES - A method for transmitting image data through reduced swing differential signaling (RSDS) transmission interfaces to a driver in a display is provided, in which the image data include a number of pixel values each represented by a number of bits. The method includes the step of: simultaneously transmitting at least two bits of one of the pixel values by a single timing controller in one time period, in which each of the simultaneously transmitted bits is transmitted through a respective data line of the RSDS transmission interfaces. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025698 | PROCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A process management system includes a display, a process handling module and a plurality of window process modules. The process handling module includes a process manager sub-module and a process table sub-module. The window process modules communicate with the process handling module, and each window process module processes one function on the display. The process manager sub-module terminates an executing window process module before starting another window process module. The process table sub-module manages and records a processed history of the window process modules. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025699 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An integrated circuit device includes a first pad group connected to a first memory pad group arranged along a first chip side of a chip of an image memory stacked on the integrated circuit device, a second pad group connected to a second memory pad group arranged along a third chip side, a control section which controls display of an electro-optical device, and a third pad group from which a data signal and a control signal for display control. The first pad group is arranged along a first side of the integrated circuit device, wherein the second pad group is arranged along a third side facing the first side, and wherein the third pad group is arranged along a second side which intersects with the first side and the third side. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025700 | Using a Texture Unit for General Purpose Computing - An interpolation unit, such as may be found in a texture unit or texture sampler, may be used utilized to perform general purpose mathematical computations such as dot products. This enables some general purpose computations and operations to be offloaded from a central processing unit to an interpolation unit. The interpolation unit may use linear interpolators in order to perform the dot product calculations. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025701 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN IMAGE - A method for combining at least two images and outputting a combined image includes creating a template including a first input image having a defined area, receiving a second input image, modifying the second input image by applying an intensity relating to a plurality of pixels included in the defined area to a plurality of pixels included in the second input image and replacing the defined area with the modified second image to create an output image and displaying the output image. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025702 | Method of Constructing Images for an Imaging Appliance - In an imaging appliance with display of the colour sequential type, a spatially monochrome image is displayed by preparing, for each complete image to be displayed, a sequence of monochrome images comprising an image for each colour of the light box, the monochrome images of the sequence being such that a pixel that is lit in one colour is off in the other colour(s), so that there is no colour break effect. Certain areas of the display can be reserved, in which the pixels are controlled in the usual way so as to use the entire colour palette of the display, for example to display a colour video image. The invention applies notably to the head-up imaging appliances applicable in onboard navigation systems, and to the imaging appliances for direct viewing. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025703 | METHOD FOR REPRODUCING AN IMAGE ON AN IMAGING DEVICE - A method for reproducing an image on an imaging device, including measuring a set of spectral data for each of a plurality of colors from a set of color device values with a spectral measurement device; determining a first set of tristimulus values corresponding to each set of spectral data; defining a set of human observer color matching functions for each set of tristimulus values; determining a second set of tristimulus values for each set of spectral data using the human observer color matching functions; creating a first map from device-dependent coordinates to device-independent color coordinates; creating a second map from device-independent coordinates to device-dependent color coordinates based on the first map; obtaining image data comprising device-independent color coordinates; converting the image data coordinates into device color coordinates; and reproducing the image on the color device using the device color coordinates. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025704 | Customizing Accessories - A system and method for customizing accessories is provided. The accessories include a display for showing customized content. Users can display customized designs or promotional information on a free or fee basis. The system also allows users to use a detection device to detect the colors or patterns of other objects and then display substantially the same color or pattern in at least some pixels of the display. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025705 | LOOP REMOVAL IN ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION - Some embodiments provide a system that facilitates graphical object creation in an electronic design automation (EDA) application. During operation, the system uses a cursor to obtain a sequence of points from a user for creating a graphical object in a layout. Next, the system detects a loop in the graphical object based at least on the sequence of points and a current position of the cursor. Finally, the system modifies the sequence of points to remove the loop from the graphical object. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025706 | User interface for different displays - This invention relates to a method for adjusting a graphical user interface for at least two displays, wherein due to an activation of at least one of at least two displays the graphical user interface is informed about the characteristics of said at least one activated display whereby the graphical user interface is refreshed according to said characteristics. This invention also relates to a display system, to a device, to a graphical user interface and to a computer program product. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025707 | Virtual Marketplace Accessible To Widgetized Avatars - A system for creating and providing clothing and accessories for avatars, including within a virtual marketplace is disclosed. The system includes computer programming resident on at least one networked server, wherein the computer programming provides a creation tool and an online marketplace having at least one virtual storefront. A user access to the online marketplace includes a user-directed, computer programmable avatar, and further includes a computing device communicatively connected to the at least one networked server. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025708 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof of the present invention, a graphics drawing result is obtained in accordance with one or more graphics drawing commands included in drawing commands, a clipping command is generated from one or more moving image drawing commands included in the drawing commands, and clipped graphics is obtained by clipping the graphics drawing result using the clipping command. Further, moving image data processed in accordance with the one or more moving image drawing commands included in the drawing commands is generated, and the generated moving image data and the clipped graphics are composed and output. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025709 | PROCESSING DIGITAL TEMPLATES FOR IMAGE DISPLAY - A method for creating an artistically coordinated image display. A digital template is provided for said image display and it includes of openings for placing images each having at least one required attribute for an image. A programmed computer system automatically searches a database of images for images to be placed in the openings and each of the images satisfy the openings required image attributes. One or more vertical and horizontal lines are demarcated in the so that subjects in the image can be placed on the lines or their intersecting points by modifying and shifting the image appropriately. A subject of the image can also be measured and its size can be set as a reference measurement unit to assist in aesthetically placing subjects proportionally within the image. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025710 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE ARCHEOLOGY - Systems and methods are described for determining manipulation history among a plurality of images. The described techniques include selecting a pair of images from the plurality of images, detecting one or more manipulations operable to transform one of the images to the other, and based on the manipulations detected, determining a parent-child relationship between the pair or pairs of images. The described techniques can further include repeating the selecting two images, detecting manipulations, and determining the parent-child relationship for each pairs of images in the plurality of images, constructing a visual migration map for the images, and presenting the visual migration map in a user readable format. | 2011-02-03 |
20110025711 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a drawing unit which draws one of a plurality of images arranged in an order specified on the basis of a predetermined rule as a reference image in an image memory and which arranges and draws the predetermined number of images located on either side of the reference image in the order and continuing from the reference image as near images of the reference image in the order with reference to the reference image in the image memory; a display controller which displays the images falling within a predetermined range among the images drawn in the image memory on a display unit; and a controller which changes the position of the predetermined range in accordance with an instruction operation of changing a display state of the images on the display unit, when the instruction operation is received. | 2011-02-03 |