05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100026592 | Antenna module and an electronic device having the antenna module - An antenna module for wireless signal transmission of an electronic device is disclosed. The antenna module comprises an antenna body and a fixing part. The antenna body comprises a radiating element, a grounding element, a connecting element, and a feeding point. The radiating element has a first radiating area and a second radiating area. The connecting element has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected with the first radiating area of the radiating element and the second end is connected with the grounding element. The feeding point is disposed on the radiating element and is used to feed a signal. The fixing part comprises a main body and a first clip portion. The main body is used to match the shape of the antenna body. The first clip portion is used to clip and fix the antenna body. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026593 | Broadband antenna and an electronic device having the broadband antenna - A broadband antenna for wireless signal transmission of an electronic device is disclosed. The broadband antenna has a radiation area, a ground area, a feeding point, a first tuning bar, and a second tuning bar. The feeding point is disposed on the radiation area and is used for feeding a signal. The first tuning bar is used for adjusting a high frequency bandwidth of the broadband antenna. The second tuning bar is used for adjusting a low frequency bandwidth of the broadband antenna. The length of the first tuning bar is less than the length of the second tuning bar. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026594 | ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING SAME - An antenna includes a metallic sheet defining a first slot, a second slot, a third slot parallel to the first slot, a fourth slot parallel to the second slot, and a fifth slot parallel to the third slot. The second slot perpendicularly connects the first slot to the third slot and has a length smaller than that of the fourth slot. The third slot has a length greater than that of the first slot. The fourth slot extends perpendicularly from a side of the third slot away from the second slot. The fifth slot extends perpendicularly from an end of the fourth slot away from the third slot. The metallic sheet includes a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side opposite to the first longitudinal side. A feeding point is formed on the first longitudinal side and a grounding point is formed on the second longitudinal side. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026595 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND MOBILE WIRELESS TERMINAL - In an antenna device having a coil element | 2010-02-04 |
20100026596 | ANTENNA DEVICE - The antenna device includes a ground plane | 2010-02-04 |
20100026597 | Antenna - It is an object of the invention to provide an antenna with small side-lobe while narrowing the beam width to a desired one without the antenna increased in weight. Besides, it is also an object of the invention to decrease the manufacturing process less than ever before and reduce the cost. Furthermore, it is also an object of the invention to improve stability when the antenna is turned. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026598 | SATELLITE BROADCAST RECEIVING CONVERTER - A satellite broadcast receiving converter is provided with a feedhorn to which a satellite broadcast wave is input, a circuit board on which a converting circuit to convert the satellite broadcast wave to a receiving signal is formed, and a converter case disposed on a back end side of the feedhorn to support the circuit board. The converter case is comprised of two case members configured to cover and shield the front and back surfaces of the circuit board, and to be able to hold the circuit board. A first case member of the two case members is integrally formed with the feedhorn. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026599 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNA - The omnidirectional antenna of the present invention comprises a dielectric core | 2010-02-04 |
20100026600 | Radio Wave Detection Apparatus - Radio wave detection apparatus includes an array of antenna elements which are able to receive radio waves which enter and leave the array. In this way antenna elements are able to cater for the detection of different types of polarisation from the one configuration. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026601 | Antennas Integrated in Semiconductor Chips - An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor chip including a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface; a metal seal ring adjacent the side surface; and an antenna including a seal-ring antenna. The seal-ring antenna includes at least a portion of the metal seal ring. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026602 | Antenna Device and Electronic Equipment - According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes a short circuit path, a first open-ended element, a feed side element, a second open-ended element, and a short circuit element. One end of the short circuit path is connected to a ground point near a feed point. The first open-ended element extends from another end of the short circuit path. The feed side element extends from near the feed point in a direction in which the first open-ended element extends with an edge close to ground. The second open-ended element extends from near an end of the feed side element in the direction in which the first open-ended element extends. The short circuit element connects between an end of the first open-ended element and a point on an edge of the feed side element opposite the edge close to the ground or a point on the second open-ended element. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026603 | RECTENNA COVER FOR A WIRELESS POWER RECEPTOR - According to one embodiment, a cover comprising a higher dielectric constant layer disposed outwardly from a lower dielectric constant layer is coupled to a rectenna operable to convert microwave power to electrical power. The cover receives microwave power, provides a substantial impedance match for a plurality of angles of incidence, and directs the microwave power to the rectenna. The impedance match is selected to broaden a receive pattern of the rectenna. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026604 | METHODS OF MODIFYING ERECT CONCEALED ANTENNA TOWERS AND ASSOCIATED MODIFIED TOWERS AND DEVICES THEREFOR - The disclosure describes installing an antenna canister in a portion of a concealed antenna pole at a location that is below a top of the pole while the antenna pole is erect and associated components to facilitate the procedure, as well as multi-piece vertical rods, pole mounting bracket assemblies and retrofit kits. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026605 | F-INVERTED COMPACT ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An F-inverted compact antenna for ultra-low volume Wireless Sensor Networks is developed with a volume of 0.024λ×0.06λ×0.076λ, ground plane included, where λ is a resonating frequency of the antenna. The radiation efficiency attained is 48.53% and the peak gain is −1.38 dB. The antenna is easily scaled to higher operating frequencies up to 2500 MHz bands with comparable performance. The antenna successfully transmits and receives signals with tolerable errors. It includes a standard PCB board with dielectric block thereon and helically contoured antenna wound from a copper wire attached to the dielectric block and oriented with the helix axis parallel to the PCB. The antenna demonstrates omnidirectional radiation patterns and is highly integratable with WSN, specifically in Smart Dust sensors. The antenna balances the trade offs between performance and overall size and may be manufactured with the use of milling technique and laser cutters. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026606 | ANTENNA USING A PBG (PHOTONIC BAND GAP) MATERIAL, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THIS ANTENNA - An antenna uses a photonic forbidden band (PFB) material in which, by default, a surface ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026607 | ELECTROMAGNETIC LENS ANTENNA DEVICE FOR BISTATIC RADAR - An electromagnetic lens device includes an electromagnetic lens for transmission, an electromagnetic lens for reception, two primary radiators each located at a focal point of one of the electromagnetic lenses, an arm holding the primary radiators, and a table. The arm is rotatable about a first axis that extends through the centers of the electromagnetic lenses. The table is rotatable about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The primary radiators rotate about the first axis together with the arm, and rotate about the second axis together with the table. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026608 | REMOTE DESKTOP CLIENT PEEPHOLE MOVEMENT - A method and apparatus for controlling a first display module is provided, the first display module associated with a client device in communication with a server enabled to generate data for display on a second display module having a screen size larger than a screen size of the first display module, the data having an active area. Data is received at the client device. The first display module is controlled to generate a representation of a first portion of the data including the active area, the representation of the first portion representative of a peephole superimposed on the second display module, the peephole less than or equal to a size of a screen of the first display module. Input indicative that the peephole is to be shifted to an edge of the active area is received. The first display module is controlled to generate a representation of a second portion of the data including the edge, such that the peephole is shifted to the edge of the active area. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026609 | Battery accommodating device, portable device, output device, and head mount display - The present application is intended to prevent an excessive pressure from acting on a battery due to an expansion of the battery. A battery accommodating device having a battery chamber, which is formed in a housing and in which a battery is accommodated, the battery chamber being covered with a cover member, and has a lock part which fixes the housing and the cover member and a lock release part which unlocks the lock part when the battery has expanded. An output device includes a lock member which, while the cover member is being mounted to the housing, engages with a part of the cover member to prevent separation of the cover member and a displacement transmitting member, which transmits an expansive displacement of a battery to the lock member and releases the engagement of the lock member with a part of the cover member. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026610 | OPTICAL FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY UNIT - An optical film capable of improving luminance of a display unit, in which a viewing angle in the horizontal direction of emitted light of the display unit is wider than a viewing angle in the vertical direction and the emitted light of the display unit has a polarization component in the vertical direction viewable by polarized sunglasses, an illumination system including the same, and a display unit including the same are provided. The optical film includes a plurality of three-dimensional structures extending in one direction and arranged sequentially in a direction crossing the one direction. The three-dimensional structures contain a liquid crystalline polymer having orientation, and have refractive index anisotropy in which refractive index in the extending direction of the three-dimensional structures is smaller than refractive index in the direction crossing the extending direction of the three-dimensional structures. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026611 | Display Device - A display device in which a non-display region is formed in a portion of a display region which is formed of a mass of the pixels, out of the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines, the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines which are arranged so as to traverse the non-display region when the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines straightly extend imaginarily are formed in a pattern where the gate signal lines and the drain signal lines are routed around the non-display region | 2010-02-04 |
20100026612 | Display device and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a sampling transistor in an embodiment of the present invention is kept at the on-state with a time width shorter than one horizontal cycle, during the period from the rising of a control pulse supplied from a scanner to a scan line WS to the falling of the control pulse, and samples a video signal from a signal line SL to write the video signal to a hold capacitor. The sampling transistor includes the channel region between the source and the drain and has a sandwich gate structure in which a shield that electrically shields the channel region is disposed on the other side of the channel region. This suppresses change in the threshold voltage of the sampling transistor. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026613 | Methods for Sequential Color Display by Modulation of Pulses - Each color image is decomposed into at least one series of at least three successive primary images of different primary colors which are successively displayed by modulating the activation duration of the pixels of an imaging device. According to the invention, the distribution of the pixel activation phases in the three successive subframes is contracted: the pixel activation periods of the first primary image are shifted toward the end of the subframe of this first image, and, during the subframe of the third primary image, the pixel activation periods of this third primary image are shifted toward the beginning of the subframe of this third image. Color break-up faults are thus advantageously reduced. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTO-COMMISSIONING OF LED BASED DISPLAY CONFIGURATIONS - A method of auto-commissioning a display configuration ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026615 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of video signal lines; a plurality of video signal input terminals, the number of which is less than the number of video signal lines; and a switch circuit interposed between the plurality of video signal input terminals and the plurality of video signal lines, wherein | 2010-02-04 |
20100026616 | Liquid crystal display - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display including: a plurality of pixels each including one or more liquid crystal elements and one or more first TFT elements; a driving section performing polarity inversion driving by applying driving voltages based on an image signal to the liquid crystal element in each pixel while the driving voltages are inversely polarized; and second TFT elements controlled by the driving section. The first TFT element allows the driving voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal element in its own pixel in accordance with control by the driving section. Each of the second TFT elements allows a couple of liquid crystal elements to be electrically connected to each other. The couple of liquid crystal elements are applied with a couple of driving voltages, respectively, within a same frame period. The couple of driving voltages have inversed polarizations with each other. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026617 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING SCAN LINES OF A PASSIVE MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) PANEL - A method for activating scan lines of a passive matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes activating the scan lines of the passive matrix LCD panel in a selected one of an interlaced scanning mode and a progressive scanning mode that is selected based on a select signal. A device that performs the method is also disclosed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026618 | Display device and signal driver - A display device includes a display portion; a signal driver; and a delay control circuit. The display portion is connected to a plurality of signal line groups. The signal driver is connected to the plurality of signal line groups and outputs a plurality of video data groups to the plurality of signal line groups at timings respectively in a single horizontal period. Each of the timings is shifted from an adjacent timing by a predetermined time. The delay control circuit varies the predetermined time every horizontal period and supplies the predetermined time to the signal driver. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026619 | SHIFT REGISTER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention provides a semiconductor device and a shift register, in which low noise is caused in a non-selection period and a transistor is not always on. First to fourth transistors are provided. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is connected to a first wire, the other of the source and the drain thereof is connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor, and a gate electrode thereof is connected to a fifth wire. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is connected to a third wire and the other of the source and the drain thereof is connected to a sixth wire. One of a source and a drain of the third transistor is connected to a second wire, the other of the source and the drain thereof is connected to the gate electrode of the second transistor, and a gate electrode thereof is connected to a fourth wire. One of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is connected to the second wire, the other of the source and the drain thereof is connected to the sixth wire, and a gate electrode thereof is connected to the fourth wire. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026620 | LCOS SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR - The display area selection circuit selects a desired display area. The signal generating circuit sets a period of each shift signal generated while the selection position of the pixel diode is between the shift start position and the display start position shorter than a period of each shift signal generated while the selection position of the pixel diode is between the display start position and the display end position. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026621 | COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY THEREOF - A color liquid crystal display device capable of displaying color images comprises an input pen for use in determining the individual position for color display on the screen of a liquid crystal display panel, a coordinate detector for recognizing the position as designated by the input pen to output the position as the corresponding coordinate data, a color designator circuit for designating a color as presently selected for color display to output the color as a color data, a memory device for storing the color data representative of the color designated, a memory controller responsive to receipt of an address issued from the selected coordinate data for controlling the color data to be written into and read out of the memory, and an output controller which allows the color data read from the memory to be supplied to the liquid crystal display panel as video data. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026622 | Electronic device wireless display - Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing, electronic circuitry, and an electronic component. The electronic circuitry is in the housing. The electronic circuitry includes a first capacitive connection pad. The electronic component is removably attached to an outer surface of the housing. The electronic component includes a second capacitive connection pad located opposite the first capacitive connection pad to form a capacitive connection between the electronic circuitry and the electronic component. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026623 | VELOCITY STABILIZATION FOR ACCELEROMETER BASED INPUT DEVICES - A method and apparatus for reducing or eliminating tracking errors associated with accelerometer-based input devices. The method and apparatus calculates a velocity of the input device; determines if the calculated velocity indicates a motion tracking error; and ignores the calculated velocity if the motion tracking error is indicated. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026624 | INTERACTIVE DIRECTED LIGHT/SOUND SYSTEM - An interactive directed beam system is provided. In one implementation, the system includes a projector, a computer and a camera. The camera is configured to view and capture information in an interactive area. The captured information may take various forms, such as, an image and/or audio data. The captured information is based on actions taken by an object, such as, a person within the interactive area. Such actions include, for example, natural movements of the person and interactions between the person and an image projected by the projector. The captured information from the camera is then sent to the computer for processing. The computer performs one or more processes to extract certain information, such as, the relative location of the person within the interactive area for use in controlling the projector. Based on the results generated by the processes, the computer directs the projector to adjust the projected image accordingly. The projected image can move anywhere within the confines of the interactive area. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026625 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - A character input device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the character input device includes an input unit, press detection units, movement detection units, and a control unit. The input unit is provided as a single body such that first directional input, which is performed by pressing one of first direction indication locations arranged radially from a reference location and spaced apart from one another, and second directional input, which is performed through movement from each of the first direction indication locations to one of second direction indication locations arranged radially around the first direction indication location, can be performed. The press detection units detect the first directional input. The movement detection units detect the second directional input. The control unit extracts a character code, assigned to each selected one of the direction indication locations, from a memory unit based on results of the detection. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026626 | Efficient keyboards - Ergonomic keyboards incorporating cursor control or scrolling devices where they can be operated with minimal movement of the hands from the home row. The keyboards are peripheral keyboards or are part of a notebook computer or kiosk. Cursor control and scrolling devices are incorporated among the letter and number keys of the keyboard or in the front side of the keyboard housing. Included are keyboards where a graphical pointing device and the mouse buttons associated with it are in different planes, one on the top side of a keyboard housing, the other in the housing's front side. Some ergonomic keyboards incorporate multiple cursor control and scrolling devices. Improved cursor control devices increase the ergonomics of the keyboards. These improvements include improved arrangements and forms of mouse buttons and stick-type cursor control devices that operate as four-way navigation devices. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026627 | DISPLAY UNIT FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE BASED ON A VIDEO SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM A PERSONAL COMPUTER WHICH IS CONNECTED TO AN INPUT DEVICE (As Amended) - An image display apparatus capable of adjusting a display picture by an input unit through a computer body is disclosed. When the user inputs a control instruction for adjusting the display picture of the display unit by the input unit connected to the computer body, a control signal addition circuit prepares a control signal Sc corresponding to the control instruction and adds the control signal to a video signal R, G or B or a synchronizing signal Hs or Vs produced by a display control circuit during a vertical retrace period. A control signal separation circuit separates the added control signal Sc from the video signal R, G or B or the synchronizing signal Hs or Vs produced by the control signal addition circuit. A display control circuit produces adjustment signals Sa and Sb on the basis of the control signal from the control signal separation circuit to adjust a video circuit and a deflection circuit. Thus, the user can adjust the display picture by the input unit near at hand without extending the hands to adjustment switches of the display unit. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026628 | HANDHELD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION IN THE HANDHELD APPARATUS - A handheld apparatus includes an input key, a screen, a monitoring module connected to the input key, and a Morse code decoder connected between the monitoring module and the screen. The monitoring module monitors the state of the input key and generates a corresponding Morse code, and outputs the Morse code to the Morse code decoder. The Morse code decoder decodes the Morse code into information and outputs the information to the screen. The screen displays the information. The present invention further includes a method of inputting information in the handheld apparatus. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026629 | Device, Methods, and User Interface for Providing Optimized Entry of Alphanumeric Text - The present invention includes a device, method, and user interface for providing optimized entry of alphanumeric text. In one form, a method for providing selectable characters within a user interface includes determining an operating mode of a communication device and receiving an input associated with a selected input key. The method determines a group of characters associated with the selected key based on the operating mode and displays the group of characters within the user interface. The user interface may display a first character of the group of characters within a first portion of the user interface and the group of characters proximal to the first character within a second portion of the user interface. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026630 | Electronic device - The present invention relates to an electronic device such as a notebook-size personal computer and a portable terminal, and provides an electronic device having high visibility and of low cost. An electronic device includes a calculation unit and plural light sources. The calculation unit incorporates a keyboard disposed on a top surface of the electronic device and an electronic circuit (not illustrated) to perform calculation processing according to an operation of the keyboard. The plural light sources are arranged in a deep side and on both sides of the calculation unit, to illuminate the keyboard in an obliquely inward direction. An LED having directivity may be used as the light sources. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026631 | SCROLL WHEEL WITH CHARACTER INPUT - An electronic device that includes a display screen and a scroll wheel coupled to the display screen by a processor. The scroll wheel includes a rotational input component for directing movement of a navigational indicator on the display screen and a depressible input component for inputting a character for display on the display screen. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026632 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A reflective display portion includes indication and background portions. A first reflective layer is formed on the indication portion, and a second reflective layer is formed on the background portion on an outer surface of a translucent sheet. Each of the indication and the background portions has a different reflectance value. A light limiting layer is formed on an inner surface of the sheet at an inner side of the second reflective layer so as to reduce a difference of a light transmittance between the indication portion and the background portion. When the external light reflects, the indication portion and the background portion of the reflective display portion are observable owing to the difference of the light reflectance. The light from the light emitting display portion transmits the indication and background portions such that the display content of the light emitting display portion is observable. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026633 | REUSABLE ELECTRONIC WRITING AND DISPLAYING DEVICE - Examples consistent with the invention include a reusable device for writing, displaying and deleting information with an electronic device on a support device having bistable liquid crystals. The reusable device includes a substrate onto which are successively applied and from the substrate: an electricity conducting coating; an optical coating that can absorb all or part of the surrounding light; a coating of a transparent substance in which a plurality of bistable liquid crystals are emulsioned; at least one electricity conducting element being electrically connected to the electricity conducting coating via an electrical voltage generator to form an electric circuit. The electricity conducting element may be in contact and be moved over the surface of the transparent coating in which a plurality of bistable liquid crystals are emulsioned, to produce a modification of the state of light transmission in said transparent coating at the contact, so as to generate the writing and displaying of information, or the deleting of the displayed information. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026634 | Writeable and Erasable Display Units - A display unit comprises a display medium which is writable, erasable and displayable of an image and a rotatable writehead with a number of loop conductors parallel with each other. The display medium is capable of maintaining a written image without power. In operating of writing on the display medium, the loop conductors apply an electric field to a particular area of the display medium, changing the optical state of the particular area of the display medium. In operating of writing on the display medium, there is no relative motion between the display medium and the writehead. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026635 | Electronic display with push buttons - One or more buttons are associated with an electronic display screen. The display screen is configured to display various information, such as button labels. The buttons are configured, such as by being at least partially transparent, so that the display is visible there through. Input to or activation of the buttons is determined passively, such as by a RF board located at an opposing side of the display screen from the button(s), the board configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals, and an interface configured to provide a data connection to an electronic device. In this embodiment, the one or more buttons comprise one or more RF transponders. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026636 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of pixel cells for displaying an image and sensing light incident on the pixel cells, each of the pixel cells includes a pixel circuit that displays an image based on a data voltage supplied from a data line in accordance with a gate signal from a gate line; and a touch sensor that senses light incident on the pixel cell, storing a light sensing signal based on the sensed light, and supplying the stored light sensing signal to a read-out integrated circuit via a read-out line in accordance with a scan signal from a scan line. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026637 | TOUCH CONTROL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A method of operating a touch control electronic device includes the steps of: (a) activating a program; (b) detecting a touch signal forming a curve, which includes a first sensing point and a second sensing point; and (c) calculating a distance variation between the first sensing point and the second sensing point with a reference point so as to change an attribute value of the program, wherein the reference point is set according to the curve. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026638 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a main body, a touch panel positioned on the main body, and a shielding member movably and rotatably connected to the main body. The main body defines a recessed portion. The touch panel is positioned in the recessed portion. The recessed portion defines two sliding grooves in opposite sidewalls of the recessed portion. The shielding member defines two latches on opposite side surfaces of the shielding member. The two latches are movably inserted into the two sliding grooves respectively. The shielding member covers the touch panel in a first state and exposes the touch panel in a second state. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026639 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel that has a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sensors, and a touch sensing circuit that compares a sensing voltage detected by at least one sensor with a reference voltage that corresponds to the at least one sensor to determine the at least one sensor is touched. A level of the reference voltage is calibrated by taking operation characteristics of the sensors into consideration. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026640 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING USER INTERFACE - An electronic apparatus and method of implementing a user interface according to a pressure intensity of a touch on the electronic apparatus, the method including detecting a position at which the touch is input, identifying the type of object displayed on the position, and detecting the pressure intensity. Accordingly, the user can manipulate electronic apparatuses with greater convenience. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026641 | Fixation and Ejection Mechanism of Touchpad Module and Method of Releasing Touchpad Module - A fixation and ejection mechanism of a touchpad module is described. The fixation and ejection mechanism of the touchpad module includes a module fixing pillar, a boss and a fastener. The module fixing pillar is disposed in proximity to a touchpad module of an electronic apparatus. The boss is preferably formed on a case of the electronic apparatus. The fastener fastens the boss to the modular fixing pillar. When the fastener is disengaged from the module fixing pillar, it can be utilized to push the touchpad module upward. A method of releasing touchpad module is also disclosed herein. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026642 | User interface apparatus and method using pattern recognition in handy terminal - A user interface apparatus and method using pattern recognition in a handy terminal with a touch screen. The apparatus and method includes receiving a specific pattern drawn on the touch screen by a user and a specific command written in a region defined by the specific pattern, and performing a function associated with a combination of the specific pattern and command when the received specific pattern and command are a valid pattern and command. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026643 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch screen means formed of a panel and a touch panel, the touch screen means receiving a tracing operation defined in such a way that a user touches a predetermined area of the touch screen means with a finger and then moves the finger from the predetermined area by a predetermined distance in a predetermined direction with the finger remaining touching the predetermined area, the positional relationship among a plurality of fingers at the time of the touch and the directions of the following fingers' movements defining N tracing operations (N is an integer greater than or equal to one), each of the N tracing operations related to a single function; and a setting means for setting a function related to a predetermined one of the N tracing operations when the predetermined tracing operation is performed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026644 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE - An exemplary touch control device includes a main body, a touch panel configured for generating a signal based on a user's touch instruction, and a display unit configured for displaying an image in response to the signal. The touch panel is adjacent to the main body. Light of the displayed image is viewable by the user without the light passing through the touch panel. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026645 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel assembly is provided. The touch display panel assembly includes a display panel having a display surface on a side of the display panel for emitting light, a touch light detector at a periphery of the display panel for detecting the emitted light and having an iris that faces in a direction substantially normal to the display surface for passing the emitted light into the touch light detector, and a light guide above the iris for guiding the emitted light from the display surface to the iris and into the touch light detector. The touch display panel assembly has an improved viewing angle and can be made thinner as compared to conventional touch display panels due to the improved features of the touch light detector. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026646 | OVERLAY FILM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SAME - An overlay film for covering a touch screen of an electronic device is disclosed. The touch screen is configured for showing a number of icons thereon for receiving user inputs. The overlay film is a thin, transparent layer. The overlay film defines a plurality of through holes corresponding to the shapes and positions of the icons on the touch screen. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprising a touch screen which detects a touch input by a user detects the position and pressure of each of a plurality of pressed points corresponding to a plurality of touch inputs existing at the same time on a touch screen. Then, the front/rear overlap relationship of the plurality of objects displayed on the touch screen is changed based on the difference in pressure between the detected plurality of pressed points. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026648 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY UNIT - A touch panel capable of decreasing concavity and convexity generated on the surface and a display unit including the same are provided. The touch panel includes: a first spacer layer on both side faces of a first wiring layer provided on a first transparent substrate; and a second wiring layer on both side faces of a second wiring layer provided on a second transparent substrate. The touch panel also includes a flexible printed circuit board in a gap between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and in a region including at least part of a region not provided with the adhesion layer in the region opposed to the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer, the first spacer layer, and the second spacer layer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026649 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an information processing apparatus for controlling a multi-touch panel, a contacted area acquisition unit acquires a contacted area contacted in the multi-touch panel, and a side of hand determination unit determines whether or not the acquired contacted area has a predetermined shape. If it is determined that the contacted area has a predetermined shape, a selected range placing unit places a selected range based on a detected position in the contacted area, and displays the placed selected range in the multi-touch panel. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026650 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMPHASIZING OBJECTS - Method and system for emphasizing objects is disclosed. The method includes receiving input characters from a user of the electronic device and predicting one or more characters based on the input characters. Moreover, the method includes calculating a distance of each predicted character from a last input character. The method also includes calculating an emphasizing priority of each predicted character based on priority of each predicted character and the distance of each predicted character from the last input character. The method further includes emphasizing the predicted characters based on the emphasizing priority of the predicted characters. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026651 | Method and Apparatus for Navigating a Screen of an Electronic Device - Information is input to an electronic device by displaying a visual representation of an input option at each of a number of regions of a display screen, sensing an activation position on a first linear sensor located adjacent to a first edge of the display screen, selecting a region of the display screen in accordance with the activation position on the first linear sensor, and inputting the input option corresponding to the selected region of the display screen to the electronic device if the first linear sensor in deactivated. Optionally, a second linear sensor located adjacent to a second edge of the display screen, is used, together with the first linear sensor, to select between regions arranged in two dimensions. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE - A user interface pointing apparatus for an electronic device. The apparatus comprises: a primary mechanical knob operated by a user using movement operations; one or more touch sensitive surfaces operated by a user using movement operations, the mechanical knob being adjacent to the touch sensitive surfaces; and a processor for receiving the movement operations and the touching operations for receiving said movement operations and said touching operations performed on the mechanical knob and the touch sensitive surfaces, wherein both the movement operations and the touching operations interpreted by the processor as pointing commands to the same pointer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026653 | Multiple brand ice beverage dispenser - A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages includes a touch panel assembly, removable fittings in a carbonator, a carbonator probe, and a carbonator pump assembly removable from a front of the beverage dispenser. The touch panel assembly includes a light source for backlighting a user interface and providing the dispenser with a visual presence. Electrode traces in the touch panel assembly detect interruptions in electrode fields and are accepted as user inputs for dispensing a beverage. A controller conducts the lighting, dispensing, and reconfiguring operations for the flavor selection areas on the user interface. The touch panel assembly further includes provisions for increasing a user interface area to increase visibility of a particular flavor, as well as bonus flavors on a beverage dispenser. The removable fittings each include an orifice for entry of water to be carbonated into the carbonator. The carbonator probe is a single wire probe with timed refill. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026654 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE - A force and movement sensitive non-mechanical coordinate input device ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026655 | Capacitive Touchscreen or Touchpad for Finger or Stylus - According to one embodiment, there is provided a mutual capacitance touchscreen or touchpad having combined finger navigation and stylus navigation and/or character entry capabilities. First and second pluralities of sense and drive electrodes are disposed in or on upper and lower substrates. The sense and drive electrodes form an array disposed substantially in two opposing planes that are configured to permit at least one location corresponding to a finger or stylus placed in proximity thereto to be detected thereby. The upper substrate is deflectable towards the lower substrate when the stylus is pressed downwardly thereagainst. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026656 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR BEHIND BLACK MASK - Devices having one or more sensors located outside a viewing area of a touch screen display are disclosed. The one or more sensors can be located behind an opaque mask area of the device; the opaque mask area extending between the sides of a housing of the device and viewing area of the touch screen display. In addition, the sensors located behind the mask can be separate from a touch sensor panel used to detect objects on or near the touch screen display, and can be used to enhance or provide additional functionality to the device. For example, a device having a sensor located outside the viewing area can be used to detect objects in proximity to a functional component incorporated in the device, such as an ear piece (i.e., speaker for outputting sound). The sensor can also output a signal indicating a level of detection which may be interpreted by a controller of the device as a level of proximity of an object to the functional component. In addition, the controller can initiate a variety of actions related to the functional component based on the output signal, such as adjusting the volume of the earpiece. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026657 | DISPLAY WITH VISUALLY HOMOGENEOUS BORDER - A handheld device with a compact integrated touch panel is disclosed. A handheld device incorporating a touch panel display requiring electrical connections is reduced in size by incorporating electrical pathways within the support structure of the touch panel display, obviating the need for a flex circuit extension from the touch panel display for connection to the handheld device. A further reduction in size is obtained by providing an inherent visually homogeneous perimeter for the touch panel display by matching the colors of the conductive and dielectric materials, thereby eliminating the need for a bezel. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026658 | TOUCH SUBSTRATE OF EMBEDDED TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An embedded touch display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate is provided. The first substrate having a displaying region and a sensing region includes a stack structure, a first conductive layer and a first alignment layer. The stack structure disposed on the first substrate within the sensing region includes a protruding structure and a first rough structure disposed on the protruding structure. The first conductive layer conformally disposed on the stack structure has a first rough surface. The first rough surface is exposed from the first alignment layer that covers the first conductive layer. The second substrate includes a second conductive layer and a second alignment layer. The second conductive layer whose position corresponds to the sensing region is disposed on the second structure. A portion of the second conductive layer corresponding to the first rough surface is exposed from the second alignment layer covering thereon. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026659 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A capacitive touch screen panel includes top and bottom ITO coated glass sheets that may both be connected to detection electronics (e.g., a controller) by way of a single, normal flexible printed circuit connector. The ITO coated surface of each of the top and bottom glass sheets may face each other and a transparent material such as an optically clear adhesive may be disposed between the top and bottom glass sheets. In some embodiments, a number of spacers may be disposed between the top and bottom glass sheets to maintain a desired gap between the sheets. In other embodiments, the single, normal flexible printed circuit connector may generally reside in a single plane. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026660 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A touch panel includes n first line electrodes (n is an integer of 2 or greater) to which pulses are applied, m second line electrodes (m is an integer of 2 or greater) for use in detection, the second line electrodes being arranged to cross the first line electrodes, and a pulse generating circuit configured to apply pulses, in a selected order, to first line electrodes (n | 2010-02-04 |
20100026661 | Display Device - A touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of wirings. Each of the plurality of first electrodes has a first portion formed on a layer different from that on which the second electrodes are formed and intersecting the second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as that on which the second electrodes are formed, but separated from the second electrode. The second electrode and the second portion of the first electrode are formed on a layer upper than the layer where the wiring is formed. The first portion of the first electrode is connected to the second portion in a contact hole formed on an insulating film between the first portion and the second electrode, and formed on the same layer on which the wiring is formed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026662 | Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display which can reliably adhere an elastic layer which is liable to warp easily to a rigid layer is provided. (a) An elastic front window is adhered to a rigid touch panel by way of an adhesive sheet. (b) An elastic touch panel is adhered to a rigid liquid crystal panel by way of an adhesive sheet, and an elastic front window is adhered to the elastic touch panel byway of an adhesive sheet. (c) An elastic touch panel is adhered to a rigid liquid crystal panel by way of an adhesive sheet and, thereafter, a rigid front window is adhered to the elastic touch panel by way of an ultraviolet-curing adhesive material. (d) An elastic touch panel is adhered to a rigid front window by way of an adhesive sheet and, thereafter, a rigid liquid crystal panel is adhered to the elastic touch panel by way of an ultraviolet-curing adhesive material. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026663 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL - A resistive film type touch panel includes first and second resistive films respectively provided on the inner surfaces of a pair of substrates on the touch side and the opposite side, protruding contacts which are provided on the first resistive film so as to protrude to a predetermined height, and come into contact with the second resistive film upon bending/deformation of the touch-side substrate by a touch to electrically connect the touch-side substrate to the second resistive film, insulating spacers which are arranged between the substrates except the positions of the protruding contacts, and define the space between the substrates to a height higher than that of protruding contacts, and a liquid or liquid crystal sealed in the space between the substrates. This arrangement reduces the bending/deformation amount of the touch-side substrate and the refraction of transmitted light at a portion bent/deformed by a touch on the touch-side substrate. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026664 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICES WITH COMPOSITE ELECTRODES - A matrix touch panel having upper and lower electrodes, the upper electrodes being composite electrodes made of a plurality of spaced micro-wires, and allowing, for example, an electric field from lower electrodes to pass between the micro-wires and thereby capacitively couple with a touching object, such as a finger. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026665 | Building Block - Methods and apparatus for providing a building block having a number of light transmitting fibers embedded into building materials, such as concrete. The light transmitting fibers have an output end and an input end, where the output ends of the light transmitting fibers are arranged in a display pixel pattern on at least one surface of the building block, and where the input fibers are arranged in an input pixel pattern at an input surface of the building block. A method of manufacturing a building block for the display system is also disclosed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026666 | INFRARED TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING CIRCUIT BOARD UNIT AND INFRARED TOUCH SCREEN USING THE SAME - An infrared transmitting or receiving circuit board which can be cut at the free location and be reconnected each other is disclosed. A power supply line, a grounding line, a clock signal line or a transfer protocol control line, an infrared pulse signal line and an infrared signal receiving line throughout the circuit board are set on the entire circuit board unit. A decoder with enabling a control input port, and a row driver and a column driver that are controlled and switched by the decoder are set on the one end of the circuit board unit. The circuit board unit can be reconnected and is able to make an infrared touch screen in any size. An infrared touch screen connects to the circuit board unit in parallel by the corresponding port of the controller unit respectively, therefore the synchronous, non-synchronous, and the segmental scanning can be realized. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026667 | ACOUSTIC MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR PANEL - Sensing of multiple touches on a surface of a material is provided. A beamed acoustic wave traveling in a substantially linear path along the surface of the material is formed by a plurality of transducers, e.g., a phased array, coupled to the surface. One or more echoes of the acoustic wave caused by a corresponding one or more touches on the path are detected with a detector. The detector may include, for example, one or more of the transducers in the plurality of transducers. The surface can be scanned with a plurality of beamed acoustic waves using a variety of configurations, such as parallel beams, radially emanating beams, etc. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026668 | DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ACTIVATING SIGNALS THAT SERVE TO ACTIVATE SCAN LINES OF A DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PULSE DURATIONS OF THE ACTIVATING SIGNALS - A driving method for generating activating signals that serve to activate scan lines of a display panel includes generating the activating signals based on a plurality of recorded pulse duration information to thereby permit a time point at which a pulse duration of a preceding one of the activating signals in a consecutive pair ends occurs prior to a time point at which a pulse duration of a succeeding one of the activating signals in the consecutive pair starts. A driving device that performs the driving method is also disclosed. A method for adjusting pulse durations of the activating signals is further disclosed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026669 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate driving circuit having improved driving capability and maintaining reliability even after a prolonged period of use includes a shift register having a plurality of stages cascaded to one another, each of the plurality of stages including a pull-up unit, a pull-down unit, a discharging unit, and a holding unit, wherein at least one of the discharging unit and the holding unit includes an amorphous silicon thin film transistor and a polysilicon thin film transistor connected in parallel to each other. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026670 | Display device and uses thereof - The invention relates to a display device comprising at least a light emitter, with power supply means suitable for the electrical supply for each emitter and the means of detection of irradiance of ambient light radiation. The detection means are also able to capture the ambient light radiation, to convert it into electrical energy and supply power to each emitter to increase the light level of each emitter according to the irradiance of ambient light radiation. The invention relates to any display system that undergoes illumination variations but for which the readability must be ensured such as computers, traffic lights or similar devices. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026671 | SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A source driving apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The source driving apparatus comprises an encoder and a source driver. The encoder encodes a video data with n bits to the encoded data according to encoding rules, such that the bit change in two adjacent grays is less than n. The source driver outputs a pixel voltage corresponding to the video data according to the encoded data. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026672 | CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING A PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel (PDP) with reduced switching loss when the PDP is driven at a high frequency. The PDP includes a first electrode, a second electrode parallel to the first electrode, and a third electrode crossing the first electrode and the second electrode, and a driver for applying a plurality of sustain pulses at a sustain frequency to the first electrode during a sustain period. The driver includes a first driving circuit for applying a first portion of the plurality of sustain pulses to the first electrode and a second driving circuit for applying a second portion of the plurality of sustain pulses to the first electrode. The first portion and the second portion of the plurality of sustain pulses have the same polarity, and the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit are configured to apply the first portion and the second portion, respectively, at different time. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026673 | METHOD AND CONTROL BOARD FOR ELIMINATING POWER-OFF RESIDUAL IMAGES IN DISPLAY AND DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A method and a control board for eliminating power-off residual images in a display and a display using the same are provided. The method includes the following steps of providing a first voltage to compensate a second voltage which is used for sequentially turning on all scan lines within a display panel when the display is in power-off, and then forming a third voltage to turn on all scan lines within the display panel according to the compensated second voltage. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026674 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device, a method for driving the same, and an electronic device capable of making μ correction function reliably even in the case where light emission luminance is low. A potential difference between the gate and the source of a transistor is corrected to a threshold voltage of the transistor. After that, while a horizontal drive circuit outputs a third voltage Vofs | 2010-02-04 |
20100026675 | DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for driving a plasma display device, wherein a plurality of sub-frames is classified into first-type and second-type sub-frames. In each reset period of the first-type sub-frames, a gradient voltage pulse having an reverse polarity to that of a final gradient voltage pulse is applied between first and second electrodes prior to the final gradient voltage pulse, while in each reset period of the second-type sub-frames, the gradient voltage having the reverse polarity to that of the final gradient voltage pulse is not applied between the first and second electrodes. There is a plurality of first-type sub-frames in one frame, and the attained voltage of a gradient voltage pulse of reverse polarity included in at least one first-type sub-frame among the plurality of first-type sub-frames differs from that of the gradient voltage pulse of reverse polarity in other first-type sub-frame. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026676 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH LOW DROP-OUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR - A display system is disclosed in the present invention, which includes a low drop-out voltage regulator (LDO) for receiving an input voltage and providing a stable output voltage. The low drop-out voltage regulator includes a regulating circuit, a first switch, a current source circuit and an inverting circuit. The regulating circuit has a regulating circuit input, a regulating circuit output and a regulating circuit control terminal. The first switch selectively forms short or open circuit in accordance with ON/OFF states thereof. The current source circuit provides a fixed current to the control terminal and the output of the regulating circuit. The inverting circuit has an inverting circuit input coupled to the regulating circuit output and an inverting circuit output terminal coupled to the regulating circuit control terminal, the inverting circuit inverting the output voltage from the regulating circuit output. The regulating circuit control terminal adjusts the output voltage in accordance with a control voltage received thereof. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026677 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes two-dimensionally arranged light emitting devices driven by drive circuits, scanning lines and lighting lines connecting the drive circuits in a row direction, and data lines connecting the drive circuits in a column direction, wherein, in a programming scanning period for supplying signals to the data lines, sequentially selecting the scanning lines and setting the signals to the drive circuits connected to the selected scanning lines throughout all scanning lines, the light emitting scanning for sequentially selecting the lighting lines and supplying current corresponding to the signal set to the drive circuits from the drive circuit connected to the selected lighting lines to the light emitting device is performed at least twice, and the length of a period for supplying the currents from the drive circuits connected to the lighting lines to the light emitting devices varies every period of the light emitting scanning. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026678 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - One frame period of image data is divided into a plurality of subframes and driven. A first subframe included in one frame and a second subframe following the first subframe are output at opposite polarities. The image data is output while switching a phase mode between a first mode of driving the first subframe at positive polarity and the second subframe at negative polarity and a second mode of driving the first subframe at negative polarity and the second subframe at positive polarity. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026679 | Booster circuit, display panel driver, and display device - A booster circuit is provided with a boosting section and a control circuitry. The boosting section includes a boosting capacitor element and is configured to perform charging operation to accumulate charges across the boosting capacitor element and to perform boosting operation to boost an output voltage by using charges accumulated in the boosting capacitor element. The control circuitry controls the boosting section to alternately perform the charging and boosting operations in response to a boosting clock signal and the output voltage. The control circuitry prohibits performing the charging and boosting operations in response to whether a selected line of dot pixels is an odd-numbered line or an even-numbered line in a display panel. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026680 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR WRITING DATA TO ELECTROMECHANICAL DISPLAY ELEMENTS - Charge balanced display data writing systems, apparatuses, and methods use write and hold cycles of opposite polarity during selected frame update periods. A release cycle may be provided to reduce the chance that a given display element will become stuck in an actuated state. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026681 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PARALLEL AUGMENTED FUNCTIONALITY FOR A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method for providing virtual world functionality to a user of a base virtual world having a base virtual world functionality, includes providing first, second and third virtual world layers having respective first, second and third virtual world layer functionalities beyond the base virtual world functionality and providing user access to the base virtual world functionality and to the first and second virtual world functionalities by the second virtual world layer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026682 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - In a graphics processing system, when a fragment reaches a texturing stage, it is determined whether the texture to be applied is a static or dynamic texture (Step | 2010-02-04 |
20100026683 | METHOD AND PROGRAM OF VISUALIZING STRUCTURED GRID DATA - Grid structured data arranged for a spherical structured grid constituted by combining two component structured grids are visualized by using computer graphics technology. Coordinate conversion means | 2010-02-04 |
20100026684 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Improved Graphics Performance - This relates to a generation of digitally represented graphics. A first representation of a group of vertices is received. A second representation of said group of vertices is determined based on said first representation. A first set of instructions is executed on said second representation of said group of vertices for providing a third representation of said group of vertices, said first set of instructions being associated with vertex position determination. The third representation of said group of vertices is subjected to a culling process. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026685 | Image Processing Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a level storage module, a video determination module, and a resolution increasing module. The level storage module stores a super-resolution level in association with a video mode. The super-resolution level indicates intensity of super resolution conversion, in which from a first video signal having first resolution, a second video signal is obtained that has second resolution higher than the first resolution and that is to be displayed in the video mode. The video determination module identifies a video mode and determines a super-resolution level based on the video mode identified. The resolution increasing module performs the super resolution conversion on the first video signal at the super-resolution level determined by the video determination module. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026686 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING TOPOLOGY INFORMATION OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - A method, apparatus and system for displaying topology information of a wireless sensor network includes a plurality of sensor nodes. The method typically includes: receiving node information collected and extracted from the sensor nodes; comparing the received node information with stored node information; computing, when the received node information is unequal to the stored node information, visualization information on a sensor node whose information is not present in the stored node information; and displaying the sensor nodes on concentric circles using the visualization information. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026687 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING LOCATIONS FOR CHARTING ASSESSMENTS - Embodiments of the present technology provide a system and method for dynamically generating locations for charting assessments. The system includes a user-operated location authoring tool, an authoring dictionary service, a runtime dictionary service, a database, and a location selector. The method includes creating at least one user-manipulated image; associating at least one location with each of the user-manipulated images; associating each of the user-manipulated image(s) and associated location(s) with at least one knowledge identifier; storing the user-manipulated image(s), associated location(s) and associated knowledge identifier(s); and retrieving the user-manipulated image(s) and associated location(s) relating to a user-selected one of the knowledge identifiers. The present technology also includes a computer-readable medium having a set of instructions for execution by a computer, the set of instruction capable of carrying out the current method. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026688 | GRAPHICAL WIND GUAGE - A wind gauge display apparatus comprising a control device and a reconfigurable display for displaying a first visual representation of a wind gauge if a wind angle is within a first range and displaying a second visual representation of the wind gauge if the wind angle is within a second range. The angles displayed on the reconfigurable display may be determined by input from a user. On the reconfigurable display, a location of a visual indicator of wind speed may be different in the first visual representation of the wind gauge than in the second visual representation of the wind gauge. The wind gauge display apparatus may also comprise a sensor for determining wind angle and wind speed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026689 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENCRYPTING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF GRAPHICS PROCESSORS - A video processing system, method, and computer program product are provided for encrypting communications between a plurality of graphics processors. A first graphics processor is provided. Additionally, a second graphics processor in communication with the first graphics processor is provided for collaboratively processing video data. Furthermore, such communication is encrypted. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026690 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SYNCHRONIZING OPERATION OF A FIRST GRAPHICS PROCESSOR AND A SECOND GRAPHICS PROCESSOR IN ORDER TO SECURE COMMUNICATION THEREBETWEEN - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for synchronizing operation of a first graphics processor and a second graphics processor in order to secure communication therebetween. A first graphics processor is provided for processing video data. In addition, a second graphics processor is provided for processing the video data. Furthermore, a data structure is provided for use in synchronizing operation of the first graphics processor and the second graphics processor in order to secure communication therebetween. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026691 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING GRAPHICS DATA THROUGH A SERIES OF GRAPHICS PROCESSORS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a computer device that comprises a central processing unit, a system memory, a system interface coupled to the central processing unit, wherein the system interface includes at least one connector slot, and a high-performance graphics processing system coupled to the connector slot of the system interface. The high-performance graphics processing system further comprises a plurality of graphics processing units that includes a first graphics processing unit coupled to a set of first data lanes of the connector slot from which the multiprocessor graphics system receives data to process, and a second graphics processing unit coupled to a set of second data lanes of the connector slot through which the multiprocessor graphics system outputs processed data. | 2010-02-04 |