| 06th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
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| 20090033565 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THEREOF - An antenna structure includes a conductive film, a radiation element, and a feeding point. The radiation element includes a first radiation object and a second radiation object. The second radiation object has a first radiation arm, a second radiation arm, and a third radiation arm. The first radiation arm is coupled to the first radiation object, and the second radiation arm is extended from the first radiation arm to be coupled to the third radiation arm, wherein there is a first angle included between the first radiation arm and the second radiation arm, and there is a second angle included between the second radiation arm and the third radiation arm. The feeding point is coupled between the conductive film and the radiation element. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033566 | FOLDING TYPE MOBILE RADIO - A folding type mobile radio that can ensure high antenna performance on a desk in addition to realizing of downsizing and slimming down is provided. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033567 | NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION ANTENNA UNIT AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A non-contact communication antenna unit capable of implementing a thickness reduction of a mobile communication device and also suppressing a reduction in a communication range characteristic of a non-contact communication antenna even when metal components such as circuit wirings, a circuit GND, a shielding case, etc. being arranged on the inside of the mobile communication device are arranged in close vicinity to the non-contact communication antenna is provided. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033568 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus includes a housing, a substrate and an antenna, wherein a first through hole is disposed at an edge of the substrate and the antenna includes a body element. The antenna of the present invention utilizes the body element for receiving/transmitting an electromagnetic signal, and the body element of the antenna passes through the first through hole and is fastened to the housing so as to make the substrate fixed in the housing. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033569 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes a housing that has a corner, a first side extending from the corner, and a second side extending from the corner, and an antenna provided in the housing. The antenna is formed in an area located along the first side and apart from the corner by at least 15% of a size of the first side. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033570 | ANTENNA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An antenna module and an electronic device using the same. The antenna module includes a metal body bent from a I strip metal sheet. The metal body includes a first connecting part, a second connecting part and a plurality of bending parts. The first connecting part and the second connecting part are coupled to a circuit board. The bending parts are formed between the first connecting part and the second connecting part. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033571 | FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANTENNA - A foldable electronic device with an antenna including a first body, a second body, a pivotal mechanism, an antenna and a driving element is provided. The first body has a holding recess on one side thereof. The second body is located on the other side of the first body. The pivotal mechanism is used to pivotally connect the first body to the second body. Two sides of the driving element are connected to the pivotal mechanism and the antenna, respectively. When the first body is opened relatively to the second body, the pivotal mechanism drives the driving element to generate a first linear displacement. The first linear displacement drives the antenna to have a second rotation displacement to allow the antenna to extend out of the receiving groove. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING TOTAL RADIATED POWER FROM MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A system for testing a communications device includes a portable wireless communications device comprising a transmitter for transmitting an RF signal. A monitoring device receives the RF signals from the portable wireless communications device and analyzes the RF signals to determine total radiated power emitted from the transmitter. An adaptive antenna equivalent circuit is coupled to the transmitter. A connection line extends between the adaptive antenna equivalent circuit and the monitoring device. The adaptive antenna equivalent circuit has an equivalent antenna impedance matched to the portable wireless communications device and the connection line and monitoring device based on transmit frequency to ensure that total radiated power of the RF signals is transmitted from the transmitter to the monitoring device. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033573 | Antistatic Coating For Surfaces Made Of Metal Materials And Dielectric Materials Or Of Dielectric Materials Only In Particular Antenna Surfaces And Method Of Application Thereof - Thin film coating for transferring antistatic characteristics to the surface on which it is placed, in particular antenna surfaces, in order to prevent electrical charge accumulations on it and discharge phenomenon. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033574 | HEADSET ANTENNA AND CONNECTOR FOR THE SAME - A headset antenna and a connector for the same are provided. The headset antenna includes an audio signal line, an antenna and a high impedance element in specified application frequency ranges. The audio signal line is adapted for transmitting an audio signal and the antenna is adapted for receiving an RF signal. The high impedance element is disposed on a transmission path of the audio signal and generates a high impedance at a specified frequency band of the RF signal, so that the audio signal line is equivalent to an open circuit and the antenna obtains a better receiving capability. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANTENNA TRACKING - A method includes determining if a dynamics requirement for an antenna positioner is exceeded, and employing a combination of mechanical and electronic beam steering techniques to steer a single antenna beam if the dynamics requirement is exceeded. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033576 | System and method for re-aligning antennas - A system for re-aligning an antenna communicating signals point-to-point. The system may include a first antenna, a second antenna configured to communicate a communications signal with the first antenna using point-to-point communications, and a position controller coupled to the first antenna and configured to re-align the first antenna with respect to the second antenna in response to determining a misalignment of the antenna. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033577 | SLOT ANTENNA - A slot antenna is provided. The slot antenna includes a feeding unit of a strip line shape which is disposed on a first surface of a substrate, a ground which is disposed on a second surface of the substrate, and an antenna element which is formed by connecting two sub slots formed on the second surface of the substrate, wherein each of the sub slots is arranged at an edge of the ground in an internal direction of the ground. Accordingly, the size of the antenna is reduced, and more area is provided for arranging components of a terminal. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033578 | Wide band biconical antenna with a helical feed system - A wide band biconical antenna with a helical feed system comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) that maintains a plurality of antenna elements having an entry conic and a termination conic arranged about a common axis. Each of the antenna elements receive a signal from a signal splitter via respective feed lines that each have the same physical length. In addition, the antenna system includes a matching system disposed within the ground plane formed by the entry conic of each of the antenna elements. The antenna elements are retained within retention sections that maintain helical support channels that allow the feed lines to be arranged in a helical manner about the antenna elements. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033579 | Circularly polarized horn antenna - In some embodiments, a circularly polarized horn antenna may include a circular polarizer having a step shape. In some embodiments, a circularly polarized horn antenna may include a choke that is offset in position with respect to the antenna aperture. Such antennas may have a relatively constant beamwidth with respect to frequency, compact size, and/or low weight. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033580 | RFID Antenna - An antenna particularly suitable for use in radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders. First and second half portions each include nominally straight conductive sections primarily defining a radiating characteristic and nominally spiral conductive sections creating a positive reactive characteristic of the antenna. The straight conductive sections have feed points for connecting the antenna into the RFID transponder, and further connect with the respective spiral conductive sections. The first and said second half portions characterize the antenna as being a dipole type, and adding an optional loop section connecting the straight conductive sections can further characterize it as being of a folded dipole type. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033581 | REMOVABLE MEDIA SPINDLE AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTER - A removable spindle for use in a thermal transfer printer houses dual RFID reader antennas that are used to read an RFID tag attached to the core of the print media. The information provided by the RFID tag enables the printer to self-calibrate based on the type of media loaded. The antenna design eliminates “null” areas at which the tag cannot be read, and enables the tag to be read around and across the entire length of the printer spindle. The design also allows the media holder to be easily removed from the printer. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033582 | RFID tags and antennas and methods of their manufacture - Methods are disclosed for manufacturing RFID tags and antennas for RFID tags. The methods described herein facilitate registration of the chip of the RFID tag with its antenna during chip placement. RFID tags and antennas are also disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033583 | SUBMINIATURE INTERNAL ANTENNA - Disclosed herein is a subminiature internal antenna, which exhibits a multi-band characteristic. The internal antenna includes a radiator electrically coupled at one end thereof to a feed element of a communication device and formed in a spiral shape as a whole. The radiator is disposed in such a manner as to extend at the other end thereof outwardly from the spiral shape. According to the present invention, the electromagnetic coupling is achieved in the radiator of the internal antenna and the other end of the radiator is disposed outwardly from the spiral shape so that the radiation interference is reduced to thereby obtain the multi-band characteristic. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033584 | TWO-BRANCH BROADBAND ANTENNA - A broadband antenna is capable of generating an upper resonant mode (at about 700 MHz) from a first radiating arm and a lower resonant mode (at about 500 MHz) from a second radiating arm. The first and second radiating arms are bent at least one time. An open end of the second radiating arm is extended toward an open end of the first radiating arm with a predefined distance there between. The predefined distance can be adjusted to improve the impedance matching of lower resonant mode, which can be further combined with the upper resonant mode to achieve a broad bandwidth covering the complete spectrum of digital TV channels (470-862 MHz). | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033585 | LAYING APPARATUS, CONTACT-MAKING APPARATUS, MOVEMENT SYSTEM, LAYING AND CONTACT-MAKING UNIT, PRODUCTION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION AND A TRANSPONDER UNIT - The invention relates to a laying device which is used to lay wire windings on transponder units, wherein the wire is guided in an axial manner in the laying device, a contacting device is used place the wires in contact with an automatic thermal clamping arrangement, an advancing system is used to advance machining devices by means of a piezo-leg-motor, a production system is used to produce transponder units in a console structural manner. The invention also relates to a method for the production of transponder units with horizontal ultrasonic introduction and a transponder unit wherein the wire ends engage directly on the ends of the connection surfaces of the chip. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033586 | NEGATIVE PEMEABILITY OR NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY META MATERIAL AND SURFACE WAVE WAVEGUIDE - Each of unit cells constituting a negative permeability medium includes a metal patch formed on a surface of a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate has a rear surface having a ground conductor formed on its entire surface. A positive permeability medium is an existing micro strip line and each of unit cells has a two-dimensional structure having a metal strip connected in four directions. The dielectric substrate has a rear surface having a ground conductor formed on its entire surface. The negative permeability medium is arranged at the left side adjacent to the positive permeability medium formed by unit cells arranged at the right side so that the media oppose to each other. A waveguide formed by the positive/negative permittivity medium or the positive/negative permeability medium of the meta material for propagation of a surface wave is formed at the boundary of the two media. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033587 | DISPLAY - Various embodiments and methods relating to driving a stacked arrangement of display panels are disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033588 | SYSTEM, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033589 | Image Display Device - An increase in the circuit size of a drive circuit that accompanies multi-gradation is reduced. Herein, VI | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033590 | Liquid crystal display with polarity reversion circuit and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display includes one or more data drivers for outputting data signals, a processor, and at least two control units, each of which controls polarities of data signals of selected data drivers. The processor processes the data signals of the data drivers, and sends control signals to the control units. The control units control polarities of selected data signals to balance summing positive polarities and summing negative polarities of the data signals. A related method for driving the liquid crystal display is also provided. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033591 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display which is installed in a work vehicle provided by the present invention includes a luminance adjusting section which can manually adjust luminance of a backlight in a liquid crystal panel, setting means which sets a luminance adjustable range by means of the luminance adjusting section, and measuring means which measures total operating time of the work vehicle, wherein the setting means has a first storage section which stores a predetermined luminance adjusting range for each operating time of the backlight therein, uses the total operating time measured by the measuring means as the substantial operating time, reads the luminance adjusting range corresponding to the operating time from the first storage section, and sets the read adjusting range as the luminance adjustable range in the luminance adjusting section so that an operator can arbitrarily adjust the luminance of the backlight. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033592 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A plasma display device including a scan circuit, a plasma display panel, and a plurality of power sources for driving the plasma display panel. The scan circuit is configured to apply scan voltages to scan electrodes of the plasma display panel in order to select light-emitting cells and non-light-emitting cells during an address period. The scan circuit includes a capacitor configured to remove the need to provide a current cut-off switch to prevent undesirable current flowing between the power supplies during the operation of the plasma display. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033593 | Driving method of plasma display panel and plasma display apparatus - A plasma display apparatus can operate only the display operations requiring control for suppressing a temperature of a panel tube surface. In the plasma display apparatus, display load factors of display image data at each of a plurality of regions on a plasma display panel are detected by an individual-region display load factor detecting means | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033594 | PLASMA DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A plasma display device including first electrodes and second electrodes extending in one direction is disclosed. A first reset waveform is applied to the first electrodes and the second electrodes during a reset period of a first subfield, and a second reset waveform is applied to the first electrodes and the second electrodes during a reset period of a second subfield. A voltage at the second electrodes is gradually decreased from a second voltage to a third voltage while a first voltage is applied to the first electrodes during a preset period just before the reset period of the second subfield. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033595 | Flat panel display module - A flat panel display module includes a display panel, a chassis configured to support the display panel and having a chassis base and a first extending portion, the first extending portion being parallel to the display panel and extending away from the chassis base, the first extending portion including a seating portion having a predetermined depth, and a circuit board configured to drive the display panel, at least one part of the circuit board being mounted on the seating portion of the first extending portion. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033596 | Display device - Example embodiments relate to a display device having first and second substrates arranged opposite to each other, a semiconductor device on the first substrate, an organic light emitting element on the first substrate and an optical unit between the organic light emitting element and the second substrate. The display device may be configured to adjust angle viewing modes, e.g., a narrow angle viewing mode and a wide angle viewing mode, by selectively applying a voltage to the organic light emitting element and the optical unit. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033597 | LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light emitting display and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting display includes a substrate, a plurality of first and second signal lines that cross each other on the substrate, a plurality of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) coupled between the first signal lines and the second signal lines, a power source supply line for supplying a power source voltage to the OLEDs, and a plurality of inspection signal lines coupled to at least one of the first signal lines or the second signal lines. At least one of the inspection signal lines is discontinuous at a region overlapping the power source supply line and ends of the discontinuous inspection signal line at the region overlapping the power source supply line are coupled to each other through a conductive region under the inspection signal line. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033598 | Organic light emitting display - Disclosed is an OLED in which separation regions of spacers in odd and even rows are formed so that a fine metal mask (FMM) between light emission layers may move without being caught in the spacers. The OLED includes even and odd spacers protruding upwardly between light emission layers and are separated by separation regions. The separation regions of each row of spacers is aligned with spacers of adjacent rows and are not aligned with the separation regions of the adjacent rows. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033599 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An active matrix display apparatus comprising two-dimensional arranged pixel circuits each including a display element connected with a signal line for supplying a current thereto and a scanning line, and further including a drive transistor and a capacitor, one terminal thereof being connected to a control terminal of the drive transistor, wherein a first main conductive terminal of the drive transistor and the other terminal of the capacitor are connected to a lighting power source for supplying a current to the display element, and wherein at the current writing operation, the current supplied to the signal line is conducted to the drive transistor and at the lighting operation, the conductive current is injected into the display element so that before completion of the write operation, a voltage drop by a predetermined value is started to the voltage of the lighting power source and is kept continued for a predetermined period. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033600 | Light Emitting Device and Method of Driving the Light Emitting Device - A light emitting device that achieves long life, and which is capable of performing high duty drive, by suppressing initial light emitting element deterioration is provided. Reverse bias application to an EL element ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033601 | Organic light emitting display and its driving method - An organic light emitting display and its driving method includes: a pixel unit divided into a first display region and a second display region; a light emitting control driver outputting in parallel a plurality of light emitting control signals through a plurality of light emitting control lines; a switch unit including a plurality of switches each respectively coupled to one of the plurality of light emitting control lines to switch the transfers of the light emitting control signals to each have a turn-on period and a turn-off period within a period of one frame; and a luminance controller controlling the switching time of the switch unit using image signals and setting the number of switchings of the plurality of light emitting control lines coupled to the first display region differently from that of the plurality of light emitting control lines coupled to the second display region. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033602 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting display for improving an aperture ratio and increasing lifespan includes an organic light-emitting display panel in which pixel cells are formed, a gray-scale converter configured to convert a gray-scale of a pixel data signal by multiplying the pixel data signal which drives the pixel cells by a scale parameter, and a scale parameter generator configured to generate the scale parameter, wherein the scale parameter generator generates a scale parameter of a present frame by increasing or decreasing a scale parameter of a previous frame in proportion to a current difference obtained by subtracting a reference current value from a total current value of the pixel data signal which is gray-scale converted from the previous frame. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033603 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus has several light emitting elements and several lenses. The light emitting elements generate light of a first and second part of a frame respectively during a first and second period. The lenses pass through by the light from the light emitting elements, and operate to form images of the first and second part of the frame at a first and second location during the first and second period, respectively. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033604 | Hybrid Display - In one embodiment, a hybrid display that may include a first light emitter of a first type and a second light emitter of a second type that define first and second addressable subpixels of a hybrid pixel. The first and second light emitters may be coupled to a support and provided with drive means for emitting light. The hybrid subpixels may be arranged in a variety of formats to provide a desired emission of light from the hybrid pixel. The support may be flexible to provide a flexible hybrid display. A dummy subpixel may be provided for spacing or to allow for transmission of light from another light emitter and light guides may be provided for guiding light to the dummy subpixel. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033605 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - In a displays system provided with a large-sized display apparatus and a pedestal for supporting the display apparatus, a space of the pedestal is effectively used while preventing a fall of the pedestal effectively. The display system has a display apparatus and a pedestal for supporting the display apparatus. Further, a plurality of electronic equipment (such as scanner apparatus, a printer, not-shown control apparatus) are disposed so as to be drawable frontward with respect to the pedestal. In addition, the display system includes a restriction mechanism for restricting, when at least one of the electronic equipment is drawn out frontward, so that at least one of other electronic equipment can not be drawn out frontward. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033606 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display includes pixels, driver circuits, and a control circuit. The control circuit sets, in a one-frame period, a first period and a second period shorter than the one-fame period and partly overlapping the first period. The control circuit controls the driver circuits, causing them to write non-video signals for the pixels in the first period, to write video signals for the driver circuits in the second period, and to write the non-video signals and the video signals alternately in units of one or more horizontal periods in a part of the first period, which overlaps the second period, and to output the non-video signals and the video signals alternately in units of one or more horizontal periods in a part of the first period, which does not overlap the second period, and to write the non-video signals in a period for writing non-video signals. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033607 | Optical display system and method, active and passive dithering using birefringence, color image superpositioning and display enhancement with phase coordinated polarization switching - A display apparatus includes a passive display, a light source, and a video signal input, in operation in response to a video signal the passive display modulates light from the light source to provide an image, and the intensity of the light source is controlled by the video signal. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033608 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a first display substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of data lines disposed parallel with each other and that cross a center portion of the pixel electrodes, a plurality of gate lines that cross the data lines, and a plurality of driving thin film transistors connected with the data lines, the gate lines and the pixel electrodes; a second display substrate disposed opposite to the first display substrate having a common electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display substrate and the second display substrate; wherein one of the data lines supplies a data voltage to the pixel electrodes crossed by the one of the data lines and to the pixel electrodes crossed by the adjacent one of the data lines alternately along a longitudinal direction of the data lines. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033609 | Display Device - The present invention provides a technique which can prevent the disconnection of lines in the vicinity of terminal portions formed on an end portion of a TFT substrate of a liquid crystal display panel. Terminal portions for supplying electric signals to scanning lines are formed on a TFT substrate. Auxiliary lines and connection lines are formed between the terminal portions and the scanning lines in order from the terminal portions. A line width of the auxiliary line is set to 20 μm or more and the auxiliary lines extend to a region where the TFT substrate is covered with the color filter substrate. Although the connection lines connect the auxiliary lines and the scanning lines, for making the resistances from the terminal portions uniform, a line width of the connection line at a center portion of a flexible printed circuit board is set to a small value and a line width of the connection line at a peripheral portion of the flexible printed circuit board is set to a large value. At the center portion of the flexible printed circuit board, the line width of the connection line is set smaller than a line width of the auxiliary line. Due to such a constitution, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of the disconnection in the vicinity of the terminal portions attributed to a glass debris or the like. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033610 | LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, DISPLAY USING THE LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY - A light emission device includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines on the substrate, a plurality of column lines on the substrate, and a plurality of light emission pixels at crossings between the scan lines and the column lines. Corresponding pixels of the plurality of light emission pixels connected to a common scan light are classified into at least first and second groups, and a timing of a first period for which a first light emission data signal is transmitted to the first light emission pixels is different from a timing of a second period for which a second light emission data signal is transmitted to the second light emission pixels. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033611 | DISPLAY DEVICE, INSTRUMENT PANEL, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes an illuminator; a display panel for performing displaying by using light which is emitted from the illuminator; and a control circuit for controlling the illuminator. The illuminator includes a plurality of light source blocks, at least one light source belonging to each of the plurality of light source blocks. A displaying region of the display panel has a plurality of regions each performing displaying by using light which is emitted from a respective one of the light source blocks. The control circuit detects a level of a display signal which is input to each of the plurality of regions, and is capable of controlling a luminance of the respective light source block in accordance with the detected level of the display signal. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033612 | CORRECTION OF TEMPERATURE INDUCED COLOR DRIFT IN SOLID STATE LIGHTING DISPLAYS - Methods of controlling a display including a backlight unit having a plurality of solid state light emitting devices are disclosed. The methods include receiving a target color point for the display, measuring a temperature associated with the display, generating a compensated target color point in response to the measured temperature, and setting a color point of the backlight unit to produce the compensated target color point. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033613 | Liquid crystal display - In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display assembly comprises a liquid crystal module, a backlight assembly comprising an array of light emitting diodes, a detector to detect an optical output of at least one light emitting diode, and a controller coupled to the detector wherein the controller comprises logic to record in a memory location a first output value from the detector at a first point in time for a plurality of light emitting diodes in the array of light emitting diodes, measure a second output value from the detector at a second point in time for the plurality of light emitting diodes in the array of light emitting diodes, and adjust at least one input value to the plurality of light emitting diodes based on a relationship between the first output value and the second output value. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033614 | Body scales with RGB backlit display panel - Body scales include an LCD display panel for displaying information such as body weight and body fat of a user standing upon the scales, and LED backlighting behind the display panel having variable multicoloured output dependent upon reference meanings of that information. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033615 | LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, DISPLAY USING THE LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY - A light emission device, a display using the light emission device, and a method of driving the light emission device are provided. The light emission device includes a plurality of scan lines for transmitting a plurality of scan signals, a plurality of column lines for transmitting a plurality of light emission data signals, a plurality of light emission pixels defined by the scan and column lines, and an anode electrode for receiving an anode voltage. The scan signal is transmitted to the light emission pixels in response to a first scan-on voltage and a first scan-on-time and one of the first scan-on voltage and the first scan-on-time increases when the anode current flowing along the anode electrode is less than a first reference current. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033616 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus and a display method are provided capable of displaying an image in a desirably adjusted state upon execution of an application program. In the display apparatus, a command for display position is inputted to the touch panel and according to such an input, a determining section determines an application program, and display adjusting section adjusts a display position of an image appearing upon execution of the application program so that the image appears at a desired display position on a liquid crystal panel. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033617 | Haptic User Interface - It is presented a method comprising: generating at least one haptic user interface component using an array of haptic elements; detecting user input applied to at least one haptic element associated with one of said at least one haptic user interface component; and executing software code associated with activation of said one of said at least one user interface component. A corresponding apparatus, computer program product and user interface are also presented. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033618 | Unit, an Assembly and a Method for Controlling in a Dynamic Egocentric Interactive Space - A portable unit for providing instructions for navigation in menus or controlling equipment, the unit having a user interface and a camera pointing in the general direction of the user. The unit tracking relative movements between the unit and the user and converting the relative movement into the instructions. The unit may be used as a remote control for audio or video equipment or computers or the like. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY DEVICE TO REPRODUCE CONTENT IN A PLURALITY OF REPRODUCTION REGIONS ON SCREEN THEREOF - Provided are a method of reproducing content using a universal plug and play (UPnP) device which has a plurality of reproduction regions. According to the method, information regarding reproduction regions is obtained using newly defined actions before a control point calls an action “Play( ).” Then, a reproduction region for a piece of content is designated according to a user's input. Accordingly, the user can simultaneously enjoy a plurality of pieces of content in desired reproduction regions on a screen of a UPnP device. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033620 | Portable Electronic Device and Touch Pad Device for the Same - A portable electronic device includes a casing and a touch pad device. The casing has an opening. The touch pad device is mounted on the casing, and includes a touch pad, a support, a suspending device, and a sensing device. The touch pad is movable and exposed in the opening. The support is mounted on the casing. The suspending device is mounted between the touch pad and the support. The sensing device includes a plurality of sensing elements respectively mounted on the support correspondingly to the perimeter of the touch pad. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033621 | Inertial Sensor-Based Pointing Device With Removable Transceiver - An inertial sensor-based pointing device | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033622 | Smartscope/smartshelf - The SmartScope technology implements perceptual interfaces with a focus on machine vision and establishes a footprint for data collection based on the field of view of the data collecting device. The SmartScope implemented in a retail environment integrates multiple perceptual modalities such as computer vision, speech and sound processing, and haptic (feedback) Input/Output) into the customer's interface. The SmartScope computer vision technology will be used as an effective input modality in human computer interaction (HCI). | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033623 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL INPUT AND SIMULATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a three-dimensional virtual input and simulation apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus comprising a plurality of point light sources, a plurality of optical positioning devices with a visual axis tracking function, and a control analysis procedure. The invention is characterized in that the plurality of optical positioning devices with the visual axis tracking function are provided for measuring and analyzing 3D movements of the plurality of point light sources to achieve the effect of a virtual input and simulator. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033624 | SAFE AND LOW COST COMPUTER PERIPHERALS WITH FORCE FEEDBACK FOR CONSUMER APPLICATIONS - Power management for an interface device that is manipulated by a user and in communication with a host computer and provides forces to the user. The device includes a sensor and an actuator. One embodiment provides first power from the host computer over a serial interface and second power from a power adapter. Another embodiment provides first power from the host computer and second power from a power storage device on the interface device that supplies power to the actuator. Another embodiment provides a power adapter supplying a portion of the first power to the sensor and a portion to the actuator, and a power storage device on the interface device provides second power to the actuator. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033625 | Pointing device for interface with a graphical display - The application discloses a pointing device to interface with a graphical user interface of a computer or other electronic device. As disclosed the pointing device includes a contoured body profile having a forward portion and an aft or tail portion. In embodiments disclosed, the body of the pointing device includes a first body portion and a second body portion. The first and second body portions are rotationally connected via a hinge assembly to fold the device for transport and unfold the device for use. The application also discloses a pointing device having a pocket for removably holding a dongle or other device for transport or storage. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033626 | COMPUTER MOUSE - A pad-free radio-frequency mouse includes an ergonomic design such that the mouse is contoured to a user's hand, a Radio-Frequency mouse transmitter, and a USB Radio-Frequency receiver. With the usual mouse pad removed, the cursor on a monitor can be subtly maneuvered by moving one's thumb or fingers over an optical sensor in the mouse. Practically all functions found in existing mice and new functions can be implemented via five or more buttons provided adjacent the optical sensor. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033627 | External Keyboard - There is described a keyboard including user-operable alpha-numeric keys. One or more identification devices associated with the user-operable keys are included in the keyboard. When placed in proximity to the keyboard, the one or more identification devices selectively communicate with a digital apparatus in response to user-actuation of the user-operable keys. The keyboard comprises a flexible substrate for enabling the keyboard to be folded into a non-deployed inactive state, and unfolded into a deployed active state for communicating with the digital apparatus. When in proximity thereto, the keyboard communicates with the apparatus by way of near-field magnetic and/or electrostatic coupling. The keyboard includes an intermediate resonant circuit for interfacing between the one or more identification devices and the digital apparatus; the resonant circuit includes a component spatially disposed to overlay a first region onto the digital apparatus in use, and to overlay a second region coupled to the one or more identification devices in use for coupling signals therebetween. The keyboard is especially useful for mobile telephones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) for rendering data entry easier. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033628 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR REVEALING FUNCTION ASSIGNMENTS ON FIXED KEYPADS - Methods and computing devices provide the capability of revealing the value or function assigned to particular keys in a keypad or keyboard by an application running on a computing device. A touch or near touch of a key prompts the presentation or display of the value or function presently assigned to the touched or nearly touched key. The key function assignment may be presented in a portion of the display so as to not block other graphics and text in the display. The process for generating a display of the function or value assigned to a touched or nearly touched key may be performed by a keypad protocol receiving key configurations from the application. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033629 | PORTABLE TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND A METHOD OF RECEIVING INPUT - Provided is a portable terminal equipment which can prevent operation keys from being increased and which is capable of reducing the numbers of pushing the operation keys down at the time of input of characters. The portable terminal equipment has a plurality of operation keys ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033630 | HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR CONTENT NAVIGATION BY A USER - This invention relates to a hand-held device ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033631 | Rewritable Electronic Drawing Surface Using Bistable Media - An apparatus having an electronic drawing surface includes a common electrode overlying a least part of the outer surface of a housing, or other object, and a bistable media layer overlying the common electrode. The bistable media layer has at least two stable states and is operable to assume a first stable state in the region of a drawing tool when an electrical voltage difference is generated between the drawing tool and the common electrode. The voltage difference produces an electrical field across a region of the bistable media layer when the drawing tool is in close proximity to the bistable layer. Optionally, an outer surface of a plurality of transparent electrodes overlies the bistable media layer. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033632 | INTEGRATED TOUCH PAD AND PEN-BASED TABLET INPUT SYSTEM - Integrated touch pad and pen-based tablet input devices and systems are described herein. At least some illustrative embodiments include an input device that includes a touch pad that detects when a surface of the touch pad is contacted by a finger of a user (the surface of the touch pad defining a first x-y plane), and a pen-based tablet comprising a sensing array, wherein the sensing array detects when a stylus associated with the sensing array is proximate to the sensing array (the sensing array defining a second x-y plane that is beneath the first x-y plane). The touch pad is mounted above and proximate to the sensing array, such that the sensing array detects when the stylus is proximate to the surface of the touch pad. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033633 | USER INTERFACE FOR A CONTEXT-AWARE LEISURE-ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that provides a user interface for a context-aware recommendation system which can be operated with one hand. The user interface includes a touch-screen display and a list of recommendations presented on the touch-screen display. The user interface further includes a plurality of graphic elements presented on the touch-screen display which allow a user to configure preferences associated with the activities. A layout of the leisure activities and the graphic elements allows the user to hold the touch-screen display and perform operations on the leisure activities and/or the graphic elements with one hand. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033634 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND TOUCH PANEL THEREOF - A handheld electronic apparatus comprises a touch panel, a front cover and a display panel. The front cover has a support portion with a first opening. The touch panel is placed on the support portion and covers the first opening. The touch panel comprises a touch panel body and a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The touch panel body has a first substrate having a notch configured to accommodate one end of the flexible printed circuit connected to the touch panel body. When the touch panel is assembled with the front cover, the flexible printed circuit will not be too-sharply bent due to the notch design. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033635 | Instruments, Touch Sensors for Instruments, and Methods or Making the Same - A touch sensor module for an instrument may comprise a touch sensor panel including a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of sensor regions on the touch sensor panel. Each sensor region has an electric field defined by the electrodes and a ground surrounding the electrodes. A processor may be configured to monitor the electric field and to determine that a sensor region of the touch sensor panel is being touched by a user when the electric field associated with that region is altered. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033636 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE - In a touch panel input device of the invention, in response to an approaching finger, electrostatic capacitance between each of a plurality of sensor electrodes and the finger varies, and the input device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed planarly in spaced relation, and a nonconductive member to be placed on the sensor electrodes. The nonconductive member includes a plurality of first blocks adapted to contact with at least associated central parts of the sensor electrodes, and a plurality of second blocks provided between the first blocks. The second blocks have a lower permittivity than that of the first blocks. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033637 | LIQUID MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE - High-resolution multi-touch sensor and display device where the interaction medium is liquid, enabling more realistic tactile experience for simulations of synthetic wet environments. Based on frustrated total internal reflection, the device employs liquid within a tank as the optical waveguide that receives light, such as infrared light, that undergoes total internal reflection and an imaging camera that detects light that escapes from the tank caused by frustration of the total internal reflection due to contact of the water by a user. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033638 | Image display unit and method of detecting object - An image display unit and a method of detecting an object which are capable of reliably detecting an object with a simple structure irrespective of use conditions are provided. Invisible light is emitted from a screen of a display portion. The invisible light reflected from a target object which comes in contact with or close to the screen is received on the screen. On the basis of the received invisible light, the target object is detected. Thus, the target object can be reliably detected without influence of the display state of the display portion, and influence of use conditions such as surrounding circumstances (the case where it is bright or dark). Moreover, for example, it is not necessary to separately arrange a component such as a touch panel, so the image display unit can be achieved with a simple structure. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033639 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a display control unit and an output unit. The display control unit displays image data of an operation unit including a rotary operation dial, and displays while rotating, according to a designated target volume value, the operation dial from a rotation angle position corresponding to a current volume value to a rotation angle position corresponding to the target volume value based on at least one of a predetermined speed and a predetermined acceleration speed. The output unit outputs a volume value corresponding to the rotation angle position of the operation dial displayed by the display control unit. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033640 | SCROLL WHELL DEVICE FOR COMPUTER MOUSE - A scroll wheel device for computer mouse is disclosed, which comprises: a scroll wheel, having a scraggly structure formed in the interior thereof; and an adjusting unit. In an exemplary embodiment, the scraggly structure can be a sawtooth-like structure patterned on a circumferential area of a hollowed portion formed inside the scroll wheel; and an adjusting unit is further comprised of an adjusting rod and a braking part, in which the braking part, being made of an elastic material, can be an elastic strip; and the adjusting rod is formed with screw thread. Thereby, by rotating the adjusting rod, the braking part is driven to move along the adjusting rod in response to the rotation of screw thread so that the relative position of the braking part with respect to the scraggly structure is changed accordingly and thus the braking mode of the scroll wheel device is changed. Therefore, simply by rotating the adjusting rod, the braking mode of the scroll wheel device can be adjusted for customizing the scroll wheel device to cope with varying preferences of different users. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033641 | SCAN LINE DRIVING CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Each scan line | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033642 | Shift register and liquid crystal display using same - A shift register of the present disclosure comprises a plurality of shift register units using alternating clock signals to shift signals. The shift register outputs signals having substantially no overlap with adjacent signals. The shift register may be employed in a liquid crystal display. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033643 | INTEGRATED DISPLAY MODULE - A display device includes a substrate. At least a portion of a plurality of pixel circuits are disposed over or integrated into a first surface of the substrate, and arranged in a matrix. A control device is disposed over a second surface of the substrate. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033644 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND WIRING ROUTING METHOD - A display device for displaying an image using matrix driving includes: an emission element corresponding to each pixel to be displayed, disposed on L lines, with the scanning direction as lines; a display portion whereby the M lines worth of the emission elements are simultaneously driven; and a connection unit for connecting an on-substrate wiring line extracted from the emission element of the display portion externally; with the connection units including connection terminals for connecting each of the on-substrate wiring lines externally, and at least a part of the connection terminals being arrayed two-dimensionally so as to make up M columns; and with each of the M columns worth of the connection terminals being connected with the on-substrate wiring lines which are thinned out (M−1) wiring lines at a time. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033645 | Display device and operating method of the same - A display device includes: a display control circuit and a memory. The display control circuit drives a display panel. The memory stores setting data for the display panel. The display control circuit reads the setting data from the memory in response to a blanking start signal indicative of a start timing of a blanking interval. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033646 | DISPLAY WITH A LUMINANCE AND COLOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE LUMINANCE OF A DISPLAY - A display includes a display module, a light source, a light source driving circuit, a display driving circuit, and an optical sensor. The optical sensor is installed next to the light source for detecting the luminance and color temperature of the light source. The optical sensor is coupled to the display driving circuit for generating a feedback signal to the display driving circuit according to the luminance and the color temperature of the light source. The display driving circuit drives the display module to display an image according to a received image signal and updates the data of the image signal according to the feedback signal so as to adjust the luminance and the color temperature of the image. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033647 | PLASMA DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - In a plasma display device, a plurality of sustain pulses that alternately have a high level voltage and a low level voltage are applied with an opposite phase to that of first and second electrodes that perform a display operation in a sustain period. A width of the last sustain pulse applied to the second electrode in a first time where an accumulated driving time of a plasma display device exceeds a predetermined time is set to be shorter than a width of the last sustain pulse applied to the second electrode in a second time where the accumulated driving time is smaller than the predetermined time. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033648 | Light film device - A light film apparatus having an illuminated graphics panel with at least two segments that can be individually powered. A controller manages a power which is delivered from a power supply to each of the segments, so that each of the segments is either powered on, powered off or powered to an intermediate level. With the independent control of power to the different segments, it is possible to create a three-dimensional appearance of a moving image from a generally two-dimensional panel arrangement. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033649 | Signal line driving circuit, light emitting device, and method for driving the same - Variation occurs in transistor characteristics. The present invention relates to a signal line driver circuit comprising: a plurality of current source circuits corresponding to a plurality of wirings; and a shift register, characterized in that: the plurality of current source circuits each comprise capacitor means for converting a supplied current to a voltage in accordance with a sampling pulse supplied from the shift register and supply means for supplying a current corresponding to the converted voltage. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033650 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS TIMING CONTROLLER - Video processing method, a video display device and its timing controller can support video signals having different types of resolutions from ones set in advance without a special circuit identifying the resolution. Timing controller of video display device generates a first horizontal reference signal (HRST_start) indicating start of an active period of a data enable signal and a second horizontal reference signal (HRST_end) indicating end of the active period from an input video signal. Next, timing controller generates control signals (HSP, STB, POL, VCK, and VOE) based on the number of clocks from the rise of the first and second horizontal reference signals (HRST_start and HRST_end) and on signal generation timing values (α, A to D) predetermined for each control signal supplied to drivers. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033651 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device having frame display duration of X, including: emission elements corresponding to each pixel to be displayed, disposed on L lines, with the scanning direction as lines; a scanning driving unit scanning and driving the emission elements; M data signal driving units driving the emission elements to display an image; and a control unit supplying data signals corresponding to an image to the M data signal driving units, and controlling the scanning driving unit; wherein N is an integer satisfying 0≦N| 2009-02-05 | |
| 20090033652 | Display device and method of driving the same - A display device includes a display portion formed by disposing pixels in matrix, in which the pixel includes: a light emitting element; a signal level holding capacitor; a writing transistor for receiving a write signal from the vertical drive circuit, and being turned ON/OFF by the write signal, thereby setting a voltage across the terminals of the signal level holding capacitor at a signal level on a signal line; and a driving transistor for driving the light emitting device; and the vertical drive circuit sets a signal level of the write signal for an entire or partial time period of a time period for which the drive for the light emitting device is not influenced in a non-emission time period for which light emission of the light emitting device is stopped at a signal level of the write signal on a shorter time period side in other time periods. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033653 | Adaptive Sub-Sampling for Reduction in Issued Rays - According to one embodiment of the invention, by increasing the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels with colors of high contrast while maintaining the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which do not have colors of high contrast, a ray tracing image processing system may render an anti-aliased image while minimizing the increase in workload experienced by the image processing system. Additionally, according to another embodiment of the invention, by maintaining the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which have colors of low contrast while increasing the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which do not have colors of low contrast, the image processing system may reduce workload experienced while performing ray tracing while maintaining the quality of the rendered image. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033654 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALLY REPRESENTING AN OBJECT TO A USER - A first two-dimensional geometric representation of a first moving object from a received first image is determined. A first visual indication to render the first two-dimensional geometric representation of the first moving object in a three-dimensional space is obtained. The first moving object is visually rendered in the three-dimensional space to a user according to the first two-dimensional geometric representation. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033655 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSE ESTIMATION - A system and method for identifying objects using a machine-vision based system are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method that captures a first image of at least one object with an image capture device, processes the first captured image to find an object region based on a reference two-dimensional model and determines a three-dimensional pose estimation based on a reference three-dimensional model that corresponds to the reference two-dimensional model and a runtime three-dimensional representation of the object region where a point-to-point relationship between the reference three-dimensional models of the object and the runtime three-dimensional representation of the object region is not necessarily previously known. Thus, two-dimensional information or data is used to segment an image and three-dimensional information or data used to perform three-dimensional pose estimation on a segment of the image. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033656 | DATABASE DRIVEN RELATIONAL OBJECT MODELING AND DESIGN SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE - The systems, methods, and software of the present invention relate to a database drive relational object modeling and design platform, which addresses the need for a system that allows the design and modification of complex three dimensional objects while doing so in a manner that reduces the requirements for computing power, user training, and man-hours input for design completion. In preferred embodiments, the systems, methods, and software of the present invention provide for a complete end-to-end package that can be used from design initiation to final production, fabrication, and assembly of the designed object. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033657 | Sliding Texture Volume Rendering - Subsets of volume data are sequentially stored for volume rendering from two dimensional textures. For example, pairs of adjacent two-dimensional images are loaded into RAM or cache. Strips of texture data are interpolated for polygons extending between the two-dimensional images. The strips or polygons are more orthogonal to a viewing direction than the two-dimensional images. After interpolating texture data from the two-dimensional images for a plurality of non-coplanar polygons, the texture data is rendered. The rendered information represents one portion of the three dimensional representation. Other portions are rendered by repeating the process for other pairs or subset groups of adjacent two-dimensional images. A lower cost apparatus, such as a programmed computer or a GPU with a limited amount of memory, is able to render images for three dimensional representations of very large three-dimensional arrays. The images may be rendered without copying volume data for different main axes. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033658 | COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY USING CONTROL GEOMETRY HAVING AT LEAST TWO DIMENSIONS - A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for designing geometric objects. The present invention interpolates and/or blends between such geometric objects sufficiently fast so that real time deformation of such objects occurs while deformation data is being input. Thus, a user designing with the present invention obtains immediate feedback to input modifications without separately entering a command for performing such deformations. The present invention utilizes novel computational techniques for blending between geometric objects, wherein weighted sums of points on the geometric objects are used in deriving a new blended geometric object. The present invention is particularly useful for designing the shape of surfaces. Thus, the present invention is applicable to various design domains such as the design of, e.g., bottles, vehicles, and watercraft. Additionally, the present invention provides for efficient animation via repeatedly modifying surfaces of an animated object such as a representation of a face. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033659 | Real-time luminosity dependent subdivision - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving geometry data corresponding to a plurality of polygons of a scene, calculating a luminosity metric for each polygon, and subdividing a polygon into multiple polygons if the luminosity metric is greater than a threshold level. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033660 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TEXTURE MAPPING - The invention provides texture mapping techniques that facilitate interactive painting of a three-dimensional virtual surface by a user in object space, without requiring global parameterization. The texture mapping techniques feature rendering texture for a given virtual object using a plurality of composite textures, each formed by blending collapsible texture layers. Texture coordinates in texture space are derived using information determined at the time of surface mesh generation. The invention features dynamic texture allocation and deallocation, allowing a user to interactively modify the shape of a painted, three-dimensional model. Finally, the invention features an architecture for combined graphical rendering and haptic rendering of a virtual object, allowing a user to experience force feedback during the painting of the object in object space. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033661 | Spatially-Varying Convolutions for Rendering Soft Shadow Effects - Soft shadows may include areas that are less clear (more blurry) than other regions. For instance, an area of shadow that is closer to the shadow caster may be clearer than a region that is farther from the shadow caster. When generating a soft shadow, the total amount of light reaching each point on the shadow receiving surface is calculated according to a spatially-varying convolution kernel of the occluder's transparency information. Ray-tracing, traditionally used to determine a spatially varying convolution, can be very CPU intensive. Instead of using ray-tracing, data structures, such as MIP-maps and summed-area tables, or separable linear filters may be used to compute the spatially-varying convolution. For example, a two-dimensional convolution may be computed as two spatially-varying, separable, linear convolution filters—one computing a horizontal component and the other a vertical component of the final 2D convolution. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033662 | MULTIPLE ARTISTIC LOOK RENDERING METHODS AND APPARATUS - A computer system comprises a memory configured to store a geometric description of an object, wherein the memory is configured to store a first set of parameters associated with a first artistic look, and wherein the memory is configured to store a second set of parameters associated with a second artistic look, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to determine a first set of rendered data in response to the first set of parameters and to the geometric description of the object, wherein the processor is configured to determine a second set of rendered data in response to the second set of parameters and to the geometric description of the object, and wherein the processor is configured to determine a visual representation for the object in response to the first set of rendered data and in response to the second set of rendered data. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033663 | Surface shading of computer-generated object using multiple surfaces - Objects are modeled and rendered using multiple surfaces to provide attributes used in rendering. In some embodiments, a reference surface for an object is defined, e.g., using conventional modeling techniques. One or more auxiliary surfaces are associated with portions of the reference surface. Some of the surface attributes (e.g., color, surface normal, texture, lighting) are associated with the reference surface, while other attributes (e.g., transparency) are associated with the cards. To render an image, a ray associated with a pixel is traced to its intersection with the reference surface and to its intersection with one of the auxiliary surfaces. The attributes associated with the reference surface are determined based on the intersection point of the ray with the reference surface, and the attributes associated with the auxiliary surface are determined based on the intersection point of the ray with the auxiliary surface. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090033664 | Generating a visualization to show mining results produced from selected data items and attribute(s) in a selected focus area and other portions of a data set - To visualize and analyze data, selection of at least one focus area in a visualization of a data set is received. Based on characteristics of the selected at least one focus area, using at least one analytic technique to mine relationships between data items and at least one attribute in the selected at least one focus area and data items and at least one attribute in remaining portions of the data set. At least one visual representation is generated to show mining results produced from selected data items and one or more attributes in the selected at least one focus area and the remaining portions of the data set, where the generated visual representation is composed to have an order and layout to represent the mined results. | 2009-02-05 |
