| 10th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
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| 20090058790 | Shift register and liquid crystal display using same - The present invention relates to a shift register and a liquid crystal display using the same. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a data driving circuit and a scanning driving circuit. The data driving circuit and the scanning driving circuit each include a shift register. The shift register includes a plurality of shift register units. Two adjacent shift register units respectively receive two inverse clock signals and a VGL signal. Each shift register unit includes a signal output circuit, a signal input circuit, a first logic converting circuit, and a second logic converting circuit. The present shift register and a liquid crystal display have simple structure. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058791 | Apparatus for and method of controlling digital image processing apparatus - An apparatus for and method of controlling a digital image processing device in order to reduce power consumption by automatically recognizing a state in which power of a display device can be turned off or the display device can operate in a power saving mode, and in that case, turning off the display device or operating the display device in the power saving mode. The apparatus for controlling a digital image processing device includes: a motion sensing unit sensing a motion of the digital image processing device; and a control unit operating the digital image processing device in a power saving mode when it is determined that the digital image processing device moves. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058792 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LOCALIZED DIMMING METHOD THEREOF - A backlight unit of a liquid crystal display device supplies light to one or more corresponding pixels of a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight unit includes a plurality of blocks formed into a matrix shape. Each block includes a light emitting diode module. The blocks in a row of the matrix are driven by a same row driving signal and the blocks in a column of the matrix are driven by a same column driving signal, to adjust luminance of the light supplied to the corresponding pixels. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058793 | BACKLIGHT UNIT FOR SYNCHRONIZATION WITH AN IMAGE SIGNAL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A backlight unit for synchronization with an image signal for a liquid crystal display (LCD), which can synchronize frequencies of a lamp driving signal and a lamp brightness signal with frequencies of a horizontal synchronization signal and a vertical synchronization signal, which are image signals used in an LCD panel. The backlight unit includes a synchronization part generating a first synchronized signal synchronized with a horizontal synchronization signal having a preset frequency, and a second synchronized signal synchronized with a vertical synchronization signal having a frequency different from the frequency of the horizontal synchronization signal, and a signal generation part generating a lamp driving signal for driving a lamp according to the first synchronized signal and a lamp brightness signal for controlling brightness of the lamp according to the second synchronized signal. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058794 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH IMPROVED DISPLAY LUMINANCE - A liquid crystal display device has: a liquid crystal display unit including a plurality of common electrodes to be sequentially applied with a drive voltage and segment electrodes for segment display, facing each common electrode, and a plurality of display areas divided for one or more common electrodes; a backlight including a multicolor light source provided for each display area; and a drive unit for performing field sequential driving of multiplex driving by scanning the plurality of common electrodes in such a manner that after all common electrodes in one display area are scanned, common electrodes in the next display area start being scanned, and by synchronizing scanning each common electrode with an emission operation of the multicolor light source in each display area. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058795 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An electronic device, such as personal computer, incorporating a liquid crystal panel which uses LEDs as an illuminating light source for a liquid crystal panel to reduce power consumption and size of the electronic device. When 3-color LED lamps | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058796 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device having superior moving-image display characteristics are provided. In the liquid crystal display device, the timing of application of grayscale voltage to liquid crystal cells at the top end of its screen with respect to the timing of application of grayscale voltage to liquid crystal cells in the center of the screen and the timing of application of grayscale voltage to liquid crystal cells at the bottom end of the screen with respect to the timing of application of grayscale voltage to the liquid crystal cells in the center of the screen are made approximately coincident with each other or are deviated from each other by approximately one scanning-line selection period, and a liquid crystal panel is illuminated by a backlight which is intermittently lit in synchronism with vertical synchronizing signals. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058797 | Electrophoresis Display Device, Electrophoresis Display Device Driving Method, and Electronic Apparatus - The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, a method for driving an electrophoresis display device that has a pair of substrates that sandwich an electrophoresis element that contains, without any limitation thereto, a plurality of electrophoresis particles and further has a displaying section that is made up of a plurality of pixels. The driving method of the electrophoresis display device according to an aspect of the invention includes: an image-erasing step in which an old image displayed on the displaying section of the electrophoresis display device is erased. The image-erasing step of the driving method of the electrophoresis display device according to an aspect of the invention further includes a first image-erasing sub step of displaying a first gradation in each of the pixels of a first area and displaying a second gradation in each of the pixels of a second area, where the pixels are grouped into the first area and the second area arrayed adjacent to each other in the displaying section of the electrophoresis display device, the first area being made up of either a single pixel or plural pixels, the second areas being also made up of either a single pixel or plural pixels; and a second image-erasing sub step of displaying the second gradation in each of the pixels of the first area and displaying the first gradation in each of the pixels of the second area. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058798 | METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a method for driving an electrophoresis display device equipped with a plurality of pixel electrodes, each of the pixel electrode being provided for every pixel, a common electrode provided to oppose the plurality of pixel electrodes, and an electrophoresis element containing electrophoresis particles, the electrophoresis element being sandwiched by the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode. The method for driving an electrophoresis display device includes driving the electrophoresis element and updating a display by a common voltage swing drive method in which a rectangular wave in which a first potential and a second potential are repeated is applied to the common electrode for not less than one cycle during a display update time in which the first potential or the second potential for moving the electrophoresis particles is applied to each of the pixel electrodes. A frequency of the rectangular wave is not less than 20 Hz. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058799 | INTERACTIVE POINTING DEVICE - An interactive pointing device having pointing function in space and game control is provided in the present invention. The interactive pointing device comprises an accelerometer module and a gyroscope device. The accelerometer module functions as sensing the movement of the operator and generates at least one axis of accelerating signal corresponding to the sensed movement. The gyroscope device disposed on a turning mechanism functions as sensing rotation status of the interactive pointing device about at least one axis and generate a corresponding rotating signal. The turning mechanism can be operated to adjust the axis of the gyroscope device so that the gyroscope device is capable of sensing rotation status about different axes. The at least one accelerating signal and the rotating signal are then processed for controlling cursor movement of the electrical device and interacting with multimedia gaming programs. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058800 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a position detecting section configured to detect a position of a hand from an input image of the hand, a memory section configured to store data of the position of the hand detected by the position detecting section, a rotation judging section configured to judge, assuming that records of the data of the position of the hand stored in the memory section show a rotary movement, that a latest position of the hand falls in an angle range predicted for the rotary movement, and an executing section configured to, when the rotation judging section judges that the latest position of the hand falls in the angle range, obtain a rotational angle at the latest position of the hand and also execute a process that corresponds to a predetermined rotary movement of the hand. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058801 | FLUID MOTION USER INTERFACE CONTROL - A fluid motion user interface control is disclosed. According to an example of the disclosure, a processor receives a signal indicating a unit of motion applied to an input device, determines a distance to move a cursor based on the unit of motion, and displays a movement of the cursor over the distance in two or more stages. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058802 | INPUT DEVICE - An embodiment of a system for controlling a graphical user interface of a device includes a tiltable member, an electrically conductive member, a substrate, a drive circuit, a switch, and signal logic. The tiltable member is configured for tilting by a user. The electrically conductive member is configured to move in response to the tilting. The substrate is spaced apart from the electrically conductive member by a gap and has mutually isolated sense electrodes disposed thereon. The drive circuit provides an electrical drive signal to the electrically conductive member. The switch is centrally located between the sense electrodes, wherein the tiltable member is connected to the switch to enable actuation of the switch in response to tilting of the tiltable member. The signal logic translates capacitance measurements and actuations of the switch into a signal that is indicative of an input function in a graphical user interface. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058803 | POINTING AND CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A pointing and control device for a computer system, the device having a body that can be maneuvered by a user; and an inertial sensor fixed to the body for supplying first signals correlated to the orientation of the body with respect to a gravitational field acting on the inertial sensor. The device moreover includes a magnetometer fixed to the body for supplying second signals correlated to the orientation of the body with respect to the Earth's magnetic field acting on the magnetometer and processing modules for determining an orientation of the body in an absolute reference system, fixed with respect to the Earth's magnetic field and gravitational field on the basis of the first signals and second signals. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058804 | Information processing apparatus, kvm switch, server, and computer readable medium - An information processing apparatus comprises an inputting portion, a detecting portion, and an outputting portion. The inputting portion inputs operation data from an operating member. The detecting portion detects a single piece of or a plurality pieces of operation data such that an amount of movement of a cursor of the information processing apparatus and an amount of movement of a cursor of a server coincide with each other, based on a corresponding relationship between the operation data, the amount of movement of the cursor of the information processing apparatus displayed on a screen of the information processing apparatus, and the amount of movement of the cursor of the server displayed on a window provided in the screen of the information processing apparatus, and the operation data input by the inputting portion. The outputting portion outputs the single piece of or the plurality pieces of operation data to the server. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058805 | Presentation system and method for making a presentation - Methods and systems are provided for making a more effective presentation to an audience. A method comprises displaying the presentation on a first display screen oriented for viewing by a presenter while facing the audience while also displaying the presentation on a second display screen (or several display screens) oriented for viewing by the audience. The presenter highlights certain aspects of the presentation by using a laser pointer directed at the first display screen which can be done while the presenter faces the audience and without having to turn away from the audience. An image representing the laser light (and any movement thereof) is displayed at a corresponding relative position on the second display screen (or several display screens) for viewing by the audience in conjunction with the presentation. A presentation system is provided with a laser sensitive presenter screen to detect the laser light which is processed and caused to be displayed to the audience on the presentation screen in conjunction with the presentation. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058806 | Processing cursor movements in a graphical user interface of a multimedia application - A method for processing a selected item in a GUI of a multimedia application is provided. The method includes receiving a hot key input that specifies a function that is to be applied to the selected item and displaying a set of control guidelines associated with the hot key input. The set of control guidelines indicates cursor movement inputs needed to specify particular aspects of the function. A method for transforming a received cursor movement in a first coordinate system to a transformed cursor movement in a second coordinate system is provided. The received cursor movement specifies a particular manner (e.g., aspect and extent) of a function to be applied to an item in a workspace of a multimedia application. The first coordinate system displays a particular view of the workspace. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058807 | MOUSE POINTER FUNCTION EXECUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN PORTABLE TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH CAMERA - An apparatus and a method for executing a mouse pointer function in a portable terminal equipped with a camera are disclosed. The method includes: capturing an external image signal by a camera module; sampling the external image signal and converting a sampled image signal into image data; mapping a group of pixels of the image data generated by the sampling to a group of pixels of an image sensor for each unit pixel on a one-to-one basis; detecting coordinate values of image data including a point light source in the group of the mapped pixels; determining if a point light source is actually included in the detected coordinate values of the image data; and displaying the detected coordinate values of the image data determined to include the point light source on a screen. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058808 | Computer mouse device - A mouse device includes a main body and a cover. The main body includes a roller wheel, a left key and a right key, wherein the roller wheel is sandwiched between the left key and the right key. The cover includes a right key cover and a left key cover to define an opening between thereof, wherein the right key cover and the left key cover are separately pivotally connected to the main body. When the cover lies against a top surface of the main body, the right key cover lies against the right key, the left key cover lies against the left key, and the opening exposes the roller wheel. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058809 | REDUCED KEY ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A keyboard for a mobile communication device includes a first set of alphanumeric keys that is arranged in a two column by three row array. In a first example, the key arrangement includes vowels and consonants in the two by three array, with function keys positioned in a row that is different from the first set of keys. In another example, the key arrangement includes consonants in the first set of keys and vowels in a second set of keys, with the first set of keys including a two by three array of keys and the second set of keys being positioned in a row other than the rows of the two by three array of keys. The keys may be toggle keys. The characters may be input via multi-tapping the keys, word completion, and/or other known text entry techniques. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058810 | INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In a keyboard displayed on a display, a desired character or symbol is efficiently input. A string field section, a key section, and an option section are displayed on a rear LCD, or the like, of a digital camera. A neutral key is provided in the option section. When a cursor is moved from the option section to the key section, operation means is operated with the cursor being situated at the neutral key, whereby the cursor is moved to the key section. After a character or a symbol has been selected by the option section, the cursor is automatically return to the neutral key. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058811 | PRESS-KEY STRUCTURE - A press-key structure is disclosed, which comprises: a keycap; a scissors-type supporting part; a substrate; and an elastic part. In an exemplary embodiment, the scissors-type supporting part is configured with a first and a second pivot axes; the press-key structure further comprises a first clasp part formed with a guiding ramp, a second clasp part formed as an inversed L-shaped structure, and at least a guiding block formed with a ramp, all being disposed on the substrate in a manner that the ramp of the at least one guiding block is configured to lean toward the second clasp part, while connecting the first and the second pivot axes respectively to the first clasp part and the second clasp part for enabling the keycap to move up and down relative to the substrate. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058812 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE CONSTRUCTION USING FRONT PANELED ASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS THEREOF - A computing device includes a processor, a display component, a keypad assembly and a panel. The display component includes a display area that is pressure-sensitive to detect user-contact with the device over the display area. The display component is coupled to signal the processor when contact is detected. The keypad assembly includes a plurality of key structures. Each of the key structures is aligned over a corresponding contact element provided on an electrical contact layer. Each key structure is pressable, and the corresponding contact element of each key structure is triggerable with contact to signal the processor. The panel is provided over the display area to extend between the key structures and the electrical contact layer. The panel is structured so that, when the computing device is operational, (i) a user contact with a region of the panel that overlies the display area is detectable by the display component to signal the processor, and (ii) pressure on any key structure is sufficient to move at least a portion of the panel inward into the corresponding contact element in order to trigger the contact element into signaling the processor. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058813 | Handheld Electronic Device and Associated Method Providing Disambiguation of an Ambiguous Object During Editing and Selectively Providing Prediction of Future Characters - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software and prediction software. During editing of an object, the object can be ambiguous, and the system provides one or more disambiguated interpretations of the ambiguous object. In some circumstances, the system can additionally provide one or more completions, i.e., predictions of future characters. However, in other circumstances the outputting of completions of an ambiguous object can be suppressed in order to avoid distracting the user and to provide more meaningful results to the user. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058814 | Handheld Electronic Device and Associated Method Providing Advanced Text Editing Function in a Text Disambiguation Environment - An improved handheld electronic device and associated method provide an advanced editing feature and an improved learning feature that are provided in a disambiguation environment. The advanced editing feature advantageously enables a new word that has been incorrectly disambiguated by a disambiguation routine to be readily by the user without requiring the incorrectly disambiguated word to be deleted and retyped. Rather, the advanced editing feature enables the incorrectly disambiguated characters to be replaced with opposite characters on the same keys, and such changes can be accomplished merely through the use of inputs to a track ball. The newly edited word can then be learned by a learning database. The improved learning function advantageously favors words that are learned using the advanced editing feature over words that have been learned in other fashions. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058815 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TOUCH KEYPAD THEREOF - A portable terminal and a method for displaying a touch keypad thereof are disclosed. The portable terminal includes a controller to determine whether a display screen is in a portrait mode in response to a text input request, and a touch screen to split a touch keypad into a left-hand keypad and a right-hand keypad and display one of the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad above the other, according to the control of the controller, when the display screen is in the portrait mode. The method includes determining whether a display screen is in a portrait mode in response to a text input request, and splitting a touch keypad into a left-hand keypad and a right-hand keypad and displaying one of the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad above the other when the display screen is in the portrait mode. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058816 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CELLULAR PHONE TERMINAL - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a display unit displaying information on a display screen, an operation unit including a text input key, and a control unit. The control unit displays text in response to input from the operation unit in a state of displaying an initial screen on the display screen, shows an application using text to a user for selection, starts up the application in accordance with the user's selection, and executes the application, using the text inputted from the operation unit. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058817 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYER FOR PREVENTING THE GENERATION OF MOISTURE - A liquid crystal displayer for preventing the generation of moisture includes a front cover, a touch panel, a nameplate, a partitioning plate and a liquid crystal displayer module. With the partitioning plate dividing a region between the touch panel and the liquid crystal displayer module into a first space and a second space, the first space is smaller, whereas the second space is larger. After the liquid crystal displayer module is supplied with electricity, the hot air staying in the first space is less. Further, the heat-obstructing effect of the partitioning plate causes the hot air not to condense in the second space, and thus it is not easy to generate a temperature difference from the external environment, thereby preventing the generation of mist. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058818 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH POSITION ON SENSING AREA OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Described is a device and a method for determining a touch position on a sensing area of a capacitive touch panel. In the device and method, an alternating current (AC) scan signal having a frequency and a current value is supplied to each of four corners of the capacitive touch panel. Next, the frequencies of the AC scan signals are each rapidly switched among a group of specific frequencies. The current values of the AC scan signals detected. In response, a group of selected frequencies is selected according to a noise filtering procedure from the group of specific frequencies based on the current values. Final current values are obtained by calculating the current values of the AC scan signals of the group of selected frequencies. Finally, the touch position on the capacitive touch panel is determined based on the final current values. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058819 | SOFT-USER INTERFACE FEATURE PROVIDED IN COMBINATION WITH PRESSABLE DISPLAY SURFACE - A mobile computing device having a display assembly that is configured to otherwise capable of distinguishing contact by a magnitude of force or inward movement of the display surface as a whole. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058820 | FLICK-BASED IN SITU SEARCH FROM INK, TEXT, OR AN EMPTY SELECTION REGION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates in situ searching of data. An interface can receive a flick gesture from an input device. An in situ search component can employ an in situ search triggered by the flick gesture, wherein the in situ search is executed on at least one of a portion of data selected on the input device. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058821 | EDITING INTERFACE - A portable electronic device displays icons (e.g., graphical objects) in one or more regions of a user interface of a touch-sensitive display, and detects user input specifying an exchange of positions of icons in the user interface. In some aspects, the respective positions of two icons in a user interface can be selected to exchange positions in the one or more regions of the user interface, and one or both icons can change their visual appearance to indicate their selection status. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058822 | Video Chapter Access and License Renewal - The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for content chapter access and license renewal. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058823 | Virtual Keyboards in Multi-Language Environment - The disclosed implementations include displays of accented or related characters for characters selected by a user through a virtual keyboard operating in a multi-language environment. In one aspect, when a user clicks and holds down a key, a popup displays accented characters for the character associated with the key. In another aspect, the order of accented characters can be based a frequency of occurrence of the accented character in the current language being typed by the user. In another aspect, when a character is at edge of a display, the popup is visually displayed in a different location and the ordering of the accents in the display are set with the more frequently occurring accents being more quickly accessible. In another aspect, auto correction is used to correct accented equivalents for compounds. In another aspect, a different visual keyboard layout is provided for different languages. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058824 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING A NEAR-INFRARED TOUCH INPUT DISPLAY - A portable communication device is equipped with a touch input display that includes a source of non-visible light integrated within touch input display and a plurality of photodetectors integrated within the touch input display, wherein the photodetectors are configured to detect non-visible light. The portable communication device is configured to detect touch of the display without additional touch-sensitive layers disposed over the display, as well as to detect touch in dark environments and/or with dark images or backgrounds on the display. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058825 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE TOUCH PANEL - In a touch panel and a display apparatus having the touch panel, the touch panel includes a plurality of sensor lines, a plurality of sensor switches, a line selecting unit and a sensor resistor section. The sensor switches are electrically connected to the sensor lines, respectively, and apply sensing signals to the sensor lines, respectively, when a touch event occurs. The line selecting unit is electrically connected to end portions of the sensor lines and sequentially outputs the sensing signals transferred through the sensor lines. The sensor resistor section includes a first end electrically connected to the sensor lines, respectively, and a second end opposite to the first end. The second end receives a driving direct current (DC) voltage. Therefore, the touch panel may have an improved ability to detect touch events. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058826 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel has a first substrate and a second substrate. The thickness in the non-sensor regions of the first substrate is greater than the thickness in the sensor regions of the first substrate. The second substrate includes first photo spacers and second photo spacers having substantially the same heights. The first photo spacers are structurally connected to the non-sensor regions of the first region of the first substrate, and the second photo spacers are positioned corresponding to the sensor regions of the first substrate that maintain a first gap with the first substrate. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058827 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, the information processing device includes a display provided with a touch sensor on a display surface thereof, a virtual display section capable of virtually displaying an area larger than a maximum display area of the display, a mode switch section configured to switch the display from a first mode in which the maximum display area of the display is presented to a second mode in which an area of a screen of the virtual display section, and a display area panning section configured to, when the display is switched to the second mode and when the touch sensor detects that one of predetermined areas of the display is touched, pan the display area so that a not-shown area of the virtual display section that corresponds to the touched area is presented on the display. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058828 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An electronic device and a method of operating the same are provided. The electronic device includes a touch-sensing module sensing a change in a touch, a processing module determining a display screen layer associated with a touch location, and a screen display module displaying a part of the display screen layer. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058829 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOUCHSCREEN - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for providing various feedbacks for a proximity based systems or a 3D touchscreen. According to the embodiments, a field (or a recognition region) above a 3D touchscreen may be divided into a predetermined number of levels of sub fields and a configuration of a feedback provider or a feedback changed according to the change of the level in which an object such as a finger may be changed. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058830 | Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for interpreting a finger gesture - A portable device with a touch screen display detects a finger-in-contact event at a first position on the touch screen display and identifies a user interface object associated with the first position. The portable device determines whether the identified user interface object is moveable across the touch screen display. For an identified object that is determined to be moveable across the touch screen display, the portable device detects a sequence of one or more first finger-dragging, a first finger-out-of-contact, one or more second finger-dragging, and a first finger-out-of-range events and performs a first operation associated with the identified moveable user interface object at least in part in accordance with the first and second finger-dragging events. For an identified not moveable object, the portable device detects a second finger-out-of-contact event and performs a second operation, different from the first operation in response to a second finger-out-of-contact event. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058831 | Pixel Unit, Method for Sensing Touch of an Object, and Display Apparatus Incorporating the Same - A pixel unit, method for sensing touch of an object, and a display apparatus incorporating the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a data line. The pixel unit includes a first switch circuit electrically connected to the data line and a sensing circuit electrically connected to the first switch circuit. The sensing circuit generates a signal in response to the touch of the object, while the signal is transmitted through the data line with the first switch circuit turned on. In addition, the display apparatus further includes a readout line. The pixel unit further includes a second switch circuit electrically connected to the readout line. The sensing circuit is electrically connected to the second switch circuit. In a first time period, the sensing circuit receives a reference voltage via the first switch circuit. Then the signal generated by the touch of the object is transmitted through the readout line via the second switch circuit in a second time period. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058832 | Low Profile Touch Panel Systems - A low profile touch display can be provided, namely one including an optical detection system with the bulk of the electronics and optics positioned partially or completely below the detecting plane surface. The light source and optical detection system components can be configured so that the exit and entry apertures for light being directed to and/or received from the detection plane are the only members above the touch surface. For instance, a reflective or refractive member at the edge of the touch surface can direct light to detection optics and/or from illumination sources via a pinhole aperture, with the light moving between the detection optics and illumination sources in one or more detection planes above the touch surface. Consequently, the touch screen can have a thin cross section that is more suitable for devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, and other portable computing devices for which minimal device thickness is a priority. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058833 | Optical Touchscreen with Improved Illumination - In an optical touch display system, light from a primary source can be retroreflected to a detector in the absence of an object in the detection area. When an object is present, its position can be triangulated based on the direction of its shadows at the detectors. Accuracy can be improved with a secondary light source positioned off-axis from the primary light sources so that minimal light from the secondary source is retroreflected to the detectors. Instead, when an object is present, light from the secondary source may be reflected directly from the object. Each detector signal representing light due to the primary light source can be corrected to remove light reflected directly from the object based on identifying and removing a signal component representing light from the secondary light source. In some embodiments, this is facilitated by phasing the primary and secondary light sources. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058834 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING LETTERS - User input apparatus and method for inputting letters. The letters can be input based on the rotations of the user input apparatus. By inputting the letters in the differentiated manipulation not depending on the buttons, the diversity and the convenience in inputting the letters can be achieved. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058835 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA TO DRIVER OF DISPLAY - A method for transmitting image data to a driver of a display is provided, in which the image data include pixel values each represented by a number of bits. The method includes the steps of sequentially transmitting at least two bits of one of the pixel values during a first period through a data line; and sequentially transmitting at least two bits of another one of the pixel values during a second period next to the first period through the data line, in which an order of the last bit transmitted during the first period is the same as that of the first bit transmitted during the second period. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058836 | VIDEO DATA REVISION METHOD FOR ELECTRON EMISSION DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus and method for revising video data for en electron emission display device to improve image quality by reducing non-uniformity in luminance of a plurality of pixels. In an exemplary embodiment, a display region includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising at least one electron emission device. A scan driver and a data driver control the pixels through electrodes coupled to the display region. A revision coefficient unit is coupled to the display driver, for storing a plurality of revision coefficients, receiving and revising video data utilizing the revision coefficients, and sending revised video data to the data driver. The revision coefficients correspond to first average luminance values of first lines of pixels extending in a first direction, and second average luminance values of second lines of pixels extending in a second direction. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A method for displaying images in an image-processing device is provided. The image display method includes, if there is a multi-image display request for previously stored multiple images, determining a preset number of simultaneously-displayed images; decoding each of as many images as the number of simultaneously-displayed images among the multiple images, and adjusting a size of the decoded images according to a predetermined display image size; and simultaneously displaying the decoded images on one frame according to an image arrangement pattern which is previously set as information indicating an arrangement rule for multiple images displayed on one frame. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058838 | Source driver, display device and system having the same, and data output method thereof - Disclosed is an output method of a source driver, which may include the steps of receiving image data, converting the image data into analog image signals, and distributionally outputting the analog image signals based on pluralities of delayed control signals, wherein the pluralities of delayed control signals may be generated by delaying an external control signal. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058839 | Image display apparatus - A projector (image display apparatus) having enhanced visual mute or A/V mute functions includes a light modulation element for displaying an image, a lamp for illuminating the light modulation element, and a fan for cooling the lamp; the image display apparatus further includes a visual mute means for setting a visual mute mode in which no image or a predetermined image is displayed on a display screen thereof, and a lamp output luminance adjusting means for adjusting the output luminance of the lamp in response to the setting and canceling of the visual mute mode by the visual mute means. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058840 | Electro-wetting display device - An exemplary electro-wetting display (EWD) device ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058841 | PLASMA DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A plasma display and a method of driving the plasma display. The plasma display includes a plasma display panel including a plurality of discharge cells corresponding to sustain electrodes and scan electrodes. A first transistor is coupled between a first power source and a node coupled to the scan electrodes. A second transistor and a diode are coupled in series between a second power source and the node. The first and second transistors are alternately turned on during a sustain period, and the diode is configured to interrupt a current flowing from the second power source to the node. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058842 | Devices and methods for controlling a display to conserve power - Devices and methods for controlling display output based application class and/or on one or more monitored device parameters are described herein. These devices and methods can be advantageous because they can reduce power consumption, and can improve user experience. For example, devices and methods comprising determining an application class, wherein for the first class of applications no display simplifications are used, and wherein for the second class of applications a device parameter is monitored such that if a first state is detected, full graphics are displayed, and if the second state is detected, simplified graphics are displayed are described. In some embodiments, the applications can include video applications, audio applications, and radio applications, for example. In some embodiments, the device parameter can comprise user input frequency, power supply charge, and backlight intensity, for example. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058843 | Active Matrix Display Device - A two-terminal switching device provided on each of a plurality of pixel units and connected at a first terminal to a control electrode of a drive transistor, the two-terminal switching device being transferred to a conductive state according to magnitude of the voltage applied to a second terminal to supply the applied voltage to the control electrode; and a reverse bias voltage applying unit for adjusting the voltage applied to the second terminal and applying a reverse bias voltage to the drive transistor are provided. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058844 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE - A scan driver selects first four rows of pixels at a time and then sequentially selects second four rows of pixels for each row in double gate driving. A data driver supplies a tone voltage corresponding to black data to the first four row of pixels at a time and then sequentially supplies a tone voltage corresponding to display data to the second four rows of pixels. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058845 | Display device - The invention provides a display device wherein provisions are made to be able to properly adjust the image viewing direction, viewing angle, or viewing range on the display device. The display device includes a display section capable of displaying independent images intended for a plurality of different viewing directions on the same screen, an information acquiring section for acquiring orientation information concerning the orientation of the images, and an image direction varying section for varying the orientation of the images based on the orientation information acquired by the information acquiring section. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058846 | METHOD FOR DRIVING AN ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - The display of after-images is prevented in an electrophoretic display by applying one gray of at least three different grays through at least some of the pixels, applying a middle gray through at least some of the plurality of pixels, and applying a final compensation voltage to refresh the plurality of pixels | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058847 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS INVOLVING FACETED BROWSING WITH TAGS - A method for organizing and displaying data includes classifying data objects with facets, wherein facets are aspects that include subjects of the data objects, associating tags with the data objects, wherein the tags are descriptive labels of the data objects, associating the tags with the facets, displaying the facets in response to a request for data objects, displaying the tags associated with the displayed facets in further response to the request for data objects, and displaying data objects corresponding to the displayed facets in further response to the request for data objects. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058848 | Predicted geometry processing in a tile based rendering system - A method and apparatus are provided to enable tile based rendering systems to operate with predicated geometry whilst only making a single rasterisation pass. To do this, geometry that is to be predicated is substituted in image data with visibility test objects and associated conditional break points. In rasterisation, when a visibility test object is encountered, a visible pixel count register is updated. On completion of rasterisation of a tile, the associated conditional break points are used to test the visible pixel count register to determine if the predicated geometry should be processed and inserted into tile object lists. If it is, then a tile object list corresponding to the predicated geometry is inserted into the tile object list for the current tile and is rasterised before moving onto the next tile. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058849 | GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA IN SUCCESSIVE ADDITIVE LAYERS OF RESOLUTION AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial data storage device containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data, and also containing geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data and being retrievable in successive additive layers of resolution. The system may further include at least one geospatial data access device comprising a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial data storage device to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial texture data may advantageously be retrieved and displayed in successive additive layers of resolution. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058850 | System and method for intuitive interactive navigational control in virtual environments - A human-computer-interface design scheme makes possible the creation of an interactive intuitive user navigation system that allows user to issue his intended direction and speed for traversing in the virtual environment with just appropriately positioning a tracker within the operating space. The interface system contains the information about the boundary and center of an arbitrarily-defined static zone within the operating space of the tracker. If the tracker is positioned inside this static zone, the system would interpret it as no traverse is intended. When the user decides to move in a particular direction, he just needs to move the tracker outside the static zone in that direction, and the computer would be able to calculate the intended traverse vector by finding the vector from the center of the static zone to the position of the tracker. The further the tracker is positioned from the static zone, the greater the speed of the intended traverse. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058851 | METHOD FOR DRAWING GEOMETRIC SHAPES - A method for drawing geometric shapes comprises the steps of obtaining a request to draw at least two geometric shapes, each having assigned a depth coordinate and at least one having the depth coordinate variable across its surface, dividing the geometric shapes into rectangles such that each rectangle has a constant depth coordinate, sorting the rectangles according to the depth coordinate value and drawing the rectangles in the sorted order so as to form an output image. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058852 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS UTILIZING MINIMUM-DEPTH OCCLUSION CULLING AND ZIG-ZAG TRAVERSAL - A plurality of rows of tiles is defined in a graphics display field comprising a plurality of rows of pixels, each tile including pixels from at least two rows of pixels. Occlusion flags for respective tiles of a row of tiles for a graphics primitive are set based on whether respective representative depth values for the tiles of the row of tiles meet an occlusion criterion. Pixels in rows of pixels corresponding to the row of tiles are processed for the graphics primitive in a row-by-row manner responsive to the occlusion flags. The processing may include processing rows of pixels in the row of tiles using a zig-zag traversal algorithm. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058853 | METHOD FOR MESHING A CURVED SURFACE - A curved surface meshing method is provided. The method meshes a three-dimensional curved surface by meshing a parameter plane, mapping triangles generated on the parameter plane to triangles in a three-dimensional space to get a 3D meshed curved surface. The method may generate substantially well-proportional distributed triangles on curved surfaces of three-dimensional models of objects. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058854 | GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA BASED UPON USER-SELECTED POINT-OF-VIEW AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial database containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data and geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data. At least one geospatial data access device may also be included and comprise a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial database to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial data access device(s) may further comprise at least one user input device cooperating with the processor for permitting user selection of a point-of-view (POV) within the scene on the display with the POV determining revealed portions and obscured portions of 3D geospatial structures within the scene on the display. The processor may selectively retrieve geospatial texture data based upon the revealed portions and not the obscured portions. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058855 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SURFACE OF ROTATIONAL ELEMENTS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION OF A MOVING OBJECT - Mechanical surface of rotational elements for motion compensation of a locomotive object. A single layer of rotational elements formed as a mechanical surface on which a human can stand and/or move, and which automatically compensates for diverse human locomotion such as translation in two dimensions and rotation. The surface can be used to actively sense and compensate for varying speeds of human motion while in locomotion on the surface. The layer allows a user to move freely within a confined area and to be maintained within the confined area via motion compensation. Thus, the surface is particularly suited for immersion visualization environments where user motion on the surface is translated into user navigation through a virtual environment such as for computer games and simulation without necessitating constraints on immersive scene projection or participant motion. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058856 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The object is to smoothly move the position of the viewing point of the virtual camera with existence of an object between the position of the viewing point of the virtual camera and the position of the subject avoided. A camera peripheral area that has a viewing point as its center and has the radius of R, a subject peripheral area that has a subject toward which a viewing axis of the virtual camera is aligned as its center and has the radius of r, and a camera-to-subject area formed by a circular truncated cone area therebetween are set as a camera collision in which an obstacle cannot exist. When an obstacle exists in the camera collision, the position of the viewing point is adjusted. The radius R and the radius r are adjusted each time the reference distance D is changed. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058857 | NETWORK TROUBLE-TICKETS DISPLAYED AS DYNAMIC MULTI-DIMENSIONAL GRAPH - In one embodiment, a technique for efficient display of trouble ticket information is provided. The technique involves presenting a single view of disparate sets of data as a multi-dimensional graph. A weighting function may be applied to branches of the graph and the graph updated to reflect the results of application of the weighting function. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058858 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING GRAPH DISPLAY FUNCTION - An electronic apparatus having a graph display function comprises an expression memory configured to store an expression including expression elements, a parameter setting unit configured to set an expression element included in the expression stored in the expression memory as a coordinate parameter in accordance with operation made by a user, and a graph plotting unit configured to plot a graph of the expression based on the coordinate parameter set by the parameter setting unit. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058859 | CONSTRUCTION OF DECISION LOGIC WITH GRAPHS - Data characterizing a plurality of related action graphs is received. Thereafter, the, plurality of related action graphs are transformed into a logically equivalent structure so that rendering of the logically equivalent structure can be initiated. Related interfaces, apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058860 | Method for Transforming Language Into a Visual Form - A computer assisted design system ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058861 | Word input support device - A word input support device has a display device and a control circuit. The control circuit classifies an inputted character into multiple character groups, and changes a character group that is displayed according to an intentional operation of a user. If a word desired to be finally inputted is among registered words contained in word dictionary data, characters that can be inputted are narrowed down each time a character is inputted so that changing the display from one character group to another is enhanced. If there is not a character anymore that can be inputted in one character group under display, the word input support device changes its display to another character group, which still has a character that can be inputted. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058862 | AUTOMATIC AVATAR TRANSFORMATION FOR A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An approach that automatically transforms an avatar characteristic of an avatar that is online in a virtual universe is described. In one embodiment, there is an avatar locator component configured to locate an avatar that is online in the virtual universe. An avatar characteristics transforming component is configured to automatically transform the avatar characteristic associated with the located avatar according to predetermined transformation criteria. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058863 | Image animation with transitional images - A technique is provided for animating an image or a portion of an image. In accordance with this technique, intermediary or transitional images, referred to as offset images, are displayed as part of an animation step to lessen abrupt changes in pixel values. In one embodiment, the offset images are generated using a weighted average of proximate pixels. In such an embodiment, the weight factor may take into account the distance of the offset from the proximate pixels such that closer pixels are more heavily weighted. Based on the direction of movement for the animation, the offset images are ordered and displayed as part of the animation steps of an animation sequence. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058864 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING - A graphics processing system is provided. The graphics processing system comprises a display unit, a frame buffer, an interface, and a controller. The frame buffer, defined by an initial pointer and a boundary pointer first image data in the frame buffer, stores first image data corresponding to a first image area displayed on the display unit. The interface receives a scrolling request directing the first image to scroll in a vertical and/or horizontal direction. The controller determines a reading pointer of the frame buffer according to the initial and boundary pointers and the scrolling request, loads new image data into a memory location at which a particular part of the first image data is stored. The new image data is loaded in a memory location in which an image area not included in the first image area after the scrolling is stored, retrieves the remaining first image data and the new image data beginning from the reading pointer, and directs the display unit to display the retrieved image data in sequence on a viewable image area thereof. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058865 | Coordinating apparatus and image processing system utilizing the same - A coordinating apparatus for coordinating data transmission between a data providing device and a display device is provided. The display device conforms to a transmission standard. The coordinating apparatus includes a programmable coordinating module and an outputting module. The programmable coordinating module is programmed according to the transmission standard. The programmable coordinating module is used for receiving M bits of image data from the data providing device, extracting N bits of image data among the M bits of image data, and arranging the N bits of image data into N bits of arranged data. The outputting module is used for outputting the N bits of arranged data to the display device. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058866 | METHOD FOR MAPPING PICTURE ADDRESSES IN MEMORY - The invention discloses a method for mapping picture addresses in a memory, such that decoded picture data can be mapped in corresponding address in a memory. The memory comprises at least two memory arrays, each of which comprises multiple memory rows. The mapping method comprises the following steps: dividing one picture frame into multiple rectangle macroblocks; providing a memory for storing picture data and setting integral neighbor macroblocks of an picture frame as one mapping unit; one by one, the mapping units of picture data are consecutively mapped into the memory in the order of left to right in horizontal directions and up to down in vertical directions; mapping at least one mapping unit of picture data into the same memory row of the same memory array until the said memory row is full; switching the memory array and mapping the adjacent next mapping unit of picture data. The above steps are repeated until completing the mapping of one picture frame. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058867 | Optimized Visualization And Analysis Of Tabular And Multidimensional Data - A system and method for generating a display of a dataset for optimized visualization of the dataset are disclosed. A data area of the display is defined. The data area includes two or more dimensions, the intersection of which defines a graphical object having a set of visual attributes. One or more of the set of visual attributes of each graphical object in the data area is modified based on a value associated with each graphical object relative to a user-selectable measure. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058868 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING EDID INFORMATION THEREOF - An image display device and method of changing extended display identification data (EDID) information includes a first storage unit which stores extended display identification data (EDID) information to be provided to the source providing device, a second storage unit which stores at least one version of the EDID information which is different from the EDID information stored in the first storage unit, and a control unit which replaces the EDID information stored in the first storage unit with the different version of the EDID information stored in the second storage unit if an EDID information change request signal is input. Accordingly, compatibility of the EDID information between the source providing device and the image display device can be maintained. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDRESSING DIGITAL RENDERING DEVICES - A method is provided for updating a data-rendering device connected to a communications network by an intermediate device. A specific electronic address is assigned to the data-rendering device. The method includes associating at least one identifier, preliminarily assigned to the intermediate device, with the electronic address. The at least one identifier belongs to the group including at least: one dynamic connection identifier of the intermediate device and one user account identifier (AID). | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058870 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ERROR DIFFUSION METHOD THEREFOR - A display device is provided which includes: a decimal part conversion unit ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058871 | Example-Based Procedural Synthesis of Element Arrangements - Method and apparatus for synthesizing element arrangements from an example. Embodiments may synthesize element arrangement patterns from an example arrangement. Embodiments may combine a texture synthesis technique based on local neighborhood comparison of an example and a target with procedural modeling based on local growth. Given an example, connectivity of elements may be constructed to get neighborhoods information of each element. A synthesis process may start with a single seed and expand the synthesized pattern by placing new elements at seed locations one by one. A reference element may be selected from the example that has neighborhood features that are most similar to neighborhood features of the target seed in the synthesized pattern. A non-rotation mode, a rotation mode, and a flow field mode may be provided. A painting tool, a flow field tool, and a boundary tool may be provided. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058872 | Dynamically reconfigurable graphics layer system and method - A method of displaying a user interface in a portable electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a user interface via a graphics layer attached to a software renderer, detaching the graphics layer from the software renderer, and attaching the graphics layer to one or more of a plurality of hardware layers, such that the display of the graphics layer is facilitated by one or more features of at least one of the hardware layers. An electronic device is provided that includes a display, a processor coupled to the display and configured to provide a plurality of hardware layers, and a user interface comprising a graphics layer, wherein the display of the graphics layer is facilitated by one or more features of at least one of the hardware layers, wherein the graphics layer dynamically attaches to or detaches from one or more of the plurality of hardware layers. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058873 | Multiprimary Color Subpixel Rendering With Metameric Filtering - Systems and methods of rendering image data to multiprimary displays that adjust image data across metamers are herein disclosed. The metamer filtering may be based upon input image content and may optimize subpixel values to improve image rendering accuracy or perception. The optimizations may be made according to many possible desired effects. One embodiment comprises a display system comprising: a display, said display comprising at least a first set of subpixels and a second set of subpixels further comprising at least one metamer; an input image data unit; a spatial frequency detection unit, said spatial frequency detection unit extracting a spatial frequency characteristic from said input image data; and an adjustment unit, said adjustment unit adjusting image data of said first set and said second set of subpixels according to said spatial frequency characteristic. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058874 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A first data storing unit stores therein first data required for displaying an image in a drawing window. Upon a mode switching unit switching a display mode in the drawing window, a data acquiring unit acquires auxiliary data required for displaying the image in a switched display mode from the first data storing unit. A data generating unit generates image data required for displaying the image in the switched display mode using the auxiliary data. A displaying unit displays thereon the image in the switched display mode in drawing window using the image data generated by the data generating unit. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058875 | Digital Light Processing Display Device - The invention relates to a display device using the DLP (Digital Light Processing) technology. This invention is in the field of digital cinema and content protection, where camcorder acquisition followed by immediate illegal distribution creates important revenue losses for content owners. According to the invention, the addressing of the display device is modified in order to introduce an anti-copy processing. The display device comprises modulation means for modulating the colour or brightness of video data of video pictures received at a first rate and for outputting at a second rate modulated video data, said second rate being a multiple of the first rate, subfield coding means for coding said modulated video data into subfield data, said subfield data being delivered at the second rate, and addressing means for addressing the array with said subfield data at a third rate. Advantageously, the third rate is not a multiple of the first rate. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058876 | DYNAMIC COLOR GAMUT OF LED BACKLIGHT - A backlight unit usable in an LCD for dynamically expanding color gamut of the LCD. In one embodiment, the backlight unit has a plurality of light emitting elements, and a control unit electrically coupled with the plurality of light emitting elements for controlling intensity of light emitting from each of the plurality of light emitting elements in response to a frame of image data applied to the plurality of pixels, wherein the control unit is configured such that when the frame of image data applied to the plurality of pixels is in a red color, a green color, or a blue color, the intensity of light from the red color, the green color, or the blue color emitting from each of the plurality of light emitting elements is adjusted to its corresponding maximal value so as to expand the red, the green, or the blue area of the color gamut of the LCD panel accordingly. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058877 | Method for a representation of image data from several image data volumes in a common image representation and associated medical apparatus - Method for the representation of image data from several image data volumes in at least one common image representation on an image display unit connected to a computer, in particular for the representation of medical image data, whereby in the or at least one image representation image data from at least one data volume which are to be assigned or have been assigned to different areas of the image representation are represented by the computer, at least in part, with reciprocally different opacity. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058878 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ADJUSTMENT IMAGES IN MULTI-VIEW IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGING SYSTEM - A multi-view imaging system which allows efficient and accurate adjustment of optical axes, and the like, of imaging units is disclosed. More than one images acquired with more than one cameras by imaging a subject are subjected to live view image processing to generate more than one live view images. The generated live view images are displayed in a superimposed manner on a display unit, and a vertical guideline extending in a vertical direction of the display unit and a horizontal guideline extending in a horizontal direction of the display unit are displayed on the display unit. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058879 | Liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) including an LCD panel and a driving unit is provided. The LCD panel has a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel. The driving unit is applied for receiving a red data signal, a green data signal, and a blue data signal, and outputting a red voltage signal, a green voltage signal, and a blue voltage signal for driving the red pixel, the green pixel, and the blue pixel respectively. When the red data signal, the green data signal, and the blue data signal all correspond to a specific gray level, the pixel luminance of the blue pixel is lower than the pixel luminance of the red pixel as well as the pixel luminance of the green pixel. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058880 | Anti-aliasing of a graphical object - A method for rendering graphical data is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes rendering an aliased version of one or more polygons and sampling one or more edges of the aliased polygons. The method also includes calculating a curve that approximates the edge portion and intersects a set of pixels, determining the proportional areas of the pixels located between the curve and the aliased edge portion, and rendering an anti-aliased version of the edge portion based on the proportional areas. Various devices, machine-readable media, and other methods for anti-aliasing of a graphical object are also provided. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058881 | FUSION NIGHT VISION SYSTEM WITH PARALLAX CORRECTION - A fusion night vision system corrects for parallax error by comparing an image from a first sensor with an image from a second sensor. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058882 | Screen Display Device - The present invention is a screen display device ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058883 | METHOD FOR ROTATING IMAGES - In a method for rotating geometric shape having an assigned texture image, a two dimensional outline of a rotated source geometric shape is defined by performing its perspective projection onto a two dimensional plane. Then, according to the method, the two dimensional outline is split into intermediate rectangles in places where pixel of each line non-parallel to the rotation axis of the two dimensional outline changes coordinates and for each intermediate rectangle the steps of finding a corresponding part of the texture image taking perspective correction into account. One of the last steps executes copying with scaling a corresponding part of the texture image in order to fit it into the intermediate rectangle. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058884 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An image display device and method are provided. The image playing device includes a display, a storage means, an information acquiring unit, and a comparing unit. The storage means stores images and related information related to the images. The information acquiring unit obtains an image resolution of an image to be displayed and a display resolution of the display, both of which are measured in pixels and are represented by a height resolution and a width resolution. The comparing unit compares the image resolution and the display resolution to determine whether the image fits the display. If so, the image is displayed full screen and the related information is displayed as a data stamp on the image. If not, the image is zoomed out to fit the width or height of the display screen or is displayed full size and the related information is displayed in a margin area. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058885 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCALING VIDEO BASED ON SCREEN SIZE OF DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are an apparatus for processing adaptive video and a method of scaling video, which generate a graphical user interface (GUI) so that a GUI suitable for the screen size of a display device can be displayed according to the screen size of the display device. The apparatus can realize a GUI most suitable for the screen size of an external display device connected to the apparatus by enlarging or reducing the size of the GUI according to the screen size of the external display device, or by changing the arrangement of items arranged on the GUI. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058886 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Computer Program Storage Medium - There is provided with an image processing apparatus including: a storage which stores image data of one frame; an image receiving unit which receives image data on an area of all or a part of the one frame; an image writing unit which writes received image data into the storage; an image reading unit which periodically reads image data of the one frame from the storage in a predetermined order of address; an image output unit which outputs read image data; a copy instruction receiving unit which receives a copy instruction which specifies address information of a copy source area and a copy destination area; and a copy image writing unit which, when an address of read image data is included in the copy source area, writes the read image data into the storage on the basis of the address information of the copy destination area. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058887 | MEHTOD FOR GRADUALLY ADJUSTING SCREEN BRIGHTNESS WHEN SWITCHING OPERATING SYSTEM - A method for gradually adjusting screen brightness when switching an operating system is provided. The method is used for gradually adjusting the brightness of a screen of an electronic device by a controller thereof when the electronic device is switched from a first operating system to a second operating system. First, an operating system switching signal is received. Then, a first brightness value of the first operating system is obtained. The screen brightness is gradually adjusted from the first brightness value to a predetermined second brightness value. Afterwards, the first operating system is switched to the second operating system, and the screen brightness is further adjusted from the second brightness value back to the first brightness value. Accordingly, a user can sense the switching of the operating system more intuitively and has enough time to get used to the change of the screen brightness and the displayed frame. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058888 | TIMING CONTROLLER, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING GAMMA VOLTAGE - A timing controller is provided. The timing controller comprises a data analyzer, a gain processor, an operator unit and an original gamma voltage generator. The present invention utilizes the data analyzer to analyze a gray level distribution of video data, and then the gain processor selects a gain value. The operator unit converts an original gamma voltage produced by the original gamma voltage generator into an actual gamma voltage according to the gain value. Therefore, the present invention adaptively adjusts the gamma voltage according to the gray level distribution of the video data for increasing display quality. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090058889 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER - A display panel driver including a selector circuit provided between a holding circuit and a converter circuit is disclosed. The display panel driver replaces a bit value of a higher order bit of display data with a lower order bit thereof according to a test signal input to the selector circuit. | 2009-03-05 |
