15th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160104327 | ROAD EMERGENCY ACTIVATION - A vehicle system includes a processing device programmed to monitor an operating state of a vehicle and the operation of at least one subsystem module. Depending on the operating state of the vehicle, the processing device can detect a subsystem module failure. If a failure is detected, the processing device can perform a remedial action. The remedial action taken may be based on the type of failure detected. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104328 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF A VEHICLE USING A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system which utilizes the on-board capabilities of handheld communication devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers and the like, to detect the operational status of a vehicle, such as the engine being ON, the engine idling, the vehicle moving, etc. The detected operational state may be desirable for monitoring operation of the vehicle, such as fleet management systems, wherein the duration and location of idling are of particular interest. The detected operational state may also be useful for controlling functionality on the handheld communication device, such as disabling texting or other manually operated functions when the vehicle is in motion. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FAULTS WITHIN OPERATIVE SUB-SYSTEMS OF A VEHICLE - A vehicle may include at least one operative sub-system that includes at least one sensor configured to output one or more sensor signals related to the at least one operative sub-system. A fault detection system may be in communication with the operative sub-system(s). The fault detection system is configured to generate at least one early warning signal based on the one more sensor signals, and determine at least one derivative of the early warning signal(s). | 2016-04-14 |
20160104330 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING OPERATIVE SUB-SYSTEMS OF A VEHICLE - A vehicle may include at least one operative sub-system that includes at least one sensor configured to output one or more sensor signals related to the at least one operative sub-system. A monitoring system is in communication with the operative sub-system(s). The monitoring system is configured to correlate the one or more sensor signals with respect to time, compile initial statistics of the one or more sensor signals with respect to a plurality of variables; and correlate the plurality of variables. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104331 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS OF AIRCRAFTS - Methods and apparatus for operating flight control systems of aircrafts are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a flight control system including a first sensor and a second sensor. The example apparatus also includes a processor to, based on data from the first and second sensors, determine first and second input values and, based the input values, determine an approximate location of a jam in the flight control system of an aircraft. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104332 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS - An electronic control apparatus includes a controller, a storage, a calculator, and an estimator. The estimator estimates a potential travelling pattern of a vehicle based on a vehicle state during a start-up period. The start-up period is a preliminarily determined period of time right after a turning on of an ignition switch and the potential travelling pattern is an estimated travelling pattern under which the vehicle travels after an elapse of the start-up period. The estimator estimates the potential travelling pattern of the vehicle based on database-stored reference information that indicates a relationship between the vehicle state during the start-up period and an actual travelling pattern of the vehicle after the elapse of the start-up period. When the estimator estimates that the potential travelling pattern of the vehicle is the short distance travel, the controller forcibly starts the malfunction diagnostic before the predetermined diagnostic start condition is satisfied. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104333 | ELECTRONIC LOCK AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY UNLOCKING THE ELECTRONIC LOCK - A method for unlocking an electronic lock includes receiving a password transmitted from an electronic device, and determining whether the received password matches a preset password, the preset password is a certain movement of one or more electronic devices. If the received password matches the preset password, determining whether the electronic lock is operating in a temporary pass state or in a non-temporary pass state. The electronic lock is unlocked if the electronic lock is operating in the temporary pass state, but further user verifications are required if the electronic lock is operating in the non-temporary pass state. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104334 | WIRELESS ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING LOCK ASSEMBLY GENERATED MAGNETIC FIELD BASED UNLOCKING AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless access control system may include a remote access wireless device that includes a magnetic sensor and a remote controller coupled to remote wireless communications circuitry and the magnetic sensor. The system may also include a lock assembly for a door that includes a magnetic field generator and a lock controller coupled to a lock, lock wireless communications circuitry, and the magnetic field generator. The lock controller may communicate a magnetic field characteristic with the remote wireless communications circuitry, and cooperate with the magnetic field generator to generate a magnetic field based upon the magnetic field characteristic. The remote controller may cooperate with the magnetic sensor to sense the magnetic field, compare the sensed magnetic field to the magnetic field characteristic, and communicate to enable lock unlocking when the sensed magnetic field has a sensed magnetic field characteristic that matches the magnetic field characteristic. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104335 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONSOLIDATING, DISTRIBUTING AND INTEGRATING ISSUER INFORMATION FOR A VOTING ENTITY - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for consolidating, distributing and integrating issuer information for a voting entity. More particularly, in one embodiment of the present invention a computer implemented voting method is provided, comprising: consolidating vote request information relating to a security owned by a beneficial owner and held by at least two custodians for the beneficial owner; generating at least a first computer file including the consolidated vote request information; electronically transmitting the first computer file to a computer system of a voting entity; integrating the first computer file into a database associated with the computer system of the voting entity; receiving, at the computer system of the voting entity, at least one beneficial owner vote instruction sent from the beneficial owner; and generating at least one voting entity vote instruction responsive to the consolidated vote request information, wherein the voting entity vote instruction is generated by the computer system of the voting entity based at least in part upon the integrated first computer file and the beneficial owner vote instruction from the beneficial owner. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104336 | COIN CONTAINER FOR AUTOMATIC MACHINES - It comprises reception means for enabling coins to access the coin mechanism; identification means for determining the acceptability, type and value of the accessing coins; a coin storage compartment ( | 2016-04-14 |
20160104337 | Detection System for Optical Codes - A detection system for optical codes that are applied to an object that is conveyed through a reading field of a sensor of the detection system, wherein the detection system is configured to record a sequence of images from a respective part of the object which is present in the reading field at the respective time of recording of a respective image by means of the sensor, is characterized in that the detection system is further configured to determine a respective displacement vector between two respective consecutive images of the image sequence by means of the two respective consecutive images, wherein the respective displacement vector reflects how far an image region included in an image is displaced relative to a previous image, and with the image region also being present in the previous image. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104338 | DOCUMENT VALIDATING/STACKING DEVICE - A document validating/stacking device is provided that has a validator | 2016-04-14 |
20160104339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING FOOD ITEMS - A food preparation system is provided. The food preparation system includes a revolving slicer configured to slice a plurality of different food items. The revolving slicer comprises a rotating barrel having a number of chambers along its length. A blade is positioned adjacent to a bottom face of the rotating barrel. When a chamber rotates past the blade, food within it may be sliced by the blade. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONAL PAYOUTS IN A GAMING DEVICE - A gaming device incentivizes additional game play by combining payouts with conditional payouts. During game play, players are informed of the conditions, which must be satisfied so as to vest the conditional payouts. Subsequent game play is monitored to see if the player has satisfied the conditions. If the player has satisfied the conditions, then the conditional payout vests. If the condition is not met, then the conditional payout terminates. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104341 | GAME INFORMATION CONSOLIDATION SYSTEM - A game playing information integration system is provided which is capable of objectively performing selection and/or settings according to preference of a player, and is capable of effectively making entry into market, based on a result of logical analysis of a gaming machine invoking demands of a player as a user and a manger in gaming facility in a well-balanced manner. The system includes a plurality of gaming machine units and a server connected to enable communication with each gaming machine unit. Each gaming machine unit includes player identification information reading means, number-of-consumptions data output means, and number-of-payouts data output means. Gaming machine unit identification information is individually assigned to each of the gaming machine units. The server stores data storage means for storing each of number-of-consumptions data and number-of-payouts data in association with reception time data, player identification information, and gaming machine unit identification information. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104342 | WINNING SYSTEM TRIGGERED RANDOMLY AND ACCUMULATIVELY - A winning system determines whether a game system to enter a winning game, and includes a trigger element, an accumulation calculation element and a judgment unit. The trigger element randomly generates a trigger value between a designated upper limit value and a designated lower limit value. The accumulation calculation element generates a numerical value when a designated event takes place during the game system is running, and also accumulates the numerical value to generate an accumulated value. The judgment unit judges whether the accumulated value exceeds the trigger value when the accumulated value increases, and informs the game system to enter the winning game when the accumulated value has exceeded the trigger value. Thus the winning game is generated randomly and accumulatively, and generation frequency of the winning game also can be confined without being too fast or too slow, thereby meet use requirements. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104343 | AMUSEMENT GAME MACHINE AND METHOD OF PLAY HAVING A TRANSMISSIVE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY PANEL OVERLYING PLAY FIELD - A game machine featuring a play field, a light source and a transmissive electronic display covering at least a portion of the play field. The play field having a top and bottom and a translucent back panel having first and second sides. The back panel being located between the play field and the light source. The play field located between the back panel and the electronic display. The light source illuminating the electronic display through the back panel to present images over the play field. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104344 | Electronic Gaming Machine and Method - The present invention provides an electronic gaming machine comprising a display for displaying game symbols for playing a game of chance on a plurality of reels. An electronic game controller assigns a number of special symbols to one or more reel strips associated with the reels, the number of special symbols being variable and dependent on a first bet value selected by a player. The appearance of at least two special symbols causes the electronic game controller to activate a bonus game of chance comprising the award of at least one the bonus prize in response to a predetermined outcome of the bonus game of chance. A gaming method is also provided. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104345 | ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEM WITH PERSISTENT WILD REEL GAMES - Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which may receive wagers on one or more paylines. The systems and methods may initiate one or more persistent expanding wild reel structures. The systems and methods may generate one or more persistent wilds. The systems and methods may hold for one or more subsequent spins the one or more persistent wilds in one or more locations based on one or more persistent wild counter numbers. The systems and methods may determine one or more payouts based on the additional gaming functionality. The systems and methods may display one or more presentations based on the additional gaming functionality. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104346 | SINGLE PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE JURISDICTION LOTTERIES AND SOCIAL MEDIA - A wireless communications system includes a computer system run on a single platform on which different lottery games for different jurisdictions are supported and run from the single platform. The single platform is configured to be in communication with one or more social media sites. Computer executable instructions, when executed by at least one network processor in a workflow server residing in a mobile communications network, implements components that include: a workflow module of sets of workflow instructions for processing different types of lottery game packets from different jurisdictions. A deep packet inspection module inspects a received lottery game packet and provides information about the lottery game packet to the workflow module. The workflow module coordinates processing of the received lottery game packets using selected ones of selectable communication function modules based on the information about the lottery game packet provided by the deep lottery game packet inspection module. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104347 | SOCIALLY INTERACTIVE WAGERING SYSTEM - A system and method includes one or more processors coupled to a memory, the one or more processors operable to read instructions from the memory to perform one or more steps or operations. The operations may include receiving a signal from a first device, sending a first code and an instruction to broadcast the code to a broadcasting device based on the signal, receiving an access request and a second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device from a second user device, and granting the second user device access to a feature of an application when the second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device matches the first code. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104348 | System, Method, and Apparatus for the Electronic Operation, Management, Sponsorship, Advertising, Promotion, Marketing, and Regulation of Games of Chance on a Network - The present invention is directed to a computer network system that allows a user to register for games of chances throughout the country and in accordance with national, state and local laws and ordinances. This system analyses the geographical location and residency information of a user in relation to the geographical access and participation areas permitted, excluded, and restricted for a game of chance as governed by jurisdictional laws, statutes, rules, and regulations. If the user is not located within a permitted area or falls within an excluded or restricted area, the user will not be allowed to access or participate in the game of chance. The ability of the system to limit participation by geographical location is based on user input, data, and variable analysis, and the comparison between the areas where games of chance are permitted, excluded, restricted, and user location and residency, filters data to determine user accessibility to a game of chance, listings, and advertising. The methods and apparatus of this system have applications on the Internet for raffles as well as other conventional games of chance. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104349 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATIONPROCESSING DEVICE - The game program according to the present invention causes a computer to perform a registering process to register in advance in a storage unit attribute information specified by the player, an offering process to offer the game content to the player, a judgment process to compare the attribute information of the game content offered to the specified attribute information, a combining process to combine the game content offered with another game content to create a combined game content, and a recording process to record in the storage unit the combined game content as the game content owned by the player, without recording in the storage unit the game content offered as the game content owned by the player. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104350 | INTERACTIVE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - An interactive financial transactions systems and methods are disclosed for providing gaming activity using funds located at a financial institution. Prior to initiating gaming activity, the player indicates the amount of funds the player would like to wager in a session. The financial institution is contacted to block the player funds from being used for another purpose while the player is placing wagers on the interactive gaming system. As the player completes wagers, the results of wagering activities may be passed to the financial institution. When the player completes the gaming session, the financial institution is instructed to release the blocked funds. In one embodiment, the interactive gaming system contacts an intermediary business which performs the account blocking and financial transactions with the financial institution. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104351 | DRAG RACING LOTTERY GAME - A high frequency betting game, based on 2-runner drag races such as cars, motorcycles, boats and in general any 2-runner (binary result) racing event is disclosed. Players try to predict the result of as many races as possible with a minimum number of races. If players predict correctly the minimum number of races, they are offered a “Dare” or “Variable Dare” challenge to predict consecutive races, one more race each time, to increase their potential winnings with the risk that if a player does not correctly predict a race, they lose their entire bet or a portion of their bet. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104352 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES IN FANTASY GAMING - Short term wagers can be made on predicted outcomes of performances in events such as the performance of a specific player in a sports event or the performance of a company stock in a given time frame. A user can select a plurality of challenge parameters, including a time duration of a challenge; a subject matter of the challenge; a type of wager for the challenge; a specific player for the challenge; and a wager amount for the challenge. The plurality of challenge parameters can be transmitted to a matching engine in order to match the challenge to one or more target users based upon a comparison of the challenge parameters to a plurality of historical challenge parameters for each of the target users to find common parameters. A casino or sports bookmaker can also accept the challenge as a house player. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104353 | SKILL CALIBRATED HYBRID GAME - Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention include: a real world controller connected to a game world server, the real world controller constructed to: receive configuration information for an odds engine; configure the odds engine; receive gambling event occurrences; and provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits; and the game world server connected to an entertainment controller and the real world controller, the entertainment controller executes an entertainment game, and the game world server is constructed to: receive outcomes based upon a player's skillful play; communicate the gambling event occurrences; and receive player performance information; analyze the player performance information to determine the player's skill level; determine the configuration information for the odds engine; and communicate the configuration information for the odds engine. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104354 | SLOT MACHINE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF VIDEO REEL STRIPS - Provided is a slot machine capable of reducing unfairness which may result between a player who has made an investment and a player who has not made an investment and allowing a player to proceed with a game by making an investment in expectation of a jackpot at ease. Each money amount which is constant is accumulated independently of a number of bets each time betting is conducted, and upon winning a jackpot, a money amount calculated by multiplying a money amount accumulated until then by a multiplying factor based on the number of bets is provided. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104355 | WEARABLE ARTICLES INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS AND ALERT FEATURES - The disclosure provides alarm module devices such as a wearable article including a base portion and an upper portion covering the base portion, wherein the base portion and the upper portion cooperating to define a compartment. The device can further include at least one acoustical transducer, and a printed circuit board (or other suitable activation circuitry) disposed in the compartment including circuitry for actuating the at least one acoustical transducer. The device can further include a power source in selective electrical communication with the at least one acoustical transducer by way of the printed circuit board. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104356 | HAPTIC WARPING SYSTEM - A system is provided that transforms haptic signals. The system receives a first haptic signal including a first haptic effect that can be generated by a first haptic output device. The system transforms the first haptic signal into a second haptic signal including a second haptic effect that can be generated by a second haptic output device. The system then sends the second haptic signal to the second haptic output device to generate the second haptic effect. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104357 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes an input unit which receives inputs of videos captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses, a detection unit which detects a moving body appearing in a first video captured by a first imaging apparatus among the plurality of imaging apparatuses and a moving body appearing in a second video captured by a second imaging apparatus among the plurality of imaging apparatuses, a first computation unit which derives, on the basis of similarity between a feature value of the moving body appearing in the first video and a feature value of the moving body appearing in the second video, a first probability indicating a probability that both moving bodies are the same, a second computation unit which derives a second probability indicating a probability that the moving body appearing in the first video does not appear in the second video on the basis of an elapsed time after the moving body exits and disappears from the first video, and a determination unit which determines whether or not the moving body appearing in the first video and the moving body appearing in the second video are the same on the basis of a comparison between the first probability and the second probability. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104358 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ENABLE SELECTIVE SMOKE DETECTION SENSITIVITY - There is provided a method to enable selective smoke detection sensitivity onboard an aircraft. The method has the step of installing one or more sensitivity selectable smoke detector assemblies. The method further has the step of electrically or wirelessly coupling the one or more sensitivity selectable smoke detector assemblies installed onboard the aircraft to one or more sensitivity selector controls installed onboard the aircraft. The method further has the step of selecting an alarm setpoint sensitivity level from two or more alarm setpoint sensitivity levels for each of the one or more sensitivity selectable smoke detector assemblies, based on sensitivity level determination factors of one or more of a mission type of the aircraft, a cargo type on the aircraft, a compartment zone specific area type on the aircraft, and an occupancy state on the aircraft. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104359 | Sonar Based Drowning Detection System, Method And Kit - There is provided a system for detecting a drowning person within a water body, the system comprising (i) sonar sensors for forming a three dimensional grid of sonar waves within the water body, the grid having three dimensional grid cells; (ii) a movement path tracing unit adapted to be connected to the sonar sensors for tracing a movement path of a person within the water body by determining a sequence of successive grid cells crossed by the person within the grid in the course of said movement path, the determination of the successive grid cells being made based on detected propagation delays of the sonar waves forming the grid; and (iii) a drowning detection unit adapted to be connected to the movement path tracing unit for analysing the movement path of the person and issuing an alarm when the movement path of the person is indicative of a drowning person movement path. There is also provided a kit and method for detecting a drowning person within a water body. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104360 | PAIRED PROXIMITY ALARM TAGS - A method includes pairing at least two tags and attaching each one of the at least two tags to objects; a computer device sensing the proximity of each tagged object; and the computer device issuing alerts depending on the sensed proximity of each tagged object, wherein a first alert is triggered when one of the tagged objects leaves a secured area without a corresponding paired tagged object. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104361 | TIME-BASED MULTIVARIABLE SECURE FACILITY ALARM SYSTEM - An exemplary embodiment provides for a computer-implemented method that generates a time-based multivariable secure facility alarm. The method includes selecting a person for alert monitoring, alert monitor criteria pertaining to the person and alarm notification rules. When an occurrence that satisfies the alert monitor criteria are detected, an alarm notification, based upon the alarm notification rules, is generated. The method's alert monitor criteria include at least two events and a time period such that the alert monitor criteria is satisfied when the at least two events occur within the time period. Additionally, at least one event of the at least two events is a non-telephonic event. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104362 | CABLE SIGNAL DETECTOR - A cable signal detector for a connector at an end of a communication cable or for a relay connector connected with the connector includes a rectifier circuit that branches and extracts a portion of signal transmitted through the communication cable, rectifies the extracted signal into a DC signal and outputs the DC signal, a comparator that outputs a predetermined voltage signal if a voltage of the DC signal is not less than a preset threshold voltage, and a light-emitting circuit that emits light when the comparator outputs the predetermined voltage signal. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104363 | REMOTE MONITORING OF A PERIODICALLY UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY USING A WIRELESSLY ENABLED TELEMETRY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED SENSORS - The service of “keeping an eye” on a vacant property in a simple, low-cost and reliable manner required extreme focus in selecting high-value parameters to be monitored, and the creation of a unique, proprietary, and highly interdependent product and technology architecture to effectively and efficiently deliver the service is contemplated. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104364 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A DOCK LEVELER - Methods and apparatus for monitoring a dock leveler are disclosed herein. One example dock leveler system for use at a doorway of a loading dock, where a body is sometimes present at the loading dock, includes a deck movable between a raised position and a lowered position. The example dock leveler system also includes a sensor having a field of view extending over the deck when the deck is in the lowered position. The sensor is in a normal state when the deck is in the lowered position while the body is off the deck, the sensor is in a triggered state when the deck is in the lowered position while the body is on the deck interrupting the field of view, and the sensor is in the triggered state when the deck is in the raised position with the deck interrupting the field of view regardless of whether the body is on or off the deck. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104365 | Detecting Presence Using a Presence Sensor Network - Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for detecting presence using a presence sensor network. In some embodiments, a computer executing a presence service generates a user interface for display at a user device. The user interface can include a control that, when selected, generates room data defining a monitored location. The computer can obtain sensor identifier data that identifies a presence sensor located at the monitored location and a location of the presence sensor at the monitored location. The computer can provide the user interface to the user device to obtain the room data and obtain the room data. The computer also can store the room data and the sensor identifier data. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104366 | Smart Hazard Detector Providing Follow Up Communications to Detection Events - Ambient amount of a hazardous condition may be monitored. A mode may be set to a state indicative of the hazardous condition being present in the ambient environment. It may then be determined that the amount of the hazard in the ambient environment has dropped below an alarm criterion. A time period may then be tracked during which the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has remained below the alarm criterion. It may be determined that the time period has reached at least a threshold duration, during such time period the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector having remained below the alarm criterion. An indication of the hazardous condition easing may be output in response to the time period being at least the threshold duration. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104367 | Danger Alerting Method and Device, Portable Electronic Apparatus - A danger alerting device, a danger alerting method for a portable electronic apparatus and a portable electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: detecting whether a holder of the portable electronic apparatus is in a potential danger status; in case that the holder of the portable electronic apparatus is in the potential danger status, comparing a time duration data T for which the holder is in the potential danger status with a preset time duration data T0; and alerting the holder to danger in case that the time duration data T is greater than or equal to the preset time duration data T0. The danger alerting device and method can effectively prevent a holder from encountering danger while using a portable electronic apparatus during walking, and significantly reduce the probability of danger. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104368 | SOS QUICK CAPTURE - An emergency SOS application and system includes a portable electronic device that communicates over a network, and has a display screen, an actuation mechanism, a processor, a memory, location information, a microphone, a camera, and a speakerphone. The portable electronic device is encoded with an emergency SOS application that generates a plurality of screen icons, captures emergency information from each of the microphone, camera and speakerphone, activates a voice call from the device, and sends a plurality of data messages containing the captured emergency information. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104369 | ALARM PROFILE FOR A FABRIC NETWORK - Methods and systems for transferring alarm information by sending an alarm message containing information about an alarm. The alarm message includes an alarm counter indicator that indicates whether an alarm status has changed from a previous alarm message. The alarm message also includes one or more indications of alarm conditions indicating an alarm state or an alarm source. Furthermore, the alarm message includes an alarm length that indicates a number of alarm conditions included in the alarm message. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104370 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments disclosed herein generally include a system and a method of controlling a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with an electronic device, such as a mounting device. Embodiments of the disclosure may include a system and a method of providing information to the portable electronic device that causes the portable electronic device to perform one or more desirable functions or processes based on the portable electronic device's interaction with the mounting device. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device may respond differently when it is caused to interact with differently configured mounting devices. Some aspects of the invention may include an apparatus, method and/or computing device software application that are configured to more easily setup and reliably control a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with the mounting device. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104371 | CONTROLLERS WITH ADAPTABLE INTERFACES - Systems and methods for updating a control device may include receiving identifying information about an appliance, receiving identifying information about a component of the appliance, and sending a query to a remote server including information about the appliance and the component. The remote server may provide a response including configuration information for the control device, with a command for the appliance and a command that is specific to the component. A first input of the control device may be mapped to the command for the appliance, and a second input of the control device may be mapped to the command that is specific to the component, etc. When the second input is received, a command that is specific to the component may be generated. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104372 | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVING REMOTE SIGNAL BY ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INDUCTION - Electrical equipment includes a power supply unit, a signal receiving unit, a rectifying and filtering unit, a switch unit, and a control. The rectifying and filtering unit rectifies and filters remote signals received by the signal receiving unit to generate first voltage signals. The switch unit connects the power supply unit to an external power in response to receiving the first voltage signals. The control identifies a current mode of the electrical equipment and determines whether the first voltage signal persists longer than a predetermined time or not. The control outputs a second voltage signals in response to the duration time of the first voltage signals being greater than the predetermined time. The switch unit further connects the power supply unit to the external power according to the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal to start the electrical equipment. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104373 | Trainable Transceiver And Method Of Operation Utilizing Existing Vehicle User Interfaces - A transmitter device for coupling to a vehicle and for conducting a transmission to a remote system includes a transmitter and a processing circuit coupled to the transmitter and having an input interface. The input interface is coupled to an existing user interface of the vehicle for receiving an input to cause the transmitter to conduct its transmission to the remote system. The input interface is coupled to a vehicle sensor for receiving a vehicle sensor input including a motion status of the vehicle. The processing circuit is configured to prevent the transmitter from conducting its transmission to the remote system unless the motion status of the vehicle indicates the vehicle is travelling at a speed less than a threshold speed. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104374 | SECONDARY SECURITY AND AUTHENTICATION FOR TRAINABLE TRANSCEIVER - A transmitter for mounting to a vehicle and for sending a transmission to a remote system is shown and described. The transmitter includes a processing circuit, a transmitter, and a battery powering the processing circuit and the transmitter. The processing circuit is configured to restrict transmission to the remote system unless a security module checks one or more parameters. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104375 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POWERLINE AND RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS - Disconnected from the powerline, a battery-powered receiver is configured to conserve power. The receiver communicates information between a local controller and a communication network that uses the powerline and a radio frequency (RF) band to propagate messages. An antenna wirelessly detects the presence of the powerline carrier signal that radiates into free space, which indicates a first message encoded onto the powerline. A computer processor wakes up from an inactive state based on the presence of the carrier signal and receives a second message via a second RF signal having a different frequency than the powerline carrier signal, and determines whether the device address in the second message is the assigned address of the receiver. If the message is not addressed to the receiver, the receiver returns to an inactive state. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104376 | Probe Based Variable Speed Sign Value - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for predicting or estimating the value of a variable speed sign (VSS). A variable speed sign is identified. Probe data is collected at one or more vehicles in proximity to the variable speed sign. The speeds of the vehicles are included in or derived from the probe data. A statistical analysis is performed on the probe data. A speed limit value for the variable speed sign is determined based on the statistical analysis. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104377 | HIGH RESOLUTION ENCODING AND TRANSMISSION OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION - Systems and methods are provided for increasing the geospatial resolution of traffic information by dividing known location intervals into a fixed number of sub-segments not tied to any one map providers format, efficient coding of the traffic information, and distribution of the traffic information to end-user consuming devices over one or more of a satellite based broadcast transport medium and a data communications network. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention detail a nationwide traffic service which can be encoded and distributed through a single broadcast service, such as, for example, an SDARS service, or a broadcast over a data network. Exemplary embodiments include aggregating the traffic data from segments of multiple location intervals, into predefined and predetermined flow vectors, and sending the flow vectors within a data stream to users. Confidence levels obtained from raw traffic data can both (I) be disclosed to drivers/users to supplement a very low signal (or no signal) speed and congestion report, and (ii) can also be used in various system algorithms that decide what local anomalies or aberrations to filter out as noise, or to disclose as accurate information and thus more granularly depict the roadway in question (and use additional bits to do so) as an actual highly localized traffic condition. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104378 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AN ATTRIBUTE OF A PARKING STRUCTURE - A method of determining an attribute of a parking structure includes monitoring vehicle status data (VSD) obtained by a first on-board processor operatively associated with a vehicle telematics unit. The first processor executes computer readable code encoded on a first non-transitory computer readable medium. The method includes recording, in a vehicle memory operatively associated with the first processor, the VSD based on an output of a vehicle on-board sensor. The method further includes communicating the recorded VSD to a data aggregator of a remote parking information system (RPIS) for storage as aggregated data in a computer memory associated with the RPIS. The method determines, via the data aggregator, whether the vehicle is in the parking structure based on the communicated recorded VSD. The method further includes determining the attribute via the RPIS based on the VSD stored in the computer memory, and storing the attribute in the computer memory. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104379 | ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF THE DIMENSIONS OF A LOAD - An anti-collision system for an agricultural vehicle includes a first sensor for detecting the dimensions of a clear-space profile available in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel, a second sensor for detecting the dimensions of a load moved by the vehicle, and a processing device which compares the dimensions of the clear-space profile with the dimensions of the load on the basis of the signals of the first and second sensors and outputs a warning signal if a collision between the load and a boundary of the clear-space profile is imminent. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104380 | CYCLING SAFETY SYSTEM - A safety system comprising:
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20160104381 | VEHICLE CUT-IN STRATEGY - A vehicle system includes a first sensor configured to output a first signal and a second sensor configured to output a second signal. The first and second signals represent movement of a potential cut-in vehicle. The vehicle system further includes a processing device programmed to compare the movement of the potential cut-in vehicle to at least one threshold. The processing device selects the potential cut-in vehicle as an in-path vehicle if the movement exceeds the at least one threshold. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104382 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND CHOOSING A DETERMINATE PILOTING STRATEGY FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method includes generating an initial flight context that includes a set of unresolved flight constraints. The method further includes generating a decision tree based on the initial flight context. The decision tree includes a plurality of flight contexts corresponding to leaves of the decision tree. The method also includes expanding the decision tree according to a greedy best-first strategy that selects a flight context of the decision tree for expansion based on a fitness value assigned to the flight context. The method includes selecting, as a piloting strategy, a flight context of the decision tree that includes a sequence of actions to resolve each of the unresolved flight constraints. The method further includes flying an aircraft according to the piloting strategy. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104383 | Distributed Air Traffic Flow Management - A price to utilize air-traffic resources is determined using a projected capacity for each air-traffic resource. The air-traffic resources include predefined geographic locations and future time periods. The price for a given air-traffic resource is based on the projected capacity of the given air-traffic resource. Data including the determined price is transmitted to each of a plurality of distributed computing systems to enable each of the distributed computing systems to independently determine, based on the price, proposed trajectories for one or more of the plurality of aerial vehicles. Data characterizing the proposed trajectories is received from the plurality of distributed computing systems. Whether the capacity required by the proposed trajectories in aggregate exceed the projected capacity for each of the plurality of air-traffic resources is determined using the proposed trajectories. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104384 | Redundant Determination of Positional Data for an Automatic Landing System - An automatic landing system contains a control device for providing positional data for controlling an aircraft, a first position or range measuring device for detecting first positional data of the aircraft, a second position or range measuring device for detecting second positional data of the aircraft, and a sensor device for detecting sensor data from which a direction in which a landmark is located and/or a distance of the landmark to the aircraft can be determined. The control device may be configured to generate, based on the first positional data, a first hypothesis for the direction and distance of the landmark and, based on the second positional data, a second hypothesis for the direction and distance of the landmark. Moreover, the control device may be configure to confirm or discard the first hypothesis and the second hypothesis, respectively, using the sensor data detected by the sensor device. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104385 | BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION AND ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHODS EMPLOYED THEREOF - Exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure are directed towards behavior recognition and analysis device and methods employed thereof The device including one or more capturing units configured to capture behavior recognition movements of students accompanied in a specified area to detect emotions expresses by each individual student. The expressed motions detected based on the plurality of facial features collected from the students. One or more physical activity monitoring units configured to monitor bodily movements for determining a temporary state of mind of the each individual student accompanied in the specified area, an emotion extraction unit extracts the data conveyed by the respective emotions expressed by the students and recognize a specific student expressing an emotion by comparing the predetermined data collected from. the students and the image capturing unit by an image recognition unit to provide an emotional quotient and academic impact report of each individual student to the user. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104386 | PRODUCT ASSEMBLY ASSISTANCE EMPLOYING TAGGED COMPONENTS - Technologies are generally described for providing instructional media for assembly of a product from multiple components. In some examples, a standalone or web-based application for assisting with assembly of items may be informed of the state of the ongoing unpacking and/or assembly through optically, wirelessly, or comparably readable tags associated with the individual components of a disassembled item. Based on received data on state of assembly and which parts a user is accessing, the application may select appropriate instructional media, including detection of when assembly has gone wrong in order to coach the user through the assembly process and/or corrections. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104387 | INTERACTIVE ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive online learning system and method. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104388 | HIDDEN LETTER SYSTEM - HIDDEN LETTER SYSTEM allows people to generate from an alphabet (original), two different alphabets. One generated from the bottom half of the original alphabet, and the other from the top half of the original alphabet. The system's utility is to have two or more people share a secret word(s) among each other through word(s) already written on their personal items without others knowing. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104389 | Child's Manipulative for Home and Classroom Behavior Support - A device suitable to provide sensory stimulation to children is described. The device may be portable or fixed to a child's school desk or may similarly be used in the home, public areas or otherwise, primarily of cloth construction which provides a variety of tactile and sensory stimuli suitable to help the child to maintain appropriate social or classroom behavior under a variety of local circumstances, such as when the holder is stressed or during transition periods in classrooms. The device is suitable for use from infancy to adulthood to meet the needs of users for whom tactile stimulation can provide attention redirection. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104390 | BODY POSITION SENSING FOR EQUIPMENT - A device that includes a receiving surface for positioning at least one human body part, multiple capacitive sensor elements disposed within multiple positioning areas on the receiving surface, a sense circuit configured to compare the capacitance measurements of the sensor elements with threshold capacitance values and generate a signal when the capacitance measurements indicate proximity of a human body part on a positioning area, and an indicator configured to generate a notification when the position of the human body part corresponds with at least one location on the receiving surface. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104391 | METHOD OF TRAINING AN OPERATOR OF MACHINE - A method for generating a training plan for an operator of a machine to perform an operation is provided. The method includes receiving data associated with one or more functional parameters of the machine. The functional parameters include at least one of an operation parameter, an operator attribute parameter, and an environmental parameter. The method includes identifying a value of each of the functional parameters based on the data. Further, the method includes determining, in real-time, the training plan based on the identification of the functional parameters. The method includes communicating the instruction to the operator for performing the operation on the machine based on the training plan. The method includes monitoring the operation for being in conformance with the training plan. The method includes generating an alarm, when the operation performed by the operator deviates from the instructions of the training plan. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104392 | EXTRACTING SEMANTIC FEATURES FROM COMPUTER PROGRAMS - The present invention provides a system and methods for extracting features from an object. The system comprises a receiver configured to receive an object comprising a set of instructions. Further, the system comprises an extraction module configured to extract one or more features of the object, wherein the one or more features comprise control-flow information, data-flow information, data-dependency information and control-dependency information. In an embodiment, the system includes an assessment module configured to assess at least one of functionality and quality of the first object, based on the features extracted and the grades corresponding to the second object. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104393 | EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEEDLE TRACKING DURING MEDICAL TRAINING AND TESTING - This invention describes a system and method for simulating a needle-based medical procedure for purposes of education and training. The described invention has a variety of medical training and assessment applications and can integrate and enhance a variety of existing medical simulation and assessment processes and technologies. The described device is designed to operate in the form of a needle and syringe, and will measure the orientation and penetration depth of the needle and contains all the necessary hardware to transmit this information to a remote installation that can process and visualize the data within a computer-based training device. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104394 | Pelvic Model - Devices, systems, and methods for practicing, teaching, and/or simulating various surgical procedures are disclosed. For example, devices, systems, and methods for practicing, teaching, and/or evaluating physician competency in various surgical procedures or techniques are disclosed. As another example, devices, systems, and methods for practicing, teaching, simulating, and/or evaluating surgeon competency for a surgical procedure, such as a vaginal hysterectomy, and/or technique are disclosed. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104395 | REMOVABLE LABLELING CLIP ASSEMBLY FOR ATTACHMENT TO FOOD CONTAINERS - A removable labeling clip assembly for connecting to food containers and identifying the contents thereof The removable labeling clip assembly comprises a flexible connector disposed between an attachment device and a labeling structure. In the preferred embodiment, the attachment device is defined as a spring loaded clip, the flexible connector is embodied as an elongated, flexible neck that can be repositioned through the application of manual pressure, and the labeling structure defines a permanently attached whiteboard card. In alternate embodiments, the attachment device may define a magnet, and the labeling structure may be embodied as a disposable labeling card. In operation, the labeling structure is employed to document the contents of a food container and it is held above or around the container by the flexible connector and the attachment device. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104396 | Fluid Activatable Adhesive for Glue-Free, Liner-Free, Labels for Glass and Plastic Substrates and Methods of Use Thereof - Methods for applying a liner-free, or liner-less label, to a substrate, particularly glass or plastic (e.g., polyethylene terephthalate) substrates, are described herein. The method includes applying an adhesive composition, such as a polymeric coating, to a label face sheet, activating the adhesive composition with an activating fluid, and contacting the label to the substrate. The activating fluid is preferably a mixture of water and one or more organic solvents, such as low molecular weight alcohols. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104397 | ELECTRONIC INFORMATION LABEL ACCESSORY - Disclosed is an electronic information label that electronically displays information, and more particularly an electronic information label (EIL) accessory that is attached to an electronic information label to promote products separately from the electronic information label. The EIL accessory includes a space for inserting and fixing the electronic label, and may externally emit light for product promotions. The promotion function of the electronic labels may be complemented by providing visual and auditory prompts to attract customers' attention. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104398 | BULLETIN BOARD - A bulletin board includes a board having at least three layers of material, in which a first layer of material has a density of 20-50 kg/m | 2016-04-14 |
20160104399 | Decorative Tree Cover - A decorative tree cover for displaying an image on a portion of a tree trunk is provided. The device includes a plurality of adjacently spaced vertical panels including a drawstring adapted to connect each panel. An upper belt and a lower belt are disposed on opposing ends of the vertical panels, wherein the upper belt and the lower belt include adjustable buckles thereon. The upper belt and lower belt are configured to removably attach the vertical panels around a tree trunk. The device enables a user to display an image on a tree trunk via the vertical panels. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104400 | BRIGHT DOT DETECTION METHOD AND DISPLAY PANEL - A bright dot detection method adapted to be used in a display panel including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines and a bright dot detection module. The plurality of gate lines and the plurality of sources line are interlaced thereby forming a plurality of pixels. The bright dot detection method includes: driving the plurality of pixels through enabling the plurality of gate lines simultaneously, thereby forming a first bright line in a first direction; and driving the plurality of pixels through enabling the plurality of gate lines sequentially and providing a control signal to the bright dot detection module, thereby forming a second bright line in a second direction, wherein a bright dot is positioned where the first and second bright lines meet with each other. A display panel is also disclosed. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104401 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING IMAGE DISPLAY DEFECTS IN A DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus and a method that quickly detect an error that may occur due to an external noise occurrence during display of image data on a screen of an image display device, and that control a strobe signal output to prevent a screen defect from being displayed on the display device screen. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104402 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY PANEL AND TEST METHOD - An organic light-emitting display panel includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels configured to display different colors, wherein the plurality of pixels is respectively disposed at intersections of a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines; and a test unit configured to selectively apply, to a plurality of link lines connected to the data lines, a pixel test signal for detecting defects of the plurality of pixels and a link line test signal for detecting short and open states of the plurality of link lines. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104403 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE OPERATION OF A BILLBOARD HAVING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - Process for verifying the operation of a display panel ( | 2016-04-14 |
20160104404 | DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A detection circuit and a detection method for liquid crystal display are provided. The detection circuit comprises a gate driver for providing row scan signal to liquid crystal cell to be detected; a signal source for providing polarity inversion signal to source driver; a source driver for performing digital-analogue conversion on received display data signal according to preset reference voltage and polarity inversion signal, generating pixel voltage signal, and sending pixel voltage signal to liquid crystal cell to be detected. The polarity inversion signal comprises column polarity inversion signals each of which polarity inversion signal is continuous high level signal or continuous low level signal. The polarity inversion mode is a column inversion, which makes white dot of damaged area of alignment film is more prominent during detection process, so it would be easy for the operator to recognize it and avoid the issue of missing detection. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104405 | DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive circuit and a display device are provided. The drive circuit comprises a programmable gamma IC, a timing controller, a memory, and a control interface. A display device is also provided. After starting up the drive circuit and the display device provided, the gamma value of the programmable gamma IC can be updated in real-time to make the output voltage controlled thereby as accurate as possible. Accordingly, the assembled display device can show the original object or source image more truly. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104406 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device is provided. A display device comprising, a gate voltage generator outputting a gate-on voltage and a gate-off voltage, a clock generator receiving the gate-on voltage and the gate-off voltage and outputting a clock signal, a gate driver receiving the clock signal and outputting a gate signal , the gate driver including a plurality of stages which are connected to a plurality of gate lines respectively, and a pixel unit comprising a plurality of pixels which are turned on or turned off by the gate signal to display an image, wherein the gate voltage generator comprises, a direct current (DC) converter connected to a sub-gate node and receiving a sub-gate signal which is one of outputs of the plurality of stages gate driver and outputting a compensation voltage using the received sub-gate signal. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104407 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including: a plurality of pixels receiving data voltages in response to gate signals; a drive circuit generating a power voltage and a control signal; a gate driver operating with the power voltage, generating the gate signals and a dummy gate signal in response to the control signal, and supplying the dummy gate signal to the drive circuit; and a data driver operating with the power voltage and generating the data voltages in response to the control signal. The drive circuit measures a temperature of the drive circuit, and a voltage and a current at an output node of the drive circuit generating the power voltage. The measured temperature, voltage and current, and the dummy gate signal are stored in the drive circuit in a predetermined order. This information can be used to detect error states that the display can indicate and use to protect itself from damage. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104408 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME - A method for driving a display panel includes obtaining a first grayscale histogram based on input image data, generating a gamma curve by selectively changing an initial gamma curve based on at least one of the first grayscale histogram or a predetermined power mode, and generating output image data based on the input image data and the gamma curve. When the gamma curve is different from the initial gamma curve, the method includes changing an operating frequency of the display panel from a first frequency to a second frequency. The second frequency is lower than the first frequency. The operating frequency is changed to display an image frame corresponding to the output image data based on the second frequency. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104409 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a dummy pixel. The first pixel includes a first light-emitting device connected to a first pixel circuit through a first node. The second pixel is in a same row as the first pixel and includes a second light-emitting device connected to a second pixel circuit through a second node. The dummy pixel includes at dummy pixel circuit with a third node. The controller outputs a first control signal having a first level or a second level based on a first pixel grayscale value corresponding to the first pixel and a second pixel grayscale value corresponding to the second pixel. A switch circuit electrically connects the first node, the second node, and a third node when the first control signal has the first level. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104410 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TWO SUPERPOSED DISPLAY DEVICES - Display assembly for a portable object, wherein the display assembly includes a first, at least partially transparent, emissive display device located on the side of an observer, a second reflective display device being arranged underneath the first emissive display device, wherein said second reflective display device is capable of switching between a transparent state, in which the device does not display any information, and a reflective state, when the device is activated. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING, CALIBRATING AND/OR COMPENSATING, AND DRIVING AN LED DISPLAY - A method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display, and for operating a display at a constant luminance even as some of the pixels in the display are degraded over time. The system may include extracting a time dependent parameter of a pixel for calibration. Each pixel in the display is configured to emit light when a voltage is supplied to the pixel's driving circuit, which causes a current to flow through a light emitting element. Degraded pixels are compensated by supplying their respective driving circuits with greater voltages. The display data is scaled by a compression factor less than one to reserve some voltage levels for compensating degraded pixels. As pixels become more degraded, and require additional compensation, the compression factor is decreased to reserve additional voltage levels for use in compensation. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104412 | DISPLAYING METHOD AND DISPLAY WITH SUBPIXEL RENDERING - A displaying method includes following steps: converting first image data into second image data; performing subpixel rendering on second image data to generate third image data; determining whether the first image data includes first pixel data having a gray brightness value which is not greater than a first threshold; determining whether a gray brightness value of second pixel data of the third image data corresponding to the first pixel data is greater than a second threshold; and converting the third image data into fourth image data. The second pixel data is corresponding to third pixel data in the fourth image data. The third pixel data include at least one first subpixel data having a gray brightness value smaller than the gray brightness value of the subpixel data of the third image data corresponding to the first subpixel data. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104413 | PIXEL ARRAY, ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRIC APPARATUS AND PIXEL RENDERING METHOD - Provided is a pixel array having a pixel arrangement structure in which a subpixel of the first color having the highest luminosity factor, a subpixel of the second color and a subpixel of the third color having the lowest luminosity factor are arranged in matrix, a row including the subpixel of the first color and the subpixel of the second color that are alternately arranged and a row including the subpixel of the first color and the subpixel of the third color that are alternately arranged are alternately arranged, and a column including the subpixel of the first color and the subpixel of the second color that are alternately arranged and a column including the subpixel of the first color and the subpixel of the third color that are alternately arranged are alternately arranged. The row including the subpixels of the first color and the third color is higher than the row including the subpixels of the first color and the second color, and the subpixel of the first color in the row including the subpixels of the first color and the second color has an area of a light-emitting region substantially equal to that in the subpixel of the first color in the row including the subpixels of the first color and the third color. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104414 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes a timing controller configured to output driving signals and image signals in response to an external control signal, a data driver configured to receive the image signals and convert the image signals to data voltages, and a display panel including pixels configured to display an image based on the data voltages. The timing controller is further configured to detect a counted value of pulses of one selection driving signal of the driving signals, determine one selection frequency of reference frequencies, and apply the image signals to the data driver based on the selection frequency. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104415 | Source Driver and Display Apparatus Including the Same - Disclosed is a display driver including an input pad configured to receive a supply voltage, a wiring line connected to the input pad, a digital-to-analog converter configured to output analog signals based on digital-to-analog conversion results of data, a plurality of output buffer units configured to buffer the analog signals, and a plurality of bias controllers connected to different positions of the wiring line. Each of the bias controllers independently controls a bias voltage of a corresponding one of the output buffer units based on the supply voltage supplied through the wiring line. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104416 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SECTION, AND CONTROLLER CIRCUIT - Second light emitting elements and third light emitting elements are disposed at common grid-points that are adjacent in four directions to each grid-point where a first light emitting element is disposed. The controller circuit samples input data at each grid-point to generate display data to illuminate each light emitting element; controls first light emitting element illumination based on first light emitting element color information contained in first display data, which are display data sampled at each grid-point where a first light emitting element is disposed; controls second light emitting element illumination based on second light emitting element color information contained in second display data, which are display data sampled at each grid-point where a second and third light emitting element is disposed; and controls third light emitting element illumination based on third light emitting element color information contained in the second display data. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104417 | MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A display such as an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display may be mounted on a vehicle and controlled by a control device such as a smart phone to present messages, including text and images if desired, on the sign. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104418 | TIMING CONTROLLER, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE OLED DISPLAY - A timing controller, OLED display having the same and method of for driving the display are disclosed. The timing controller includes a failure mode determiner that can receive an input signal and determine whether the OLED display is in a failure mode based on the input signal. The timing controller also includes a failure mode generator configured to store a fail signal, output the fail signal in the failure mode, and selectively output a multiplexed signal including one of the input signal or the fail signal based on whether the OLED display is in the failure mode. The timing controller further includes a failure mode controller configured to receive the multiplexed signal from the failure mode generator, store the multiplexed signal, and selectively output the multiplexed signal of a current frame or the multiplexed signal of a previous frame based on whether the OLED display is in the failure mode. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104419 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A pixel of an organic light emitting display includes first through fourth transistors and a capacitor. The first transistor operates based on a scan signal and is connected between a data line and a first node. The capacitor is connected between the first node and a second node. The second transistor operates based on a gate signal and is connected between a first power voltage and a third node. The third transistor operates based on compensation control line signal and is connected between the second node and the third node. The fourth transistor operates based on sensing control line signal and is connected between the data line and the third node. The organic light emitting element is connected between the third node and a second power voltage. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104420 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display includes at least one first data line, at least one second data line, a plurality of driving transistors, and a plurality of light emitters. Each driving transistor has a driving gate electrode connected to the at least one first data line and the at least one second data line, and the light emitters are respectively connected to the driving transistors. Emission regions of the light emitter do not overlap the at least one first data line, the at least one second data line, and the driving transistors. A shielding portion overlaps an end of the at least one first data line and an end of the at least one second data line. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104421 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device, includes: pixels connected to scan lines, light emission lines, and data lines crossing the scan lines and the light emission lines, and including organic light emitting diodes, and pixel driving circuits to output a driving current to the organic light emitting diodes, respectively; a plurality of dummy driving circuits to output a dummy driving current; a dummy data line to apply a dummy data voltage to the plurality of dummy driving circuits; and a plurality of repair lines to electrically connect each of the organic light emitting diodes to at least one of the plurality of dummy driving circuits, wherein each of the dummy driving circuits corresponds to at least two of the repair lines, and each of the organic light emitting diodes is to be electrically connected to corresponding ones of the dummy driving circuits through corresponding ones of the repair lines. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104422 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD FOR SAME - In a display device having a pixel circuit including an electro-optical element in which brightness is controlled by a current, and including a drive transistor for controlling a current to be supplied to the electro-optical element, a drive method therefor includes: a noise measurement step of measuring noise; characteristic detection steps of detecting characteristics of the drive transistor and the electro-optical element; a correction data update step of updating correction data, which serves for correcting a video signal, based on detection results in the characteristic detection step; and a video signal correction step of correcting the video signal based on the correction data. When noise with a standard value or more is detected in the noise measurement step, processing of the correction data update step is not performed. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104423 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of pixels and a compensation power supply line. The pixels are located at intersections of data lines and gate lines. The compensation power supply line is separated from the data lines. Each of the pixels includes an in-pixel circuit and at least one out-pixel circuit. The in-pixel circuit includes a first transistor, to be controlled based on a data voltage from a corresponding one of the data lines, and a storage capacitor connecting the first transistor and a first node. The at least one out-pixel circuit receives a compensation voltage from the compensation power supply line and provides the compensation voltage to the first node. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104424 | PIXEL, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR (TFT) SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel, a display device having the same, and a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate for the display device are disclosed. In one aspect, the pixel includes an emitter configured to emit light based at least in part on a driving current. The pixel also includes a driving transistor including an active layer, a first electrode electrically connected to a first end portion of the active layer, a second electrode electrically connected to a second end portion of the active layer, a first gate electrode configured to receive a data voltage from a data driver so as to form a channel in the active layer, and a second gate electrode configured to receive a bias voltage from a voltage source, wherein the channel is configured to adjust the driving current. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104425 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light-emitting display device is provided. An organic light-emitting display device, comprising: a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to a scan line, a first electrode connected to a data line and a second electrode connected to a first node; a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first node, a first electrode connected to a first power supply voltage and a second electrode connected to a second node; a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to a sensing control line, a first electrode connected to the scan line and a second electrode connected to the second node; and an organic light-emitting element including an anode electrode connected to the second node and a cathode electrode connected to a second power supply voltage. | 2016-04-14 |
20160104426 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING A VOLTAGE CONNECTING LINE - A display apparatus includes a display panel including a gate line disposed in a display area and extending in a first direction, a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a switching element electrically connected to the gate line and the data line. A first data driving part is electrically connected to a first peripheral area adjacent to the display area. A second data driving part is electrically connected to a second peripheral area adjacent to the first peripheral area. The display panel includes a voltage connecting line disposed between the first peripheral area and the second peripheral area. The voltage connecting line connects the first data driving part to the second data driving part. | 2016-04-14 |