| 18th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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| 20110102377 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD - An optical touch apparatus including a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, a third light emitting device, a fourth light emitting device, a first image detector, a second image detector, and a control unit is provided. The control unit controls the average brightness of the third light emitting device less than each of the average brightness of the second light emitting device and the fourth light emitting device when the control unit controls the first image detector to detect an image. The control unit controls the average brightness of the second light emitting device less than each of the average brightness of the first light emitting device and the third light emitting device when the control unit controls the second image detector to detect an image. A driving method is also provided. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102378 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROXIMITY SENSING - An electronic apparatus controls to sense a particular direction motion in directions detectable by a proximity sensor, which senses proximity and motion directions of a subject. Thus, a user can utilize the proximity sensor with decreased recognition error and a high recognition rate as a user interface of the electronic apparatus. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102379 | ELECTRONIC STYLUS WITH FORCE SENSING ARRANGEMENT - An electronic stylus including: an elongate body; a nib extending from one end of the elongate body; a load bearing member mounted to the elongate body for receiving an input force caused by contact on the nib, the load bearing member having a first protrusion with a rounded end; a coupling for transmitting the input force to the load bearing member, the coupling having a second protrusion extending centrally from a flange such that the distal end of the second protrusion engages the rounded end; circuitry for converting the input force into an output signal indicative of the input force; and a housing defining a recess for the circuitry. The rounded end of the first protrusion from the load bearing member extends proud of the recess for engaging the coupling. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102380 | Direction Indicating Device - An embodiment of the present invention provides a direction indicating device for generating a 2D direction indicating signal, which includes a base board, a first rectangular conductive plane formed on the base board, including a first sliding slot, a second rectangular conductive plane formed on the base board, overlapping the first rectangular conductive plane, and including a second sliding slot, a positioning axle perpendicular to the base board, passing through a space corresponding to overlap portions of the first sliding slot and the second sliding slot, for moving the first conductive plane along a first direction, and moving the second conductive plane along a second direction, and a control signal generating module for outputting the 2D direction indicating signal according to electric information of the first conductive plane and the second conductive plane. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102381 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING OBJECT DISPLAY DIAL - An apparatus and method for executing a specific function by rotating an object display dial capable of displaying at least one of a mode-based object and a function-based object are provided. The portable terminal includes a mode/function determination unit for determining a mode or function of the portable terminal, a User Interface (UI) object generation unit for generating an object corresponding to each mode or function on the object display dial, a UI object display unit for displaying the generated, a dial rotation detection unit for detecting a rotation of the object display dial, a position determining unit for determining a position of an object upon detecting the rotation of the object display dial, and an object display dial capable of displaying at least one of the mode-based object and the function-based object and including a mode/function execution unit for transitioning to a mode corresponding to an object assigned to the position or for executing the function. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102382 | Rotational Input Device and Electronic Apparatus - This rotational input device is so formed that, when a rotational position detecting portion detects that a user has at least rotationally operated a rotational operating portion, a magnetic force generating portion is excited on the basis of a detected rotational position to generate magnetic force so that a base portion is sucked toward the rotational operating portion to be so deflected as to come into contact with the rotational operating portion thereby providing the user with a tactile sensation. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102383 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH IMPROVED LEVEL SHIFTER - Level shifting circuitry and corresponding enable signal generating circuitry provides improved leakage current control while eliminating the need for supplying reference voltage input in the enable signal generator. The level shifting circuitry is a type of cascode free level shifting circuit that does not include cascode transistors as in the prior art but instead utilizes cross coupled logic to provide level shifting while also utilizing enable signal controlled transistors to control leakage current through the cross coupled logic during power up sequencing. The level shifting circuitry provides improved leakage current limiting structure for power up sequencing whether a lower level supply voltage ramps up faster than the higher level supply voltage or vice a versa. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102384 | DRIVER CHIP - A driver chip is suitable to be mounted on an active device array substrate of a display. The active device array substrate includes a plurality of signal lines. The driver chip includes a chip body, a plurality of output terminals, and a plurality of load adjusting units. The output terminals are used for electrically connecting some of the signal lines, and the load adjusting units are electrically connected between the output terminals and the chip body. The chip body is electrically connected to the plurality of signal lines through the output terminals and the load adjusting units. The load adjusting units are used for enabling loads between the chip body and the signal lines electrically connected to the chip body to be consistent. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102385 | ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An anisotropic conductive film includes a first thin film layer including concave portions, conductive balls arranged in the concave portions, insulating balls disposed on and between the conductive balls and each having a diameter smaller than the conductive balls, and a second thin film layer disposed covering the insulating balls. A display apparatus includes a pad part and a driving chip, which are electrically connected by the anisotropic conductive film. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102386 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is configured to display a plurality of windows on a display. The information processing apparatus specifies an active window of windows displayed on the display, when a notice indicating that a new window is to be displayed on the display is received, and determines whether an application corresponding to the active window is being used or not, based on a first operation definition information item associated with the application corresponding to the active window. The information processing apparatus display the new window on a background of the active window as a window with a lower priority than the active window, when it is determined that the application corresponding to the active window is being used. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL PROJECTION ADVERTISING DISPLAY - A projection advertising display system which can withstand the environmental conditions of the projection site, allows for remote operation and monitoring and provides for long-term, legitimate projected advertising in or on third-party structures. The digital projection advertising display system comprises a projection surface, such as the exterior side or interior wall of a building, which is covered by a long-term agreement allowing the projection of advertising images on said projection surface, and a projection unit comprising a projector, an environmental control system, a monitoring camera, and a computer. Each of the components of the projection unit is operatively coupled to a computer which controls and monitors the function of each of the components. The computer is networked to a central computer remote from said projection unit and can remotely control and monitor the functions of the projection unit. A plurality of projection units may be networked to the central computer to allow central control and monitoring of each of the projection advertising displays. The method provides for obtaining long-term agreements for the use of the projection surfaces and the sites for mounting the projection units. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102388 | DISPLAY AND GATE DRIVER CIRCUIT THEREOF - A gate driving circuit including M shift registers, a detecting unit, a control unit, a repair starting unit, a signal repairing device, and a signal replacing unit is provided, wherein M is a positive integer. The shift registers sequentially shift a starting signal according to a plurality of clock signals to generate M gate driving signals. The detecting unit detects the gate driving signals. The control unit generates a first and a second auxiliary signals, wherein the first and the second auxiliary signals are synchronous with two gate driving signals which are before and after a specific driving signal. The signal repairing device is enabled according to a valid repair starting signal outputted by the repair starting unit to generate a repairing signal according to the first auxiliary signal. The signal replacing unit replaces the specific driving signal with the repairing signal according to the clock signals. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102389 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes; a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels which receive a data signal to display an image, a plurality of sensors disposed within the display panel, wherein the plurality of sensors sense an external signal from an exterior of the display apparatus and output a sensing signal corresponding to the external signal, a data driver which provides the data signal to the plurality of pixels, a gate driver which outputs a plurality of gate signals to the plurality of pixels, and a sensor driver which includes a plurality of stages which output a plurality of sensor scan signals to the plurality of sensors, wherein the sensor driver sequentially drives the plurality of stages in a first scan mode and divides the plurality of stages into two groups of stages and alternately drives the two groups of stages in subsequent frames in a second scan mode. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102390 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a flexible substrate, a display unit that has a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged on the substrate and displays an image according to an image signal, a displacement sensor that is disposed on a front surface or a back surface of the substrate and detects a state of a curve of the substrate, a light-receiving unit that is disposed on a plane of the substrate on which the display unit is disposed and detects the amount of light, and a signal control unit that controls an image signal for displaying the image based on the amount of light when the displacement sensor detects the curve of the substrate. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102391 | ILLUMINATION SENSING DEVICE HAVING A REFERENCE VOLTAGE SETTING APPARATUS AND A DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE ILLUMINATION SENSING DEVICE - A reference voltage setting apparatus including: a current generator having a first device to supply a first dark current and a second device to supply a second dark current; a first operational amplifying unit connected to the current generator; and a voltage setting unit connected to the first operational amplifying unit and setting a reference voltage having a compensated offset voltage of the first operational amplifying unit, and an illumination sensing device and a display device including the reference voltage setting apparatus. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102392 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102393 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a photosensor in a pixel region of an active matrix substrate. The photosensor includes a photodiode (D | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102394 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING HALT AND RESUME OF SCANNING AN LCD - A method and system of controlling halt and resumption of scanning actions of an LCD is disclosed. An incoming video source is monitored, and current scan line position and corresponding polarity are recorded. When an abnormal video source is detected, the LCD scanning is stopped at a halt scan line of a halt frame with a halt polarity. After a normal video source has been detected again, determination is made of a proper resumptive scan line and/or a resumptive polarity. The panel scanning is resumed at the resumptive scan line equal to the halt scan line and/or with the resumptive polarity matching the halt polarity. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102395 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING HALT AND RESUME OF SCANNING AN LCD - A system and method of controlling scanning actions of an LCD is disclosed. A timing controller (Tcon) output enable (OE) generator generates an original OE signal, and a noise detection unit generates a noise-detected signal upon detecting noise. An OE mask generator generates a mask signal according to the noise-detected signal and the original OE signal. A masking unit generates a resultant OE signal according to the mask signal and the original OE signal. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102396 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electrophoretic display apparatus is configured with an electrophoretic element sandwiched between a pair of substrates, and includes a scanning line and a data line extending in mutually intersecting directions and a pixel formed corresponding to the area where the scanning line and data line intersect. The pixel includes a pixel electrode, a select transistor whose gate is connected to the scanning line, and a driving transistor whose gate is connected to the data line directly or via another element; and a ramp waveform is inputted into the pixel electrode via the driving transistor. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102397 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is an electrophoretic display device including an electrophoretic element, a scanning line and a data line, a pixel formed corresponding to an intersection parts of the scanning line and the data line, and a power line connected to the pixel. The pixel is provided with a pixel electrode, a select transistor having a gate connected to the scanning line, a first driving transistor having a gate connected to the data line, and a second driving transistor having a gate connected to a drain of the first driving transistor, and a source connected to the power line. A ramp waveform is input to the gate of the second driving transistor through the first driving transistor, and a current flows between the power line and the pixel electrode through the second driving transistor. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102398 | Emission control line drivers, organic light emitting display devices using the same and methods of controlling a width of an emission control signal - An emission control line driver includes even-numbered stages that are connected to even-numbered emission control lines, respectively, and are driven by a first clock signal, and odd-numbered stages that are connected to odd-numbered emission control lines, respectively, and are driven by a second clock signal, wherein each of the stages includes an input unit adapted to receive a control signal and an inverted control signal output from a previous one of the even and odd numbered stages or from an external source, the input unit being adapted to control voltages of a first node and a second node, a first output unit adapted to generate an emission control signal based on the voltages of the first node and the second node, and a second output unit adapted to generate an inverted emission control signal based on the voltages of the first node and the second node. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102399 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a plasma display panel having a low-cost transparent electrode, without decrease in yield. To achieve above, the panel has a first bus electrode, a second bus electrode, a first transparent electrode, and a second transparent electrode on the front substrate. The first transparent electrode covers at least a part of the first bus electrode, and similarly, the second transparent electrode covers at least a part of the second bus electrode. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102400 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel on which a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines cross each other and a plurality of liquid crystal cells are formed at crossings of the data lines and the gate lines, a DC-DC converter that produces a high potential power voltage required to drive the liquid crystal display panel and a gate low voltage required to generate a scan pulse for driving the gate lines, and a common voltage generating circuit that divides the high potential power voltage based on the gate low voltage to generate a common voltage to be applied to a common electrode of the liquid crystal cells. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102401 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a common voltage generating circuit, a common voltage compensating circuit, and a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes gate lines parallel to each other, data lines isolated from and intersecting with the gate lines, common voltage lines parallel to the gate lines, and a coupling line isolated from and intersecting with the data lines. A method for driving the LCD device includes the common voltage compensating circuit generating and providing an original common voltage and the coupling line generating a feedback signal when data signals on the plurality of data lines change. The common voltage compensating circuit generates a compensating signal according to the feedback signal and compensates the original common voltage, and outputs a compensated common voltage to the common voltage lines. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102402 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display and a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting display are provided. The organic light emitting display includes a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines, data lines, emission control lines, and power lines, a scan driver on a side of the display unit and coupled to the scan lines, an emission control driver on another side of the display unit and coupled to the emission control lines, a first power pad on a side of one of the scan driver or the emission control driver for receiving power, a second power pad on another side of the one of the scan driver or the emission control driver, the second power pad coupled to the power lines, and power buses coupling the first power pad and the second power pad to each other. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102403 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A pixel capable of compensating for the deterioration of an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The pixel includes an OLED coupled between first and second power sources, a pixel circuit including a driving transistor coupled between the first power source and the OLED and having a gate electrode coupled to a first node so that driving current corresponding to a voltage applied to the first node is supplied to the OLED, and a compensation circuit for controlling the voltage of the first node in accordance with deterioration of the OLED to compensate for the deterioration of the OLED. The compensation circuit includes first and second transistors coupled between the OLED and a third power source, first and second feedback capacitors coupled between the first node and a second node that is between the first transistor and the second transistor, and a third transistor coupled to the third power source. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102404 | Low Power Driving Method for a Display Panel and Driving Circuit Therefor - A low power driving method for a display panel and a driving circuit therefor. When the voltage of a corresponding common electrode of a pixel in a pixel array is changed from one of the first voltage and the second voltage to the other thereof according to a polarity signal, the voltage of the corresponding pixel electrode of the pixel is driven. In an embodiment, a data code for the pixel and the polarity signal are utilized to predict a trend of the corresponding target voltage of the data code, and the voltage of the pixel electrode or the data line is changed to a voltage close to the target voltage of the pixel according to the prediction result. Thus, the swing range of the voltage of the data line can be efficiently reduced, and power saving and reduction in transition time can also be achieved. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102405 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of common electrodes arranged so as to counter pixel electrodes extending in the row direction on a substrate. First and second voltage supply lines to supply first and second voltages to the common electrodes are connected with the common electrodes through a first switch circuit. A second switch circuit is arranged between the first voltage supply line and signal lines to switch a connection between the first voltage supply line and the signal lines. A gate open circuit is connected to scan lines to simultaneously supply a signal to switch on the pixel electrodes to all the scan lines. In case the power supply of the liquid crystal display device is turned off, a control circuit starts the power OFF driving operation to set the potential of the pixel electrode and the common electrode to substantially same by switching the first and second switch circuits. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102406 | GATE DRIVER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A gate driver applied to a LCD apparatus is disclosed. The gate driver includes a pulse modulation controlling module. When a pulse modulation controlling signal received by the pulse modulation controlling module is changed from a high level to a low level, the pulse modulation controlling module closes an active switch according to the pulse modulation controlling signal, so that a high level power signal will begin discharging to have a modulated pulse form. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102407 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE FOR THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes first and second backlight units independently operating based on driving modes, and a light blocking member interposed between the first and second backlight units. The first backlight assembly includes a first light source generating and supplying a first light to a main display part of a display panel in a main mode and turned-off in a sub mode. The second backlight assembly includes a second light source generating and supplying a second light having different color from the first light to a sub display part of the display panel in a main mode and a sub mode. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102408 | LAYOUT OF LCD DRIVING CIRCUIT - A layout of a liquid crystal display driving circuit is capable of minimizing an area which the layout occupies. The layout of the liquid crystal display driving circuit transmits positive analog voltages and negative analog voltages to a liquid crystal display, and includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) block and a buffer block. The DAC block has N/2 positive DACs generating the respective positive analog voltages corresponding to corresponding digital data using a positive reference voltage, where N is the integer, and N/2 negative DACs generating the respective negative analog voltages corresponding to corresponding digital data using a negative reference voltage. The buffer block has N/2 positive and negative buffers, which buffer the N/2 positive and negative analog voltages, and are alternately arranged. The N/2 positive and negative DACs are divided into groups one by one or in twos or more, and the groups are alternately arranged. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102409 | DRIVER CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE DRIVER CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - One object is, when a thin film transistor whose channel is formed using an amorphous semiconductor is used for a driver circuit formed using only n-channel transistors or p-channel transistors, to provide a driver circuit in which the threshold voltage is compensated in accordance with the degree of change in the threshold voltage. In the driver circuit which includes a unipolar transistor including a first gate and a second gate which are disposed above and below a semiconductor layer with insulating layers provided therebetween, a first signal for controlling switching of the transistor is inputted to the first gate, a second signal for controlling a threshold voltage of the transistor is inputted to the second gate, and the second signal is controlled in accordance with a value of current consumption including a current which flows between a source and a drain of the transistor. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102410 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING OLED DISPLAY - A circuit for driving an organic light emitting diode display includes a display panel that displays an image by using organic light emitting diodes disposed at intersection areas of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines; a threshold voltage detection control unit that supplies a precharge voltage by sequentially turning on transistors for threshold voltage detection, which are connected among the data lines and the organic light emitting diodes on the display panel, in units of horizontal lines, and enables threshold voltages to be detected; and a source driver that detects threshold voltages of all organic light emitting diodes arranged on a corresponding horizontal line, and repeats an operation, as necessary, for sampling/holding the detected threshold voltages through M sample/hold circuits, converting the sampled/held threshold voltages into digital signals, and storing the digital signals in a memory. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102411 | Low-Power Display Control Method and Associated Display Controller - A low-power display control method and associated display controller is provided. The low-power display control method detects a sensing signal to generate a sensing result. A control signal is generated according to the sensing result to control a power conversion controller to operate in a low-power power saving mode. In response to a wake-up event, the control signal is deasserted and an associated auxiliary circuit is also turned off, and then the display controller is woken up to restore to a normal operating mode. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102412 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes one pixel in a liquid crystal display section comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, and each of the plurality of sub-pixels being driven by a transistor connected with a signal line. The plurality of sub-pixels include a first red sub-pixel, a second green sub-pixel, and a third blue sub-pixel, and a fourth sub-pixel which includes a display auxiliary area. Voltage-transmittance characteristics on the display auxiliary pixel area are shifted to a higher voltage in comparison with a voltage of the first to the third sub-pixels. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102413 | ACTIVE MATRIX ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY WITH SEGMENTED ELECTRODE - An active-matrix electroluminescent display including a display substrate; a first electrode disposed over the display substrate; two second electrodes disposed over the first electrode; an electroluminescent light-emitting layer formed between and in electrical contact with the first and second electrodes, so that first and second active areas are defined where the first electrode and each respective second electrode overlap, the light-emitting layer emitting light from each active area in response to current between the first and each respective second electrode; a drive circuit including a drive transistor electrically connected to the first electrode for controlling the flow of current through the electroluminescent light-emitting layer; two power supply circuits connected to respective second electrodes for selectively providing respective voltages to the respective second electrodes; and a controller for sequentially or simultaneously causing the power supply circuits to provide the voltages to the respective second electrodes. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102414 | DOUBLE-GATE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line, a second gate line, a data line, a first pixel unit, a second pixel unit, a gate driver, and a source driver. The first and second gate lines respectively transmit a first and a second gate driving signals provided by the gate driver, while the data line transmits a first and a second data. The first pixel unit displays images according to the first gate driving signal and the first data, while the second pixel unit displays images according to the second gate driving signal and the second data. The source driver includes a logic circuit and a multiplexer circuit. The logic circuit generates an odd/even select signal according to a scan sequence signal and an enable signal. The multiplexer circuit outputs one of the first and second data according to the odd/even select signal. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102415 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a timing controller, a data driver, and display panel. The timing controller outputs a plurality of image signals, a first control signal, and a second control signal. The data driver converts the image signals to first voltages in response to the first control signal, outputs the first voltages, and outputs a second voltage swinging between two different voltage levels in at least one frame unit in response to the second control signal. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels, where each receives a corresponding one of the first voltages and the second voltage to display an image. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102416 | Gate Driving Circuit and Related LCD Device - A gate driving circuit for an LCD device includes a shift register module for generating a plurality of scan signals corresponding to a plurality of channels according to a start signal and a clock signal, a plurality of logic circuits each corresponding to a channel of the plurality of channels, for outputting a driving signal to the channel according to a scan signal of the plurality of scan signals and a shutdown indication signal, and a plurality of shaping and delay units each coupled between two neighboring channels for outputting the shutdown indication signal to another channel after shaping and delaying the shutdown indication signal of a previous stage. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102417 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY, DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR AND PIXEL UNIT THEREOF - The present invention discloses an organic light emitting diode display, a driving method therefor and a pixel unit thereof. The organic light emitting diode display comprises a pixel array comprising a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) pixel groups of different colors, such as red, green and blue. The organic light emitting diode display can determine the ratio of shortened light emission intervals of OLED pixel groups of a specific color based on the color distribution of an image, thereby effectively prolonging the life of the OLEDs of a specific color. In one embodiment, the pixel unit of the organic light emitting diode display comprises an OLED, a switch and a drive circuit. The switch controls whether or not the current outputted from the drive circuit flows to the OLED so as to achieve the effect of the above-mentioned shortened emission interval. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102418 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device is configured to compensate for deterioration of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) included in the device. The organic light emitting display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a timing controller for generating a comparison signal to determine a deterioration degree of an OLED included in each of the pixels; a sensing unit for sensing a deterioration information of the OLED; a supply time controller coupled between data lines and a data driver; a compensation unit for controlling the supply time controller so that a supply time of a data signal varies to correspond to the deterioration information and the comparison signal; and a switching unit coupled to the data lines, the sensing unit, and the supply time controller. The switching unit is configured to selectively couple the data lines to the sensing unit or the supply time controller. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102419 | ORIENTATION INVARIANT OBJECT IDENTIFICATION USING MODEL-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - A system for performing object identification combines pose determination, EO/IR sensor data, and novel computer graphics rendering techniques. A first module extracts the orientation and distance of a target in a truth chip given that the target type is known. A second is a module identifies the vehicle within a truth chip given the known distance and elevation angle from camera to target. Image matching is based on synthetic image and truth chip image comparison, where the synthetic image is rotated and moved through a 3-Dimensional space. To limit the search space, it is assumed that the object is positioned on relatively flat ground and that the camera roll angle stays near zero. This leaves three dimensions of motion (distance, heading, and pitch angle) to define the space in which the synthetic target is moved. A graphical user interface (GUI) front end allows the user to manually adjust the orientation of the target within the synthetic images. The system also includes the generation of shadows and allows the user to manipulate the sun angle to approximate the lighting conditions of the test range in the provided video. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102420 | METHOD FOR 3D PREPROCESSING FOR RAY TRACING - A method for 3D preprocessing for ray tracing includes: selecting and storing visible surfaces by designating one of a plurality of structures as a reference structure and remaining structures as relative structures, searching for the relative structures from the reference structure, storing relative structures having a surface visible from the reference structure, and removing relative structures having an invisible surface; conducting selection and storage based on distance measurement by measuring the distance from the reference structure to each of the stored relative structures and removing relative structures positioned beyond a reference spot predetermined with reference to the reference structure; and calculating a ray propagation path by calculating the propagation path of the ray between the reference structure and each of the relative structures stored in said conducting selection and storage based on distance measurement. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device includes an image generator that generates a first image representing a content and one or more second images from the content including the first image, and a display controller that displays the one or more first images on a first plane in a depth direction as seen from an image display screen, aligns one or more second images on an axis three-dimensionally perpendicular to the first plane on which the first images are displayed, and displays the images as a first screen. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102422 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL/THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus which displays two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) images and a method of driving the same. In the 2D/3D image display apparatus, an image signal input unit inputs, to a display panel, a left image signal, a left inversion image signal, at least one 2D image signal, a right image signal and a right inversion image signal, a left shutter of shutter glasses is open in synchronization with the left image signal, a right shutter of the shutter glasses is open in synchronization with the right image signal, and the left shutter and the right shutter of the shutter glasses are closed in synchronization with the left inversion image signal, the at least one 2D image signal, and the right inversion image signal. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102423 | High density multi-view image display system and method with active sub-pixel rendering - Provided are a high density multi-view image display system and method based on active sub-pixel rendering. The image display system may perform a rendering with respect to a viewpoint image in a pixel unit, using a viewpoint varying based on a position of left/right eyes of a user. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102424 | STORYBOARD GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for generating a storyboard image is disclosed. The method comprises retrieving three-dimensional image data defining at least one three-dimensional object; rendering the three-dimensional image data from a predefined viewpoint to generate two-dimensional background image data including a two-dimensional representation of the or each three-dimensional object visible from the predefined viewpoint; and superimposing two-dimensional foreground image data over the two-dimensional background image data to generate a composite two-dimensional image representing the storyboard image. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102425 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM UTILIZED FOR CONTROLLING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A display control program includes virtual camera setting instructions for setting respective positions and directions of a right virtual camera and a left virtual camera within a prescribed virtual space used for virtual photographing in the virtual space, and view volume setting instructions for setting respective view volumes of the right virtual camera and the left virtual camera. The view volume setting instructions are adapted to set the view volumes such that both of the view volume of the right virtual camera and the view volume of the left virtual camera include a display target region, which is a region in the virtual space at least to be displayed on a display, and the view volume of at least one virtual camera extends asymmetrically with respect to a line extending from the position of one virtual camera in the camera direction, toward a side where the other virtual camera is present. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102426 | METHOD OF GENERATING SYNC SIGNAL FOR CONTROLLING 3D GLASSES OF 3D IMAGE SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING THE SYNC SIGNAL - A method of generating a sync signal for controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses in a 3D image system, methods of transmitting and receiving a 3D glasses control sync signal, and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving the 3D glasses control sync signal are provided. The method of generating a 3D glasses control sync signal includes: generating sync signal start indicator information notifying a start of a 3D glasses control sync signal, state sequence mode information indicating an operating state of the 3D glasses with regard to whether a left glass or a right glass is opened or closed, and sequence duty information indicating a retaining time period of the operating state of the 3D glasses; and generating the 3D glasses controlling signal by combining the generated sync signal start indicator information, the generated state sequence mode information, and the generated sequence duty information according to a set order. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102429 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS - A three-dimensional ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: an ultrasonic transducer disposed m×n piezoelectric vibrators in a matrix; a signal processing device to receive, detect an echo, and generate a three-dimensional image data by processing an electric signal of the echo detected; and a display processing device to display a result of processing the three-dimensional image data generated by the signal processing device, wherein the display processing device includes a peak detecting unit to detect a first peak and a second peak of an intensity distribution of the three-dimensional image data in a depth (z) direction, a joint portion image creation unit to create a three-dimensional image of the joined area by mapping z direction distance of the first peak and the second peak to x-y plane, a determination unit to determine whether the joined area is sound or not, and a display unit to display the three-dimensional image and the determination result of the joined area. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGES - A method and system for presenting images of an object of interest is provided. The method includes producing one or more cine loops of images from at least one of multiple projection views or multiple reconstructed 3D images including a 3D volume obtained from one or more beamlines. The method also includes generating at least one combined image including a first component and a second component wherein the first component and the second component each include one of a baseline image or the one or more cine loops of images. The combined image is generated via at least one of superimposing the first component and the second component, displaying the first component adjacent to the second component, and toggling between the first component and the second component. The method also includes displaying the at least one combined image. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102431 | CORRECTION OF TOPOLOGY INTERFERENCE FOR SOLID OBJECTS IN A MODELING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides a method, system, and instructions stored on a computer readable storage medium that resolve interference between surfaces in a modeling environment, such as a CAD environment. Further, exemplary embodiments of the present invention may modify the surfaces of a model to ensure that parts of the model constitute a solid body. In exemplary embodiments, when the manipulation of a first surface or set of surfaces causes interference with a second surface or set of surfaces, the topologies of the surfaces are modified to account for the interference. The individual surfaces involved in the intersection may be treated as a merged surface or set of surfaces having a single topology, surface area, and volume. If an ambiguity arises whereby more than one option exists for resolving the interference or providing a solid body, the modeling environment may provide multiple potential solutions to a user, and allow the user to select from among the solutions. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF TIP PLANE ON 3D DETAILED EAR IMPRESSIONS - A method for detecting the tip plane in digitized 3D ear impressions includes receiving a digitized mesh representation of an undetailed 3D ear impression and a digitized mesh representation of a detailed 3D ear impression, finding faces on the detailed ear impression mesh that are modified with respect to corresponding faces on the undetailed ear impression mesh, forming regions of connected modified faces, eliminating those regions that are not around an ear canal, and creating a tip plane by averaging vertices of those remaining faces in a tip region of the detailed impression to find a mass center point, averaging face normal vectors over all faces in the tip region to find an average face normal, and extending the average face normal from the mass center point to find the intersection on the detailed ear impression. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102433 | METHOD OF CAPTURING, PROCESSING, AND RENDERING IMAGES - A computer-implemented method of capturing and processing a series of images incorporating a plurality of digitized markers is presented. A position of a first digitized marker is located in a first image frame. A second, succeeding image frame is searched for the first digitized marker. When the first digitized marker is not found in the second, succeeding image frame, a best guess position of the first marker in the second, succeeding image frame is interpolated by processing translation information of a second marker geometrically interconnected to the first marker. The first image frame may be captured with a first video camera having a first optical position to generate a first image representation. The first image frame may be captured with a second video camera having a second optical position to generate a second image representation. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND INTERFACING WITH A HAPTIC VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT - A method for generating a haptic interactive representation including the steps of defining a haptic interaction space and building a hierarchical construct, for use within the haptic interaction space, using a plurality of underlying constructs. In one embodiment the method includes determining the forces to be applied to a user by generating a haptic interactive, sensing a position of a user in real space, determining a haptic interface location in the haptic interaction space in response to the position of the user in real space and determining whether the virtual object collides with the haptic interface location. The invention also relates to a method for interacting with a haptic interactive representation. The method includes creating a haptic process having the haptic interactive representation, associating a callback with the haptic process, connecting to a second process which interacts with the haptic process and associating the callback which is associated with the haptic process with the second process. The method further includes requesting the callback by the second process, and returning, by the haptic process through the callback to the second process, at least one parameter associated with the haptic interactive representation. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102435 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING SURFACE-LIKE STRUCTURES IN VOLUMETRIC DATA SETS - The present invention relates to a method and a device for visualizing surface-like structures in volumetric data sets, including defining local coordinate systems at sample points of the volumetric data set, transforming external parameters from a global coordinate system into the local coordinate systems, calculating the gradient vector components (Gai, Gbi, Gci) within the local coordinate systems of the sample points, and using the gradient vector components (Gai, Gbi, Gci) for calculating a surface normal at a given position of the volumetric data set, where the surface normal is important for conventional illumination models such as the Blinn-Phong shading model, preferably, the present invention is also calculating the external parameters from the global coordinate system at the given position by using the transformed external parameters of the local coordinate systems of the sample points, where the shading or illumination at the given position is then done by using a conventional illumination model, thereby using the calculated surface normal at the given position and the calculated external parameters at the given position. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102436 | SMOOTH SHADING AND TEXTURE MAPPING USING LINEAR GRADIENTS - Method for shading 3D graphic models using 2D graphic tools, wherein the 3D graphic model is constructed of any number of polygons, according to which, each polygon is subdivided into triangles while mapping the spatial orientation and scaling of each triangle to a predetermined spatial orientation and scale, using a combination of rotation, scaling, and linear translation. Each mapped triangle is shaded using 2D linear or bi-linear coloring map shading tools and then remapped to its original spatial orientation and scale using, a corresponding combination of rotation, scale, and linear translation, such as an inverse combination. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102437 | Performing Parallel Shading Operations - A graphics processing pipeline may include at least two or more pipes, such that a lower frequency operation may be executed on one pipe while a higher frequency operation in the same instruction stream is executed at the same time on another pipe. In some cases, the lower frequency operation result may be held for later use in connection with the higher frequency operation on a different pipe. Especially where unused slots can be used for the lower frequency operation, efficiency may be improved. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102438 | Systems And Methods For Processing An Image For Target Tracking - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. The image may then be processed. For example, the image may be downsampled, a shadow, noise, and/or a missing potion in the image may be determined, pixels in the image that may be outside a range defined by a capture device associated with the image may be determined, a portion of the image associated with a floor may be detected. Additionally, a target in the image may be determined and scanned. A refined image may then be rendered based on the processed image. The refined image may then be processed to, for example, track a user. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102439 | PRESENTING DATA WITH FLEXIBLE LEVELS OF DETAIL - A system includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor receives a request to send a first data for a graphical representation in a first level of detail over a first time. The processor transforms a first stored data into the first data in the first level of detail. The first stored data is stored in a second level of detail over a second time and a third level of detail over a third time. The second level of detail is not identical to the third level of detail, and the second time is not identical to the third time. The first stored data is stored in the memory. The processor sends the first data in the first level of detail. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102440 | INFINITE COMPLEXITY DEEP-FRAMEBUFFER RENDERING - A method of rendering a scene with a plurality of objects includes rendering an object in a scene, wherein a portion of the object spans at least two of a plurality of non-overlapping tiles that subdivide the scene, and wherein the portion of the object is rendered only once in rendering the scene. The process further includes storing the rendered output of the object into a deep-framebuffer. While rendering the object and storing the rendered output of the object, in response to the size of the deep-framebuffer reaching a predetermined threshold, the steps that are performed include dividing the deep-framebuffer's contents based on the plurality of non-overlapping tiles, storing the divided contents of the deep-framebuffer in a plurality of tile files, and clearing the contents of the deep-framebuffer. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102441 | CHARACTERISTIC DETERMINATION FOR AN OUTPUT NODE - Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon are provided that determine whether an output value of a dependency graph has a particular characteristic. In one embodiment, to make this determination, a dependency graph is generated that illustrates external and internal nodes, in addition to their dependency to one another. External nodes, or those nodes that do not depend on other nodes, are analyzed to determine whether they have a particular characteristic. Depending on the operation associated with the characteristic, it may then be determined whether the output value of the dependency graph also has that characteristic. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102442 | Recording Contents of Display Screens - Screen recording may be implemented with better security, performance, power savings and cost without the need of additional software to support the screen recording feature, in some embodiments, by using a keyboard, video, mouse functionality already provided in a computer system chipset on a motherboard. Frames of video may be stored on that system or, in some cases, may be selectively provided to a local area network. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102443 | Virtualized GPU in a Virtual Machine Environment - Methods and systems are disclosed for virtualizing a graphics accelerator such as a GPU. In one embodiment, a GPU can be paravirtualized. Rather than modeling a complete hardware GPU, paravirtualization may provide for an abstracted software-only GPU that presents a software interface different from that of the underlying hardware. By providing a paravirtualized GPU, a virtual machine may enable a rich user experience with, for example, accelerated 3D rendering and multimedia, without the need for the virtual machine to be associated with a particular GPU product. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102444 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - The digital photo frame ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102445 | METHOD AND COMPUTER FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSOR, AND MACHINE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR USE IN COMPUTER - A method is provided for controlling an image processor to perform display of an image on a first display device in synchronization with short frames and to perform display of an image on a second display device in synchronization with long frames each of which has a time length longer than a time length of each short frame. According to the method, a synchronization signal acquisition process acquires a first synchronization signal synchronized with switching of the short frames. An estimation process estimates, each time the first synchronization signal is acquired, a generation position of a second synchronization signal synchronized with switching of the long frames within a 2-frame period corresponding to two short frames after the first synchronization signal is acquired. The image processor is provided with a drawing command instructing generation of an image to be displayed on the first display device or the second display device controllably in accordance with results of the estimating by the estimation process. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102446 | Graphics processing systems - A graphics processor | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102447 | MEMORY ADDRESS MAPPING METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE OF IMAGES IN MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY ADDRESS MAPPING CIRCUIT THEREOF - A memory address mapping method of controlling storage of images in a memory device is provided. The memory device includes banks each having a plurality of pages. The memory address mapping method includes: receiving a first image; and referring to an image partition setting to generate a first memory address setting for each horizontal line partition in the first image, wherein the image partition setting defines that one image is divided into horizontal line groups each having at least one horizontal line, and each of the horizontal line groups is divided into horizontal line partitions in a horizontal line direction. First memory address settings of the horizontal line partitions in each horizontal line group of the first image control that a corresponding horizontal line group having the horizontal line partitions included therein is not stored into a same bank of the memory device. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102448 | VERTEX ATTRIBUTE BUFFER FOR INLINE IMMEDIATE ATTRIBUTES AND CONSTANTS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing primitives and vertex attributes to the graphics pipeline. A primitive distribution unit constructs the batches of primitives and writes inline attributes and constants to a vertex attribute buffer (VAB) rather than passing the inline attributes directly to the graphics pipeline. A batch includes indices to attributes, where the attributes for each vertex are stored in a different VAB. The same VAB may be referenced by all of the vertices in a batch or different VABs may be referenced by different vertices in one or more batches. The batches are routed to the different processing engines in the graphics pipeline and each of the processing engines reads the VABs as needed to process the primitives. The number of parallel processing engines may be changed without changing the width or speed of the interconnect used to write the VABs. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102449 | Image Display Device, Image Display Method and Computer-Readable Information Recording Medium - An eye socket surface arranged in a virtual space cylindrically concaves from a face surface to the interior of a head, and a pupil surface is arranged back inside the eye socket surface. A memory unit stores contours, positions, directions, and textures of those surfaces, a position and direction of a projection point and a projection plane. An updating unit updates the position and direction of the projection point and the projection plane in accordance with an instruction input by a user. A generating unit projects individual surfaces on the projection plane based on the contour, position, and direction of the surfaces, positions and directions of the projection point and the projection plane, pastes a corresponding texture on each region in the projection plane, thereby generating an image of a character which looks like that a pupil is directed toward the projection point. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102450 | APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED BACKLIGHT AND DYNAMIC GAMMA/VCOM CONTROL ON SILICON CHIPS - Integrated backlight unit (BLU) and liquid crystal systems and circuits in liquid crystal display (LCD) systems are described. An LCD system can include a BLU to emit light at different intensities, and a BLU controller coupled to the BLU and configured to control the intensities. An LCD unit can receive the emitted light, and emanate light at a selected luminosity. The LCD unit can include pixels corresponding to: a liquid crystalline medium to provide a transmittance of the light emitted or to transmit a color light; and transistors adapted to modulate reference voltages. An LCD unit controller can be coupled to the LCD unit and configured to control luminosity of the light emanated from the LCD unit. The BLU and the LCD unit, which can be integrated in a single integrated circuit, can be controlled during concurrent time periods for contrast enhancement of images displayed from the LCD unit. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102451 | MULTIPLE ORIENTATION MOBILE ELECTRONIC HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD OF AMBIENT LIGHT SENSING AND BACKLIGHT ADJUSTMENT IMPLEMENTED THEREIN - A method is set forth for automatically adjusting display brightness on a mobile electronic device having a light sensor, display screen and orientation sensor, for legibility under varying lighting conditions and orientations of the device. The method includes obtaining light level samples from the light sensor, and orientation from the orientation sensor, and adjusting backlight intensity of the display responsive to the light level samples and orientation of the device. Preferably, backlight adjustments are made from dim to bright notwithstanding orientation of the device whereas adjustments from bright to dim are made only for orientations of the device where the light sensor is unlikely to be covered. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102452 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus, backlight assembly and method for displaying an image is capable of compensating for non-uniformity of a light guiding plate. The display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel on which an image is displayed; a light guiding unit which is placed adjacent to the LCD panel and includes a plurality of light guide plates for guiding incident light to the LCD panel; a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) modules which are individually arranged at least one lateral side of the plurality of light guide plates and which emit light to the other lateral sides, respectively; and a video processor which changes brightness of an image displayed on a compensation area of the LCD panel that corresponds to an edge region of the light guide plate to compensate brightness at the edge region. The non-uniformity of the divided light guide plates is reduced. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102453 | Image Processing Device with a CSA Accumulator for Improving Image Quality and Related Method - An image processing device includes a CSA accumulator, a first register, a CPA adder and a central processing unit. The CSA accumulator includes a first input for receiving a processing signal and a second input for receiving a previous result of the CSA accumulator. The first register includes an input coupled to the CSA accumulator and an output coupled to the second input end of the CSA accumulator. The CPA adder is coupled to the first register. The CPA adder is used for processing an addition operation on all carries outputted from the first register. The central processing unit includes an input coupled to the CPA adder and an output end for outputting an output signal comprising processed image measurement data. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102454 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGING DEVICE - The detection result and brightness information of a specific region are stored, and once latest image data is input, the degree of importance is calculated based on the stored detection result and brightness information and the detection result and brightness information of the specific region in the latest image. Based on the degree of importance, whether to display specific region information is determined. The brightness information is calculated based on the detection result of the specific region. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102455 | Scrolling and zooming of a portable device display with device motion - A portable computing device ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102456 | DRAWING AN IMAGE WITH TRANSPARENT REGIONS ON TOP OF ANOTHER IMAGE WITHOUT USING AN ALPHA CHANNEL - An image display system draws a first image on top of a second image. Pixels of the first image include one or more color channels which encode color information, but do not include an alpha channel which encodes transparency information. The system encodes transparency information for the pixels in the first image using at least one bit in at least one color channel of each pixel. The system draws the first image on top of the second image using the transparency information encoded in the color channels of the pixels to obtain a combined image. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102457 | Brushing Tools for Digital Image Adjustments - Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for applying an image adjustment to an image. A choice of image adjustments is presented to a user of a data processing device. A user selection is received from among the choice of image adjustments at least one image adjustment that a user desires to apply to an area of interest of the image. The user selected image adjustment is applied to an entirety of an image. A preview of the user selected image adjustment applied to the entirety of the image is displayed. Also, user input comprising user selection of a brushing application is received. The user selected image adjustment is applied to the area of interest of the image and a remainder of the image is restored to a pre-adjustment state using the user selection of the brushing application. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102458 | CONTENT MANAGING DEVICE AND CONTENT MANAGING METHOD - A content managing device is provided, which can allow a user to intuitively perform generation of, using an operation that is similar to an operation of sorting content items or to an operation of adding attribute information to content items, a new sort-destination region into which content items are to be sorted. A first display object indicating a content item and a region in which the first display object is to be stored are displayed on a display unit. A position to which the first display object is moved is determined. When the determined position is located in the region, the first display object is stored in the region. When the determined position is not located in the region, a new region is displayed at the position to which the first display object was moved, and the first display object is stored in the new region. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102459 | AUGMENTED REALITY GAMING VIA GEOGRAPHIC MESSAGING - Geographic gaming via a scalable, wireless geographic broadcast protocol enables multiplayer gaming between communication devices without relying on traditional network elements. Games can be fully distributed over an ad hoc network of mobile communications devices. The scalable nature of the wireless geographic broadcast protocol enables multiplayer games to function equally well in both remote areas with no or little network service and in crowded areas containing both game players and other users of mobile communications devices. Wireless geographic broadcast messages distributed among multiplayer game participants can be used to control gameplay features and/or game elements of multiplayer games. Embodiments include simulated artillery battles, simulated throw and catch games, and simulated reconnaissance elements. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102460 | PLATFORM FOR WIDESPREAD AUGMENTED REALITY AND 3D MAPPING - A client device sends the following data to the servers: still frames from captured video and in some embodiments other data such as GPS coordinates, compass reading, and accelerometer data. The servers break down each frame into feature points and match those feature points to existing point cloud data to determine client device's point of view (POV). The servers send the resulting information back to the client device, which uses the POV information to render augmentation content on a video stream. Information sent by client devices to the server can be used to augment the feature-point cloud. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102461 | Mosaic oblique images and methods of making and using same - A system, including a computer system running image processing software, receives an identification of a desired area to be imaged and collected into an oblique-mosaic image. The computer system creates a mathematical model of a virtual camera having a sensor higher in elevation from which the source oblique images were captured and looking down at an oblique angle, the mathematical model having an oblique-mosaic pixel map for the sensor of the desired area encompassing multiple source images. The computer system assigns a surface location to each pixel included in the oblique-mosaic pixel map and selects source oblique images of the geographic coordinates captured at an oblique angle and compass direction similar to the oblique angle and compass direction of the virtual camera. The computer system reprojects at least one source oblique image pixel of the area to be imaged for each pixel included in the oblique-mosaic pixel map to create the oblique-mosaic image. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102462 | Systems and Methods For Compensating For Visual Distortion Caused By Surface Features On A Display - Systems and methods for compensating for visual distortion caused by surface features on a display are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes: a display including one ore more surface features; a processor configured to: receive a display signal including graphical data; determine a location of the surface feature; transform the display signal based at least in part on the location of the surface feature; and cause the transformed display signal to be displayed. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102463 | POSITION FINE TUNING IN A COMPUTER AIDED MODELING - A position fine tuning of an object without movement of creation points of the object is facilitated with a position tool having a graphic position tool displayed on a display. The graphic position tool may comprise a rotation tool, dragging of which causes the object to rotate accordingly around its creation axis, and/or an offset tool, either a clickable one or a draggable one, with which the object's position on an offset plane can be changed. A clickable offset tool may comprise buttons clicking of which causes the object to move a predetermined offset value(s) to a direction defined by the button. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102464 | METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES ON A SINGLE-TOUCH TOUCH SURFACE - Methods for activating multi-touch functionality by recognizing and processing multi-touch interactions on a touch surface of non-multi-touch computing devices. The computing device may detect a jump from the location of the first touch event to determine that a multiple touch gesture is being traced. Virtual touch events are detected and stored. Using mathematical formulae, parameters are calculated based on initial and subsequent virtual touch event locations. Based on these parameters the multi-touch functionality is determined, such as a zooming or rotating function. A transform factor may be determined and applied to the image display. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102465 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processor includes a rotation block and a scaler which share a line buffer block with each other. The image processor receives rearranged pixel data from a memory unit based on rotation information for generating a rotated image and performs scaling on the rearranged pixel data. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING IMAGES - A system for zooming images includes a mobile device, an acceleration sensor, and a processing unit. The mobile device displays an image. The acceleration sensor is mounted to the mobile device, to sense an acceleration of the mobile device, and to generate displacement data of the mobile device according to the acceleration. The processing unit is connected to the mobile device and the acceleration sensor, to receive the displacement data from the acceleration sensor, and to zoom in or zoom out the image according to the displacement data. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102467 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENLARGEMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a display section, a generation section, a determination section, and a control section. The display section includes a screen. The generation section generates an image of content data including visible data. The determination section determines an area surrounding an area in which the visible data is arranged in the generated image and corresponding to a shape of the screen, as a visible data area. The control section generates, by the generation section, an enlarged image obtained by enlarging the image so that a size of the screen and a size of the visible data area become close to each other, determines, by the determination section, the visible data area in the enlarged image, and extracts the visible data area from the enlarged image to display the visible data area on the screen. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102468 | System and Method for Displaying Guidance Symbol - Disclosed are a system and a method of displaying a guidance symbol. The guidance symbol displaying system may include a distance difference calculator to calculate a distance difference between a user location and a guidance symbol location, and a symbol display controller to control display of the guidance symbol by calculating a size of the guidance symbol based on the distance difference. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102469 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD - An image control device includes a display control section that performs a normal display control process that controls an image based on a first designation position, and controls the image based on a second designation position, and performs a special display control process that controls the image based on the first designation position and the second designation position based on a given condition. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102470 | PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH IMPROVED SCROLL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A portable computer with an improved scrolling mechanism preferably includes: a display panel through which an image is displayed; an image processing unit configured to process an image displayed through the display panel; a casing configured to accommodate the image processing unit; a manipulation knob which is slidably arranged on the casing; a sensing unit configured to sense a movement of the manipulation knob; and a controller configured to control the image processing unit such that a screen displayed through the display panel is moved according to the movement of the manipulation knob, sensed by the sensing unit. With this configuration, the portable computer permits intuitive movement of a screen displayed through a display panel with ease and precision. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102471 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention in one aspect relates to a source driver for driving a display panel to display an image data in an adaptive column inversion. In one embodiment, the source driver includes a data processing unit having a logic circuit adapted for determining N most-significant bits (MSBs) of image data signals of two neighboring data lines, such that when all of the N MSBs are equal to 1 or 0, the output of the logic circuit is 1, otherwise, the output of the logic circuit is 0, and a MUX coupled to the data processing unit and adapted for receiving a frame polarity control signal, FramePOL, and a pixel polarity control signal, XPOL, and selectively outputting the frame polarity control signal FramePOL when the output of the logic circuit is 1, or the pixel polarity control signal POL when the output of the logic circuit is 0, as a polarity control signal, POL. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102472 | TRANSMISSION CHANNEL FOR IMAGE DATA - A display controller having only three color channels per pixel is used to control a display system having four or more color channels. Mapping of the possible luminance values for each color channel of each pixel to the 2 | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102473 | COLOR SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A color sequential display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The color sequential display apparatus includes an image processing circuit and a display panel coupling to the image processing circuit. The image processing circuit is used to receive an image signal of a color frame to generate output signals of a plurality of fields. To be more specific, the image signal of the color frame is categorized and segmented by the image processing circuit according to a color information and the fields to generate the output signals of the fields. Besides, the output signals of the fields are further transmitted by the image processing circuit according to a predetermined color sequence. On the other hand, the display panel has a plurality of display regions. Each of the display regions receives the output signal of the corresponding field to display. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102474 | DISPLAY METHOD FOR COLOR SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY - A display method for a color sequential display is provided. The method includes the following steps. During a first frame period, a first color backlight is provided, and a plurality of scan lines is sequentially enabled according to a first scanning order. During a second frame period, a second color backlight is provided, and the scan lines are sequentially enabled according to a second scanning order. The first frame period and the second frame period are two neighboring frame periods, and the first scanning order and the second scanning order are reversed to each other. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102475 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND BACKLIGHT PROVIDING METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF LED STRINGS - A display apparatus, a backlight unit, a backlight providing method for controlling a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) strings are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, and a backlight unit (BLU) which projects backlight onto the display panel, wherein the BLU includes a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) strings, and a power supply unit which supplies minimum voltage from among the voltages needed to operate the plurality of LED strings to the plurality of LED strings. Therefore, the plurality of LED strings can have the same luminance. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110102476 | DRIVER OF FIELD SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driver of a field sequential display is provided. The driver includes a first power device, a second power device, and a driving waveform generator. The first power device generates a first power when the field sequential display is in a color mode. The second power device generates a second power when the field sequential display is in a monochrome mode. The voltage and current of the second power are respectively smaller than the voltage and the current of the first power. The driving waveform generator coupled to the first power device and the second power device and generates a plurality of scan signals and a plurality of display signals according to the first power or the second power, so as to drive a display panel of the field sequential display. | 2011-05-05 |
