| 19th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20150123901 | GESTURE DISAMBIGUATION USING ORIENTATION INFORMATION - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to controlling a computing device based upon gesture input. In one embodiment, orientation information of the human subject is received, wherein the orientation information includes information regarding an orientation of a first body part and an orientation of a second body part. A gesture performed by the first body part is identified based on the orientation information, and an orientation of the second body part is identified based on the orientation information. A mapping of the gesture to an action performed by the computing device is determined based on the orientation of the second body part. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL MOUSE POINTERS ON REMOTE KVM SYSTEMS - A method and system is disclosed for synchronizing the virtual and physical mouse cursors of a local computer and a remotely controlled computer. Video signals generated by a host computer are transmitted to a client computer in order to allow the user of a client computer to have a virtual presence on the host computer. However, the signals transmitted by the host computer may contain errors that can cause a physical mouse to lose synchronization with a virtual mouse. Therefore this virtual presence architecture uses USB protocol and human interface descriptors that support the movement of a mouse to an absolute position in order to synchronize a virtual mouse cursor with a physical mouse cursor. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123903 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING MOTION - Provided is an apparatus and method of recognizing a motion that is capable of performing a pointing function and a character input function using motions sensed by an optical sensor and an inertial sensor. The apparatus includes an inertial sensor sensing a first motion by using at least one of acceleration and angular velocity that are generated by an input motion; an optical sensor sensing a second motion by using reflection of light due to the motion; a locus calculating unit calculating the locus of the motion on the basis of the locus of the first motion and the locus of the second motion; and a communication unit transmitting the calculated locus of the motion. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123904 | MOUSE DEVICE - A mouse device includes an upper cover, an intermediate cover, a lower cover, a circuit board, and two switches. Two protrusion posts of the upper cover are respectively penetrated through two perforations of the intermediate cover. Two first pivotal parts of the upper cover are respectively connected with two second pivotal parts of the intermediate cover. The upper cover is fixedly connected to an annular sidewall of the lower cover. The circuit board and the two switches are disposed on the lower cover. When the upper cover is rotated relative to the intermediate cover through the two first pivotal parts and two second pivotal parts, one of the two switches is triggered by the corresponding protrusion post so as to generate a corresponding electronic signal. The use of the present mouse device can prevent from introducing foreign matters, reduce the depressing force and avoid erroneously triggering the switch. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123905 | Fingertip Mouse and Base - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a tracking device to generate movement information for use in moving a user interface object on a graphical user interface. The tracking device is configured to receive at least a portion of a user's finger. The system also includes a base device configured to receive the tracking device. The base device is configured to translate movement of the base device relative to an adjacent surface for use in moving the user interface object. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123906 | KEYBOARD DECK CONTAINED MOTION SENSOR - An apparatus comprises a keyboard deck having an upper surface and a motion sensor carried within the keyboard deck. The motion sensor comprises a light emitter below the upper surface to emit light in an upward direction and a light sensing device below the upper surface to sense reflections of the light from above the upper surface. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123907 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY FORM CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is a technique for improving the usability when a software keyboard is divided and displayed on a touch screen display. A tablet computer ( | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123908 | PORTABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Stacked panel housings are stretched to join displays to each other to form a single screen, the stacked panel housings are stretched and two displays are jointed to each other to form a single screen. Horizontal sliding means and vertical moving means can be provided so as to displace the stacked displays to be flush with each other. A portable display device is provided which has at least two panel housings vertically stacked and displays mounted on the panel housings, respectively, in which the displays horizontally slide and then vertically move so as for the displays of the panel housings to be contiguous to each other. When the displays are contiguous to each other, the distance between the displays is in the range of 0.1 mm to 5 mm and a joint between the displays is provided with a lid. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123909 | Universal Keyboard - The present invention provides a multifunctional input device. The input device includes a functional mode which defines the mode of operation of the input device. Each functional mode includes one or more domain levels with each domain level containing one or more domain-level values. Each domain level-value within each functional mode is assigned to one of a plurality of programmable input keys. The domain-level value assigned to each programmable input key controls the function of that programmable input key within a given functionality and domain level. The present invention also includes a display to indicate the domain-level value associated with each of the programmable input keys within a given functionality. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123910 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ACTUATION OF A USER INTERFACE - A method of controlling the state of a user interface (UI) having a plurality of discrete touch-sensitive inputs. The method includes detecting inputs and controlling the state of the UI based on the detected inputs. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123911 | INDEX MATCHING AND TOUCH PANEL IMPROVEMENTS IN DISPLAY DEVICES - Provided are multilayered touch panel stacks and methods for forming thereof. The stacks include refractive index matching layers to minimize light losses. Specifically, the stacks may comprise a substrate, one, two, three, or four refractive index matching layers deposited on the substrate, and one or two transparent conductive layers such as indium tin oxide electrode layers. The stack may be attached to a light emitting element or be a part of an LCD or OLED displays. The refractive index matching interlayers may be based on a polymer solution having about 0.1%-30% by weight of specific rigid rod-like polymer molecules. The molecules may include various cores, spacers, and side groups to ensure their solubility, viscosity, and cross-linking ability. The refractive index matching interlayer may have a refractive index in between of about 1.60-1.80. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123912 | Flight Deck Touch Screen Interface for Interactive Displays - A system and method for controlling a display on an aircraft. An operator interaction with an edge area of a touch screen is identified by a processor unit when a first format of the display is displayed on the touch screen. The edge area extends along an edge of the touch screen. A second format of the display is displayed on the touch screen by the processor unit in response to identifying the operator interaction with the edge area of the touch screen. The second format of the display is different from the first format of the display. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123913 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LATERAL FORCE ON A TOUCHSCREEN - The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for producing lateral force on a touchscreen. The apparatus and method allows a lateral force to be produced and felt by an appendage that is touching or manipulating objects on the touchscreen by generating and modulating the surface friction presented to a finger on a touchscreen device or static control surface. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123914 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device having a flexible display panel displaying an image; and a display panel shape change part setting up a bending axis crossing the flexible display panel according to input information and bending the flexible display panel along the bending axis, as the flexible display panel is bent, the flexible display panel is divided into a first region and a second region based on the bending axis | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123915 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A mobile terminal includes a touch panel. When a touch is detected on the touch panel, and the position of the touch is judged to be within a specific area set in advance in the periphery of the touch panel, then processing associated with the touch is not executed, and a display update is instead executed to bring a display position of a specific display object having a distant positional relationship with the touch position closer to the touch position. When the touch is not within the specific area, the processing associated with the touch is executed. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123916 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR OPERATING PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A portable terminal device determines whether it is used in an opened state or a closed state (for example, a folded state) using a terminal shape determination unit of a CPU. A browser running determination unit determines whether a browser executed by the CPU of the portable terminal device is running. A touch panel determination unit determines whether a touch operation is being performed on a back screen and whether a touch operation is being performed on only the back screen. A touch area determination unit performs a determination as to whether a touch operation is being performed on an upper screen area and a determination as to whether a touch operation is being performed on a central screen area. A long-press touch determination unit performs a determination as to whether a touch operation is being performed having a predetermined length greater than a normal touch length. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123917 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a display medium layer, a cover layer, and a first touch electrode layer disposed between the first substrate and the cover layer. The second substrate is disposed between the cover layer and the first substrate. The thickness of the first touch electrode layer is between (1400 Å×N)×1.1 and (1400 Å×N)×0.9, where N is one of a positive integer of 1 to 5. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123918 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION THEREIN - A mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal includes a display including a touchscreen, and a controller for performing an editing operation on information displayed on the touchscreen according to a state of an object in near-proximity to the displayed information. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123919 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information input apparatus includes a display unit, a detection unit, a user interface providing unit, and a user interface element display unit. The display unit has a screen on which information is displayed. The detection unit is configured to detect a distance and a position of a target object with respect to the screen. The user interface providing unit is configured to provide a user interface depending on the distance of the target object. The user interface element display unit is configured to display a user interface element on the screen depending on the distance and the position of the target object. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123920 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HOVERING INPUT THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for processing a hovering input are provided. The method includes displaying a screen; when a hovering input is sensed, detecting a location of the sensed hovering input; analyzing a priority of the hovering input; and determining a position of a hovering pointer from the location of the hovering input having the highest priority. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to display thereon a screen and to touch sense a hovering input; and a control unit configured, when the hovering input is sensed from the screen, to detect a location of the sensed hovering input, to analyze a priority of the hovering input, and to determine a position of a hovering pointer from the location of the hovering input having a highest priority. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123921 | OBJECT MOVING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method of moving an object by an electronic device having a touch screen. The method includes recognizing at least two first touch inputs through the touch screen, recognizing transitions of the at least two first touch inputs to adjacent inputs that move adjacent to each other, and moving an object displayed on the touch screen in response to movements of the adjacent inputs. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123922 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OPERATING SAME - A portable electronic device includes a touch screen display, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, and a controller. The proximity sensor detects and outputs an intensity of the reflected light. The ambient light sensor detects and outputs a variation of an ambient light level of the portable electronic device. The controller deactivates the touch screen display when it is determined by the controller that the intensity of the reflected light is greater than a predetermined intensity, and determines whether the variation of the ambient light level is greater than a predetermined level when it is determined by the controller that the intensity of the reflected light is less than the predetermined intensity. The controller further deactivates the touch screen display when it is determined by the controller that the variation of the ambient light level is greater than the predetermined level. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123923 | STYLUS TILT TRACKING WITH A DIGITIZER - A method for detecting orientation of a stylus with respect to a digitizer sensing surface includes detecting a signal emitted by a stylus at a plurality of coordinates on a digitizer sensing surface, determining coordinate of a writing tip of the stylus, defining at least one feature characterizing an asymmetrical spread of the stylus signal on the digitizer sensing surface with respect to the writing tip coordinate, and characterizing an orientation of the stylus responsive to the characterization of the asymmetrical spread. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123924 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display device and a touch device disposed on the display device. The touch device includes a cover, a dummy structure and a touch sensing element. The touch sensing element is disposed between the cover and the dummy structure in a way that one surface of the touch sensing element is completely covered by the dummy structure. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123925 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREEN VERIFICATION - Various embodiments provide methods, apparatus, and devices for touch screen verification (or device verification). In an exemplary method, trajectories of at least two discrete touch gestures inputted by a user can be recorded by an electronic device and compared with trajectories in a preset sequence of trajectories. A successful verification can be determined by the electronic device, when the trajectories of the inputted at least two discrete touch gestures are consistent with the trajectories in the preset sequence of trajectories. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123926 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A flexible touch screen panel includes a substrate having flexibility, sensing electrodes on at least one surface of the substrate, and implemented using an opaque conductive metal, and a polarizing plate on the substrate having the sensing electrodes formed thereon. The sensing electrodes may be implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123927 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a detector that detects movement of a manipulation body in a vertical direction in relation to a display, and a processor that determines a speed of movement of the manipulation body based on an output of the detector, and determines a process to be executed based on the determined speed of movement. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123928 | MULTI-TOUCH TEXT INPUT - This document describes tools associated with symbol entry control functions. In some implementations, the tools identify a first finger that is in tactile contact with a touch screen. The first finger can select a subset of symbols from a plurality of symbols that can be entered via the touch screen. The tools can also identify whether one or more other fingers are in concurrent tactile contact with the first finger on the touch screen. The tools can select an individual symbol from the subset based on whether the one or more other fingers are in concurrent tactile contact with the first finger on the touch screen. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123929 | CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device comprising a touch-sensitive surface and a touchless detecting system for detecting movement of a finger towards the surface. The device is configured to associate said movement with a predicted touch on said surface and to issue a report of said predicted touch. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123930 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES - A touch-sensitive display includes first electrodes and second electrodes coupled to a first controller to detect touches by self-capacitance touch sensing. The touch-sensitive display also includes third electrodes coupled to a second controller to detect touches by mutual-capacitance touch sensing utilizing the third electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes are different from the third electrodes. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123931 | PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE SENSING ARRAY - A touch sensing system may include a pressure and force sensing device capable of sensing dynamic pressure or dynamic force applied to a piezoelectric sensing array. In such implementations, an applied force may be detected (and optionally recorded) during a period of time that the force is applied and changing. The force-sensing device may have a sufficiently high resolution to function as a fingerprint sensor. The touch sensing system may include one or more additional components capable of fingerprint sensing, such as an ultrasonic transmitter that allows the device to become an ultrasonic transducer capable of imaging a finger (or another object) in detail. The force-sensing device also may be capable of functioning as an ultrasonic receiver. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123932 | STYLUS WITH ASYMMETRIC ELECTRONIC CHARACTERISTICS - In one embodiment, a first device includes an electrically conductive element that is configured to capacitively couple to an electrode of a second device emitting a first electrical signal. The electrically conductive element is further configured to communicate to a circuit of the first device a second electrical signal induced in the electrically conductive element by the first electrical signal and through the capacitive coupling. The circuit of the first device is coupled to the electrically conductive element and is configured to receive the second electrical signal. The circuit is further configured to produce an electrical response to the second electrical signal, where the electrical response of the circuit is based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the first electrical signal. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123933 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL DRIVING IC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH PANEL - A display device, including an upper substrate, a plurality of sense wires disposed on the upper substrate, a plurality of sense pads disposed on the upper substrate, a plurality of first connection units disposed on the upper substrate, a lower substrate, a display unit including a plurality of display elements, disposed on the lower substrate, multiplexer units disposed on the lower substrate, a touch panel driver integrated circuit connected to the multiplexer units, and conductive members electrically connecting the plurality of first connection units and the plurality of second connection units, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of sense wires is connected with each of the plurality of sense pads, and one end of each of the plurality of sense wires is connected to each of the plurality of first connection units, respectively, and the multiplexer units each include a plurality of second connection units. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123934 | TOUCH SENSOR MODULE - Embodiments of the invention provide a touch sensor module, which includes a flexible cable having one or more terminal parts, and an adhesive layer contacting one surface of the terminal parts to transfer electrical signals. The touch sensor module further includes a base substrate including electrode pads formed to correspond to the terminal parts and contacting the other surface of the adhesive layer, and protecting layers formed along edges of the electrode pads. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123935 | TOUCH LOCATION SENSING PANEL HAVING IMAGE - A touch location sensing panel including horizontal location sensing electrodes and vertical location sensing electrodes, which are arranged in two dimensions on one surface of a base layer and are electrically isolated from each other. A conductive layer is formed within the electrode and on at least a part of the electrode. The electrodes are connected to separate channels of a circuit sensing a touch of a user, respectively, and the conductive layer and the sensing electrodes have a difference in color, so that an image is expressed in an entire region of the sensing panel. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123936 | SENSOR ELEMENT DEVICE FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SWITCH OF AN OPERATING DEVICE, OPERATING DEVICE, AND HOB - A sensor element device for a capacitive touch switch of an operating device faces with an upper side toward the underside of a control panel of the operating device and has an illuminated display with a lighting means. Provided around the lighting means is a housing with fastening means for fastening the sensor element device to a component carrier. Provided on the outside of the housing or of the structural unit, in the region toward the upper side there is electrically conductive plastic that extends along an outer periphery of the housing. From the electrically conductive plastic there extends in the direction of the underside, toward the component carrier, a contacting means for the electrical connection thereto. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123937 | GLOVE DETECTION/ADJUSTMENT OF SENSITIVITY FOR CAPACITIVE SENSING BUTTON AND SLIDER ELEMENTS - An input device for a control system of a vehicle includes at least one capacitive-sensing button, an actuation detection electrical circuit, a proximity sensor, a proximity temperature sensor, and a processor. In use, the capacitive-sensing button receives an actuation from a user. The actuation alters a capacitance value of the button. The detection electrical circuit comprises a threshold value and it outputs a button actuation signal when the capacitance value exceeds the threshold value. The proximity sensor generates a proximity signal when an object is provided near the capacitive-sensing button. The proximity temperature sensor provides a temperature measurement of the nearby area. The processor adjusts the threshold value to an adjustment value that is derived from the comparison signal. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123938 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROXIMITY DETECTION, A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE FOR SUCH ELECTRONIC DEVICE, A CONTROL UNIT FOR SUCH ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AN APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD - An electronic device for proximity detection is described. The electronic device has a first light emitting diode and a control unit. The control unit has a first terminal electrically connected to the anode of the first light emitting diode and a second terminal electrically connected the cathode of the first light emitting diode. The control unit is arranged to operate the first light emitting diode in a plurality of modes, the plurality of modes comprising at least a drive mode and a capacitive sense mode. The control unit is arranged to, in the drive mode, operate the first light emitting diode via the first terminal and the second terminal in forward bias condition for operating the first light emitting diode to generate light. The control unit is arranged to, in the capacitive sense mode, performing a capacitance measurement on at least one terminal of the first terminal and the second terminal. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123939 | TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure is related to a touch sensing system and a display apparatus decreasing a sensing time and enabling an effective touch sensing, although a number of sensing electrodes increases according to an increase of an area of a touch panel. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123940 | TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A touch sensing system and a method for driving the same. The touch sensing system includes a pen with a resonant circuit embedded therein, XY electrodes including X electrodes and Y electrodes substantially perpendicular to the X electrodes, an antenna surrounding the XY electrodes, and a first touch driving circuit. The first touch driving circuit supplies a resonant inductive signal to the XY electrodes, analyzes a resonance signal received through the antenna, and decides a location and a pen pressure of the pen. The resonant inductive signal includes N periods each having a different duration, and wherein N is a positive integer equal to or greater than 2. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123941 | OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device includes a detecting portion that detects an operation performed on an operation surface and outputs a detection value, and a computing portion that includes a first threshold for determining whether or not an operation is performed on the operation surface and a second threshold more than the first threshold, and operates such that a detection point calculated based on a second detection value acquired from the detecting portion is replaced by a detection point calculated based on a first detection value acquired from the detecting portion when the second detection value is a value between the first and second thresholds, the first detection value being more than the second threshold and being acquired before the second detection value. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123942 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel is provided in the present invention, which includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of emitter mesh electrode strips, a plurality of receiver mesh electrode strips, and a plurality of subsidiary receiver mesh electrode blocks, where the emitter mesh electrode strips, the receiver mesh electrode strips and the subsidiary receiver mesh electrode strips are disposed in different layers on the transparent substrate, and the receiver mesh electrode strips and the subsidiary receiver mesh electrode blocks are partially overlapped. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123943 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PAD - The present disclosure relates to a method for measuring a capacitance of a pair of electrodes including charging the pair of electrodes and transferring the charge between the pair of electrodes and a sampling capacitor, and a measuring step representative of the capacitance of the pair of electrodes according to the voltage at the terminals of the sampling capacitor according to the number of cycles executed so that the voltage at the terminals of the sampling capacitor reaches a threshold voltage. According to the present disclosure, the method comprises an initial step of charging the sampling capacitor between a first voltage and a second intermediate voltage in between the first voltage and a third voltage greater than or equal to a ground voltage, the pair of electrodes being charged between the second voltage and the third voltage. The present disclosure applies in particular to the control of a touch pad. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123944 | DISTRIBUTED BLANKING FOR TOUCH OPTIMIZATION - Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device with display screens that periodically update (refresh) the screen by selectively driving common electrodes corresponding to pixels in a display line. In general, the input devices drive each electrode until each display line (and each pixel) of a display frame is updated. In addition to updating the display, the input device may perform capacitive sensing using the display screen as a proximity sensing area. To do this, the input device may interleave periods of capacitive sensing between periods of updating the display based on a display frame. For example, the input device may update the first half of display lines of the display screen, pause display updating, perform capacitive sensing, and finish updating the rest of the display lines. Further still, the input device may use common electrodes for both updating the display and performing capacitive sensing. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123945 | INTEGRATED INPUT CONTROL AND OUTPUT DISPLAY SYSTEM - An integrated input control and output rendering system for a processor-driven user device is provided. The system integrates input sensors (such as a keyboard, mouse, touchpad, camera, etc.) and output actuators (such as a display panel, speaker, robot, etc.) into a device independently of the user device and the applications running on the user device. The system includes an input logic engine to interpret input signals from various input devices together with an output rendering engine to output appropriate output signals in response to the input signals. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123946 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes: an illumination light setter which sets illumination light for illuminating an illumination area which includes at least one of a space or an object; an image light setter which sets image light for projecting a projection image which includes at least one of a graphic or a character; and a light projector which emits the illumination light set by the illumination light setter, and projects the image light set by the image light setter. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123947 | STEERING WHEEL USER INTERFACE - A steering wheel that identifies gestures performed on its surface, including a circular gripping element including a thumb-receiving notch disposed along its circumference, an array of light-based proximity sensors, mounted in the gripping element, that projects light beams through the notch radially outward from the gripping element, and detects light beams reflected back into the gripping element by a moving object at or near the notch, and a processor, coupled with the proximity sensor array, for determining polar angles along the circumference of the gripping element occupied by the object, responsive to light beams projected by the proximity sensor array and reflected back by the object being detected by the proximity sensor array. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123948 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A display control system | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123949 | Gesture Detection - A supplemental surface area allows gesture recognition on outer surfaces of mobile devices. Inputs may be made without visual observance of display devices. Gesture control on outer surfaces permits socially acceptable, inconspicuous interactions without overt manipulation. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123950 | Handling of electromagnetic interference in an electronic apparatus - The present invention provides a touch-sensitive apparatus and a method for determining a coordinate position in response to a proximity detection for the touch-sensitive apparatus. The method comprises the steps of: evaluating a plurality of designed measurement modes by measuring noise over a plurality of measurement cycles when a proximity event on the touch-sensitive apparatus has been detected; selecting an optimal measurement mode from the plurality of designed measurement modes; assigning the optimal measurement mode to be a working measurement mode; performing the proximity detection for the touch-sensitive apparatus in use of the working measurement mode; and calculating the coordinates of the touched position based on results obtained with the working measurement mode. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123951 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INPUT TO AN INTERACTIVE AUDIOVISUAL DEVICE - Some embodiments include a pointer device. The pointer device can include an energy source compartment for coupling to an energy source. The pointer device can also include a light emitting diode (LED) coupled to the energy source compartment and a timer circuit coupled to the LED. The time circuit can be capable of modulating a current driving the LED. The pointer device can include a chassis around the LED and the timer circuit. The point device can include a button coupled to the timer circuit exposed from the chassis. In some embodiments, when the button is pressed, the timer circuit modulates the LED. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123952 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An OLED display includes a plurality of pixels, and a pixel includes a light emitting portion including an emission layer configured to generate light, a pixel electrode, and an opposing electrode facing each other. The light emitting portion is between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode. Each pixel also includes a light outputting portion at a side of the fight emitting portion and configured to allow light to pass therethrough. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123953 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR MOBILITY THEREOF - An organic light emitting display can include a display panel including a plurality of pixels of a source following manner, in which a source voltage of a driving thin film transistor (TFT) is changed according to a current flowing between a drain electrode and a source electrode of the driving TFT, a gate driving circuit for generating a mobility sensing gate pulse for operating the pixel in the source following manner, a data driving circuit for detecting a sensing voltage corresponding to mobility of the driving TFT from the pixel in response to the mobility sensing gate pulse, and a timing controller for setting a mobility sensing period in a period, in which a gate-source voltage of the driving TFT is greater than a threshold voltage of the driving TFT. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123954 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A device for controlling a display apparatus includes: an image acquiring portion that acquires first image data containing a tone value of each pixel; a parameter acquiring portion that acquires a parameter for determining a tone used to display an image, from among the tones of the pixel that change in a discrete manner; and a tone reducing portion that determines, in a case of reducing the number of tones to a number of tones smaller than that of the first image data, each tone value after the reduction of the number of tones, according to the parameter acquired by the parameter acquiring portion, and generates second image data in which the number of tones in the first image data acquired by the image acquiring portion has been reduced based on the determined tone value. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123955 | Display With Peak Luminance Control Sensitive to Brightness Setting - A display may have an array of display pixels to display images. Digital display data may be received by a digital-to-analog converter. The digital-to-analog converter can convert the digital display data to analog display data for the display pixels. The magnitudes of the analog display data signals that the digital-to-analog converter provides to the display pixels can be controlled by a control signal such as a reference voltage received by the digital-to-analog converter. A brightness controller may have multiple peak luminance control profiles. A brightness setting may be processed by a look-up table to produce information identifying a selected one of the peak luminance control profiles. The brightness controller may use the selected peak luminance control profile and average frame luminance for the digital display data to produce the reference voltage that controls the digital-to-analog controller. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123956 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes N detecting units, a light emitting unit having n light sources for each of the detecting units, a control unit configured to control light emission of the light sources, a storage unit configured to store, for each combination of the light source and a detecting unit that does not correspond to the light source, a degree of influence of light from the light source on a detection value, and an acquiring unit configured to acquire a light value of the light source on the basis of N detection values that are obtained in the state where the N light sources are being turned on and the degrees, wherein the control unit performing processing of turning on the N light sources n times to acquire light values of N×n light sources. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUMINANCE CORRECTION - A system and a method for luminance correction that can remove luminance spots of a display device. The system includes a display device, an image detection unit, and a luminance correction device. The display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels including first sub-pixels and corresponding second sub-pixels. The image detection unit is configured to measure respective luminance values of the first sub-pixels. The luminance correction device is configured to supply test data so that only the first sub-pixels emit light, and to calculate correction values corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels based on difference values between the respective luminance values measured by the image detection unit and one or more target luminance values. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123958 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes multiple pixels, a gate driver and a data driver. Each pixel includes a transistor and a pixel capacitor electrically coupled to the transistor. The gate driver is configured to turn on the transistor of a first pixel for one time during a first turn-on period of multiple turn-on cycles of a frame cycle of a frame displayed by the display device. The data driver is configured to charge the pixel capacitor of the first pixel via the transistor of the first pixel to a first over-charge voltage and a data voltage during an over-charge period and a recovery period of the first turn-on period. The first over-charge voltage is different from the data voltage. A method for driving the display device is also provided. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123959 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device supplies an active scan signal to each scan line while skipping a portion of a plurality of the scan lines, per one horizontal scan period, in a direction of the m-th to the first scan lines, by a first scan line drive circuit, and supplies the active scan signal to each scan line while skipping the portion of the plurality of the scan lines, per one horizontal scan period, in a direction of the m+1-th to the 2m-th scan lines, by a second scan line drive circuit. Therefore, the liquid crystal display device synchronizes with a timing of supplying the active signal with the first scan line drive circuit and the second scan line drive circuit, and supplies a data signal whose polarity is inverted to a positive polarity potential and a negative polarity potential per one horizontal scan period, to a data line. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123960 | DRIVE CIRCUIT, DISPLAY UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display panel; and a drive circuit. The display panel includes pixels arranged in a matrix, signal lines configured to supply a data pulse to the respective pixels, scan lines configured to supply a selection pulse to the respective pixels, the selection pulse selecting the respective pixels for each row, and power lines configured to supply power to the respective pixels. The drive circuit includes a signal line drive circuit configured to output the data pulse to each of the signal lines, a scan line drive circuit configured to sequentially output the selection pulse to each of the scan lines, and a power circuit configured to continuously output a constant voltage to the power lines. The data pulse is formed of a signal voltage and one of a first fixed voltage and a second fixed voltage, the signal voltage based on a picture signal. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123961 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes: a display panel; a signal controller configured to receive an input image signal and an input control signal, output an output image signal and an output control signal, and determine a charge sharing between two or more data lines having voltages in the same polarity; and a data driver configured to convert, based on the output control signal, the image signal into data voltages to be supplied to the data lines connected to the pixels, the data voltages having positive levels and negative levels. The data driver is further configured to perform a first charge sharing by short-circuiting first and second data lines that are adjacent to each other, and a second charge sharing by short-circuiting third and fourth data lines having data voltages in the same polarity, wherein the first charge sharing and the second charge sharing may not temporally overlap with each other. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123962 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR AGING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display panel includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes an organic light emitting diode and each coupled to a first power voltage line. A voltage supplied to the first power voltage line in a display mode is lower than a voltage supplied to the first power voltage line in an aging mode. The display mode includes a mode in which the organic light emitting diode emits light. The aging mode includes a mode in which the organic light emitting diode does not emit light. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123963 | DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY - A display driving device and a method for driving a display are provided. The display driving device includes a host and a driving chip. The host transmits an image data and a synchronization signal. The driving chip receives the image data and the synchronization signal and drives a display panel to display frames. The driving chip includes a storage unit, a driving module, and a control circuit. The storage unit stores the image data. The driving module drives the display panel to display the frames according to the image data from the host and a timing generator frequency of the driving module. The control circuit detects a target frequency of the synchronization signal and the timing generator frequency of the driving module, compares the target frequency and the timing generator frequency, outputs an adjustment value according to the comparison result, and adjusts the timing generator frequency of driving module. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123964 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and driving method thereof are disclosed. One inventive aspect includes a plurality of pixels, a scan driver, first and second power generation unit and a data driver. The scan driver supplies a first scan signal to odd-numbered scan lines during a first period and a second scan signal to even-numbered scan lines during a second period. The first and second power generation units set the pixels in a non-emission state during at least one frame of the first and second periods. The data driver supplies a data signal to data lines synchronous to the first and second scan signal. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123965 | CONSTRUCTION OF SYNTHETIC AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to producing a synthetic environmental model derived from a three dimensional representation of an environment, and rendering images from the model. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method including detecting a trigger to build the synthetic environmental model utilizing the three dimensional representation of the environment, and, in response to the trigger, obtaining a set of synthetic image elements for use in constructing the synthetic environmental model. The method further includes fitting one or more elements from the set of synthetic image elements to the three dimensional representation of the environment according to a set of rules to produce the synthetic environmental model, and rendering an image from the synthetic environmental model for display, the image showing the one or more elements from the set of synthetic image elements replacing real-world topography in the environment. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123966 | INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL REALITY AND PERCEPTUAL COMPUTING PLATFORM - Disclosed are methods, devices and systems for providing an augmented and a virtual reality experiences. According to some embodiments, there may be provided a device comprising a digital camera assembly including an imaging sensor, one or more optical elements, and image data generation circuits adapted to convert image information acquired from a surrounding of said device into one or more digital image frames indicative of the acquired image information. A graphical display assembly including at least one display and driving circuits may be adapted to receive display instructions and to convert received display instructions into electrical signals which regulate illumination or appearance of one or more display elements. Processing circuitry, including image processing circuitry, may generate a set of display instructions for displaying a display image which is at least partially based on information within a digital image frame of the acquired image and one or more processing circuit rendered virtual objects, wherein selection of which virtual objects to render and how to position the virtual objects within the display image is at least partially based on a context state of said device. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123967 | GENERATING AN AVATAR FROM REAL TIME IMAGE DATA - Technology is disclosed for automatically generating a facial avatar resembling a user in a defined art style. One or more processors generate a user 3D head model for the user based on captured 3D image data from a communicatively coupled 3D image capture device. A set of user transferable head features from the user 3D head model are automatically represented by the one or more processors in the facial avatar in accordance with rules governing transferable user 3D head features. In some embodiments, a base or reference head model of the avatar is remapped to include the set of user head features. In other embodiments, an avatar head shape model is selected based on the user 3D head model, and the transferable user 3D head features are represented in the avatar head shape model. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123968 | OCCLUSION RENDER MECHANISM FOR POINT CLOUDS - A method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to render point cloud data. After obtaining point cloud data, polygons are fit to the point cloud data. A texture atlas is created for each of the polygons. A lookup table is generated from the texture atlases and maps each pixel to a corresponding texture location. When a scene is loaded for rendering/processing, the polygons and texture atlas are loaded and projected into an off-screen buffer that defines a depth map of the scene with approximations of a depth per pixel in screen space. The off-screen buffer is used as a lookup table to determine texture data to be rendered for the scene. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING POINT OF INTEREST (POI) IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) POINT CLOUDS - A method and apparatus for detecting a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud point of interest (POI), the apparatus comprising a 3D point cloud data acquirer to acquire 3D point cloud data, a shape descriptor to generate a shape description vector describing a shape of a surface in which a pixel point of a 3D point cloud and a neighboring point of the pixel point are located, and a POI extractor to extract a POI based on the shape description vector is disclosed. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123970 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA REPRESENTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME - A method for processing image data representing a three-dimensional volume, the data comprising image values for a three-dimensional grid of voxels ( | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123971 | RAY TRACING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A ray tracing method includes determining whether acceleration structure traversal data of a previous ray similar to a received ray is stored in a traversal cache, and reading the stored acceleration structure traversal data, and performing image rendering based on the read acceleration structure traversal data, based on a result of the determining. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123972 | Systems and Methods for Rendering 2D Grid Data - Systems and methods for rendering 2D grids using texture mapping and fragment shaders. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123973 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE REPRESENTATION AND PLANOGRAM VERIFICATION - The present disclosure provides an automated scheme for generating and verifying a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a target space. In one embodiment, the automatic generation of a 3D representation of a target space includes receiving target space data from one or more mobile data capture devices and generating a local point cloud from the target space data. In one embodiment, the local point cloud is incorporated into a master point cloud. In one embodiment, a polygon mesh is generated using the master point cloud and the polygon mesh is rendered, using a plurality of visual images captured from the target space, which generates the 3D representation. In one embodiment, the automatic verification includes comparing a portion of the 3D representation with a portion of an approved layout, and identifying one or more discrepancies between the portion of the 3D representation and the portion of the approved layout. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123974 | Visualization Method Of Entire Grid Data Of Numerical Weather Prediction Model Having Ultra-High Grid Resolution By Magnification Mode And Hardware Device Performing The Same - A method of visualizing entire grid data of numerical weather prediction model having an ultra-high grid resolution by a magnification mode is disclosed. Original data having a first data resolution computed in a numerical weather prediction model is converted into a first low-resolution data having a second data resolution. The second data resolution is lower than the first data resolution. The first low-resolution data is displayed as a first entire image including a plurality of first unit images. The original data is converted into a second low-resolution data having a third data resolution based on a first input signal. The third data resolution is lower than the first data resolution and higher than the second data resolution. The second low-resolution data is displayed as a first partial image including a plurality of second unit images. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123975 | Visualization Method Of Numerical Weather Prediction Model Data On Six-Panels Grid Frame And Hardware Device Performing The Same - A method of visualizing numerical weather prediction model data on a six-panel grid frame is disclosed. Global map data are converted from latitude-longitude coordinates into coordinates in the six-panel grid frame. The six-panel grid frame are provided with numerical weather prediction model data in a first cubed-sphere coordinates system. The numerical weather prediction model data are displayed on the six-panel grid frame. The six-panel grid frame includes expanded six faces of a virtual cube. Each face of the expanded six faces is defined by four sub-faces of eight sub-cubes which are assembled with each other within the virtual cube. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123976 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAY OF IMAGES AND MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus for the interactive display of images and measurements of samples. A user may interact with embodiments of the present invention to display measurements for a set of biological samples and subsequently display images associated with particular biological samples of interest. For example, selecting data indicators in the set may result in the display of an image associated with a biological sample as well as one or more overlays presenting information of interest as well as controls affecting the display of the image or the information. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123977 | LOW LATENCY AND HIGH PERFORMANCE SYNCHRONIZATION MECHANISM AMONGST PIXEL PIPE UNITS - A method for synchronizing a plurality of pixel processing units is disclosed. The method includes sending a first trigger to a first pixel processing unit to execute a first operation on a portion of a frame of data. The method also includes sending a second trigger to a second pixel processing unit to execute a second operation on the portion of the frame of data when the first operation has completed. The first operation has completed when the first operation reaches a sub-frame boundary. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123978 | Shared Virtual Memory - Embodiments of the invention provide a programming model for CPU-GPU platforms. In particular, embodiments of the invention provide a uniform programming model for both integrated and discrete devices. The model also works uniformly for multiple GPU cards and hybrid GPU systems (discrete and integrated). This allows software vendors to write a single application stack and target it to all the different platforms. Additionally, embodiments of the invention provide a shared memory model between the CPU and GPU. Instead of sharing the entire virtual address space, only a part of the virtual address space needs to be shared. This allows efficient implementation in both discrete and integrated settings. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123979 | PARALLEL PROCESSING IMAGE DATA HAVING TOP-LEFT DEPENDENT PIXELS - Methods and systems may include logic to identify a plurality of blocks in image data having one or more top-left dependent pixels, and select the plurality of blocks in a wavefront order for processing. In addition, the logic may process a plurality of pixels in each block in the wavefront order. The system may also include a display device to output a result associated with processing the plurality of pixels. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING PROGRAMMABLE SOFTWARE CONTEXT STATE EXECUTION DURING HARDWARE CONTEXT RESTORE FLOW - A method and apparatus for supporting programmable software context state execution during hardware context restore flow is described. In one example, a context ID is assigned to graphics applications including a unique context memory buffer, a unique indirect context pointer and a corresponding size to each context ID, an indirect context offset, and an indirect context buffer address range. When execution of the first context workload is indirected, the state of the first context workload is saved to the assigned context memory buffer. The indirect context pointer, the indirect context offset and a size of the indirect context buffer address range are saved to registers that are independent of the saved context state. The context is restored by accessing the saved indirect context pointer, the indirect context offset and the buffer size. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123981 | IMAGE DATA FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image data forming apparatus includes a storage unit storing original image data, a buffer unit temporarily storing a part of the original image data, an output unit, a priority setting unit, a control unit, and an analysis unit. The output unit forms image data from the original image data, outputs the image data, and uses, if data needed to form the image data is stored in the buffer unit, the stored needed data. The priority setting unit divides the original image data into a blocks and set priorities for blocks. The control unit performs control so that image data of those blocks having a high priority is stored in the buffer unit by priority. The analysis unit analyzes, if the original image data is accompanied by data of annotations, position information about the annotations. The priority setting unit sets the priorities based on an analysis result. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123982 | COLORBLIND ACCESSIBILITY TEST FOR A SCREEN DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for testing a screen display for colorblind accessibility identifies when an onscreen display is likely to be accessible or inaccessible to a colorblind individual. The method and apparatus can receive data corresponding to a screen display, including information encoded in color. The method and apparatus can further apply a color filter to the screen display to remove a background color generating a filtered image. The method and apparatus can further detect an object associated with the filtered image. The method and apparatus can further detect whether there is text in the filtered image and determine a proximity of the detected text to the object when text is detected and generate a colorblindness accessibility indicator based on whether text was detected and/or the determined proximity. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123983 | COLORBLIND ACCESSIBILITY TEST FOR CORRESPONDING SCREEN DISPLAYS - A method and apparatus that are capable of identifying corresponding screen displays that convey color coded information and identifying whether color coded information found in corresponding screen displays is likely to be accessible or inaccessible to a colorblind individual. The method and apparatus are capable of receiving data corresponding to a plurality of screen displays including information encoded in color. The method and apparatus are capable of identifying corresponding screen displays from the plurality of screen displays. The method and apparatus are further capable of detecting text and color encoded information that are different in the first and second corresponding screen displays at first and second locations, respectively. The method and apparatus are further capable of determining a proximity of the first and the second locations when there is text that is different in the first and second corresponding screens at the first location, and generating a colorblindness accessibility indicator based on whether text that is different was detected/and or the determined proximity. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123984 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for operating an electronic device including a first sensor is provided, the method including: obtaining a first reading from the first sensor; detecting a state of the electronic device; and adjusting the first reading based on the state the electronic device to generate an adjusted reading; and performing, by the electronic device, an action based on the adjusted reading; wherein the first sensor includes at least one of a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123985 | DEVICE OR METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - Improving the visibility of the dark portion and to prevent the degradation of image quality caused by excessive correction. A reflectance calculation unit is storing a parameter RGain for adjusting the amplitude of a reflectance component R. An illumination light correction unit generates a corrected illumination light component L1 from an illumination light component L and a formula L1=(log(LAmp*L+1))/(log(LAmp+1)). An image resynthesis unit obtains a corrected illumination light component L′ from L′=LGain*L1 +(1−LGain)*L. The image resynthesis unit also calculates a corrected image Tout from the corrected illumination light component L′ and the corrected reflectance R′, as well as from a formula Iout=exp(log L′+RGain(log I−log L)). The value of the corrected illumination light component (L′) is determined based on the ratio (LGain) at which the output value of the correction function (L1) and the original illumination light component (L) are combined. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123986 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING COLOR GAMUT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A color gamut controlling device and a display device including the color gamut controlling device. The color gamut controlling device includes a light sensing unit, a first calculation unit, a second calculation unit, and a color gamut calculation unit. The light sensing unit measures a luminance of external light. The first calculation unit calculates adjusted tristimulus values for each of three primary colors based on the measured luminance. The second calculation unit calculates final tristimulus values for each of the three primary colors using the adjusted tristimulus values and target tristimulus values for each of the three primary colors. The color gamut calculation unit calculates a corrected color gamut from the final tristimulus values. The light sensing unit may further measure tristimulus values of the external light for each of the three primary colors. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA USING IMAGE CODE, OUTPUTTING IMAGE CODE ON DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DECODING IMAGE CODE - Provided are a system for transferring data using an image code, a method of outputting an image code on a display device, and a method of decoding an image code. The system includes a code generation device configured to generate an image code including a series of brightness values corresponding to a binary code representing source data or a part of the binary code, a display device configured to output at least one color having the series of brightness values in a code area on a display panel in order of the series of brightness values, and a code decoding device configured to acquire the series of brightness values of the at least one color output in the code area through a sensor and to decode the image code. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123988 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display controller configured to display a plurality of strokes corresponding to a single object. The plurality of strokes include at least one first stroke with a first color and at least one second stroke with a second color different from the first color, or include at least one first stroke with a first width and at least one second stroke with a second width different from the first width. The display controller is configured to display, instead of the plurality of strokes, the single object using the first color or the second color determined by using a display area of the at least one first stroke and a displayed area of the at least one second stroke. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123989 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus that displays an image on the basis of input image signals corresponding to sub-pixels forming one pixel includes a shift-amount storing unit that stores shift amounts of display positions of the sub-pixels relative to given reference positions in a display image, an image-signal correcting unit that corrects the input image signals according to the shift amounts, and an image display unit that displays an image on the basis of the image signals corrected by the image-signal correcting unit. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123990 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A device comprises an input unit, a motion acquisition unit, a matrix operation unit, and a drawing unit. The input unit implements sequential input of a first frame image and a second frame image. The motion acquisition unit acquires motion data between the first frame image and the second frame image. The matrix operation unit calculates a projection matrix to project the output frame image to the second frame image, from a first matrix including a rolling shutter distortion component, a second matrix including at least one of a parallel translation component in directions perpendicular to an image-shooting direction and a rotation component with respect to the image-shooting direction, and an auxiliary matrix including a motion component not included in the first matrix and the second matrix. The drawing unit generates the output frame image from the second frame image by using the projection matrix. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123991 | System and Method for Enabling Mirror Video Chat Using a Wearable Display Device - A method of exchanging audio-visual communication information between users includes detecting using an image capturing device associated with a wearable communication device, a mirror or image reflecting surface disposed in an environment of a first user, detecting a boundary of the mirror or image reflecting surface in response to the mirror being detected in the environment of the first user, selecting a portion of a first image displayed on the mirror or image reflecting surface within the boundary of the mirror or image reflecting surface, and displaying the portion of the first image as an overlay on a second image to a second user. A corresponding system and computer-readable device are also disclosed. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123992 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEADS-DOWN DISPLAY - Techniques for providing a heads-down display on a wireless device are described. An environmental signal representing actual images may be received from one or more cameras associated with the wireless device. The actual images may be of a physical environment in proximity to a current location of the wireless device. An application signal, representing application renderings associated with an application currently executing at the wireless device, may be received. The actual images and the application renderings may be simultaneously rendered on a screen associated with the wireless device. The actual images and the application renderings may be rendered as ordered layers on the screen. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123993 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An input information obtaining portion of a control section obtains requests input from an input device by a user, which requests include a display region moving request to enlarge/reduce or scroll an image displayed on a display device and a request to generate/erase a viewport, change the size of a viewport, or move a viewport. A viewport control portion successively determines the number, arrangement, and size of viewports accordingly. A display region determining portion determines the region of an image to be displayed next in each viewport. A loading portion determines tile images to be newly loaded, and loads the data of the tile images from a hard disk drive. A decoding portion decodes the data of tile images used for rendering the image in each viewport. A display image processing portion updates the display region independently for each viewport. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123994 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a control section configured to execute control to generate a superimposed image by superimposing on a background image a human body image that depicts at least a part of a human body and moves in response to gestural operation of a user, in order to display the superimposed image, while adjusting a display state of the superimposed image. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND ALIGNING DATA POINT CLOUDS - An approach is provided to efficiently and accurately process and align of one or more portions of a plurality of data point clouds. A processing platform may cause a segmentation of at least one first geo-registered point cloud and at least one second geo-registered point cloud based, at least in part, on an application of a ground surface threshold to one or more respective points in the at least one first geo-registered point cloud and the at least one second geo-registered point cloud. The processing platform may further cause a processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more respective points that are above the ground surface threshold to determine a horizontal offset for a horizontal alignment of the at least one first geo-registered point cloud and the at least one second geo-registered point cloud. The processing platform may also cause a processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more respective points that are below the ground surface threshold to determine a vertical offset for a vertical alignment of the at least one first geo-registered point cloud and the at least one second geo-registered point cloud. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123996 | VIDEO OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENTIONAL VIDEO OBSERVATION DEVICE, VIDEO PRESENTATION SYSTEM, AND VIDEO OUTPUTTING METHOD - An object classification unit | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123997 | Information Display System Including Transmission Type HMD, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium and Display Control Method - Provided are an information display system, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and a display control method. The information display system includes a transmission type head-mounted display and a control section. The control section includes a gaze point detecting section configured to detect a point of gaze of a user, a first judgment section configured to judge whether the user gazes at a certain area on a virtual screen or on the background beyond the virtual screen, a second judgment section configured to judge whether a sight-line region around the intersection of the virtual screen and a sight line of the user overlaps with an object displayed on the virtual screen, and a display control section configured to, in response to a movement of the point of gaze, change at least one of a display position and a display mode of the object on the basis of judgment results. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123998 | METHODS FOR AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE SCHOOL YEARBOOK - The present disclosure provides for image processing apparatus for generating static image data and corresponding Spatial Coordinates as an infrastructure for receiving media input. The media input will generally be related to the image data corresponding with selected Spatial Coordinates. Image data may specifically relate to a physical yearbook converted to static image data. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150123999 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXTUALLY VARYING AMOUNTS OF IMAGERY ON A MAP - A user interface for a map display application used on a computing device includes a strip of photographic images corresponding to objects located within a geographic location represented by a map displayed on a screen. More specifically, the strip of photographic images is responsive to the viewing experience of the user. | 2015-05-07 |
| 20150124000 | ALTERNATIVE SEMANTICS FOR ZOOM OPERATIONS IN A ZOOMABLE SCENE - A scene comprising a set of visual elements may allow a user to perform “zoom” operations in order to navigate the depth of the scene. The “zoom” semantic is often applied to simulate optical visual depth, wherein the visual elements are presented with different visual dimensions and visual resolution to simulate physical proximity or distance. However, the “zoom” semantic may be alternatively applied to other aspects of the visual elements of a scene, such as a user selection of a zoomed-in visual element, a “drill-down” operation on a data set, or navigation through a portal in a first data set to view a second data set. These alternative “zoom” semantics may be achieved by presenting the effects of a “zoom” operation within the scene on the visual presentation of the visual element in a manner other than an adjustment of the visual dimensions and resolution of the visual element. | 2015-05-07 |
