| 19th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20140125562 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a display part which has a plurality of divided segments and a control part, configured to control voltages applied to the segments. The control part changes a turning-on pattern of segments to be output to the display part from a first turning-on pattern which turns on a first segment group to a second turning-on pattern which turns on a second group, and subsequently to a third turning-on pattern which turns on a third segment group. Change of the turning-on pattern includes a control to apply a voltage to at least one of segments of the plurality of segments which are not commonly used in the first segment group in a period from a predetermined time before starting of change to the third turning-on pattern. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125563 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a display part which has a plurality of divided segments and a control part, configured to control voltages applied to the segments to turn on or turn off each of the segments. The control part changes a turning-on pattern of segments to be output to the display part from a first turning-on pattern which turns on a first segment group selected from the plurality of segments to a second turning-on pattern which turns on a second group selected from the plurality of segments. Change of the turning-on pattern includes a control to apply a voltage to at least one of the segments of the first segment group which are not commonly used in the second segment group in a predetermined time from starting of the change. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125564 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel, a data driver supplying a data signal to the display panel, a gate driver supplying a gate signal to the display panel, a power supply unit supplying electric power to at least one of the display panel, the data driver, and the gate driver, a voltage monitor unit which monitors an output voltage output from the power supply unit and outputs an alarm signal when the output voltage is cut off, and a timing controller which outputs a gate control signal converting all of gate signal output from the gate driver into a gate-on voltage and a data control signal converting all of the data signal output from the data driver into a black data signal in response to the alarm signal. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125565 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING AMOLED DRIVING - Devices and methods for increasing the aperture ratio and providing more precise gray level control to pixels in an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display are provided. By way of example, one embodiment includes disposing a gate insulator and an interlayer dielectric material between a gate electrode of a thin-film transistor of a driving circuit and a channel of the thin-film transistor. The improved structure of the driving circuit facilitates a higher voltage range for controlling the gray level of the pixels, and may increase the aperture ratio of the pixels. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125566 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electroluminescent display panel has pixel circuits for an active matrix driving system. At least one of the pixel circuits has a thin-film transistor in which a portion of a pattern of a metal wiring material above a channel layer of the thin-film transistor is disposed to shield the channel region of the thin-film transistor. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125567 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING GRAY SCALE VOLTAGE IN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus for generating a gray scale voltage in an organic light emitting display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a gamma reference voltage generator, a gray scale voltage output unit and a gray scale voltage selector. The gamma reference voltage generator outputs a gamma reference voltage. The gray scale voltage output unit outputs N first gray scale voltages, based on the gamma reference voltage. The gray scale voltage selector has a lookup table in which voltage values respectively corresponding M reference gray scales are previously set, and outputs second gray scale voltages by selecting M of the N first gray scale voltages. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125568 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, a source driver, a gate driver and a timing controller. The LCD panel includes a main scan line, a sub scan line, a first pixel and a second pixel. The timing controller controls the gate driver to alternately output a main scan signal and a sub scan signal within every frame time. A time difference between the main scan signal and adjacent the sub scan signal is a delay time value. The main scan signal controls the first pixel to be written with a first polarity data and the second pixel to be written with a second polarity data. The frame times include at least two different delay time values. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125569 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - According to a liquid crystal display device ( | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125570 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The exemplary embodiment relates to a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment includes: a liquid crystal display panel on which a plurality of data lines cross a plurality of gate lines, wherein each data line and each gate line is connected to a thin film transistor; a source drive IC supplying data voltages to the data lines; a gate drive IC supplying gate pulses to the gate lines; a system board equipped with a scaler that transmits data from the scaler through an interface that comprises 4-pair of data transmitting lines; and a control board equipped with a timing controller that receives the data through the interface and supplies the data to the source drive IC and controls the operating timing of the source drive IC and the gate drive IC. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125571 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND PIXEL DRIVING METHOD - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate comprising a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and pixel regions each of which is defined by intersecting one gate line and two neighboring data lines among the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines wherein two thin film transistors (TFTs) are formed at the intersections between the gate line and the two neighboring data lines in each pixel region, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode are alternately arranged in each pixel region. A first thin film transistor of the two thin film transistors is coupled to the first pixel electrode, a second thin film transistor of the two thin film transistors is coupled to the second pixel electrode. The two neighboring data lines participating in defining a pixel region comprise a first data line coupling to the first thin film transistor and a second data line coupling to the second thin film transistor. Voltages having the same absolute value and opposite polarities are applied to the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode respectively via the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125572 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes, on a substrate, three sub-pixels, three sampling switches, three data lines, three image signal lines, and three lead wiring lines. The three sub-pixels correspond to red, green and blue, respectively. The three sub-pixels are included in a unit pixel. The three sampling switches correspond to the three sub-pixels, respectively. The three data lines electrically connect the three sub-pixels and the three sampling switches with each other, respectively. The three image signal lines, which are provided on a side opposite to the three sub-pixels with respect to the three sampling switches, correspond to the three sampling switches, respectively. The three lead wiring lines electrically connect the three sampling switches and the three image signal lines with each other, respectively. Among the three sampling switches, a sampling switch corresponding to green is disposed close to the three image signal lines compared to other two sampling switches. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125573 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, BACKLIGHT USED FOR SAME DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME BACKLIGHT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME BACKLIGHT - A Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a backlight used for the LCD and a method for producing the LCD and the backlight are provided which are capable of inhibiting an increase in component counts and in assembling processes and of reducing them, thereby achieving low costs. A display image is obtained by arranging a backlight section being able to perform scanning as a single unit in a manner that it positionally matches a liquid crystal displaying section. The backlight section is provided with a plurality of scanning electrodes and light emitting layers each providing a different luminescent color, and being spatially separated from each other on a principal face of the backlight and scanning is performed on a plurality of light emitting layers providing a different luminescent color. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125574 | USER AUTHENTICATION ON DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to authenticating a user of a display device. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes displaying one or more virtual images on the display device, wherein the one or more virtual images include a set of augmented reality features. The method further includes identifying one or more movements of the user via data received from a sensor of the display device, and comparing the identified movements of the user to a predefined set of authentication information for the user that links user authentication to a predefined order of the augmented reality features. If the identified movements indicate that the user selected the augmented reality features in the predefined order, then the user is authenticated, and if the identified movements indicate that the user did not select the augmented reality features in the predefined order, then the user is not authenticated. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125575 | TECHNIQUES FOR UTILIZING A COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE COMPUTERS - A method includes analyzing data associated with an image captured by a camera to determine a visual orientation and/or eye gaze movement of a user of a computer. Upon detecting that the visual orientation indicates that the user is visually oriented toward a display device associated with the computer, a wireless connection from the computer to a computer input device and from the computer input device to the computer is established or maintained. Upon detecting that the visual orientation indicates that the user is not visually oriented toward the display device associated with the computer, the wireless connection is terminated. Another method accomplishes similar objectives using proximity sensors. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125576 | STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A non-limiting example game system includes a game apparatus to which a television functioning as a stationary-type display device is connected. The game apparatus performs game processing basically according to operation data from a controller. An input terminal device functioning as a portable-type display device is kept at a user's hand, for example. A course selecting screen is displayed on a screen of the television and an information presenting screen corresponding to the course selecting screen is displayed on a screen of the input terminal device. In the information presenting screen, a comment input by another user is displayed near a course mark, and a designating object which designates the presence of the comment is displayed at a corresponding position in the course selecting screen. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125577 | DISTANCE BASED MODELLING AND MANIPULATION METHODS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS USING ULTRASONIC GLOVES - User input gloves and input methods are described that are well suited to provide input to computer modeling (eg CAD) and augmented reality (AR) systems, including wearable AR and spatial AR. Each glove comprises palm mounted ultrasonic transducers, accelerometers, finger based pinch inputs and a wireless communication module. The gloves can be used to measure distances over the natural range of distances that hands can be placed, as well as their orientation, with sufficient resolution to facilitate a range of gesture based input methods to be developed and utilized, including distance-based modeling by measurement. Further the gloves are light weight, allow fast input of modeling measurements, are easy to use, and reduce fatigue compared to existing glove based input systems. The user input gloves, and associated input techniques can be used to measure small and body sized objects using one or two hands, and large objects can be measured using single handed measurements. Further models for both small and large objects can be generated and manipulated through the use of a numeric input technique to obtain an amplification factor to magnify the effective distances measured. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125578 | Display Panel And Operation Control Method Thereof, And Display Device - A display panel, an operation control method thereof and a display device for improving users' experience of display products. Wherein the display panel comprises a flexible substrate ( | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125579 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, MOTION DETECTOR, MOTION DETECTION METHOD, IMAGE PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a head mounted display including: an enclosure accommodating a presentation section adapted to present a three-dimensional image and located in front of the eyes of a viewer when worn on the head of the viewer; and an imaging element provided in the enclosure and adapted to turn light external to the enclosure into an image, in which the imaging element images light that is vertically downward relative to the enclosure and forward in the direction of line of sight of the viewer when the enclosure is worn on the head of the viewer. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125580 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING AN OBJECT - A method of providing information related to an object is provided. The method includes sensing a gesture related to the object located in a certain area via a first device, obtaining content related to the object according to the sensed gesture, and transmitting the obtained content to a second device that is connected with the first device in a network, wherein the content is output via the second device. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125581 | Individual Task Refocus Device - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for detecting a user's loss of focus while reading content from an electronic device, paper, or other medium and prompting the user to refocus his/her concentration. This method can maintain a user profile that includes alert parameters. The alert parameters can include a prompt timer period and a type of prompt to be generated. The prompt timer period can specify a maximum allowable gaze time before one or more prompts are generated. The method can determine whether data received from a device tracking a movement by one or both eyes of a user is representative of active reading of content viewed by the user. One or more prompts can be generated based on the determining. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125582 | Gesture Recognition Apparatus and Method of Gesture Recognition - One embodiment of the invention discloses a gesture recognition apparatus including a left source configured to generate a left basic signal, a right source configured to generate a right basic signal, a detector configured to detect the left basic signal, the right basic signal and Doppler shift signals of the left and right basic signals after reflection by a hand, the detector disposed between the left source and the right source, and a processer configured to deal with signals from the detector and recognize a gesture. And a method of gesture recognition is also disclosed. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125583 | VEHICULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM - A vehicular display system includes a mobile device having a mobile display part and adapted to be disposed in a predetermined position in a vehicle. The mobile display part is configured to display contents such that at least one of a display size and a display position of each of the contents is changed in accordance with positions of eyes of a driver sitting on a driver's seat in the vehicle with respect to a reference position in the vehicle. Preferably, the mobile device has an imaging unit for picking up an image and recognizes the positions of the driver's eyes and the reference position from the image picked up by the imaging unit. The vehicular display system may further include a vehicle on-board unit fixedly mounted in the vehicle. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - A system and method for human computer interaction (HCI). may acquire image data, determine an interaction intended to be conducted by a user based on various gestures and poses of the user detected from the image data, and perform an operation and/or function which is displayed on a display of a display unit, in response to a result of the interaction. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125585 | COMPUTER DEVICE OPERABLE WITH USER'S EYE MOVEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE COMPUTER DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for operating a computer device with user's eye movement. The method comprises the steps of detecting the user's eye movement, analyzing the user's eye movement to specify an eye movement pattern in the detected user's eye movement and a time period for completing the eye movement pattern, determining a command associated with a combination of the eye movement pattern and the time period and operating the device according to the command. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125586 | Haptic Automated Communication System - A haptic communication system having a range of sensors embedded with an operator's attire. Data collected by the sensors is processed by a computing device local to the operator and is communicated via a haptic modality in real-time to other team members and robotic assets in the system. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125587 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A 3D MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (MMI) - An electronic apparatus having at least two camera devices and a processing device. The processing device: (1) determines a first length between an object positioned at a first time and a surface formed by the two camera devices, (2) determines a second length between the object positioned at a second time and the surface, (3) determines a third length between the object positioned at a third time and the surface, and (4) determines a depth in a virtual space corresponding to the object positioned at the third time according to the first length, the second length, and the third length. In operation, the third time is later than the first time and the second time, and the third length is longer than the first length and shorter than the second length. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125588 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch system includes a touch screen, an image-sensing device, and a processing device. The image-sensing device generates images related to objects on the touch screen at several points in time. The processing device calculates the average coordinates of the objects based on the images, and calculates the longest distance between the objects. The processing device further determines the coordinates of a drawing spot according to the average coordinates of the objects, and determines a graphical property of the drawing spot according to the longest distance. The processing device further directs the touch screen to display the drawing spot on the coordinates and with the graphical property. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125589 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN OPERATIONAL STATE OF A USER INPUT - A display apparatus and a control method thereof for displaying an operational state of a user input are provided. The display apparatus includes: an image processor configured to process an image signal; a display configured to display an image thereon based on the processed image signal; a user input configured to receive a user's input; and a controller configured in response to the user's input being received, control the display to display thereon a cursor moved in correspondence with a location of the user's input as an icon showing an operational state of the user's input. Thus, a user may intuitively recognize the operational state of the user's input and may obtain prompt feedback on the input result without suspending his/her interaction. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125590 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALTERNATIVE CONTROL OF TOUCH-BASED DEVICES - A computer-implemented method, a system, and software includes providing output from a touch-based device to an external display; detecting gestures from a user located away from and not physically touching the touch-based device; and translating the detected gestures into appropriate commands for the touch-based device. The systems and methods provide alternative control of touch-based devices such as mobile devices. The systems and methods can include a mobile device coupled to an external display device and controlled via user gestures monitored by a collocated sensor. Accordingly, the systems and methods allow users to operate applications (“apps”) on the mobile device displayed on the external display device and controlled without touching the mobile device using gestures monitored by the collocated sensor. This enables the wide variety of rich apps to be operated in a new manner. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125591 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention including a detection unit for detecting a moving direction and a moving amount of a finger on an operation panel, and a moving control unit for changing the moving amount of an object on a display unit for a finger's unit moving amount depending on the moving direction of the finger which moves the object displayed on the display unit. According to the present invention, the moving amount of the object within a display region changes based on the moving direction of the finger to be operated on the operation panel. In this manner, the object moving amount is corrected depending on the finger moving direction, thereby eliminating the factors for reducing the operability during the object moving operation and improving the operability. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125592 | APPARATUS TO TRACK A POINTING DEVICE - An apparatus for use in helping to track a pointing device is disclosed herein. An example of the apparatus includes an orientation member coupled to the pointing device that includes a plurality of points at least some of which define a plane. The apparatus also includes a sensor to detect the plurality of points of the orientation member and a processor to determine a location in a workspace of each of the points of the orientation member detected by the sensor. The processor also determines a geometric property of the plane defined by at least some of the points of the orientation member and locates a position of an end of the pointing device along a line segment associated with the geometric property. A method for use in helping to track a pointing device in a workspace and a non-volatile storage medium are also disclosed herein. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125593 | USING MOTION GESTURES TO SEND, SAVE, DELETE, AND REJECT A MESSAGE - A method for providing a user interface includes creating a representative image of a media content, displaying the representative image on a screen, making the representative image a movable object on the screen, monitoring a motion gesture to move the representative image, and performing a corresponding action based on the motion gesture. The action includes saving, deleting, sending, or rejecting a message including the representative image and the media content or a link to the media content. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125594 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments disclose a display apparatus which processes an image signal to display and a control method thereof, the display apparatus including: a display device; an image processing device with processes an image signal to display an image on the display device; a detection device with detects a motion of a user; and a controller which moves a pointer corresponding to the motion detected by the detection device in a preset first mode, the pointer being displayed on the image, and moves the pointer in a preset second mode, which is different from the first mode, in response to a distance between a position where the motion is detected by the detection device and the display apparatus being changed. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125595 | Multi-directional Controller with A Display Integrated Therein - The present invention provides a multi-directional controller with a display integrated therein comprising a main body, a button actuation module attached to the main body and actuated correspondingly thereto and a display module; wherein the main body is soldered onto the bottom of the substrate and the display module comprises a plurality of copper columns provided on and electrically connected to the substrate. The present invention advantageously provides a multi-directional controller having the integrated display module being mechanically unaffected by user's pressings on any directions of the buttons on the button actuation module. As the present invention integrates a small display module with the multi-directional main body, such as a five-directional controller, the controller of the present invention is capable of displaying functional graphics correspondingly while being configured for easy installation on any other forms of electronic devices to increase the overall product feasibilities and values with greater operation convenience. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125596 | Method of Inputting Characters, and Apparatus and System for Inputting Characters Using The Method - A character inputting method and a character inputting apparatus using the method. The method includes: providing first through fifth sensors connected to a left hand of a user and sixth through tenth sensors connected to a right hand of the user; receiving a first signal generated from one of the first through fifth sensors; receiving a second signal generated from one of the sixth through tenth sensors; combining the first signal and the second signal; and outputting a key value corresponding to the combination of the first and second signals, wherein the first signal has one of five different values, and the second signal has one of five different values, and the first signal and the second signal have different values. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125597 | TOUCH PANEL AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel is provided in the present disclosure, comprising: a sensing patterned layer, comprising a plurality of first sensing electrode units not in contact with each other along first axis; and a bridging line, electrically connected with the adjacent first sensing electrode units along the first axis; wherein the bridging line are made by at least a metallic layer and a conductive oxidized layer. By this way the touch panel lowers light reflection, thereby reducing flashes and bright-spots on the touch panel and improving appearance of the touch panel. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125598 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE REGIONS - A user interface system includes a plane registration module configured to identify a first plane within an environment, and a gesture and posture recognition (GPR) module configured to observe a first allocation gesture, a second allocation gesture, a first modal gesture, a second modal gesture, and a third modal gesture within the environment. A region definition module is configured to determine a first region comprising a first portion of the first plane based on the first allocation gesture, and to determine a second region comprising a second portion of the first plane based on the second allocation gesture. A mode determination module is configured to determine different interaction modes for the various regions. A visual feedback module is configured to provide visual feedback associated with a parameter of the first region. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125599 | INTERACTIVE TRANSPARENT TOUCH SCREEN DOORS FOR WINE CABINETS - Interactive transparent touch screen doors for wine cabinets are disclosed. An interactive touch screen door for use with a wine cabinet having a refrigerated compartment and a rack in the refrigerated compartment to hold bottles of wine provides access to the refrigerated compartment and includes a transparent touch display embedded in the door having a size at least corresponding to a portion of the refrigerated compartment intended to store wine, and a controller operatively connected to the transparent touch display configured to provide information associated with wine stored in the cabinet on the transparent touch display. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125600 | OSCILLOSCOPE WITH TOUCH CONTROL AND TOUCH CONTROL OPERATING METHOD OF DISPLAYING WAVEFORM THEREOF - An oscilloscope with touch control has a touch screen display unit and a waveform processing and sampling unit. The touch screen display unit is connected to the waveform processing and sampling unit and has a touch control module and a display module. The touch control module detects a touch gesture and converts the touch gesture into a set of waveform processing parameters. The waveform processing and sampling unit has at least one signal input port to receive at least one external signal to be tested, processes the signal to be tested into a corresponding waveform image, and outputs the waveform image to the display module. Accordingly, the touch screen display unit enables the operation and display of the waveform thereon and provides more space originally occupied by conventional knobs so that the display module can be enlarged or the oscilloscope can be miniaturized. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125601 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display panel and a light guide board. The light guide board includes a light guide base, a touch-sensitive membrane, and a buffer layer. The touch-sensitive membrane is disposed on a first surface of the light guide base for sensing the positions of the user's fingers or other indicants. The buffer layer is arranged between the light guide base and the touch-sensitive membrane for separating said light guide base from the touch-sensitive membrane. Since the touch-sensitive membrane is disposed on the light guide base, it is not necessary to provide an additional plastic substrate to install the touch-sensitive membrane thereon. Consequently, the thickness of the touch display device can be reduced. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125602 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display panel and a touch-sensitive board. The touch-sensitive board includes an anti-glare structure and a touch-sensitive membrane. The anti-glare structure is used for inhibiting glare. The touch-sensitive membrane is disposed on a surface of the anti-glare structure for sensing the positions of the user's fingers or other indicants. Since the touch-sensitive membrane is disposed on the anti-glare structure, it is not necessary to provide an additional plastic substrate to install the touch-sensitive membrane thereon. Consequently, the thickness of the touch display device can be reduced. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125603 | TOUCH PANEL WITH PHOTOVOLATIC CONVERSION FUNCTION - A touch panel with photovoltaic conversion function includes a touch zone and a non-touch zone located immediately around the touch zone. The touch zone includes, from top to bottom, a first transparent substrate, a photovoltaic conversion layer, a touch electrode layer and a second transparent substrate. The photovoltaic conversion layer has an upper side attached to a lower side of the first transparent substrate, and the touch electrode layer is formed on an upper side of the second transparent substrate and attached to a lower side of the photovoltaic conversion layer. The touch panel having the above arrangements enables the photovoltaic conversion layer to have effectively increased light-absorption areas to convert more light into more electric current. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125604 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING AREA OF FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling an imaging area of a flexible display device. A method of controlling an imaging area in a display area of a flexible display device including a display unit for receiving a touch, and a display area overlapping the display unit and for displaying an image includes obtaining at least two input signals input to the display unit in response to a continuous touch in the form of a closed loop, setting an internal area of the closed loop as an imaging area based on the obtained at least two input signals, and controlling the image displayed on the display area to be moved and displayed onto the set imaging area. An area for displaying an image may be controlled appropriately for the shape of a flexible display device by using an input signal generated by a user's touch. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125605 | LARGE MULTI-TOUCH ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD FOR USING TWO SYSTEMS - A large multi-touch electronic whiteboard comprises a switch for switching to an external system from the internal system in response to the needs. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125606 | MOBILE TERMINAL - There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to generate a touch signal by sensing touch input, a stylus pen having a variable length, and comprising a first pen tip provided in an end to touch the surface of the touchscreen to create a first touch signal, a sensing part configured to sense state variation of the stylus pen including length variation of the stylus pen, and a controller configured to switch an input mode of the touchscreen according to the state variation of the stylus pen, wherein the input mode selects one of a mouse input mode, a gesture input mode; and a quick-memo input mode. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125607 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING INSTRUCTION AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for inputting instruction, a portable electronic device and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The method includes detecting taps applied on a touch screen, and determining whether tap positions of the taps belongs to the same group. The method also includes dividing the tap positions of the taps to groups if the tap positions of the taps do not belong to the same group, generating group flags according to the groups, and sorting the group flags according to a tap order of the taps, so as to generate a group flag sequence. In addition, the method further includes generating an operating instruction according to the group flag sequence. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125608 | TABLET DEVICE AND TACTILE PRESENTATION METHOD - A tablet device includes: a pressing operation unit that receives a pressing operation from an indicator; and a controller that detects a pressing position of the indicator with respect to the pressing operation unit. The pressing operation unit includes: a housing; a partition wall that partitions an inner space of the housing into a plurality; an elastic sheet that is disposed over an upper portion of the partition wall so as to cover the plurality of spaces partitioned by the partition wall, the elastic sheet elastically deforming in a direction orthogonal to a surface thereof; a pressure-sensitive sheet which is laminated over the elastic sheet, the pressure-sensitive sheet outputting as pressing position information a position pressed by the indicator; a sensor that is provided over the partition wall, the sensor outputting as indicator position information a position of the indicator over the partition wall upon the indicator being positioned over the partition wall; an actuator that deforms the elastic sheet; and an incompressible fluid that is filled in the spaces enclosed by the housing, the partition wall, and the elastic sheet. The controller controls actuation of the actuator based on the pressing position information and the indicator position information. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125609 | Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Adjusting an Insertion Point Marker - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. The method includes: displaying graphics and an insertion marker at a first location in the graphics on the touch screen display; detecting a finger contact with the touch screen display; and in response to the detected finger contact, expanding the insertion marker from a first size to a second size on the touch screen display and expanding a portion of the graphics on the touch screen display from an original size to an expanded size. The method further includes detecting movement of the finger contact on the touch screen display and moving the expanded insertion marker in accordance with the detected movement of the finger contact from the first location to a second location in the graphics. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125610 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a window, a light source portion, a touch key circuit board and a touch sensing portion. The window has a touch key area on which a touch key icon is displayed, and has a recessed portion formed adjacent to the touch key area in a first surface thereof. The light source portion is disposed inside the recessed portion so as to emit light. The touch key circuit board has the light source portion mounted thereon. The touch sensing portion is formed between the window and the touch key circuit board, geometrically corresponding to the touch key area. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ZOOMED DATA IN TERMINAL - An apparatus for displaying zoomed data in a terminal includes a display including a display area for displaying zoomed data in a zoom mode, and a border surrounding the display area and used to select some of original data as zoomed data to be displayed in the display area; and a controller for, if an arbitrary point is selected in the border, detecting a point of the original data, which corresponds to the selected arbitrary point of the border, and displaying some of the original data in the display area as zoomed data on a basis of the detected point of the original data. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125612 | TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE WITH GRIP SENSOR AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - Apparatus and methods for controlling operations of a touchscreen terminal having grip sensors are disclosed. A grip signal is detected when the terminal is gripped. A touch-inactive area is established in the touchscreen area based at least upon the grip signal. Touches occurring within the touch-inactive area are designated as non-executable gripping touches. Accordingly, unintentional touch executions due to an overlapping grip are prevented. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125613 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TOUCH DETECTION METHOD - A touch detection device includes a touch panel including a first electrode part arranged so as to extend in a first direction and a second electrode part arranged so as to extend in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The touch detection device also includes a pulse generating unit configured to output a pulse signal to the first electrode part, a resistance element arranged between an output terminal of the pulse generating unit and the first electrode part, and a touch detecting unit configured to detect whether the touch panel is touched or not based on a phase difference in a voltage signal of the second electrode part, which is generated in accordance with the pulse signal. The phase difference is based on whether the touch panel is touched or not. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125614 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE CONDUCTIVE AREAS - The invention relates to a method for detecting one or more conductive areas of an information carrier by means of a touch screen. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125615 | INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - An input device includes a touch panel; a coordinate detection unit which detects coordinates of input to the touch panel; and a coordinate processing unit which performs a correction processing for detected input coordinates. In the correction processing, the coordinate processing unit corrects first coordinates input to a correction region formed on an inner side of an end portion of the touch panel to second coordinates in an input disabled region formed within the end portion of the touch panel or in the correction region, based on a distance between the input disabled region and the first coordinates. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125616 | DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY - A display is provided. The display includes electro-optical material arranged between first and second planes facing each other; a first substrate arranged on the first plane and including a conductor; first electrically conductive film arranged on the second plane; second electrically conductive film arranged outside an area sandwiched between the first and second planes; current detection circuit detects current on the second electrically conductive film; and control circuit that, during a time period the current is detected by the current detection circuit, applies substantially the same voltage as that applied to the second electrically conductive film to one of the conductor and the first electrically conductive film, which is arranged closer to the second electrically conductive film, and sets the other in a floating state, or applies substantially the same voltage as that applied to the second electrically conductive film to both the conductor and the first electrically conductive film. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125617 | Navigating Applications Using Side-Mounted Touchpad - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a touch event on a side-mounted touchpad of a computing device during display of a current user interface of an application executing on the computing device. The application includes a navigation hierarchy with a home user-interface layer, multiple sub user-interface layers, and multiple user-interface branches. The method includes determining a particular sub user-interface layer and user-interface branch that the current user interface corresponds to and determining a type of the touch event. When the type of the touch event is a forward touch event and there is a next sub user-interface layer in the particular user-interface branch of the current user interface, the method navigates to the next user-interface layer in the particular user-interface branch of the current user interface. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125618 | SELECTION OF DISPLAY POWER MODE BASED ON SENSOR DATA - Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption in an activity monitoring device associated with a user. One method includes an operation for analyzing sensor data acquired by sensors of an activity monitoring device to be worn on a wrist of a user, the sensor data being associated with motion of the user. In addition, the method includes an operation for determining the motion profile of the activity monitoring device based on the sensor data. The method further includes an operation for identifying display settings for a display of the activity monitoring device based on the motion profile. The display settings are associated with a rate of power consumption by the display. The display settings are applied to the display of the activity monitoring device when the identified display settings are different than the current display settings. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125619 | POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT OF DISPLAY IN PORTABLE DEVICE BASED ON PREDICTION OF USER INPUT - Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption of a display. One method includes an operation for setting a first display setting for a touchscreen of an activity monitoring device associated with a user. The first display setting has having a first rate of power consumption by the display and a first touchscreen scan rate for detecting touch on the touchscreen. Further, the method includes operations for receiving data at the activity monitoring device, the data being indicative of an external event, and for applying a second display setting for the touchscreen based on a predefined expected user interaction. The second display setting has a second rate of power consumption and a second touchscreen scan rate. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125620 | TOUCHSCREEN WITH DYNAMICALLY-DEFINED AREAS HAVING DIFFERENT SCANNING MODES - Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption by a display. One method includes an operation for identifying one or more possible inputs for an activity monitoring device based on a state of the activity monitoring device. The one or more possible inputs are defined to be entered via a touchscreen of the activity monitoring device. Further, the method identifies a first region and a second region in the touchscreen, the first region being associated with the one or more possible inputs, and the second region being defined outside the first region. Further, the method includes operations for establishing in the first region a first touchscreen setting for scanning the first region for touch, and for establishing in the second region a second touchscreen setting for scanning the second region, where the first touchscreen setting defines higher processing than the second touchscreen setting. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125621 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel which displays pieces of identification information including letters, figures, and symbols and detects a contact of the panel with a finger of a user or other object. When the touch panel detects the contact of the panel, a detection unit specifies identification information of one or more of the multiple pieces of identification information displayed on the touch panel, indicated by a position at which the contact in question occurred. The detection unit also detects an area of part of the panel where the contact occurred. A storage unit stores reference identification information and a reference area range. A control unit performs particular processing upon matching of the detected identification information with the stored reference identification information and the area of the contact detected by the detection unit falling within the stored reference area range. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125622 | SYSTEM FOR LINKING AND CONTROLLING TERMINALS AND USER TERMINAL USED IN THE SAME - A system for linking and controlling terminals is disclosed. A user terminal includes an image unit configured to output image data corresponding to a first image to be shared with a receiving terminal viewed by a user of the user terminal, and a signal unit configured to transmit the image data outputted from the image unit and position information of a touch means touching the user terminal to the receiving terminal. Here, the position information is position information of the touch means touching the user terminal at a preset pressure level or lower or with a preset contact area or smaller, and is displayed on the receiving terminal in an image form. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125623 | BASELINE RECALCULATION AFTER FREQUENCY RECONFIGURATION OF A MUTUAL CAPACITIVE TOUCH CONTROLLER - Systems and methods are provided that allow a touch sensor, such as a mutual capacitive touch panel, to switch from an operative transmit (TX) frequency at which the mutual capacitive touch panel is driven to an alternative TX frequency. When switching to an alternative TX frequency, an alternative baseline capacitance value corresponding to the alternative TX frequency may be utilized to determine whether a touch event has occurred on the mutual capacitive touch panel. Frame scans can be repeatedly performed at the operative TX frequency and the alternative TX frequency in rapid succession, and an average difference of the frame scans can be calculated and utilized to generate the alternative baseline capacitance value which may be insensitive to sudden ambient changes and moving touch events affecting the mutual touch capacitive panel. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125624 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a touch screen panel and a portable electronic apparatus having the same. The touch screen panel includes: a cover layer having an outer surface touched by a touch unit and an inner surface, which is an opposite surface to the outer surface; a first scattering layer formed on an inner surface of the cover layer to scatter light passing through the cover layer; an electrode pattern spaced apart from the first scattering layer and formed as a predetermined fine pattern so that capacitance around a touch point at which the touch unit touches the outer surface is changed; and a second scattering layer formed between the first scattering layer and the electrode pattern to scatter light. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125625 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROL SYSTEM, CAPACITANCE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A capacitance detection apparatus for a touch panel includes an N number of capacitors. The detection apparatus generates an N number of different input signals, and provides an i | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125626 | CAPACITIVE IN-CELL TOUCH SCREEN, DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The embodiments of the disclosure provides a capacitive in-cell touch panel, a driving method thereof and a display apparatus, wherein touch sensing electrodes are set on a color filter substrate, a common electrode layer connected as a whole plane on a TFT array substrate is divided into strips to be used as touch driving electrodes; touch driving signal lines are set in a display area of the touch panel by adopting a dual gate structure, which is helpful for a narrow frame design of the touch panel; each of the touch driving electrodes is electrically connected to at least one touch driving signal line and is supplied with a driving signal by a plurality of touch driving signal lines simultaneously, such that transmission efficiency of the driving signal can be improved to the maximum extent and delay of the driving signal can be reduced. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125627 | WRITING INSTRUMENT FOR ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE TYPE TOUCH PANEL - A writing instrument for an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel is provided which includes a main body shaft having a hollow portion and made of non-conductive material, a core portion composed of a member having base material made of non-conductive material and modified with conductive material, and a brush tip including conductive material. The core portion is provided in the hollow portion, and the brush tip and the core portion are in contact with each other. The member is a conductive fiber having base material made of polyester-based synthetic fiber, acrylic synthetic fiber, or polyamide-based synthetic fiber and covered with conductive material. Further, the core portion is formed by filling a cylindrical body with the conductive fiber. This writing instrument can employ non-conductive material for the main body shaft, and capable of performing touch-panel operation stably. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125628 | COORDINATE POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS - A configuration of a coordinate position detection apparatus is provided that provides a sufficient sensitivity even in the case of a larger device. A coordinate position detection apparatus ( | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125629 | TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch sensor system includes a driver which drives on the basis of code sequences which are orthogonal to one another and include +1 or −1 and each of which has a length N. A decoding section estimates on the basis of a first inner product operation of the outputs and the code sequences a first capacitance value and on the basis of a second inner product operation of the outputs and the code sequences a second capacitance value. A touch panel has a two-dimensional region including a hand placing region and a remainder region and processing sections. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125630 | SEAMLESS CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A seamless capacitive touch panel includes a substrate, a pattern layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The pattern layer is formed on the substrate. The first electrode is formed on the pattern layer. The second electrode is formed on the substrate. The first electrode and the second electrode are separated by the pattern layer for preventing conduction between the first and second electrodes. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125631 | LARGE MULTI-TOUCH ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD - A large multi-touch electronic whiteboard comprises: a swivel holder and a gravity sensor to adjust the screen rendering in response to the rotation of the screen; and a virtual key displayed on the screen for transmitting a tile to a mobile device via the Bluetooth device when the virtual key is clicked. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125632 | OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - An optical touch display panel includes a plurality of resetting signal lines, a plurality of scanning signal lines, and a plurality of optical sensing touch units. Each optical sensing touch unit includes an optical sensing element and a storage capacitor. The optical sensing elements in a first direction are connected electrically to different scanning signal lines, and are configured to respectively receive a control signal. The optical sensing elements in a second direction includes a plurality of groups, and the optical sensing elements of each group are connected electrically to different resetting signal lines, so that each group receives a reset signal. Each optical sensing element outputs a charging signal corresponding to the reset signal to the storage capacitor according to the control signal, so as to reset a voltage of the storage capacitor. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125633 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A touch sensing apparatus includes a group of emitters arranged to emit light to illuminate at least part of the touch surface, a light detector arranged to receive light from the group of emitters, and a processing element. Each emitter is controlled to transmit a code by way of the emitted light such that the code identifies the respective emitter. The codes may at least partly be transmitted concurrently. The codes may be selected such that a value of an autocorrelation of each code is significantly higher than a value of a cross-correlation between any two codes of different emitters. The processing element processes an output signal from the light detector to separate the light received from the individual emitters based on the transmitted codes, and to determine the position of the object/objects based on the light received from the individual emitters. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125634 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, including: an image acceptance section configured to accept an image of an operation inputting apparatus picked up by an imaging section; an operation signal acceptance section configured to accept an operation signal representative of an operation for the operation inputting apparatus from the operation inputting apparatus; and a process execution section configured to execute a process in response to the position of the operation inputting apparatus in the image accepted by the image acceptance section and the operation signal accepted by the operation signal acceptance section. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125635 | ELECTRONIC PEN, AND ELECTRONIC PEN DATA INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - There are provided an electronic pen, and an electronic pen data input system and method using the same. The electronic pen includes: a triaxial accelerometer sensor sensing a change in acceleration based on triaxial coordinates of three fixed axes; and a controlling unit setting a reference point represented by the triaxial coordinates and generating acceleration information using the change in acceleration sensed by the triaxial accelerometer sensor due to movement of the electronic pen. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125636 | ELECTRONIC PEN DATA INPUT SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC PEN DATA INPUT METHOD USING THE SAME - There are provided an electronic pen data input system and an electronic pen data input method using the same. The electronic pen data input system includes: an electronic pen including an accelerometer sensor to provide acceleration information corresponding to movement thereof; and a portable communications terminal calculating movement information of the electronic pen using the acceleration information of the electronic pen and compensating for a noise input in the movement information to determine a handwriting data input. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125637 | MAGNETIC TOUCH PEN - A magnetic touch pen is disclosed. In one aspect, the magnetic touch pen comprises a first case in which a plurality of magnets is arranged in a cylindrical first body in a longitudinal direction of the first body. It also comprises a second case including a second body in which the first body of the first case is accommodated and having screw threads formed on an inner circumference of the second body. It further comprises a magnetic power controller configured between two magnet groups to separate the two magnet groups and moving along the screw threads of the second case to control a plurality of magnets of the two magnet groups. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125638 | ELECTROMAGNETIC POINTER - An electromagnetic pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic pointer includes at least one pen tube assembly, a pen tip, a core holder configured in the pen tube assembly with a surrounding coil, a ferrite core, an elastomer, a touch pin configured in the core holder and the pen tube assembly and a circuit board. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125639 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A display device is provided which includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected with a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines; a gate driving unit configured to drive the plurality of gate lines; a data driver configured to drive the plurality of data lines; and a timing controller configured to generate a plurality of control signals for controlling the gate driving unit and the data driver in response to externally provided clock signal and data signals. The timing controller converts the data signals into an image data signal, a horizontal synchronization signal, a vertical synchronization signal, and a data enable signal, a pulse width of each of the horizontal and vertical synchronization signals corresponding to an aspect ratio of the data signals or a size of a black image display area. The timing controller generates the plurality of control signals according to the image data signal, the data enable signal, and pulse widths of the horizontal synchronization signal and the vertical synchronization signal. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125640 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display apparatus and a controlling method thereof include a transparent display panel which displays an image, a backlight unit which provides backlight to the transparent display panel, an input unit which receives a user command, a power supply unit which supplies power to the transparent display apparatus, and a controller which controls the power supply unit to cut off power supply to the backlight unit if a preset command is input through the input unit, controls the transparent display panel to output a preset image, and controls the power supply unit to cut off power supply to the transparent display panel after a preset time has elapsed. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125641 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus includes a reception frequency acquisition unit configured to acquire a reception frequency, a reception quality acquisition unit configured to acquire reception quality, a first data acquisition unit configured to acquire first data at a reception frequency, a second data acquisition unit configured to acquire second data from a signal of a reception frequency, a display control unit configured to control display of first data until acquisition of second data after acquisition of first data, and a display unit configured to display first data and/or second data in accordance with control of a display control unit. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125642 | Display System Ocular Imaging - A device includes ocular image processing features. The device obtains ocular image data without requiring artificial lenses to capture the ocular image data. The device may, for example, obtain sensor data from a touch sensor associated with a display, recognize ocular image data within the sensor data, and process the ocular image data for any reason. This processing may occur regardless of the fact that the intended purpose of the sensor data was not for ocular imaging, but was intended for another purpose, such as detecting touch interactions with the display. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125643 | AMOLED DISPLAY WITH OPTICAL FEEDBACK COMPENSATION - In one aspect of the invention, a display includes a substrate, and a plurality of pixels formed on the substrate and arranged in an array. Each pixel has a driving transistor having a gate electrode, a drain electrode and a source electrode, formed on the substrate, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a cathode layer, a anode layer and an emissive layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and formed over the driving transistor such that the anode layer of the OLED is electrically connected to the source electrode of the driving transistor, a bias electrode formed over the substrate, and a photo sensor having a photosensitive layer formed between the anode layer of the OLED and the bias electrode. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125644 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display panel, a driving method for the same, and a display apparatus, wherein the display panel includes: a display substrate with a plurality of TFTs arranged in an array, a source driving integrated circuit and a gate driving integrated circuit, the gate driving IC is connected with a plurality of gate lines, each gate line is connected with the gates of the TFTs in adjacent N rows, and different gate lines are connected with the gates of the TFTs in different rows, N is an integer being greater than 1; the source driving IC is connected with a plurality of source lines, sources of different TFTs connected to a same gate line are connected with different source lines, and sources of the TFTs, which are connected to different gate lines and located in a same column and spaced g*N−1 TFTs apart, are connected with a same source line. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125645 | TESTING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TO SUBSTRATE JOINTS - A method for testing integrated circuit-to-substrate joints that electrically connect an IC to a substrate. An ammeter is coupled to a test node of the driver IC, while the test node is coupled to a current source, and a measured current output of the ammeter is recorded. A voltmeter is coupled to the test node while the test node is coupled to an end node of a group of dummy IC-to-substrate joints that are daisy chained; a first measured voltage output of the voltmeter is then recorded. The IC then couples the test node to another end node of the daisy chained dummy joints, and a second measured voltage output is recorded. A resistance or admittance value for the electrical connection of the IC to the substrate is then computed, using the first and second measured voltage outputs and the measured current output. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125646 | DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR DARK POINT ON PANEL - Provided is a detection circuit for dark points on a panel, comprising a preset voltage generation module and a selection circuit module, wherein the preset voltage generation module is connected with the selection circuit module and is used for transferring N preset voltages to the selection circuit module, and the selection circuit module comprises N inputting terminals for receiving the N preset voltages, respectively, an outputting terminal and a strobe switch for strobing the outputting terminal with one of the N inputting terminals, N≧2. The circuit according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can detect the dark point defect caused by remains in active layers effectively in a panel state and prevent the panels having such dark point defects from being incorporated into modules, so that a waste of cost is avoid and a detection capability in a detection procedure for the panel is increased. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125647 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes m/2 data lines and 2n gate lines that intersect each other to define m×n sub-pixels which have first to fourth colors and are arranged in a stripe form. A first pixel, including first to fourth sub-pixels, and a second pixel, including fifth to eighth sub-pixels, are alternately arranged in column and row directions between first and second gate lines such that the first to eighth sub-pixels are arranged in two columns between every two data lines. Connection between the first sub-pixel and the first data line, between the second and third sub-pixels and the second data line, between the fourth and sixth sub-pixels and the third data line, between the fifth and eighth sub-pixels and the fourth data line, and between the seventh sub-pixel and the fifth data line is accomplished. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125648 | GATE DRIVER, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driver includes a plurality of stages respectively outputting a plurality of gate output signals. An N-th stage of the gate driver (where N is a positive integer) includes a first input part, a second input part, a pull up part, a pull down part, a holding part and a stabilizing part. The first input part transmits a first clock signal to a second node in response to a signal at a first node. The second input part transmits an input signal to the first node in response to a second clock signal. The pull up part pulls up the gate output signal in response to a signal at the second node. The pull down part pulls down the gate output signal in response to the signal at the first node. The holding part maintains the signal at the second node in response to the first clock signal. The stabilizing part stabilizes the gate output signal in response to the signal at the second node and a third clock signal. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125649 | Network repository of digitalized 3D object models, and networked generation of photorealistic images based upon these models - In a network-linked computer graphics image rendering system serving to render images of objects in scenes, these objects are so rendered from high-resolution 3D models and textures that are, in particular, stored and maintained on one or more server computers in one or more libraries that are secure. Using stand-in object models and textures, design professionals at client computers are able to “fine-tune” and preview designs that incorporate objects stored securely in the server's(s') models' library(ies). Yet the high-resolution, 3D, relatively expensive, and proprietary object models remain completely secure at one (i.e., centralized) or more (i.e., distributed) server computers. 2D perspective-view or stereo in-situ photorealistic images of scenes incorporating these objects are rendered at the one or more sever computers, for subsequent remote viewing at the one or more client computers. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125650 | INTERLEAVED APPROACH TO DEPTH-IMAGE-BASED RENDERING OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - Techniques are disclosed for generating stereoscopic images. The techniques include receiving a first image frame associated with a first eye, and receiving a first depth frame associated with the first eye. The techniques further include reprojecting the first image frame based on the first depth frame to create a second image frame associated with a second eye. The techniques further include identifying a first pixel in the second image frame that remains unwritten as a result of reprojecting the first image frame, and determining a value for the first pixel based on a corresponding pixel in a prior image frame associated with the second eye. One advantage of the disclosed techniques is that DIBR reprojected image frames have a more realistic appearance where gaps are filled using pixels from a prior image for the same eye. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125651 | 3D MAPPING OF A SURVEYED ENVIRONMENT - A real time 3D survey site modeler is disclosed. One embodiment includes a survey data collector to collect survey data for a location and obtain information for each object that is surveyed. In addition, a 3D model creator receives the collected survey data and creates a 3D model of the world being surveyed in real time. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125652 | LOOK-AHEAD CONVERGENCE FOR OPTIMIZING DISPLAY RENDERING OF STERIOSCOPIC VIDEOS AND IMAGES - The present invention is drawn to a device for use with first stereoscopic data, second stereoscopic data and a display device. The device includes an input portion, a convergence data detecting portion, a convergence plane portion, a comparing portion and a modification portion. The input portion can receive the first stereoscopic data and the second stereoscopic data. The convergence data detecting portion can detect first convergence data within the first stereoscopic data and can detect second convergence data within the second stereoscopic data. The convergence plane portion can determine a first convergence plane based on the first convergence data and can determine a second convergence plane based on the second convergence data. The comparing portion can compare the first, convergence plane and the second convergence plane and can generate a convergence plane comparison. The modification portion can modify the first convergence data based on the convergence plane comparison. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125653 | COMBINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACES - A method for mapping, including measuring coordinates of a first set of points on a first surface of a first portion of a three-dimensional (3D) element and generating a first volume enclosed by the first set of points. The method also includes measuring coordinates of a second set of points on a second surface of a second portion of the 3D element and generating a second volume enclosed by the second set of points. The method continues by connecting the first and second volumes to form a combined volume, and generating coordinates of a third set of points on a third surface of the combined volume to form a 3D surface map of the element. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125654 | Modeling and Editing Image Panoramas - Three-dimensional models are created from one or more image panoramas. One or more image panoramas representing a visual scene and having one or more objects is received. A directional vector for each image panorama is determined, the directional vector indicating an orientation of the visual scene with respect to a reference coordinate system. The image panoramas are transformed such that the directional vectors are aligned relative to the reference coordinate system. The transformed image panoramas are aligned to each other. A three dimensional model of the visual scene is created using the reference coordinate system, the model comprising depth information describing the one or more objects contained in the scene. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125655 | MAP VIEWER AND METHOD - Techniques for displaying a 3d map view of a 3d geographical map are provided. A database stores data which defines the 3d geographical map in a layered hierarchy comprising data layers which can be individually rendered for the 3d map view. The database comprises a data layer of a digital terrain model which is modelling a terrain surface and a data layer of a 3d road network comprising 3d road elements. A processor is configured for selecting specific data layers of the database in response to a resolution setting of the 3d map view and to render the 3d map view using the selected specific data layer. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125656 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY - A device according to embodiments may comprise an acquisition unit, an arrangement unit, a calculating unit, and a processing unit. The acquisition unit may acquire candidate vectors from among corresponding vectors which have been calculated for each candidate block around the target block. The arrangement unit may arrange particles around each candidate block indicated by each of the acquired candidate vectors while using the target block as an origination, and arrange particle vectors while using the target block as an origination. The calculating unit may calculate a correlation between a pixel value of the target block and a pixel value of each block defined by each of the particles, and give a weight depending on the calculated correlation to each of the particle vectors. The processing unit may obtain the corresponding vector for the target block based on the weight calculated for each of the particle vectors. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125657 | Three Dimensional Modeling And Drawing Extraction Tool - A pile and foundation modeling system for creating a three-dimensional (3D) model of foundations is presented. In one aspect of the invention, the pile and foundation modeling system includes a foundation database that stores several configurable foundation geometries, an interface, and a modeling engine that is coupled to the interface and the foundation database. The interface is configured to receive foundation data that includes parameters associated with a construction project. The modeling engine is configured to (i) obtain the foundation data via the interface, (ii) instantiate pile and foundation objects based on applying the foundation data to the configurable foundation geometries, (iii) generate a three-dimensional pile and foundation model according to the instantiated pile and foundation objects, and (iv) configure an output device to render the three-dimensional pile and foundation model. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125658 | CAPTURING AND ALIGNING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES - Systems and methods for building a three-dimensional composite scene are disclosed. Certain embodiments of the systems and methods may include the use of a three-dimensional capture device that captures a plurality of three-dimensional images of an environment. Some embodiments may further include elements concerning aligning and/or mapping the captured images. Various embodiments may further include elements concerning reconstructing the environment from which the images were captured. The methods disclosed herein may be performed by a program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium when executed the program is executed a processor. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125659 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A first acquiring unit acquires a background image being an image of a usage environment in which a printed material is used, a lighting image of a lighting installed in the usage environment, and light source information indicating an optical attribute in the usage environment. A second acquiring unit acquires print data. A display control unit displays a preview image on a display unit, where the preview image is an image in which a printed material image is superimposed on the background image, and the printed material image is an image in which the lighting image is mapped by environment mapping onto a print-image display surface generated based on the print data and in which the optical attribute specified by the light source information is set. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125660 | SCALE-INDEPENDENT MAPS - Various implementations provide a resolution-specific attribute for a resolution-invariant region. Several implementations provide an SCM-based disparity value for scale-invariant cells. Particular implementations provide a signal or structure that includes such an attribute. Yet further implementations access such an attribute, and process the attribute. One particular implementation accesses an attribute for a region of a picture. The region is coextensive with a first integer number of pixels in a particular resolution, and with a second integer number of pixels in a second resolution. The attribute is specific to the region and to a combination resolution determined as a combination of the particular resolution and the second resolution. The attribute is converted to provide an attribute specific to the particular resolution. The converted attribute is associated with the first integer number of pixels. Other implementations use the converted attribute in post-processing operations, such as, for example, subtitle placement using disparity information. | 2014-05-08 |
| 20140125661 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus to be newly improved that can easily generate contents having three-dimensional images. The image processing apparatus generates a plurality of plane images and sets the virtual distances of a depth direction to the plurality of generated plane images, respectively. The image processing apparatus converts the plurality of plane images into a three-dimensional image where the space positions of objects of the plurality of plane images are set, on the basis of the virtual distances set to the plurality of generated plane images, and obtains data of the three-dimensional image. In addition, the image processing apparatus displays an editing screen that generates the plurality of plane images. The editing screen displays the plurality of plane images individually or to be overlapped and displays the plane images by providing tabs to the plane images, respectively. | 2014-05-08 |
