21st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100127929 | POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND POSITION CALCULATING DEVICE - A position calculating method includes: determining whether satellite orbit data of a positioning satellite having a first effective term and long-term prediction orbit data having a second effective term longer than the first effective term and predicting a satellite orbit of the positioning satellite are retained or not; and calculating a position by using the satellite orbit data when it is determined that the satellite orbit data and the long-term prediction orbit data are retained. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127930 | Burst Optimized Tracking Algorithm - A system and method for providing a spectrally compact modulation of a tracking signal for directional beam scanning systems is presented. The system and method scans a tracking signal to produce a modulation of the tracking signal. When an impairment is anticipated, the system and method modifies the scan path to avoid the impairment and maintains the spectral compactness of the modulation of the tracking signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127931 | System and Method for Enabling Coordinated Beam Switching and Scheduling - A system and method for enabling coordinated beam switching scheduling and switching is provided. A method for controller operation includes selecting beams for transmission in a beam cycle pattern, transmitting the selected beams in the beam cycle pattern, scheduling a subset of the plurality of communications nodes based on received transmissions for the subset of communications nodes and channel information reports from the plurality of communications nodes, and transmitting the received transmissions to the scheduled subset of the plurality of communications nodes. The selecting is based on measurements of received signal power to noise made by a plurality of communications nodes, and the channel information reports are based on measurements of received signal power plus received interference power to noise made by each of the plurality of communications nodes. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127932 | Method of calibrating an active antenna and active antenna - A method of calibrating an active antenna and an active antenna is disclosed, wherein the active antenna is designed to be used in a base transceiver station for mobile communication. Firstly, at least one receiver of the active antenna is correlated to a calibration signal. Secondly, a received phase pattern is analyzed. Then, the active antenna is adjusted until all receivers receive substantially in equiphase. Finally, a beam forming function and a phase pattern are applied as forward adjustment to the active antenna. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127933 | ALGORITHM OF COLLECTING AND CONSTRUCTING TRAINING LOCATION DATA IN A POSITIONING SYSTEM AND THE POSITIONING METHOD THEREFOR - An algorithm of collecting and constructing training location data is provided as it is applied to a test space of a plurality of beacons and training locations. The signal patterns of beacons adjacent to each training location are detected. The signal pattern is converted into a signal vector and each signal vector is integrated for calculating a feature vector of each training location. The coordinate and the feature vector of each training location, after being recorded, are introduced into a numerical data fitting model for constructing the signal pattern function of each beacon. For positioning, the current signal patterns of the beacons adjacent to the user location are detected and converted to a discriminant function. Thereafter, the minimum of the discriminant function is computed so as to find the position of the user location. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127934 | POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SIGNAL RECEIVER FOR POSITIONING SYSTEM, AND POSITION CALCULATION METHOD - A positioning system is provided which is capable of calculating the position of a target object even though it does not detect some synchronous signal necessary for position calculation. A communication signal receiver which provides information used in the position calculation is also provided. The positioning system includes a plurality of communication signal receivers each to detect a communication signal from a target object to be tracked and synchronous signals repeatedly transmitted for timing synchronization, and to acquire a receiving time interval between the synchronous signals, a receiving time interval between the synchronization signal and the communication signal, and synchronization signal identification information; and a position calculator to calculate a position of the target object by calculating a receiving time error of the communication signal from the receiving time interval between the synchronous signals, the receiving time interval between the synchronization signal and the communication signal, and the synchronization signal identification information. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127935 | INDOOR LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An indoor localization method is implemented using an indoor localization system that includes beacons deployed in an indoor space and transmitting localization signals, and a radio badge for receiving the localization signals. The indoor localization method includes forming signal vectors from the localization signals received by the radio badge at each of predetermined locations in the indoor space, and generating a signal ID value from the signal vectors for each beacon from which the radio badge has received the localization signals. During a tracking phase, signal vectors are formed from the localization signals received by the radio badge at a current location. If the number of the signal ID values is smaller than the number of the signal vectors, the sum of the signal distances is normalized by the number of the signal ID values. An estimated position of the radio badge is obtained using the signal vectors and the signal ID values. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127936 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICES - An antenna assembly has a plurality of conductive elements to enable use in multiple frequency bands assigned for a mobile wireless communications. The antenna assembly has a six-sided support frame non-electrically conductive material which provides external surfaces on which specific conductive patterns are formed with the patterns on different surface being selectively connected together. The support frame is mounted on one major surface of a dielectric substrate that has an opposite major surface with a conductive layer that serves as ground plane. A portion of the opposite major surface, on which the conductive layer is not applied, forms one surface of the support frame. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127937 | Antenna Integrated in a Semiconductor Chip - An antenna structure is integrated in a semiconductor chip. The antenna structure is formed by at least one of: a) one or more through-silicon vias (TSVs), and b) one or more crack stop structures. In certain embodiments, the antenna structure includes an antenna element formed by the TSVs. The antenna structure may further include a directional element formed by the crack stop structure. In certain other embodiments, the antenna structure includes an antenna element formed by the crack stop structure, and the antenna structure may further include a directional element formed by the TSVs. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127938 | LOW PROFILE, FOLDED ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICES - An antenna assembly is formed on a rectangular polyhedron support that has two sections projecting away from opposite sides of an electrically non-conductive substrate. An electrically conductive stripe wraps around the support and comprises a plurality of segments on different surfaces of the support. A conductive patch is located on two surfaces of the support to provide impedance matching between the antenna and a radio frequency circuit. By placing sections of the antenna assembly on both sides of the substrate and wrapping the conductive stripe around those sections, the space required to accommodate the antenna assembly within a housing of a communication device is reduced, as compared to some prior antenna designs. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127939 | PATCH ANTENNA WITH METAL WALLS - A patch antenna is provided with a metallic wall ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127940 | ANTENNA DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, SURFACE-MOUNTED ANTENNA, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SURFACE-MOUNTED ANTENNA AND THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - An antenna device has a substrate having a power supply line, and a surface-mounted multiple-resonance antenna having a base and a conductor pattern formed on the base and provided on the substrate, wherein the conductor pattern includes two antenna conductor patterns and a plane conductor pattern which connects each of the antenna conductor patterns and the power supply line, the plane conductor pattern | 2010-05-27 |
20100127941 | WIRELESS SIGNAL ANTENNA - The invention discloses a wireless signal antenna including a substrate, a grounding element, a metal radiator element, a signal transmission line, and a ground connection part. The metal radiator element includes a first radiator unit, a second radiator unit, and a signal feed-in point. The ground connection part is electrically connected to the signal feed-in point and the grounding element. The first radiator unit is disposed on the substrate and bent to include a first radiator part, a second radiator part, and a third radiator part, wherein at least a part of the first radiator unit is disposed along edges of the substrate. The second radiator unit is disposed between the first radiator unit and the grounding element. The signal transmission line includes a signal line and a ground line respectively connected to the signal feed-in point and a layout area of the grounding element. The signal transmission line receives electrical signals from a signal source and then excites the metal radiator element to generate a first frequency band mode and a second frequency band mode. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127942 | Weight-Tapered IL Antenna with Disc Loaded - An antenna includes a main span extending in a first direction, a first arm extending from the main span in a second direction, a second arm extending from the main span in a third direction; a disc portion joined to the main span. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127943 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An antenna apparatus includes: a ground plane; a plurality of conductive elements arranged substantially in parallel to a surface of the ground plane; a plurality of linear elements configured to connect the conductive elements to the ground plane; and an antenna configured to radiate a radio wave, wherein a plurality of openings to reflect the radio wave radiated from the antenna are formed in the ground plane under an arrangement region of the conductive elements. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127944 | Antenna Arrangement - An antenna arrangement including a first element operable in a first resonant mode at a first resonant frequency band; and a second element arranged to couple with the first element to enable the first element to resonate in a second resonant mode having a second resonant frequency band, the second element having an impedance at the first resonant frequency band which substantially suppresses coupling between the first element and the second element. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127945 | Apparatus for compensation of the impedance and the load phase of the antenna element - An apparatus including an antenna element having an impedance and a load phase; a phase shifter coupled to the antenna element; and a controller for controlling, in response to a change in a context of the apparatus, the phase shifter to compensate for a consequent change in the impedance and the load phase of the antenna element. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127946 | Adjusting Apparatus for Satellite Antenna - An adjusting apparatus for a satellite antenna of accurate and superfine adjustment and simple structure, includes a dish support, a supporting base, a connecting base, an X-direction fine adjusting mechanism and a Y-direction fine adjusting mechanism. The dish support couples to a dish of the satellite antenna. The supporting base couples to the antenna support. The connecting base connects between the dish support and the supporting base. The X-direction fine adjusting mechanism couples between the supporting base and the connecting base. The Y-direction fine adjusting mechanism couples between the connecting base and the dish support. The X-direction and Y-direction fine adjusting mechanisms respectively by means of the meshing relation between the gear and the row teeth to fine adjust, inducing the satellite antenna, relative to the antenna support, generate tiny range of motions along X and Y directions, respectively. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127947 | ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR DISH ANTENNA SYSTEM - Antenna systems include adjustment mechanisms to adjust the position of dish antennas. The adjustment mechanism includes a clip, a bracket, and a cam mechanism. The clip is fixedly coupled to and projects outwardly from a mast. The bracket is pivotally coupled to the mast and is between the stationary clip and cam mechanism. The cam mechanism is pivotally coupled to the clip and positioned to rotate the bracket and the dish antenna as the cam mechanism rotates. The clip is made of a lightweight material to reduce the overall weight of the antenna system to enhance performance. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127948 | Antenna apparatus - A portable terminal includes a small-sized built-in antenna apparatus having an excellent electric performance. The built-in antenna apparatus includes a ground plate and an antenna unit. The ground plate includes a feed point. The antenna unit is disposed adjacent to an end of the ground plate. The antenna unit includes a reverse L-shaped antenna element. One end of the L-shaped antenna element is connected to the feed point and an opposite end of the L-shaped antenna has a helical shape. A magnetic piece is loaded at a portion where current distribution of the L-shaped antenna element is high, and a dielectric piece is loaded at a portion where current distribution of the L-shaped antenna element is low. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127949 | Mobile Communication base station antenna - A mobile communication base station antenna has two or more array antennas. Each of the array antennas includes a plurality of antenna element pairs arranged in array shape. Each of the antenna element pairs includes two antenna elements located to be orthogonal to each other. Polarization characteristics of the two antenna elements are orthogonal to each other. The array antennas are arranged with a predetermined distance in a vertical direction. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127950 | RECONFIGURABLE RADIATION DENSENSITIVITY BRACKET SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method and device bracket are presented for reconfigurable radiation desensitivity. The method includes: accepting a radiated wave from a source such as a transmitter, antenna, microprocessor, electrical component, integrated circuit, camera, connector, or signal cable; in response to the radiated wave, creating a first current per units square (I/units | 2010-05-27 |
20100127951 | MULTI- ANTENNA SYSTEM FEED DEVICE AND WIRELESS LINK TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE - A multi-antenna system feed device and a terminal including such a device is suggested. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127952 | DUAL HELIX, DUAL PITCH ANTENNA FOR WIDE FREQUENCY BANDWIDTH - An antenna to increase VHF bandwidth comprises an inner and an outer helical element separated by a comb-like spacer. The inner helical element has a dual pitch and is fed a radio frequency driving signal while the outer helical element has a uniform pitch and is coupled to ground. The dual pitch inner helical element coupled with the uniform pitch outer helical element provides an increase in bandwidth without a corresponding increase in the length of antenna, and, in fact, allows for a shorter antenna for communication devices than is currently available, without loss of signal strength or quality. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127953 | ANTENNA, ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An antenna is disclosed. The antenna comprises a first antenna element; a second antenna element arranged along the first antenna element; and an electroactive polymer element arranged between the first and the second antenna elements, wherein the electroactive polymer element is connected to electrodes through which a voltage is applicable across the electroactive polymer element such that the distance between the first and the second antenna elements is adjustable by changing the voltage. An antenna arrangement and a radio communication apparatus are also disclosed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127954 | Display Form Factor Devices and Methods Thereof - Disclosed are display form factor devices having a first orientation and a second orientation, such a device including a display screen that is viewable from a plurality of positions. The display screen can be moved with respect to the first orientation and/or the second orientation. The display screen in accordance with a controller is configured to exhibit indicia having a particular orientation thereon, wherein the indicia having a particular orientation is dependent upon which of the at least one of a plurality of positions that is assumed by the screen body. For example, a particular orientation may be a reflective mode or a normal mode. A method of the device includes changing the particular orientation of the indicia based upon the position of the screen body. Sensed ambient conditions can provide input to determine the position of the screen body. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127955 | Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same - A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor configured to control a connection between a first power source and the organic light emitting diode, a second transistor configured to control a connection between a reference power source and the gate electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a fifth transistor connected such that, when the third transistor, the fourth transistor, and the fifth transistor are all turned on, a data line is coupled to an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode; and a storage capacitor having a first electrode coupled to the gate electrode of the first transistor and having a second electrode coupled to a common node between the third and fifth transistors, wherein the fourth transistor is configured to drop a voltage of a data signal on the data line by a threshold voltage of the fourth transistor. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127956 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device includes a scan driver for sequentially supplying a scan signal through scan lines; a data driver for supplying an initial power through data lines during a first period of a time period when the scan signal is supplied through a corresponding scan line of the scan lines, and for supplying data signals to the data lines during a second period of the time period when the scan signal is supplied through the corresponding scan line, the second period following the first period; and pixels at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127957 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PICTURE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display device including a display unit having pixels, each of which includes a luminescence element that individually becomes luminous depending on a current amount and a pixel circuit for controlling a current applied to the luminescence element according to a voltage signal, where the pixels are arranged in a matrix pattern. The display device includes a luminescence amount regulator for setting a reference duty for regulating a luminescence amount for each one frame, according to the input picture signal, and an adjuster for adjusting an effective duty that regulates, for each one frame, a luminous time for which the luminescence element is luminous, and a gain of the picture signal, based on the reference duty and the input picture signal, so that the luminescence amount is constant before and after adjustment. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127958 | ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - To provide an on-vehicle display apparatus which can suppress the limit to the size of a flat display to enhance the marketability. The on-vehicle display apparatus includes a flat display | 2010-05-27 |
20100127959 | Color Sequential Display Device - A color sequential liquid crystal display (LCD) device is disclosed in the present invention. The color sequential LCD device includes an LCD panel, a backlight module, an image processing circuit and a timing control circuit. The image processing circuit is utilized for performing image processing on an image data to generate a frame data with full color information, and sorting the frame data to generate a plurality of frame data based on a predetermined color sequence. The timing controller is utilized for controlling the LCD panel and the backlight module to display the plurality of field data outputted by the image processing circuit, so as to achieve color mixing in time domain. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127960 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - This document relates to a liquid crystal display capable of improving picture quality by compensating for difference in charge between liquid crystal cells. The liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal display panel; a gate driving circuit; a charge difference compensation circuit configured to generate, in a specific gray level range, analog positive gamma voltages having a first reference level and analog negative gamma voltages having a second reference level in synchronization with a first scan time at which a first gate line is driven, and generate the analog positive gamma voltages having a first compensation level that is lower than the first reference level and the analog negative gamma voltages having a second compensation level that is higher than the second reference level in synchronization with a second scan time at which a second gate line is driven; and a data driving circuit. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127961 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film transistor array panel including a substrate, gate lines formed on the substrate and extending in a first direction, data lines formed on the substrate and extending in a second direction, wherein the data lines cross and are insulated from the gate lines, and thin film transistors each with a control terminal, an input terminal, and an output terminal. The control and input terminals of the thin film transistor are connected to the gate and data lines. A barrier rib is formed on the gate lines, the data lines, and the thin film transistors. The barrier rib has the same pattern as the gate lines, the data lines, and the thin film transistors. Color filters fill regions demarcated by the barrier rib. Pixel electrodes are formed on the color filters. The output terminal of the thin film transistor has an opening, and a portion of the barrier rib formed on the output terminal has an output opening. The barrier rib output terminal portion has the same pattern as the output terminal. With the thin film transistor array panel, a barrier rib for forming contact holes is formed through exposing a positive photosensitive organic layer formed on a passivation layer to light from the backside of a substrate by using drain electrodes with openings as a light blocking film. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127962 | Liquid Crystal Display Monitor - A liquid crystal display monitor includes a reception end for receiving image signals, a panel, a gate driver coupled to the panel, for driving the panel, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) coupled to the reception end, for transmitting the image signals, and a sequence of source drivers coupled to the panel and one of the source drivers coupled to the FPC, for outputting display data to the panel according to the image signals received from the FPC. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127963 | BLACKLIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - One embodiment of the present invention discloses a backlight control device that provides PWM control inverters with PWM signals generated in accordance with a dimming level input through a light receiving section that receives infrared light, the inverters causing fluorescent lamps that emit visible light and infrared light to illuminate. The backlight control device includes a phase adjusting section that changes a phase difference between a first PWM signal for driving a first lamp group and a second PWM signal for driving a second lamp group according to the dimming level when the dimming level is at least in a predetermined range of all dimming levels, the first and second lamp groups each including at least one lamp. This provides a backlight control device that enables reduction of faulty operation in an infrared-based apparatus. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127964 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a display control apparatus and method, and a program which make it possible to suppress deterioration in the image quality of an image. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127965 | MERCHANDISE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH COLOR-CHANGING SURFACE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A merchandise display device comprising: an electro-optic display member having an effective display area capable of displaying colors or images; a first means for displaying merchandise on or near said effective display area; a second means for providing physical support to said electro-optic display member; and a controller device for driving said electro-optic display member. The merchandise display device is capable of showing dynamic colors, images, or both on its surface, and an article of merchandise may be displayed on or near said surface, with said dynamic colors, images, or both being the display background. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127966 | METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A method for operating an electrophoretic display apparatus including a first substrate; a second substrate; an electrophoretic device being held between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing electrophoretic particles; a first electrode formed on a surface of the first substrate, the surface facing the electrophoretic device; and a second electrode formed on a surface of the second substrate, the surface facing the electrophoretic device is provided. The method includes image displaying in which a voltage is applied to the electrophoretic device. The image displaying includes device driving in which the electrophoretic device is driven by inputting a first potential into the first electrode and inputting a second potential into the second electrode, and accumulated-charge removing in which a potential of the first electrode is changed, from the first potential to the second potential, stepwise or uniformly at a potential change velocity lower than a potential change velocity upon starting of the device driving. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127967 | MOBILE USER INTERFACE WITH ENERGY HARVESTING - A mobile user interface with energy harvesting is presented. In one embodiment, the mobile user interface comprises a striker, a piezoelectronic element to generate electric energy in response to being struck by the striker under control of an elastic mechanism, and a transmitter coupled to use the electric energy to transmit a signal wirelessly. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127968 | MULTI-PROCESS INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A multi-process interactive system is described. The system includes numerous processes running on a processing device. The processes include separable program execution contexts of application programs, such that each application program comprises at least one process. The system translates events of each process into data capsules. A data capsule includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the content of the data capsule. The system transfers the data messages into pools or repositories. Each process operates as a recognizing process, where the recognizing process recognizes in the pools data capsules comprising content that corresponds to an interactive function of the recognizing process and/or an identification of the recognizing process. The recognizing process retrieves recognized data capsules from the pools and executes processing appropriate to contents of the recognized data capsules. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127969 | Non-Contact Input Electronic Device and Method Thereof - A non-contact input electronic device and a method thereof are disclosed. The non-contact input electronic device includes a display module, sensors and a control module. A plurality of sensors are disposed around the display module, respectively, to sense a non-contact input motion. The control module is coupled to the sensors, and it senses a moving order of the non-contact input according to the sensors, generates an input command corresponding to the moving order and executes the input command. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127970 | Information processing system and information processing method - An information processing system includes: a sensor unit that detects the three-dimensional position of an object according to variations of electrostatic capacitances; and a control unit that performs display dependent on the detected three-dimensional position at a position on a display unit determined with positions in directions orthogonal to a direction of separation in which the object and the sensor unit are located at a distance from each other. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127971 | Methods of rendering graphical images - Methods for defining the complexity and priority of graphics rendering in mobile devices based upon various physical states and factors related to the mobile system including those measured and sensed by the mobile device, such as position, pointing direction and vibration rate, are disclosed and described. In particular, a handheld computing system having an image type user interface includes graphical images generated in response to the instantaneous position and orientation of the handheld device to improve the value of the presented image and overall speed of the system. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127972 | Cursor control - A method involving:
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20100127973 | Display Systems - This invention relates to methods, apparatus and computer program code for television and other display systems and, in particular, to improved methods of navigating around a screen display of such a system. A method of navigating a marker between regions of a screen display using a set of direction keys each defining one of four substantially mutually perpendicular directions, the method comprising: inputting a movement request defined by a said movement direction key from a current region indicated by said marker; identifying when said movement request comprises a request for movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to a previous movement request; performing a target search responsive to said identifying of said perpendicular movement request, to locate a target region for said marker; moving said marker to said target region. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127974 | DATA INSPECTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A data inspecting device displays each of a plurality of data individually indicated as a mark which can be reproduced by a reproducing element and which has a length, so that the data inspecting device makes it possible to inspect a plurality of the data. The data inspecting device is provided with a calculating element for calculating the degree of mutual relevancy to predetermined kinds of parameters at different length points between one group of data which the reproducing element is reproducing out of a plurality of the data and the other groups of the data except such one group of the data and a display element for displaying the mark indicative of each of the other groups of data corresponding to the point in a different mode of display in accordance with the calculated relevancy. This makes a user recognize more accurately the relevancy of the mutual data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127975 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE POINTING DEVICE WITH GUIDING LINES - A touchpad-or touch screen-based device has a touch-sensitive sensor surface and can generate electrical and/or optical signals dependent on the placement and/or movement of a finger physically contacting the sensor surface. The sensor surface comprises a corrugated surface in at least one sub-area, thereby providing a user with two modes for finger movement across the sensor surface, namely a first mode for sliding movement at a first finger pressure, and a second mode for guided movement at a second finger pressure higher than the first finger pressure. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127976 | System and Method for Lighting Device Selection - Methods, devices (such as computer readable media), and systems (such as computer systems) for providing an interactive display that allows a user to view a lighting effect provided by a lighting device in a display comprising a rendition of an environment incorporating the lighting device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127977 | POINTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An operation method for a pointing device includes steps as follows. A present mode is provided. The present mode is set to a first mode, in which a cursor is displayed on a screen. The cursor is moved according to a control signal from the pointing device. When a switch signal is received, the present mode is set to a second mode, in which a selection bar is displayed on the screen. An operation of several arrow keys is simulated according to the control signal, such that the selection bar is moved according to the simulated operation. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127978 | POINTING DEVICE HOUSED IN A WRITING DEVICE - A method for controlling a pointing icon in a computer, including the steps of (A) establishing a wireless connection between a pointing device and the computer, (B) generating directional information through one or more three dimensional movements of the pointing device, (C) transmitting the directional information from the pointing device to the computer and (D) translating the directional information into movements of the pointing icon on a screen of the computer using a device driver program stored on the computer. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127979 | Input device - Provided is an input device that may sense a touch and a motion, generate a sensing signal with respect to the sensed touch and motion, generate an input signal based on the sensing signal, and transmit the input signal to a display device. The display device may control an object displayed on the display device based on the input signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127980 | MODE-CHANGEABLE SLIM MOUSE - A mode-changeable slim mouse includes a mouse body, a battery box casing and a connecting mechanism. Via the connecting mechanism, the battery box casing is connected to the mouse body and rotatable with respect to the mouse body. By rotating the battery box casing to different positions with respect to the mouse body, the mode-changeable slim mouse is operated in various operating modes. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127981 | METHOD FOR THE SITUATION-ADAPTED DOCUMENTATION OF STRUCTURED DATA - This invention describes a method for providing a subsequently revised input form, in which a prediction system selects at least one input form out of a number of input forms and displays them for the user to select. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127982 | Apparatus for Processing Input Data - An apparatus for processing input data by means of instructions and outputting the processed data, comprising a central data processing unit, memory means in which the instructions are stored, data input means for inputting the data, and data output means for outputting the processed data, wherein said data input means are arranged for detecting a user's input motion in at least two dimensions, and wherein said data processing unit is arranged for determining representatives of the directions of the detected input motion, wherein the data processing unit is furthermore arranged for carrying out a predetermined instruction from the memory in dependence on the determined values of the representatives of the directions of the input motion and, providing a minimum length or duration has been exceeded, independently of the length or duration of the input motion. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127983 | Pressure Augmented Mouse - The use of a uni-pressure and dual-pressure augmented mouse permits users to simultaneously control cursor positions as well as multiple levels of discrete action modes for common desktop application tasks. One, two or more independent pressure sensors can be mounted onto several locations on the body of the mouse. Various selection techniques are described to control many discrete levels and to simultaneously control different variable functions with pressure sensors on an input device for an electronic device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127984 | MOUSE DEVICE WITH ULTRAVIOLET FOR DISINFECTION - A mouse device with ultraviolet for disinfection is disclosed. The mouse device with ultraviolet for disinfection comprises a mouse device, a light directing layer disposed on an outer surface of the mouse device, and at least one lighting object disposed on the light directing layer and emitting ultraviolet rays outwardly by utilizing a power source applied by the mouse device, wherein ultraviolet is directed by the light directing layer to spread on the outer surface of the mouse device uniformly, and then the disinfection effect is achieved. Besides, a photocatalyst layer is disposed above the light directing layer, whereby ultraviolet interacts with the light directing layer, so as to enhance the ability of disinfection and bacteriostasis. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127985 | INPUT DEVICE WITH FORWARD/BACKWARD CONTROL - In a computer system having a display and a keyboard, a computer readable medium includes instructions for invoking a message hook procedure based on a mouse message indicative of a mouse event. Instructions also provide for identifying at least one focus application that has a current keyboard focus and of converting the mouse message into a command for the focus application. The command is then sent to the focus application and the mouse message is prevented from being routed to any other applications. In one embodiment, the commands include the command to page forward or backward through pages of Internet documents. In other embodiments, instead of converting the mouse message into a command, the message hook procedure displays a graphical user interface based on the focus application and the mouse message. The graphical user interface includes one or more commands that the user may select. Based on the selection made by the user, the message hook procedure sends a corresponding command to the focus application. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127986 | CALIBRATION METHOD OF PROJECTION EFFECT - The present invention provides a calibration method of projection effect. The calibration method of projection effect according to the invention comprises the following steps. The first, step (a) is performed to make an optical navigation system move along a predetermined trace relative to an object plane. Then, step (b) is performed to sense the predetermined trace by a sensor to obtain a projection trace. The next, step (c) is performed to calculate a projection effect value according to the included angle between a reflected light and the object plane. Finally, step (d) is performed to calibrate the projection trace with the projection effect value to obtain a calibration trace which is in proportion to the predetermined trace. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127987 | Thwarting Screen Logging of Keypad in a Web-Based Form - Characters on an on-screen keypad are hidden once a cursor is placed over the keypad. This prevents any spyware from screen logging the key selection as the characters on the keypad are not visible at the moment a key is selected. The keys of the keypad are optionally color-coded to help a user remember the location of the key with the desired character once the cursor is over the keypad. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127988 | KEY INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD USING CENTER KEY - The present invention relates to a character input device and method using a plurality of center keys and a plurality of space keys. The present invention provides a character input device and method having a center key located at its central part and a plurality of peripheral keys located at a peripheral part of the center key, comprising a basic value of a basic key generated by pressing the peripheral key one time, a double-value of the basic key generated by pressing the peripheral key two times, a basic value of a center key generated by pressing the center key one time after pressing the peripheral key, and a double-value of the center key generated by pressing the center key two times after pressing the peripheral key. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127989 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system and information processing program - An information processing apparatus includes: a key operation section that has one or more operation keys arranged planarly, and outputs a key operation output corresponding to an operation of an operation key; a sensor that outputs a detection output corresponding to a distance of a detection target, spatially separated from a layout surface of the operation key, from the layout surface; a detection section that detects the distance of the detection target from the layout surface from the detection output from the sensor; and a control section that validates only the key operation output corresponding to the operation of the operation key and invalidates the detection output of the sensor when the detected distance is less than a predetermined distance, and executes a control function according to the distance detected by the detection section when the detected distance is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127990 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR KEYPAD OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for a keypad of a portable terminal are provided. The keypad apparatus includes a top unit, a bottom unit, and a control unit. The top unit has numerals and characters printed on the top of the keypad. The bottom unit includes a keypad connection unit having a power supply unit, a ground region, a divided connection unit and a common connection unit connected when the numeral or character of the keypad is pressed. The control unit is connected to the divided connection unit and the common connection unit to receive a generated signal according to the press of the numeral or character and perform a corresponding function by mapping to a preset key value. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127991 | PICTORIAL METHODS FOR APPLICATION SELECTION AND ACTIVATION - Methods and devices provide a quick and intuitive method to launch a specific application, dial a number or send a message by drawing a pictorial key, symbol or shape on a computing device touchscreen, touchpad or other touchsurface. A shape drawn on a touchsurface is compared to one or more code shapes stored in memory to determine if there is a match or correlation. If the entered shape correlates to a stored code shape, an application, file, function or keystroke sequence linked to the correlated code shape is implemented. The methods also enable communication involving sending a shape or parameters defining a shape from one computing device to another where the shape is compared to code shapes in memory of the receiving computing device. If the received shape correlates to a stored code shape, an application, file, function or keystroke sequence linked to the correlated code shape is implemented. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127992 | MULTI-TOUCH ACTIVE DISPLAY KEYBOARD - The present invention relates to flexible resistive touch screen components. In particular, to a flexible resistive touch screen component that incorporates flexible resistive touch screen technology beneath a flexible display. The present invention provides a touch sensitive display device comprising a display fabricated on a flexible substrate, the display having a viewing surface; and a plurality of touch sensitive elements under the display, each of the plurality of touch sensitive elements comprising a touch sensitive sensor, the sensors being operable by touching the viewing surface of the display, and each of the plurality of touch sensitive elements having an output for outputting a signal responsive to the viewing surface being touched, wherein each of the plurality of touch sensitive elements defines a region of the viewing surface in which the touch sensitive element produces an output in response to a touch, and wherein the plurality of touch sensitive elements are arranged such that two or more substantially simultaneous touches of different regions of the viewing surface produces output signals corresponding to the two or more touches of the viewing surface. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127993 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - A liquid crystal display apparatus with touch input function includes a display unit coupling to a first scanning line, a touch transistor, a touch-sensing device, and a touch-detecting circuit coupling to a sensing line. The touch transistor includes a gate coupling to a second scanning line, a first terminal, and a second terminal coupling to the sensing line. The touch-sensing device includes a first conductor coupling to the first terminal of the touch transistor, a second conductor coupling to the first scanning line, and a touch conductor configured to electrically connect the first conductor and the second conductor when a sensing region of the liquid crystal display apparatus is touched. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127994 | Layout Method for Operation Key Group in Portable Terminal Apparatus and Portable Terminal Apparatus for Carrying Out the Layout Method - A layout method for an operation key group in a portable terminal apparatus | 2010-05-27 |
20100127995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN INTENDED AND UNINTENDED USER INPUT ON A TOUCHPAD - A method and system for differentiating between intended user input and inadvertent or incidental contact with a touchpad is herein disclosed. When a user engages the touchpad, sensors on the touchpad are activated and generate touch sensor signals. Based on the pattern of engaged sensors, a hand pattern can be determined. From the hand pattern, a hand model may be retrieved. The hand model may indicate passive zones and active zones. Contact in the active zones may be considered intentional, while contact in the passive zones may be considered unintended or incidental. Moreover, a global shift may be calculated, and input from the active zones may be compensated for the global shift. The input from the active zones can then be used to control a graphical user interface. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127996 | In-vehicle device, remote control system, and remote control method - To provide an in-vehicle device including a layout-information acquiring unit, a relating unit, a combination display unit, a converting unit, and an output-signal transmitting unit. The layout-information acquiring unit acquires layout information of input keys of the portable terminal device. The relating unit relates each input key included in the layout information to a predetermined area on a touch panel display. The combination display unit causes a layout screen of each input key related to a predetermined area on the touch panel display to be displayed in the touch panel display. The converting unit converts an input to the touch panel display into an output signal corresponding to a pressing operation of the input key or a combination of the output signals, based on the layout information. The output-signal transmitting unit transmits the output signal obtained by conversion to the portable terminal device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127997 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - A device and method for providing a user interface using information is provided. The device includes a display unit, a sensor and a controller. The display unit displays at least one graphic user interface (GUI). The sensor generate sa sensor signal according to a user's finger touch input. The controller receives the sensor signal from the sensor, identifies a touch area and an adjacent area based on the received sensor signal, generates touch finger shape-based information according to the identified touch area and the identified adjacent area, and controls the display unit to display the GUI according to the generated finger shape-based information. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127998 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RELEASING LOCK FUNCTION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and device for releasing a lock function of an input device of a mobile terminal are provided. The method of releasing a lock function of an input device of a mobile terminal includes detecting a user's input, determining whether the lock function of the input device is set, displaying, if it is determined that the lock function of the input device is set, display data representing that the input device is in a locked state and displaying function data of a function to be entered upon release of the lock function of the input device, and entering, immediately upon performance of a preset lock release operation, a specific function corresponding to the function data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127999 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING FINGERTIP HAPTICS OF VISUAL INFORMATION USING ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of providing fingertip haptics of visual information for an image display device is provided. The method includes outputting a detecting signal of a user's finger contacting a touch panel; moving an electro-active polymer to a first point of contact of the user's finger on the touch panel by applying a first driving voltage or current based on the detecting signal; generating a pattern signal of haptic information from visual information based on the detecting signal; and deforming the electro-active polymer by applying a second driving voltage or current based on the pattern signal | 2010-05-27 |
20100128000 | TOUCH SENSING SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A touch sensing substrate includes a substrate, first and second sensing series, a first dielectric layer, first and second dummy sensing series, a second dielectric layer, and a common electrode. The first sensing series are electrically insulated from each other, and so are the second sensing series. The first and the second sensing series are covered by the first dielectric layer. The first and the second dummy sensing series are disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first and the second dummy sensing series are disposed above the first and the second sensing series, respectively, and the dummy sensing series and the sensing series corresponding thereto have the same potential. The first and the second dummy sensing series are covered by the second dielectric layer. The common electrode is disposed on the second dielectric layer. A touch sensing liquid crystal display having the above-mentioned touch sensing substrate is also provided. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128001 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A touch panel and a method of producing the touch panel are provided in which a touch panel having a gap between two transparent substrates that is uniform in a plane can stably be obtained by setting a gap between the two transparent substrates in an area where a wiring substrate is disposed to a desired gap. A touch panel includes a pair of transparent substrates opposed to and away from each other and connection terminals provided on at least one of opposed surfaces of the pair of transparent substrates. A wiring substrate that is disposed between the pair of transparent substrates and has one surface electrically connected to the connection terminals and the other surface disposed away from one of the transparent substrates opposed to the other transparent substrate on which the connection terminals are provided. An insulating layer provided in a gap between the pair of transparent substrates in an area where the wiring substrate is disposed in a state where the wiring substrate and the connection terminals are connected. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128002 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A portable electronic device comprises at least one force sensor configured to generate a force signal based at least in part on a force applied to a touch-sensitive display and a processor configured to receive the force signal and to provide a feedback signal when the force exceeds a force threshold. The at least one force sensor may be integrated into the touch-sensitive display. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128003 | LIGHT PIPE ARRAY LENS, OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH THE LENS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE DEVICE - An optical finger navigation device and method for making the device uses a light pipe array lens, which includes an array of light pipes formed in a monolithic block of material. The light pipe array lens is configured to function similarly to a fiber bundle lens to transmit light through the lens using the light pipes in the monolithic block of material. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128004 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, DISPLAY-AND-IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN OBJECT - An image pickup device capable of stably detecting an object irrespective of use conditions while reducing manufacturing costs is provided. When illumination light from a backlight | 2010-05-27 |
20100128005 | TOUCH PANEL BY OPTICS UNIT SENSOR - There is provided the touch panel by optics unit sensor that realizes one system of touch panel in all view angles, that is, from a small touch region to a large touch region, prevents a scratch from affecting on the surface of the display panel forming the touch region, enables the uniform sensing operation, and an accurate calculation of the touch distance and improves the response speed. The touch panel is designed, without the coating layer for conduction which is needed in each conventional touch panel, and has high durability, high optical transmittance and high resolution. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128006 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL - An optical waveguide | 2010-05-27 |
20100128007 | Accelerometer Guided Processing Unit - Described herein is a computing device for running an application that requires graphics and/or video processing capabilities. The computing device includes a display device, an accelerometer, and a processing unit. The application running on the computing device is configured to provide image data corresponding to an image for display on a virtual screen, wherein the virtual screen is larger than the display device. The accelerometer is configured to provide movement data based on motion of the computing device. The processing unit is configured to receive the image data and the movement data and provide only a portion of the image for display on the display device based on the movement data from the accelerometer. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128008 | REGISTER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a register circuit including a timing circuit controlled by an external control signal to receive an external timing signal and then to transmit a first timing signal and a second timing signal, wherein the first timing signal and the second timing signal have phases inverse to each other; two pass gates controlled by the first timing signal and the second timing signal to receive starting pulse signals and then transmit the pulse signals as one of the pass gates turns on; a signal output unit receiving the pulse signals to transmit an output signal; and two switches controlled by the external control signal to receive and to transmit the output signal as one of the switches turns on. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128009 | DISPLAY DRIVER CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - One embodiment of the present invention includes: a gate line drive circuit that outputs, in a horizontal scanning period which is sequentially allocated to each one of rows, a gate signal for turning on the switching element on one row; a source bus line drive circuit that outputs a source signal of which polarity is reversed in sync with the horizontal scanning period for each of the rows and of which polarity is opposite in an adjacent horizontal scanning period on one and the same row; a CS bus line drive circuit that outputs, after the horizontal scanning period for each of the rows, a CS signal of which potential is switched along a direction (from low level to high level or from high level to low level) determined according to the polarity of the source signal in the horizontal scanning period concerned, wherein the CS bus line drive circuit outputs the CS signal in a first frame so that a potential of the CS signal at a time of on-to-off switching of the switching element on the one row is different from a potential of a CS signal on an adjacent row. This eliminates the occurrence of lateral stripes in the first frame from which display corresponding to a video signal is started in CC driving premised on line inversion driving. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128010 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128011 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An apparatus for driving an electro-optical device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines that intersect the plurality of scanning lines, and are divided so that the neighboring data lines form another group of data lines, a plurality of pixels provided to correspond to the intersection of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, a data line driving circuit that supplies a correction voltage being simultaneously supplied to the group of data lines and having a fixed polarity with respect to a predetermined potential, and a driving voltage being time-serially supplied to the group of data lines in response to an image signal and having a polarity that is inverted for each frame with respect to the predetermined potential, and a scanning line driving circuit that supplies a scanning signal through the plurality of scanning lines. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128012 | DISPLAY DEVICE,IT'S DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DRIVING METHOD - One embodiment of the present invention discloses a display device which can use a display element having a relatively large difference between a minimum gradation voltage and a maximum gradation voltage. A first selection period and a second selection period are included in a period (a scanning signal line selection period) in which each gate wiring is selected. In the first selection period, a first selection voltage for allowing every TFT included in a line, which is an object to be selected, to be in an ON state is applied to the gate wiring of the line which is the object to be selected. In a period between the first selection period and the second selection period, a non selection voltage is applied to the gate wiring which is the object to be selected and the voltage of an auxiliary capacity wiring corresponding to the gate wiring which is the object to be selected is changed. In the second selection period, a second selection voltage for allowing a part of the TFTs included in the line, which is the object to be selected, to be in an ON state is applied to the gate wiring which is the object to be selected. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128013 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device is provided. The plasma display device can reduce the capacity of a pass switch necessary for various driving circuits for applying various driving signals to a plasma display panel (PDP) and can thus contribute to the reduction of the manufacturing cost. In addition, the plasma display device can reduce the amount of heat generated by the various driving circuits and can thus contribute to the improvement of the reliability and the reduction of the power consumption. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128014 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor for supplying current to the organic light emitting diode; a second transistor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and a data line, the second transistor for supplying a data signal from the data line to the gate electrode of the first transistor when a scan signal is supplied through a scan line coupled to the pixel; a storage capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the gate electrode of the first transistor; a fourth transistor coupled to a second terminal of the storage capacitor, the fourth transistor for supplying a reference voltage to the second terminal of the storage capacitor when the scan signal is supplied through the scan line; and a third transistor coupled between the second terminal of the storage capacitor and an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128015 | ELECTROWETTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an electrowetting element for a display device, a display device and a control system for controlling at least one electrowetting element. The electrowetting element comprises: a radiation valve comprising a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid, wherein the first and second fluids are configurable to change a characteristic of radiation passing through at least one of the first and second fluids; and an electrically switchable part switchable between a reflective mode for reflecting radiation incident on the switchable part and towards the radiation valve, and a transmissive mode for transmitting radiation incident on the switchable part through the switchable part and towards the radiation valve. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128016 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR COLD-CATHODE TUBE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A lighting device for a cold-cathode tube includes an inverter that supplies a current through the cold-cathode tube, an operation portion through which a luminance adjustment is performed, an inverter control circuit that controls the inverter in accordance with a luminance adjustment value adjusted through the operation portion so as to change the current flowing through the cold-cathode tube, and a protective circuit that stops operation of the inverter when the current flowing through the cold-cathode tube becomes smaller than a predetermined set value. The protective circuit of the lighting device is controlled in such a way that the protective circuit does not operate when the luminance adjustment value adjusted through the operation portion is smaller than a luminance threshold value. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128017 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - An image signal processing circuit of a plasma display device includes an image data replacement circuit for replacing image data for a predetermined subfield with image data having less power consumption in a data electrode drive circuit; a power calculating circuit for calculating power consumption in the data electrode drive circuit and outputting power consumption for each field as field power; a power predicting circuit for predicting the field power when the number of predetermined subfields is decreased and outputting it as predicted field power; and an SF determination circuit. The SF determination circuit increases the number of predetermined subfields when the field power is not less than a predetermined power threshold, and decreases the number of predetermined subfields when the field power is less than the predetermined power threshold and the predicted field power is less than the predetermined power threshold. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128018 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING VOLTAGE OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A driving voltage output circuit for a matrix display panel includes high-side voltage followers and low-side voltage followers. Each voltage follower includes a differential input stage, a control stage, and an output stage. The differential input stage receives non-inverting and inverting inputs and produces first and second potentials. The control stage generates third and fourth potentials from the first and second potentials. The output stage includes three transistors connected respectively to the high-side power supply, the low-side power supply, and an intermediate reference potential, and connected in common to an output terminal. Two of the three transistors are of identical channel type and are controlled by the first and fourth potentials. The third transistor is of the opposite conductive type and is controlled by the third potential. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128019 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate in a matrix, a source driver circuit to supply source signals to source lines connected to each pixel arranged in a column direction and a gate driver circuit to supply gate signals to respective gate lines connected to pixels arranged in a row direction. A control circuit outputs an array control signal for a partial display to a receiver circuit that receives a partial display start address to specify a gate line for starting a partial display and a partial display end address to specify a gate line for ending the partial display. A decoder circuit outputs a control signal to control a range of the gate lines driven by the gate driver circuit. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128020 | MULTI-PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A multi-panel display device and a method of driving the same, which can simplify a driving circuit for driving multiple flat panel display devices, thereby decreasing the fabrication cost, are disclosed. In the device configured of an alignment of multiple flat panel display devices for representing a single image, the device comprises multiple flat panel display devices, wherein each flat panel display device includes a display panel configured of a plurality of pixel regions, a data driver driving a plurality of data lines provided in the display panel, and a timing controller receiving image data and synchronization signals from an external source so as to divide the received image data, converting a signal frequency of at least one of the synchronization signals, and converting a size of the divided image data in accordance with the frequency-converted synchronization signal, thereby providing the size-converted divided image data to the data driver. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128021 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a pixel comprising: organic light emitting diodes emitting corresponding to the amount of a driving current; a first transistor whose first electrode is coupled to a first power supply, second electrode is coupled to the organic light emitting diodes, and gate is coupled to a first node, the first transistor forming the driving current corresponding to a voltage of the first node; a second transistor transferring data signals to the first node corresponding to a first scan signal; a third transistor applying a negative voltage to the first node corresponding to a third scan signal; and a capacitor maintaining the voltage of the first node, and an organic light emitting display device using the same. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128022 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided are a power supply circuit and a display device which are capable of enhancing power efficiency even when applied to a display panel whose current consumption varies. The power supply circuit boosts and outputs an input voltage using a booster chopper circuit. A frequency control circuit changes a frequency of a clock signal, which controls a switch of the chopper circuit, in accordance with a load of the power supply circuit. The frequency control circuit divides an operation of the display device into a display effective period at a high load and a vertical retrace period at a low load, based on a vertical synchronizing signal and a horizontal synchronizing signal. The frequency control circuit sets the frequency of the clock signal in a high-load period to be higher than that in a low-load period. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128023 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - Any of first and second sub-field configurations is selected. In the first sub-field configuration, a width of a write pulse of a sub-field with a lowest display luminance is not more than widths of write pulses of the other sub-fields. In the second sub-field configuration, the width of the write pulse of the sub-field with the lowest display luminance is larger than the widths of the write pulses of the other sub-fields. When the first sub-field configuration is selected, a voltage applied to a sustain electrode in a write period of the sub-field with the lowest display luminance is set higher than a voltage applied to the sustain electrode in write periods of the other sub-fields. When the second sub-field configuration is selected, the voltage applied to the sustain electrode in the write period of the sub-field with the lowest display luminance is set to be the same as the voltage applied to the sustain electrode in the write period of any of the other sub-fields. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128024 | METHOD OF DRIVING A LIGHT SOURCE, DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In method of individually driving a plurality of light-emitting blocks of a light source module providing light to a display panel including a unit pixel, luminance of a first light-emitting block corresponding to a first image block that includes an out of gamut (OOG) data among a plurality of image blocks corresponding to the light-emitting blocks is boosted. A second light-emitting block corresponding to a second image block that does not include the OOG data is driven so that the second light-emitting block has luminance corresponding to a representative gray-scale of the second image block. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128025 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND DRIVING OCB LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A method of manufacturing and driving an optically compensated birefringence (OCB) mode liquid crystal (LC) panel is provided. In the method, the OCB LC panel is applied which is characterized that a closed structure region with HAN, VA or Bend property is around a display region of the OCB LC panel. Thereafter, the OCB LC panel is driven by a mode of multistage voltage variation. The mode of multistage voltage variation includes applying a high voltage to LC molecules in the OCB LC panel for transferring them to a bend or a VA state, decaying the high voltage to a low voltage above a bend state holding voltage of the OCB LC panel, and turning off the voltage to zero so as to maintain the configuration of LC molecules in the OCB LC panel in a π-twist state. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128026 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS - A display panel driving apparatus supplies pixel driving potentials corresponding to pixel data to the source lines of a display panel. The pixels are located at the intersections of the source lines and a set of scanning lines. For each pixel, the driving potentials are alternately positive and negative with respect to a common reference potential supplied to the display panel. While the display driving apparatus is latching the pixel data for the pixels on each scanning line, the output circuits of the display driving apparatus are disconnected from the source lines, allowing the source lines to return to the common reference potential, thereby avoiding unwanted current flows in the output circuits and unwanted distortion of the pixel driving waveforms. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128027 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING VOLTAGE OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A driving voltage output circuit for a matrix display panel includes high-side voltage followers and low-side voltage followers. Each voltage follower includes a differential input stage, a control stage, and an output stage. First and second transistors in the differential input stage receive non-inverting and inverting inputs and produce first and second potentials that control the control stage. Third and fourth transistors of different channel types in the control stage are connected in a push-pull configuration between high-side and low-side power supply potentials to generate a control potential. Fifth and sixth transistors of identical channel types in the output stage are connected in series between an intermediate reference potential and one of the power supply potentials, and are controlled by the first potential and the control potential to generate an output potential. The output potential is fed back as the inverting input. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128028 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - Disclosed is a method of driving a display panel, which includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, a first pixel column electrically connected to an N-th gate line and a second pixel column electrically connected to an (N+1)-th gate line adjacent to the N-th gate line (wherein N is a natural number). In the method, compensation data of the first pixel for compensating for a kickback deviation between the first and second pixel columns is generated using first data and second data corresponding to the first and second pixel columns, respectively. The compensation data of the first pixel column and the second data of the second pixel column are converted to data voltages of an analog type to output the data voltages to the data lines. | 2010-05-27 |