| 22nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20100134385 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH MOBILE DEVICES USING EXTERNAL DISPLAYS - A system and method for interacting with a mobile device using an external display is disclosed, where a mobile device provides representations of an object and action to an external display for a user to select and then input back to the mobile device. An application on a mobile device provides representation data of an object and an action to a host system driving an external display. The host system arranges the representation data into a representation on the external display and allows the user to interact with the representations. The user then selects a representation and inputs the selected representation into the mobile device, where the application processes the representation to carry out the appropriate actions on the appropriate objects. The representation may be inputted to the mobile device using a photo of the representation taken by a mobile device camera, or by inputting a code provided with each representation on the external display. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134386 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention relates to a plasma display panel including an upper dielectric layer having a concave portion and a convex portion. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134387 | Plasma Display and Driving Method Thereof - A plasma display includes a plurality of discharge cells, and is driven with one frame divided into a plurality of subfields having respective weight values. Light emitting cells are selected through address discharge during an address period of each subfield, and sustain discharge is performed on the light emitting cells for a number of times corresponding to a weight value of the corresponding subfield during a sustain period of each subfield to display images. The plasma display provides a sensing period for identifying an external contact with the plasma display prior to the address period in at least one subfield of the plurality of subfields, and discharges the plurality of discharge cells during a sensing period. The plasma display identifies the external contact based on light generated from the discharge cells during the sensing period. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134388 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND PIXEL CIRCUIT - To efficiently compensate a threshold value of a driving transistor. In a state where a first switching transistor is non-conductive and a second switching transistor in conductive, a sampling transistor is made conductive and a reference voltage is supplied from a signal line to write a threshold voltage of a driving transistor to a first capacitance. After that, in a state where first and second switching transistors and are non-conductive, the sampling transistor is made conductive and a signal voltage from the signal line is written to the first capacitance. Further, after that the sampling transistor is put into a non-conductive state, and the first and second switching transistors are put in a conductive state, to drive the driving transistor and supply current to a light emitting element | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134389 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a light emitting element and a driving transistor coupled to the light emitting element. The pixels may be arranged in a matrix. The pixels include first pixels, second pixels, and third pixels, the driving transistors of the first to the third pixels occupy different areas, and the light emitting elements of the first to the third pixels occupy substantially equal area. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134390 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a display apparatus with pixels, wherein each pixel includes a switching device, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS), and a gray scale control device. The switching device can be connected to a gate line and a data line to output a corresponding data signal in response to a gate signal. The MEMS may be connected to an output electrode of the switching device to transmit or block light in response to the corresponding data signal. The gray scale control device may be coupled to the output electrode of the switching device to control a time interval during which the corresponding data signal is applied to the MEMS. Accordingly, each pixel may display a desired gray scale. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134391 | Standby Circuit and Method for a Display Device - A standby circuit and method for a display device is disclosed. A detector detects voltage drop of the first termination resistor of a positive path of a clock channel, and the second termination resistors of a negative path. Upon detecting the voltage drop, a switch controller disconnects the positive path or the negative path that has the detected voltage drop, thereby saving power in the standby mode of the display device. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134392 | LCD WITH ADAPTIVE OVERDRIVE - A LCD device includes a LCD module, a thermal sensor, an operating device and a frame memory. The operating device includes first and second comparators, one-dimensional first to fourth lookup tables and an operator. The LCD device further includes a selector/data-generator which differentially generates an overdrive output and a prediction output according to outputs of the first comparator, the second comparator and the operator, depending on one of four conditions including a first condition that a start level and an end level are consistent; a second condition that a level of the output of the operator is greater than a predefined maximum; a third condition that the level is less than a predefined minimum; and a fourth condition that the level lies between the predefined maximum and the predefined minimum. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134393 | ENHANCE DRIVING MODULATION METHOD AND THE DEVICE FOR FIELD SEQUENTIAL COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention discloses an FSC LCD enhance driving modulation method, which modulates the timing signal that controls the liquid crystal optical gate to shorten the transit delay caused by optical response delay of liquid crystal and thus increases luminous flux and improves color saturation. The present invention also controls the multi-color backlight source to sequentially emit at least two colored backlights with a dark interval therebetween. The present invention further controls the transit delay to coincide with the dark interval, whereby the latter colored backlight will not mix with the former colored backlight during the transit delay, wherefore the present invention can avoid the color deviation caused by color mixing and can present the designed colors correctly. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134394 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, MOBILE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134395 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A display apparatus that can perform even a high quality moving picture display and provides improved color purity, and an illumination device used in the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes: an illumination device ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134396 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - It is an object to decrease the number of transistors connected to a capacitor. In a structure, a capacitor and one transistor are included, one electrode of the capacitor is connected to a wiring, and the other electrode of the capacitor is connected to a gate of the transistor. Since a clock signal is input to the wiring, the clock signal is input to the gate of the transistor through the capacitor. Then, on/off of the transistor is controlled by a signal which synchronizes with the clock signal, so that a period when the transistor is on and a period when the transistor is off are repeated. In this manner, deterioration of the transistor can be suppressed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134397 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal display device suitable for a thin film transistor which uses an oxide semiconductor. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light is used as an interlayer film which covers at least the oxide semiconductor layer. As the film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light, a coloring layer can be used and a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer is preferably used. An interlayer film which includes a light-transmitting chromatic color resin layer and a light-blocking layer may be formed in order that the light-blocking layer is used as a film having a function of attenuating the intensity of transmitting visible light. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134398 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of thin-film transistors formed on a substrate on which a display area is formed. The display device also includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed so as to cover the gate electrode, an semiconductor layer in an island shape formed on an upper surface of the gate insulating film so as to superimpose the gate electrode without protruding from the gate electrode when viewed planarly, an insulating film formed so as to cover the semiconductor layer, and a pair of electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor layer respectively through a pair of through holes that are formed at the insulating film. The semiconductor layer is formed by sequentially laminating a crystalline semiconductor layer and an amorphous semiconductor layer. The pair of electrodes is respectively formed by sequentially laminating a semiconductor layer doped with impurities and a metal layer. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134399 | METHOD OF DRIVING A GATE LINE, GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT - A method of driving a gate line includes: charging one of a scan start signal and a carry signal provided from a previous stage to a first node of a present stage; outputting a gate signal through a gate node of the present stage by pulling up a high level of a first clock signal at the first node to boost up a voltage potential of the first node; discharging the voltage potential of the first node and a voltage potential of the gate node to hold the first node and the gate node at a first power voltage as the first clock signal is shifted to a low level; and receiving a voltage potential signal of a second node of the previous stage, the second node holding a gate signal outputted from the previous stage, to reduce a ripple generated at the first node. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134400 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device with reduced power consumption is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, and at least one multiplexer. Each multiplexer can comprise a plurality of switches respectively connected to the corresponding data lines and controlled by a plurality of clock signals and configured to receive an image signal, and selectively output the image signal to one of the data lines via the switches. During a driving period, one of the gate lines can be asserted, and the switches can be turned on simultaneously, then only the first one of the switches remains turned on to transmit the image signal to the corresponding data line, and then the first one of the switches are turned off and the other switches are sequentially turned on one at a time to transmit the image signal to the corresponding data lines. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134401 | Liquid Crystal Display and Method of Driving the Same - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method of driving the LCD are provided. The LCD includes a display panel; and a timing controller providing a first data signal to the display panel during a first frame period, a second data signal to the display panel during a second frame period and a blank signal to the display panel during a blank period between the first and second frame periods, wherein the voltage of the blank signal varies among a plurality of levels between the voltage of the first data signal and the voltage of the second data signal. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134402 | SCANNING BACKLIGHT LCD PANEL WITH OPTIMIZED LAMP SEGMENTATION AND TIMING - A liquid crystal display ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134403 | LIGHT GUIDE PANEL COMPRISING SYMMETRIC FORNT PRISM AND ASYMMETRIC FRONT PRISM FOR BACK LIGHT UNIT OF LCD - Disclosed herein is a light guide panel for a backlight unit of a liquid crystal display (LCD). The light guide panel enables adjustment in viewing angle and brightness at a specific position and angle by controlling a cross-sectional shape of front prisms of the light guide panel. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134404 | Video Display Apparatus and Video Display Method - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a display module, a light source device, a video signal input module, a virtual illumination value calculator, a light source illumination value calculator, and a light source controller. The light source device is divided into light source areas in a honeycomb shape and provided with light sources to light up the light source areas. The virtual illumination value calculator calculates an area illumination value indicating the brightness of light source areas to light up based on a video signal received by the video signal input module. The light source illumination value calculator calculates a light source illumination value to light up the light sources based on the area illumination value. The light source controller lights up the light sources synchronously with the video signal being displayed on the display module based on the light source illumination value. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134405 | EDGE TYPE BACKLIGHT UNIT HAVING LOCAL DIMMING FUNCTION - Disclosed is an edge type backlight unit having a local dimming function realized by adjusting the distance between a light guide plate and a plurality of optical systems disposed under the light guide plate. The edge type backlight unit includes a light guide plate guiding light emitted from a light source, and a luminance control unit including a plurality of optical systems reflecting light guided by the light guide plate and emitting the light to a liquid crystal panel, and controlling luminance by controlling the reflectance of each of the plurality of optical systems according to an input image signal. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134406 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The backlight device includes: a backlight including a plurality of light sources; and a backlight control part. The backlight includes a plurality of divided areas, and light sources disposed in each of the plurality of divided areas are chain-connected. The backlight control part includes at least one backlight control unit for controlling turning on and off of the backlight which includes the plurality of divided areas, with respect to the each divided area. The backlight control unit includes a selection unit for selecting one of divided areas, at least one backlight drive path. The selection unit selects the one of divided areas in a time division manner, and the light sources of the one of divided areas are driven by sharing the at least one backlight drive path in common. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134407 | Sub-Pixel Structure and Pixel Structure of Color Electrophoretic Display - A sub-pixel structure of color electrophoretic display includes a driving unit, a display unit and a transparent electrode, wherein the display unit is disposed on the driving unit and the transparent electrode is disposed on the display unit. The display unit includes a plurality of first charged particles and a plurality of second charged particles. A color of the first charged particles is different from a color of the second charged particles. Diameters of the first charged particles are greater than diameters of the second charged particles. The first charged particles and the second charged particles have the same electrical property. The sub-pixel structure of color electrophoretic display has high light utility efficiency. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134408 | Fine-motor execution using repetitive force-feedback - An individual's fine-motor skills can be assessed using a force-feedback haptic unit that includes an end-effecter and programmable settings. To assess these skills, a tangible computer readable medium initializes the programmable settings with a set of initial settings. It then presents a 3-D representation of a character or characters to a user. The user in turn is prompted to mimic the character(s) on a work space. While the user is attempting to mimic the character(s) using the end-effecter on the work space, timed stroke data are collected from the force-feedback haptic unit. Using the timed stroke data, an analysis is then generated to determine the user's precision and accuracy of mimicking the character. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134409 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE - The instant invention provides an apparatus, method and program storage device enabling a three-dimensional user interface for the movement of objects rendered upon a display device in a more realistic and intuitive manner. A Z distance is set whereupon a user crossing the Z distance is enabled to select an object, i.e. pick it up. As the user breaks the Z distance again, the object selected will move with the user's hand. As the user breaks the Z distance once more, the object will be released, i.e. dropped into a new position. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134410 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device easily displays a stereoscopically two-dimensional image and improves its direction effect and interactivity. A display device is included of a display element for displaying an image on a screen, an image transmission element that is set in a light path for a display light component of the image and that transmits the display light component of the image so that a real image of the image is displayed on an image forming surface positioned at a space on a side opposite to the screen as a stray image. The display device includes a property specifying element for specifying a property of a detected object positioned in a real space portion including the space where the stray image is displayed and a control element for controlling the display element so the stray image changes into a form corresponding to the specified property of the object in advance. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134411 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an image send unit for displaying a 3D image of a remote operation device as a virtual remote controller, at least one imaging unit for taking an image of a user, a 3D image detection unit for detecting a user's motion based on a video taken by the imaging unit, an instruction detection unit for determining whether the user has pressed a predetermined operation button arranged on the virtual remote controller, based on a detection result by the 3D image detection unit and a position of the predetermined operation button arranged on the virtual remote controller displayed by the image send unit, and an instruction execution unit for performing a predetermined processing corresponding to the user-pressed operation button on the virtual remote controller based on a determination result by the instruction detection unit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134412 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a first display unit for displaying book data per page, a second display unit provided so as to be adjacent to the first display unit for displaying the book data per page, an axial part provided between the first and second display units, a first detecting unit for detecting rotational angular displacement of the first display unit around the axial part, a second detecting unit for detecting rotational angular displacement of the second display unit around the axial part, and a display page controller for displaying a page N displayed on the first display unit on the second display unit, or displaying the page N displayed on the second display unit on the first display unit, based on the rotational angular displacement of the first display unit and the rotational angular displacement of the second display unit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134413 | DISAMBIGUATED TEXT MESSAGE REVIEW FUNCTION - A method of displaying text on a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device including an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a plurality of objects stored therein, the plurality of objects including a plurality of language objects and a plurality of frequency objects having a frequency value, the input apparatus including a plurality of input members, at least one of the input members having a plurality of linguistic elements assigned thereto. The method comprises detecting a delimited ambiguous input, generating a plurality of results in response to the delimited ambiguous input, and outputting an indication that each result of at least two of the results is substantially identical in its entirety to a corresponding language object. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134414 | INPUT APPARATUS WITH BALL - An input apparatus is disclosed. The input apparatus provides a control signal to a host system. It includes a housing that includes an upper portion and a lower portion. A ball is coupled to the upper portion of the housing and can reside within a ring. A first sensor assembly is configured to sense the position of the ball, and a second sensor assembly is configured to sense the position of the input apparatus relative to a work surface. The input apparatus also includes a mode switch, where the mode switch is operatively coupled to the first sensor assembly and the second sensor assembly. The mode switch includes a first mode where the first sensor assembly provides the control signal to the host system and a second mode where the second sensor assembly provides the control signal to the host system. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134415 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an instructed-position detecting unit configured to receive an instruction operation by a user on a display screen of a display device and detect and output a position where the instruction operation is performed; a storing unit configured to store multiple image data items each including information corresponding to a search key; a search-key display controlling unit configured to cause at least one search key to be selectively displayed on the display screen of the display device; a searching unit configured to, if the search key displayed on the display screen is instructed by the search-key display controlling unit through the instructed-position detecting unit, search the storing unit for the image data corresponding to the search key to extract the image data; and a display controlling unit configured to collectively display images corresponding to the image data in a certain part on the display screen. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TACTILE ACCESS AND NAVIGATION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITHIN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A tactile access and navigation system and method for a visually impaired user operating within a computerized data environment includes a bi-directional input-output system having one or more tactile displays and user-operable input controls; a data transformer for extracting display data from the computer and transforming that data into a form suitable for display by the one or more tactile displays; apparatus for arranging the display data into a predetermined structure of GUI elements for navigation by the bi-directional input-output system; and apparatus for providing display data to the one or more tactile displays in any of one or more viewing modes for displaying on the one or more tactile displays a tactile representation of graphical and textual data content; and one or more navigational modes for displaying on the one or more tactile displays a tactile representation of the orientation of the GUI elements within the structure. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134417 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially continuously rotatable with respect to a housing of the device and is rotatable about more than one axis providing input. The processor apparatus includes a disambiguation routine that can output various proposed interpretations of inputs from the reduced keyboard. The roller ball input advantageously provides various inputs to the handheld electronic device without requiring significant user attention, which enables a user to direct greater amount of attention to the output from the disambiguation routine and other aspects of the device. The roller ball input can be configured to additionally be translatable to provide an input, and additionally and/or alternatively the roller ball input can provide a tactile or other feedback to a user. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134418 | OPPOSITE FACING DEVICE KEYPAD - An opposite facing device keypad is described. In embodiment(s), a portable device includes an integrated display positioned on a first surface of the portable device to display typed inputs. The portable device can also include touch-type keys for typing to initiate the typed inputs. The touch-type keys can be disposed relative a second surface of the portable device, and the second surface faces substantially opposite the first surface to position the touch-type keys for typing when the portable device is held to view the integrated display. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134419 | Handheld Electronic Device Providing Proposed Corrected Input In Response to Erroneous Text Entry In Environment of Text Requiring Multiple Sequential Actuations of the Same Key, and Associated Method - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able in certain circumstances of erroneous input to provide proposed corrected output. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134420 | A KEYBOARD - The present invention relates to a keyboard with a plurality of keys with key switches that are covered by a flexible display for displaying individual labels of the keys whereby the label can be changed during operation of the keyboard by appropriate control of the keyboard. The flexible display is pre-shaped into a non-planar shape to fit on top of the key switches so that each key switch can be activated by depressing the area of the flexible display displaying the key label of the key switch in question. Each key may have a key cap with a transparent top surface with the flexible display mounted underneath the key cap for displaying the individual label of the key viewable through the transparent top surface of the key cap. The keyboard provides tactile feedback similar to a conventional high quality keyboard. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134421 | COMBINED TAP SEQUENCE AND CAMERA BASED USER INTERFACE - The invention includes a method, apparatus, and program storage device for providing a combined tap sequence and camera based user interface. The invention provides, among other features, an apparatus comprising: an accelerometer; a laser light generating module; wherein the laser light generating module provides a plane of laser light over a surface coupled to the accelerometer; at least one camera; at least one processor; and a memory; wherein the memory stores instructions, executable by the at least one processor, enabling the apparatus to ascertain an occurrence of an input event utilizing inputs from the accelerometer and a location of the input event utilizing inputs from the at least one camera. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134422 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL USING REGIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTRODES TO INCREASE NUMBER OF SENSE LOCATIONS - An input sensor for an electronic device which includes a touch sensor panel, multiple electrodes and a sensor circuit. The electrodes include multiple regional electrodes and multiple local electrodes. Each regional electrode covers a corresponding region of the touch sensor panel and each local electrode includes multiple pads including one pad located within each of the regional electrodes. The electrodes are distributed so that a touch anywhere across the touch sensor panel is detected by at least one regional electrode and at least one local electrode. A sensor circuit determines a value for each of the electrodes indicating relative change, and compares relative values of the electrodes to identify a location of a touch of the touch sensor panel. The regional electrodes are used to determine a region of a touch and the local electrodes are used to determine a more specific touch location within the determined region. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134423 | AUTOMATIC SOFT KEY ADAPTATION WITH LEFT-RIGHT HAND EDGE SENSING - Systems and methodologies for adapting input/output operation of an electronic device for left-handed and/or right-handed scenarios are provided herein. As described herein, sensors (e.g., capacitive, resistive, touch-sensitive, etc.) are applied to respective outer edges of a device to determine whether a device is in a user's left hand and/or right hand. Based on this determination, respective points along the sensors can be mapped to soft keys to automatically optimize input for left-handed and/or right-handed operation. As further described herein, points of contact with an input device such as a touch-screen can be corrected based on whether a user's left hand and/or right hand is holding an associated electronic device. For example, upon identifying contact between a touch-screen and a thumb of a hand being used to hold an associated device, the point of contact can be shifted to compensate for the angle of the thumb with respect to the touch-screen. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134424 | EDGE HAND AND FINGER PRESENCE AND MOTION SENSOR - Systems and methodologies for controlling an electronic device are provided herein. As described herein, sensors (e.g. capacitive, resistive, touch-sensitive, etc.) are applied to respective outer edges of a device to detect presence and/or motion of a user's fingers and/or hands, thereby leveraging the outer edges of the device as an input mechanism. For example, points along an edge sensor can be mapped to soft keys to enable inferred hand and finger locations to be utilized for device input. Further, characteristics of a user's hands and/or fingers can be discovered over time and/or learned based on an initial calibration procedure, and these characteristics can subsequently be utilized to adjust sensor operation for optimal accuracy and user comfort. In addition, selected device features can be secured by utilizing an identifying set of sensor contacts from a user as a passcode that requires duplication before the selected device features can be accessed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134425 | MANIPULATION OF LIST ON A MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY - Embodiments related to the manipulation of lists via a multi-touch display are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a computing device having a touch-sensitive display, a processor, and memory. The memory comprises code executable by the processor to display a scrollable list of items on the touch-sensitive display, to detect a first touch gesture over the scrollable list of items on the touch-sensitive display, and, in response, to scroll the scrollable list of items on the touch-sensitive display. The memory further comprises code executable by the processor to detect a second, multi-touch gesture over the scrollable list of items on the touch-sensitive display, and in response to adjust a displayed range of the scrollable list of items. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134426 | TOUCH SENSIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a touch sensible organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; an organic light emitting element connected to the thin film transistor and receiving a data voltage; a plurality of encapsulation thin films disposed on the organic light emitting element, and encapsulating the thin film transistor and the organic light emitting element; a planarization layer disposed on the encapsulation thin film; and a touch sensor disposed on the planarization layer. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134427 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH MULTI-TOUCH FUNCTION - A display panel with multi-touch function includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area includes a data line, a gate line, a first sensing line, a second sensing line, and a sensing unit. The sensing unit electrically connects the first and second sensing lines according to a touch signal or electrically isolates the first sensing line from the second sensing line. The non-display area includes a gate driver, a first switch and a second switch. The first switch provides a path for charging the second sensing line according to a scan signal, and the second switch provides a path for discharging the second sensing line according to a reset signal. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134428 | DATA INPUT DEVICE BY DETECTING FINGER'S MOVING AND THE INPUT PROCESS THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a data input device and an input conversion method using the data input device. The data input device includes a detection unit provided in a predetermined input region, the detection unit processing first directional input that generates a first directional input signal through detection of lateral pressing in a predetermined radial direction by a finger placed at a reference location in the input region, second directional input that generates a second directional input signal through detection of vertical pressing in a predetermined direction in a state in which the finger is placed at the reference location, third directional input that generates a third directional input signal through detection of tilt pressing in a state in which the finger is placed at the reference location, and fourth directional input that generates a fourth directional input signal through detection of a tilt input in a state in which the finger is placed at the reference location; and a control unit configured to determine input locations of a lateral pressing direction, vertical pressing direction, tilt pressing direction and tilting direction of the finger, extract relevant data from memory, and input the extracted data; wherein the data is input through combination of two or more of the first to fourth directional inputs. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134429 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen display apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode and a lower sensor electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a common electrode and an upper sensor electrode facing the lower sensor electrode, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode and the common electrode, a second alignment layer disposed on the lower sensor electrode, and a third alignment layer disposed on the upper sensor electrode. The second or third alignment layers aligns the liquid crystal layer in a different direction from a direction the first alignment layer aligns the liquid crystal layer. When pressure is applied onto a point on the first or second substrate, a distance and a capacitance between the lower sensor electrode and the upper sensor electrode at the point are changed to detect a position of the point. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134430 | TOUCH RESPONSIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing, a plurality of touch sensors, and a processing unit. The housing comprises a plurality of touch areas and division portions, each of which is disposed between two adjacent touch areas of the plurality of touch areas. The plurality of touch sensors are disposed within the housing, each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of touch sensors. The processing unit is capable of identifying signals from the plurality of touch sensors and performing functions corresponding to the signals. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134431 | Illuminated Touch Sensitive Surface Module and Illuminated Device thereof - An illuminated touch sensitive surface module and an illuminated device are disclosed. The illuminated touch sensitive surface module includes a cosmetic layer, a sensor, a controller and an illuminated device. The cosmetic layer permits light beams to pass through and objects to touch or hover thereon. The controller connects to the sensor and drives an illuminated mode of the illuminated device according to the position information. The illuminated device has many regions and at least one light guild film in which the light beams enter from the side and emit out of a top of individual light guide film. Further, each light guide film has a bottom on which micro members are formed for changing path of the entering light beams and block members for defining the regions. In the illuminated mode, the touched or hovered regions of the illuminated device are illuminated while the other regions are dark. Thus, the illuminated touch sensitive surface module provides the regional illumination in response to a gesture operation. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134432 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE USER INTERFACE - A method of operating a touch screen providing an enhanced user interface includes displaying a plurality of icons on a touch screen, determining whether or not confusion occurs, and enlarging an area in which confusion occurs. Accordingly, a user can select a desired icon with greater ease and greater precision. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134433 | Information-processing apparatus and imaging apparatus - An information-processing apparatus includes a display unit having a display screen, and processing means for detecting a touched position on the display screen and performing a processing operation corresponding to the touched position. The display screen has two or more regions arranged in a predetermined direction and being corresponding to respective different processing operations. The processing means includes limited-operation-processing means for limitedly performing, when a plurality of regions among the two or more regions are simultaneously touched with a first digit reached out in the predetermined direction, a processing operation corresponding to a first region nearest to the tip of the first digit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134434 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICITY SAVING METHOD THEREOF - An electricity saving method of a communication device is provided. The method is applied to a communication device having a functional unit group. The functional unit group is consisted of a communication module and several functional modules. The electricity saving method includes the following steps. A call is received or given by the communication module. Whether the time of not pressing several keys and a touch screen of the communication device reaches a threshold time is determined. If yes, an unattended mode is activated to disable the functional modules. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134435 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel using an optical sensor has a simple construction and can accurately detect an input position. An illuminating lights emitted from illuminating means are turned into lights having a high directivity in an X-axis direction and in a Y-axis direction of the prism lens sheet and thereafter enter from side faces of a light guide panel as incident lights. The incident lights advance in the inside of the light guide panel toward opposite side faces while being subjected to a total reflection and are received by the optical sensor arrays. When an input pen or a fingertip touches a surface of the light guide panel, the lights are refracted or absorbed at a touched position and hence, a quantity of received lights at the optical sensor arrays is reduced. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134436 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel that includes a transparent substrate, first sensing patterns formed on the transparent substrate and having first sensing cells arranged in a column and first coupling lines for coupling adjacent first sensing cells, second sensing patterns formed on the transparent substrate and having second sensing cells arranged in a row of the same Y coordinate in a second direction. An insulating layer is formed on the first and second sensing patterns with a number of contact holes formed to expose end portions of the second sensing cells that form the second sensing patterns are formed. A number of coupling patterns are formed on the insulating layer where the contact holes were formed. A number of metal patterns are arranged on edges of regions in which the first and second sensing patterns are formed to electrically couple the sensing patterns in the units of the column or the row to position detection lines. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134437 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WAKING UP THE SAME FROM SLEEP MODE THROUGH TOUCH SCREEN - A portable electronic device including a touch screen, a micro processing unit, a central processor and a display is provided. The central processor can operate in a normal operation mode or a sleep mode. The touch screen overlays the display, and includes a first touch area, a second touch area and at least one electrode. When the central processor operates in the sleep mode and one of the first and second touch areas senses a touch, the at least one electrode generates a touch signal. The micro processing unit determines whether the touch is sensed by the first or the second touch area according to the touch signal. If the touch is sensed by the second touch area, the micro processing unit outputs a wake-up signal to the central processing unit, so as to switch the central processor from the sleep mode to the normal operation mode. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134438 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT - A multi-touch sensing includes a voltage-current converter converting an input voltage into a current. A touch sensing block senses touch of an object. An amplifier includes a first input terminal connected to an output terminal of the voltage-current converter and to a first terminal of the touch sensing block. A second input terminal of the amplifier is grounded. An output terminal of the amplifier is connected to a second terminal of the touch sensing block. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134439 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device of the invention includes a display panel attached to one face side of a light transmissive circuit board and a light transmissive substrate attached to the other face side of the circuit board. A mounted component is mounted on the other face side of the circuit board. The circuit board includes a light transmissive junction layer for joining the circuit board to the light transmissive substrate at a position avoiding the mounted component. The junction layer includes a core substrate formed of a resin, an adhesive layer formed on one face of the core substrate, and a bonding layer formed on the other face of the core substrate and cured. The adhesive layer is adhered to the circuit board, and the bonding layer is firmly fixed to the light transmissive substrate. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134440 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device is provided with X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP which cross with a first insulating layer in between and a number of Z electrodes which are electrically floating from each other with a second insulating layer in between. The Z electrodes are arranged so that each Z electrode overlaps both an adjacent X electrode and Y electrode. The pad portion of a first X electrode has such a form that the area is maximum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode and the area is minimum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of an adjacent second X electrode, and the area of the pad portion is smaller towards the direction in which the distance increases away from the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode. A pulse signal is sequentially applied to one set of X electrodes or Y electrodes. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134441 | STRUCTURE OF OPTIC TOUCH CONTROL SCREEN MODULE - An optic touch control screen module includes a plurality of frame members of various sizes and joint members that are combined to form a frame. Each of the frame members and the joint members forms a receiving chamber. Every two opposite ones of the circuit boards are provided with oppositely arranged and corresponding optic transmitting elements and optic receiving elements. Each circuit board has opposite ends each forming a female connector. A plurality of male connectors is provided and each has a structure having two faces forming male terminals. To assemble, the male connector is set between and engages with the female connectors of two adjacent circuit boards. Thus, damage to the circuit boards can be avoided. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134442 | Detecting Method for Photo-Sensor Touch Panel and Touch-Sensitive Electronic Apparatus using the same - An exemplary detecting method for a photo-sensor touch panel and a touch-sensitive electronic apparatus using the same are provided. In aforementioned method, an image frame is obtained by scanning the photo-sensor touch panel. Then, a distribution area of data points in the image frame each having a brightness between a predetermined brightness and a first threshold brightness is defined as a first sensing area, and a distribution area of data points in the image frame each having a brightness between the predetermined brightness and a second threshold brightness is defined as a second sensing area. Afterward, it is determined that whether a real touch probably/really occurred according to a relative distance between one of first data points and corresponding one of second data points. The first data points located in the first sensing area, and the second data points located in the second sensing area. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134443 | Display device - A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight, multiple light sensors and a touch location detection section. The backlight is controlled to be in an ON state and an OFF state in a predetermined duty ratio. Each light sensor detects intensity of ambient light incident on the liquid crystal panel, including a first intensity detected during a period of the ON state of the backlight and a second intensity detected during a period of the OFF state of the backlight. The touch location detection section detects a touch location on the liquid crystal panel based on location of one or ones of the multiple light sensors, the one or ones of the multiple light sensors being detecting the first and second intensities whose difference value exceeds a determination threshold. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134444 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - The invention includes: a pixel-value vertical-gradient-quantity calculation section ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134445 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device that enables a reduction of costs in implementing a touch panel function using infrared rays generated when displaying an image, which are emitted in a substantially uniform dispersion from a display area. One embodiment includes a plasma display panel (PDP) for displaying the image and a pair of infrared sensor cameras at two corners of the PDP. The infrared sensor cameras are either on the front or rear side of the PDP, and are utilized to detect changes in the amount of infrared rays emitted from the PDP. A controller determines a position where the amount of infrared rays is changed, which corresponds to a touch position, and transmits a detection signal indicating the location of the change in the amount of infrared rays. The infrared sensor camera has a lens with a view angle in the range of 90° to 180°. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134446 | OPTICAL OUTPUT DEVICE - The present invention discloses an optical input device, which comprises a display panel having a displaying area functioning as an interface for detecting a position of an object; a backlight module providing light sources for the display panel; and at least one image sensor arranged behind the backlight module and capturing a positional image, which is formed on the displaying area by an object reflecting the light emitted by the light sources. The present invention not only can decrease the thickness of the optical input device but also can reduce the complexity of the optical system. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134447 | INPUT DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - An input device detects a position of an object in relation to a display by using the light emitting elements and light receiving elements. When the high accuracy is not required for the position detection, at least one of the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements is turned off. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134448 | Liquid Crystal Display Device with Touch Screen Function - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device with a touch screen function is provided. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel layer including a liquid crystal layer filled between first and second substrates, and a touch panel layer which is formed on the first substrate, includes at least one phase compensating means stacked therein, and detects a contact point when an upper electrode and a lower electrode come into contact with each other due to external pressure, wherein the phase compensating means is patterned so that the upper electrode and the lower electrode are able to contact each other, and thus outdoor visibility and viewing angle characteristics can be effectively improved. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134449 | Image-Sensing Pen With Retractable Cartridge And Force Sensor - An electronic pen for interacting with a substrate having coded data disposed thereon. The pen comprises: an image sensor for sensing the coded data when the pen is used to interact with the surface; a cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface; a retraction mechanism for slidably moving the cartridge between a retracted position and an extended position; a force sensor cooperating with the retraction mechanism; and a processor configured to generate indicating data indicative of the interaction with the substrate. The image sensor is configured to sense the coded data only when the force sensor detects that the nib is in contact with the substrate. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134450 | DRIVER FOR DISPLAY - A driver for display provides a driving signal having a frequency synchronized with that of an image signal when the image signal is normal and provides a driving signal having a predetermined frequency when the image signal is abnormal, thereby performing a stable operation. The driver includes a frequency detection unit detecting a frequency difference between a frequency of an inputted image signal and a frequency of a frequency-divided driving signal, a driving signal generation unit generating the driving signal having a frequency synchronized with the frequency of the image signal according to a detection result of the frequency detection unit, and a control unit stopping a frequency detection operation of the frequency detection unit when the detection result of the frequency detection unit shows an abnormal operation. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134451 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof capable of simplifying of a hardware construction of the liquid crystal display device driven by the impulsive driving method and minimizing capacitance of memory for storing data are provided. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134452 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device that has a photodetection element within a pixel and can calibrate automatically a photo sensor signal during an operation of the display device. A sensor row driver ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134453 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - Protective layer ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134454 | Organic electroluminescent light emitting display device - In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134455 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - In a plasma display panel, protective layer of front plate has base protective layer and particle layer. The base protective layer is formed of a thin film of a metal oxide containing at least one of magnesium oxide, strontium oxide, calcium oxide, and barium oxide. The particle layer is formed by sticking, to base protective layer, single-crystal particles of magnesium that have an NaCl crystal structure surrounded by specified two type orientation faces of a (100) face and a (111) face, or by specified three type orientation faces of a (100) face, a (110) face, and a (111) face. A panel driving circuit drives the panel in a manner that an initializing discharge for forming wall charge is caused in the first subfield of a plurality of subfields, and an address discharge for erasing the wall charge is caused in address periods of the plurality of subfields. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134456 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY INCORPORATING ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT,AND ELECTRICAL GENERATOR - An organic electroluminescent device including an organic electroluminescent layer that is stacked between a plurality of electrodes and emits light by an electric field generated between the plurality of electrodes and, and a power generating semiconductor part that is arranged on the periphery of this organic electroluminescent layer and utilizes from the light emitted by the organic electroluminescent layer an internal light L that has not been emitted from the transparent or semi-transparent electrode to the outside and remains inside in order to generate power by a photoelectric conversion function is provided. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134457 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device with an image capture function including optical sensors in its pixels, in particular, a display device which allows a reduction in the size of a substrate and in power consumption by reducing the area of a peripheral region not contributory to displaying. The display device includes: an active matrix substrate ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134458 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING THE SAME - In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of data signal lines; a plurality of scanning signal lines intersecting orthogonally with the plurality of data signal lines; pixel electrodes each provided at each of intersections of the plurality of data signal lines and the plurality of scanning signal lines; and a counter electrode, the plurality of data signal lines divided into sets each including data signal lines that are provided next to one another so as to respectively correspond to primary colors (R, G, and B) constituting a display color, the data signal lines in each set being connected to one of output signal lines to which data signals corresponding to the primary colors are supplied during a single horizontal scanning period by time division, the data signals supplied to the output signal lines being switched, the counter electrode being subjected to application of a voltage being varied during at least one horizontal scanning period. This provides an active matrix liquid crystal display device that is driven by the SSD method and that is capable of independently adjusting respective luminances of R, G, and B. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134459 | FLAT DISPLAY DEVICE - A technology is provided for suppressing the occurrence of problems due to positional shift caused by temperature increase of a panel and a chassis, in a structure for mounting a driver IC chip and a driver module in a flat display device. The plasma display device is provided with a chassis section ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134460 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of driving at low power consumption is provided. In a display device ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134461 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device and a method of driving the same, in which the display device includes: a light-emitting element; a first capacitor connected between first and second contact points; a driving transistor that has a control terminal connected to the second contact point, an input terminal connected to a driving voltage, and an output terminal connected to the light-emitting element; a first switching transistor connected between a data voltage or a sustain voltage and the first contact point; a second switching transistor connected between the second contact point and the output terminal of the driving transistor; and a third switching transistor connected between a reference current source and the output terminal of the driving transistor. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134462 | VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER AND DRIVING DEVICE OF DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER - An amplifying circuit of a display device including a plurality of pixels includes an input unit, a bias unit, and an output unit. The input unit is coupled between a first power source for supplying a first voltage and a second power source for supplying a second voltage, receives a first input signal and a second input signal, and is controlled by the first and second input signals. The bias unit receives a bias voltage for operating the input unit, and includes a first node and a second node controllable by the input unit. The output unit applies an output voltage to a pixel by using a first output transistor turned on/off by a signal applied to the first node and a second output transistor turned on/off by a signal applied to the second node, and the first output transistor is a different type to the second output transistor. In this instance, the input unit includes a first input transistor having a first terminal coupled to a first power source and being turned on/off by a first input signal and a second input transistor of the same type as the first input transistor, having a first terminal coupled to the first power source, and being turned on/off by a second input signal. The bias unit includes a first transistor controllable by the on/off state of the first input transistor and a second transistor controllable by the on/off state of the second input transistor. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134463 | Driving Method of Display Panel with Half-Source-Driving Structure - An exemplary driving method of a display panel with half-source-driving structure is provided. The display panel includes at least one pixel each using a capacitor to store a voltage. A terminal of the capacitor is adapted to receive a display data inputted from a data line, and another terminal of the capacitor is electrically coupled to a common electrode. The driving method includes: obtaining a direct current power signal; coupling an alternating current signal with the direct current power signal to generate a common electrode driving signal; and applying the common electrode driving signal to the common electrode. A rising time of a rising edge and a falling time of a falling edge of the common electrode driving signal are modified to improve a V-line mura phenomenon of the display panel. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134464 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a plurality of fluorescent lamps disposed under the liquid crystal panel, supplying light to the liquid crystal panel, and having electrodes provided at both ends thereof; a balance printed circuit board (PCB) disposed at both ends of the plurality of fluorescent lamps and including a clip fastened to be electrically connected with the electrodes of the fluorescent lamps; a power supply line printed on the balance PCB so as to be electrically connected to the clip and supplying power to the electrodes of the fluorescent lamps; a first voltage induction line printed with a first area on the balance PCB at a first interval from the power supply line; a second voltage induction line printed with a second area on the balance PCB at a second interval from the power supply line; and a light emitting diode (LED) mounted on the balance PCB and having an anode connected to the first voltage induction line and a cathode connected to the second voltage induction line, wherein the first area is larger than the second area, the first interval is smaller than the second interval, the power supply line and the first voltage induction line form a first capacitor, and the power supply line and the second voltage induction line form a second capacitor. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134465 | Plasma display device and driving method thereof - A driving system and method for use with a plasma display device, which includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes that perform display operation with the plurality of first electrodes, selectively applies a first voltage to the plurality of first electrodes and applies a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage to first electrodes to which the first voltage is not applied during an address period of a first subfield having the lowest weight value among the plurality of subfields, applies a third voltage that corresponds to a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage to the plurality of first electrodes during a first period of a sustain period, and applies a fourth voltage that is lower than the third voltage to the plurality of second electrodes during the first period. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134466 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - Protective layer of front plate of the plasma display panel is formed of base protective layer and particle layer. Base protective layer is a thin film containing metal oxide. Particle layer is formed in a manner that aggregated particles of a plurality of magnesium-oxide single-crystal particles are stuck on base protective layer. The panel driving circuit drives the panel in a manner that an initializing discharge for forming wall charge is generated in a first subfield of the plurality of subfields, and an address discharge for erasing wall charge is generated in an address period of the plurality of subfields. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS - A system for transmitting and receiving a signal includes a transmitter that switches a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage and generates first and second voltage signals, and a receiver the receives the first and second voltage signals. The transmitter includes a reference voltage generator that generates the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage, and a switch block that switches the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage and outputs the first and second voltage signals. The receiver includes a resistor having two terminals to which the first and second voltage signals are applied. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134468 | PIXEL DRIVING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND PROPERTY PARAMETER ACQUISITION METHOD IN A PIXEL DRIVING DEVICE - A pixel driving device in which, after a reference voltage exceeds a threshold voltage of a drive transistor is impressed through the signal lines on each pixel equipping a light emitting element and the drive transistor, set the signal lines in a state of high impedance, and acquires a voltage value of one end of the signal lines subsequent to a predetermined settling time elapsing, and acquires the threshold voltage of the drive transistor for each pixel and the current amplification factor of the pixel drive circuit as a first property parameter based on acquired voltage values at the time a plurality of first settling times longer than a predetermined value and acquires an irregularity parameter indicating the irregularity in the current amplification factor based on the value of the first property parameter and the measured voltage value acquired at the time shorter than the predetermined value. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134469 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND A DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device has a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a drive transistor, a light emitting element and signal lines, a property parameter acquisition circuit which acquires property parameter, a signal correction circuit that generates a corrected gradation signal by correcting the image data based on the property parameter, and a drive signal impressing circuit that impresses a drive signal, generated based on the corrected gradation signal, on the pixel to drive it. The property parameter is constituted of a threshold voltage, a current amplification factor and its irregularity of the drive transistor, and is acquired based on measured voltages of the signal lines after each of a plurality of predetermined settling times elapses from the time when the light emitting device cuts off a voltage subsequent to impressing the voltage on each pixel for a predetermined length of time. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134470 | Liquid Crystal Display and Source Driving Circuit Thereof - A source driving circuit includes a gamma voltage generator, a common voltage generator and a driver. The gamma voltage generator receives gamma data from a timing controller through reduced swing differential signaling (RSDS) transmission interface to generate corresponding gamma voltages. The common voltage generator receives common voltage data from the timing controller to generate a corresponding common voltage. The driver receives image data from the timing controller through the RSDS transmission interface, the gamma voltages from the gamma voltage generator and the common voltage from the common voltage generator for modifying the image data using the gamma voltages and the common voltage and transmitting the modified image data to a panel of the liquid crystal display. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134471 | Output driving circuits of output buffers for source driver integrated circuits - An output driving circuit is provided that may reduce power consumption by decreasing static current leakage in a liquid crystal display device. The output driving circuit of an output buffer of a source driver integrated circuit may include: an output driving unit including a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor coupled to a source line driving signal output terminal; and a sub output driving unit configured to perform an output driving operation together with the output driving unit during a normal operation period of an active horizontal synchronization signal and configured to be disabled during a period in which the horizontal synchronization signal is inactive in response to a control signal, in order to reduce static current leakage flowing through the output driving circuit. Current leakage is reduced in the inactive period of a horizontal synchronization signal in an output driving circuit, thereby reducing power consumption of a liquid crystal display device. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134472 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - A flat panel display device includes an image processing circuit, a power supply, and a gamma voltage generator. The image processing circuit receives grayscale data, identifies a range in which a gray level of the grayscale data is located, and generates a reference signal based on the range. The power supply supplies a drive voltage based on the reference signal. The gamma voltage generator generates a set of gamma voltages based on the drive voltage. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134473 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device performing alternating-current driving, at least one of a gate voltage amplitude Vgp−p(p) upon application of a positive polarity voltage and a gate voltage amplitude Vgp−p(n) upon application of a negative polarity voltage is changed in accordance with a liquid crystal driving frequency. Thus, an effective value of a liquid crystal application voltage in a positive polarity is set to be equal to an effective value of a liquid crystal application voltage in a negative polarity irrespective of the liquid crystal driving frequency, so that flicker is prevented from occurring when the liquid crystal driving frequency is switched. As the liquid crystal driving frequency is low, a gate low voltage Vgln after application of the negative polarity voltage is set to be low. Thus, a leak current from a TFT is reduced in the negative polarity, and a liquid crystal element is improved in voltage holding ratio. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134474 | SCAN SIGNAL LINE DRIVER CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING SCAN SIGNAL LINES - A gate driver of on embodiment of the present invention includes: a scan signal output circuit for performing alternately scanning whereby either odd-numbered scan signal lines or even-numbered scan signal lines are sequentially driven and scanning whereby the remaining scan signal lines are sequentially driven; a rise counter circuit for sensing the rise count for a clock signal in a HIGH level period of an externally supplied start signal; a scan sequence setup circuit for setting up a scan sequence to be followed by the scan signal output circuit according to the rise count; and a start signal generating circuit for generating a start signal to be supplied to a next scan signal line driver circuit. Hence, the resultant scan signal line driver circuit and method of driving a display device is capable of producing high quality images at low cost while restricting power consumption and heat generation by a data signal line driver circuit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134475 | PIXEL DRIVING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND PROPERTY PARAMETER ACQUISITION METHOD IN A PIXEL DRIVING DEVICE - A pixel driving device has a voltage impressing circuit that outputs a reference voltage that exceeds a threshold voltage of a drive transistor, a voltage measurement circuit, and a property parameter acquisition circuit that acquires a property parameter related to an electronic property of a pixel. The pixel driving device impresses the reference voltage on the pixel that has a light emitting element and the drive transistor. The voltage measurement circuit acquires voltage of a signal line, as measured voltages, after each of a plurality of the settling times elapsing from the time when the reference voltage is cut. The property parameter acquisition circuit acquires, as property parameters, the threshold voltage and a current amplification factor of drive transistor based on values of a plurality of measured voltages acquired by the voltage measurement circuit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134476 | SHIFT REGISTER, DISPLAY DRIVER AND DISPLAY - In one embodiment of the present invention, a shift register includes a plurality of stages which are activated in sequence. Each stage includes a logic circuit controlling first and second output circuits. The first output circuit includes a first switch in the form of a transistor, which connects an output of the stage to receive a pulse width control signal when the stage is active. A second switch in the form of a transistor connects the stage output to receive an inactive signal level when the stage is inactive. The second output circuit comprises a third switch in the form of a transistor, which connects a further output to receive an active signal level when the stage is active. A fourth switch in the form of a transistor connects the further output to receive an inactive signal level when the stage is inactive. The further output of each stage is connected to the logic circuit of at least one adjacent stage, such as a reset input of a preceding stage and/or a set input of a succeeding stage. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134477 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a power consumption reduction portion that analyzes a histogram of first image data of an image and generates second image data and a first luminance control signal, wherein, when the image includes an irrelevance region which is substantially irrelevant to degradation of display quality, the power consumption reduction portion analyzes a histogram of first image data of other region of the image except for an excluded region, and wherein the excluded region includes at least the irrelevance region; a timing controller that is supplied with the second image data and the first luminance control signal and generates gate control signals, data control signals and a second luminance control signal; a gate driving portion that generates gate voltages using the gate control signals; a data driving portion that generates data voltages using the second image data and the data control signals; a liquid crystal panel that displays the image using the gate voltages and the data voltages; a backlight control portion that generates a backlight control signal using the second luminance control signal; and a backlight unit that supplies light according to the backlight control signal. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134478 | PLASMA DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A plasma display device includes a controller for generating and outputting scan data corresponding to a scan electrode to which a scan pulse is applied during an address period, and outputting the same to a scan integrated circuit having a plurality of output terminals coupled to the scan electrodes for driving the scan electrodes. During an address period, the scan integrated circuit applies a first voltage through an output terminal corresponding to the scan data, and applies a second voltage that is greater than the first voltage through another output terminal. The configuration enables the plasma display device to freely control the order of the scan electrodes to which the first voltage is applied according to the scan data. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134479 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An image display device equalizes an amount of shift in V | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134480 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY - A refresh control line GR (n) is selected while a read control line GT (n+1) or a read control line GT (n−1), which controls a read switch of a pixel of a semiconductor image sensor array is selected. This configuration allows the read and refresh operations or the refresh and read mode setting operations to be performed simultaneously, and reduces the period for scanning the semiconductor image sensor array. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134481 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a plasma display device, a first driving method or a second driving method is selected according to a video signal, and the plasma display device is driven according to the selected driving method. The first driving method includes selecting first on cells from among a plurality of discharge cells in an address period of a first subfield of a plurality of subfields, and selecting second on cells in an address period of each of a plurality of second subfields from among the plurality of discharge cells other than discharge cells selected as on cells in preceding subfields. The second driving method includes initializing the plurality of discharge cells as off cells in a reset period of each of the plurality of subfields, and selecting on cells from among the plurality of discharge cells in an address period of each of the plurality of subfields following the corresponding reset period. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134482 | PIXEL DRIVING DEVICE AND A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A pixel driving device for drive control of pixels, has a image data conversion circuit for generating an original gradation signal by converting an image data, based on a preset conversion property, a signal correction circuit for outputting a corrected gradation signal by adding a correction value acquired based on an electric property parameter of a pixel to the original gradation signal, and a drive signal impressing circuit for impressing a voltage signal corresponding to the corrected gradation signal on one end of a signal line. The original gradation signal has a value that corresponds to a gradation value of the image data and the maximum value of the original gradation signal is set to a value equal to or smaller than a value acquired by subtracting a value corresponding to the correction value from a maximum value in an input range of the drive signal impressing circuit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134483 | DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method for driving an LCD is provided. The LCD panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixel units. The two neighboring pixel units electrically connected to the same scan line are located on two sides of the scan line respectively. The scan lines are sequentially divided into a plurality of groups. The driving method includes the following. The odd-numbered groups of scan lines are sequentially turned on and a signal with first polarity is input to the pixel units controlled by the odd-numbered groups of scan lines through the data lines. The even-numbered groups of scan lines are sequentially turned on and a signal with second polarity is input to the pixel units controlled by the even-numbered groups of scan lines through the data lines. The signal with first polarity and the signal with second polarity have opposite polarities. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100134484 | THREE DIMENSIONAL JOURNALING ENVIRONMENT - A three-dimensional journaling system is described herein. The three-dimensional journaling system comprises a data repository that includes journal data of a user, wherein the journal data corresponds to at least one location in a geographic region. The system additionally includes a display component that causes at least a portion of the journal data to be displayed on a display screen as a journal entry in a computer-implemented three-dimensional representation of the geographic region at the location that corresponds to the journal data. | 2010-06-03 |
