23rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140152555 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a portable device is provided. The method includes detecting bending of the portable device and determining whether to perform motion sensing correction due to the bending; acquiring a motion sensing correction factor for performing the motion sensing correction due to the bending; performing motion sensing correction of at least one motion sensor using the motion sensing correction factor; and controlling the portable device according to the corrected motion sensing. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152556 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - To enable a viewer to recognize a stereoscopic image even when a posture of the viewer is changed in front of a display device by providing a stereoscopic image display apparatus including: a lens sheet which is adjacent to a display surface of a display device, and is configured by arranging a plurality of plano convex lenses along an arrangement direction of display elements, consecutively side by side while varying a distance from the display surface; a storage unit storing stereoscopic display images corresponding to parallax points with respect to a display object at a plurality of viewing points; a sensing unit which senses a posture changing amount of a visual organ of a human body; a selection unit selecting the stereoscopic display images for the respective viewing points according to the posture changing amount sensed; and a display controller allowing the stereoscopic display images on the display device. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152557 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A gesture recognition device that recognizes a gesture, which is of a motion or a shape of a gesture recognition target region of a person, from an image captured by a camera and outputs information to an electronic apparatus in order to control the electronic apparatus based on the recognized gesture, has a recognition target region determination section that determines whether the gesture recognition target region is included in the image, and an output section that outputs target region out-of-view angle notification instruction information issuing an instruction to make a notification that an image of the gesture recognition target region is not captured when the recognition target region determination section determines that the gesture recognition target region is not included in the image. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152558 | DIRECT HOLOGRAM MANIPULATION USING IMU - Methods for controlling an augmented reality environment associated with a head-mounted display device (HMD) are described. In some embodiments, a virtual pointer may be displayed to an end user of the HMD and controlled by the end user using motion and/or orientation information associated with a secondary device (e.g., a mobile phone). Using the virtual pointer, the end user may select and manipulate virtual objects within the augmented reality environment, select real-world objects within the augmented reality environment, and/or control a graphical user interface of the HMD. In some cases, the initial position of the virtual pointer within the augmented reality environment may be determined based on a particular direction in which the end user is gazing and/or a particular object at which the end user is currently focusing on or has recently focused on. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152559 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CURSOR - A method for controlling a cursor of a portable electronic apparatus having a display screen and a motion sensor is provided. The motion sensor detects a first-axis rotation angle and a second-axis rotation angle of the apparatus. A first-axis coordinate of a cursor is determined according to the first-axis rotation angle, a-first axis maximum rotation angle and a length of a short side of the display screen. A second-axis coordinate of the cursor is determined according to the second-axis rotation angle, a maximum second-axis rotation angle and a length of a long side of the display screen. The cursor is moved according to the first-axis coordinate and the second-axis coordinate. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152560 | SYSTEMS FOR CHANGING ORIENTATION OF DISPLAYED CONTENT - In a multiuser touch sensitive device including an orientation module capable of providing touch interfaces and a touch sensitive display screen for displaying a content wherein the device enables users to provide touch sensitive inputs through the display screen and wherein not all users are oriented in a same direction with respect to the device and to the content, a method for changing an orientation of the content without changing an orientation of the device is provided. The method includes receiving a touch sensitive input from one of the touch interfaces, wherein the input is provided by one of the users using single object for changing the orientation of the content; and processing the touch sensitive input at the orientation module for changing the orientation of the content such that the content can be oriented towards at least one of the users for viewing the content at a desired orientation. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152561 | MOUSE PADS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A mouse pad includes a body having a surface, a touch panel and a processor is provided. The touch panel is located on the surface and electrically connected to the processor. The processor receives signals from the touch panel and can divide the touch panel into a first area and a second area, the first area and the second area respectively acting as a left mouse button (for left clicks) and as a right mouse button (for right clicks). Methods for using the mouse pad are also provided. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152562 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD - An exemplary display controller includes: an attitude detecting unit configured to detect an attitude of a terminal device; a first display controlling unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial image that is clipped in response to the detected attitude from a panoramic image corresponding to a position; a determining unit configured to determine a direction in which the position is moving; and a second display controlling unit configured to update, in response to a first operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the first partial image to a second partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152563 | APPARATUS OPERATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an apparatus operation device includes: a direction operation module configured to receive an operating instruction in a two-dimensional direction; a recognizing module configured to recognize a swing motion or a tilting motion of the apparatus operation device; and an output module configured to output a first operation command corresponding to a first operation for screen transition corresponding to a predetermined condition when the swing motion or the tilting motion recognized satisfies the predetermined condition, and to output a second operation command corresponding to a second operation for transition of a pointer on the screen in the two-dimensional direction when the operating instruction in the two-dimensional direction is received. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152564 | PRESENTATION SELECTION BY DEVICE ORIENTATION - A technique involves providing multiple different presentations on a mobile device, and switching between the different presentations depending upon the orientation of the mobile device. For example, a first presentation could include a scripted action, which may include recorded speech or used concurrently with a speaker, and a second presentation that enables free play within a model. When the mobile device is held in a first orientation, the scripted action is used to present a pitch, lesson, or the like. When the mobile device is held in a second orientation, the free play enables a user of the mobile device to illustrate reactions within a model by way of example or in response to questions that can most effectively be answered within a model. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152565 | EASILY DEPLOYABLE INTERACTIVE DIRECT-POINTING SYSTEM AND PRESENTATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREFOR - A method for controlling movement of a computer display cursor based on a point-of-aim of a pointing device within an interaction region includes projecting an image of a computer display to create the interaction region. At least one calibration point having a predetermined relation to said interaction region is established. A pointing line is directed to substantially pass through the calibration point while measuring a position of and an orientation of the pointing device. The pointing line has a predetermined relationship to said pointing device. Movement of the cursor is controlled within the interaction region using measurements of the position of and the orientation of the pointing device. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152566 | Apparatus and methods for image/sensory processing to control computer operations - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for image and sensory processing to facilitate human interface at a computer terminal. The apparatus include a video camera adapted to capture images of user finger movement above the keyboard primarily in an image plane along X and Y axes substantially normal to the keyboard key-field plane, at least one thumb touch pad segment, and a controller. The methods included capturing the video images of user finger movement in the image plane, capturing user initiated sensory input indicative of selected functions and/or positioning modalities, and utilizing the captured images and sensory input for mapping user selected work product entry location at the monitor viewing screen and/or performing other functions. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152567 | IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD AND OPTICAL NAVIGATING APPARATUS UTILIZING THE IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD - A computer readable recording media, having at least one program code recorded thereon, an image adjusting method can be performed when the program code is read and executed. The image adjusting method comprises: catching a current image; computing at least one kind of brightness information of the current image; respectively setting corresponding threshold values to different kinds of the brightness information; and determining if a contrast enhancing operation should be performed to the current image to generate an adjusted image according to a number that the brightness information is over the threshold value. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152568 | Data Entry Keyboard - An apparatus for entering alphabetic data into a computer or other electronic or mechanical devices with a keyboard wherein the alphabet is arranged in a logical order, a keyboard wherein the vowels are grouped together, a keyboard wherein the vowels are all placed on the left side of the keyboard, a keyboard wherein each vowel has the same color code, a keyboard wherein the consonants are arranged in groups, a keyboard wherein the consonant groups are arranged from left to right in alphabetic group order, and a keyboard wherein each consonant within a group has a specific color code; wherein two groups of consonants have the same color. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152569 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An input device applied on an electronic device including a keyboard, an image-detection module, and a processing device. There is a selection-operating area, a gesture-operating area, and a key-in area above the keyboard. The image-detection module is embedded in the keyboard for detecting the location of the user's hand. The processing device informs the electronic device to operate in either the selection-operating mode, the gesture-operating mode, or the key-in mode, according to the location of the hand as detected by the image detector. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152570 | ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD DESIGN - An on-screen keyboard comprises a matrix array of alphabetic, numeric and call-to-action characters and/or character sets. First and second contiguous ones of the rows and columns include numeric characters arranged in successive order and these first and second contiguous ones of the rows and columns appears differentiated in the display on screen keyboard as compared to others of the rows and columns. A third one of the rows and columns includes call-to-action characters and/or character sets. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152571 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a display; a touch panel configured to detect a position on a display region of the display; a connection module configured to be connected to a device comprising a keyboard module, and a controller configured to deactivate a position detection function on the touch panel when the device is connected to the connection module and to activate the position detection function on the touch panel when the device is not connected to the connection module. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152572 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a cabinet having a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface; a display whose screen is provided in the first surface, configured to display an image; an input unit having an input surface disposed adjacent to the screen, configured to detect an input to the input surface; and plural keys which project from the second surface, height the plural keys being gradually varied from a center line of the second surface toward each of two end portions. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152573 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - One embodiment provides an information processing apparatus including: a display device; a display device; a touch panel provided on a front surface of the display device, the touch panel including a first changeover unit; and mechanical keys arranged in a rear surface of the display device. The information processing apparatus includes a memory, a determination module and a controller. The memory stores plural designation information each corresponding to a designation of functions to the mechanical keys. The determination module determines whether the first changeover unit is selected through the touch panel or not. And, the controller determines one of the plural designation information in accordance with a determination result by the determination module, and changes the designation of functions to the mechanical keys based on the determined designation information. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152574 | Zig Zag Keyboard - A method of arranging keys of soft keyboard in specific, non rectangular shapes to provide wider width for keys in portrait mode and higher height for keys in landscape mode. Keys are shaped in the way that allows to be aligned in a complementary manner. For portrait mode keys are complementarily aligned on X axis and for landscape mode keys are complementarily aligned on Y axis. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152575 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile electronic device includes a touch panel, a display, and a CPU that displays a key on the display. When the CPU displays a ten key group in which a plurality of column key groups each including a plurality of keys in a column are arranged side by side on the display, the CPU displays in a switchable manner a first arrangement of the keys in which the keys in the ten-key group have the same width and a second arrangement of the keys in which keys in a center column key group arranged between a right-side column key group and a left-side column key group have a larger width than the keys in the right-side column key group and the left-side column key group. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152576 | MULTI DISPLAY APPARATUS, INPUT PEN, MULTI DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND MULTI DISPLAY SYSTEM - A multi display apparatus includes a first display, a second display, a hinge to connect the first display and the second display to each other, and a controller to control operations of the first and second displays according to sensing information of an input pen including a sensor. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152577 | Systems and Methods for a Symbol-Adaptable Keyboard - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a communication session between a first user and one or more second users. The method also includes determining a social context of the communication session, and determining based at least in part on the social context a set of symbols for communication by the first user in the communication session with the second users. The method further includes providing for display to the first user a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols. The keys indicate symbols for input by the first user in the communication session. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152578 | Electronic Device, Keyboard Control System, Display Control Method, and Computer Program Product - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a connector, a display module, and a receiver. The connector is configured to be connectable to a device comprising a keyboard. The display module is configured to display a software keyboard on which a key not comprised in the keyboard of the device is arranged when the device is connected to the connector. The receiver is configured to receive input from the key displayed as the software keyboard on the display module. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152579 | COMPLEMENTARY TOUCH PANEL ELECTRODES - A multi-layer touch panel having an upper and a lower electrode that cross over one another. The electrode pattern for either electrode at the cross over area is complementary to the other electrode at the cross over area. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152580 | MESH PATTERNS FOR TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES - An electrode for a touch sensitive device includes micro-wire conductors arranged to define an electrically continuous electrode trunk area, and including branching elements which extend outward from the electrode trunk area. The electrically continuous trunk area is patterned coincident an underlying reference mesh pattern, as are the branching elements. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152581 | FORCE AS A DEVICE ACTION MODIFIER - An aspect provides a method, including: receiving force input in a z direction with respect to a planar surface of an input device of an information handling device; measuring the force input at the input device; and modifying one or more actions of the information handling device commensurate with the measured force input; wherein the one or more actions are associated with input along the planar surface. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152582 | NOISE CORRECTION FOR STYLUS APPLICATIONS ON TABLETS AND OTHER TOUCH DEVICES - A touch sensitive device capable of detecting signals generated by a stylus and correcting the detected stylus signals for effects due to noise present on the device is disclosed. In one example, signals are taken from one or more electrodes that are a pre-determined distance away from an electrode in which a stylus signal is detected. The pre-determined distance can be empirically determined such that a noise estimate can be generated such that the electrodes have a higher probability of containing only noise that is highly correlated to the noise present on a detected stylus signal. The generated noise estimate is then subtracted from a detected stylus signal to reduce the effect of noise on the stylus signal. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152583 | OPTIMISTIC PLACEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS ON A TOUCH SCREEN - Optimistic positioning or repositioning of user interface (UI) elements on a touch screen performed by program instructions comprises storing a map of user interaction with a first UI element at a first position on the touch screen, including a force of the user interaction, to identify an area on the touch screen having repeated stress; maintaining a history of user force with the positions on the map; and responsive to the history of user force, moving the position of the first UI element on the touch screen to a second position. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECTIVELY MEASURING USER EXPERIENCE OF TOUCH SCREEN BASED DEVICES - One aspect of the invention relates to an exemplary method for measuring latency of display response of a touch screen on a touch screen based device, comprising recording, by a video camera, an interaction with the touch screen, correlating, by a processor in operative communication with the video camera, data retrieved from the recording to the interaction; and determining, by the processor, a latency of the response of the touch screen to the first contact. An interaction may comprise at least a first contact between a member and the touch screen, and a response of the touch screen to the first contact, including at least a first change of a frame of a display of the touch screen. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152585 | SCROLL JUMP INTERFACE FOR TOUCHSCREEN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - Controllers | 2014-06-05 |
20140152586 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an acquirer and a display controller. The acquirer is configured to acquire a contact area on a touchscreen display. The display controller is configured to execute display control of a first object if the contact area acquired by the acquirer is less than a first value. The display controller is further configured to execute display control of a second object different from the first object if the contact area acquired by the acquirer is not less than the first value. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152587 | IMAGE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR APPLICATIONS OF HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image adjustment system for applications of handheld devices and the method thereof are provided. An operating radius of click operation or sliding operation is received on a touch display device. The operating radius greater than or equal to a default radius is stored in a first log. The operating radius less than the default radius is stored in a second log. When the number of the first log or the second log is greater than a default number, the images displayed on the touch display device are adjusted base on a first default setting or a second default setting. Therefore, the invention achieves the effect of image adjustment for applications. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152588 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a flexible touch screen panel. A flexible touch screen panel includes a substrate, first sensing cells formed on the substrate and connected to each other in a first direction, second sensing cells formed on the substrate and connected to each other in a second direction intersected with the first direction, first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction. The first connection patterns include at least one opening part. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152589 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a display, a detector, a display controller, a display region changing unit, and an editing execution unit. The detector detects plural touches made by an indicator on a screen of the display. The display controller causes the screen to display a first element and a second element, the second element being arranged on the first element. The display region changing unit changes, if a predetermined type of change occurs in a touch position of the indicator, a display region in which the first element and the second element are displayed on the screen, in accordance with the change. The editing execution unit executes, after a first touch position and a second touch position have been detected, if a predetermined type of change occurs in the second touch position with the first touch position being maintained, editing associated with the change on the second element. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152590 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE TRACKING BASED ON TOUCH EVENTS - Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for improving image tracking based on touch events. A method is provided for outputting an image for presentation using an electronic device, the electronic device having a display refresh rate. The method includes detecting one or more touch events received via a touch sensitive surface screen associated with the electronic device, each touch event having a touch event position. The method also includes generating, by the electronic device, a synthetic touch event position based on the one or more touch event positions, the synthetic touch event position calculated to coincide in time with a predicted time, the predicted time being within an offset relative to a display refresh time corresponding to the display refresh rate. The method also includes outputting data based at least in part one or more of the synthetic touch event position or a touch event position associated with the one or more touch events. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152591 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display device, a touch sensor, an account switching module, and a display controller. The display device includes a display screen. The touch sensor is configured to detect an operation on a display screen side of the display device. The account switching module is configured to switch a logged-in account from a second account which is lower than a first account to the first account when a detection result of the touch sensor corresponds to a pinch-in operation, and to switch the logged-in account from the first account to the second account when the detection result of the touch sensor corresponds to a pinch-out operation. The display controller is configured to control the display device so as to display an image on the display screen. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152592 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a screen on which software keys are displayed, a touch detector, a key detector, a key input time acquiring module, and a touch input restricting module. The touch detector detects a touch manipulation of a software key. The key detector detects a key manipulation on an input device in which mechanical keys are arranged. The key input time acquiring module acquires a detection time of the key manipulation, and stores the acquired time in a memory. The touch input restricting module acquires a detection time of the touch manipulation, reads the detection time of the key manipulation from the memory, and restricts acceptance of the touch manipulation according to whether or not a time from the detection time of the key manipulation to the detection time of the touch manipulation is longer than or equal to a first prescribed time. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152593 | Method And System For Operating Portable Devices - A method for providing a one-hand user interface for a portable device with a touch screen including defining a one-hand operation plane on the touch screen based on a holding location of the portable device when operated by a user; enabling a one-hand operation mode; and receiving user inputs through the one-hand operation plane for controlling the portable device. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152594 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a touch screen display and a controller configured to perform a first operation in response to a first touch input received at the display from a first object; perform a second operation in response to a second touch input received at the display from a second object; distinguish between the first touch input and the second touch input when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display; and perform a third operation that is different from both the first operation and the second operation based on a gesture of the first object when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152595 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MACHINE USING PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A plurality of machines are controlled by respective corresponding numerical controllers. One portable display device is enabled to be connected to one numerical controller selected from the plurality of numerical controllers. The numerical controller which has been selected generates display data by display software in the, numerical controller, based on a key operation performed at the portable display device that is connected to the numerical controller. The portable display device receives the display data generated by the numerical controller, and displays the data on its display. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152596 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile device includes a window to receive a touch input of a user, a housing on which the window is mounted, and a display module including a display part configured to display an image through the window and a driving part configured to drive the display part. The window is disposed above the display module and the physical key is disposed above the driving part. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152597 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method and an apparatus of managing a plurality of objects displayed on a touch screen are provided. The method includes determining whether at least two objects of the plurality of objects have been touched simultaneously on the touch screen, determining whether at least one of the at least two objects has moved on the touch screen, if the at least two objects have been touched simultaneously, determining the distance between the touched at least two objects, if the at least one of the at least two objects has moved on the touch screen, combining the touched at least two objects into a set, if the distance between the touched at least two objects is less than a predetermined value, and displaying the set on the touch screen. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152598 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND TOUCH FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic system includes a display module, a touch input module, and a control module. The touch input module includes a touch panel, a transceiver control unit, and a touch processing unit. The transceiver control unit is coupled with the touch panel to transmit signal. The touch processing unit is coupled with the transceiver control unit. The control module includes a sensor and a control unit. The sensor detects an open or closed state of the display module to output a sensing signal. The control unit is coupled with the sensor to enable or disable the touch input module according to the open or closed state of the display module when the portable electronic system is at an operating mode. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152599 | MOBILE APPARATUS DISPLAYING END EFFECT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile apparatus to display an end effect is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a first layer on a touch screen, converting the at least one object in response to a first gesture that converts the at least one object, detecting that the conversion for the at least one object is ended, and displaying an end effect, which represents a message saying that the at least one object to be converted does not exist anymore or represents additional information, on the touch screen. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152600 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DISPLAY METHOD APPLIED FOR THE SAME - A touch display device fixed on a vehicle and including a display portion is provided. The display portion includes an information display area, a first interface and a second interface. The first interface and the second interface can be displayed at two sides of the display portion simultaneously. The first interface is near a driver seat and the second interface is near a non-driver seat. Moreover, a display method applied to a touch display device for a vehicle is also provided herein. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152601 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch display device includes a display, a touch panel, a storage, a touch driver, and a processor. The display displays a graphical user interface (GUI). The touch panel senses a touch operation. The touch driver defines a valid operation area of the touch panel according to the GUI and obtains information of touch operations applied to the touch panel. When a location of the touch operation is located within the valid operation area, the touch driver generates a touch signal. When a location of the touch operation is not located within the valid operation area, the touch operation is determined to be an invalid touch operation, and the touch driver does not generate a touch signal. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152602 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch sensor panel disclosed herein includes: a plurality of vertical electrodes ( | 2014-06-05 |
20140152603 | Remote Sensing Touchscreen - A remote sensing system for touchscreen is disclosed. The system is comprised of a surface and a pointer. The surface detects the point of a force exerted on the surface and the three-dimensional direction of the force. The pointer remotely exerts a force on the surface. The point of exerting the force on the surface, the 3D direction of the pointer, and the location of the pointer relative to the surface are then determined. The present invention is utilized in various 3D gaming, entertainment, engineering, and medical applications. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152604 | PINCH-THROW AND TRANSLATION GESTURES - The detection of finger pinch, rotate, and tap gestures along with a translation and optionally liftoff motion to initiate certain actions is disclosed. To detect both the gesture and the translation, a certain amount of gesture scaling speed can be detected along with a certain amount of translation speed and distance traveled. For a finger pinch gesture, the scaling speed can be computed as the dot product of the velocity vectors of two or more fingers coming together. For a finger rotation gesture, the scaling speed can be computed as a cross product of the velocity vectors of the rotating fingers. The translation speed of a gesture can be computed as the average of the velocity vectors of any fingers involved in the gesture. The amount of gesture scaling speed and translation speed needed to trigger the recognition of a combined gesture with translation can be a predetermined ratio. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152605 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PROXIMITY DETECTION PERFORMANCE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152606 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program, which simply switch to a display method which a user desires. When an information processing device ( | 2014-06-05 |
20140152607 | TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE USING SELF-SENSING SIGNALS TO IMPLEMENT PROXIMITY DETECTION FUNCTION AND RELATED PROXIMITY DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A touch-sensing device with a proximity detection function includes a capacitive touch panel and a control circuit. The capacitive touch panel is arranged for generating a plurality of self-sensing signals via a plurality of traces, respectively. The control circuit is coupled to the capacitive touch panel, and arranged for receiving the plurality of self-sensing signals from the capacitive touch panel, and determining whether there is an object approaching the capacitive touch panel according to the plurality of self-sensing signals. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152608 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a first sensing electrode layer formed on a first surface of a transparent substrate, the first sensing electrode layer having plural first electrodes. Plural first dummy electrodes are disposed among the first electrodes of the first sensing electrode layer respectively, and are electrically insulated from the first electrodes. A second sensing electrode layer is formed on a second surface being opposite to the first surface. The second sensing electrode layer includes plural second electrodes, which are disposed complementally in relation to the first electrodes. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152609 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - There are provided a touch sensing device and a touch sensing method. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first axis direction, a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second axis direction intersecting the first axis, and a control unit detecting a plurality of changes in capacitance generated between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes and thus determining a touch, wherein the control unit determines the touch based on at least one of a plurality of first error information signals corresponding to the plurality of respective first electrodes and a plurality of second error information corresponding to the plurality of respective second electrodes. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152610 | CAPACITIVE POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM - A capacitive position sensor system is provided for determining the position of an object, wherein the object is positioned within a sensitive area of the capacitive position sensor system and changes the capacitance of capacitors being arranged underneath the object. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152611 | USER INTERFACE - One variation of a user interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel fluidly coupled to a cavity and including a linear segment parallel to a first direction; a tactile layer including a tactile surface, a deformable region cooperating with the substrate to define the cavity, and an peripheral region coupled to the substrate proximal a perimeter of the cavity; a displacement device coupled to the fluid channel and configured to displace fluid through the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting, the deformable region tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a display coupled to the substrate and including a set of pixels arranged in a linear pixel pattern parallel to a second direction nonparallel with the first direction; and a sensor coupled to the substrate and configured to detect an input on the tactile surface. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152612 | TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING LOW-NOISE FREQUENCY OF THE SAME - A touch system includes a touch sensor panel and a touch-screen control circuit. The touch-screen control circuit analyzes a spectrum of noise included in touch data and determines a low-noise driving frequency while the touch screen control circuit senses the touch data input to the touch sensor panel by selectively using prototype digital filters respectively having different filter frequencies from each other. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152613 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a substrate; a drive electrode that extends in a first direction; and a plurality of touch detection electrodes that are metal wirings extending in a second direction different from the first direction. The metal wirings are arranged with a predetermined pitch so as to make capacitive coupling with the drive electrode. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152614 | CAPACITIVE MULTI-TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A capacitive multi-touch system includes a touch sensor pane, a front-end circuit, and a digital signal processor. The touch sensor panel generates a capacitance signal corresponding to a touch input. The front-end circuit converts the capacitance signal to a sensing channel signal. The digital signal processor receives a common voltage (V | 2014-06-05 |
20140152615 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel including a substrate and a plurality of approach sensing units disposed on the substrate is provided. Each approach sensing unit comprises a first driving electrode, a second driving electrode, a first sensing electrode unit and a second sensing electrode unit. The first and second driving electrodes are arranged in parallel along an axis. The first and second sensing electrode units are arranged along an axis and sense the approach of an object to generate a first approach sensing signal and a second approach sensing signal, respectively. The first and second sensing electrode units are adjacent to each other and disposed between the first and second driving electrodes or the first and second driving electrodes are adjacent to each other and disposed between the first and second sensing electrode units. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152616 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of drive electrodes that face a plurality of pixel electrodes in an orthogonal direction to the surface of the substrate, and extend in a direction parallel to the direction in which a plurality of signal lines extend. The display device with a touch detection function also includes a scan driving unit that applies a touch drive signal to a signal line that faces, in an overlapping manner in the orthogonal direction, a drive electrode to which the touch drive signal is applied. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152617 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, DRIVE METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a scan drive unit that supplies a touch drive signal to a touch detection element in a touch detection operation period different from a display operation period in which a pixel signal and a display drive signal are sequentially supplied to display elements to perform display scanning; and a noise detector that detects noise included in a frequency component sampled by a touch detection unit. When the noise detector detects the noise, the scan drive unit changes a frequency of the touch drive signal in the touch detection operation period and supplies the changed frequency to the touch detection element. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152618 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel that includes a flat membrane-like piezoelectric film provided with a first principal surface and a second principal surface which are opposed to each other. The touch panel includes first and second capacitance detection sub-electrodes on the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the piezoelectric film. The first and second capacitance detection sub-electrodes detect a touched position. The touch panel includes first and second piezoelectric voltage detection sub-electrodes on the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the piezoelectric film. The first and second piezoelectric voltage detection sub-electrodes detect a piezoelectric voltage according to an amount pressed into the piezoelectric film. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152619 | TOUCH SCREEN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152620 | NOISE REDUCTION IN DIGITIZER SYSTEM - A method for noise reduction in a digitizer includes determining a location of a stylus with a known frequency of emission over a first sampling period, sampling output from a plurality of detecting elements over a second sampling period, identifying detecting elements with sampled output in the second sampling period above a defined threshold in a selected frequency, the selected frequency being close to but different than the known frequency of the stylus, selecting as a candidate carrier of mere noise a detecting element from the detecting elements identified that is spaced away from the determined location of the stylus, and reducing values of output sampled over the second sampling period from at least one other detecting element, in accordance with the output sampled over the second sampling period from the detecting element selected as the candidate carrier of mere noise. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152621 | TOUCH-PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device includes a touch panel including first and second electrodes, an alternating-current (AC) signal source operable to input an AC signal into the first electrode, an inductive element electrically connected in series between the AC signal source and the first electrode, and a detection circuit operable to detect a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode upon a touch of an object on the touch panel, based on a change of a signal output from the second electrode. This touch panel device can enhance detection sensitivity with a simple configuration. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152622 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an imaging device, a keyboard detector, a first input detector, and a display. The keyboard detector is configured to detect a virtual keyboard based on an image captured by the imaging device. The first input detector is configured to detect an input to the virtual keyboard based on the captured image. The display is configured to display information corresponding to the input detected by the first input detector. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152623 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING HOVERING INPUT EFFECTS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic device for hovering input effects and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes displaying an input area on a display of the electronic device, sensing at least one of a position of an input means on the display and a height of the input means above the display, and displaying a hovering input effect, corresponding to a hovering input using the input means, in the input area. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152624 | Optical Touch Tomography - An optical touch-sensitive device has the capability to determine touch locations of multiple simultaneous touch events. The touch events disturb optical beams propagating across the touch sensitive surface. With multi-touch events, a single beam can be disturbed by more than one touch event. In one aspect, a non-linear transform is applied to measurements of the optical beams in order to linearize the effects of multiple touch events on a single optical beam. In another aspect, the effect of known touch events (i.e., reference touches) is modeled in advance, and then unknown touch events are determined with respect to the reference touches. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152625 | Optical Touch Panel Having SMT Components As Optical Gates - An optical touch panel and corresponding method are disclosed. The optical touch panel may include a rectangular position-detecting surface; a frame-shaped circuit board surrounding the rectangular position-detecting surface; a plurality of light-emitting elements configured for emitting a plurality of light beams, wherein the light-emitting elements are arranged along a first side of the rectangular position-detecting surface and disposed on the frame-shaped circuit board; a plurality of light-receiving elements configured for receiving light beams emitted by the plurality of light-emitting elements; a plurality of SMT components configured as optical gates for isolating ambient light to prevent erroneous light detection; and a control circuit. The plurality of SMT components and the plurality of light-receiving elements may be alternately arranged along a second side of the rectangular position-detecting surface opposite to the first side and disposed on the frame-shaped circuit board. The plurality of light-receiving elements may be arranged behind the plurality of SMT components. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152626 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PATTERN AND METHOD OF DETECTING PIXEL POSITION THEREIN - A display device and method having a pattern are provided. The display device includes a plurality of color filters which correspond to one or more sub-pixels constituting a pixel of the display device; and a black matrix formed between the plurality of color filters, wherein the one or more sub-pixels include one or more position marks indicating an absolute position of each pixel of the display device and one or more error correction marks for correcting an error when the one or more position marks are detected. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152627 | Electromagnetic Pointer and Control Method Thereof - An electromagnetic pressure-sensitive pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic pointer comprises a pen core and an oscillating circuit. The pointer core has a pointer tip. The oscillating circuit comprises a plurality of conductive terminals and a conductor. A capacitance of the oscillating circuit is increased through the contact between the conductive terminals and the conductor as a force is applied upon the pointer tip. When pointer's tip is been pressed, the pointer's frequency will have an obvious transition while its pressure-sensitivity is maintained. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152628 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE FOR HAND-HELD DEVICES - The present invention discloses a minuscule wireless computer input device to be positioned on the fingertip to provide various functions. For example, the user can effortlessly move or rotate objects in 3D on a computer screen when his/her fingertip touches the screen. The fingertip movement on a surface functions as a computer mouse to manipulate the movement of the computer cursor on a screen. The device can be attached to a stylist, pencil, or similar tools, and also be easily detached or attached at any moment. It is perfectly adaptable for use with HMDs, such as GOOGLE GLASS, while exploring the landscape, driving a car, or lying supine with the need to interact with a computer application. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152629 | SHIFT REGISTER AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are a shift register and a flat panel display device. The shift register includes a plurality of stages that supply a gate-on voltage pulse to a plurality of gate lines formed in a display panel. Each of the stages includes a pull-up transistor configured to supply one of a plurality of clock signals to an output node according to a voltage of a first node, a pull-down transistor configured to supply a gate-off voltage to the output node according to a voltage of a second node, a node controller configured to control the voltages of the first and second nodes on the basis of a gate start signal, and a switching unit connected to at least two gate lines adjacent to the output node, and configured to sequentially supply gate-on voltage pulses having different pulse widths to the at least two adjacent gate lines using the clock signal. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152630 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A novel highly reliable display device is provided. Further, a novel display device capable of displaying images with less flicker is provided. Further, a display device capable of displaying eye-friendly still images is provided. The display device includes a feedthrough correction circuit which corrects a primary image signal. The feedthrough correction circuit corrects the primary image signal to compensate predicted feedthrough. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152631 | CLIMATE CONTROL PANEL WITH NON-PLANAR DISPLAY - A control is provided that includes a current altering device for control of peripheral devices and a display having a first segment, second segment and third segment and the first and second segments are not located in the same plane. The display includes at least one touch sensitive segment to operate a peripheral control function. The display includes alphanumeric display areas adjacent to first and second segments. In an embodiment the display may have an arc shape and the first segment is located at an apex of the arc of the display in a first plane and a second segment is located in a second plane. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152632 | Solar Cell Ambient Light Sensors For Electronic Devices - An electronic device is provided with a display and a solar cell ambient light sensor that receives light through a portion of the display. The solar cell ambient light sensor may include one or more thin-film photovoltaic cells. A voltage that accumulates within the thin-film photovoltaic cell in response to ambient light is sampled and converted into ambient light data. The device includes control circuitry that modifies the intensity of display light generated by the display based on the ambient light data from the photovoltaic cell. The solar cell ambient light sensor is attached to a transparent cover layer, a color filter layer, or any other layer of the display. When the accumulated voltage is not being sampled for ambient light measurements, the voltage may be used to provide charge to a battery in the device. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152633 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device, which is capable of compensating for variations in the characteristics of driving transistors, comprising a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a driving transistor for operating a light emitting device to make the light emitting device emit light with a data current corresponding to a data voltage; a panel driver for detecting the characteristics of the driving transistors including at least one of mobility and threshold voltage of the driving transistor included in each pixel during a time period when there exists no user around the display panel, generating compensated input data by compensating input data according to the characteristics after the detection of the characteristics is completed, and generating data voltage through the use of the compensated input data; and a sensor for sensing whether or not there exists a user around the display panel, and supplying the sensing result to the panel driver. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152634 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVE DEVICE, AND DRIVE METHOD - The objective of the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of flickering and to reduce the power consumption of a display device. A liquid crystal display device that is an embodiment of the present invention splits one frame into a plurality of fields and performs interlaced driving, and has a timing controller that, with a predetermined number of selected pixels in the direction of a scanning line and a signal line as units, is for reversing the polarity of a data signal applied to selected pixels in a field in a manner so that there is the same number of positive and negative polarities of the data signal applied to the selected pixels disposed along a signal line, and is for reversing the polarity in a manner such that the polarity of the data signal applied to the selected pixels changes for each frame. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152635 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWERING DISPLAY BOARDS - Systems and methods are described for providing data to the multiple LED blocks of a LED display board. Each LED block can include an electrical connection or interface that has a reduced complexity compared with prior LED display boards. Six pins may be used for the connections between blocks—including a ground pin, an input/output (I/O) pin, two video link pins, and two communication link pins. Systems and methods are described for controlling the power supplied to LED block(s) of a LED display board. A power controller coordinates the supply of power to the LED blocks. The power controller controls the supply of power to selected groups of the blocks of a video board in a way to reduce the differences in peak instantaneous power supplied to sections of the display board or the entire display board itself, and thereby increase the useful service life of the power supply components. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152636 | OLED DISPLAY DEVICE - An OLED display device includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels located in a matrix and a second substrate facing the first substrate. The plurality of pixels each include a pixel circuit to which a data voltage is written and an OLED display element including a first electrode supplied with a current from the pixel circuit in accordance with the data voltage, and a second electrode supplied with a power supply voltage. The first substrate and the second substrate each include a plurality of power supply lines; the plurality of power supply lines of the first substrate and the plurality of power supply lines of the second substrate are respectively connected to each other via a conductive member; and each of the plurality of power supply lines is connected to the second electrode of the OLED display element. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152637 | TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT USING SAME, COLOR-CONVERTING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-CONVERTING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, ORGANIC LASER DIODE LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DYE LASER, DISPLAY DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is a transition metal complex represented by the following formula (1): | 2014-06-05 |
20140152638 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY MODULE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display module includes an electrophoretic display panel, a driving circuit, and a power converter. The electrophoretic display panel includes a plurality of display units. Each of the display units is configured to display images according to a display voltage. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the plurality of display units for outputting the display voltage to the corresponding display unit according to a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage, and changing the display voltage according to a display signal. The power converter is configured to output the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage to the driving circuit according to a power source during a frame refreshing period, wherein the power converter is turned off after a predetermined length of time following the driving circuit changing the display voltage. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152639 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device includes: a pixel unit including first pixels positioned at intersection parts between first data lines and first scan lines and the second pixels positioned at intersection parts between the second data lines and the second scan lines; a scan driver sequentially supplying first scan signals to the first scan lines and sequentially supplying second scan signals to the second scan lines; a data driver supplying first output signals to first output lines and supplying second output signals to second output lines; and a demultiplexer block unit including demultiplexers which demultiplex the first output signals in response to control signals, respectively, and supply the demultiplexed signals to the first data lines, wherein the second output lines are directly connected to the second data lines. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152640 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE OF A DISPLAY PANEL AND THE DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An array substrate of a display panel is provided with new layout design. The array substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixel group, a plurality of switching device, a pair of first data lines, and a plurality of scan line. Each of the sub-pixel group comprises a first sub-pixel group and a second sub-pixel group. Each of the first sub-pixel group and the second sub-pixel group comprises a first, a second, a third sub-pixel, and is disposed in a first column. The first, the second, and the third sub-pixels are having different voltages while the array substrate of a display panel is displaying in a two-dimensional (2D) mode. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152641 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING LOW POWER CONSUMPTION AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An electrowetting display apparatus includes an electrowetting pixel configured to display an image. The electrowetting pixel includes a polar liquid and a nonpolar liquid arranged between a common electrode and a pixel electrode; and a driving circuit configured to control operations of the electrowetting pixel. The driving circuit includes a memory circuit configured to store an image to be displayed by the electrowetting pixel. The driving circuit is further configured to periodically provide a reset signal to the electrowetting pixel while the electrowetting pixel is displaying the image and provide an image stored in the memory circuit to the electrowetting pixel after the electrowetting pixel cell resets. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152642 | ERROR COMPENSATOR AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An error compensator and an organic light emitting display device using the same. The organic light emitting display device includes pixels each having a driving transistor and an organic light emitting diode; and a sensing unit extracting at least one of a first information including the threshold voltage of the driving transistor or a second information including the degradation of the organic light emitting diode from a pixel of the pixels. In the organic light emitting display device, the sensing unit includes an amplifier amplifying a voltage corresponding to the at least one of the first information or the second information; and an error compensator compensating for error components of elements included in the amplifier and the error compensator. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152643 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - Provided is an organic light emitting display including a display panel, a data driver supplying a data signal to the display panel, a timing controller controlling the data driver, a power source supply unit converting an external voltage and outputting a high potential voltage and a low potential voltage through a first power source line and a second power source line, a measurement unit measuring a current or a voltage flowing through the first power source line and the second power source line and outputting a measured value, and a compensation coefficient calculator matching the measured value and a reference value stored in the compensation coefficient calculator to a driving signal and comparing the measured value and the reference value to judge a degree of noise and calculating a compensation coefficient. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152644 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The plurality of stages of circuit blocks of a driver circuit in a display device include a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is connected at its gate with a first node and controls conductivity between a scanning signal line and a first clock signal line applied with a first clock signal. The first node is at an active potential when at least any one signal of signals output from one stage in each of a forward direction and a reverse direction is at the active potential. The second transistor is connected at its gate with the first node and controls conductivity between the first clock signal line and an input signal line of another stage of circuit block. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152645 | LCD PANEL DRIVING METHOD, DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LCD DEVICE - A driving method of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel comprises a scan driving process and a data driving process. In the scan driving process, overlapping time regions are formed simultaneously between a positive edge and a negative edge of the scan lines when a drive of a last row of a scan line is switched to drive of a next row of the scan line. In the data driving process, when a time of data signal corresponding to the last row of the scan line overlaps a time of the overlapping time regions, the data signal corresponding to the next row of the scan line are outputted. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152646 | CUBIC DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A multisided display device includes a flexible substrate configured to have a shape of a polyhedron and including a plurality of flattened portions, a plurality of bending portions, a first surface having a plurality of pixels thereon, and a second surface opposite the first surface, a plurality of rigid substrates corresponding to the plurality of flattened portions and positioned at the second surface of the flexible substrate, a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to the plurality of pixels, and a data driver for supplying a data signal to the plurality of pixels. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152647 | Depth Estimation Using Three-Dimensional Epipolar Data Structures - Systems and methods are provided for depth map estimation using three-dimensional epipolar data structures. The image manipulation application receives image data depicting an image space from a multiple perspectives. The image manipulation application generates at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure from the image data. The at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure includes data describing the difference in position of at least one object between the perspectives. The at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure corresponds to at least one region of the image space. The image manipulation application generates a depth map based on the at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152648 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANNOTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments enable a three-dimensional annotation system and method that accepts desired depths for regions of input images and annotates two-dimensional/three-dimensional images with three-dimensional annotations for viewing at the desired depth(s) in any three-dimensional manner. Enables rapid and intuitive specification of desired depth and application of depth to regions in the two-dimensional images, or when editing three-dimensional images, as annotated by the three-dimensional annotations having at least one depth associated with the annotation. Enables rapid and intuitive depth augmentation or editing of an input image. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152649 | Inspector Tool for Viewing 3D Images - In order to decrease the amount of time required to localize a structure of interest and generate a diagnostic image, a target point is identified within a volume represented by a 3D dataset. The target point is based on a first user input. The 3D dataset is scaled around the identified target point to identify a volume of interest within the 3D dataset, where the scale is based on one or more second user inputs. The 3D dataset is automatically cropped to the volume of interest based on the scaling, and a representation of the cropped 3D dataset is displayed. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TILE-BASED RENDERING - A method for tile-based rendering may include verifying a size of a memory available in an apparatus for rendering, and determining a number of buffers required for performing a rendering based on graphics data input, and may further include determining a size of a tile to be used for performing the rendering based on the determined number of buffers and the size of the memory available. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152651 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PANORAMA IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Three dimensional (3D) operational user interface generation systems and methods are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include calculating a number of locations for a virtual camera, placing the virtual camera at each of the number of locations, generating a 3D image at each of the number of locations, implementing object information for each pixel of the 3D image, and generating a 3D user interface utilizing the 3D image at each of the number of locations. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152652 | ORDER-PRESERVING DISTRIBUTED RASTERIZER - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for rendering graphics primitives in parallel while maintaining the API primitive ordering. Multiple, independent geometry units perform geometry processing concurrently on different graphics primitives. A primitive distribution scheme delivers primitives concurrently to multiple rasterizers at rates of multiple primitives per clock while maintaining the primitive ordering for each pixel. The multiple, independent rasterizer units perform rasterization concurrently on one or more graphics primitives, enabling the rendering of multiple primitives per system clock. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152653 | Ultrasound image processing to render three-dimensional images from two-dimensional images - Methods for processing two-dimensional ultrasound images from an intracardiac ultrasound imaging catheter provide improved image quality and enable generating three-dimensional composite images of the heart. Two-dimensional ultrasound images are obtained and stored in conjunction with correlating information, such as time or an electrocardiogram. Images related to particular conditions or configurations of the heart can be processed in combination to reduce image noise and increase resolution. Images may be processed to recognize structure edges, and the location of structure edges used to generate cartoon rendered images of the structure. Structure locations may be averaged over several images to remove noise, distortions and blurring from movement. | 2014-06-05 |
20140152654 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEASUREMENT INFORMATION USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALIPER - Provided are a medical system and a method for providing measurement information by setting a three-dimensional (3D) caliper on a 3D image. The medical system includes: an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data corresponding to a 3D image of a living body including an object; a user input unit that receives user input information; and a processor that generates 3D data by using the image data and the 3D image by using the 3D data, detects 3D geometry information corresponding to a 3D caliper from the 3D data based on the user input information, sets the 3D caliper on the 3D image based on the detected 3D geometry information, and creates measurement information. | 2014-06-05 |