25th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100156794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COUPLING AN OUTER COVERING TO A FRAME OF AN APPLIANCE - Coupling an outer covering to a frame of an appliance. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are devices including a frame member of an appliance (the frame member defines an outer portion and a first ridge feature on the outer portion, the first ridge feature has a length along the frame member, a height, and a flat contact portion that defines a width), an outer covering member in contact with the contact portion of the first ridge feature, and an adhesive disposed between the frame member and the outer covering member proximate to the first ridge feature (the adhesive adhered to the frame member and the outer covering member). For at least a portion of the length of the first ridge feature, a thickness of the adhesive is the same as a height of the first ridge feature. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156795 | LARGE SIZE CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A capacitive touch screen panel (TSP) includes multiple TSP sections assembled in a planar arrangement to provide a unitary user interface area. Each one of the TSP sections is configured for independent activation/deactivation with respect to other TSP sections. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156796 | ADAPTIVE KEYPAD DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an adaptive keypad device for a portable terminal and a method for controlling the adaptive keypad device. The adaptive keypad device includes a display screen being opened from or slid on a keypad by a user in at least two directions, an adaptive keypad on which letters or numbers are re-oriented and displayed in the same direction as a direction in which the display screen is opened or slid, a display element disposed on a side surface of the adaptive keypad, and a controller being connected to the display element to control a display state of the display element according to the direction of the opening or sliding of the display screen. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156797 | COMPACT HANDSET COMMUNICATION AND PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHODS - The present invention is directed to a handheld electronic device comprising one or two modules operatively interconnected via a pivotable connection mechanism or other moveable mechanical interconnection. Each module has two surfaces facing in opposing directions. The device further comprises a first display carried by a surface of a module, and possibly a text-entry keypad provided on a different surface. The text-entry keypad is optimized for entry of text via thumb-keying styled text-entry, wherein the user's hands cradle the device so the thumbs are in proper position for operation of the keypad. A navigation control may be provided on a surface of the module, and is sized and positioned to be operated by at least one finger or at least one thumb of the user's hands when cradling the device. There may also be provided for handset use, a second display sized substantially smaller than the first display, as well as a numerical entry keypad, an audio output port, an audio input port, or selective ones of such devices. These components can be provided on the surface of one of the two modules, such that these types of components remain uncovered and accessible in various configurations of the device. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156798 | Accelerometer Sensitive Soft Input Panel - A virtual keyboard may be created on the display screen or soft input panel of a portable electronic device. The virtual keyboard may be created such that it is larger than the screen size of the portable electronic device. The virtual keyboard may be moved or slid across the screen to gain access to the keys thereon. Movement of the portable electronic device may be used to cause a corresponding movement of the virtual keyboard. The movement of the portable electronic device may be measured through the use of accelerometer data. The virtual keyboard may be configured by the user of the portable electronic device. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156799 | Portable Terminal Device and Input Mode Control Method - A portable terminal device in which a preset input mode can be forcibly return to by a simple operation and the user convenience and operability can be improved and its input mode control method. When the operation of a specific key is detected or the operating time of the specific key is monitored and it is detected that the specific key is continuously operated for a predetermined time or more, a control unit | 2010-06-24 |
20100156800 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A DATA INPUT METHOD FOR THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a data input method for the electronic device are provided. The electronic device has keys and a display device. When a user depress one or more keys to complete data input, a set of values is acquired. To locate a data from a database of the electronic device, the acquired set of values is compared with standard values of the entries in the database. The standard values of the located data match the acquired set of values. The electronic device displays the located data on the display device. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156801 | LIGHTING AND USABILITY FEATURES FOR KEY STRUCTURES AND KEYPADS ON COMPUTING DEVICES - A keypad is provided for a computing device. The keypad includes one or more lighting devices or mechanisms for illuminating a plurality of keys structures. In an embodiment, the plurality of key structures are formed from a milky material. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156802 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A CHARACTER IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device includes a character selecting system to select proper characters to edit a short message on the mobile electronic device. Selection of the proper characters by the character selecting system includes generation of a character list to edit a short message, generation of a number list corresponding to the character list, and activation of key-presses on the mobile device corresponding to numbers in the number list, to select the proper characters from the character list to edit the short message. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156803 | Keyboard formed from touch display panel, method of imparting a keyboard input function to a touch display device, and device having a keyboard or hand-writing input function and an image output function - A keyboard layout image is displayed on a touch display, so as to serve as a keyboard to perform a key-in function corresponding to the keyboard layout image through touching the touch display. The keyboard layout image displayed on the touch display may be defined by an end user. Furthermore, a plurality of such touch displays may be connected in series to form a bigger keyboard with more defined key images. The keyboard formed from a touch display panel according to the present invention may be used in a device with a keyboard or writing pad input function and an image output function to replace a conventional keyboard or writing pad. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156804 | MULTI-FINGER SUB-GESTURE REPORTING FOR A USER INTERFACE DEVICE - Touch sensor methods, devices and systems are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention pertains to a method for reporting a sub-gesture on a touch sensing surface, e.g., laid over a display of a user interface device. The method comprises determining a number of fingers simultaneously placed on the touch sensing surface. The method also comprises periodically sampling respective position data of the fingers moving along the touch sensing surface and calculating event data based on the position data, wherein each of the event data includes a geometric shape associated with the number of fingers and a centroid of the geometric shape. The method further comprises forwarding the event data to a presentation layer of application of the user interface device, where the application is configured to identify a gesture based on a subset of the event data. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156805 | Touch Screen Device and Methods Thereof Configured for a Plurality of Resolutions - Disclosed is a touch screen and a method of touch screen having a first plurality of sensor segments coupled to first scan lines and a second plurality of sensor segments being subsections of one of the first plurality of sensor segments, the second plurality of sensor segments including second scan lines that are bundled by a multiplexer configured to aggregate output of the second plurality of sensor segments into a single transmission channel. The individual output of the multiplexed sensor segments subsections can be either combined into a single signal for processing during a normal scan, or their individual output can be processed individually for higher resolution. Using two scans, the first a normal scan, and the second a higher resolution scan, the disclosed touch screen and methods zoom in on the proximity of the touched area and scans with a higher resolution the proximity only where it is needed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156806 | ZOOMING TECHNIQUES FOR TOUCH SCREENS - A device may include a touch-sensitive display, a memory to store a group of instructions, and a processor. The processor may execute the instructions in the memory to detect that a circular motion is being made on or near a surface of the touch-sensitive screen, detect a location on the touch-sensitive screen at which the circular motion is being made, and zoom in or zoom out on an item, being displayed on the touch-sensitive screen at the detected location, based on detecting that the circular motion is being made on or near the surface of the touch-sensitive screen. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156807 | ZOOMING KEYBOARD/KEYPAD - A device detects an input object that is one of in contact with or adjacent to a touch screen of the computing device, calculates a location on the touch screen that is associated with the detected input object, and enlarges a display element, associated with the location, to a first size larger than sizes associated with one or more other display elements displayed on the touch screen. The device also enlarges one or more other display elements, provided adjacent to the display element, to a second size smaller than the first size, and displays, on the touch screen, the display element enlarged to the first size and the one or more other display elements, provided adjacent to the display element, enlarged to the second size. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156808 | MORPHING TOUCH SCREEN LAYOUT - A device displays one or more display elements on a touch screen associated with the device, and detects interaction of a finger, associated with a user of the device, with the touch screen. The device also calculates one or more touch areas associated with the finger based on the detected interaction, and resizes, reshapes, and/or relocates the one or more display elements based on the calculated one or more touch areas. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVIONIC TOUCHSCREEN OPERATION PROVIDING SENSIBLE FEEDBACK - A method is provided for avionic touchscreen operation. The method includes the steps of displaying one or more user input devices on a touchscreen panel, receiving user inputs on a face of the touchscreen panel, and generating input signals in response to the user inputs. The method further includes the steps of generating operational signals in response to comparing the input signals to predetermined user input signals, adjusting one or more avionic operation parameters in response to the operational signals, and providing user sensible outputs in response to the operational signals and in accordance with the user inputs. The step of providing user sensible output includes providing two or more user sensible outputs selected from the group of providing user sensible outputs including providing visual outputs, providing audible outputs and providing tactile outputs. Alternatively, the one or more user input devices displayed on the touchscreen panel includes one or more knobs. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156810 | DIAMOND PATTERN ON A SINGLE LAYER - A touch screen assembly and method of manufacturing thereof that includes a single layer of conductive material is provided. The conductive material is configured to include a horizontal pattern and a vertical pattern of electrodes, with one of the patterns having gaps between the electrodes, such that the electrodes in the horizontal pattern do not come into direct contact with electrodes in the vertical pattern. To provide a connection between the electrodes separated by gaps in the interrupted pattern, an insulating material is placed onto the gaps over the uninterrupted pattern, and a printable and electrically conductive connector is positioned over the insulating material and functions to couple at least two electrodes together. In one embodiment, the conductive connector includes carbon nanotubes. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156811 | NEW PATTERN DESIGN FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A capacitive touch sensor assembly that includes multiple regions is provided herein. Each of the multiple regions may include a top and a bottom array of patterned conductive material, such as indium tin oxide. The touch sensor assembly may further include a separate controller for each region, wherein the patterned conductive material in each region is coupled to the controller associated with that region. In one configuration, the top array of each region may not be aligned with the associated bottom region, such that multiple controllers may sense touches at a single point. Further, the patterned conductive material may include a plurality of rows and columns of diamond-shaped electrodes, wherein all of the electrodes have substantially the same surface area. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156812 | GESTURE-BASED DELIVERY FROM MOBILE DEVICE - A computing device displays an item on a display of the computing device and establishes a wireless connection with one or more other devices. The computing device receives an input gesture on a touch panel of the computing device, where the input gesture has a direction, and determines a geographic direction of the input gesture. The computing device also identifies one of the one or more other devices in the geographic direction and sends the item on the display to the one of the one or more devices in the geographic direction. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156813 | Touch-Sensitive Display Screen With Absolute And Relative Input Modes - A touch-sensitive display screen has at least two input modes for touch input. In an absolute input mode, positional information is interpreted in an absolute sense: an on-screen object or cursor can be moved, selected or activated by tapping or touching the screen at the location of the object itself or at a desired location for the object. In a relative input mode, touch input provided on the display screen is interpreted in a manner similar to a virtual joystick or a virtual touchpad. In the virtual joystick relative mode, input is interpreted relative to a reference point on the screen. In the virtual touchpad relative mode, input is interpreted according to a direction of motion of a contact point. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156814 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive input surface includes monitoring the touch-sensitive input surface of a touch event thereon, and modulating a force on the touch-sensitive input surface for causing a first movement of the touch-sensitive input surface relative to a base of the electronic device in response to detection of a touch event on the touch-sensitive input surface. The force is applied by at least one actuator in a single direction on the touch-sensitive input surface. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156815 | Method and Touch-Sensitive Apparatus for Searching Entries in a Stored List | 2010-06-24 |
20100156816 | SELECTABLE OPTIONS FOR GRAPHIC OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH-SCREEN INTERFACE - Graphic objects may be displayed on the touch-screen display as part of a graphical interface presented to the user. Options relating to the graphic objects may be displayed near or around the object. The options may be displayed as one or more icons that are displayed on the graphical interface and are visually associated with the selected object. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156817 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A character input method applicable to a handheld electronic device is provided. The character input method includes the following steps. Firstly, a motion path of the handheld electronic device is sensed. Next, the motion path is transformed into a stroke path. Afterward, an input character corresponding to the stroke path is recognized. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156818 | MULTI TOUCH WITH MULTI HAPTICS - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multi-touch sensing device such as a multi-touch touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multi-touch sensing device, and identifying at least one multi-touch gesture based on the data from the multi-touch sensing device and providing an appropriate multi-haptic response. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A TOUCH POSITION, AND TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A method for detecting a touch position includes integrating a readout current detected at a sensing part to generate an integrated readout voltage, converting the integrated readout voltage into a digital converted readout voltage data and compensating a variation of the digital converted readout voltage data to determine whether the sensing part is touched. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156820 | Variable Size Sensing System and Method for Redefining Size of Sensing Area thereof - In a variable size sensing system and a method for redefining the size of a sensing area thereof, the sensing system includes four elements, a mark and two image sensing devices. The four elements are consecutively connected and thereby forming a frame. Two of the four elements have variable lengths so as to adjust the size of the frame. The inner edge of the frame defines a sensing area of a parallelogram shape. The sensing system has a first and a second working mode. The sensing area has a first size and a second size when the sensing system is in the first working mode and the second working mode respectively, wherein the first size is predetermined and smaller than the second size. The mark is used to mark a fixed length. When the sensing system is changed from the first working mode to the second working mode, the mark sensed by the image sensing devices can be utilized to redefine the size of the sensing area in the sensing system. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156821 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVING DIRECTION OF INPUTS - An electronic device includes an input apparatus and a processor. The input apparatus includes a plurality of infrared ray (IR) modules, and each of the plurality of IR modules generates a pulse signal when activated by a user input. The processor includes a plurality of interrupt pins, and each of the plurality of interrupt pins is connected to one of the plurality of IR modules to receive a corresponding pulse signal from the one of the plurality of IR modules and to generate a corresponding interrupt signal. The processor determines if the input is a sliding input and a moving direction of the sliding input according to the interrupt signals generated by the plurality of interrupt pins. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156822 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE INTERFACE DEVICE - A touch-sensitive interface device is disclosed. The touch-sensitive interface device according to an embodiment of the invention can include a touchscreen, an image display panel coupled to one face of the touchscreen, a driving unit that vibrates the touchscreen in a direction parallel to the face of the touchscreen such that the tactile feel at the surface of the touchscreen is changed, and a control unit that controls the operating frequency of the driving unit. The touch-sensitive interface device can vibrate the touchscreen in a direction parallel to a face of the touchscreen, providing the user with a sensation that the tactile feel changes at the portion that the user touches. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156823 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME TO PROVIDE TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method includes determining an adjustable response setting for an electronic device, detecting a touch event on a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, and imparting, by an actuator, a first force on the touch-sensitive display by increasing the first force over a ramp-up time period and reducing the first force over a depression time period, to simulate actuation of a switch based on the adjustable response setting. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156824 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display movable with respect to the housing, and at least one piezoelectric actuator arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal by moving the touch-sensitive display. The at least one piezoelectric actuator may move the touch-sensitive display, resulting in vibration or a single movement of the touch-sensitive display. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156825 | Liquid crystal display - A multi-touch sensing method and apparatus are described. The multi-touch sensing method includes: storing, in a memory, coordinate values of a first dead zone and coordinate values of a second dead zone existing between first and second pair of image sensors, respectively; calculating coordinate values of touch points from images obtained by the first and second pairs of image sensors; comparing the coordinate values of the touch point and the coordinate values of the dead zones to identify the location of the dead zone to which the touch point belongs; selecting the coordinate values calculated in the third step if the coordinate values of the touch point belong to the first dead zone; and selecting the coordinate values calculated in the second step if the coordinate values of the touch point belong to the second dead zone. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156826 | TOUCH PANEL - In a touch panel, a rectangular resistive film is formed on a substrate and electrodes are provided along the four sides of the resistive film. Each electrode includes a plurality of gaps and a plurality of divided electrodes. The divided electrodes are linearly arranged along the corresponding side of the resistive film, and the electrode, in which the divided electrodes at both ends are connected to terminals, respectively, is formed by arranging the divided electrodes of the same shape and repeating this same shape. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156827 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a display panel which can detect a touch position derived from a user's touch and can prevent erroneous touch position data from being generated even when an erroneous connection to a position sensing line is present due a processing deviation or a cell gap deviation, and a manufacturing method of the same. The display panel includes a first substrate, a first sensor pad that is formed on the first substrate, a second sensor pad that is spaced apart from the first sensor pad, a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate, a first sensor spacer that is formed on the second substrate to overlap the first sensor pad and protrudes toward the first substrate, a second sensor spacer that is formed on the second substrate to overlap the second sensor pad and protrudes toward the first substrate, and a sensor electrode that is formed on the first sensor spacer and the second sensor spacer to overlap the first sensor pad and the second sensor pad, wherein the second sensor spacer protrudes toward the first substrate more than the first sensor spacer does. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156828 | TOUCH TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch type display device includes: a flat panel display module; a plurality of infrared light emitting units disposed on a portion or on the entirety of the edge of the flat panel display module; an infrared camera disposed on at least two corners of the flat panel display module; and a band pass filter allowing light of a certain wavelength band in light emitted from the infrared light emitting units to pass therethrough so as to be supplied to the infrared camera. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156829 | METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for driving a touch panel-mounted electrophoretic display device includes: connecting a first control line or a second control line and a first electrode of the device with a switching circuit based on output from a memory circuit, and setting the electric potentials of the first and second control lines to first and second potentials, during an inputting period when positional information is input to the touch panel; and inputting an image signal including a touch panel signal for displaying the trajectory of the positional information input to the touch panel to the memory circuit of the selected pixel through the data lines and a pixel switching element by selecting the pixel connected to the corresponding scanning line by simultaneously supplying a scanning signal to the scanning lines while the potential of the second electrode is set to the first electric potential. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156830 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156831 | Dual Pen Interactive Whiteboard System - An electromagnetic interactive whiteboard system includes a first electronic pen ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100156832 | ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD AND LAPTOP - The present invention in several embodiments is an innovative touch screen keyboard designed to alleviate the strain that comes with using a computer everyday. This touch screen keyboard features a touch screen surface having touch screen keys which may be struck by an individual as if such individual were typing on a traditional computer keyboard. Such touch screen keyboard is split into sections which can be positioned by a user in specific relation to his or her hands for individual comfort. The touch screen keyboard is low to no impact to prevent damage to the nerves caused from repetitive typing. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156833 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DATA DISPLAYED ON THE TOUCH SCREEN - In a time data display mode, a time data is displayed in at least one display block partially assigned to a touch screen of an electronic device. After the touch gesture or the drag gesture is detected in one of the display block, the current time data in the display block can be replaced with a new time data according to the touch gesture or the drag gesture. The new time data may be a following time data or a previous time data which can be determined according to a location of the touch gesture, or a direction and a distance of the drag gesture. In addition, the extent of a change in the time data may be determined according to duration of the touch gesture or a speed of the drag gesture. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156834 | IMAGE SELECTION METHOD - Methods and systems for selecting one or more images from a plurality of captured images are disclosed. One method comprises the steps of: analysing the plurality of captured images to recognise faces in the captured images using a facial recognition process (step | 2010-06-24 |
20100156835 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a detector and a controller. The detector detects a contacted area. The controller selects an activation mode to activate the information processor based on information related to the contacted area detected by the detector prior to activation of the information processor. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156836 | Head mount display - A HMD photographs at least a portion of a field of view of a user, and detects a hand of the user based on a result of analysis of an imaged image. The HMD performs a control of deciding and displaying a position of an operation part of a virtual operation panel based on a position of the detected hand of the user. A position associated with the hand visible to the user is set as a display position of the virtual operation panel which tracks the position of the hand of the user. The HMD determines whether or not the virtual operation panel is operated based on a contact position of a finger of the user detected by a touch panel, and performs a control corresponding to an operation position of the virtual operation panel when it is determined that the virtual operation panel is operated. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156837 | VIRTUAL KEYPAD INPUT DEVICE - A compact input device for fast text input. Ten perimeter regions are defined in a decagon shaped ring on a touch pad, and nine more center regions arranged in a 3 by 3 matrix are defined at the center of the perimeter regions. In alphanumeric mode, each of the ten perimeter regions represents a numeral or a character of the same order, found on a corresponding key of the ten numeric keys, 0 to 9, found on a standard 12-key telephone keypad. All perimeter regions synchronously switch to another group of characters of the same order, in accordance with the direction of a swipe on any of the perimeter regions. A tap on a perimeter region selects the character represented by the region at the moment. In addition, it is capable of operating in a standard 12-key telephone keypad mode, pointing device mode, and symbol mode. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156838 | CAPACITIVE INPUT DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a capacitive input display device, including: a display module | 2010-06-24 |
20100156839 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SLIDER - A capacitive touch slider array comprises a first conductive trace associated with a first sensing node. The first conductive trace includes a first conductive line and a plurality of first conductive fingers extending from the first conductive line. The plurality of first conductive fingers have lengths that increase from a first end of the capacitive touch slider array to a second end of the capacitive touch slider array. A second conductive trace associated with a second sensing node includes a second conductive line and a plurality of second conductive fingers extending from the second conductive line. The plurality of second conductive fingers have lengths that increase from the second end of the capacitive touch slider array to the first end of the capacitive touch slider array. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156840 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR HAVING VARYING SHEET RESISTANCE - A touch screen sensor includes a visible light transparent substrate and an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate. The micropattern includes a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern. The first region micropattern has a first sheet resistance value in a first direction, is visible light transparent, and has at least 90% open area. The second region micropattern has a second sheet resistance value in the first direction. The first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156841 | Display Device with Touch panel and Fabricating Method thereof - A display device with touch panel and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The display device with touch panel includes a flexible display panel and a force sensitive touch panel. The force sensitive touch panel is disposed under a portion of the flexible display panel. Since the force sensitive touch panel is only configured under the portion of the flexible display panel, the display device with touch panel may have touching control function and flexibility at the same time. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156842 | RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A touch screen and method for manufacturing a touch screen includes a transparent substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The transparent substrate has a first transparent conductive layer disposed on the first surface. A cover sheet is spaced from the substrate by a plurality of spacer elements and has a second transparent conductive layer coated at a surface of the cover sheet and opposed to the first transparent conductive layer. An electromagnetic interference shield is disposed at the second surface of the transparent substrate. The electromagnetic interference shield includes a third transparent conductive layer. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156843 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT - A portable electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a piezoelectric actuator arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal. A pad is disposed in alignment with a force sensor such that depression of the touch-sensitive display causes the force sensor to generate a force signal. A processor configured to receive the force signal and to generate the actuation signal based on the force signal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156844 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL - A portable electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a piezoelectric actuator disposed and preloaded on a support and arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal. The touch-sensitive display may be biased toward the piezoelectric actuator to preload the piezoelectric actuator. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156845 | VIBRATION TOUCH SENSOR, METHOD FOR VIBRATION TOUCH SENSING AND VIBRATION TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY PANEL - A vibration touch sensor includes; a first substrate, a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second electrode disposed on the second substrate, a piezoelectric material layer disposed on one of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the piezoelectric material layer generates an electrical signal in response to an external touch applied to at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a controller which receives the electrical signal generated from the piezoelectric material layer and generates a touch input signal, the controller controlling an alternating current voltage applied to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156846 | SINGLE SUBSTRATE CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A touch screen sensor assembly that includes a single substrate. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a first patterned transparent conductive layer (e.g., indium tin oxide) disposed on top of the substrate. The assembly also includes a second patterned transparent conductive layer disposed over the first conductive layer, with a layer of silicon oxide disposed therebetween. The silicon oxide layer functions to electrically isolate the first and second conductive layers, thereby eliminating the need for two substrates or a single substrate having transparent conductive layers on each of its top and bottom surfaces. The assembly may also be connectable to a single, non-bifurcated flexible printed circuit operative to connect the assembly to a controller. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156847 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING A TOUCH SENSOR - A display device includes; a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor disposed in proximity to the first touch sensor, a shade located on the second touch sensor wherein the shade controls intensity of incident light to the second touch sensor so that the second touch sensor receives a different intensity than the first touch sensor, and a reader which receives a first signal and a second signal from the first touch sensor and the second touch sensor, respectively and which analyzes the first signal and the second signal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156848 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE TYPE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide includes forming a core layer on a first clad layer, forming a second clad layer on the core layer, forming a first groove including at least one inclined surface in the second clad layer and the core layer to be in substantially parallel to and near one end of the second clad layer and one end of the core layer, the at least one inclined surface of the first groove having such an angle that the core layer is exposed when viewed above the second clad layer, forming a second groove including at least one inclined surface in the second clad layer on a inner side of the first groove, forming a separation groove in the clad layers and the core layer in a direction intersecting the first groove, and forming a plurality of cores intersecting the first groove. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156849 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE USING PHOTO SENSOR - The present disclosure relates to a touch-type electrophoretic display device using a photo sensor, and the construction thereof may be configured by including a display substrate including a switching element connected to a gate line and a data line intersected with the gate line, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element, and a first and a second photo sensor elements having a different channel width and length, the first and the second photo sensor elements being connected to the gate line and the data line for sensing an amount of light; and an electrophoretic film including charged particles, the electrophoretic film being coupled to the display substrate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156850 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It is an object to provide a touch panel with high precision, high-speed operation, and low power consumption, which is caused by reduction of power consumption in an A/D converter circuit is reduced. In the touch panel in which a photo sensor is included in a pixel and an A/D converter circuit is provided every one column or a plurality of columns of the pixels, a control signal of the A/D converter circuit is sequentially supplied by a shift register included in an ADC (A/D converter circuit) control circuit, and respective periods when the plurality of A/D converter circuits operates are not overlap with each other. Accordingly, the number of A/D converter circuits which operate at the same time is decreased, and instantaneous power consumption in the A/D converter circuit is decreased. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156851 | Touch Panel and Driving Method Thereof - An object is to provide a touch panel with high-accuracy and high-speed operation. A touch panel includes a plurality of pixels each including a display element and a photo sensor, a photo sensor reading circuit to which an output signal of the photo sensor is provided, a display element select circuit which provides an image signal to the display element, a plurality of edge sensitive latches provided in series, and a logic circuit. The logic circuit generates a signal by performing a logic operation on an output signal of the plurality of edge sensitive latches and provides the generated signal to the photo sensor reading circuit. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156852 | FORCE-SENSING MODULES FOR LIGHT SENSITIVE SCREENS - A light sensitive screen includes at least one sensing element each being configured to detect a force applied to a position of the light sensitive screen and generate an electrical signal when a force is detected, and a sensor module configured to receive and process the electrical signal from the at least one sensing element. The sensor module may amplify the electrical signal from one of the at least one sensing element and generate an amplified signal, compare the amplified signal with a threshold and generate a comparing result, and generate a digital signal based on the comparing result, the digital signal including information as to whether the position of the light sensitive screen is touched. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156853 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus includes: a display surface that includes a plurality of pixels; a detection section that detects positions of the plurality of pixels successively designated on the display surface for each predetermined cycle; a rewriting section that rewrites colors of the pixels corresponding to the trace sequentially linking the positions detected by the detection section; a direction specifying section that, when the detection section detects the positions, specifies a direction of the trace at the corresponding positions; and a cycle changing section that, when the direction of the trace specified by the direction specifying section is changed and a magnitude of change of the corresponding direction increases, shortens the cycle in which the detection section detects the positions. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156854 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, MODULE AND METHOD - A display system comprises a plurality of display modules, a data network and a data processing device. The display modules and the data processing device are connected to the data network. Each display module has a memory for storing image data and the data processing device is arranged to transmit image data to each display module via the data network. The data processing device is further arranged to transmit a specific instruction to a display module, the specific instruction comprising details of image data to be transmitted from a first display module to a second display module. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156855 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER, SOURCE DRIVER OF A DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER THEREOF - An operational amplifier includes a first stage, a second stage, and a switching unit. The first stage receives an analog input signal. The second stage has an output node coupled to an output switch. The switching unit is coupled between the first stage and the second stage. The switching unit includes a capacitive component and a first switch coupled to the capacitive component in series. The first switch is turned off when the output switch is turned on. The first switch is turned off while the analog input signal is in transition, and is turned on while the analog input signal is steady. The first switch is turned on when the output switch is turned off. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156856 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUING THE SAME - An organic electroluminescent display device includes forming an organic electroluminescent panel that includes a viewing surface for displaying images and an opposing surface and includes a plurality of source pads in a peripheral region of the organic electroluminescent panel; configuring at least one source IC to be on the opposing surface of the organic electroluminescent panel, wherein the at least one source IC outputs a source signal corresponding to the source pad; configuring a thermally conductive unit to contact the at least one source IC at an inner surface of the thermally conductive unit; and configuring a bottom case to contact an outer surface of the thermally conductive unit. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156857 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display cell including a display region and a frame region surrounding the display region. A driver circuit is connected to the display cell to drive the display cell and is controlled by a circuit board arranged along in a longitudinal direction of the display cell. An insulating protection sheet covers the driver circuit and the circuit board, and one end of the insulating protection sheet is fixed to the frame region of the display cell. A conductive tape is formed on the insulating protection sheet between the display region and the driver circuit along one side of the display cell, such that static charges generated in the display region are discharged to ground through the conductive tape. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156858 | Gate driver - Disclosed herein is a gate driver which is capable of partially driving a screen. The gate driver includes a first shift register for sequentially outputting n scan pulses (where n is a natural number larger than 2), and a second shift register for selecting p ones (where p is a natural number smaller than or equal to n) of the n scan pulses from the first shift register in response to an external output control signal and supplying the selected p scan pulses respectively to p gate lines of a liquid crystal panel. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156859 | INFORMATION DISPLAY PANEL - A display unit having a display memory property is constituted to be detachable from an attaching/detaching mechanism provided on a drive circuit substrate, so as to be attached to the attaching/detaching mechanism of the drive circuit substrate for rewrite of display information, and detached from the attaching/detaching mechanism of the drive circuit substrate after rewrite and moved to elsewhere while maintaining information displayed. Moreover, since it is constituted such that an actuation driver, having an expensive IC is mounted thereon, can be replaced rather than to be discarded or a drive circuit substrate can be replaced rather than to be discarded in a case where the display unit for displaying information such as an image causes a failure, it thereby achieves improvement of resource use efficiency by reusing the actuation driver having the expensive IC mounted thereon or the drive circuit substrate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156860 | Display apparatus and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a plurality of subpixels disposed adjacent each other and forming one pixel which forms a unit for formation of a color image; the plurality of subpixels including a first subpixel which emits light of the shortest wavelength and a second subpixel disposed adjacent the first subpixel; the second subpixel having a light blocking member disposed between the second subpixel and the first subpixel and having a width greater than a channel length or a channel width of a transistor which forms the second subpixel. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156861 | DISPLAY DRIVER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display driver includes a shift register; an OR circuit configured to perform an OR operation on data signals respectively representing bits in the shift register which are not adjacent to each other, and to output a result of the OR operation; a delay circuit configured to delay the output of the OR circuit, and to output the delayed output; timing generators respectively corresponding to the data signals, where each of the timing generators generates and outputs a first control signal including a first pulse and a second control signal including a second pulse in accordance with a corresponding one of the data signals and the output of the delay circuit; and output circuits respectively corresponding to the timing generators, where each of the output circuits outputs voltages of a first and a second power supply. A duration of the second pulse includes a duration of the first pulse. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156862 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes an output portion which is configured to include an output transistor having a large capacitor component. As such, the liquid crystal display device can enhance the response speed of liquid crystal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156863 | Closed Loop Laser Control - The radiance of a laser is a function of drive current. The radiance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device adjusts laser drive parameters using a gradient descent operation. The device parameters may be adjusted iteratively and periodically. The period may be shorter or longer than a scan line in a video image. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156864 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY AND DISPLAY USING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE DISPLAY - A driving device for a display and a display using same, and a driving method of the display are provided. The display includes a display panel on which an image is displayed, and at least one optical sensor (photodetector) to detect the intensity of ambient (external) light incident upon the display panel. An external-brightness detector outputs an external-brightness signal based on the intensity of external (ambient) light and a backlight brightness controller changes the brightness of the image displayed (or backlight) on the display panel according to the external-brightness signal. The driving device may be implemented on an integrated circuit adapted to be connected to external-light photodetectors of type 1 or of type 2. The driving device may be may be dynamically configured to generate the external-brightness signal by sensing a voltage level of the light detecting node in a first mode of operation and may be reconfigured to generate the external-brightness signal by sensing a current level of the light detecting node in a second mode. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156865 | AUTOMATIC SCREEN AND KEYPAD BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT ON A MOBILE HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method is set forth for automatically adjusting screen and keypad brightness on a mobile electronic device having a light sensor, display screen and keypad, for optimum legibility under varying lighting conditions, with minimal eye strain and distraction. The method includes obtaining light level samples from the light sensor, and independently adjusting backlight intensity of the display screen and keypad responsive to the light level samples. Preferably, correct screen and keypad adjustments are made responsive to pulling the handheld device out of its holster notwithstanding non-optimal ambient light detection while the device is being removed from the holster. According to another aspect, the described method allows for ambient light detection in a handheld device where the light sensor and a message notification indicator share a common light pipe. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156866 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a display apparatus to synchronize a synchronous signal and an inverter driving signal in response to a display mode, and a control method thereof. A back light unit of the display apparatus makes a back light to dim based on an inverter driving signal, and a dimming frequency of the back light varies in response to a synchronous signal frequency of the image. When a synchronous signal having an abnormal frequency is inputted to the back light unit for several seconds, the back light unit holds the frequency of the inverter driving signal and the frequency of the inverter driving signal varies smoothly in response to the display mode. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156867 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER, SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A digital-to-analog converter includes a voltage-to-current converter, a current-mode digital-to-analog converter and an operational amplifier. The voltage-to-current converter generates a first current signal, and the current-mode digital-to-analog converter generates a second current signal. The operational amplifier modulates a drain current in response to the second current signal and generates an output signal having an offset. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156868 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first group of pixel electrodes having a first parasitic capacitance, a second group of pixel electrodes having a second parasitic capacitance, a common electrode, liquid crystal interposed between the common electrode and the first and second groups of pixel electrodes, respectively, and a driver circuit determining a first common voltage in accordance with the first parasitic capacitance and supplying the first common voltage to the common electrode during a writing period of the first group of pixel electrodes so as to substantially offset a voltage drop in the second group of pixel electrodes due to the first parasitic capacitance, the driver circuit determining a second common voltage in accordance with the second parasitic capacitance and supplying the second common voltage to the common electrode during a writing period of the second group of pixel electrodes so as to substantially offset a voltage drop in the second group of pixel electrodes due to the second parasitic capacitance. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156869 | GATE DRIVING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A gate driving device includes a plurality of stages, a first dummy stage connected to the plurality of stages and a second dummy stage connected to the first dummy stage. Stages of the plurality of stages are cascaded. The first dummy stage includes a first charge unit which receives a first input signal from a previous stage of the plurality of stages and is thereby charged, and a first pull-up transistor which outputs a clock signal when the first charge unit reaches a first charge level. The second dummy stage includes a second charge unit which receives a second input signal from the first dummy stage and is thereby charged, and a second pull-up transistor which outputs the clock signal when the second charge unit reaches a second charge level higher than the first charge level. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156870 | Display apparatus and method - Provided are a display device and method. The display device includes a plurality of data driving integrated circuits (ICs) configured to receive reception signals, each of which includes data and load signal information indicating an application starting time point of the data, and apply parallel data signals corresponding to the data at the application starting time points according to the load signal information included in the reception signals, and a display panel configured to display an image according to the parallel data signals, wherein at least two of the data driving ICs apply parallel data signals at different application starting time points. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156871 | Temperature-compensation networks - Temperature-compensation network embodiments are provided to generate compensation signals which may be useful in improving the performance of a variety of important systems. An embodiment includes a limit current mirror configured to provide a limit current, a current generator to provide a slope current whose magnitude varies with temperature, and an output current mirror positioned to receive the limit current and the slope current and configured to provide a compensation current. In addition, a floating voltage reference is provided for use in various networks which include the temperature-compensation networks. The temperature-compensation networks may be used to improve performance in systems such as a panel driver which provides turn-on and turn-off gate voltages to transistors in liquid crystal displays. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156872 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus, a power supply apparatus and a circuit apparatus, the image processing apparatus including a display unit which displays thereon an input image, and a power supply unit which outputs direct current power to drive the display unit, but gradually increases a voltage level of the direct current power. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156873 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR THE SAME - A power supply device for an organic electroluminescent display includes an inductor charging a first power source, a power supply unit including an input terminal and output terminals, the power supply unit receiving the first power source from the inductor through the input terminal, generating second power sources of different voltage levels, and outputting the second power sources through the output terminals, and a Schottky diode between the input terminal and one of the output terminals. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156874 | Display Panel - A display panel includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode alternating with each other to form a horizontal electric field, a first data line transmitting a first data voltage to the first sub-pixel electrode, and a second data line transmitting a second data voltage to the second sub-pixel electrode, wherein the second sub-pixel electrode is formed to overlap the first and second data lines. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156875 | Organic electroluminescent display device and method of driving the same - An organic electroluminescent display device includes a plurality of pixels, each one of the plurality of pixels including: a switching transistor that is connected to a gate line and a data line; a driving transistor, wherein a data voltage of the data line passing through the switching transistor is reflected into a gate of the driving transistor; a sampling transistor that samples a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, wherein a gate of the sampling transistor is connected to a control line, and the sampled threshold voltage is reflected into the gate of the driving transistor; an initializing transistor, wherein a gate of the initializing transistor is connected to a previous or next gate line, and an initialization voltage passing through the initializing transistor is reflected into the gate of the driving transistor; and an organic light emitting diode that is connected to the driving transistor, wherein a driving current of the organic light emitting diode is adjusted according to a voltage of the gate of the driving transistor. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156876 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In conventional liquid crystal display controllers such as for portable telephone sets, the display is reduced in the stand-by state but the liquid crystal display duty is not changed, i.e., even the common electrodes of the rows that are not producing display are scanned, and the consumption of electric power is not decreased to a sufficient degree in the stand-by state. A liquid crystal display controller ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100156877 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - In case the size of the transistor is enlarged, power consumption of the transistor is increased. Thus, the present invention provides a display device capable of preventing a current from flowing to a display element in signal writing operation without varying potentials of power source lines for supplying a current to the display element per row. In setting a gate-source voltage of a transistor by applying a predetermined current to the transistor, a potential of a gate terminal of the transistor is adjusted so as to prevent a current from flowing to a load connected to a source terminal of the transistor. Therefore, a potential of a wire connected to the gate terminal of the transistor is differentiated from a potential of a wire connected to a drain terminal of the transistor. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156878 | SYSTEMS FOR DRIVING DISPLAYS - A system is configured to drive a display device having a number of cholesteric liquid crystal (CHLC) pixels. The system comprises a processor configured to receive a first set of gray levels for a first image frame and a second set of gray levels for a second image frame, wherein the first set of gray levels is related to a first intensity state of each of the CHLC pixels in the first image frame and the second set of gray levels is related to a second intensity state of each of the CHLC pixels in the second image frame, and a look-up table (LUT) configured to output a third set of gray levels based on the first set of gray levels and the second set of gray levels, wherein the third set of gray levels is related to an addressing voltage to be written to each of the CHLC pixels so as to change each of the CHLC pixels from the first intensity state to the second intensity state. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156879 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are provided. The liquid crystal display includes a first source drive IC group outputting a first feedback lock signal in response to one of a power voltage input through a first lock signal input terminal and a lock signal from the timing controller, a second source drive IC group outputting a second feedback lock signal in response to one of the power voltage input through a second lock signal input terminal, the lock signal from the timing controller, and a lock signal transferred from the first source drive IC group, and a comparator that compares the first feedback lock signal with the second feedback lock signal and supplies a comparison result to the timing controller. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156880 | ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electro-luminescence display device includes an electro-luminescence panel having a plurality of pixels at pixel areas defined by intersections between data lines and gate lines, each of the pixels including: an electro-luminescence cell connected to receive a supply voltage, a driving thin film transistor controlling a current amount flowing through the electro-luminescence cell, and a bias switch connected to a gate terminal of the driving thin film transistor, the bias switch selectively applying an inverse voltage to the driving thin film transistor. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156881 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a self light-emitting element and a driving transistor configured to drive the self light-emitting element based on an inputted image voltage. The image display device also includes a current source configured to supply a constant current to the driving transistor and a detection section connected to a source electrode of a driving transistor of each of the plurality of pixels. The current source is connected to the source electrode of the driving transistor. The detection section detects a source voltage of the driving transistor to which the constant current is supplied during a detection period. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156882 | Data driving circuit, display apparatus, and data driving method - Provided are a data driving circuit, a display device, and a data driving method. The data driving circuit includes a clock generator configured to generate a clock signal from clock information included in a reception signal including the clock information, mode information and a body, a sampler configured to sample the reception signal according to the clock signal to obtain the mode information and the body that includes at least one of control information and data, a signal controller configured to determine whether or not the body corresponds to the control information with reference to the mode information, and generate a control signal corresponding to the control information according to a result of the determination, and a data driver configured to generate a data signal corresponding to the data according to the control signal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156883 | Power source apparatus for display and image display apparatus - A power source apparatus for a display is provided, which comprises a voltage generating section capable of controlling outputting or output termination of one or more predetermined output voltages, and a switching section provided between an output terminal of the predetermined output voltage and a predetermined reference potential terminal. The switch section is turned from OFF to ON when the voltage generating section performs the output termination control. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156884 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display converts white luminance Y of data displaying a white background into a value satisfying a certain equation upon detecting a brightness contrast image including a pure color image with the white background. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156885 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a timing controller, N source drive integrated circuits (ICs), where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2, N pairs of data bus lines, each of which connects the timing controller to each of the N source drive ICs in a point-to-point manner, a lock check line that connects a first source drive IC of the N source drive ICs to the timing controller and cascade-connects the N source drive ICs to one another, and a feedback lock check line connecting a last source drive IC of the N source drive ICs to the timing controller. A swing width of an output voltage of the timing controller increases in proportion to a distance between the timing controller and the N source drive ICs. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156886 | REDUCING PSEUDO CONTOURS IN DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device for performing display by digitally driving pixels, arranged in a matrix arrangement, according to image data of an image signal. A data driver allocates pixel data for a single pixel to corresponding sub-frames as a plurality of bit data, and digitally drives each pixel by providing bit data to each pixel, the bit data having one frame formed from a specified number of unit frames. A timing control circuit divides the image signal into blocks for analysis, analyzes likelihood of occurrence of pseudo contours for each block, and analyzes likelihood of occurrence of pseudo contours for display of a single screen based on analysis results in each block. The timing control circuit then changes display based on the image signal based on analysis results by the timing control circuit. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156887 | Extended user interface - An apparatus including a housing having an exterior including a first display face and a second display face arranged such that it is contiguous to the first display face; and a processor configured to define a graphical user interface distributed simultaneously over both the first display face and the second display face. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156888 | Adaptive mapping for heterogeneous processing systems - Embodiments of a system, program product and method are presented to perform automatic partitioning of work between host processor (such as, e.g., a CPU) and at least one additional heterogeneous processing element (such as, e.g., a GPU) through run-time adaptive mapping. The adaptive mapping may be performed by a dynamic compiler, based on projected execution times predicted by curve fitting based on actual execution times generated during a profile run of the program. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156889 | BI-DIRECTIONAL UPDATE OF A GRID AND ASSOCIATED VISUALIZATIONS - Architecture that facilitates the attachment of multiple visualization types (e.g., charts) to the data of a grid and the presentation of the visualization next to the grid. The infrastructure allows each data view to be associated with a set of visualizations. These visualizations are rendered along with the grid (in a separate presentation pane) so that the user does not have to switch context to perform analyses. The visualizations available include charts that show aggregate and/or non-aggregate data. In a server farm scenario, all user interactions such as drill-downs are provided. Server farm drill-downs for these visualizations can be obtained using MHTML (MIME hypertext markup language). The visualizations can be automatically updated when filters are applied on the grid, and when drill-down is performed on the visualization, the grid is automatically updated. The visualizations can be consumed from a web-based browser client and/or thick client, for example. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING TRANSFORMATION MATRICES TO PROCESS RASTERIZED IMAGE DATA - A method and system render rasterized data by receiving non-rasterized page description language data and a corresponding transformation matrix representing transformation operations to be performed. The non-rasterized page description language data is rasterizing to create rasterized data. The corresponding transformation matrix is decomposed into a plurality of individual transformation operation matrices and a discrete transformation operation value, from a corresponding individual transformation operation matrix, is generated for each transformation operation to be performed upon the rasterized data. The transformation operations are performed upon the rasterized data based upon the generated discrete transformation operation values. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156891 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, PROVIDING INFORMATION UPDATING METHOD, INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION UPDATING SERVER, INFORMATION UPDATING SEVER CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION MEMORIZING MEDIUM - Provided is an information providing system that is capable of precisely grasping actual situations of use of provided information and effectively updating the provided information. A space management server ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100156892 | ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF VIRTUAL CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An invention for generating an alternative representation of virtual content in a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is an alternative representation tool, including a visual component configured to determine a visual capacity of a user of a virtual universe. The alternative representation tool further includes an alternative component configured to provide an alternative representation of a virtual content renderable in the virtual universe based on the visual capacity of the user of the virtual universe. | 2010-06-24 |
20100156893 | Information visualization device and information visualization method - An information visualization device includes: a content specifier specifying a desired content item in a database; a first display information generator generating first display information by combining first meta-information items out of the meta-information items included in the desired content item; a second display information generator generating second display information by combining second meta-information items out of the meta-information items included in the desired content item; a display information placer generating an information CG model by placing the first and second display information on first and second surfaces of the CG model; a CG model attitude determiner determining an attitude of the information CG model in a virtual space so that the first or second surface is visible from a virtual viewpoint; and a CG model placer placing the information CG model with a determined attitude in the virtual space according to the position information. | 2010-06-24 |