26th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090160790 | POSITION DETECTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A position detector is disclosed, which includes a sensor substrate having a sensor coil for receiving an electromagnetic wave output from a position indicator, and a magnetic path plate that has an area equal to or larger than an area in which the sensor coil is arranged on the sensor substrate. The magnetic path plate is formed by stacking an amorphous layer and a non-amorphous layer, which is formed of metal with relative magnetic permeability lower than that of the amorphous layer. Such magnetic path plate is arranged on a side of the sensor substrate opposite to a side facing the position indicator. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160791 | Non-contact touch screen - A non-contact actuable touch screen including a display screen adapted to display on a generally planar display surface thereof a plurality of mutually spaced target regions, any two adjacent ones of the mutually spaced target regions being mutually separated along the planar display surface by at least a lateral separation distance and an actuation assembly defining an actuation plane generally parallel to and spaced forward of the planar display surface of the display screen and being operative to sense presence of a user touch indicator at the actuation plane and to provide an output indication of two-dimensional spatial coordinates of the presence. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160792 | PORTABLE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a portable device includes a casing, a display contained in the casing and having a first side in proximity to a position of the casing which is held by a user with a hand, a plurality of icons displayed on the display, a touch panel which is provided over the display and by which the icons are operated, and a sensor which is provided in the casing and senses the position held by the user. The icons are arranged in a first area defined by an arc of a circle about a first corner as a center located at a lower end of the first side, and chords extending between the arc and the first corner. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160793 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a pressure detecting unit for detecting a magnitude of a contacting pressure of a contacted object with respect to an input device operated when physically contacted by the contacted object; and a changing unit for changing a display region displayed on a display device of predetermined information to be displayed on the display device according to an output signal output from the input device at a speed corresponding to the magnitude of the contacting pressure detected by the pressure detecting unit. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160794 | Method for Scroll Control on Window by a Touch Panel - A method for scroll control on a window by a touch panel includes detecting the number of objects touching on the touch panel, enabling a scrolling function when the number of the objects is a first predetermined number, and detecting whether at least one of the objects is touching on an edge of the touch panel after the scrolling function is enabled, if at least one of the objects is touching on the edge of the touch panel, automatically performing a corresponding one of a vertical scrolling and a horizontal scrolling toward a positional direction of the edge. The method is more conveniently operative to the user. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160795 | Touch panel and display device using the same - An exemplary touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer located on an upper surface of the second substrate. Each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotube string-shaped structures. A display device incorporates the touch panel and also includes a display element adjacent to the touch panel. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160796 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a capacitive sensing member. The first conductive layer includes a plurality of first conductive lines. The second conductive layer separated from the first conductive layer includes a plurality of second conductive lines. One of the plurality of conductive lines is located above the other plurality of conductive lines. The capacitive sensing member is connected to the first conductive lines. At least one of the first and second pluralities of conductive lines includes carbon nanotube wires. The carbon nanotube wires each include a plurality of carbon nanotubes. Further, a display device using the above-described touch panel is also included. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160797 | Touch panel and display device using the same - An exemplary touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate. Each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a plurality of spaced carbon nanotube structures. A display device incorporates the touch panel and also includes a display element adjacent to the touch panel. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160798 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, a second conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. At least one of the first and second conductive layers includes a plurality of carbon nanotube wire-like structures. Two ends of each carbon nanotube wire-like structure are connected with two of the electrodes. A display device adopting the touch panel includes the touch panel and a display element. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160799 | Method for making touch panel - An exemplary method for making a touch panel includes the steps of: providing a flexible substrate; fabricating a carbon nanotube film; laying the carbon nanotube film to form a carbon nanotube layer stacked on the flexible substrate; heat-pressing the carbon nanotube layer of the flexible substrate; and separately forming at least two electrodes on a surface of the carbon nanotube layer, thereby forming the touch panel. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160800 | Touch pad, method of operating the same, and notebook computer with the same - The present invention relates to the field of touch pad. In particular, there is provided a touch pad comprising a storage unit, a sensing electrode array unit and a processing unit. A trace graph composed of coordinate values of positions on the sensing electrode array unit, touched by a user in the course of operating the touch pad is recorded; comparison is made between the trace graph and a graphical password to generate a comparison value. Since the touch pad is provided with the function of recognizing the graphical password, a computer can use it to input graphical password, text password, and various characters in various states such as BIOS state and a variety of OS states, which can enhance the security of devices such as computers and make the product more interesting and easy to use. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160801 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN POINTERS USED TO CONTACT TOUCH SURFACE - A touch system comprises a touch surface and at least one camera acquiring images of the touch surface. A pointer contact data generator generates pointer position data in response to pointer contact with the touch surface, the pointer position data representing where on the touch surface pointer contact is made. A processor communicates with the at least one camera and the pointer contact data generator. The processor analyzes acquired images to determine the type of pointer used to contact the touch surface, and processes the pointer position data in accordance with the determined type of pointer. In the preferred embodiment the processor distinguishes between pointer tip touch surface contacts, pointer backend touch surface contacts and finger touch surface contacts. A writing function is invoked in response to pointer tip touch surface contacts. An erase function is invoked in response to pointer backend touch surface contacts. Mouse events are generated in response to finger touch surface contacts. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160802 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INPUT CONTROL METHOD AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - A communication apparatus includes a touch panel for inputting a command by touching a surface thereof having an oblong profile short in one direction relative to the other direction orthogonal thereto, the touch panel outputting a touch position detection data in response to a touch given to a spot on the surface thereof for locating the touch position but not outputting touch position detection data when some other spot is touched while the spot is being touched, a speaker arranged outside and near one of the edges of the touch panel running in the one direction and a microphone arranged outside and near the other edge of the touch panel running in the one direction. The touch panel provides a command input region inputting a command in at least a part of the surface thereof arranged along the other direction and close to the other edge in a talk mode. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160803 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND TOUCH OPERATION DETECTION METHOD - An information processing device includes: a display unit having a touch panel on its front surface; a movement amount calculation unit that calculates the movement amount of a touch operation based on a touch point at which the touch operation is performed with respect to the touch panel and a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel; an operation determination unit that determines whether the touch operation is a depression operation or a gesture operation depending on the calculated movement amount; and a command recognition unit that recognizes whether a received command is a command corresponding to the depression operation or the gesture operation. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160804 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, and an apparatus and a computer program using the method are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a moving motion on a touch sensitive module to generate a sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion; and controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal. The step of controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal comprises: controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function when a speed of the moving motion is determined less than a threshold speed according to the sensing signal; and controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a second predetermined function different from the first predetermined function when the moving motion is determined greater than the threshold speed according to the sensing signal. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160805 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display module configured to display an image including a pointer on a display screen, a detection module configured to detect a touched position on the display screen, a coordinate detection module configured to detect coordinate data of the touched position, a first pointer display module configured to display the pointer displayed on the display screen at the position detected by the detection module in an absolute coordinate input mode, an operation area display module configured to display an operation area on the display screen in a relative coordinate input mode, and a second pointer display module configured to display the pointer at a position corresponding to a displacement of a detected touched position after being moved on a surface of the display screen, if the detection module detects the touched position on the operation area. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160806 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, and an apparatus and a recording medium using the method are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a moving motion on a central sensitive module and a peripheral sensitive module surrounding the central sensing module to generate a central sensing signal and a peripheral sensing signal, respectively, corresponding to the moving motion; and controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a predetermined function when the moving motion is determined starting from the central sensing region according to the central sensing signal and the peripheral sensing signal. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160807 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, and an apparatus and a recording medium using the method are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a moving motion on a touch sensitive module; generating a sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion; and controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal. The step of controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal comprises: controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function when determining the moving motion is not terminated in a predetermined period of time according to the sensing signal; and controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a second predetermined function when determining the moving motion is terminated in the predetermined period of time according to the sensing signal. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160808 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus and an electronic apparatus using the method are provided. The method includes: when a first touch input and a second touch input on a touch sensitive module are detected, comparing a first parameter of the first touch input and a second parameter of the second touch input according to a first sensing signal generated from the first touch input and a second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to determine which one of the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal is employed to control an operation of the electronic apparatus. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160809 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method of controlling functions in the mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen including a touch panel to detect a drag and drop generated on a function execution screen and a display unit to display the function execution screen, a control unit to control the display unit to display of at least one control interaction guide to guide a control command to be executed on the function execution screen in response to a request to display the control interaction guide, to determine the control command corresponding to a drag generated on the function execution, and to execute a function corresponding to the determined control command on the function execution screen, and a memory unit to store the control command to be executed on the function execution screen and the control interaction guide to be displayed on the function execution screen. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160810 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device is provided and includes a first casing, a touch input unit, a switch, and a movable member. The touch input unit and the switch are disposed in the first casing, wherein the touch input unit is exposed to a first surface of the portable electronic device. The movable member is disposed on a second surface of the portable electronic device and is movable relative to the first casing, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface. The movable member is coupled with the touch input unit and the switch. Specifically, the movable member activates the switch when pressed. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160811 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a case, a display device provided in the case, a plurality of touch switches configured to output an operation signal in accordance with the change of capacitance and arranged inside the case, two or more touch switches being arranged in the vicinity of each two adjacent sides of the display device along each side, a keyboard controller configured to receive a key code, and a touch switch controller configured to receive the operation signal of the plurality of touch switches, the touch switch controller outputting, to the keyboard controller, the key code which corresponds to simultaneous input operations of a plurality of keys allocated to the operation of a particular touch switch when the operation signal is input from the particular touch switch. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160812 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT INTERFACE THEREOF - An electronic apparatus includes an input interface, a controller and a processor. The input interface includes a first touch sensing region, a second touch sensing region and a third sensing region. The first touch sensing region has a plurality of touch pads arranged in a radial array. The second touch sensing region and the third touch sensing region are respectively adjacent to two sides of the first touch sensing region, and each includes a plurality of touch pads arranged in a matrix array. The controller is coupled to each of the touch pads for detecting a user input on the user interface and generating a plurality of sensing signals according to the user input. The processor is electrically coupled to the controller, and executes a corresponding function according to the plurality of sensing signals. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160813 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE SHEET MEMBER, INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch-sensitive sheet member contains a body having predetermined hardness and a sheet shape and a sense-of-touch-representing unit that represents a sense of touch. The sense-of-touch-representing unit has a predetermined size and is arranged at positions of the body or at a predetermined position of the body. The touch-sensitive sheet member also contains a medium-supplying unit that supplies medium to the sense-of-touch-representing unit. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160814 | HOT FUNCTION SETTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for setting a hot function for a user on an electronic device having a touch screen, hot function modules for providing hot functions, and a database storing recognizable traits, the recognizable traits being corresponding to the hot function modules. The function setting method includes the steps of: (i) recognizing traits input by the user through the touch screen; (ii) matching the input traits with at least one of the recognizable traits in the database; and (iii) activating at least one of the hot function modules to set at least one hot function, wherein the least one of the hot function modules corresponds to the least one of the recognizable traits. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160815 | DETECTION OF AN INCIDENT LIGHT DISTRIBUTION - A device for detecting an incident light distribution. The device has an array of light sensors, and a shadow casting element spaced above the light sensor array, with the shadow casting element between the incident light to be modelled and the sensor array. A processor interprets a cast shadow detected by the light sensor array thereby to derive information relating to the directional distribution of the incident light. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160816 | MULTI-TOUCH CONTACT MOTION EXTRACTION - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160817 | TRANSPARENT CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A transparent capacitive touch panel comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent cover lens and a transparent adhesive layer is provided, wherein a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer are disposed on the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate respectively. The transparent adhesive layer is used to bind the first transparent electrode layer and second transparent electrode layer in order to combine the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate disposed in parallel. Thereby, the manufacturing process of the transparent capacitive touch panel is simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the same is lowered. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INJECTING INK INTO AN APPLICATION - A touch system includes a touch panel having a touch surface and a projector for projecting images onto the touch surface. A computer executing an applications program is coupled to the touch panel and the projector. The computer is responsive to contact output generated by the touch panel in response to proximity of a pointer to the touch surface and updates image data conveyed to the projector so that the images presented on the touch surface reflect the pointer activity. The computer executes a gesture responsive ink injection routine to detect when a selected gesture is made with the pointer on the touch surface. The gesture responsive ink injection routine performs recognition to convert ink drawn on the touch surface into a form suitable for the applications program when the selected gesture is recognized and enters the recognized text into the application. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160819 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FILM MATERIAL FOR TOUCH PANEL - The present invention is an inner touch panel in which a 1 | 2009-06-25 |
20090160820 | TOUCH PANEL WITH FUNCTION OF PREVENTING FAULT DETECTION - The present invention discloses a touch panel with function of preventing fault detection comprising a touch sensor and the outer peripheral area of the touch sensor is configured with at least one electrical lead. The present invention is characterized in having the conductive shield layer configured in a position corresponding to the outer peripheral area for preventing the fault detection by touching the outer peripheral area. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160821 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL PANEL THEREOF - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a control panel for human-computer interaction, and a signal processing and managing unit. The control panel comprises a cover facing a user and arranged in a sealed manner, and at least one touch function unit. At least one function mark is displayed on the cover. Each touch function unit corresponds to the position of each function mark, which serves for sensing the user's operations, converting the user's operation information into the specific coded signals, and sending the coded signals to the signal processing and managing unit. A control panel is also disclosed. The products of the present disclosure have advantages that include low cost, long service life, and good sealing performance. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160822 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device, which has a display area and a plurality of sensing areas for detecting capacitance in the display area, includes a black matrix that is provided in the vicinities of display pixels in the display area, pixel electrodes that individually form the display pixels, a common electrode, a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, a plurality of pixel circuits that individually drive the pixel electrodes, a capacitance detection element that is provided in a corresponding one of the sensing areas to convert a change in thickness of the liquid crystal layer caused by external pressure into a change in capacitance, and a sensing circuit that outputs a sensing signal on the basis of the change in capacitance obtained by the capacitance detection element. The capacitance detection element overlaps the black matrix in plan view. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160823 | Optical Contact Controlled Medium Display - An optical contact controlled medium display includes a computing device containing at least one information, an indication device connected to the computing device via a video signal unit to indicate the at least one information of the computing device, and an optical position detection device mounted on the indication device and electrically connected to the computing device. Thus, when the indication device is provided with a touch points the optical position detection device detects a position signal of the touch point from the indication device and transmits the position signal of the touch point to the computing device so that the computing device can compute a position of the touch point. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160824 | Sensory structure of touch panel - A two-dimensional sensory structure for the capacitive touch panel is provided. The provided two-dimensional sensory structure includes a substrate having plural first metal structures and second metal structures on a first surface thereof, a dot-like insulating layer located on the substrate and composed of plural insulating dots, and an electrode layer located on the dot-like insulating layer and composed of plural conductive traces. The insulating dots are each corresponding to the first metal structures respectively, and thereby a first portion of the conductive traces arranged along a first direction are electrically connected to each other, and the conductive traces that are arranged along a second direction are electrically insulated therefrom. The thickness of the touch panel according to the invention is effectively reduced. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160825 | Stylus for Data Collection Devices - A data collection device having a touch pad, supported by a housing, for receiving input from a stylus having a first end adapted to interact with the touch pad so as to input data through movement of the first end relative to the touch pad and a second end having a light source to illuminate dark areas. The housing is adapted to receive and support the stylus. In an additional embodiment, the stylus is supported by the housing in such a manner as to allow the stylus to project light in a predetermined direction to assist with the illumination of a data source. In another additional embodiment, the housing has contacts that facilitate the provision of power to the stylus for charging a battery in the stylus and/or powering the light source. In yet another embodiment, the light source on the stylus is adapted to be controlled via user interaction with interface elements on the housing, such as keys, buttons, or the touch pad. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160826 | DRIVE CIRCUIT AND ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY SYSTEM - A drive circuit for rapidly interleaving image data displayed on an EL device is disclosed. The drive circuit includes a signal source that provides a image data signals. Each image data signal is provided for a specified load period. A multiplexer receives the image data signals, and in response to a selection signal selects one of the image data signals to provide a control signal that directs the EL device to emit light. Additionally, a controller causes interleaving of the image data during multiple display periods; each display period is shorter than the load period. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160827 | REWRITING APPARATUS CONTROL CIRCUIT - A rewriting apparatus control circuit includes a display system and a processor. The processor includes a first input terminal receiving a rewriting complete signal from the rewriting apparatus; a second input terminal receiving a rewriting success signal from the rewriting apparatus; an output terminal connecting to the rewrite apparatus for sending a restarting signal; and data terminals connected to the display system. Once the rewriting complete signal from the rewriting apparatus is received, the processor subtracts one for each restarting sent from a preset number and then sends a result to the display system for displaying and sends the restarting signal to the rewriting apparatus for restarting the rewriting apparatus if the result is greater than zero. The processor accumulates a number of times that the rewriting success signal is received from the rewriting apparatus, and sends the number to the display system for displaying when the result is zero. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160828 | DISPLAY, DATA CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREOF, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A driving method for a display is provided. The display includes a plurality of data lines. The driving method includes the steps of: providing a black frame data output signal, and a trigger signal; receiving at least one of a plurality of normal frame data and a plurality of black frame data from a receiving terminal; when the trigger signal is enabled, and the black frame data output signal is not enabled, outputting the normal frame data from an output terminal when the trigger signal changes status so as to allow the display to display the normal frame; and outputting the black frame from the output terminal when both of the trigger signal and the black frame data output signal are enabled, and when the trigger signal changes status so as to allow the display to display the black frame, and sustaining a status of the receiving terminal. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160829 | Display device - To realize a random number generating circuit that is optimum for a liquid crystal display device that is used in a terminal device that includes a display/input component. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a control circuit and a random number generating circuit, the random number generating circuit comprises plural shift registers, an output circuit and a register that stores an initial value, and the random number generating circuit is equipped with plural initial values, whereby the randomness of the random numbers is improved. Further, it becomes possible to increase and output frequencies by the output circuit because it is possible to output respectively different random numbers from the plural shift registers. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160830 | PHOTODETECTION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHOTODETECTOR, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Shields that transmit light to be detected and have conductivity are disposed on light receiving surfaces of photodiodes ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090160831 | INFORMATION DEVICE - A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device automatically and periodically communicates with the remote server for obtaining the information. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160832 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof - Disclosed herein are a liquid crystal display device which is capable of driving a liquid crystal using image signals supplied to two adjacent data lines, and a driving method thereof. The liquid crystal display device has a plurality of liquid crystal cells formed respectively in pixel areas defined by crossings of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. Each of the liquid crystal cells includes a thin film transistor connected to any one of the gate lines and any one of the data lines, and a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor each formed between a data line adjacent thereto, among the data lines, and the thin film transistor. The thin film transistors of the liquid crystal cells are alternately arranged between and alternately connected to every two vertically adjacent ones of the gate lines along the gate lines. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160833 | Laser Projection White Balance Tracking - The radiance of a laser diode is a function of laser diode drive current. The radiance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device includes laser diodes to generate light in response to a commanded radiance, and also includes photodetectors to provide a measured radiance. The commanded radiance and measured radiance are compared, and drive currents for the laser diodes are adjusted to provide luminance and color balance tracking. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160834 | DISPLAY SCREEN AND SENSOR MODULE THEREOF - A display screen with a display area includes a frame and a sensor module. The frame surrounds the display area. The sensor module is mounted on the frame and includes a mount disposed on the frame and a slidable assembly slidably disposed on the mount and including an ambient light sensor and a screen light sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor and the screen light sensor are disposed on two opposite sides of the slidable assembly respectively. When a side of the slidable assembly on which the screen light sensor is disposed faces the display area, the screen light sensor detects brightness of the display area. When the side of the slidable assembly does not face the display area, the ambient light sensor detects brightness of an ambiance. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160835 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A signal processing method is provided and includes the following steps. A first synchronizing signal having a synchronizing frequency and a next expected pulse with an expected rising edge is provided. A second synchronizing signal having a selected frequency being within a frequency range is produced when the synchronizing frequency of the first synchronizing signal is out of a frequency range. A third synchronizing signal having a first pulse with a first rising edge is produced when the synchronizing frequency is within the frequency range, wherein the first rising edge is produced at an expected time point. Whether the next expected pulse appears in a period from the expected time point to a certain time point is detected as a detecting result. And a first falling edge of the first pulse is produced based on the detecting result. A picture-field flicker phenomenon of an LCD is eliminated through the method. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160836 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method of an LCD device adapted to improve the quality of pictures is disclosed. The driving method includes: deriving a frame detection signal from a data enable signal and a data clock signal; simultaneously deriving a start signal and a first gate clock signal from the frame detection signal and the data clock signal; and deriving a second gate clock signal from the first gate clock signal and the data clock signal. The first gate clock signal is identical with the start signal in a start time point of enable interval. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160837 | DISPLAY HAVING ILLUMINATION FUNCTION - A display includes a display circuit, a power module connected to the display circuit to supply power thereto, a display card chip, and a switch. The power module is connected to a power pin of the display card chip via the switch. A driving pin of the display card chip is connected to the display circuit and is able to control the display to display a white screen. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160838 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LCD device being stably driven is disclosed. The LCD device includes: gate lines and data lines crossing each other; a gate driver applying gate scan signals to the gate lines; and a data driver applying pixel data voltages to the data lines. The data driver includes a multiplexer which includes first and second switches that allow a power supply terminal and a ground terminal to be alternatively connected. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160839 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - There is provided a liquid crystal display, which prevents a blur on a display image by periodically varying a common voltage of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display comprises: a liquid crystal display panel having pixel electrodes for supplying data voltages and a common electrode for supplying a common voltage; a common voltage generator for generating common voltages of different potentials; and a common voltage supply unit for periodically changing the potential of a common voltage supplied to the common electrode by switching the common voltages from the common voltage generator. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160840 | Electronic circuit, method of driving the same, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus - To reduce time for writing a target voltage in the gate of a driving transistor. In a first period, a transistor | 2009-06-25 |
20090160841 | SWITCHING DISPLAY UPDATE PROPERTIES UPON DETECTING A POWER MANAGEMENT EVENT - Systems and methods provide automatic switching of display update properties such as screen resolution, pixel depth, and refresh rate in response to a power management event. The display update property may be decreased when power is switched from AC power to DC power, for example, when the system is unplugged from a wall outlet and is running on battery power. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160842 | DRIVE CIRCUIT - A drive circuit is disclosed. The drive circuit includes a first p-typed thin film transistor (PTFT), a second PTFT, a first n-typed thin film transistor (NTFT), a second NTFT and a capacitor. The drain of the first PTFT is coupled to a first electrical line, and the gate thereof is coupled to a first clock line. The drain of the second PTFT is coupled to a second clock line, and the source thereof is coupled to an output. The source of the first NTFT is coupled to a second electrical line, and the gate thereof is couple to an output of a preceding drive circuit. The source of the second NTFT is couple to a third electrical line, the gate thereof is coupled to a third clock line, and the drain thereof is coupled to the output. The capacitor has one end coupled to the second electrical line, while the other end is coupled to the source of the first PTFT, the drain of the first NTFT and the gate of the second PTFT. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160843 | DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display comprising: a display module for displaying video signals thereon, a backlight module for emitting light towards the display module, and a controller electrically coupled with the backlight module for providing a control signal to the backlight module for disabling or enabling the backlight module. At a first time point, preset by the controller, the control signal disables the backlight module. An electronic device using the display is also disclosed. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160844 | DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A data driving circuit receiving an image signal and applying a data signal based on the image signal to a display panel, the data driving circuit includes a signal generator that generates a horizontal scanning identical signal based on the image signal and a load signal instructing an output of the data signal to the display panel; a signal amplifier that alternately converts a polarity of an offset compensation value from positive to negative and amplifies the image signal based on the offset compensation value; and a controller that counts pulses of the horizontal scanning identical signal and controls the signal amplifier to retain the converted polarity of the offset compensation value until a counted reaches a predetermined reference value. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160845 | Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having liquid crystal cells in a matrix array at crossings of data lines and gate lines, a data drive circuit for providing data signals to the data lines, a gate drive circuit for providing gate signals to the gate lines, and a timing controller for receiving video data and timing signals, for checking a frame frequency of the video data in real-time to detect changes in the frame frequency, and for outputting a gate timing control signal to control the gate driving circuit in response to changes in the frame frequency and a data timing control signal for controlling the data driving circuit, wherein the gate timing control signal controls black data insertion percentage in a frame. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160846 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for driving a moving particle display device, such as an electrophoretic display device, is disclosed. The display device comprises first and second cells ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090160847 | Display device, method for driving same, and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array part including row first drive lines, row second drive lines, and column signal lines; and a drive part including a horizontal drive circuit, a first vertical drive circuit, and a second vertical drive circuit, wherein the first vertical drive circuit simultaneously drives pixels on two rows adjacent to each other, the second vertical drive circuit simultaneously drives pixels on two rows adjacent to each other, and a pair of rows of the pixels simultaneously driven by the first vertical drive circuit and a pair of rows of the pixels simultaneously driven by the second vertical drive circuit are shifted from each other by one row, for light-emission operation of the pixels on a row-by-row basis. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160848 | Level shift circuit, and driver and display system using the same - Disclosed is a level shift circuit including a first level shift circuit that is connected between a first power supply terminal and first and second output terminals and receives first and second input signals from the first and second input terminals, respectively, and sets one of the first and second output terminals to a first voltage level, based on the first and second input signals; a second level shift circuit that is connected between a second power supply terminal and the first and second output terminals, and sets the other of the first and second terminals to a second voltage level; and a circuit that performs control to disconnect a current path in the second level shifter between the second power supply terminal and one of the first and second output terminals that is driven to the second voltage level at a time point when the first and second input signals are supplied to the first and second input terminals for a predetermined period including the time point when the first and second input signals are supplied to the first and second input terminals, and to cancel the disconnection of the current path in the second level shifter between the one output terminal and the second power supply terminal after the predetermined period. Output amplitudes at the first and second output terminals are set to be larger than amplitudes of the first and second input signals. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160849 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An integrated circuit device includes first to Nth data driver blocks that are disposed along a first direction. Each of the first to Nth data driver blocks includes first to Mth sub-driver blocks. Each of the sub-driver blocks includes a D/A conversion circuit that receives image data and D/A-converts the image data, and first to Lth data line driver circuits that are disposed along the first direction in a second direction with respect to the D/A conversion circuit and share the D/A conversion circuit. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160850 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display panel including a number of data lines and scan lines, a number of first, second, and third switches, and a number of first, second, and third pixels is provided. Each first pixel located at an odd position at a first side of each data line is electrically connected to the corresponding data line through one first switch. Each second pixel located at an even position at the first side of each data line is electrically connected to the corresponding data line through the first, second, and third switches sequentially connected in series. Each third pixel located at a second side of each data line is electrically connected to the corresponding data line through the second and third switches sequentially connected in series. The first, second and third pixels are driven by corresponding scan lines and data lines. A driving method of the display panel is also provided. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160851 | TEMPORAL RANKING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to virtual world navigation and provide a method, system and computer program product for applying temporal rankings to elements in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for temporally ranking locations in a virtual world can be provided. The method can include timing a duration of visit for different locations in a virtual world, computing a temporal score for the different locations, and displaying a ranking of the locations by temporal score. For instance, computing a temporal score for the different locations can include computing a sum of durations for each of the different locations, or computing an average of durations for each of the different locations, to name two examples. Optionally, computing a temporal score for the different locations also can include filtering the durations according to a date or time range. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A system for measuring a three-dimensional object is provided. The system measures differences between a 3D model of an object and a point cloud of the object, and highlights the differences on the 3D model using different colors according to difference ranges that the differences fall. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160853 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs) having different characteristics; a memory configured to store information on association between one of the plurality of GPUs and an application program; and a drawing control unit configured to control the GPU associated with the application program to perform drawing processing when the application program is run. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL MONITORS WITH MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING WORKSTATIONS - A system and method for utilizing a spatial three-dimensional display unit with a medical diagnostic imaging system is disclosed. The medical diagnostic imaging system may be a picture archival communication system. The system may include at least one two-dimensional display unit and an additional spatial three-dimensional display unit. Accordingly a user may view two and three-dimensional images of similar anatomical objects. The two and three-dimensional images may be linked, providing the user with a consistent viewing angle. The system may be used to review a surgical path. The display parameters of a first three-dimensional data set may be mapped to a second three-dimensional data set. The surgical path of the first data set and the second data set may be displayed on spatial display units. Accordingly, the anatomical objects along the surgical path may be viewed at different points in time, for example prior to surgery and after surgery. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160855 | Cumulative Buffering for Surface Imaging - The description relates to surgical computer systems, including computer program products, and methods for cumulative buffering for surface imaging. A display image is buffered that has been saved from a previous update. A model representing a tool is subtracted from the buffered display image. The subtracted display image is displayed using a CSG technique at a fixed angle. The subtracted display image is saved. This process is repeated so that the displayed image is cumulatively changed with each change in location of the model representing the tool. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160856 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR HOME AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN - This patent application relates generally to systems, methods, and computer program products for home and/or landscape design. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160857 | Unified Compression/Decompression Graphics Architecture - A unified compression/decompression architecture is disclosed for reducing memory bandwidth requirements in 3D graphics processing applications. The techniques described erase several distinctions between a texture (compressed once, and decompressed many times), and buffers (compressed and decompressed repeatedly during rendering of an image). An exemplary method for processing graphics data according to one or more embodiments of the invention thus begins with the updating of one or more tiles of a first image array, which are then compressed, using a real-time buffer compression algorithm, to obtain compressed image array tiles. The compressed image array tiles are stored for subsequent use as a texture. During real-time rendering of a second image array, the compressed image array tiles are retrieved and decompressed using a decompression algorithm corresponding to the buffer compression algorithm. The decompressed image array tiles are then applied as a texture to one or more primitives in the second image array. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160858 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A method for reconstructing a three dimensional (3D) model, suitable for reconstructing the 3D model of an object by using a voxel, is provided. After the voxel is cut to a plurality of sub-voxels, the sub-voxels of which a projection image is inside a silhouette image are reserved. It is determined whether to recut the sub-voxel corresponding to the projection image, which is on the edge of the silhouette. When it is determined to recut the sub-voxel, the above-mentioned steps are repeated until recut is not required, thereby reconstructing the 3D model according to the reserved sub-voxels. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING VISUALIZATIONS OF MEDIA ACCESS PATTERNS - A method of presenting media access patterns to a user is disclosed. Requests are received for a media item from consumers located in a first geographic area, or media access information is otherwise collected. A first plurality of media accesses are recorded in a logging database associated with consumers who requested the media item and who are located in the first geographic area. Requests are received for the media item from consumers located in a second geographic area. A second plurality of media accesses associated with consumers who requested the media item and who are located in the second geographic area are recorded in the logging database. A first graphical representation of the first plurality of media accesses is displayed on a map communicated to a user. The first graphical representation is displayed in association with a graphical representation of the first geographical area on the map. A second graphical representation of the second plurality of media accesses is also displayed on the map. The second graphical representation is displayed in association with a graphical representation of the second geographical area on the map. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160860 | USING A BIPARTITE GRAPH TO MODEL AND DERIVE IMAGE AND TEXT ASSOCIATIONS - A method for deriving probabilistic association scores based on image content is provided. A bipartite graph is constructed based on a database of image content and associated textual content. One partition of the bipartite graph contains image content and the other partition of the bipartite graph contains textual content. Weighted edges between nodes in the two partitions represent associations between the image content and textual content in the database. Random walks on the bipartite graph are performed to derive probabilistic association scores between image content and textual content. Association scores are used to automatically annotate images and detect spurious image tags. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160861 | Spreadsheet In-Cell Range Graph Display Method - The present invention is developed for providing a method for displaying plural ranges in a spreadsheet in an easy-to understand manner by a simple operation. Based on range specification data entered in each of the plural cells, a zonal range graph displaying each range of the range specification data is displayed in a cell specified by a user. The color and/or pattern of each range may be different from each other in order to enhance the visual understandability. When a cell in which a range graph is displayed is resized, the range graph is also resized according to the new size of the cell. The range graph may be displayed in a longitudinal direction, if needed. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160862 | Method and Apparatus for Encoding/Decoding - The present invention relates to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The encoding method includes generating a data area including a plurality of media data areas; generating a plurality of track areas corresponding to the plurality of media data areas, respectively; and generating an animation area including at least one of grouping information on an animation effect, opacity effect information, size information on an image to which the animation effect is to be applied, and geometrical transform effect information. According to the present invention, the multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus has an effect of being capable of constructing a slide show by only a small amount of multimedia data. Thus, a time taken to process and transmit the multimedia data can reduce. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160863 | Unified Processor Architecture For Processing General and Graphics Workload - A processor comprising one or more control units, a plurality of first execution units, and one or more second execution units. Fetched instructions that conform to a processor instruction set are dispatched to the first execution units. Fetched instructions that conform to a second instruction set (different from the processor instruction set) are dispatched to the second execution units. The second execution units may be configured to performing graphics operations, or other specialized functions such as executing Java bytecode, managed code, video/audio processing operations, encryption/decryption operations etc. The second execution units may be configured to operate in a coprocessor-like fashion. A single control unit may handle the fetch, decode and scheduling for all the executions units. Alternatively, multiple control units may handle different subsets of the executions units. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160864 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processor has a resolution detector, a first resolution changing unit, a second resolution changing unit, and a resolution changing controller. The resolution detector detects a resolution of an input image data. The first resolution changing unit changes the detected resolution into a resolution that is higher than the detected resolution. The second resolution changing unit changes the detected resolution coinciding with a predetermined input resolution into a predetermined output resolution that is higher than the detected resolution so as to provide the input image data with a definition higher than a definition of an output image data provided with the resolution changed by the first resolution changing unit. The resolution changing controller activates the first resolution changing unit to change the detected resolution that does not coincide with the predetermined input resolution into the predetermined input resolution, and activates subsequently the second resolution changing unit. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160865 | Efficient Video Decoding Migration For Multiple Graphics Processor Systems - Embodiments of the invention as described herein provide a solution to the problems of conventional methods as stated above. In the following description, various examples are given for illustration, but none are intended to be limiting. Embodiments include a frame processor module in a graphics processing system that examines the intra-coded and inter-coded frames in an encoded video stream and initiates migration of decoding and rendering functions to a second graphics processor from a first graphics processor based on the location of intra-coded frames in a video stream and the composition of intermediate inter-coded frames. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160866 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO DECODING BY MEANS OF A GRAPHIC PIPELINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A system for decoding a stream of compressed digital video images comprises a graphics accelerator for reading the stream of compressed digital video images, creating, starting from said stream of compressed digital video images, three-dimensional scenes to be rendered, and converting the three-dimensional scenes to be rendered into decoded video images. The graphics accelerator is preferentially configured as pipeline selectively switchable between operation in a graphics context and operation for decoding the stream of video images. The graphics accelerator is controllable during operation for decoding the stream of compressed digital video images via a set of application programming interfaces comprising, in addition to new APIs, also standard APIs for operation of the graphics accelerator in a graphics context. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160867 | Autonomous Context Scheduler For Graphics Processing Units - Embodiments directed to an autonomous graphics processing unit (GPU) scheduler for a graphics processing system are described. Embodiments include an execution structure for a host CPU and GPU in a computing system that allows the GPU to execute command threads in multiple contexts in a dynamic rather than fixed order based on decisions made by the GPU. This eliminates a significant amount of CPU processing overhead required to schedule GPU command execution order, and allows the GPU to execute commands in an order that is optimized for particular operating conditions. The context list includes parameters that specify task priority and resource requirements for each context. The GPU includes a scheduler component that determines the availability of system resources and directs execution of commands to the appropriate system resources, and in accordance with the priority defined by the context list. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160868 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a connector, a graphics controller, a management controller, and a power supply control module. The graphics controller controls output of video signals and audio signals from the connector. The management controller inputs/outputs the various commands via the connector. The power supply control module supplies power for operation to both of the graphics controller and the management controller during a power-off state, and supplies power for operation only to the management controller in a power-on state. Both of the graphics controller and the management controller include a function of acquiring identification information of the connection destination by means of the signal line. And, the management controller deactivates the function of acquiring identification information of the connection destination by means of the signal line during a power-on state. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160869 | EXTENDED TEXTURE MAPPING UNIT - An extended TMU system of a graphics system is disclosed. The extended TMU system includes a novel parameter, which allows the texture mapping unit to obtain multiple samples, calculate a dot product for the multiple samples, and return a sample of a maximum dot product value, all in a single call. The extended TMU system speeds up the performance of a primitive operation essential to collision detection. Compared to other approaches, the extended TMU system reduce the amount of data transferred during the primitive computation between the core and the TMU by around 75%, and also improves the throughput between 10%-40% for three fundamental collision detection algorithms. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160870 | RUN-TIME RECONFIGURABLE FABRIC FOR 3D TEXTURE FILTERING SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a texture filtering system, comprising a sequence generator, a retrieve unit and a dispatch unit. The sequence generator generates an execution sequence in each duty cycle. The execution sequence is the priority of respectively retrieving multiple pixels from multiple queues. The retrieve unit outputs multiple Boolean signals based on the limitation of the total number of all-purpose texture filters and the above priority in a duty cycle for determining from which queues the pixels are retrieved to perform a texture filtering process, and the dispatch unit assigns the multiple texture filter formats of the pixels to be processed and the anisotropic ratios thereof to multiple address generators. Besides, the present invention utilizes Brute force method to enable multiple bilinear texture filters to satisfy the various texture filter formats of a pixel, thereby markedly reducing the space occupied by the texture filter in a 3D graphic processing unit, provided that the specifications of the address generators and texture cache memory are unchanged. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160871 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DATA CONVERSION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - An image data conversion method is provided. The method comprises the following steps of (a) receiving an original image data having three basic-color sub-pixel data and (b) calculating at least one color-enhancing sub-pixel data according to any two basic-color sub-pixel data so as to convert the original image data into an image data having at least three basic-color sub-pixel data and one color-enhancing sub-pixel data. The calculation of the color-enhancing sub-pixel data is represented as: | 2009-06-25 |
20090160872 | Imaging System - According to one embodiment, an imaging system includes a processing system and a display generator. The processing system is operable to process a signal received from a camera to yield foveal data for a foveal display region and outer data for an outer display region. The outer data have a reduced pixel density with respect to the pixel density of the foveal data. The display generator is operable to generate the foveal display region from the foveal data according to a 1:n mapping ratio, and generate the outer display region from the outer data according to a 1:m mapping ratio, where m is greater than n. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160873 | Interactive virtual weather map - An interactive map may be provided. The map may include weather information such as temperature information, precipitation information, radar information, or the like, street information such as road information, traffic information, or the like, and/or advertising information for a particular area that may be chosen by the user. The map may also display information related to points of interest such as schools, golf courses, entertainment, or the like that may be chosen by the user. The map may be dynamic such that the weather information, street information, and/or advertising information may be dynamically updated on the map. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160874 | Method for adjusting image output of a digital photo frame and related digital photo frame - A method for adjusting image output of a digital photo frame comprising storing a plurality of digital image data, displaying the plurality of digital image data, measuring a distance between the digital photo frame and a user, and adjusting display modes of the plurality of digital image data according to the distance between the digital photo frame and the user. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160875 | DOCUMENT INFORMATION MANAGING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document information managing apparatus includes: a storage storing document information and a first reference image in correspondence with each other, the first reference image being formed by changing a size of an output image of the document information based upon first magnification; a producing unit producing a second reference image having a size changed based upon second magnification smaller than the first magnification in relation to the document information when the size of the output image is larger than a predetermined size; a display displaying the first reference image when the size of the output image is smaller than the predetermined size, and displaying the second reference image when the size of the output image is larger than the predetermined size; and a display determining unit, when the second reference image is selected, controlling the display to display the first reference image relating to the selected second reference image. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160876 | VIRTUAL CONTACT GROUPS - A computer-implementable method, system and computer-usable medium includes a virtual contact group that can be dynamically created, in response to a particular user input such as, for example, registration by the user with a particular organization and/or facility. The virtual contact group generally includes a plurality of key or designated personnel. The virtual contact group is associated with the user. The designated personnel are then allowed to communicate electronically with one another within the virtual contact group to provide a coordinate service to the user. The virtual contact group is defined based on a user profile associated with the user. The virtual contact group can be stored within one or more memory locations of a computing device associated with one or more designated personnel among the virtual contact group. Such a computing device can be, for example, a wireless communication device capable communicating with the network and/or a server associated with the network. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING AN IMAGE DISPLAYED ON AN LCD DEVICE - A method and apparatus for image enhancement in a display illuminated by a lighting device. Enhancement is via use of a non-linear mapping function. An illumination level for the lighting device is determined and used with the mapping function to find a compensation factor for each pixel of the image. The brightness property of each pixel is adjusted by its compensation factor. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160878 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DISPLAY CALIBRATION - Device, system, and method for display calibration. For example, an apparatus includes: one or more color sensors, embedded within a body of a mobile device, to measure one or more color attributes of a visual element displayed by a display unit of the mobile device when a lid of the mobile device is in a closed position; and a color calibrator to calibrate one or more parameters of the display unit based on the one or more color attributes measured by the one or more color sensors. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160879 | Data driver using a gamma selecting signal, a flat panel display with the same and a driving method therefor - A data driver using a gamma selecting signal, a flat panel display with the same and a driving method therefor are provided. A first to a fourth data lines are electrically connected to a first left sub-pixel, a first right sub-pixel, a second right sub-pixel and a second left sub-pixel, respectively. The data driver includes a first, a second, a third and a fourth gray level generating units for outputting a first set of positive gray voltage, a second set of negative gray voltage, a second set of positive gray voltage and a first set of negative gray voltage, respectively. The data driver drivers these sub-pixels according to the first set of positive gray voltage, the second set of negative gray voltage, the second set of positive gray voltage and the first set of negative gray voltage under the control of a polarity inversion signal and a gamma selecting signal. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160880 | Organic electroluminescent display device and method of driving the same - An organic electroluminescent display device, includes: a gray level extractor that extracts gray levels of frame data signals for a frame image; an image type determiner that determines a type of the frame image using a distribution of the gray levels of the frame data signals, the type of the frame image being one of a low-gray-level type, a medium-gray-level type and a high-gray-level type; a gamma reference voltage generator that selects a set of gamma reference voltages based upon the image type; a data driver converting the frame data signals into frame data voltages using the selected set of gamma reference voltages; a timing controller that supplies the frame data signals to the data driver; and a display area including pixels having an organic light emitting diode that display the frame image. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160881 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An integrated circuit device includes first to Nth memory blocks that are disposed along a first direction, and first to Nth data driver blocks that are disposed along the first direction in a second direction with respect to the first to Nth memory blocks. A Jth memory block among the first to Nth memory blocks dot-sequentially reads subpixel image data and outputs the subpixel image data to a corresponding Jth data driver block among the first to Nth data driver blocks, the subpixel image data being image data corresponding to at least one subpixel. The Jth data driver block receives the subpixel image data from the Jth memory block, and outputs a data signal corresponding to the subpixel image data. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160882 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An integrated circuit device includes first to Nth memory blocks disposed along a first direction, a power supply circuit, and a data driver disposed in a second direction with respect to the first to Nth memory blocks. The power supply circuit includes an analog reference power supply voltage output circuit that outputs an analog reference power supply voltage. The analog reference power supply voltage output circuit is disposed between an Mth memory block and an (M+1)th memory block among the first to Nth memory blocks. An analog reference power supply line is provided in an area of the data driver along the first direction, | 2009-06-25 |
20090160883 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an internal display device that displays image information; an output terminal connectable with at least one external display device or more; and a display adjustment section that changes resolutions of the internal display device and the external display device to a display resolution based on comparison between the resolutions of the internal display device and the external display device and further adjust, when an aspect ratio of the internal display device differs from an aspect ratio of the external display device, display timing of the internal display device whose resolution has been changed and display timing of the external display device whose resolution has been changed, based on information about differences among the aspect ratios. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160884 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The invention relates to an electronic apparatus in which heat generation from a plurality of motors and a control circuit for controlling the motors can be suppressed without stopping operation of the motors entirely. When copy operation starts, an internal temperature of a facsimile apparatus | 2009-06-25 |
20090160885 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - Provided are an inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method in which a high-quality image free of peeling of an image face can be printed, while an amount of a treatment liquid consumed is reduced. For that purpose, a group of pigment-based inks excellent in wettability with respect to the treatment liquid (small in contact angle with respect to the treatment liquid) are made relatively small in a proportion of the treatment liquid applied to a position to which the pigment-based ink concerned is applied. In contrast, a group of pigment-based inks poor in wettability (great in contact angle with respect to the treatment liquid) are made relatively great in a proportion of the treatment liquid applied to a position to which the pigment-based ink concerned is applied. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160886 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING PRINTHEAD TANK MEMORY TO DETERMINE PRINTHEAD TANK CONFIGURATION - Methods and systems using printhead tank memory to determine printhead tank configuration are provided in accordance with embodiments of the invention. One example embodiment of the invention may include a printhead ink tank. The printhead ink tank may include a memory tag readable by a printer memory tag reader in communication with a printer controller. The memory tag may further include ink tank configuration instructions that include at least one of an ink tank configuration identifier or at least one ink tank location identifier. The ink tank configuration instructions can cause the printer controller to perform at least one memory operation associated with the memory tag. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160887 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid droplet ejection head comprises an ejector, a liquid viscosity-increase prevention structure and a liquid viscosity-increase prevention controller. The ejector includes a nozzle for ejecting a liquid droplet, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle through a communication path, and an actuator for applying pressure to a liquid in the pressure chamber. The liquid viscosity-increase prevention structure prevents an increase of viscosity of the liquid in the ejector. The liquid viscosity-increase prevention controller changes the operation frequency of the liquid viscosity-increase prevention structure between when the liquid droplet is ejected from the nozzle and when ejection of the liquid droplet is paused and no liquid droplet is being ejected from the nozzle. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160888 | Ink Tank and Ink Jet Printer - An ink tank of the foam type which is provided with a detected portion capable of exactly and surely detecting the amount of ink used by the printer or remaining in the ink tank. The ink tank includes a sub ink chamber that is disposed or formed between a main ink chamber and an ink outlet of an ink tank of a foam type. When an amount of air flowing into the sub ink chamber increases, one or more reflecting surfaces of a right-angled prism, which function as ink interfaces, resume their original function of reflecting surfaces, thereby enabling the detection of an ink end. Air bubbles having entered the sub ink chamber are surely led onto the one or more reflecting surfaces by a bubble storage part. At an ink passage having a narrow width, which is defined by the one or more reflecting surfaces, air bubbles are pressed against the one or more reflecting surfaces to be put to a crushed state and in surface contact with the latter. Air bubbles are surely led onto the one or more reflecting surfaces, and are crushed and pressed against the reflecting surfaces. This configuration prevents the one or more reflecting surfaces from being covered with ink retained in spaces among the air bubbles. Therefore, the ink end can be detected surely and exactly. | 2009-06-25 |
20090160889 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ON VARIABLE THICKNESS PRINT MEDIA - A method for printing information on a print medium, such as a mailpiece, that includes determining a thickness of the medium while it is being transported toward a print head, such as an ink jet print head, causing the distance between the top surface of the medium the print head when the medium is located below the print head to be within a specified range based on the determined thickness, and printing the information on the print medium. Also, an apparatus includes a printing station having a print head, a transport mechanism for transporting the medium toward the printing station, and a thickness measuring mechanism. The apparatus is structured to cause the distance between the top surface of the medium and a portion of the print head when the medium is located below the print head to be within a specified distance range based on the thickness of the medium. | 2009-06-25 |