30th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130187838 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND REAR PLATE FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A rear plate has a display region, and a non-display region provided around the display region. The rear plate further has a plurality of connection terminal parts, a plurality of middle connection wiring groups, a plurality of electrodes, an insulating layer, and a barrier rib. The plurality of connection terminal parts is provided in the non-display region so as to be spaced out each other. The plurality of middle connection wiring groups is provided in the non-display region so as to be spaced out each other. The middle connection wiring group includes a plurality of middle connection wirings. A dummy part is provided between the plurality of middle connection wiring groups. A lower layer of the barrier rib has the electrode and at least one part of the middle connection wiring group and at least one part of the dummy part. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187839 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICES - An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate, an organic light emitting structure, a peripheral circuit, a recess, a black matrix and a polarization structure. The first substrate may include a display region and a peripheral region. The peripheral region may surround the display region or extend along at least one side of the display region. The organic light emitting structure may be disposed over a first face of the first substrate in the display region. The peripheral circuit may be disposed over the first face of the first substrate in the peripheral region. The recess may be disposed on a second face of the first substrate in the peripheral region. The black matrix may be disposed in the recess. The polarization structure may be disposed over the black matrix and the second face of the first substrate. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187840 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus including: a substrate; a first organic light emitting element; a second organic light emitting element; a first color filter; and a second color filter in which the first color filter has a refractive index larger than a refractive index of the second color filter; the first color filter and the second color filter are in contact with each other; and in a cross section taken along a direction perpendicular to the substrate, at a part at which the first color filter and the second color filter are in contact with each other, the first color filter has an angle between a side surface thereof and the substrate, which is more than 90 degrees, and the second color filter has an angle between a side surface thereof and the substrate, which is less than 90 degrees. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187841 | THREE DIMENSIONAL LCD MONITOR DISPLAY - Creating a three dimensional (3D) image on a liquid crystal display (LCD) including providing a light source, a pixel matrix, and a plurality of electrodes for applying a voltage to the pixel matrix. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of first pixels having a first polarization and a plurality of second pixels having a second polarization. A first light is emitted from the light source, and first voltage is applied to at least one of the plurality of first pixels. A second light is emitted from the second light source and a second voltage is applied to at least one of the plurality of second pixels. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187842 | Display Device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187843 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME - Provided is a display device capable of correctly displaying an image when surplus outputs are produced within a driver, regardless of a shifting direction of a shift register within the driver, without bringing about increase in cost and increase in consumption current. A timing controller ( | 2013-07-25 |
20130187844 | LIGHT SENSITIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A light sensitive display apparatus and an operating method thereof are disclosed herein. The light sensitive display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, and the operating method of the light sensitive display apparatus includes the following steps. In a writing state, a first data voltage and a first gate voltage are provided to the pixels, and the pixels illuminated by light rays are switched to or kept in a first display state. In an erasing state, a second data voltage and a second gate voltage are provided to the pixels, and the pixels illuminated by light rays are switched to or kept in a second display state. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187845 | ADAPTIVE INTERFACE SYSTEM - An adaptive display system includes a user interface having a display for generating a visual output to a user, a sensor for capturing an image of a tracking region of the user and generating a sensor signal representing the captured image, and a processor in communication with the sensor and the display, wherein the processor receives the sensor signal, analyzes the sensor signal based upon an instruction set to determine a displacement of the tracking region of the user, and controls a visual indicator presented on the display based upon the displacement of the tracking region of the user. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187846 | BI-ORTHOGONAL PIXEL INTERPOLATION - The techniques described in this disclosure are directed to interpolating pixel values. In some examples, the techniques interpolate a pixel value for an interpolated center pixel based on pixel values of pixel that reside on diagonal lines that are orthogonal to one another. The techniques may determine first order derivative values and, in some examples, second order derivative values to determine which pixels to utilize to interpolate the pixel values for the interpolated center pixel. The techniques may similarly determine pixel values for non-center interpolated pixels using orthogonal vertical and horizontal lines. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187847 | IN-CAR EYE CONTROL METHOD - An in-car eye control method is provided to monitor a car driver's eye movements, thereby allowing the driver to communicate with people outside the car or control in-car equipment. The in-car eye control device essentially includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the driver, an processing unit for performing operations on the image taken, an eye determination unit for monitoring the driver's eye movements and generating an eye control instruction, and a system operation unit for executing a system process according to the eye control instruction. Thus, the in-car eye control method provides a diversity of communication or control solutions. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187848 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - An electronic device includes an input control processing unit that culls first input data by generating second input data from the first input data; an output control processing unit that culls output data; and a congestion control unit that instructs the input control processing unit to increase a quantity of the first input data to be culled, when delay in output relative to input is increasing, and instructs the output control processing unit to increase a quantity of the output data to be culled when the delay in output relative to input continues to increase despite the increase in the quantity of the first input data to be culled. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187849 | COORDINATE INFORMATION UPDATING DEVICE - An object can be displayed on a screen of a two-dimensional coordinate system based on xyz-coordinate values of the object in a three-dimensional coordinate system, operation information of a two-dimensional coordinate system with respect to the object can be received from an input device, and whether the operation information is in accordance with a predetermined rule or not is determined. If the operation information is not in accordance with the predetermined rule, xy-coordinate values of the object can be updated in accordance with the operation information. If the operation information is in accordance with the predetermined rule, a z-coordinate value of the object can be updated in accordance with the operation information. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187850 | MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAY CONTENT BASED ON SHAKING THE DEVICE - When a user shakes a mobile device, such as a smart phone, new content is shown on the display of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the content depends on the page or location the user is currently on within the mobile app or mobile browser page and can depend also on the history or experience level of the user. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187851 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD - An image display apparatus includes: an image signal processing unit which adjusts an input grayscale values included in an input image signal according to a predetermined grayscale characteristic; a display unit which displays an image based on an image signal included in an output grayscale value adjusted by the image signal processing unit; and a grayscale characteristic changing unit which changes a correlation between the input and output grayscale values defined based on the grayscale characteristic. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187852 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes: an output unit configured to output a plurality of three-dimensional images to a display apparatus; a detection unit configured to detect a pointer in association with a three-dimensional image displayed on the display apparatus; an operation determination unit configured to determine a predetermined operation based on movement of the pointer detected by the detection unit; and an image processing unit configured to perform, on the three-dimensional image associated with the pointer, processing associated with the predetermined operation determined by the operation determination unit, and to cause the output unit to output the processed three-dimensional image. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187853 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention provides a display system, and the display system comprises a light beam emitting device, emitting a first light beam for marking an input position and a second light beam for confirming the input position, the first light beam being visible light, and the second light beam differing from the first light beam; and a display device, comprising a displaying area, photo-sensitive devices distributed within the displaying area, processing devices coupled with the photo-sensitive devices. The photo-sensitive devices are used for sensing the second light beam projected upon the displaying area and achieving a sensing result; the processing devices are used for determining the projecting position of the second light beam upon the displaying area according to the sensing result, and performing a corresponding operation based on the sensing result. The present invention is capable of performing remote touch operation on the display device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187854 | Pointing Device Using Camera and Outputting Mark - Pointing device like mouse or joystick comprises camera for capturing the display screen and image processing means for recognizing and tracking the pointing cursor icon or mark from the captured image and producing the pointing signal. The pointing device of present invention can be used with any type of display without and additional tracking means like ultra sonic sensor, infrared sensor or touch sensor. The pointing device of present invention includes mark outputting portion, camera portion for capturing the said mark outputting portion and image processing portion for recognizing the said mark outputting portion from the captured image and producing the pointing signal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187855 | TOUCH MODE AND INPUT TYPE RECOGNITION - A touch input mode may be entered and exited automatically and/or manually. When the touch input mode is entered, user interface (UI) elements are optimized for touch input. When the touch input mode is exited, the user interface (UI) elements are optimized for hardware based input. A user may enter the touch input mode by manually selecting a user interface element and/or by entering touch input. Settings may be configured that specify conditions upon which the touch input mode is entered/exited. For example, the touch input mode may be configured to be automatically entered upon undocking a computing device, receiving touch input when in the hardware based input mode, and the like. Similarly, the touch input mode may be configured to be automatically exited upon docking a computing device, receiving hardware based input when in the touch input mode, and the like. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187856 | INPUT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INPUT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An input information processing system, which is configured so as to enable an operator to efficiently conduct work without interruption, and processes input information that has been inputted using an input device, is configured so as to comprise: a display means for displaying data to be processed on a display screen; a first input device for inputting first input information; a second input device for inputting second input information; an acquisition means for acquiring a predetermined position in the data to be processed, which is displayed on the display screen of the display means, on the basis of the first input information inputted using the first input device; and control means for clearly showing the predetermined position in the data to be processed which was acquired by the acquisition means on the data to be processed displayed on the display screen of the display means, and for controlling the data to be processed which is displayed on the display screen of the display means on the basis of the second input information inputted using the second input device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187857 | NEXT LETTER PREDICTION FOR VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard displayed on a display, generating one or more sets of predicted input characters based on the input character, wherein each set of predicted input characters corresponds to a subsequent candidate input character, and displaying a visual indication of at least some of the one or more sets of predicted input characters, wherein the visual indication is displayed at keys of the virtual keyboard associated with subsequent candidate input characters corresponding to the sets of predicted input characters. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187858 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF RECEIVED INPUT - A virtual keyboard providing an indication of received input and method of controlling the same is provided. The method comprises receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard displayed on a display, and highlighting a key in the virtual keyboard which corresponds to the input character when the input character belongs to a current set of characters which is incomplete. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187859 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LEARNING CONTEXTUAL DATA DURING DISAMBIGUATION OF TEXT INPUT - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to employ contextual data in certain circumstances to prioritize output and to learn new contextual data. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187860 | REGULATION OF NAVIGATION SPEED AMONG DISPLAYED ITEMS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - An electronic device includes a display screen and a touch sensor operatively associated with the display screen that is configured to detect a location of one or more contact points on a display screen. A controller circuit is configured to control a speed at which information items are scrolled on the display screen responsive to the location of one or more contact points on the display screen such that the speed at which information items are scrolled is changed responsive to detecting one contact point or two spaced-apart contact points by the touch sensor on the display. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187861 | SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE MAXIMIZED APPLICATIONS ON TOUCH SCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The present disclosure provides for a touch screen electronic device to display two or more running applications simultaneously in a side-by-side layout in a split screen mode of the device. Two or more applications that are running on an operating system of the device can be easily displayed simultaneously in the split screen mode while maintaining one of the displayed applications as active so that the user can provide user inputs to the active application. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187862 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATION ACTIVATION - Methods and systems for operation activation are provided. An image is displayed on a touch-sensitive display unit. At least one object in the image is recognized using an object recognition algorithm, and at least one indicator for the at least one object is displayed on the touch-sensitive display unit. At least one operation is retrieved according to the at least one object. An instruction with respect to the at least one indicator is received via an input device, such as the touch-sensitive display unit, and the at least one operation regarding the at least one object is automatically performed according to the instruction. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187863 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A method includes, while a portable electronic device including a display is in a low-power condition, detecting, by the portable electronic device, a gesture and identifying any informational icons to be displayed. The display is progressively illuminated while displaying the identified informational icons. Progressive illumination optionally occurs as long as the gesture is detected. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187864 | Contortion of an Electronic Apparatus - An apparatus including: a body configured for resilient contortion from a neutral equilibrium shape by a user, the body having an exterior surface that resiliently contorts in response to user provision of a force, wherein the body defines, proximal to a perimeter of a face of the body, at least a first portion of an exterior surface of the apparatus and a second portion of an exterior surface of the apparatus that opposes the first portion across the face, wherein user provision of a force in a first direction results in a first contortion of the exterior surface and user provision of a force in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, results in a second contortion of the exterior surface; and electronic circuitry configured to provide consistent meaning across a plurality of different software applications for user provision of a force to the exterior surface. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187865 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a transparent substrate, a transparent matrix layer, a black matrix layer and a conductive layer. The transparent matrix layer is disposed above the transparent substrate. The black matrix layer is disposed below the transparent substrate. The conductive layer is disposed between the transparent substrate and the black matrix layer. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187866 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touchscreen configured to display a home screen; and a controller configured to display a plurality of objects dispersed on the home screen, receive a specific touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and arrange and display the dispersed objects on the home screen in which the dispersed objects are moved closer to each other based on a prescribed direction of the specific touch gesture. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187867 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF OPTIMIZING TOUCH BULBS ACCORDING TO VARIATION OF AMBIENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a multi-touch sensing system capable of optimizing touch bulbs according to the variation of ambient lighting conditions and a method thereof. The system comprises an image capturing module, a computing module and a processing module. The image capturing module captures a touch image. The computing module converts the touch image into a histogram and selects a grayscale threshold to segment the histogram by dichotomy for generating a segmented image of touch bulbs, and then calculates a between-class variance and a total pixel variance of the segmented image to estimate the separability factor thereof. The processing module determines whether or not the separability factor conforms to a predetermined value; if yes, then the processing module performs an image binarization of the touch image to generate a binary image, or else the processing module repeats the aforementioned process until the separability factor conforms to a predetermined value. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187868 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD DISPLAY HAVING A TICKER PROXIMATE TO THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method comprising receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, and displaying the input character left of a cursor located within a ticker rendered on the display proximate to the virtual keyboard, wherein the cursor has a set position located towards a centre of the ticker. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187869 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A method includes, while a portable electronic device including a display is in a low-power condition, detecting, by the portable electronic device, a gesture and identifying any informational icons to be displayed. The display is progressively illuminated while displaying the identified informational icons. Progressive illumination optionally occurs as long as the gesture is detected. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187870 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A touch-type remote control device includes a main microcomputer and a display device including a touch panel. When a group icon image on the display device is touch-operated by the user, the main microcomputer displays a plurality of remote control key images allocated to the touch-operated group icon image. Then, the main microcomputer grays out the group icon images excluding the touch-operated group icon image. When the user touch-operates a desired remote control key image among the remote control key images, the main microcomputer determines that the remote control key image located in the touch-operated position has been selected and executes a control command corresponding to the remote control key image. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187871 | TOUCH PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel includes: a wire substrate and a cover substrate joined to each other, wherein the wire substrate includes a sensor electrode; a plurality of signal wires that are electrically connected to the sensor electrode and extend along a circumference of the sensor electrode; and a first light blocking layer that covers at least a signal wire disposed closest to the sensor electrode of the plurality of signal wires, and wherein the cover substrate includes a second light blocking layer that faces a continuous region including an outer edge region of the first light blocking layer and a signal wire disposed so as to be the most distant from the sensor electrode. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187872 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel includes: first electrodes extending in a first direction; second electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the first direction; and an insulating layer insulating and separating the first electrodes from the second electrodes. The second electrodes are strip-shaped electrodes which include first island-shaped electrodes formed in the same layer as the first electrodes and relay electrodes electrically connecting two adjacent first island-shaped electrodes to each other and crossing over the first electrodes. The insulating layer has contact holes at positions corresponding to both ends of each of the relay electrodes in a longitudinal direction. A distance between two contact holes provided so as to correspond to both the ends of each of the relay electrodes in the longitudinal direction is the same as or shorter than a distance between two first island-shaped electrodes coming into contact with both the ends of each of the relay electrodes. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187873 | SCROLL CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for controlling a scroll operation of a portable terminal are provided. The method includes scrolling a screen in response to a scroll action detected on a touch panel, monitoring to detect a scroll boundary of a navigation area which is scrolled in response to the scroll action, and displaying, when the scroll boundary is detected, applications corresponding to recommended actions registered with a recommended action table of a current application in sequence. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187874 | MASTER APPLICATION FOR TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a touch sensitive display for displaying a master application frame; a detector configured to detect a touch point of a user on display; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code. The apparatus is configured to display the master application frame including a plurality of slave application frames; determine at least two slave application frames based on a first touch point; define a sweep function configured to detect a sweep gesture on the touch sensitive display between the first and a second touch point, and adjust sizes of the determined slave application frames, in a non-overlapped manner, based on the detected sweep gesture. Furthermore, the apparatus is configured to detect a third touch point on a border line for at least two slave application frames; and trigger an overlapping slave application frame in response to the detected third touch point. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187875 | OPERATION INPUT SYSTEM - An operation input system and method are provided: The system includes a touch pad that includes an operation plate having an operation surface. A plurality of protrusion members arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule along the operation surface. A display device provided separately from the touch pad, wherein in the case where the display screen is divided into a plurality of screen regions that display independent images, a protrusion control section divides the operation surface into a plurality of operation surface regions corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of screen regions, the number of the operation surface regions being the same as the number of the screen regions, sets a boundary between the operation surface regions such that an area of each of the operation surface regions corresponds to a display content of the corresponding screen region, and causes the protrusion members to be protruded along the boundary. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187876 | DETECTOR, DETECTION METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a detector including: a plurality of signal lines provided in a user operation area; an injection section adapted to inject a pulse signal into the plurality of signal lines; and a determination section adapted to detect a reflected signal of the pulse signal reflected from an impedance-mismatched area of the signal line and determine the position of the signal line operated by the user based on the time at which the reflected signal is detected. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187877 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of pixel circuits which are arranged in a matrix, a plurality of sensor circuits which are arranged in regions between the pixel circuits and which read the magnitude of capacitance coupling, a plurality of scanning lines for the pixel circuits and sensor circuits, a plurality of signal lines for the pixel circuits and sensor circuits a part of which are shared, a controller which controls alternating-current driving that inverts, with a specific period, the polarity of a display signal written into the pixel circuits, and a determination module which determines a magnitude correlation between a sensor signal read from the sensor circuit and a polarity-based threshold value corresponding to the polarity of alternating-current driving in reading the sensor signal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187878 | INPUT DEVICE THROUGH TOUCH PAD - An input device includes: a receiving unit for receiving a contact position on an input region of a touch pad on which a user's finger touches; and an input controller for determining a direction of movement of the finger according to a predetermined determining condition based on the contact position on the touch pad received from the receiving unit and outputting the direction of movement, wherein the input controller manages the input region of the touch pad by dividing the input region into a plurality of regions and changes the predetermined determining condition for each of the plurality of regions. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187879 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 2013-07-25 |
20130187880 | METHODS FOR PARSING CONTENT OF DOCUMENT, HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A method for parsing a content of a document, a handheld electronic apparatus and a computer-readable medium thereof are provided. The method comprises the following steps: displaying the content of the document; parsing the content to find out text groups according to a preset pattern database when a touch event is detected, wherein the preset pattern database comprises a plurality of specific patterns, and a format of each of the text groups conforms to one of the specific patterns; determining whether a touch coordinates matches a corresponding position of a specific text group of the text groups; performing a corresponding action related to the specific text group when the touch coordinates matches the corresponding position of the specific text group. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187881 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device presents, to the user, a realistic control feel in response to a complicated operation such as an operation using multiple fingers. An electronic device | 2013-07-25 |
20130187882 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TOUCH SENSITIVITY IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus for adjusting touch sensitivity in a mobile terminal apparatus includes a touch sensitivity adjuster for adjusting touch sensitivity of a touch screen unit, and a controller controlling the touch sensitivity adjuster to selectively adjust the touch sensitivity according to an input method. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187883 | ADVANCED TOUCH CONTROL OF GRAPHICS DESIGN APPLICATION VIA FINGER ANGLE USING A HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) TOUCH USER INTERFACE - A method for controlling a graphics design application executing on a computing device is disclosed. A user interface touch sensor is configured to be responsive to at least one angle of contact with at least one finger. A change in an angle of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor is measured by the touch sensor to produce measured data. Real-time calculations on the measured data are performed to produce a measured-angle value. The measured-angle value is used to control the value of at least one user interface parameter of the graphics design application. At least one aspect of the graphics design application changes in response to the angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187884 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling an electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes detecting a touch at an area associated with a character displayed on the touch-sensitive display, adding the character to a character string, identifying, from stored data, objects that at least partially match the character string, determining a next character of ones of the objects identified to yield a set of next characters, increasing a size of an area associated with each character of the set of next characters, and reducing the size of the area associated with each character of the set of next characters with time absent detection of a further touch. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187885 | SYSTEM FOR EXTENDING THE LIFESPAN OF A TOUCH SCREEN ASSEMBLY - Embodiments of the present invention recite a system for extending the lifespan of a touch screen assembly. In one embodiment, a signal is received indicating an input pressure is being applied to a touch screen assembly. It is then determined that the input pressure comprises a valid input event and the coordinates of the valid input event are received from the touch screen assembly. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187886 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM IS STORED - When a game operation image is displayed on a touch panel of a portable terminal, the size of a game display screen and the operation image are small and therefore the progress of a game becomes difficult. Even in the case of a terminal having only a touch panel of a limited size, an operation image having a size that affects the progress of a game as little as possible is displayed on the touch panel by superimposing the operation image on a game display screen at a position that affects the progress of the game as little as possible. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187887 | DISPLAY PANEL, DRIVER CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display panel includes: display elements; a plurality of drive electrodes; one or more touch detecting electrodes that form a capacitor along with the corresponding drive electrode; a main driver unit that generates a basic drive signal including a pulse part supplied to the drive electrodes; and a first auxiliary driver unit that includes a capacitive element and that exchanges electric charges between the capacitive element and the drive electrodes in synchronization with the pulse part. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187888 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes, a module which divides a display surface of the display device into a plurality of regions composed of a plurality of display pixels and a plurality of sensor circuits and which causes a part of the sensors in each of the regions to perform a normal operation of reading the magnitude of capacitive coupling, a module which causes the other sensor circuits in the same region to perform a correction operation of not reading the magnitude of capacitive coupling, and a module which determines the magnitude of capacitive coupling using the difference between output signals from the sensor circuits that perform the normal operation in the corresponding regions and output signals from the sensor circuits that perform the correction operation. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187889 | AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE POWER WINDOW CONTROL USING CAPACITIVE SWITCHES - A capacitive switch assembly for controlling power windows of an automotive vehicle has a plurality of window select capacitive sensors with a respective window select capacitive sensor for selecting a respective power window to be opened or closed. The capacitive switch assembly also includes a capacitive actuator including gesture responsive capacitive sensors responsive to an open gesture and a close gesture made by a user with a finger on a gesture pad of the capacitive actuator. The gesture responsive capacitive sensors are located at locations on the gesture pad so that the open and close gestures mimic the way in which a user moves an actuator of a mechanical switch to open and close a window. The capacitive switch assembly may include a hot button that enables and disables the power windows. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187890 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 3D SPACE-TOUCH USING MULTIPLE IMAGING SENSORS - A user interface apparatus and method for 3D space-touch using multiple imaging sensors is provided to control an output display and provide a 3D input information without a separate input device, with an output display controller device analyzing a video data captured by the imaging sensors installed at one side and the other side of the output display, by the output display controller device generating an output display control signal and a mapping information and transmitting the signal and the mapping information to the output device if a user's motion is determined to be a motion of inputting a controlling signal (such as an act of double-clicking a part of the output display) corresponding to the output display control signal using the user's hand or a pointing stick (such as a ballpoint pen, a wood stick, etc.), thereby making users interested and providing users with convenience. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187891 | RESILIENT LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SURFACE - A light-based touch sensitive device, including a housing, a surface encased in the housing, a layer of elastic material above the surface, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing, that transmit light pulses through the layer, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing, that receive the light pulses transmitted through the layer, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, that determines a location of a pointer that touches the layer and creates an impression in the layer, based on outputs of the receivers. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187892 | OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE - An optical touch device includes: two light beam scanning modules each scanning a touch region of a panel body with a scanning light beam, whose incident angle varies with time, and outputting a time index signal associated with the incident angle; two light sensor modules each sensing a corresponding reflected scanning light beam generated due to presence of a touch within the touch region so as to output a sensing signal; and a processing unit for locating the touch based on the time index signal from each light beam scanning module, the sensing signal from each light sensor module, and a look-up table having pieces of angle information corresponding to a series of time indexes and associated with the incident angle of each scanning light beam. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187893 | ENTERING A COMMAND - An embodiment provides for entering a command into a system. The method includes detecting a pattern placed in view of a sensor. The pattern can be recognized and associated with an operation code sequence. The operational code sequence may be executed when the sensor detects an intersection between the recognized pattern and an object. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187894 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a first housing component coupled to a second housing component, a first touch-sensitive display mounted in the first housing component, the first touch-sensitive display in electrical communication with a processor, and a second touch-sensitive display mounted in the second housing component, the second touch-sensitive display in electrical communication with the processor, wherein the second housing component is movable to a second position in which the second housing component is stacked above the first housing component and a gap is provided between the first touch-sensitive display and the second touch-sensitive display. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187895 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING TOUCH SENSITIVITY OF TOUCH-BASED DEVICES - The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for improving touch detection of a touch screen device. The method includes determining touch coordinates when the touch screen device is touched. Subsequently, a sampling time is adjusted, depending on the touch coordinates relative to initial coordinates of the touch screen device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187896 | STRUCTURE OF TOUCH STYLUS - An improved structure of touch stylus includes a barrel, a sleeve, a positioning bar, a non-conductive head, and a flexible metal fabric. The sleeve and barrel are assembled together as a unitary member and the positioning bar is received in the sleeve. The non-conductive head receives a non-conductive body fit therein and the non-conductive body is fit over the positioning bar so that the non-conductive head is supported by the non-conductive body when the flexible metal fabric that surrounds outside the non-conductive head is put in contact with the a touch screen. As such, the non-conductive head is provided, internally, with a supporting force that prevents the non-conductive head from not resuming the original shape after being pressed down by the contact and thus improving accuracy of touch and extending the lifespan. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187897 | DRIVING METHOD AND A DISPLAY STRUCTURE USING THE DRIVING METHOD - A driving method drives a display. The display includes a scan driving circuit, a data driving circuit, a plurality of first signal lines coupling with the scan driving circuit, and a plurality of second signal lines coupling with the data driving circuit. The first signal lines cross the second signal lines to form the pixel matrix. The driving method comprises to divide the pixel matrix into at least a first region and a second region, then, to drive the first region by a first frame rate, and to drive the second region by a second frame rate, wherein the first frame rate is leas than the second frame rate. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187898 | Non-Volatile Type Display Apparatus and Damage Detection Method Thereof - A non-volatile type display apparatus includes a control unit and a display unit electrically connected to the control unit. The control unit ascertains whether the display unit is damaged or not according to an ascertainment signal. A damage detection method for the non-volatile type display apparatus is also disclosed. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187899 | GLASSES APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - Glasses apparatus interlocking with a 3D display device is provided. The glasses apparatus includes a shutter glasses unit, a synchronous signal receiving unit receiving a synchronous signal from the 3D display device, a shutter glasses which drives unit driving the shutter glasses unit, a DC/DC converter unit which converts converting a DC voltage provided from a battery, and a control unit which controls the DC/DC converter unit to apply the converted DC voltage to the shutter glasses driving unit through supplying of a PWM signal to the DC/DC converter unit and controlling the shutter glasses driving unit, which is driven by the applied DC voltage, to turn on/off the shutter glasses unit according to the synchronous signal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187900 | COURT BORDER MODULE USING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A court border module using a display apparatus is disclosed, which uses piezoelectric elements to drive the display apparatus. When a ball hits a court border, which is defined by the display apparatus, a force is applied to the piezoelectric elements which then generate power to drive the corresponding part of the display apparatus. The color of the part of the display apparatus hit by the ball is switched. Therefore the change in the color of the court border can be observed by officials and others to instantly and objectively determine whether the ball has hit the court border. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187901 | CIRCUIT FOR OUTPUTTING OVERDRIVE VOLTAGES OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND METHOD THEREOF - A circuit for outputting overdrive voltages of a liquid crystal panel includes a memory unit and an overdrive unit. The overdrive unit includes a first lookup table, a second lookup table, and a selector. The memory unit stores a plurality of second pixel voltages corresponding to a second frame displayed by the liquid crystal panel and outputs a plurality of first pixel voltages corresponding to a first frame displayed by the liquid crystal panel stored in the memory unit. The overdrive unit looks up the first lookup table and the second lookup table to generate a first overdrive voltage and a second overdrive voltage according to each first pixel voltage and a corresponding second pixel voltage. The selector outputs the first overdrive voltage or the second overdrive voltage according to a polarity signal and a frame signal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187902 | System and Method of Pointillist Painting Design - A method of generating a textured pointillist painting design comprises receiving a digital image file including a specification of a plurality of pixels representative of a digital image, the pixels each including a color definition, creating an ordered list of color definitions of the plurality of pixels in the digital image file, for each color definition in the ordered list determining a set of design parameters including: a dot size, a dot shape, a dot exclusion zone size, and a dot distribution scheme, for each color definition, determining a placement of a plurality of dots according to the pixels and color definitions in the digital image file and the set of design parameters, generating a dot list specifying the placement and design parameters of the plurality of dots representative of the digital image, and rendering on a display a facsimile image in response to the dot list. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187903 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of displaying images representative of image data includes providing a user interface for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image and at least one two-dimensional (2D) image, setting a volumetric field of view for the 3D image, setting a respective further field of view for the at least one 2D image, and linking the volumetric field of view and the at least one further field of view so that a movement of the volumetric field of view of the 3D image automatically causes a corresponding movement of the further field of view of the at least one 2D image, and so that a movement of the further field of view or at least one of the field of view of the at least one 2D image automatically causes a corresponding movement of the volumetric field of view of the 3D image. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187904 | Three Dimensional LCD Monitor Display - A pixel matrix located on a liquid crystal display (LCD) that includes a plurality of first pixels having a first polarization; a plurality of second pixels having a second polarization; and a plurality of electrodes configured to activate the first pixels followed by the second pixels, the activating at twice a frame rate of the LCD. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187905 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING AND MOVING 3D MODELS AND TRUE-SCALE METADATA OF REAL WORLD OBJECTS - In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for assisting a user in visualizing how a modified real-world setting would appear. An imaging device may capture a plurality of images of one or more objects or settings. A three-dimensional model of each object or setting may be created based on the images. These models may then be used to create a realistic image of a modified setting. For example, an image may display a setting (e.g., a living room) with an additional object (e.g., a couch) in the setting. The image may be realistic, in that it may accurately represent dimensions of the object relative to dimensions in the setting. Because three-dimensional models were created for both the setting and object, a user may be able to manipulate the image to, e.g., re-position and/or re-orient the object within the setting and view the setting from different perspectives. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187906 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A stereoscopic image display control apparatus includes: an output unit which outputs a stereoscopic image to a display device; an input accepting unit ( | 2013-07-25 |
20130187907 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an information obtaining unit configured to obtain parallax adjustment information with regard to a parallax-adjusted three-dimensional display material and an image transform unit configured to perform an inverse transform processing on the parallax-adjusted three-dimensional display material to be restored to a material before the parallax adjustment on the basis of the parallax adjustment information obtained by the information obtaining unit and generate a two-dimensional display material. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187908 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing device and method is disclosed. The image processing device includes a depth-of-interest (DOI) determining circuit and an image processing circuit. The DOI determining circuit generates a DOI distribution of the input image and corresponding depth information of the input image. The image processing circuit receives the input image and performs a predetermined image processing operation on the input image according to the DOI distribution to generate an output image. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187909 | METHOD FOR OPERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL HANDLER AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A terminal for supporting an operation of a three-dimensional handler includes: a display unit displaying a three-dimensional handler region having at least one link object and a link object information region outputting link object information in response to a movement or selection of the at least one link object on the three-dimensional handler and outputting the collected link object information in the link object information region. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187910 | CONVERSION OF A DIGITAL STEREO IMAGE INTO MULTIPLE VIEWS WITH PARALLAX FOR 3D VIEWING WITHOUT GLASSES - A method for generating additional views from a stereo image defined by a left eye image and a right eye image. The method includes receiving as input at least one stereo image. The method includes, for each of the stereo images, generating a plurality of additional images. The method includes interlacing the additional images for each of the stereo images to generate three dimensional (3D) content made up of multiple views of the scenes presented by each of the stereo images. The interlacing may be performed such that the generated 3D content is displayable on a 3D display device including a barrier grid or a lenticular lens array on the monitor screen. The additional images may include 12 to 40 or more frames providing views of the one or more scenes from differing viewing angles than provided by the left and right cameras used to generate the original stereo image. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187911 | Image and Annotation Display | 2013-07-25 |
20130187912 | Three Dimensional (3D) Bounding Box with Hidden Edges - In one embodiment, a method includes determining a set of elements rendered in a three dimensional (3D) space. Geometry information for the set of elements is determined based on a position and an orientation of each element of the set of elements in the 3D space. Then, bounding box coordinates for a bounding box are determined based on the geometry information. A viewing direction is determined that is being used to view the set of elements in 3D space. The method calculates at least one or more portions of edges of the bounding box that are determined to be not visible if viewed from the viewing direction in the 3D space and renders the bounding box in the 3D space with the at least one or more portions of edges hidden using the bounding box coordinates. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187913 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SNAPPING NORMALS TO CREATE FAIR 3D SURFACES FROM EDGE CURVES - A method for generating a three dimensional (3D) surface includes receiving an input corresponding to a plurality of curves joined to define a single edge loop, analyzing each of the plurality of curves to define a plurality of edge segments based on an identified curve feature, calculating snap normal vectors for the endpoints of each of the plurality of edge segments, dividing the segmented edge loop into sub-loops based on the plurality of edge segments, determining the surface normal vectors for the sub-loops and combining these values with the snap surface normals at each end point to produce a final surface normal for each end point, and generating the continuous 3D surface based on triangles associated with the segmented edge loop and the surface normals associated with the end points. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187914 | Method and Apparatus for Rendering and Modifying Terrain in a Virtual World - A system for rendering virtual terrain includes an Internet-connected server and software executing on the server from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for building a basic terrain from geometric blocks, a second function for analyzing surrounding terrain properties, a third function for adding or subtracting blocks from the terrain, and a fourth function for smoothing the final terrain surfaces. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187915 | Three Dimensional Data Compression - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for compressing three dimensional data of a scene. Data is received comprising (i) three dimensional data of a scene, and (ii) depth data associated with the three dimensional data. A triangle mesh is generated based on the three dimensional data, the triangle mesh comprising a plurality of triangles, each triangle including three vertices and three edges connecting the three vertices. For each edge in the triangle mesh, a metric is calculated for the edge based on data from the depth data associated with the edge, a length of the edge, and a curvature of the edge. A set of edges is collapsed based on a metric associated with each edge in the set of edges to generate a compressed triangle mesh. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187916 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF VIDEO, PICTORIAL, OR GRAPHICAL DATA USING POLYGON REDUCTION FOR REAL TIME APPLICATIONS - A system and method translate a model in computer aided design (CAD) format into a lightweight format. The lightweight format includes a plurality of polygons. The lightweight format is received into an animation tool. The animation tool combines the polygons of the lightweight format into a reduced mesh, and optimizes the reduced mesh by reducing a count of the polygons in the model. The reduced mesh is exported into the lightweight format for use in 3D real time applications. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187917 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTISAMPLE ANTIALIASING - A method and system for generating two or three dimensional computer graphics images using multisample antialiasing (MSAA) is provided, which enables memory bandwidth to be conserved. For each of one or more pixels it is determined whether all of a plurality of sample areas of that pixel are located within a particular primitive. For those pixels where it is determined that all the sample areas of that pixel are located within that primitive, a value is stored in a multisample memory for a smaller number of the sample areas of that pixel than the total number of the sample areas of that pixel and data is stored indicating that all the sample areas of that pixel are located within that primitive. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187918 | METHOD FOR MODELLING A 3D SCENE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for modelling a scene from a plurality of maps representative of depth, each map representative of depth being associated with a view of the said scene according to a particular viewpoint. To optimize the fidelity and precision of the scene modelling, the method comprises the following steps:
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20130187919 | 3D Body Modeling, from a Single or Multiple 3D Cameras, in the Presence of Motion - The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to generating three dimensional (3D) models from range sensor data. According to an aspect, 3D point clouds are captured using a 3D camera, where each of the 3D point clouds corresponds to a different relative position of the 3D camera with respect to a body. One of the 3D point clouds can be set as a reference point cloud, and transforms can be determined for coordinates of the other captured 3D point clouds to transform these to coordinates of the reference point cloud. The body represented in the reference point cloud can be segmented into body parts corresponding to elements of a 3D part-based volumetric model including cylindrical representations, and a segmented representation of the physical object of interest can be generated in accordance with the 3D part-based volumetric model, while taking localized articulated motion into account. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187920 | ACCELERATED TEXTURE LOOKUPS USING TEXTURE COORDINATE DERIVATIVES - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for preparing to prefetch memory in 3D graphical shader programs. Based on the memory addresses of texels from a texture map that were previously read, a memory address of a to-be-read texel is estimated by using a first-order derivative of the memory address with respect to pixel distance. The estimated memory address is then prefetched for use when the pixel corresponding to the texel is rendered. Whether or not to perform the estimation of the texel memory address can be determined by whether the corresponding pixels are on the same, flat facet on a 3D model. Multiple directions on the facet can be used for memory address estimation as well as higher-order derivatives. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187921 | ROTATIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system which integrates unique lighting technologies, switching systems, mounting systems, information delivery systems and power supply systems within a support such as vehicular wheel to provide an advanced, high quality visual display apparatus in various surfaces of rotation. A displayed image may be three dimensional. These technologies, and their many unique applications, provide for a novel and useful series of video display devices that are small, lightweight, efficient and can have the capability of producing a clear, bright, high definition image that is equivalent to that of a modern day TV or high quality computer monitor. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187922 | Systems and Methods for Graphical Layout - In some embodiments, a method comprises selecting a first and a second predetermined number of points of graphical data; determining an initial distance between each of the first predetermined number of points, generating a fast approximate distance oracle comprising identifiers of points and oracle distances between at least one point and another point, determining a graphical distance for each of the second predetermined number of points relative to other points of the first and second predetermined number of points, calculating a potential error between the determined graphical distance and a topologic distance between each of the second predetermined number of points, approximating a correction for at least one of the second predetermined number of points, adjusting a position of the at least one of the second predetermined number of points, and displaying the at least one of the second predetermined number of points. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187923 | LEGEND INDICATOR FOR SELECTING AN ACTIVE GRAPH SERIES - Various arrangements for identifying and selected a data value of a dataset presented on a graph are described. The graph may be presented, wherein the graph illustrates a plurality of datasets and a legend that identifies each of the plurality of datasets. A selection of the dataset may be received via the legend of the graph. An input of a point on the graph may be received. A value of a data point from the dataset that corresponds to the input of the point on the graph may be presented. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187924 | GRAPH DISPLAYING DEVICE - A graph displaying device includes a trend graph display that defines a time axis and a data value axis, and plots time series data in an orthogonal plane indicated by the axes to display a trend graph, a focus data pointer display that displays a pointer indicating a plot point relative to a selectively indicated plot point of the time series data when a desired plot point of the time series data has been selectively indicated on the trend graph, a focus data pointer moving/stopping unit that moves the pointer in a designated earlier or later direction on the time axis, and stops, at a plot point of the time series data, the pointer that has been moved, and a numeric value information display that displays a data value and a time mark at the plot point of the time series data. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187925 | LOGIC GRAPH DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND LOGIC GRAPH DISPLAY METHOD, BOTH FOR USE WITH MOLDING MACHINES - A logging data about a signal identifier of the I/O signals which changed in on/off state are stored in a ring buffer. A logging screen includes identifier display parts, logic-graph display parts and first and second cursors. The logic-graph display parts display logic graphs associated with signal identifiers, respectively. When any one of the identifier display parts displayed on the logging screen is clicked, the logging screen is changed to an input window. If a desired input identifier is input in the input window, the logging data associated with the signal identifier is read from the ring buffer and the logic graph is displayed in the logic-graph display parts. The logic graph can be modified. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187926 | AUTOMATED PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION USING INFOGRAPHICS - In one embodiment, a method for creating one or more infographics, comprising: receiving and storing data associated with an individual or an entity, in a format according to a schema that includes at least two properties associated with the individual or entity; reading at least a portion of the data; determining which of the at least two properties in the schema do not have corresponding read data associated with the individual or entity; based on that determination, selecting an infographic definition from among a plurality of infographic definitions defining the appearance of at least a portion of an infographic; generating one or more infographics based on (i) the at least a portion of the data and (ii) the selected infographic definition; and providing the one or more generated infographics to an output device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187927 | Method and System for Automated Production of Audiovisual Animations - The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for the automated production of an audiovisual animation, in particular a tutorial video, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
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20130187928 | SIGNAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND PROCESS - Display apparatus and process is provided for displaying a static source image in a manner that it is perceived as an animated sequence of images when viewed by an observer in relative motion to the apparatus. The source image is sliced or fractured to provide a plurality of image fractions of predetermined dimension. The fractions are redistributed in a predetermined sequence to provide an output image, which is placed in a preferably illuminated display apparatus provided with a mask. An observer in relative motion to the display apparatus, sequentially views a predetermined selection of image fractions through the mask, which are perceived by the observer as a changing sequence of images. Applying the concepts of persistence of vision, the observer perceives the reconstructed imagery as live action animation, a traveling singular image or series of static images, or changing image sequences, from a plurality of lines of sight. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187929 | VISUAL REPRESENTATION EXPRESSION BASED ON PLAYER EXPRESSION - Using facial recognition and gesture/body posture recognition techniques, a system can naturally convey the emotions and attitudes of a user via the user's visual representation. Techniques may comprise customizing a visual representation of a user based on detectable characteristics, deducting a user's temperament from the detectable characteristics, and applying attributes indicative of the temperament to the visual representation in real time. Techniques may also comprise processing changes to the user's characteristics in the physical space and updating the visual representation in real time. For example, the system may track a user's facial expressions and body movements to identify a temperament and then apply attributes indicative of that temperament to the visual representation. Thus, a visual representation of a user, such as an avatar or fanciful character, can reflect the user's expressions and moods in real time. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187930 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE SIMULATION OF MATERIALS AND MODELS - A method and system for drawing, displaying, editing animating, simulating and interacting with one or more virtual polygonal, spline, volumetric models, three-dimensional visual models or robotic models. The method and system provide flexible simulation, the ability to combine rigid and flexible simulation on plural portions of a model, rendering of haptic forces and force-feedback to a user. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187931 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE NATIVE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS USER INTERFACE COMPOSITION - In an environment with multiple graphics software application framework, a rending application programming interface (API) agent is provided in a rendering API library. The rendering API agent is to find surface information on memory surfaces corresponding to rendering surfaces of the rendering API library and relationship information between the memory surfaces and a process of the redering API application. The rendering API agent is to communicate with a global scene graph library (GSGL) to send the surface information and the relationship information to the GSGL. Binding may be used to transform the memory surfaces to desired rendering API surfaces based on the surface information in GSGL. A user experience application is to manipulate the translated rendering API surfaces to create user experience. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187932 | PARA-VIRTUALIZED ASYMMETRIC GPU PROCESSORS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing asymmetric Graphical Processing Unit (“GPU”) processors in a para-virtualized environment. A virtual GPU (“vGPU”) within a child partition of the para-virtualized environment includes a kernel-mode driver (“KMD”) and a user-mode driver (“UMD”). The KMD includes a plurality of virtual nodes. Each virtual node performs a different type of operation in parallel with other types of operations. The KMD is declared as a multi-engine GPU. The UMD schedules operations for parallel execution on the virtual nodes. A render component within a root partition of the para-virtualized environment executes GPU commands received from the vGPU at the physical GPU. A plurality of memory access channels established between the KMD and the render component communicate GPU commands between a corresponding virtual node at the KMD and the render component. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187933 | RENDERING CONTENT ON COMPUTING SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented method for rendering a web page including web content and video content is disclosed according to an aspect of the subject technology. The method comprises retrieving the web content from a network using a browser process implemented on one or more processors, and rendering the retrieved web content into rendered web content using a render process implemented on the one or more processors. The method also comprises retrieving the video content from the network using a video process implemented on the one or more processors, and directing the retrieved video content to a video hardware accelerator, wherein the video hardware accelerator renders the video content into a rendered video frame. The method further comprises instructing a graphics processing unit (GPU) to composite the rendered web content and the rendered video frame into a composite frame for display to a user. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187934 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - A method of processing a signal, the method including receiving first data, extracting a first parameter from the first data, calculating and outputting first output data with respect to the first data based on the first parameter, receiving second data, extracting a second parameter from the second data, calculating second output data with respect to the second data based on the second parameter, and alternately outputting the first and second output data at least once. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187935 | LOW LATENCY CONCURRENT COMPUTATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing low latency computation on a parallel processing subsystem. A low latency functional node is exposed to an operating system. The low latency functional node and a generic functional node are configured to target the same underlying processor resource within the parallel processing subsystem. The operating system stores low latency tasks generated by a user application within a low latency command buffer associated with the low latency functional node. The parallel processing subsystem advantageously executes tasks from the low latency command buffer prior to completing execution of tasks in the generic command buffer, thereby reducing completion latency for the low latency tasks. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187936 | Language Level Support for Shared Virtual Memory - Embodiments of the invention provide language support for CPU-GPU platforms. In one embodiment, code can be flexibly executed on both the CPU and GPU. CPU code can offload a kernel to the GPU. That kernel may in turn call preexisting libraries on the CPU, or make other calls into CPU functions. This allows an application to be built without requiring the entire call chain to be recompiled. Additionally, in one embodiment data may be shared seamlessly between CPU and GPU. This includes sharing objects that may have virtual functions. Embodiments thus ensure the right virtual function gets invoked on the CPU or the GPU if a virtual function is called by either the CPU or GPU. | 2013-07-25 |
20130187937 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES CONFIGURED FOR ADAPTING REFRESH BEHAVIOR - A method for adapting refresh behavior on an electronic device is described. The method includes operating according to an adaptive state that adapts a refresh rate for a display based on at least one frame. The method additionally includes transitioning from the adaptive state to a self refresh state based on a first self refresh state indication. The method further includes transitioning from the self refresh state to the adaptive state based on a second self refresh state indication. | 2013-07-25 |