| 31st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
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| 20120194431 | ZERO-CLICK ACTIVATION OF AN APPLICATION - A method is described for activating an application without specific positioning of a mouse or clicking a mouse button (“zero-click activation”). This is done by evaluating motion of an input device with regard to predetermined criteria; detecting a rapid, multi-directional motion (a shaking motion) of the input device, and initiating a preconfigured application in response thereto. In an embodiment, the input device is a mouse, and the method is performed without actuating a button on the mouse. The preconfigured application may be a search function, and in particular may be a Web search invoked when a shaking action is detected while the user is viewing a Web site. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194432 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic device includes an object sensor for detecting motion of an object, such as a stylus or finger, relative to device and during a period of contactless object movement. A motion sensor, such as an accelerometer, detects device motion during the period of contactless object movement. A processor determines a gesture that corresponds to the movement of the object and to movement of the device. This device, and the associated method, results in a more accurate determination of an intended gesture, such as a three-dimensional gesture. For example, the processor, or gesture determinator, can compensate for movement of the device when determining the gesture corresponding to detected contactless movement of the object. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194433 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input object data including reflection characteristics of an object; an acquisition unit configured to acquire observation position data indicating the observation position of an observer and light source data indicating a surrounding light source around the image capture unit, on the basis of image data captured by the image capture unit; and a generation unit configured to generate image data, which image includes the object placed on the display unit, on the basis of the object data, the observation position data, and the light source data, wherein the image data indicate the image which is observed at the observation position when light from the light source is reflected by the object. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194434 | MOUSE WITH WIRE ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE - A mouse with a wire arrangement structure is provided. The mouse includes a housing, a base, a connection unit and a wire. The housing includes an opening and an opening edge. The base corresponds to the housing, wherein the base is moved between a first position and a second position, and when the base is in the first position, the base abuts the opening edge to cover the opening, and when the base is in the second position, the base is separated from the opening edge. The connection unit is connected to the housing and the base, allowing the base to move relative to the housing. The wire includes a joint, wherein when the wire is in a receiving state, the wire is wound up around the connection unit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194435 | MOUSE AND METHOD FOR PAIRING THE MOUSE WITH COMPUTER - A mouse includes a BLUETOOTH module, a display device, and a switch unit. The module searches within a range and discovers computers in which a function has been enabled. The display device displays identification information of the discovered computers. The switch unit is operable to scroll through the discovered computers and select one computer, and enable the module to establish a connection between the selected computer and the mouse. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194436 | HANDHELD BED CONTROLLER PENDANT WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A pendant controller for a patient bed includes a housing sized to be held in a user's hand and a liquid crystal display carried by the housing and viewable by the user. The pendant controller has a set of manual buttons carried by the housing adjacent the LCD. The set of manual buttons is arranged in a row and the buttons are n in number, with n being an integer greater than 1. The pendant controller further includes control circuitry situated in the housing and configured to drive the LCD to display a table that is m columns wide, with m being equal to n. The table contains indicia with each indicia corresponding to a function associated with a respective one of the manual buttons. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194437 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT DISAMBIGUATION - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special key of the keypad that enables a user to progressively select variants generally without changing the position of the user's hands on the device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194438 | ELECTRONIC READER WITH CHINESE PINYIN INPUT FUNCTION AND CHINESE PINYIN INPUT METHOD - An electronic reader includes a touch display screen receiving user inputs and displaying a keypad and a processing unit. The keypad includes a plurality of first keys and a plurality of second keys, the keypad selectively operable between a pinyin mode where the first keys display letters a to z, and a Chinese character mode where the first keys display Chinese characters. The processing unit controls the electronic reader to enter the Pinyin mode, displays an intended pinyin inputted by a user on one of the second keys, activates the keypad to enter into the Chinese character mode whereby according to the input of the pinyin and displays a plurality of possible Chinese characters on the first keys, selects and displays a intended Chinese character in an entry field. A Chinese pinyin input method is also provided. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194439 | Communication and Academic Achievement Assistive Device, System, and Method - Apparatus and method for providing assistance in communication and academic achievement to individuals possessing fine motor coordination impairment. A computer is provided having software and a storage medium having a plurality of potential user expressions. At least one user screen is in communication with the computer upon which a plurality of potential user expressions are displayable. A plurality of widely spaced apart controls are provided in association with the user screen corresponding to the potential user expressions. When the user wishes to select one of the potential user expressions, the user operates the control that corresponds to the desired potential user expression using gross motor movements. A primary component is image-based for pre-literate users, and a secondary component is character-based for literate users. In the primary component, an operator sends images from which the user chooses. In the secondary component, the user selects characters for a two-dimensional content area. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194440 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes receiving a first input comprising at least two touches that overlap in time on a touch-sensitive display, storing data associated with the input including data associated with the at least two touches to control access to functions at the portable electronic device, detecting a second input on the touch-sensitive display to provide access to the functions, and providing access to the functions based on a comparison of data associated with the second input to the stored data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194441 | PATTERNED SUBSTRATES WITH NON-LINEAR CONDUCTOR TRACES - The present disclosure provides an article having (a) a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces; and (b) a conductor micropattern disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The conductor micropattern has a plurality of traces defining a plurality of open area cells. The conductor micropattern has an open area fraction greater than 80% and a uniform distribution of trace orientation. Each of the traces is non-linear and has a trace width from 0.5 to 10 micrometer. The articles are useful in devices such as displays, in particular, touch screen displays useful for mobile hand held devices, tablets and computers. They also find use in antennas and for EMI shields. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194442 | TOUCH SCREEN VIDEO SOURCE CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention is a video production and control system that uses a touch screen display and user interface, managed by a controller, for video source control. The system may include a set of touch screen windows that display feeds from sources of video information. For a selected feed window, the system displays a set of representations of preset configurations of the video source, which might be a camera, a video recorder, a handheld device, a storage device, a computer, or other source of video data. The representations may be thumbnail images of a view through the video source when it has the corresponding configuration. Selecting a different thumbnail using the touch screen will cause a controller to send control data through an output port that directs the video source to assume the newly chosen preset configuration. Some combination of controls in the touch screen user interface and control panel allow a user to manually reconfigure a video source, and optionally create a new corresponding preset thumbnail. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194443 | DETACHABLE KEY AND KEYBOARD THEREOF - A detachable key has a character generator, a control signal generator, a wireless module, and a connection part. The control signal generator generates a control signal when a user presses or touches the control signal generator. The character generator generates a character signal according to the control signal. The wireless module receives the character signal and transmits the character signal to a computing device via a wireless transmission manner. The connection part is used to connect the detachable key with the other detachable keys. The user may freely connect detachable keys to form the demanded keyboard according to the user's requirements, and thus the detachable key is convenient to the user. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194444 | Method of Tracing Touch Paths for a Multi-Touch Panel - A method of tracing touch paths for a multi-touch panel is disclosed. A basis touch point obtained from the multi-touch panel, a predicted touch point generated according to the basis touch point, and a detected touch point obtained from the multi-touch panel are provided. A reported touch point is then generated according to the basis touch point, the predicted touch point and the detected touch point based on a parametric curve. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194445 | Moving Point Gesture Determination method, Touch Control Chip, Touch Control System and Computer System - A moving point gesture determination method is disclosed for a touch sense device mapped to a screen according to absolute position. The moving point gesture determination method includes steps of comparing one or more signal values of one or more detecting signals generated by the touch sense device with one or more threshold values, to determine whether any touch event occurs, and determining that a moving point gesture occurs once the determination indicates that a touch event occurs. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194446 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION INTO THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a motherboard, a touch screen, an input module, and an identifying module connected to the touch screen and the input module. The touch screen is connected to the motherboard and attached to the front of the electronic device, the input module is disposed at the rear of the electronic device. The indentify module identifies whether input information has come from the touch screen or from the input module and after any discrimination which may be necessary sends the input information to the motherboard which executes instructions according to the input information. A method for inputting information into the electronic device is also disclosed. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194447 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING USER INTERFACE - An electronic device includes a touch-screen display, a processor, a memory, and one or more modules stored in the memory. The one or more modules are adapted to be executed by the processor to detect one or more contact actions on the touch-screen display when the user interface of the electronic device is locked. The one or more modules are adapted to allow and detect the rotation of an unlock image relative to a background image in accordance with the one or more contact actions, wherein the unlock image and the background image are graphical, and the unlock image is an interactive user-interface object. The one or more modules are adapted to determine one or more positions of the unlock image relative to the background image from the one or more contact actions. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194448 | COVER ATTACHMENT WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A tablet device with a flexible cover is disclosed. Thin flexible display technology can be integrated into the flexible cover without affecting the overall form factor of the cover or tablet device. Adding the integrated display to the flexible cover greatly enhances the overall functionality of the tablet device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194449 | MOVABLE TOUCH DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A movable touch device and an electronic device thereof are disclosed. The movable touch device comprises a casing having an external and an opposite internal surfaces; a first conductive layer with a first touch sensor circuit on the external surface of the casing, a second conductive layer with a second touch sensor circuit on the internal surface of the casing, and a communication interface unit installed on the casing for electrically coupling the first and second conductive layers to the electronic device. The movable touch device can be turned over or aligned in parallel to the back of the electronic device. The movable touch device and the display screen can be combined or separated, so that the transmittance of the screen will not be affected, and the electronic device can be removed, so as to provide a convenient carry. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194450 | MULTICONTACT TACTILE SENSOR WITH INTERMEDIATE RESISTIVE LAYER - A multicontact tactile sensor including an upper structure having first conductive tracks arranged in rows, a lower structure having second conductive tracks arranged in columns, spacers positioned between the upper structure and the lower structure; and an intermediate layer positioned on at least one of the first or the second conductive tracks, the intermediate layer made of a semiconductor metal oxide. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194451 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The display panel includes an opposite substrate and an array substrate. The opposite substrate includes a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first wire electrode formed on the first surface, a first transparent electrode formed on the first surface and partially overlapping with the first wire electrode, and a common electrode formed on the second surface. The first wire on the first surface is formed before the first transparent electrode on the first surface. The array substrate includes a second substrate including a third surface facing the second surface, and a pixel layer formed on the third surface and facing the common electrode. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194452 | METHODS OF DETECTING MULTI-TOUCH AND PERFORMING NEAR-TOUCH SEPARATION IN A TOUCH PANEL - A method of detecting multi-touch in a touch panel a plurality of panel points for sensing respective input touch levels is provided. The method includes determining touch levels by adaptively removing noise touch levels among the input touch levels based on a distribution of the input touch levels, and determining a touch point among the panel points having the valid touch levels by performing near-touch separation based on a two-dimensional pattern of the valid touch levels. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194453 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. A touch panel according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a base member; a transparent electrode formed in an active area of the base member; an insulator formed in a bezel area of the base member, and convexly protruded from the base member; and an electrode wiring formed on an exposed surface of the insulator. In addition, a touch panel according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a base member having a groove portion formed such that an exposed surface thereof has a concave curved surface; a transparent electrode formed in an active area; and an electrode wire connected to one end or both ends of the transparent electrode and formed on the exposed surface of the groove portion. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194454 | FINGER TILT DETECTION IN TOUCH SURFACE-BASED INPUT DEVICES - An input device includes a touch sensor and a processing unit. The touch sensor has a surface and is configured to sense an imprint of a finger that touches the surface. The processing unit is configured to calculate a tilt of the finger relative to the surface by measuring a shift of the imprint sensed by the touch surface, and to produce an output based on the tilt. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194455 | TABLET ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A tablet electronic device configured to electrically connect to a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a first connecting interface and a processing module. The tablet electronic device includes a body and a touch panel. The body includes a second connecting interface connected to the first connecting interface. The touch panel is disposed in the body to generate a touch signal after a touch, and when the portable electronic device is connected to the tablet electronic device, the touch panel displays information of the portable electronic device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194456 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD - A portable communication terminal equipped with a first touch panel and a second touch panel that are switchable between a side-by-side configuration and a non-side-by-side configuration, and when (i) a contact point is detected on each of the first touch panel and the second touch panel in a same detection cycle and (ii) a distance between the contact points is within a predetermined range, the portable communication terminal displays an object on at least one of the first touch panel and the second touch panel based on one pair of position coordinates obtained based on two pairs of coordinates of the contact points. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194457 | Identifiable Object and a System for Identifying an Object by an Electronic Device - An object is identifiable by an electronic device having a touch screen. The object includes contact members that can engage or be positioned proximate to the touch screen. The contact members create contact points that are sensed or detected by the touch screen. The object is at least partly conductive and includes at least a first contact member and a second contact member spaced from the first contact member. The first and second contact members define the pattern of contact points. An output is generated and displayed by the touch screen when the object engages or is proximate to the touch screen and is identified. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194458 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FILTER INTEGRATED TOUCH PANEL, STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to the three-dimensional filter integrated touch panel, comprising the first transparent electrode formed as the first pattern on the upper surface of the first substrate and the three-dimensional filter formed with the light shielding unit and with the light transmission unit arranged alternatively at the lower surface of the first substrate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194459 | TOUCH WINDOW OBTAINING COORDINATE POSITION ON BOUNDARY PORTION OF VIEW AREA AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a touch window including an upper substrate including a first extension portion from which a first transparent electrode having a first pattern in one direction is extended to an outside of the boundary portion of a view area, and a lower substrate including a second extension portion from which a second transparent electrode having a second pattern in orthogonal direction to the one direction is extended to an outside of the boundary portion of a view area in the orthogonal direction. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194460 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus capable of providing a constant tactile sensation to a user regardless of a position of a touch input is provided. According to the present invention, the tactile sensation providing apparatus has a touch sensor | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194461 | ADVANCED TOUCH CONTROL OF INTERACTIVE MAP VIEWING VIA FINGER ANGLE USING A HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) TOUCH USER INTERFACE - High Dimensional Touchpad (HDTP) or other user interface technology implemented in touch screens used on computers, smartphones, or other mobile devices provides advanced touch control of a variety of interactive map applications using one or more of a user's finger position or movement in one or more of the roll angle, pitch angle, yaw angle, and downward pressure directions. Implementations also can be responsive to a user's finger position or movement in the left-right and forward-backward directions. Implementations can also use HDTP or other user interface technology implemented on the back of a mouse. Also, the interactive map imaging application may use a connection over the internet or other network. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194462 | ADVANCED TOUCH CONTROL OF INTERACTIVE IMMERSIVE IMAGING APPLICATIONS VIA FINGER ANGLE USING A HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) TOUCH USER INTERFACE - High Dimensional Touchpad (HDTP) or other user interface technology, implemented in touch screens used on computers, smartphones, or other mobile devices provides advanced touch control a variety of interactive immersive imaging applications using one or more of a user's finger position or movement in one or more of the roll angle, pitch angle, yaw angle, and downward pressure directions. Implementations also can be responsive to a user's finger position or movement in the left-right and forward-backward directions. Implementations can also use HDTP or other user interface technology implemented on the back of a mouse. Also, an interactive immersive imaging application can employ a connection over the internet or other network. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194463 | Systems And Methods For Resonance Detection - Systems and methods for resonance detection are disclosed. For example, one method for resonance detection includes the step of transmitting an actuator signal to an actuator coupled to a surface of a device. The actuator signal is configured to cause the actuator to output a force to the surface. The method further includes the steps of receiving a response of the surface to the force; determining a resonant frequency of the surface based at least in part on the response; and outputting a signal indicative of the resonant frequency. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194464 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel display and method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The touch panel display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch-sensing member, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate has a first surface and a second surface thereon. The second substrate has an element array and is disposed on the second surface of the first substrate. The touch-sensing member locates on the first surface of the first substrate. Furthermore, the touch-sensing member includes a conductive layer, a patterned electrode layer, and a protective layer. The patterned electrode layer is correspondingly located on the periphery of the first substrate. The protective layer covers the conductive layer, and the patterned electrode layer. The conductive layer locates between the protective layer and the first substrate. In addition, the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and the second substrate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194465 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND CONTROLLER FOR SHARING DATA - A method is provided for a user of a communications device sharing data items with one or more of a plurality of data recipients, comprising the steps of: selecting one or more data items to share ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194466 | HAPTIC INTERFACE FOR TOUCH SCREEN IN MOBILE DEVICE OR OTHER DEVICE - A method includes identifying a position of a user's touch on a touch screen, a velocity of the user's touch across the touch screen, and a pressure of the user's touch on the touch screen. The method also includes generating at least one drive signal for driving one or more actuators associated with the touch screen and outputting the at least one drive signal. The at least one drive signal is configured to cause the one or more actuators to generate a desired haptic texture on the touch screen. The at least one drive signal is based on the position, the velocity, and the pressure. For example, a waveform of the at least one drive signal could be based on the position. Also, groups of pulses in the at least one drive signal could have a frequency and waveform based on the velocity or an amplitude based on the pressure. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194467 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed in this invention. The touch panel is with a central induction region and a peripheral region, and at least includes an upper electrode portion having an upper substrate located in the central induction region and the peripheral region, a first signal induction layer located in the central induction region and the peripheral region, and a first circuit layer located in the peripheral region only. The first signal induction layer covers the upper substrate in the central induction region. The first circuit layer is sandwiched between the upper substrate and the first signal induction layer, and electrically connected the first signal induction layer. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194468 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A TOUCH POINT ON A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND DEVICE THEREOF - A touch sensing device includes four driving electrodes, four sensing circuits, a controller and a substrate. Each sensing circuit is coupled to one of the four driving electrodes, for sensing electrical charges of the corresponding sensing electrode. The four driving electrodes, disposed on the substrate, are electrically independent to each other. Each sensing circuit detects the electrical charges of the corresponding driving electrode, and generates a count according to the electrical charges of the corresponding driving electrode. The controller calculates a position of a touch point on the touch sensing device according to counts generated by the four sensing circuits. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194469 | DEMODULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A LOW-POWER DIFFERENTIAL SENSING CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - In a demodulation system for a low-power differential-sensing capacitive touch panel, the capacitive touch panel has n first conductor lines in a first direction and m second conductor lines in a second direction, and a mutual capacitance is generated at each intersection of the n first conductor lines and the m second conductor lines. The demodulation system has a signal generator, a detection circuit, a programmable gain amplifier, an analog to digital converter. During a driving cycle, the signal generator generates a pair of differential driving signals to drive two of the first conductor lines in the first direction for eliminating common noises of the two first conductor lines and avoiding the common noises from being amplified by the programmable gain amplifier. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194470 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND COORDINATE DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a capacitive touch panel and a coordinate detecting method thereof. The capacitive touch panel according to the invention includes N first electrodes extending along a first direction, M second electrodes extending along a second direction non-parallel with the first direction, and a controlling/processing device, where N and M respectively are an integer larger than 1. In particular, the controlling/processing device simultaneously outputs a frequency signal to each of the first electrodes, simultaneously outputs another frequency signal to each of the second electrodes, and monitors a respective third frequency signal outputted by each first electrode and a respective fourth frequency signal outputted by each second electrode. Moreover, the controlling/processing device judges at least one touch coordinate in accordance with the monitored third frequency signals and the monitored fourth frequency signals. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194471 | DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR CHANGING TOUCH MODE THEREOF - An apparatus and method for changing a touch mode in a device having a touch screen including a plurality of touch sensors is provided. In a method for changing a touch mode in the device, the device determines a variation in the influx of electric charges during a time period in a charging process, and determines whether the variation exceeds a given critical value. If the variation exceeds the critical value, the device operates the touch screen in a self capacitive touch mode using the touch sensors as sending ends for sending the electric charges in order to detect a touch event. Therefore, the device of a mutual capacitive touch type can detect a touch event by using the self capacitive touch mode even in unstable power environments. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194472 | Systems and Methods for Adaptive Interpretation of Input From a Touch-Sensitive Input Device - Systems and methods for adaptively interpreting a user's intent based on parameters supplied by a touch-sensitive input device are described. In one of the methods described, a processor is programmed for receiving contact data from an input device; determining whether to output a haptic effect based on the contact data; and outputting the haptic effect based on the contact data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194473 | CONDUCTOR PATTERN STRUCTURE OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a conductor pattern structure of a capacitive touch panel. First-axis conductor assemblies and second-axis conductor assemblies are formed on a surface of a substrate. Each first-axis conductor assembly includes a plurality of first-axis conductor cells that are interconnected by first-axis conduction lines. Each second-axis conductor assembly includes a plurality of second-axis conductor cells that are interconnected by second-axis conduction lines. At least part of each first-axis conduction lines is conductive in horizontal direction and insulating in vertical direction and each of the second-axis conduction lines respectively intersects with the at least part of corresponding first-axis conduction lines. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194474 | CONDUCTOR PATTERN STRUCTURE OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a conductor pattern structure of a capacitive touch panel. First-axis conductor assemblies and second-axis conductor assemblies are formed on a surface of a substrate. Each first-axis conductor assembly includes a plurality of first-axis conductor cells that are interconnected by first-axis conduction lines. An insulator is formed on a surface of each adjacent first-axis conductor cell. Each second-axis conductor assembly includes a plurality of second-axis conductor cells that are interconnected by second-axis conduction lines. Each second-axis conduction line extends across the insulator disposed on the adjacent first-axis conductor cell. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194475 | MULTI-TOUCH POSITIONING METHOD FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A multi-touch positioning method for a capacitive touch panel includes following steps. A candidate touching position array including a first and a second candidate position groups is generated when the capacitive touch panel is touched by three objects. The first, the second and the third candidate position groups include three candidate positions, respectively. The signal magnitude sensed by a sensing element and respectively corresponding to the first, the second and the third candidate position groups are compared. One of the three first, the three second and the three third candidate positions are respectively determined as a first, a second and a third actual touching positions according to the compared result. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194476 | TOUCH PANEL CAPABLE OF MULTI-TOUCH SENSING, AND MULTI-TOUCH SENSING METHOD FOR THE TOUCH PANEL - Provided are a touch panel capable of detecting a multi-touch and a multi-touch detecting method thereof. Since the touch panel and the multi-touch detecting method thereof can measure and store each resistance of a plurality of first and second touch pads varied depending on the touch position of a contact object and capacitance of the contact object using a variation in detection time to determine an actual touch position of the contact object, it is possible to determine the actual touch position even when a ghost pattern occurs. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194477 | INTERACTIVE HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A display apparatus configured to produce an interactive three-dimensional holographic image is disclosed. The display apparatus can include one or more coherent light sources configured to produce one or more beams, based on obtained image data of an object to display, and a lens assembly configured to direct the one or more beams to form a holographic image of the object. The lens assembly can include a collimating lens and a lens capable of beam steering one or more beams, including a micro-lens assembly with at least one micro-lens configured to generate a plurality of beams associated with a plurality of desired viewing angles. One or more optical sensors can be configured to obtain information regarding whether an interactive device interrupts the one or more beams, and a processor unit can determine a location of the interactive device with respect to the holographic image. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194478 | Electronic Device with None-touch Interface and None-touch Control Method - An electronic device with none-touch control interface includes at least an optical sensor each including a light emitter for generating a light signal, and a light receiver for detecting whether the light signal is shaded according to light intensity change of the light signal emitted from the light emitter, and a processor coupled to the optical sensor and used for generating a control command for electronic device control according to at least one of a time length, a sequence, and a time interval that the light signal is shaded when the light receiver detects that the light signal is shaded. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194479 | INPUT DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An input device for an electronic device includes a proximity detector and a light source. The light source transmits light to a sensing area, which is reflected back to the proximity detector in the presence of an object in the vicinity of the sensing area, such that the proximity detector can produce an output indicative of a distance of the object from the proximity detector to give rise to a control signal for controlling the device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194480 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - An image generating unit of a display apparatus generates a determination image based on first and second light reception images obtained from light reception cells in a light-emission period and in a non-light-emission period, respectively. An image determining unit determines whether or not an image of an object to be detected is included in the determination image, stores data corresponding to the determination image as initial data into a storage when the object image is not included in the determination image, and stores the data corresponding to the determination image as detection data into the storage when the object image is included in the determination image. A position determining unit determines at least an object position based on an image represented by the detection data in the storage and an image represented by the initial data in the storage. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194481 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR - A touch screen sensor includes a visible light transparent substrate and an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate. The micropattern includes a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern. The first region micropattern has a first sheet resistance value in a first direction, is visible light transparent, and has at least 90% open area. The second region micropattern has a second sheet resistance value in the first direction. The first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194482 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194483 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display, and a plurality of piezoelectric patch transducers disposed beneath the display. A controller is configured to switch each of the transducers between a tactile feedback mode to provide tactile feedback via the touch-sensitive display, and an object detection mode to provide acoustic detection of a contactless position of an object relative to the device. The object is free of contact with the device at the contactless object position. Using the same transducers to provide tactile feedback and object detection provides these features without additional costs associated with adding further components. A microphone of the device can receive ultrasonic signals, emitted from the transducers and via associated acoustic ports, and the device can process the received signals to determine a contactless three-dimensional gesture that is performed, for example above the display. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194484 | Stylus - A stylus is disclosed having a tip and a body. The stylus may be configured to attach to a writing utensil. The stylus may be a capacitive stylus for use with a capacitive touch screen. The tip may be removeably attached to the body. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194485 | SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE - Provided is a signal generation device used for an information input system using an ultrasonic signal. A portion of a pen core portion is designed to have a different cross-sectional area (diameter) so that the portion having a different cross-sectional area is held by an inner portion of a housing or a cap member. Therefore, the pen core portion can be naturally supported without use of an additional configuration such as a retainer. Particularly, in a signal generation device in the related art, if elasticity of a retainer is weakened due to long term use, the pen core cannot be supported. However, according to the present invention, since the pen core is supported by using a structural inner portion in the housing, the pen core can be stably supported irrespective of long term use. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194486 | DIGITAL PEN SYSTEM AND PEN-BASED INPUT METHOD - A digital pen system includes: a rod-shaped digital pen that periodically transmits a signal including information about a direction of the digital pen; and a receiving apparatus that detects a position and direction of the digital pen in three-dimensional space based on the signal, calculates a intersection of an extension line of the digital pen in a longitudinal direction thereof and a display screen of a display apparatus, and enables the display apparatus to perform pen-based input at the intersection. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194487 | Master Synchronization for Multiple Displays - In an embodiment, a display apparatus includes multiple physical interface circuits (PHYs) couple to respective displays. In a mirror mode, the PHYs may operate as masters. A primary master PHY may control a synchronization interface to one or more secondary master PHYs. The synchronization interface may include a start of frame signal that the primary master PHY may generate to indicate the beginning of a new frame. The secondary master PHYs may be configured to generate internal start of frame signals while independently processing the same display data as the primary master. If the internally-generated start of frame and the received start of frame occur within a window of tolerance of each other, then the secondary masters may continue to process the display data stream independently. A secondary master that detects the start of frames occur outside of the window of tolerance may resynchronize. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194488 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes providing a first clock signal having a first frequency and a second clock signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency. The method also includes providing a data signal of an N-th frame image to the display panel using the first clock signal, and providing a data signal of an (N+1)-th frame image to the display panel using the second clock signal. N is a natural number. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194489 | SHIFT REGISTER, SCANNING SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Each stage that constitutes a shift register includes an output-control thin-film transistor for increasing a potential of a scanning signal based on a first clock (CKA), two thin-film transistors for increasing a potential of a first node connected to a gate terminal of the output-control thin-film transistor, based on a scanning signal outputted from a pre-stage/a latter stage, and two thin-film transistors for decreasing a potential of the first node, based on a scanning signal outputted from a third stage after/a third stage before a stage concerned. The shift register operates based on four-phase clock signals, including two-phase clock signals that are provided to odd-order stages and two-phase clock signals that are provided to even-order stages, of which phases are shifted by 90 degrees from each other. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194490 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel have a transmissive region and a reflective region. The display panel comprises a first plate, a second plate opposite to the first plate and a display medium. The first plate comprises a first substrate, a scan line, a data line, an active device, a common electrode, a pixel electrode and a dielectric layer. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device and is electrically insulated from the common electrode. The pixel electrode has slits exposing the common electrode. The dielectric layer is located between the common electrode and the pixel electrode and has first openings in the reflective region. The second plate is opposite to the first plate. The display medium is located between the first plate and the second plate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194491 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is aimed to provide a display device that has improved reliability of an electrical connection between a case and a conductive pattern for the ground potential on a control substrate. The display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194492 | ACTIVE MATRIX DEVICE - An active matrix device is provided which includes N array elements arranged spatially in a sequence of first through Nth array elements (where N is an integer ≧2); the N array elements each including a write input for receiving a corresponding write input signal which controls operation of the array element, and a sense circuit for sensing a property of the array element and providing a sensor output based on the sensed property; and further including a manipulation circuit including logic circuitry connecting the sensor output from an nth array element in the sequence directly to the write input of an (n+1)th array element and configured to provide the write input signal to the write input of the (n+1)th array element based on the sensor output from the nth array element. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194493 | Apparatus and Method for Using an LED for Backlighting and Ambient Light Sensing - Embodiments of a backlight module for illuminating a liquid crystal display (LCD) and sensing ambient light are provided herein. The backlight module includes a light-emitting diode (LED) array and a backlight controller. The backlight controller is configured to forward bias the LED array to backlight the LCD and reverse bias the LED array to sense the ambient light level. The backlight controller is configured to adjust the brightness of the LED array based on the current ambient lighting conditions sensed. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194494 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, the display panel includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate and a sealing member. The first display substrate includes a first alignment layer in a first display region and a first peripheral region of a first base substrate, and a first backflow-blocking pattern in the first peripheral region and having a curvature to surround a vertex portion of the first display region. The second display substrate includes a second alignment layer in a second display region which faces the first display region and a second peripheral region of a second base substrate. The sealing member includes a corner portion having substantially the same curvature as the first backflow-blocking pattern to surround an outline of the first and second peripheral regions. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194495 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING A BARRIER LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - An LC barrier panel of a stereoscopic image display device has a substrate on which first barrier pixels and second barrier pixels are alternately arranged in a vertical direction and on which the first barrier pixels and third barrier pixels are alternately arranged in a horizontal direction. On a counter substrate, a counter electrode is formed to cover the entire surface of the display region. The third barrier pixels and the counter electrode are supplied with the same drive signal while an effective voltage is applied between the counter electrode and the first and second barrier pixels to perform vertical stripe display. Alternatively, the second barrier pixels and the counter electrode are supplied with the same drive signal while an effective voltage is applied between the counter electrode and the first and third barrier pixels to perform horizontal stripe display. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194496 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A MECHANICAL LAYER - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for supporting a mechanical layer. In one aspect, an electromechanical systems device includes a substrate, a mechanical layer, and a post positioned on the substrate for supporting the mechanical layer. The mechanical layer is spaced from the substrate and defines one side of a gap between the mechanical layer and the substrate, and the mechanical layer is movable in the gap between an actuated position and a relaxed position. The post includes a wing portion in contact with a portion of the mechanical layer, the wing portion positioned between the gap and the mechanical layer. The wing portion can include a plurality of layers configured to control the curvature of the mechanical layer. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194497 | Gate Driver and Display Device Using the Same - A gate driver includes a logic circuit for generating a plurality of buffer input signals and a modulation signal, a plurality of buffers each for generating a respective gate driving signal according to a corresponding one of the plurality of buffer input signals, and a switch module for controlling electrical connection between a first voltage source and the plurality of buffers. During a modulation period, the modulation signal indicates the switch module to break the electrical connection, and the plurality of buffer input signals are configured to short output terminals of the plurality of buffers so as to modulate the gate driving signals. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194498 | BI-STABLE ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF - A bi-stable active matrix (AM) display apparatus and a method for driving a display panel thereof are provided. The bi-stable AM display apparatus includes a bi-stable AM display panel, a scan driver, a data driver and a controller. A frame period is divided into a resetting phase and a determining phase. The controller resets pixels on a plurality of scan lines of the bi-stable AM display panel to a homotropic state in the resetting phase through the scan driver and the data driver. The controller writes frame information into the pixels on the scan lines in the determining phase through the scan driver and the data driver. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194499 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A flat panel display apparatus includes a plasma display panel, a power supply substrate, a signal processing substrate, a Y sustaining substrate, and an X sustaining substrate. The power supply substrate, the signal processing substrate, the Y sustaining substrate and the X sustaining substrate are arranged at a back of the plasma display panel. When viewing the plasma display panel from the back, the power supply substrate is arranged at a center portion of the plasma display panel, the Y sustaining substrate is arranged at one of a left and right side of the plasma display panel, the X sustaining substrate is arranged at the other of the left and right side, and the signal processing substrate is arranged under the X sustaining substrate. A circuit substrate other than the power supply substrate, the Y sustaining substrate, and the X sustaining substrate is arranged under the power supply substrate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194500 | PIXEL DRIVER WITH COMMON ELEMENT STRUCTURE - A pixel driver includes an image signal module, a data latch module, a level shifter module, and a format conversion module, wherein the format conversion module includes at least one first conversion unit and a second conversion unit. The data latch module stores the digital signal generated by the image signal module temporarily and then transmits the digital signal to the level shifter module. The level shifter module increases the voltage of the digital signal and then transmits the digital signal to the format conversion module, wherein the conversion units generate analogue signals based on the digital signal received to drive different pixel units. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194501 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In an image display device, a transistor formed in each pixel circuit is an N-channel transistor. Each pixel circuit further comprises an enable switch disposed in a current path supplying electric current to a light-emitting element and a supplementary capacitor for controlling changes in voltage of a terminal of a holding capacitor at one end opposite another terminal connected with writing switch. The light-emitting element is connected between the source of a driver transistor for supplying a current to the light-emitting element and a low-voltage side power line, an enable switch is connected between the drain of the driver transistor and a high-voltage side power line, and supplementary capacitor is connected between the drain of driver transistor and a predetermined power line. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194502 | SEARCHABLE CATALOG FOR EXTERNALLY DEFINED GRAPHIC ELEMENT (EDGE) DEFINITIONS - A catalog for storing externally defined graphic element (EDGE) definitions allows graphics developers and system designers to share customized and application-specific operator interface graphics. The catalog includes publishing functionality that allows a user to submit new graphic element definitions to the catalog together with instructions regarding how the graphic element definition is to be classified within a browsable hierarchy of industry-specific categories. Search and retrieval functionality allows an HMI developer to search for desired graphic element definitions using keyword-based searching or by browsing the classification hierarchy. Advanced search functions can generate or refine search criteria based on characterizing information polled from one or more of an operator interface application, an industrial control program, or networked field devices. The catalog can reside at a central network-accessible location or locally on a developer workstation to facilitate access to the stored graphic element definitions. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194503 | PRESENTING SELECTORS WITHIN THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENTS - Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices facilitate presentation of selectors in three-dimensional graphical environments. In embodiments, an obscured region being obscured by an element appearing in front of one or more elements within a three-dimensional graphical environment is determined. In cases that a selector (e.g., a cursor) is located within the obscured region, the selector is presented in accordance with a depth position of the element associated with the obscured region. Such a depth position can indicate a distance at which the element is intended to appear relative to a display screen. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194504 | RENDERING-BASED LANDMARK LOCALIZATION FROM 3D RANGE IMAGES - A computer implemented method comprising acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) range image containing one or more 3D landmarks; rendering the 3D range image into a rendered visible image containing intensity patterns related to the one or more 3D landmarks; and localizing at least one of the one or more 3D landmarks in the rendered visible image to provide at least one localized 3D landmark. is provided. Such methods, and related systems, and devices, are useful in biometric identification applications. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194505 | Digital Image Templating - Methods and devices for digital image templating are presented. According to example embodiments, a computing device may match a template image (e.g., an implant) to a target image (e.g., a bone structure). The both the target image and the template image may be displayed on an output of the computing device. The displayed template image may be oriented with respect to the displayed target image according to at least a scale (e.g., a magnification level of the template image). Based on received input, at least the scale of the displayed template image may be adjusted so that the adjusted displayed template image substantially fits the part of the displayed target image. Then, based on this fit, a physical template size may be selected from a discrete range of physical template sizes. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194506 | DIRECTOR-STYLE BASED 2D TO 3D MOVIE CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Automated or semi-automated conversion of 2D movies into 3D movies through generation and use of director-style statistics or characteristics to determine which processes to apply to convert regions of images based on the director's movie making style, without requiring the creation, moving or reshaping of masks. System works by breaking a movie down into scenes and shots and identifying lighting, lens, camera moves and color schemes habitually utilized by a director. The characteristics or statistical information is stored in a database accessible by a computer over a network for example. Swarms of computers or any other architecture employing any required amount of computing power allows for the desired speed of conversion to take place. Once a director's style has been analyzed, embodiments utilize the director-style characteristics to determine the specific processes to utilize to convert the movie from 2D to 3D. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194507 | MOBILE APPARATUS DISPLAYING A 3D IMAGE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LAYERS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A mobile apparatus is provided including a display unit which displays layers in different depth degrees from each other and displays a plurality of layers which are arranged in a depth direction of a screen in | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194508 | ARRAY DIRECTED LIGHT-FIELD DISPLAY FOR AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC VIEWING - Autostereoscopic display. The display includes an array of elements from which light emanates, the elements being rotatable about two orthogonal axes by microcontrollers. An eye tracker is provided for determining the location in three dimensions of at least one eye viewing the array. The microcontrollers, using information from the eye tracker, rotate the elements to mimic a concave surface to deliver light to the eye. It is preferred that the elements are mirrors and the display further includes a projector for projecting an image on the array for reflection to the eye. The elements themselves may include means for generating light rather than reflecting light. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PARTIAL 3D IMAGE IN 2D IMAGE DISPLAY AREA - To display at least one three-dimensional (3D) image in a two-dimensional (2D) image display area, a method and apparatus is provided for distinguishing a 3D image display area, in which the at least one 3D image is displayed, from the 2D image display area, and displaying a 2D image and a 3D image in the 2D image display area and the 3D image display area, respectively, thereby improving display resolution. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194510 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a controller which generates a control signal based on at least one of a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional stereoscopic image inputted from an outside, a panel including a plurality of pixels, where the plurality of pixels is arranged along a first direction and along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and displays the three-dimensional stereoscopic image having a plurality of viewpoints different from each other in each frame, a lens part including a plurality of lens units, where the plurality of lens units is disposed over the panel overlapping the pixels along the first direction and having a plurality of focal points which shifts in each frame, and a light source which supplies light to the panel. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194511 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D INPUT INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) input interface is provided. The apparatus includes multiple light emitters to emit an optical signal having a determined characteristic to form a 3D input recognition space; a light receiver to receive the optical signal reflected from an object, which is located in the 3D input recognition space, and to obtain luminous energy information of the optical signal; and a control unit to extract a coordinate of the object based on the luminous energy information, and to control an operation of the apparatus based on the coordinate of the object. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194512 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display controller can include a blending coefficient storing unit and an image mixing unit. The blending coefficient storing unit can store blending coefficients. The image mixing unit can receive left-eye image data and right-eye image data, and generate three-dimensional image data by performing a blending operation on the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data using the blending coefficients stored in the blending coefficient storing unit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194513 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL CREATION CAPABILITY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional modeling unit creates a three-dimensional model from a pair of images stored in a keyframe storage in every several frame periods. A feature point detection unit detects feature points in images stored in the keyframe storage. Then, a positional change estimate unit estimates positional change of the detected feature points in a latest image and calculates conversion parameters for converting the created three-dimensional model to a three-dimensional model corresponding to the latest image based on the estimation results. Then, a reconstruction unit reconstructs the created three-dimensional model using the calculated conversion parameters and a image output unit outputs it to a display device on a frame period basis. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194514 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus for processing source images having known viewpoints is disclosed. The apparatus may include a viewpoint determining section for determining, relative to the known viewpoints, left-eye and right-eye viewpoints of a viewer. Additionally, the FIG. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194515 | DYNAMIC SPAWNING OF FOCAL POINT OBJECTS WITHIN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE SYSTEM - In various embodiments, the number of virtual universe avatars within a predetermined proximity from a designated first object in a virtual universe is determined. A condition that affects a load on a server computer supporting the designated first object in the virtual universe is determined. A second object is dynamically spawned within the virtual universe in response to determining that the number of virtual universe avatars within the predetermined proximity from the designated first object is greater than a first predetermined threshold and that the determined condition on the server computer is greater than a second predetermined threshold. The second object is associated with transmissions of information within the virtual universe. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194516 | Three-Dimensional Environment Reconstruction - Three-dimensional environment reconstruction is described. In an example, a 3D model of a real-world environment is generated in a 3D volume made up of voxels stored on a memory device. The model is built from data describing a camera location and orientation, and a depth image with pixels indicating a distance from the camera to a point in the environment. A separate execution thread is assigned to each voxel in a plane of the volume. Each thread uses the camera location and orientation to determine a corresponding depth image location for its associated voxel, determines a factor relating to the distance between the associated voxel and the point in the environment at the corresponding location, and updates a stored value at the associated voxel using the factor. Each thread iterates through an equivalent voxel in the remaining planes of the volume, repeating the process to update the stored value. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194517 | Using a Three-Dimensional Environment Model in Gameplay - Use of a 3D environment model in gameplay is described. In an embodiment, a mobile depth camera is used to capture a series of depth images as it is moved around and a dense 3D model of the environment is generated from this series of depth images. This dense 3D model is incorporated within an interactive application, such as a game. The mobile depth camera is then placed in a static position for an interactive phase, which in some examples is gameplay, and the system detects motion of a user within a part of the environment from a second series of depth images captured by the camera. This motion provides a user input to the interactive application, such as a game. In further embodiments, automatic recognition and identification of objects within the 3D model may be performed and these identified objects then change the way that the interactive application operates. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194518 | Content Creation Supporting Apparatus, Image Processing Device, Content Creation Supporting Method, Image Processing Method, And Data Structure of Image Display Content. - When a creator enters an input indicating that the creator desires to create content, a target viewpoint information acquisition unit acquires a change over time in target viewpoint coordinates. Then, based on identification information of a device for executing the content input by the creator, a correction method identification unit identifies a method for correcting viewpoint coordinates that is used in the device. A scenario data generation unit then derives an equation for generating scenario data based on the identified method for correcting viewpoint coordinates. The scenario data generation unit then calculates viewpoint coordinates to be set to the scenario data for respective time instances by using a generation equation derived. The generated scenario data is stored along with image data as a content file. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194519 | Image Optimization - Viewing of web pages is improved by prioritizing image rendering based on positioning of images within a web page. For example, for images that are likely to be initially viewable upon presentation of the web page (i.e., prior to scrolling), compressed proxy versions are made available so that the images can be transferred and rendered more quickly. These compressed proxy images are later replaced with better quality renderings of the same images. Fetching of images that are not initially visible can be deferred until after other, more important page resources are loaded. Prioritization of page loading in this manner helps to ensure that the page becomes operational earlier, resulting in improved perceived speed and responsiveness, and greater ease of navigation. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194520 | PRESENTATION MODES FOR RADIO NETWORK MEASUREMENTS - Various methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for. One or more values associated with one or more attributes of a serving cell associated with a user equipment or at least two network cells being tracked by the user equipment may be determined. One or more portions of a serving cell pie-view display may be allocated based on the measured one or more values associated with the serving cell and the serving cell pie-view display may be generated based on the allocated one or more portions. One or more portions of an available cell pie-view display may be allocated based on the measured one or more values associated with the at least two network cells and the available cell pie-view display may be generated based on the allocated one or more portions. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MORE EFFICIENT IMAGE PROCESSING - A system and method for graph traversing algorithms which computes at least a portion of the local costs in advance and then stores the computed local costs for later use. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194522 | Systems and Methods for the Analysis of Protein Melt Curve Data - The present teachings relate to embodiments of systems and methods for the analysis of melt curve data for a plurality of samples. According to various embodiments, a melting temperature (T | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194523 | Animation of Audio Ink - In a pen-based computing system, a microphone on the smart pen device records audio to produce audio data and a gesture capture system on the smart pen device records writing gestures to produce writing gesture data. Both the audio data and the writing gesture data include a time component. The audio data and writing gesture data are combined or synchronized according to their time components to create audio ink data. The audio ink data can be uploaded to a computer system attached to the smart pen device and displayed to a user through a user interface. The user makes a selection in the user interface to play the audio ink data, and the audio ink data is played back by animated the captured writing gestures and playing the recorded audio in synchronization. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194524 | Preemptive Context Switching - Methods, systems, and computer readable media embodiments are disclosed for preemptive context-switching of processes running on a accelerated processing device. Embodiments include, detecting by an accelerated processing device a memory exception, and preempting a process from running on the accelerated processing device based upon the detected exception. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194525 | Managed Task Scheduling on a Graphics Processing Device (APD) - Provided herein is a method including receiving a run list including one or more processes to run on an accelerated processing device, wherein each of the one or more processes is associated with a corresponding independent job command queue. The method also includes scheduling each of the one or more processes to run on the accelerated processing device based on a criteria associated with each process. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194526 | Task Scheduling - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for optimizing task scheduling on an accelerated processing device (APD) device are provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises: enqueuing, using the APD, one or more tasks in a memory storage; and dequeuing, using the APD, the one or more tasks from the memory storage using a hardware-based command processor, wherein the command processor forwards the one or more tasks to a shader core. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194527 | Method for Preempting Graphics Tasks to Accommodate Compute Tasks in an Accelerated Processing Device (APD) - Embodiments described herein provide a method of arbitrating a processing resource. The method includes receiving a command to preempt a task and preventing additional wavefronts associated with the task from being processed. The method also includes evicting currently executing wavefronts associated with the task from being processed based upon predetermined criteria | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194528 | Method and System for Context Switching - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of preempting a task. The method includes removing the task from the parallel processors via a scheduling mechanism. Responsive to the removing, the method also includes ceasing (i) retrieval of commands from a buffer associated with the task, (ii) dispatch of groups of work-items associated with the task, (iii) dispatch of wavefronts associated with the task, and (iiii) execution of the wavefronts. State information related to the task is saved. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194529 | INTERFACE CARD - An interface card comprising a graphic unit, an outputting interface, an inputting interface, an assigning processor and a card body is disclosed. The inputting interface is used for receiving a PCIE inputting signal. When the inputting interface is electrically connected to a CPU via a connector, the PCIE inputting signal is inputted to the assigning processor via an inputting interface. The assigning processor assigns a PCIE outputting signal to a graphic unit according to the PCIE inputting signal, and further assigns another PCIE outputting signal to another graphic unit according to the PCIE inputting signal when the outputting interface is externally connected to another graphic unit. The card body is used for placing the graphic unit, the outputting interface, the assigning processor and the inputting interface. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194530 | MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS UNIQUE OUTPUTS FROM A SINGLE DISPLAY PIPELINE - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system for generating multiple video output signals from a single video pipeline within a graphics processing unit. Pixel data from more than one display surface is retrieved and multiplexed before being transmitted to a video pipeline for processing. The resulting video pixel data is routed to video output encoders, which selectively accept the video pixel data for transmission to attached display devices. | 2012-08-02 |
