33rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120206404 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A touch sensing apparatus includes a logic control module and at least one input control module. The logic control module generates a plurality of control signals having different control timings, wherein the control signals include an input control signal. The input control module is coupled with the logic control module, wherein each input control module includes a positive input switch and a negative input switch. The input control module controls, according to the input control signal, the positive input switch and the negative input switch to be deactivated or activated to control an input mode of a first sensing voltage and a second sensing voltage, which are analog data respectively sensed through a first sensing line and a second sensing line of a conductive thin film sensor, wherein the first sensing line and the second sensing line are sensing lines of adjacent channels. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206405 | OPERATING MODULE OF DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is an operating module of a display device with a touch panel. The operating module includes a touch input unit for a user to input a value through a touch unit; a pattern input unit to which the same pattern image as patterns of a transparent electrode formed on the touch panel having the touch input unit is input; a control unit coupling each image signal into a single image signal according to an output value having a complementary pattern image value with the pattern image value input to the pattern input unit and an output value according to the input of the touch input unit; and an output unit outputting an image signal by the control unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206406 | TOUCH SCREEN - Provided is a touch screen that includes a first sensor layer and a second sensor layer. The first sensor layer and the second sensor layer form a sensor for recognizing a touch position on the touch screen. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206407 | REDUCTION OF NOISE AND DE-GHOSTING IN A MUTUAL CAPACITANCE MULTI-TOUCH TOUCHPAD - Decreasing the cost of a touchpad by avoiding the cost of simultaneously measuring all signals from sense electrodes by using a limited number of measuring circuits to accomplish noise reduction and de-ghosting of signal data to thereby obtain the precise location of multiple fingers on a touchpad, wherein the touchpad separates the drive electrodes into groups to thereby provide a means for obtaining granular location information for de-ghosting the touchpad, and wherein overlapping measurements are made of groups of sense electrodes to obtain data that is separated in time to thereby obtain an averaged signal for each electrode and thereby reduce sensitivity to noise. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206408 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE COMPRISING ARRAY OF SENSOR CIRCUITS USING A PRE-CHARGE OPERATION - A liquid crystal device is provided, for example in the form of a combined display and sensor forming a touch screen. The device comprises an array, for example of active matrix type, of sensor circuits. Each sensor circuit comprises a liquid crystal sensing capacitor (CV) connected between a transistor M | 2012-08-16 |
20120206409 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL AND LIGHT GUIDE MODULE THEREOF - An optical touch panel includes a panel and a light guide module. The light guide module is disposed on the panel, and the light guide module includes a printed circuit board, at least one light emitting element, and a light guide strip. The light emitting element is electrically disposed on the printed circuit board. The light guide strip is disposed on the printed circuit board, and wraps the light emitting element. Additionally, the light emitting element emits light rays, and the light rays penetrate the light guide strip and are emitted to the panel. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206410 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CALIBRATION INFORMATION FOR AN OPTICAL IMAGING TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for generating calibration information for an optical imaging touch display device includes a calibration tool and a processor. The calibration tool is disposed within an image capturing range of an image capturing unit, and has a surface with mark patterns. Each adjacent pair of the mark patterns defines a pattern boundary. The calibration tool is disposed such that the pattern boundary forms a predefined positional relationship with a corresponding predefined location on the optical imaging touch display device. The processor receives an image frame corresponding to an image of the surface of the calibration tool, performs edge detection on the image frame to determine a position of each of at least one detected pattern edge, and generates the calibration information with reference to the position thus determined and the corresponding predefined location. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206411 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a pixel array and touch sensors, a transparent conductive layer on one substrate of the liquid crystal display panel transmitting display light, a polarizing plate on the transparent conductive layer, a driving voltage supply circuit, and a signal transmitting unit electrically connecting the transparent conductive layer to the driving voltage supply circuit. A portion of the transparent conductive layer is connected to a ground level voltage source. The driving voltage supply circuit generates a driving voltage required to perform light sensing operations of the touch sensors during a touch period based on changes in an amount of surface charge of the transparent conductive layer depending on whether or not the polarizing plate is touched. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206412 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a pixel array and touch sensors, a transparent conductive layer on one substrate of the liquid crystal display panel transmitting display light, a polarizing plate on the transparent conductive layer, a driving voltage supply circuit, and a signal transmitting unit electrically connecting the transparent conductive layer to the driving voltage supply circuit. A portion of the transparent conductive layer is connected to a ground level voltage source. The driving voltage supply circuit generates a driving voltage required to perform light sensing operations of the touch sensors during a touch period based on changes in an amount of surface charge of the transparent conductive layer depending on whether or not the polarizing plate is touched. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206413 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTION SYSTEM OF AN OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD THEREOF - At a first time, a first image sensor and a second image sensor capture a first image and a second image including images of an object respectively. At a second time, the first image sensor and the second image sensor capture a third image and a fourth image including images of the object respectively. A coordinate calculation device calculates a first coordinate of the object at the first time according to the first image and the second image, and a second coordinate of the object at the second time according to the third image and the fourth image. A coordinate correction device calculates a displacement between the first time and the second time according to the first coordinate and the second coordinate, and corrects an output coordinate of the object at the second time according to the displacement. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206414 | MOBILE DEVICE - Disclosed is a mobile device comprising an acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration relative to the device; a condition identification unit; and a power supply controller which determines, from a combination of the output of the acceleration detection unit and the output of the condition identification unit, whether or not to begin to supply power to the device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206415 | AREA SENSOR, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH AN AREA SENSOR - In order to simultaneously carry out, at a smaller sensor density, (i) detection of color information (recognition of a color) of visible light which enters a detection target surface and (ii) detection of an input position of the visible light, a liquid-crystal panel ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206416 | Interactive Display - An interactive display device ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206417 | INFORMATION INPUTTING DEVICE AND INFORMATION INPUTTING METHOD - Provided are an information inputting device and an information inputting method capable of inputting information to a portable electronic apparatus by using a touch panel and an electronic pen. In the information inputting device and the information inputting method, the portable electronic apparatus including a touch panel is combined with a receiver which receives an ultrasonic wave signal and a reference signal, so that it is possible to input information by using the touch panel and to accurately input information by using the electronic pen which emits the ultrasonic wave signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206418 | WIRELESS FILE TRANSMISSION - A computer system which includes one or more wireless interface devices that are adapted to communicate with a remote host over a radio link. Each of the wireless interface devices is a pen-based device which includes an ink field in which pen events are translated into pen data packets and transmitted to the remote host over the radio link. Local inking is provided at the wireless interface device in order to maintain the pen paradigm in essentially real time. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206419 | Collapsible input device - In exemplary implementations of this invention, a handheld, collapsible input device (CID) may be employed by a user to input and manipulate 3D information. The CID telescopes in length. As a user presses the CID against a display screen, the physical length of the CID shortens, and the display screen displays a virtual end of the CID that appears to project through the screen into the virtual 3D space behind the screen. The total apparent length of the CID, comprised of a physical portion and a virtual portion, remains the same (after taking into account foreshortening). Thus, the user experience is that, as the user holds the physical CID and pushes it against the display screen, the end of the CID appears to be pushed through the display screen into the virtual 3D space beyond it. The CID housing may include a push button for user input. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206420 | VIDEO-BASED BIOMETRIC SIGNATURE DATA COLLECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Video-based handwriting input for biometric signature data collection is provided. The invention is implemented by finding all of the relative positions among all light points of light sources when all light sources mounted on a stylus are turned ON. An image is captured including effective strokes and digital data of pen pressure with a digital camera when a user writes on a writing surface with a stylus having a light source indicating x-y coordinates of strokes. The images are time-stamped. The stylus includes a micro-switch. When the stylus touches the writing surface, the micro-switch is turned on to let the light source indicating x-y coordinates of strokes ON and generate a light point. Effective stroke images and digital data of pen pressure are extracted by comparing the captured images with the light point on the stylus | 2012-08-16 |
20120206421 | DIGITAL DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED COMPUTING CIRCUIT - A digital display device includes a display substrate; an array of pixels formed on the display substrate; an array of driving circuits located on the display substrate, each driving circuit electrically connected to one or more pixels for controlling a pixel current provided to each pixel; an array of computing circuits located on the display substrate, each computing circuit including circuits for signal or image processing and for communicating with neighboring computing circuits; a plurality of electrical conductors formed on the display substrate and connected to each of the driving circuits and digital computing circuits, wherein each computing circuit is connected with an electrical conductor to each of its neighbors in the array of computing circuits; and means for providing an image signal connected to one or more of the electrical conductors. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206422 | PROJECTION DEVICE WITH DISPLAY CONTROL FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A projection device having a display control function which includes a display unit, a lens module, a motor, a motor control module to control the motor to rotate the lens module and a document unit. The document unit scrolls through the content of an opened document according to the orientation of the lens module sensed by a sensor unit to select the content to be displayed, and controls display of the selected content of the opened document on the display unit. The lens module projects the selected content displayed by the display unit. A method having a display control function is also provided. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206423 | SEAMLESS TRANSITION BETWEEN DISPLAY APPLICATIONS USING DIRECT DEVICE SELECTION - Transitioning between display applications, including: retrieving a device identifier when a first device is selected using a first display application running on a second device; enabling the first display application to launch a second display application using the device identifier of the first device, launching the second display application customized to automatically select the first device, wherein the automatic selection of the first device using the device identifier allows to bypass a device selection process. Keywords include seamless transition and direct device selection. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206424 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD APPLICABLE THERETO - A display driving circuit includes: a circuit under test; a first circuit, selectively coupled to the circuit under test and selectively coupled to an output, the first circuit having a stabilization period longer than that of the circuit under test; and a test auxiliary circuit, coupled to the circuit under test. In normal operation, after a normal signal flows into the circuit under test, the normal signal flows into the first circuit but not into the test auxiliary circuit. In test, after a test signal flows into the circuit under test, the test signal flows into the test auxiliary circuit but not into the first circuit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206425 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Problems such as insufficient brightness, caused by a reduction in duty ratio (the ratio of a light emitting period and a non-light emitting period), are improved upon in accordance with using a novel method of driving and a novel circuit in an electronic device. Signals are written into pixels of a plurality of differing lines during one gate signal line selection period. By arbitrarily setting, to a certain extent, the time from when a signal is input into the pixels of a certain line until the next signal is input to the same pixels, while ensuring the time for writing into the pixels, a sustain (turn on) period can be arbitrarily set and a high duty ratio is realized. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206426 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus, comprises a display unit; a luminance sensor arranged in plural portions of the display unit, each luminance sensor having temperature characteristics; a temperature sensor arranged in plural portions of the display unit; an acquisition control unit configured to acquire a temperature value from the temperature sensor and a luminance value from the luminance sensor; a determination unit configured to determine a frequency for acquiring the temperature value from the temperature sensor based on an orientation of the display unit or a display setting; a correction unit configured to correct the luminance value acquired from the luminance sensor by using the temperature value acquired from the temperature sensor; and an image processing unit configured to control luminance of the display unit by using the luminance value corrected by the correction unit as a target luminance value. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206427 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A switching power source for driving a light emitting element, a pulse-drive switching element connected in parallel to the light emitting element, a photodetector for detecting an intensity of an output light output from the light emitting element, a current detecting element for detecting a current flowing from the switching power source, and an operation processing unit that controls an operation of the switching power source by performing a feedback loop operation based on a detection result from the photodetector and a feedback loop operation based on a detection result from the current detecting element are provided to stabilize an emission waveform even when the light emitting element is subjected to a pulsed emission. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206428 | CHIPLET DISPLAY WITH ELECTRODE CONNECTORS - A display device comprising a transparent substrate, transparent electrodes, light-emitting layers, and reflective electrodes that define light-emitting pixels in which chiplets with pixel driving circuits are connected to pixel connection pads that are connected to the transparent electrode by an opaque electrode connector such that at least a portion of one opaque electrode connector overlaps at least a portion of a transparent electrode to which the opaque electrode connector is not electrically connected. The device provides a display having improved pixel-driving performance and increased light-emitting area. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206429 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA AND A DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of processing data including dividing, at a transmitter, data into 3-bit units, generating, at the transmitter, first and second clock embedded data signals and a third data signal, wherein a clock signal and first bits of the units are included in the first clock embedded data signal, the clock signal and second bits of the units are included in the second clock embedded data signal and third bits of the units are included in the third data signal, transmitting, from the transmitter to a receiver, the first and second clock embedded data signals and the third data signal, and restoring, at the receiver, the first and second bits and the clock signal from the first and second clock embedded data signals and the third bits from the third data signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206430 | CIRCUITS FOR ELIMINATING GHOSTING PHENOMENA IN DISPLAY PANEL HAVING LIGHT EMITTERS - The present disclosure provides a circuit for discharging parasitic capacitance in a display panel with common-anode topology having a plurality of light emitters, as well as a circuit for charging parasitic capacitance in a display panel with common-cathode topology. In the common-cathode topology, the circuit includes a three-terminal device having a gate, a source, and a drain, wherein one of the source and the drain is electrically coupled to a common cathode of the light emitters, and a mechanism for controlling the three-terminal device, the mechanism being electrically coupled to the gate. Shortly after a previously selected light emitter is unselected, the mechanism turns on the three-terminal device to form a conductive path between the source and the drain. The mechanism turns off the three-terminal device after a voltage at the common cathode is increased to a predetermined voltage level or after a maximum period of time lapses. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206431 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING MEMORY-TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL - In a drive circuit for driving a liquid crystal display element with a memory property, electric charges accumulated in a power-supply smoothing capacitor at the subsequent stage of a booster circuit are collected effectively after electricity is supplied to the liquid crystal display element. The drive circuit for driving the liquid crystal display element with a memory property supplies a boosted voltage to the driver circuit by turning on a first switch circuit while the liquid crystal display element is being reset or while an image is being rendered, and causing electric charges accumulated in the power-supply smoothing capacitor to be discharged while collecting them into a second battery by turning on a second switch circuit during a period in which electric charges accumulated in the power-supply smoothing capacitor should be discharged. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206432 | INVERTER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - An inverter is capable of improving the reliability of driving. The inverter includes a first transistor coupled between a first power source and an output terminal of the inverter and having a gate electrode coupled to a first input terminal of the inverter, a second transistor coupled between a second power source and the output terminal, and having a gate electrode coupled to a second input terminal of the inverter, a first capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first input terminal, a second capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the second transistor and the second input terminal, a third transistor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a reset power source, and a fourth transistor coupled between the gate electrode of the second transistor and the reset power source. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206433 | LED DRIVING APPARATUS - An LED driving apparatus comprising: a power feed unit; a driving control unit; a current detection unit that detects load current flowing in an LED module; and an output control unit that determines whether the LED module is under conducting state or opening state, and outputs a signal in accordance with a result of the determination, wherein, when the LED module is under conducting state, the output control unit outputs a first signal to the driving control unit so that the load current is constant, wherein, when the LED module is under opening state, the output control unit outputs a second signal to the driving control unit so that a voltage becomes a predetermined constant-voltage value, and wherein the predetermined voltage value is a voltage or higher, at which the LED module starts conduction, and a voltage or lower corresponding to an upper limit of the LED. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206434 | Shift Register - A shift register comprises many stages, and each of stages comprises a first, a second and a third level control unit and a first and a second control unit is provided. The first and the second level control unit respectively provides a first clock signal and a voltage to an output terminal. The first driving unit and the level control unit are coupled to a first node. The first driving unit turns on and turns off the first level control unit in response to an input signal, a second control signal and a first control signal of the next stage. The second driving unit turns on and turns off the second level control unit in response to the first control signal. The third level control unit provides a first voltage to the output terminal in response to the second control signal and the first control signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206435 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH CHARGING AND DISCHARGING MODULE - By way of enabling a reset signal while turning off a liquid crystal display, a method for decaying residual image of the liquid crystal display is capable of setting the corresponding gate signal of each of a plurality of gate lines of the liquid crystal display based on the enabled reset signal. Accordingly, enhanced discharging processes on all the storage units of the liquid crystal display for fast decaying residual image can be performed via the data switches of the liquid crystal display turned on by the gate signals being set. The reset operation for performing discharging processes in response to the reset signal can be carried out based on a reset circuit for setting all the gate signals to become high-level signals, or based on a charging/discharging module for furnishing a high-level voltage directly to all the gate lines. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206436 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of improving a viewing angle, while not decreasing an aperture ratio and preventing an increase in electricity consumption. A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206437 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a substrate, gate lines disposed on the substrate, data lines extending across the gate lines, and pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines. The pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. The pixels disposed in the same columns are alternately connected to data lines disposed to the left or right sides of the column. The pixels may be disposed in different display areas of the substrate. Adjacent pixels in the same columns but in different display areas may be connected to the same data line. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206438 | Method for Representing Objects with Concentric Ring Signature Descriptors for Detecting 3D Objects in Range Images - A 3D object is represented by a descriptor, wherein a model of the 3D object is a 3D point cloud. A local support for each point p in the 3D point cloud is located, and reference x, y, and z axes are generated for the local support. A polar grid is applied according to the references x, y, and z axes a along an azimuth and a radial directions on an xy plane centered on the point p such that each patch on the grid is a bin for a 2D histogram, wherein the 2D histogram is a 2D matrix F on the grid and each coefficient of the 2D matrix F corresponds to the patch on the grid. For each grid location (k, l), an elevation value F(k, l) is estimated by interpolating the elevation values of the 3D points within the patches to produce the descriptor for the point p. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206439 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PREVIEW OF A FINISHED DOCUMENT - A method and system for providing three-dimensional preview of a finished document based on a key feature analysis. The document can be analyzed by a document analysis algorithm configured in association with a document visualization module in order to identify a number of key features associated with the document. A viewing script can be created with respect to the key features of the document in order to drive a visualization engine. A document-specific visual animation of the key features can be visually displayed based on the viewing script at a user interface in order to preview the finished document. A list of critical features with respect to the document can be selected and previewed by a user via a set of media controls displayed at the user interface. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206440 | Method for Generating Virtual Images of Scenes Using Trellis Structures - An image for a virtual view of a scene is generated based on a set of texture images and a corresponding set of depth images acquired of the scene. A set of candidate depth values associated with each pixel of a selected image is determined. For each candidate depth value, a cost that estimates a synthesis quality of the virtual image is determined. The candidate depth value with a least cost is selected to produce an optimal depth value for the pixel. Then, the virtual image is synthesized based on the optimal depth value of each pixel and the texture images. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206441 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD OF BACKLIGHT MODULE THEREOF - A driving method for a display system including a display panel and a backlight module is provided. A first directional surface light source and a second directional surface light source are respectively provided by a first light source and a second light source of the backlight module through a light guide plate. Images displayed by the display panel are thus transmitted to a left eye and a right eye. A data enable signal and an image signal are received to determine whether the image signal transmits a two dimensional image or a stereoscopic image according to the data enable signal. When the image signal is the two dimensional image, the first light source and the second light source are turned on simultaneously. When the image signal is the stereoscopic image, the first light source and the second light source are turned on at corresponding display periods, respectively. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206442 | Method for Generating Virtual Images of Scenes Using Trellis Structures - An image for a virtual view of a scene is generated based on a set of texture images and a corresponding set of depth images acquired of the scene. A set of candidate depth values associated with each pixel of a selected image is determined. For each candidate depth value, a cost that estimates a synthesis quality of the virtual image is determined. The candidate depth value with a least cost is selected to produce an optimal depth value for the pixel. Then, the virtual image is synthesized based on the optimal depth value of each pixel and the texture images. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206443 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - A head-mounted display device includes: an image-light generating unit for right eye that generates image light from image data for right eye and emits the image light; an image-light generating unit for left eye that generates image light from image data for left eye and the image light; a light guide units that guide the emitted image lights to the left and right eyes of the user; and a display control unit that transmits control signals for controlling the emission of the image lights respectively to the image-light generating unit for right eye and the image-light generating unit for left eye. The display control unit transitions, according to a condition set in advance, the head-mounted display device to a power saving state for causing one of the image-light generating unit for right eye and the image-light generating unit for left eye to stop the emission of the image light. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206444 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD - Favorable stereoscopic display is allowed to be performed with, for example, intended magnitude of depth perception irrespective of a viewing distance. A display includes: a display section displaying a stereoscopic image based on stereoscopic image data; a detection section detecting a viewing distance of a viewer; and an adjustment section modifying magnitude of parallax of the stereoscopic image data from first magnitude of parallax to second magnitude of parallax, in which the adjustment section modifies a correspondence relationship between the first magnitude of parallax and the second magnitude of parallax depending on the detected viewing distance. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206445 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a display unit displaying plural viewpoint images; a light separation unit having plural transmitting portions and separating light from the display unit; and a display control unit controlling the timing of switching either of display positions of respective viewpoint images on the display unit and transmittance of respective transmitting portions of the light separation unit based on correlation information of the viewpoint images between frames. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206446 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including a matrix of pixel regions, and a shutter panel including a matrix of optical shutter regions each of which state is selected from a light-transmitting state and a light-shielding state. In a first display state, the display panel performs display regarding one pixel region as a display element unit, and each of the plurality of optical shutter regions in the shutter panel is brought into a light-transmitting state or a light-shielding state. In a second display state, the display panel performs display regarding at least two pixel regions as the display element unit, and each of the plurality of optical shutter regions in the shutter panel is brought into a light-transmitting state or a light-shielding state. As a result, the range of distance with which 3D images can be displayed can differ between the first display state and the second display state. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206447 | RECONFIGURABLE 3D GRAPHICS PROCESSOR - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a reconfigurable 3D graphics processor includes a pipeline configuration manager, a rasterizer, and a memory coupled to the triangle rasterizer. The pipeline configuration manager is capable of configuring the graphics processor to operate in a direct rasterizing mode or a tiling mode to process a sequence of drawing commands received from a processing unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING A BIOPSY SPECIMEN - The present disclosure provides, in certain embodiments, a system and method for generating a 3D model of a biopsy specimen. The 3D model may greatly enhance the capability to identify insufficient margins surrounding neoplastic tissue obtained through an excisional biopsy, and improve communication from a pathologist back to a surgeon and/or patient. The model provides a 3D representation of the neoplastic tissue within the specimen, thereby allowing the surgeon (or other medical personnel) to rotate and orient the model at any desired angle to identify insufficient margins and relate the location of the insufficient margins to the removal site to more accurately identify the location at which additional tissue needs to be excised. By identifying the exact location at which additional tissue needs to be excised, the surgeon is able to minimize the amount of additional tissue removed from the patient in order to achieve sufficient margins. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL SHOPPING DISPLAY - A system and method for a display device is provided. An image display that displays at least one image of at least one of a product and person is coupled to a support structure, and at least one shelf may be operatively coupled to the support structure. Further, at least one database stores a plurality of queries and replies to the queries, and at least one processor is provided that is operatively coupled to the database. The processor(s) programmed and configured to receive from the database at least one reply to a first query. The processor is further configured to transmit at least one instruction to the display for rendering a plurality of images of the person, wherein the rendered images of the person include providing the at least one reply to the first query. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206450 | 3D FORMAT CONVERSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - 3D format conversion systems and methods are provided. The 3D format conversion system includes a 3D panel supporting at least one 3D display format, a frame buffer, and a graphics processing unit including a plurality of shaders for parallel processing image data. The graphics processing unit obtains a 3D source using texture streaming, converts the 3D source into the 3D display format supported by the 3D panel using the shaders, and outputs the converted 3D source to the frame buffer. The 3D panel obtains and displays the converted 3D source from the frame buffer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206451 | Method for Enhancing Depth Images of Scenes Using Trellis Structures - An image for a virtual view of a scene is generated based on a set of texture images and a corresponding set of depth images acquired of the scene. A set of candidate depths associated with each pixel of a selected image is determined. For each candidate depth, a cost that estimates a synthesis quality of the virtual image is determined. The candidate depth with a least cost is selected to produce an optimal depth for the pixel. Then, the virtual image is synthesized based on the optimal depth of each pixel and the texture images. The method also applies first and second depth enhancement before, and during view synthesis to correct errors or suppress noise due to the estimation or acquisition of the dense depth images and sparse depth features. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206452 | REALISTIC OCCLUSION FOR A HEAD MOUNTED AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY - Technology is described for providing realistic occlusion between a virtual object displayed by a head mounted, augmented reality display system and a real object visible to the user's eyes through the display. A spatial occlusion in a user field of view of the display is typically a three dimensional occlusion determined based on a three dimensional space mapping of real and virtual objects. An occlusion interface between a real object and a virtual object can be modeled at a level of detail determined based on criteria such as distance within the field of view, display size or position with respect to a point of gaze. Technology is also described for providing three dimensional audio occlusion based on an occlusion between a real object and a virtual object in the user environment. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206453 | 3D SCREEN SIZE COMPENSATION - A device converts three dimensional [3D] image data arranged for a source spatial viewing configuration to a 3D display signal ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206454 | Method and Arrangement for Monitoring the Path of an Animal or a Human in the Home - A monitoring method of a path of an animal can be realized via a data transfer network, a monitoring arrangement used in the method, a server and a computer program to be used in the monitoring arrangement, which are included in the monitoring arrangement. With the method and monitoring arrangement, the path of a monitored living target can be visualized on a data processing device for a selected time period. The data processing device can be situated in a different location than the animal being monitored. The recent 3D acceleration measurement data of the living target is compared to the long-term average data. The measurement data used in determining the path are obtained from the wireless monitoring device, which the animal carries with it. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206455 | Tile-based graphics system and method of operation of such a system - A tile-based graphics system, and method of operation of such a system, are provided for generating graphics data for a frame comprising a plurality of tiles. Graphics processing circuitry is provided which is arranged to be switched between a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation, the graphics processing circuitry receives the plurality of graphics primitives for the frame, and performs a binning operation to determine, for each of the plurality of tiles, a tile list identifying the graphics primitives which intersect that tile. In the second mode of operation, the graphics processing circuitry receives the tile list for an allocated tile, and performs a rasterization operation to generate the graphics data for the allocated tile dependent on the tile list. This enables the same graphics processing unit to be used for both binning and rasterization operations, significantly reducing the size of the graphics system, whilst also allowing improvements in performance and energy consumption. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206456 | Methods and Systems for Generating Continuous Surfaces from Polygonal Data - Methods and systems for generating surface data from polygonal data are disclosed. The methods and systems receive polygonal data which describe discrete points on an object. The methods and systems analyze and use the data to calculate and define a continuous BREP object which accurately represents the original polygonal object. In some embodiments, the generated BREP is G2 continuous at substantially all points. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206457 | Methods and Systems for Generating Continuous Surfaces from Polygonal Data - Methods and systems for generating surface data from polygonal data are disclosed. The methods and systems receive polygonal data which describe discrete points on an object. The methods and systems analyze and use the data to calculate and define a continuous BREP object which accurately represents the original polygonal object. In some embodiments, the generated BREP is G2 continuous at substantially all points. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206458 | Near-Touch Interaction with a Stereo Camera Grid Structured Tessellations - A near-touch interface is provided that utilizes stereo cameras and a series of targeted structured light tessellations, emanating from the screen as a light source and incident on objects in the field-of-view. After radial distortion from a series of wide-angle lenses is mitigated, a surface-based spatio-temporal stereo algorithm is utilized to estimate initial depth values. Once these values are calculated, a subsequent refinement step may be applied in which light source tessellations are used to flash a structure onto targeted components of the scene, where initial near-interaction disparity values have been calculated. The combination of a spherical stereo algorithm, and smoothing with structured light source tessellations, provides for a very reliable and fast near-field depth engine, and resolves issues that are associated with depth estimates for embedded solutions of this approach. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206459 | Method and Apparatus for Parallel Ray-Tracing Employing Modular Space Division - Novel method and system for distributed database ray-tracing is presented, based on modular mapping of scene-data among processors. Its inherent properties include scattering data among processors for improved load balancing, and matching between geographical proximity in the scene with communication proximity between processors. High utilization is enabled by unique mechanism of cache sharing. The resulting improved performance enables deep level of ray tracing for real time applications. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206460 | GRAPHIC PROCESSING DEVICE, GRAPHIC PROCESSING METHOD, MEDIUM FOR STORING GRAPHIC PROCESSING PROGRAM - A device includes a processor which executes a process including generating data of a second graphic identified by shifting each of first sides of a first graphic by a length in a direction toward an inside of the first graphic and by tracing, in a direction, the first sides after the shifting and intersection points between the first sides after the shifting, generating data of a third graphic by shifting each of second sides of the second graphic to both sides of each of the second side by the length and by linking end points of the second sides after the shifting using a circular arc which is centered on an end point of the second side before the shifting and which has a radius of the length, and generating data of a fourth graphic by performing a logical addition operation between the second graphic and the third graphic. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206461 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SELF-REFRESHING DISPLAY DEVICE COUPLED TO A GRAPHICS CONTROLLER - A method and apparatus for controlling a self-refreshing display device coupled to a graphics controller are disclosed. A self-refreshing display device has a capability to drive the display based on video signals generated from a local frame buffer in the display device. A graphics controller coupled to the display device may optimally be placed in one or more power saving states when the display device is operating in a panel self-refresh mode. The graphics controller detects one or more progressive levels of idleness in the graphics controller and the pixel data stored in a frame buffer. Based on the detected idleness, the graphics controller signals the display device to enter or exit the panel self-refresh mode and enters a power saving state. When exiting the panel self-refresh mode, the display device and/or graphics controller ensure that the video signals generated by the local controller and the graphics controller are aligned. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206462 | MEMS CAVITY-COATING LAYERS AND METHODS - Devices, methods, and systems comprising a MEMS device, for example, an interferometric modulator, that comprises a cavity in which a layer coats multiple surfaces. The layer is conformal or non-conformal. In some embodiments, the layer is formed by atomic layer deposition (ALD). Preferably, the layer comprises a dielectric material. In some embodiments, the MEMS device also exhibits improved characteristics, such as improved electrical insulation between moving electrodes, reduced stiction, and/or improved mechanical properties. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206463 | Method and Apparatus for Dispatching Graphics Operations to Multiple Processing Resources - Parallel graphics-processing methods and mobile computing apparatus with parallel graphics-processing capabilities are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment of a mobile computing apparatus includes physical memory, at least two distinct graphics-processing devices, and a bus coupled to the physical memory and the at least two graphics-processing devices. A virtual graphics processing component enables each of at least two graphics-processing operations to be executed, in parallel, by a corresponding one of the at least two distinct graphics-processing devices, which operate in the same memory surface at the same time. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206464 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ON THE SAME - A multi-functional display device and method for displaying content on the same are disclosed herein. The method may include displaying broadcast content on a first multi-functional display device, transmitting a request to display the content on a second multi-functional display device. The second multi-functional display device may accept the request and display the content on the second multi-functional display device. The first and second multi-functional display devices may display the content at the same time. The first multi-functional display device may be associated with a first social network service (SNS) account of a first individual and the second multi-functional display device may be associated with a second SNS account of a second individual. The request to concurrently view the content may be generated using account information of the SNS accounts. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206465 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER DRIVER AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF - A display controller driver and a testing method thereof are provided. The display controller driver includes an image data memory, a timing control circuit, and a data line driving circuit. The image data memory stores display data. The timing control circuit obtains the display data from the image data memory. The data line driving circuit is coupled to the timing control circuit. The data line driving circuit receives the display data and outputs a grayscale voltage signal corresponding to the display data through at least one data-line output terminal of the display controller driver. In a test operation mode, the timing control circuit further transmits the display data from the image data memory to at least one test output port of the display controller driver. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206466 | DATA STORAGE ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING - In general, aspects of this disclosure describe example techniques for efficient storage of data of various data types for graphics processing. In some examples, a processing unit may assign first and second contiguous range of addresses for a first and second data type, respectively. The processing unit may store at least one of graphics data of the first or second data type or addresses of the graphics data of the first or second data type within blocks whose addresses are within the first and second contiguous range of addresses, respectively. The processing unit may store, in cache lines of a cache, the graphics data of the first data type, and the graphics data of the second data type. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206467 | DRIVING METHOD FOR BISTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING DEVICE THEREOF - A driving method adapted to a bistable display including a display panel is provided. The driving method includes following steps. A first area data and a second area data respectively received are sequentially stored in a first queue and a second queue, respectively. A first area image corresponding to the first area data and a second area image corresponding to the second area data are sequentially calculated. The first area image is displayed on the display panel during a first frame period of a first period, and the second area image is displayed on the display panel during a second first frame period of the first period. After the first period, the first area image on the display panel is in a stable state. After a summation time of first period and the second frame period, the second area image on the display panel is in a stable state. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206468 | Edge Alphas for Image Translation - A video display pipe used for processing pixels of video and/or image frames may include edge Alpha registers for storing edge Alpha values corresponding to the edges of an image to be translated across a display screen. The edge Alpha values may be specified based on the fractional pixel value by which the image is to be moved in the current frame. The video pipe may copy the column and row of pixels that are in the direction of travel, and may apply the edge Alpha values to the copied column and row. The edge Alpha values may control blending of the additional column and row of the translated image with the adjacent pixels in the original frame, providing the effect of the partial pixel movement, simulating a sub-pixel rate of movement. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206469 | EFFICIENT PRE-COMPUTING OF SIMPLIFIED VECTOR DATA FOR RENDERING AT MULTIPLE ZOOM LEVELS - Aspects of the invention relate generally to accessing, storing, and processing vector data to represent various geographical features such as roads, rivers, lakes, countries, continents, and oceans on one or more maps. More specifically, the vector data may be pre-simplified for rendering at different zoom levels. The simplification process is based on removing vertices from vector data in order to reduce the number of points in a given polygon or line. As this process is very expensive in terms of time and processing power, the system and method allow for estimation of the proportion of vertices which that would be removed from the original geometry. Based on this estimation, one may decide whether or not the simplification is worth the effort to compute and store the simplified data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206470 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING HIGH-LOCAL-CONTRAST IMAGE DATA - Devices and methods for obtaining image data that preserves highlight details and shadow details from image data from a high dynamic range (HDR) image sensor are provided. For example, an image signal processor may include a first data path of a relatively high bit depth, front-end image processing logic, and a second data path of a relatively low bit depth. The first data path may receive HDR image data from an image sensor. The front-end image processing logic may convert the HDR image data into lower-bit-depth image data, while preserving highlight details and/or shadow details of the HDR image, by using at least two transfer functions that preserve different subsets of the high dynamic range. The second data path may output this lower-bit-depth image data to other image processing logic for additional image processing. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206471 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR MANAGING LAYERS OF GRAPHICAL OBJECT DATA - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing layers of graphical object data are provided. For example, a graphical display system may be configured to implicitly manage various graphical object layers. In some embodiments, any new graphical object of a first type of graphical object may be generated in a current top layer of a stack when the current top layer is associated with the first type of graphical object. However, when the current top layer of the stack is not associated with the first type of graphical object, any new graphical object of the first type of graphical object may be generated in a new top layer of the stack. Moreover, any new graphical object of a second type of graphical object may similarly be generated in a new top layer of the stack. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206472 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUGGESTING A PAUSE POSITION WITHIN ELECTRONIC TEXT - Systems and methods for suggesting a pause position within electronic text are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method may include receiving identification of a current user position within electronic text residing on an electronic device. For example, a current user position may be a page of an e-book that is currently being displayed to a reader or user. The method may include determining a suggested pause position within the electronic text based on the current user position. For example, the suggested pause position may be determined based on the reader's profile, a reading behavior of other readers, metadata, or combinations thereof. The method may also include presenting the suggested pause position on a user interface of the electronic device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206473 | ROBOTIC TEXTURE - Techniques are disclosed for controlling robot pixels to display a visual representation of a real-world video texture. Mobile robots with controllable color may generate visual representations of the real-world video texture to create an effect like fire, sunlight on water, leaves fluttering in sunlight, a wheat field swaying in the wind, crowd flow in a busy city, and clouds in the sky. The robot pixels function as a display device for a given allocation of robot pixels. Techniques are also disclosed for distributed collision avoidance among multiple non-holonomic and holonomic robots to guarantee smooth and collision-free motions. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206474 | Blend Equation - A blend unit in a display pipe for processing pixels of video and/or image frames may include multiple blend stages, where each blend stage may include multiple levels for blending pixels according to a blend equation. The blending operation includes blending pixel color values and Alpha values. A multiplication may be performed at each blend level, necessitating Alpha value normalizations in the form of divisions to obtain pixel color values having a specified bit-length. Color value normalizations are not needed when the desired result is an actual color value. In order to reduce the compounding of errors that may result from the introduction of an error at each division, Alpha value normalizations may not be performed at each blend level, carrying the intermediate results forward in fractional form—through one or multiple blend stages—until the end of the blending operation. At or after the final blend level—in each blend stage, or in a final blend stage—a single division may performed, preventing the compounding of errors that would be incurred at each blend level if a division at each blend level were performed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206475 | Color waveform - Some embodiments provide a program that provides a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a display area for displaying an image that includes several pixels. Each pixel includes a set of color component values. The GUI includes a waveform monitor for displaying a graph that includes several graphical representations of the several pixels in the image. Each graphical representation is (1) plotted along a first axis of the graph based on a position of a corresponding pixel in the image and (2) plotted along a second axis of the graph based on the set of color component values of the corresponding pixel in the image. A color of each graphical representation is similar to a color of the corresponding pixel that is used for displaying the pixel in the display area. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206476 | COLOUR ENCODING CLUSTERING - A method of determining one or more representative colour encodings is disclosed. A set of colour encoding clusters is determined for a plurality of candidate colour encodings based on a clustering criterion related to one or more desired perceptual attributes of the plurality of candidate colour encodings. Each candidate colour encoding is assigned to one cluster within the set of colour encoding clusters. A representative colour encoding is determined for each cluster within the set of colour encoding clusters depending on the candidate colour encodings assigned to each cluster. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206477 | INFORMATION RETRIEVAL DEVICE AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL METHOD - An information retrieval device comprises a dictionary storage module which stores an entry word, explanatory information that includes an image corresponding to the entry word, and color information on the image so as to correlate the entry word, the explanatory information, and the color information with one another, a color sample display module, a color specify module which specifies an arbitrary color from the color sample displayed, a color retrieval module which retrieves explanatory information stored in the dictionary storage module so as to be correlated with color information corresponding to a color specified, and a retrieved information output module which outputs explanatory information retrieved. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206478 | Image Display Device for Displaying Color Image on Color Display Unit - An image display device such as an LCD television comprises a microcomputer and LUTs (look-up tables) which are tables of correction data for correcting color balance of an image to be displayed. The microcomputer recalculates correction data in the LUTs and updates the correction data to the recalculated correction data based on: an input value InL of image data of a Low side white balance adjustment image; an input value InH of image data of a High side white balance adjustment image; and a gain value GainL and a gain value GainH which are provided to the input value InL and the input value InH, respectively, to bring color balance of the Low side white balance adjustment image and the High side white balance adjustment image to a predetermined color balance, respectively. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206479 | Cross Reference to Related Applications - Some embodiments provide a program that provides a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a display area for displaying an image that includes several pixels. The GUI includes a selectable masking tool for displaying in the display area an adjustable closed curve to identify a region in the image to apply a color correction operation. The selectable masking tool includes a selectable control for modifying the adjustable closed curve through a range of elliptical shapes that ranges from a pure ellipse to an approximate rectangle. The GUI includes a selectable GUI item for applying the color correction operation based on the selectable masking tool. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206480 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING DRAWING CONTENT - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a processor, a storage device, and one or more modules stored in the storage device. The one or more modules are executed by the processor to display a first area of a drawing on the touch screen. When the first area receives a drawing operation, the one or more modules detect a contact path on the first area of the touch screen. Then, the one or more modules split a first sub-area with first content in the first sub-area from the first area along the contact path upon a condition determining the contact path substantially moves across a first edge and a second edge of the first area. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206481 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus including an interface that receives a display switching instruction to switch an object displayed on a display, and a processor that controls the display to switch objects displayed on the display based on the display switching instruction, controls the display to stop switching objects for a predetermined period of time when a predetermined object is displayed on the display, and controls the display to resume switching objects displayed on the display upon determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206482 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INFECTED ELECTRONIC FILES - The invention relates to electronic engineering and in particular to a method for identifying infected electronic files on a display (monitor) of an electronic device, said infected electronic files being located in the electronic device or on the Internet. The aim of the proposed invention is to provide a novel method of identifying infected electronic files. As a result of the use of the proposed invention, the user of the electronic device or the Internet is provided with the possibility of discovering infected electronic files with the aid of different identification methods which distinguish infected electronic files from uninfected electronic files. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206483 | OBSTACLE INFORMATION NOTIFICATION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An in-vehicle obstacle information notification apparatus for displaying an intersection map on a screen of a display section and superimposing a movable body mark on the intersection map when an own vehicle is in an intersection-surrounding area is disclosed. The display section displays the intersection map in a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, an upper direction of the map is fixed to a given direction, which is determined before the entry into the intersection. In the second mode, the upper direction of the map on the screen is determined based on own vehicle direction, which is changed at a turn at the intersection. Based on information on a movable body in the intersection-surrounding area, the in-vehicle obstacle information notification apparatus determines whether to set the first mode or the second mode as a display mode of the display section. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206484 | Method and Device for Displaying Information - In a method for displaying a plurality of two-dimensional, ordered objects on a display area, a user-interface device generates graphics data that control the display area such that a subset of the objects is displayed in perspective, a first object of this subset being displayed in perspective in the foreground, and in response to an input with the aid of an input device, an arithmetic logic unit of the user-interface device alters the graphics data such that a different, second object is displayed in perspective in the foreground. The graphical objects are displayed in perspective, positioned one behind the other in a stack, the object displayed in the foreground forming the front face of the stack, and in response to the input, the graphics data are altered such that the first object and the objects disposed between the first and second object in the stack are moved in a direction perpendicular to the stack axis and are hidden, or the objects ordered between the first and second object, and the second object are made visible and are moved in a direction perpendicular to the stack axis until the second object is displayed in perspective in the foreground. An associated device is adapted for carrying out the method, and a vehicle includes such a device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206485 | AR GLASSES WITH EVENT AND SENSOR TRIGGERED USER MOVEMENT CONTROL OF AR EYEPIECE FACILITIES - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes event and sensor triggered user movement control. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206486 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING REGION SHARING DETERMINATION METHOD - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a receiving unit configured to receive information associated with a first imaging region and information associated with a second imaging region. The apparatus may also include a determination unit configured to determine, based on at least the first and second imaging region information, whether a portion of the first imaging region is coincident within at least a portion of the second imaging region. A classification unit configured may assign a classification to at least one of the first or second imaging regions, based on the determination. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206487 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An apparatus includes an overlap detector and a display modification unit. The overlap detector is configured to determine if a first image superimposed with a second image overlaps an object in the second image by greater than a threshold. The display modification unit is configured to change the content of the first image superimposed with the second image such that the first image no longer overlaps the object in the second image by greater than the threshold when the overlap detector detects that the first image overlaps the object in the second image by greater than the threshold. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206488 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A GRAPHIC FEATURE - An electronic device having a graphic feature which is separate from a display device, wherein the graphic feature is configured to be activated in response to a change in orientation of the electronic device and then deactivated after a period of time. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206489 | Image Division Process and Display Apparatus - An image may be divided into multiple portions or sub-images using division lines. To facilitate this process, the division lines may be drawn with user input in a single direction. The image may then be rotated to allow a user to draw lines extending in other directions using the same user input direction. In some instances, rotation may be automatically performed upon drawing of a division line, deletion of a sub-image, receiving a specified user command or type of user input and the like. Additionally or alternatively, upon rotating the image a first time in one direction, a subsequent rotation of the image may be performed in an opposite direction. The first rotation and the subsequent rotation may be of the same rotation amount. If a sub-image is deleted, a remaining sub-image or sub-images may be resized or otherwise modified to fit within the display. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206490 | PRINT DATA CREATING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA CREATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A print data creating apparatus includes an image displaying unit that displays image data; a display image enlarging and reducing unit that enlarges and reduces a display image displayed on the image displaying unit; a region instruction receiving unit that receives a user's instruction to specify a region on the display image; a marker size changing unit that changes a size of a marker that is a seed used in a region growing method in accordance with an enlargement or reduction ratio of the display image; a region splitting unit that performs region split by using the region growing method in response to the region instruction; a display changing unit that changes display based on a result of the region split; and a print data creating unit that creates print data based on a result of the change by the display changing unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206491 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF CONTENT FILES - As a user inputs instruction to start up content, an initial image is displayed. A viewpoint shift request is made, viewpoint coordinates are calculated according to the viewpoint shift request. Then verified is whether a hierarchical level has been changed in hierarchical image data due to a shift of the viewpoint coordinates or not. If the hierarchical level has been changed, the node of a hierarchical image is extracted from image correspondence data and then a coordinate transform matrix associated with the node is modified. A new elemental image is decoded, each image is subjected to the coordinate transform based on the image correspondence data so as to evaluate the coordinates on display coordinates. Each elemental image is placed on the evaluated coordinates, which in turn integrates the elemental images and updates a displayed imaged. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206492 | CONTROL TERMINAL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided are: a receiving unit receiving a first operation script from a media server; a determination unit selecting a display size of an object as a component of an operation screen defined by the first operation script when the object is displayed in a wireless terminal device; and a script conversion unit changing the received first operation script to a second operation script in accordance with results of the selection by the determination unit and then executing the operation script. The determination unit selects a second display size which permits the wireless terminal device to display the object within predetermined update time and is smaller than a first display size defined by the first operation script, and the script conversion unit changes the display size of the object from the first display size to the second display size to thereby change the first operation script to the second operation script. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206493 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAID DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREON - A television receiver includes a genre identification section that identifies a genre of contents, a video processing section that displays the contents upon correcting the contents with an image quality parameter set in accordance with the identified genre in advance, a display control section that displays, while the contents is displayed, an adjustment item for adjusting a value of the image quality parameter, a parameter value adjustment section that adjusts the value of the image quality parameter based on entry by a user, and a parameter value changing section that changes the value of the image quality parameter, when the identified genre changes to another genre, to a value set in advance corresponding to a genre after the genre changes, and the parameter value changing section changes the value of the image quality parameter in a different period of time depending on whether or not the adjustment item is displayed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206494 | CENTRAL PLACE INDEXING SYSTEMS - Spatial location systems can be based on multi-resolution grids such as mixed aperture combinations of hexagonal cells. A particular finest resolution can be selected based on a suitable combination of intermediate grid apertures such as arbitrary combinations of aperture | 2012-08-16 |
20120206495 | VARIABLE DISPLAY SCALE CONTROL DEVICE AND VARIABLE PLAYING SPEED CONTROL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus including an interface that displays an object and receives an instruction to change a display scale of the object, and a processor that controls the interface to change the display scale of the object based on the received instruction, controls the interface to stop changing the display scale of the displayed object for a predetermined period of time when the display scale of the displayed object becomes a predetermined display scale, and controls the interface to resume changing the display scale of the displayed object upon determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206496 | SYSTEM FOR IMAGING PRODUCT LAYOUT - A computer system comprising storage for three or more digital images and for a digital representation of an image product. A program stored by the system and executed by a processor of the system automatically digitally places the digital images into different display locations in the digital representation of the image product. User selected images and corresponding new display locations are received by the program to automatically place selected digital images into selected new locations while displaced images are placed in new locations and the image arrangement is realigned. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206497 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Content - First content displayed on screen may be translated by the user, for example by dragging. Second content may then be displayed in the area of the screen that is exposed by the translation of the first content. In some embodiments there is a conceptual link between the first and second content, for example the second content may be metadata relating to the first content. In effect, a multi-layered user interface is provided. The translation may be performed in response to a special user input, for example a multi-touch drag. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206498 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A display device is provided, which includes a display unit configured to display one or more images thereon, an operation unit configured to accept an external operation, and a controller configured to perform a display process to control the display unit to display a plurality of images without concurrently displaying identifiers that are respectively provided to the images, and a scrolling process to, in response to the operation unit accepting a scrolling operation, control the display unit to display the identifiers to be superimposed on the images, respectively, and move the images displayed thereon, together with the identifiers in a direction responsive to the scrolling operation. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206499 | CHIPLET DISPLAY DEVICE WITH SERIAL CONTROL - A digital display apparatus includes an array of light-emitting pixels, each with a first and second electrode, formed on a display substrate. A plurality of chiplets is located on the display substrate, each chiplet including an electrode connection pad, a signal connection pad, and a pixel circuit. The electrode connection pad is connected to one of the first or second electrodes. Each chiplet includes one or more pixel circuits formed in the chiplet and electrically connected to the corresponding electrode and signal connection pads. A digital image signal is provided to the signal connection pad(s) of at least one of the chiplets. Each pixel circuit converts at least one digital image signal value to a continuously valued analog pixel-driving signal that controls the luminance of a pixel. The display provides higher-performance pixel circuits with digital control resulting in improved image quality. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206500 | VIDEO DATA DEPENDENT ADJUSTMENT OF DISPLAY DRIVE - Devices and methods are disclosed for improving image quality in a display system. The devices and methods adjust the display optical states based on the input image data. The devices and methods may compensate for temporal variation of the optical states in a display panel arrangement having a liquid crystal and an insulating layer due to a net DC field across the liquid crystal. The variation in optical states may be variation between the position of the optic axis of the liquid crystal for a zero net DC field drive waveform and a drive waveform with a net DC field across the liquid crystal. The variation of the optic axis of the liquid crystal may be due to ionic charge movement through the liquid crystal. The display panel arrangement may have a decay time constant of the liquid crystal and the insulating layer less than a maximum time that is visually acceptable for image sticking to persist on the display panel. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206501 | METHOD OF DRIVING LIGHT SOURCE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a light source comprises gradually decreasing a luminance of a light emitted from an upper light emitting module disposed along a first side of a display panel during a frame where the first side corresponds to a start point of a scanning direction; and gradually increasing a luminance of a light emitted from a lower light emitting module disposed along a second side of the display panel during the frame where the second side corresponds to an end point of the scanning direction. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206502 | Method of Driving a Display Panel and Display Apparatus for Performing the Same - A method of driving a display panel determines luminance coefficients of a plurality of light emitting blocks included in a light source module using a Gaussian function. A pixel luminance is determined using the luminance coefficient and dimming levels of the light emitting block. The pixel luminance is a luminance of light provided to each pixel of the display panel. Input data compensated using the pixel luminance to generate compensated data. The pixel luminance provided to the pixels is calculated by considering the luminance change due to the adjacent light emitting blocks. Thus, the luminance of the input data is accurately displayed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206503 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of displaying both a 3D image and a 2D image is provided. The display device includes a plurality of optical filter regions where light-blocking panels for producing binocular disparity are arranged in matrix. The light-blocking panel can select whether to transmit light emitted from a display panel in each of the plurality of optical filter regions. Thus, in the display device, some regions where binocular disparity is produced can be provided. Consequently, the display device can display both a 3D image and a 2D image. | 2012-08-16 |