35th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130222283 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of a touch input. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display a page of an electronic note and display a thumbnail image corresponding to another page along with the page; a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input on the display unit; and a controller configured to display a page corresponding to the thumbnail image or execute an edit mode for editing at least one of the page and the thumbnail image based on a kind of touch input on the thumbnail image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222284 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH-INPUT DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A terminal includes a touch panel having a first surface, a display panel having a second surface configured to face the first surface, and an attraction reduction layer disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface to reduce attraction between the first surface and the second surface. A method for manufacturing a touch-input display includes disposing a first pattern on at least one of a first surface of a touch panel and a second surface of a display panel, the first pattern facing the other of the first surface and the second surface to reduce attraction between the first surface and the second surface, and arranging the touch panel and the display panel to have a gap layer between the touch panel and the display panel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222285 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING BASED ON A TOUCH INPUT - A mobile terminal to control an operation using a touch includes a first input area to detect a first touch input, a second input area to detect a touch gesture, and a touch sensing unit to detect whether to activate the second input area based on the first touch input, to determine a state of the mobile terminal, and to determine a control operation corresponding to the touch gesture with respect to the state of the mobile terminal, in which at least one of the first input area and the second input area is disposed on a side of a body of the mobile terminal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222286 | DEVICE HAVING TOUCH DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR REDUCING EXECUTION OF ERRONEOUS TOUCH OPERATION - A touch device sets virtual bezel areas along an edge of a touch panel. If a change in orientation is detected in the touch device, the virtual bezel area may be set to be disposed on each edge of the touch device and may increase in size. The touch device determines if a touch input is a careless touch event according to the location of the virtual bezel area and reference criterion. A careless touch event may not be processed by the touch device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222287 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VALID INPUT SIGNAL IN A TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes a touch input unit to determine whether a first touch is detected in a display area or a grip recognition area, a determining unit to determine validity of the first touch based on a location of the detected first touch, and a processing unit to perform an event corresponding to the first touch when the first touch is determined to be valid. A method for validating a first touch using a processor includes detecting the first touch on a display area or a grip recognition area of a terminal, determining validity of the first touch based on a location of the detected first touch, and performing, using the processor, an event corresponding to the first touch if the first touch is determined to be valid. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222288 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE TERMINAL BASED ON TOUCH INPUT - A mobile terminal and methods for operating a mobile terminal based on a touch input, including receiving at least one touch input to a touch panel of the mobile terminal, the touch panel including a first input area and a second input area; generating at least one touch sensed signal corresponding to the at least one touch input to one or more of the first input area and the second input area; generating at least one control signal corresponding to the at least one touch sensed signal, wherein the first input area remains activated in a power off state of the mobile terminal and the second input area is initially deactivated in the power off state. The mobile terminal and methods for operating the mobile terminal based on a touch input thereby provide for an improved design and enhanced reliability of operation. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222289 | FLEXIBLE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a flexible terminal including a body, a flexible control display provided on one side of the body, and a control unit which processes a control signal inputted through the control display. The control display includes a piezoelectric member, which is divided into one or more cells, and one or more conductive members, which are formed of a conductive material. The control display may recognize a touch signal through a touch type method or a piezoelectric signal by a deformation of the piezoelectric member. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222290 | NOISE SPECTRUM ESTIMATOR AND TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A noise spectrum estimator for a touch panel includes an adaptive impulse response generation unit configured to generate impulse response information by performing an adaptive training operation on noise data, the noise data being generated by sampling a plurality of noise signals received from the touch panel, and an estimation unit configured to generate noise frequency spectrum estimation information associated with the noise data by performing a fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the impulse response information. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222291 | TOUCHSCREEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A touchscreen for an electronic device includes an input surface, a number of temperature sensors, and a processor connected to the temperature sensors. The temperature sensors senses temperatures of positions on the input surface and outputs corresponding sensing signals to the processor. The processor receives the sensing signals and determines whether the input surface is touched based on the sensing signals. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222292 | COMMUNICATION APPLICATION TRIGGERING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention discloses a communication application triggering method and an electronic device. A communication application triggering method is applied to an electronic device that has a touch sensor, where the method includes: detecting a touch track or touch point on the touch sensor after an object is selected or is called; and matching the detected touch track or touch point with at least one standard model; and if the matching is successful, and the object can be used as a sent object of a communication application that corresponds to the successfully matched standard model, triggering the communication application that corresponds to the successfully matched standard model, and adding the object as a to-be-sent object of the communication application, where different communication applications correspond to different standard models. Technical solutions of embodiments of the present invention are useful for simplifying a communication application triggering mechanism and improving user experience. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222293 | ROTATION TYPE TOUCH SCREEN MODULE AND TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a terminal including a main body module including a control unit; and a rotation-type touch screen module disposed at one side of the main body module, and including a module housing extending from the main body module, and a loop touch screen rotatable about at least a portion of the module housing in at least one direction, and provided with at least one contact member electrically connected to the control unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222294 | HYBRID TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A hybrid touch screen device applied to an electric device. The hybrid touch screen device preferably includes a touch panel, a pen touch panel, a display panel, and at least one processor. The touch panel detects an input event by a direct touch. The pen touch panel detects a touch pen input and an input event from an entry into a predetermined detection distance before a touch. The display panel displays a screen according to the touch panel, the pen touch panel, and a user operation. The processor also performs control to execute a relevant function according to an input event inputted to the touch panel and the pen touch panel. The processor also performs control so that an input event of the touch pen and an input event of the touch panel are detected independently of each other. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222295 | MOBILE TERMINAL TO OPERATE BASED ON TOUCH INPUT, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a touch panel to receive touch gestures to power on and power off the mobile terminal. The touch panel may also receive touch gestures to adjust the volume or place the mobile terminal in a hold state. The touch panel is separate from a touch screen which receives inputs in a power on state. The touch panel may include a first input area which may receive a periodic signal in a power off mode, a touch sleep mode, and a hold mode. If in the power off mode, the touch sleep mode, or the hold mode, a touch gesture is received in the first input area, other input areas may be powered on to receive a signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222296 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT FLOATING OPERATION - A mobile device includes a touch input display to display a first object in a first screen image and to receive a first touch input corresponding to the first object, a floating execution unit to switch the first object into a floated state in response to the first touch input, and to generate a floating window for displaying the first object in the floated state, the floated first object being configured to be displayed in the floating window along with a second screen image if the first screen image is replaced with the second screen image, and a controller to associate information of the first object with the second screen image or with an application corresponding to the second screen image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222297 | PROXIMITY DETECTION DEVICE, METHOD OF DETECTING PROXIMITY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A proximity detection device includes a display unit which has a display image surface in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged in a matrix shape and a proximity operation detecting unit in which a transparent electrode for proximity operation detection is arranged to form an operation surface at a position superposed on the display image surface and a conductive film pattern forming the transparent electrode has a pitch of a linear pattern which is equal to or smaller than an arrangement pitch in one direction of the pixel electrodes. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222298 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A terminal apparatus includes a display module including a window glass, a touch panel, and a display panel; a display holding frame that secures the display module, the display holding frame having a screw accepting part on a rear surface which is opposite to the display panel; a cabinet case, which encloses the display holding frame, and which has a screw hole corresponding to the screw accepting part of the display holding frame; and a bolt or screw inserted into the screw accepting part of the display holding frame through the screw hole in the cabinet case. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING CONTENT VIEW IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and apparatus that easily locate desired content at a desired point in a content view is achieved by detecting a touch event for adding or changing content in the content view, displaying a candidate group having contents capable of being located at a touch point of the detected touch event, displaying, at the touch point of the detected touch event, content selected from the contents of the candidate group, and displaying the content view in which the selected content is located at the touch point. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222300 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS INCLUDING DISTORTION DETECTION ELEMENT - An in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of operations sections, a detection section, and a cancellation section. The operation sections are configured to receive an operation by a user while driving of a vehicle and respectively include distortion detection elements that respectively transmit detection signals in accordance with loads generated due to the operation. The detection section detects the operation to the operation sections based on the detection signals. The cancellation section determines whether loads are generated in the operation sections in a same period based on the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements and cancels the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements in the same period when the loads are generated in the same period. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING CONTENTS IN TERMINAL - Provided are a method and apparatus for moving contents on a screen in a terminal which allows a user to scroll in various directions within a contents page larger than a screen. An initial threshold region is established, which surrounds an initial touch point over displayed contents. A drag movement is detected from the initial touch point to a current touch point breaching the initial threshold region. The contents are moved in the direction of the drag movement if the current touch point is outside predetermined X and Y channels. The contents are moved in only the X or Y direction if the current touch point is within the X or Y channel, respectively. Thus, linear scroll of contents can be produced despite an unintentional nonlinear drag movement. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLE RATE ADAPTION - A system and method for sample rate adaption. The system and method provide for information derived from sampling at a first rate to be applied or processed at a second rate where the first and second rates differ in frequency and phase. The information is adapted from the first rate to the second rate. Then phase differences including phase introduced as by-product of adapting the frequencies are reduced by phase adaption. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222303 | HAPTIC DEVICE WITH INDIRECT HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A haptic device provides indirect haptic feedback and includes a substrate having a touch surface, a position sensor and a friction modulator associated with the substrate, wherein a coefficient of friction of the touch surface is modulated in response to a sensed position of relative to the touch surface and/or a derivative thereof. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222304 | CONTROL APPARATUS - A CPU of a control apparatus identifies a driver's manipulatable range, calculates compensation parameters, and sets the compensation parameters to be used for a compensation process. As a result, since the manipulation signal is compensated, e.g., to expand manipulation trajectories based on the driver's manipulatable range, a manipulation content can be recognized accurately. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222305 | IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display unit includes an image display module changing for display images each having image and header information, a touch panel input module receiving inputs, an image reading module reading the image and header information of the images, a group definition determination module determining, based on the header information of a first image of the images that is displayed next in response to an operation performed on the touch panel input module, whether or not a group definition in the header information of the first image is the same as a first predetermined group definition, and an image changing module changing the images to the first image for display in a number of steps predetermined for the first predetermined group definition. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222306 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TEMPERATURE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic comprises at least one strain gauge arranged at the electronic device such that a strain of the at least one strain gauge is influenced by a change of a temperature of the electronic device and a control assembly for evaluating an output signal of the at least one strain gauge to determine a temperature of the electronic device on the basis of the output signal and for controlling at least one function of the electronic device based on the determined temperature. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222307 | IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display unit is provided which includes an input module receiving touch inputs, a display module displaying an image thereon, a touched state detection module detecting a touch input made onto the input module, a touched position acquiring module acquiring a touched position of the touch input, a flick detection module detecting whether the touch input is made by a flick operation, a flick direction detection module detecting a direction of the flick operation, and a display screen changing module executing either of a first display screen changing process of increasing the number of images displayed on the display module and contracting images displayed on the display module and a second display screen changing process of decreasing the number of images displayed on the display module and expanding images displayed on the display module based on the direction of the flick operation. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222308 | Operation Mode Switching Method And Electronic Device - An electronic device and an operation mode switching method thereof are described. The operation mode switching method is applied to an electronic device that includes a display unit, and the electronic device has a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The display unit has a first light-transmittance in the first operation mode and a second light-transmittance in the second operation mode such that the first high light-transmittance is higher than the second light-transmittance. The method includes detecting to obtain a trigger event; judging whether or not the trigger event satisfies a predefined condition to get a judgment result and, when the judgment result indicates that the trigger event satisfies the predefined condition, generating a switching instruction, and according to the switching instruction, switching the electronic device between the first operation mode and the second operation mode. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222309 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT - This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for a motor drive, such as a haptic motor drive. In an example, a motor drive can include a low dropout (LDO) regulator configured to receive a supply voltage and to provide a regulated voltage, a power switch circuit configured to receive the supply voltage and to receive the regulated voltage from the LDO regulator, and a level shift circuit configured to receive power from the power switch circuit, to receive an input signal, and to provide an output signal to a a voltage difference generating circuit based on the input signal and the power from the power switch circuit. In certain states of the motor drive, the power switch circuit can couple either the regulated voltage or the supply voltage to the level shift circuit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222310 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE DATA CHANNELS ON A SINGLE HAPTIC DISPLAY - A system that produces a haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes at least two haptic effect signals each having a priority level. The haptic effect is a combination of the haptic effect signals and priority levels. The haptic effect may optionally be a combination of the two haptic effect signals if the priority levels are the same, otherwise only the haptic effect signal with the highest priority is used. The frequency of haptic notifications may also be used to generate a drive signal using foreground and background haptic effect channels depending on whether the frequency ratio exceeds a foreground haptic effect threshold. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222311 | HAPTIC SURFACE COMPRESSION - The invention relates to giving haptic feedback to the user of an electronic device. Spatial information on haptic elements on the user interface is used to create haptic feedback relating to the user interface elements. The spatial information resides in a memory in compressed and/or coded form e.g. in order to save memory and to improve operating speed. The spatial information is decoded or decompressed when needed, and in addition, a haptic cache is arranged where the spatial information likely to be needed soon is decompressed ahead of time. This predictive decompression is arranged to be done based on the movement of the user's input on the user interface. For example, the blocks that the user is likely to touch soon are decompressed to the haptic cache. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222312 | CONTENT BOUNDARY SIGNALING TECHNIQUES - Methods and devices provide a user interface that provides visual cues when a document pan or scroll has reached an end or boundary by distorting the document image in response to further user inputs. The image distortion functionality may include shrinking, stretching, accordion expansion, or bouncing of a document image. The degree of image distortion may be proportional to the distance that a user input would have the document move beyond the encountered boundary. When a boundary of a document image is reached during a rapid pan or scroll, a bouncing image distortion may be applied to the document image to inform the user that the document reached a boundary during the movement. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222313 | IMAGE EDITING METHOD AND IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS - An image editing apparatus has editing functions for editing a still image displayed on a screen of an LCD. The image editing apparatus is provided with a touch panel, a judgment section, and a display controller. The judgment section determines which of the editing functions is requested to be executed, in accordance with how a second touch operation is performed while a first touch operation on the still image on the touch panel is maintained. The display controller executes the editing function determined by the judgment section, and displays an edited image on the LCD. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222314 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a decorative layer, a metal trace layer, a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a touch-sensitive region of the touch-sensitive device. The decorative layer is disposed on a non-touch-sensitive region of the touch-sensitive device, and the metal trace layer is disposed on the non-touch-sensitive region. The first insulation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and covers the touch-sensing structure and the metal trace layer. The second insulation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and distributed only in the non-touch-sensitive region to provide a distribution area substantially overlapping the metal trace layer. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222315 | SMART TOUCHSCREEN KEY ACTIVATION DETECTION - Embodiments relate to systems for, and methods of, detecting attempted space key activations on a touchscreen. Such systems and methods allow for error-tolerant data input on a touchscreen. The systems and methods may be adaptive and grow progressively more accurate as additional user data is received. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222316 | KEY STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - A key structure in an electronic product includes a housing. The key structure includes a pressing portion, a printed circuit board (PCB), a key, and a sensor. The key and the sensor are both located on the PCB and electronically connected with each other. When the pressing portion is pressed, the key structure acts as a mechanical key. When the pressing portion is simply touched, the key structure acts as a touch key. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222317 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - An X electrode ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130222318 | IMAGING SYSTEM CONSOLE | 2013-08-29 |
20130222319 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH SAME - According to one aspect of the present invention, an electronic device includes a detecting unit, a first housing, an operation unit, a vibrating body, and a flexible portion. The detecting unit detects an input position. The first housing includes a base disposed opposite the detecting unit and a frame body positioned on the base so as to surround the detecting unit in plan view. The operation unit is positioned at a front surface side of the detecting unit so as to cover the detecting unit in plan view. The vibrating body is provided to the operation unit. The flexible portion is provided over a whole circumference of the frame body and supporting the operation unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222320 | SAFETY PROTECTION METHOD AND DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention discloses a safety protection device of an electronic device touch screen including a detection module, a control processing module and a self-destroying/alarming execution module, wherein the detection module is used for applying excitation signals on an electrical pin of the touch screen and detecting corresponding electrical characteristic value to serve as characteristic information, and the control processing module is used for receiving the characteristic information and judging whether the characteristic information is in consistency with prestored standard characteristic information, controlling normal working of the electronic device if the result of judgment is yes and controlling the electronic device to stop working and enabling the self-destroying/alarming execution module to carry out actions of self information destroying/alarming transmission if not. The device of the present invention can greatly improve safety performance of electronic device. Simultaneously, the present invention provides a corresponding safety protection method. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222321 | Method And System To Launch And Manage An Application On A Computer System Having A Touch Panel Input Device - The invention provides a method and system to launch and manage an application which operates on a touch screen or touch panel device, replacing traditionally used HIDs such as a mouse, mouse stick, trackball or touch pad. Variants of the system comprise a viewable screen area splitting module for indicating which target areas of the viewable screen will be used for launch and display of a new application, by an application launch module deciding which applications to launch and display in the previously selected target areas and by an application management module defining in which display mode and state of an already running application will be displayed or otherwise closed. A list of icons displays within the new target area designated for launch of the application. Selection of an icon within the target area, informs the system which application to display in the target area. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222322 | FREQUENCY SWITCHING - A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a scan signal to a plurality of electrode elements of a touchscreen display. The apparatus includes a capacitive sensing module that selectively provides a scan signal at a selected one of a plurality of possible scan frequencies, a noise detection module that determines if a noise a level at the selected one scan frequency satisfies a pre-determined condition and the sensing module provides the scan signal at a further one of the possible scan frequencies if the noise level satisfies the pre-determined condition. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222323 | Peekable User Interface On a Portable Electronic Device - A method and portable electronic device are provided that presents a user interface based upon detected input, such as a touch contact with a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device, from displacement of a covering apparatus to uncover a portion of the display while the display is in a low power condition such as a sleep state. The information in the user interface that is displayed is determined at least in part by the extent of the displacement of the covering apparatus. The user of the device can peek at the user interface of the device and not have to completely uncover or remove the device from the covering apparatus to view particular types of information. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222324 | SPLIT SENSE LINES FOR NEGATIVE PIXEL COMPENSATION - A touch panel configured to compensate for negative pixel effect is disclosed. The panel can be configured to increase a capacitive sense signal, indicative of a touching or hovering object, in order to compensate for an increase in negative capacitance when the object is poorly grounded. To perform the compensation, the panel can be configured to have split sense lines so as to increase the number of electric fringe fields forming the sense signal, thereby providing a sense signal that is substantially stronger than the negative capacitance signal. Each sense line can be split into two or more strips. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222325 | TRANSPARENT TOUCH-RESPONSIVE CAPACITOR WITH VARIABLE-PATTERN MICRO-WIRES - A touch-responsive capacitive apparatus includes a transparent substrate having electrically connected first pad micro-wires and electrically connected first interstitial micro-wires formed in a first micro-wire layer. The first pad micro-wires are electrically connected to the first interstitial wires. Electrically connected second pad micro-wires and electrically connected second interstitial micro-wires are formed in a second micro-wire layer. The second pad micro-wires are electrically connected to the second interstitial wires. The first or second micro-wire layers are supported by the transparent substrate and pairs of first and second pad areas define corresponding touch-responsive capacitors. A first interstitial micro-pattern is dissimilar from a first pad micro-pattern or a second interstitial micro-pattern is dissimilar from a second pad micro-pattern. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222326 | TRANSPARENT TOUCH-RESPONSIVE CAPACITOR WITH VARIABLE-HEIGHT MICRO-WIRES - A touch-responsive capacitive apparatus includes a transparent substrate having first and second pad and interstitial areas. Pairs of first and second pad areas define corresponding touch-responsive capacitors. Electrically connected first pad micro-wires are formed in the first pad areas and electrically connected first interstitial micro-wires are formed in the first interstitial areas. The first pad micro-wires are electrically connected to the first interstitial wires. Electrically connected second pad micro-wires are formed in the second pad areas and electrically connected second interstitial micro-wires are formed in the second interstitial areas. The second pad micro-wires are electrically connected to the second interstitial wires. The height of at least a portion of the first interstitial micro-wires is greater than the height of at least a portion of the first pad micro-wires. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222327 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING METALLIC MICRO-WIRES - An electronic device includes a support having greater than 80% transmittance to light at 550 nm; and a transparent conductor area provided over at least a portion of one side of the support. The transparent conductor area includes: first metallic micro-wires provided in a first pattern, the first conductive micro-wires having a first height and a width in a range from 0.5 um to 20 um; second metallic micro-wires provided in a second pattern having a second height that is greater than the first height and a width in a range from 0.5 um to 20. The metallic micro-wires occupy an area less than 15% of the transparent conductor area. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222328 | TOUCH SCREEN WITH DUMMY MICRO-WIRES - A transparent conductor apparatus includes a transparent substrate. A plurality of electrically connected first micro-wires is formed in a plurality of first areas in a micro-wire layer and a plurality of electrically connected second micro-wires is formed in a plurality of second areas in the micro-wire layer. The first micro-wires are electrically connected to the second micro-wires. A plurality of third micro-wires is formed in a plurality of third areas in the micro-wire layer. The third micro-wires are electrically disconnected from the first micro-wires or the second micro-wires. The transparent substrate supports the micro-wire layer and the height of at least a portion of the first micro-wires or second micro-wires is greater than the height of at least a portion of the third micro-wires. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222329 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE INTERACTION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A method, device and computer readable memory for interaction with a graphical user interface of a computing device associated with a touch-sensitive input device is provided. Proximity information of an object performing a gesture in relation to the graphical user information is used in predicting one or more possible gesture events that may occur with the touch-sensitive input device. The predicted gesture events are used to initiate or pre-cache possible gesture events that would occur with the graphical user interface to provide a more responsive graphical user interface when the gesture event does occur. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222330 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY SAMPLING DATA FROM RESISTIVE TOUCH PANELS - The present disclosure provides a selective data acquisition system of a matrix resistive touch panel and a method of using the data acquisition system to selectively acquire data on a touch panel. Each analog signal from the sensing track is tested with its own threshold value to determine whether the characteristics of the analyzed signal are sufficient to constitute a user's actuation on the touchscreen. If the analyzed analog signal exceeds or otherwise clears the threshold, the selective data acquisition system converts the signal into a digital word. Conversely, if the analyzed analog signal falls below or otherwise fails the threshold, the selective data acquisition system does not convert the signal. This process continues for all analog signals from the sensing tracks. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222331 | Close Touch Detection and Tracking - A method of tracking touches at a touch-sensing surface may include, detecting an initial location of a first contact and an initial location of a second contact at the touch-sensing surface based on a first scan of a touch-sensing surface, detecting a plurality of signal levels caused by the first contact and the second contact during a second scan of the touch-sensing surface, identifying a first signal level of the plurality of signal levels as a local maximum, and locating a lost touch based on one or more signal levels associated with one or more unit cells within a fixed distance from a first unit cell associated with the local maximum. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222332 | CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING THE PROXIMITY OF LARGE OBJECTS, INCLUDING LARGE OBJECTS ON TOUCH SCREENS - A method of sensing at least one object in proximity to an array of sensors can include making a determination that an object greater than a predetermined size has been detected; defining an ignore zone that includes sensor locations of the object and sensor locations surrounding those of the object; and removing the ignore zone after a predetermined duration; wherein the proximity of objects outside of the ignore zone are processed differently than the proximity of objects inside of the ignore zones. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222333 | DISPLAY ELEMENTS - A electrically actuable display element comprises a substrate, a display surface and an electrically actuable element disposed between the substrate and the display surface and electrically actuable so as to bring a portion thereof into proximity or contact with the display surface and thereby change the display state of the display element. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222334 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus including a display that displays a three-dimensional (3D) image including a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a sensor unit that detects a proximity operation of an object by detecting detection data corresponding to a distance between the sensor unit and the object; and a controller that adjusts a difference between the left-eye image and the right-eye image of the 3D image displayed by the display based on the detection data detected by the sensor unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222335 | MULTI-CHANNEL SAMPLE-AND-HOLD CIRCUIT AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER USING THE SAME - A sample-and-hold circuit connected to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The sample-and-hold circuit includes an operational amplifier configured to output a result signal to the ADC; a feedback capacitor connected between an input terminal and an output terminal of the operational amplifier to form a feedback path; a plurality of sampling capacitor blocks each connected to one of a plurality of channels. The plurality of sampling capacitor blocks configured to sample and hold an analog signal input to each of the channels; a plurality of controllers each connected between one of the sampling capacitor blocks and the operational amplifier. The plurality of controllers configured to switch the sampled signal so that held signals for the respective channels are sequentially input to the operational amplifier; and a reset unit connected between a reference voltage source and the input terminal of the operational amplifier to reset the operational amplifier when the operational amplifier does not perform a holding operation. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222336 | Compensated Linear Interpolation of Capacitive Sensors of Capacitive Touch Screens - An apparatus includes a capacitive touch screen (CTS); a touch screen interpolator (TSI) coupled to the CTS; a touch screen capacitive memory (TSCM) coupled to the touch screen interpolator, wherein the interpolator is configured to: interpolates a value based on data points correlated to at least three nodes: a magnitude change of capacitance of a node having the largest magnitude change; a position of the largest magnitude of change node; a change of magnitude of capacitance of a first closest neighbor node; and a change of magnitude of capacitance of a second closest neighbor node. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222337 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A TOUCH POSITION - A terminal includes a touch panel to detect a capacitance value associated with a touch input on a pattern portion, the touch panel including a plurality of channels and at least one of the channels includes a first pattern and a second pattern, a controller to determine whether the capacitance value of the pattern portion has at least a first threshold value and to determine whether a capacitance value of a portion of the pattern portion has at least a second threshold value, and a processing unit to recognize first sensing coordinates corresponding to the capacitance value of the pattern portion if the capacitance value is determined to have at least the first threshold value, and to recognize second sensing coordinates if the capacitance value of the portion of the pattern portion has at least the second threshold value. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222338 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A PLURALITY OF TYPES OF TOUCH INPUTS - An apparatus includes a touch sensing unit configured to receive a first-type touch input in a first mode, the first-type touch input being not processed in a second mode dedicated for a second-type touch input, and a controller configured to determine whether the first mode is operated, and to process an operation in the first mode according to the first-type touch input. A method for processing a plurality of touch input types includes receiving a touch input, determining a type of the touch input from a plurality of touch input types including a first-type touch input and a second-type touch input, and, in response to a determination that the touch input corresponds to the first-type touch input, processing the touch input if the touch input corresponds to a defined input pattern or the touch input is received in a first mode for processing the first-type touch input. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222339 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device | 2013-08-29 |
20130222340 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for an information processing apparatus configured to acquire position information of one or more touched points one by one detected according to a predetermined detection period on a touch panel includes holding the position information of each of the one or more touched points in a holding unit, acquiring a number of the touched points whose position information is held in the holding unit, determining at each predetermined detection period that latest position information of all the touched points whose position information is held in the holding unit is specified, in a case where the number of the acquired touched point is two or more, and deciding the multi-touch operation performed to the information processing apparatus after the determination. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222341 | TOUCH RECOGNITION METHOD, TOUCH KEY STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DEVICE - A touch recognition method, a touch key structure and a touch device are provided. The touch recognition method includes when the touch key structure is faced to touching or near touching, supplementing charges to a charge accumulation area corresponding to each key in the touch key structure until the charge amount in the charge accumulation area corresponding to each key reaches a balance; calculating the charge variation amount in each charge accumulation area when the touch key structure is faced to touching according to the charge supplement amount in the charge accumulation area corresponding to each key, and calculating the ratio of the charge variation amount to the charge balance amount in each charge accumulation area; recognizing the key corresponding to the charge accumulation area which has the largest charge variation amount and the largest ratio of the charge variation amount to the charge balance amount as the touched key. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222342 | INPUT DEVICE FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL, INPUT METHOD AND ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is an input device for a capacitive touch panel, which is an input device for inputting the position on the touch panel by making the input device contact with the touch panel, including an insulating layer ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130222343 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL PANEL FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - The subject of the present invention is an electronic control panel ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130222344 | OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE - An optical touch module includes a frame having an assembling wall and a plurality of side walls, and an operating space. The assembling wall has an inner wall face. A display device is disposed inside the frame, and an interval is formed between a margin of the display device and the inner wall face and spatially communicates with the operating space. At least a light sensing device located inside the interval has a fixed part and a detection part. At least a signal processing device is electrically connected to the At least alight sensing device. At least a reflective element has a reflective surface located at a same horizontal plane as the detection part and facing toward the operating space. The optical touch module of the present invention is able to be calibrated or repaired at a front frame of the display device without causing damages to the display device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222345 | TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel including a substrate, a light shielding layer, a touch sensing device layer, a protective layer, and at least one light transmission protrusion is provided. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface is divided into a visual region and a non-visual region. The light shielding layer is disposed in the non-visual region. The touch sensing device layer is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The protective layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate covers the light shielding layer and the touch sensing device layer. The light transmission protrusion is disposed on the protective layer, and at least part of the light transmission protrusion is in the non-visual region. A light enters the light transmission protrusion from the second surface. A touch display device and an assembling method thereof are also provided. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222346 | OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an optical touch device including a light source, a light control unit, a light guide, an image sensor and a processing unit. The light control unit controls the light source to illuminate in different brightness values. The light guide has an incident surface, a touch surface and an ejection surface, wherein the light source emit incident light into the light guide through the incident surface, and a plurality of microstructures are formed inside of and/or on the ejection surface of the light guide to disperse the incident light toward the touch surface to become dispersed light. The image sensor receives reflected light ejecting from the ejection surface to generate image frames corresponding to the different brightness values of the light source. The processing unit calculates a differential image of the image frames to accordingly identify an operating state. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222347 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION BETWEEN AT LEAST ONE OPERATOR AND A MACHINE - A device and a method for exchanging information between at least one operator and a machine which comprises the following components: a display means, which is set up so as to display information from the machine to the at least one operator visually and three-dimensionally; an input means, which is set up so as to detect the position of objects, preferably the position of the fingers of at least one operator, in three-dimensional space in relation to the display means, in a time-resolved manner by optical and/or acoustic and/or electromagnetic measurement methods, and to detect at least one operator input from the detected progression over time in accordance with at least one predetermined criterion and to pass said operator input on to the machine. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222348 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A method of driving an organic light emitting display capable of providing a sufficient (e.g., a sufficiently long) data writing period and/or threshold voltage compensating period is provided. The method includes supplying scan signals to odd scan lines in a writing period of an odd frame set to be in a non-emission state, and supplying scan signals to even scan lines in a writing period of an even frame set to be in the non-emission state. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222349 | CREDIT CARD WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A credit card includes a transparent flexible display panel for displaying an image, a frame supporting at least one end of the transparent flexible display panel, a driver coupled to the frame and configured to bend the transparent flexible display panel, and a controller coupled to the driver for driving the driver upon an occurrence of a condition, wherein the credit card is configured to enable a payment function. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222350 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is a need for decreasing a variation in times for writing to TFT elements for pixels in a direction along the extension of a gate line in a liquid crystal display apparatus. A display apparatus includes a display panel having multiple gate lines and drain lines arranged in a matrix and a data driver for outputting a display data signal to each drain line. The data driver includes: an internal control signal generation circuit generating an internal control signal for setting a timing to output a data signal to a drain line of each block on a block basis by dividing the plurality of drain lines into multiple blocks; and a register circuit for recording a setting for division of the block, a setting for delay direction and width of a timing to output the data signal, and a setting for rising and falling of an internal control signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222351 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS DEVICE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for EMS devices. In one aspect, an EMS device includes an array of display elements and a plurality of driver lines with at least a portion of the plurality of driver lines routed above or below the array between one or more driver circuits and the array. In some implementations, at least a portion of the plurality of driver lines is disposed above a non-active area of the array. In one aspect, an EMS device can form a portion of at least one of the plurality of driver lines. In some implementations, movable layers of the array can be disposed between at least a portion of the plurality of driver lines and stationary electrodes of the display. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222352 | EMISSION DRIVING UNIT, EMISSION DRIVER, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In one aspect, an emission driving unit and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display having the same are disclosed. The emission driving unit includes an input signal generating circuit that receives a FLM signal according to a first clock signal, receives a second clock signal according to the FLM signal, and outputs a sequential input signal. The emission driving unit also includes an inverter circuit that receives the FLM signal according to the first clock signal, and that inverts the FLM signal to generate an inverter output signal. The emission driving unit also includes an output switching circuit that outputs a first voltage having a logic high level or a second voltage having a logic low level as an emission signal in response to the inverter output signal. The input signal generating circuit, the inverter circuit, and the output switching circuit are implemented by transistors of the same kind. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222353 | PRISM ILLUMINATION-OPTIC - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing a prism illumination-optic for a vision-based interactive-display device. A vision-based interactive-display device includes a display to form images for viewing on a display surface of the device. The device further includes an illumination-optic having an upper face positioned towards the display surface and a lower face positioned towards the display. In accordance with various embodiments, the illumination-optic is configured with prisms on the lower face that reflect light out of the upper face of the illumination-optic to illuminate the display surface. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222354 | Adjustment of Display Brightness - An apparatus including a display with a plurality of pixels, the pixels being configured to display data in co-operation with lighting of the pixels; and a plurality of ambient light sensors. Output of the ambient light sensors is configured to cause adjustment of amount of lighting for individual pixel groups of the display in response to amount of ambient light detected by the ambient light sensors. Each pixel group includes at least one pixel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222355 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention applies the voltage that is swung to the notch electrode of each pixel of the electrowetting display device to reset the oil layer to not backflow such that an additional element is not disposed in the pixel, thereby increasing the aperture ratio of the pixel. Also, the reset signal generator generating and applying the reset signal is disposed inside the electrowetting display device such that additional wiring may not be disposed in the outer part of the panel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222356 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A pixel having a simplified structure can compensate for the threshold voltage of a driving transistor thereof. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a cathode electrode coupled to a second power source, a storage capacitor coupled between a data line and a first node, a second transistor having a first electrode coupled to a first power source, a second electrode coupled to an anode electrode of the OLED, and a gate electrode coupled to the first node, a first transistor coupled between the first node and the second electrode of the second transistor, a gate electrode of the first transistor being coupled to a current scan line, and a third transistor coupled between the second electrode of the second transistor and the anode electrode of the OLED, a gate electrode of the third transistor being coupled to a control line. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222357 | GATE DRIVER FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A gate driver for driving a TFT-LCD panel includes a number of gate-driver circuits arranged in groups and stages. Each gate-driver circuit has a main driver and an output section. The main driver is used to provide a charging signal to the output section which has two or more output circuits. Each of the output circuits is configured to provide a gate-line signal in response to the charging signal and a clock signal. The gate-driver circuit uses fewer switching elements, such as thin-film transistors, than the conventional circuit. When the gate driver is integrated in a TFT-LCD display panel and disposed within the periphery area around the display area, it is desirable to reduce or minimize the number of switching elements in the gate driver so that the periphery area can be reduced. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222358 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD - Image display quality in the plasma display apparatus can be enhanced by allowing a stable address operation. For this purpose, the plasma display apparatus includes a scan electrode driver circuit. The scan electrode driver circuit generates driving voltages to be used in a subfield method and applies the driving voltages to scan electrodes. At the end of each sustain period, the scan electrode driver circuit performs the following operation. The scan electrodes are applied with a first ramp waveform voltage that rises from a base electric potential to a first electric potential. Subsequently, the electric potential of the scan electrodes is set to a second electric potential equal to or lower than the first electric potential. Subsequently, the scan electrodes are applied with a second ramp waveform voltage that rises from the second electric potential to a third electric potential higher than the first electric potential. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222359 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD FOR SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - When an idle period is started, a voltage of the control signal is changed from a value H to a value L. As a result, the analog amplifiers provided in the signal line driver circuit are switched from the normal state to the low-driving power state. At this time, the data signal lines are set to have a constant potential. A gate voltage is changed from Vgh to Vgl at the same time as when the control signal was changed from the value H to the value L. As a result, the gate of each TFT returns to the OFF state from the ON state. The control signal remains at the value L until the idle period is over. In other words, when the next driving period is started, the voltage of the control signal is changed from the value L to the value H. As a result, the analog amplifiers in the signal line driver circuit are switched back to the normal state from the low-driving power state. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222360 | SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYMMETRICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A synchronous and asymmetrical display system and a method of operating the same are disclosed herein, where the synchronous and asymmetrical display system includes a single power module, a set of synchronous transmission lines, and display modules connected in series through the set of synchronous transmission lines, in which each display module includes a receive unit. This method includes the steps as follows. The first step is to command each display module to search a signal command from its receive unit and the set of synchronous transmission lines. Then, when one of the display modules acquire the power switch signal, the power switch signal is transmitted to the other display modules through the set of synchronous transmission lines, and one of the display modules generates a power control signal to control the power module. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222361 | Method for the graphical display of information tailored to the encoding format of the mammalian visual system - This is a method for generating static and moving information graphics. The method allows for the novel mapping of raw data to a intermediate format and then associating the intermediate format with graphical features of a visual display. The display features are tailored to the encoding format of visual neurons, including but not limited to the receptive fields of the LGN, V1, V2, MT and MSTd. The utility of the method is to provide a visualization to communicate high dimensional data sets to a human user in a format that has one or more of the following properties: is highly intuitive, maximizes bit rate, supports judgment for a classification task, facilitates outlier detection, emphasizes relevant differences in data sets, and enables visual inference. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222362 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO HARDWARE GRAPHIC LAYERS - The present invention relates generally to computer graphics, and more specifically to methods of, and systems for, configuring, controlling and accessing multiple hardware graphics layers that are used to compose a single video display. One aspect of the invention is broadly defined as follows: in a computer environment including a software application and an operating system running on a computer, the computer including a graphics card and a video display, the graphics card being operable to render images to the video display, the improvement comprising: the operating system including a universal application programming interface (API) which supports hardware layers on graphics cards; the operating system being operable to: receive draw events via the universal API; determine what hardware layers are available on the graphics card, and what their parameters are; and respond to draw requests from the software application by rendering the draw requests selectively to any of the available hardware layers on the graphics card; whereby the computer environment allows software applications to exploit available hardware layers on the graphics card. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222363 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic imaging method for a stereoscopic imaging system is provided. The stereoscopic imaging method comprises using a processor to perform the following steps of: rendering a three-dimensional scene with at least one object and a manipulating area comprising a corresponding plane of the object; generating and displaying at least one stereoscopic image comprising the three-dimensional scene and the updated object; receiving a plurality of touch-control commands; manipulating the corresponding plane of the object according to the touch-control commands; updating the object in the three-dimensional scene with the manipulated corresponding plane; and updating the stereoscopic image with the updated object. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222364 | Manipulation of User Attention with Respect to a Simulated Field of View for Geographic Navigation Via Constrained Focus on, Perspective Attraction to, and/or Correction and Dynamic Adjustment of, Points of Interest - Manipulation of a user's attention is disclosed with respect to a point of interest represented in a simulated field of view of a geographic locality during simulation of travel between locations therein, such as by a computer-implemented navigation system or application. As a user virtually navigates a route, the simulated field of view presented on a display thereto may be constrained, immediately or gradually to an orientation, different from the direction of travel or otherwise from an orientation selected by the user, which focuses on, or otherwise includes the point of interest, or a representation thereof. In this manner, the user's attention is directed or otherwise drawn to the point of interest, e.g. they are less likely to miss or ignore it. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222365 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE ON 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY BASED ON MULTI-LAYER PARALLAX BARRIER - An apparatus and method for displaying an image on a 3D image display device based on a multi-layer parallax barrier are provided. The method includes: measuring a position of a viewer based on the display device; determining whether or not parallax barrier switching is required based on the measurement results; and when parallax barrier switching is determined to be required in the determination, outputting a 2D image through the 3D display device from a point in time at which the parallax barrier switching starts to a point in time at which the parallax barrier switching ends, wherein the 3D image is an image in which a left image and a right image is distributedly disposed in the same frame, and the 2D image is an image in which only any one of the left image and the right image is disposed in the same frame. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222366 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING BIREFRINGENCE - A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes an image panel having pixel lines; a polarization panel which switches a polarization direction of a ray of light emitted from the image panel; and a lens which passes the ray of light provided from the polarization panel. The lens includes a first lens array which has a first birefringence characteristic, a second lens array which has a second birefringence characteristic different from the first birefringence characteristic, and which is arranged at a location to face the first lens array in an alternating manner, and a liquid crystal portion which has a same birefringence characteristic as either the first birefringence characteristic or the second birefringence characteristic, and which is filled in between the first lens array and the second lens array. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222367 | OVERLAID VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND AND OVERLAID VIRTUAL INFORMATION DELIVERY PLATFORM FOR RESTAURANTS, CATERING BUSINESSES AND OTHER BUSINESSES USING MENU CARDS, PIZZA BOXES, SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS, AND OTHER OBJECTS - The present invention obviates the need for restaurants to install expensive physical hardware such as swings, slides, etc that consume valuable property real-estate, to provide playing entertainment to customers, by constructing a virtual playground out of objects typically found in restaurants such as salt and pepper shakers, napkin dispensers, spoons, forks, plates, glasses, menu cards, pizza-boxes, etc. The present invention virtualizes these real-world objects and uses the virtualized characters to populate a virtual playground that is overlaid on top of real-world objects. This virtual playground allows users to manipulate virtual characters facilitating gameplay and entertainment. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222368 | MESH GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A mesh generating apparatus comprises a first generating unit that generates a first mesh having grid cells for a region corresponding to an object in an image of the object, a first determining unit that determines distances among corresponding points which correspond to points on the grid cells on a boundary of the region based on a length of the boundary and on the number of points on the grid cells on an outer frame of the first mesh, a second determining unit that determines the corresponding points based on the distances and on a part of the points on the grid cells, the part being located on the boundary of the region, and a second generating unit that generates a second mesh from the first mesh based on the corresponding points and on the points on the grid cells, the second mesh corresponding to the region. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222369 | System and Method for Creating an Environment and for Sharing a Location Based Experience in an Environment - A system for creating an environment and for sharing an experience based on the environment includes a plurality of mobile devices having a camera employed near a point of interest to capture random, crowdsourced images and associated metadata near said point of interest, wherein the metadata for each image includes location of the mobile device and the orientation of the camera. Preferably, the images include depth camera information. A wireless network communicates with the mobile devices to accept the images and metadata and to build and store a point cloud or 3D model of the region. Users connect to this experience platform to view the 3D model from a user selected location and orientation and to participate in experiences with, for example, a social network. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA RENDERING AND TRANSFORMATION IN 2- AND 3- DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A device and method for displaying data simultaneously in two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats. A user selects data to be represented in multiple formats simultaneously. A data rendition server retrieves the data and determines the three-dimensional representations that are possible. The user then selects the three-dimensional representation desired, and the server renders the data to the user in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats. The data may be rendered together with static data such as digital terrain data and other static data types. Data representations may be rotated and morphed as desired by the user. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222371 | ENHANCING A SENSORY PERCEPTION IN A FIELD OF VIEW OF A REAL-TIME SOURCE WITHIN A DISPLAY SCREEN THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY - A method for enhancing a sensory perception in a field of view of a real-time source within a display screen through augmented reality is described. The method includes receiving, at a processor, a sensory perception enhancement request associated with a location of interest and in response to the receiving, rendering, by the processor, a three dimensional graphical image, wherein the rendering includes generating at least one of a first virtual object in a forefront of the field of view. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222372 | Method and System for Displaying Stereoscopic Detail-in-Context Presentations - A method for generating a stereoscopic presentation of a region-of-interest in a monoscopic information representation. The method includes the steps of: (a) selecting first and second viewpoints for the region-of-interest; (b) creating a lens surface having a predetermined lens surface shape for the region-of-interest, the lens surface having a plurality of polygonal surfaces constructed from a plurality of points sampled from the lens surface shape; (c) creating first and second transformed presentations by overlaying the representation on the lens surface and perspectively projecting the lens surface with the overlaid representation onto a plane spaced from the first and second viewpoints, respectively; and, (d) displaying the first and second transformed presentations on a display screen to generate the stereoscopic presentation. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222373 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING AND SEARCHING UNITS IN A MULTI-LEVEL STRUCTURE - A computer program, method, system and device for displaying a three-dimensional rendering of a multi-level structure having a plurality of units, involving displaying a viewpoint of a three-dimensional rendering of the multi-level structure, wherein the viewpoint can display information about a unit in the plurality of units of the multi-level structure that is visible within the viewpoint, and optionally allowing the plurality of units to be searched and graphically marking units which meet the search criteria of the search. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222374 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for outputting a 3D image and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The method for outputting a 3D image includes generating a left eye image and a right eye image using an input image, decreasing the resolution of the left eye image and the right eye image by a predetermined positive number of times and outputting the left eye image and the right eye image by increasing an output frequency by the positive number of times. Accordingly, a 60 Hz timing controller which controls a general display apparatus may be used and thus, a flickering effect and a cross-talk effect may be prevented. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222375 | 3D BUILDING MODELING - Embodiments of the invention relate to the visualization of geographical information and the combination of image information to generate geographical information. Specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to a process and system for correlating oblique images data and terrain data without extrinsic information about the oblique imagery. Embodiments include a visualization tool to allow simultaneous and coordinated viewing of the correlated imagery. The visualization tool may also provide distance and measuring, three-dimensional lens, structure identification, path finding, visibility and similar tools to allow a user to determine distance between imaged objects. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222376 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereo image display device includes an image input unit that obtains image data representing a stereo image, a display unit that displays an image based on the image data, an operation unit that receives pointing position on an image displayed on the display unit, an information calculator that obtains parallax information on a portion corresponding to the position pointed by the operation unit in the image data, and a controller that controls the display unit to display the parallax information obtained as well as the image. The display unit displays the parallax information in a format representing a magnitude and a direction of parallax. The operation unit receives a command for changing the magnitude of parallax represented by the parallax information. The controller changes a magnitude of parallax on the portion corresponding to the pointed position in the image data based on the changing command received by the operation unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222377 | GENERATION OF DEPTH INDICATION MAPS - An approach is provided for generating a depth indication map from an image. The generation is performed using a mapping relating input data in the form of input sets of image spatial positions and a combination of color coordinates of pixel values associated with the image spatial positions to output data in the form of depth indication values. The mapping is generated from a reference image and a corresponding reference depth indication map. Thus, a mapping from the image to a depth indication map is generated on the basis of corresponding reference images. The approach may be used for prediction of depth indication maps from images in an encoder and decoder. In particular, it may be used to generate predictions for a depth indication map allowing a residual image to be generated and used to provide improved encoding of depth indication maps. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222378 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING READABLE INFORMATION ON A DIGITAL DISPLAY - A method, a programme, by which an animated expression of three-dimensional information space is created bring forth a reading architecture on digital screens in which the presented readable information appears three-dimensionally and dynamically to the reader's field of vision. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222379 | RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A rendering system and method. The rendering system may perform rendering using a rendering context stored in an internal memory. When a rendering context to be used is not available in the internal memory, the rendering system may load the rendering context to be used from an external memory into the internal memory. When an insufficient amount of storage space is available in the internal memory, storage space may be secured by selectively deleting a rendering context from the internal memory, and a requested rendering context stored in the external memory may be loaded into the internal memory. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222380 | ANIMATING A MOVING OBJECT IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE SYSTEM - A method for modeling and animating an object trajectory in three-dimensional (3D) space. The trajectory includes at least one course which represents a 3D model mesh. A course includes at least one segment which is a display unit of the 3D model mesh. A segment includes two 3D points. Multiple vertices are generated for a first 3D point of the segment to specify a plane such that a normal vector of the specified plane is parallel to a vector directed from the first 3D point of the segment to a second 3D point of the segment. The generated vertices are added to the 3D model mesh so that the generated vertices can be subsequently displayed as an extension of the 3D model mesh. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222381 | AUGMENTED REALITY WRITING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention disclose an augmented reality writing system and method thereof. According to one example embodiment, the system includes a handheld writing tool having an end portion and a display device for displaying digital content for viewing by an operating user. An optical sensor is coupled to the display device and includes a field of view facing away from the operating user. Furthermore, coupled to the optical sensor is a processing unit configured to detect and track the position of the end portion of the handwriting tool. In accordance therewith, handwritten content is digitally rendered on the display device to correspond with the handwriting motion of the writing tool within the field of view of the optical sensor. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222382 | Generating Hogel Beam Data from Voxel Data - Methods and systems for generating hogel data, including receiving a set of voxel data. The voxel data has a set of attributes that is dependent on one or more performance characteristics of a hogel light modulator that is configured to display the hogel data. Hogel data is generated using the voxel data and is displayed on the hogel light modulator. | 2013-08-29 |