| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
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| 20080211715 | GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM USING BROADBAND NOISE REDUCTION - The present invention is directed to a global positioning system (GPS) having improved signal-to-noise ratio for reducing the required signal level for which GPS may be implemented in electronic devices or cell phones. The acquisition function of the GPS receiver is improved by inserting new signal processing for broadband noise reduction that allows subsequent improved estimation of critical time shift and frequency shift parameters needed for GPS acquisition at lower received signal levels. The decoding of the navigation bits from the satellite transmissions is improved to provide ephemeris data needed for computing navigation solutions at lower received signal levels, by examining the output of the same new signal processing for broadband noise reduction for spikes in the power of the output time series that correspond to navigation bit flips. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211716 | Phased Array Antenna System with Variable Electrical Tilt - A phased array antenna system with variable electrical tilt comprises an array of antenna elements etc. incorporating a divider dividing a radio frequency (RF) carrier signal into two signals between which a phase shifter introduces a variable phase shift. A phase to power converter converts the phase shifted signals into signals with powers dependent on the phase shift. Power splitters divide the converted signals into two sets of divided signals with total number equal to the number of antenna elements in the array. Power to phase converters etc. combine pairs of divided signals from different power splitters this provides vector sum and difference components with appropriate phase for supply to respective pairs of antenna elements etc. located equidistant from an array centre. Adjustment of the phase shift provided by phase shifter changes the angle of electrical tilt of the antenna array. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211717 | Phased Array Transmitting Antenna - An arrangement for beam forming and control of a transmitter radiating in the RF range comprises an input for feeding the RF transmitting signal RF | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211718 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Position and Orientation of a Missile - A system for determining the position and orientation of a flying object such as a missile includes a ground segment having at least one pseudolite station located on the earth's surface which transmits into space a navigation signal that uniquely identifies the pseudolite station, and a user segment having at least one sensor which is situated in the missile and is designed to receive the navigation signal from the at least one pseudolite station and to determine its absolute position and orientation in space on the basis of the received navigation signal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211719 | MOBILE SPEED AND DOPPLER FREQUENCY ESTIMATION USING CYCLOSTATIONARITY - Embodiments of the invention exploit cyclostationarity of linearly modulated signals, transmitted through fading channels, to provide robust blind and data-aided mobile speed estimators. Embodiments of the invention utilize at least two methods of cyclic-correlation- and cyclic-spectrum-based methods and extension to space-time speed estimation at the base station in macrocells. In comparison with background art methods, the new estimators of the embodiments of the invention can be used without any need for pilot tones, and are robust to additive stationary noise or interference of any color or distribution. In addition, embodiments of the invention can also be implemented blindly, which can increase the data throughput. Performance results of the estimators of the embodiments of the invention are illustrated via extensive Monte Carlo simulation results. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211720 | Antenna Structure Having Patch Elements - In an antenna structure having a plurality of serially fed patch elements, at least one of the patch elements has a slot coupling to the continuation of the feed line for influencing the radiation of this patch element. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211721 | Antenna device and wireless device - According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an antenna device housed within a wireless device, including: a first case and a second case at least partly overlapping with each other, the first and second cases electrically connected with each other and slidable to open and close the antenna device; a first board housed within the first case; a second board housed within the second case; a first unbalanced antenna element connected to a first feeding point located in a vicinity of a first edge departing from the second case among edges of the first board when the first case and the second case are slid in a direction to open the wireless device; and a second unbalanced antenna element being connected to a second feeding point located in a vicinity of a second edge substantially perpendicular to the first edge among edges of the second board. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211722 | MULTI-BAND MONOPOLE ANTENNA FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device includes a common conductor coupled to both a first radiating arm and a second radiating arm. The common conductor includes a feeding port for coupling the antenna to communications circuitry in a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the first radiating arm includes a space-filling curve. In another embodiment, the first radiating arm includes a meandering section extending from the common conductor in a first direction and a contiguous extended section extending from the meandering section in a second direction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211723 | CARD-TYPE DEVICE - An antenna body disposed on a housing through a turning shaft in a state in which the antenna body is movable along the turning shaft within an allowable movement range. The antenna body turns on the turning shaft within a range between an upright position to stand on an upper surface of the housing and a flat position to be laid flat. An antenna turning elastic member is provided so as to apply an urging force to the antenna body in a direction in which the antenna body turns to the upright position. One of the antenna body and the housing has a locking projection projecting toward the other, and the other of the antenna structure body and the housing has a locking portion which is fitted to the locking projection when the antenna body is laid flat and which stops the antenna body from turning. When the antenna body moves in a direction in which the antenna body is to be unlocked, the locking projection is released from the locking portion, and the antenna body automatically turns toward the upright position by the urging force of the antenna turning elastic member. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211724 | Millimetre-Wave Detection Device for Discriminating Between Different Materials - The detection device that can be used for detecting objects behind clothing etc including a dielectric lens and a receive element sensitive to millimetre wave radiation. Prior art systems produce an image of a scene usually using scanning optics. This can be large and expensive. The present invention instead takes spot readings from different parts of a scene without building up an image. The spot readings are processed, and an indication given to a user if certain characteristics of the readings are observed. Typical characteristics used are the differences in absolute received power level, and the power level at different polarisations. Such characteristics are typically present is an object of interest is in the scene. Also disclosed are various methods of altering the received beam to get readings from different areas from the scene, such as changing the beam width, or beam angle. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211725 | Antenna having a plurality of resonant frequencies - An antenna having a plurality of resonant frequencies and including a ground plane having an edge; a feed point; a ground point; and
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| 20080211726 | Wide bandwidth balanced antipodal tapered slot antenna and array including a magnetic slot - A balanced, antipodal tapered slot antenna includes one or more antenna elements or unit cells having metallic cross walls that are located in spaces between the adjacent elements of the antenna. The elements can include vias interconnecting metallic conductors of the elements and one or more magnetic slots in the metallic conductors. A plurality of the antenna elements or unit cells can be arranged in an antenna array that has a mirrored configuration with adjacent intermediate neighboring elements of the antenna array mirrored one-dimensionally with elements reversed along the E-plane, or doubly-mirrored, two-dimensionally, in the E-plane and the H-plane by reversing the orientation of alternate elements. Metallic cross walls and metallic rods are disposed in a non-electrically contacting relationship with adjacent antenna elements. The substrate of the antenna includes dielectric material located at the aperture of the antenna element. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211727 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A SURFACE WAVE OVER A SINGLE CONDUCTOR - A low attenuation surface wave transmission line system for launching surface waves on a bare and unconditioned conductor, such as are found in abundance in the power transmission lines of the existing power grids. The conductors within the power grid typically lack dielectric and special conditioning. Accordingly, the present invention includes a first launcher, preferably including a mode converter and an adapter, for receiving an incident wave of electromagnetic energy and propagating a surface wave longitudinally on the power lines. The system includes at least one other launcher, and more likely a number of other launchers, spaced apart from one another along the constellation of transmission lines. The system and associated electric fields along any given conductor are radially and longitudinally symmetrical. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211728 | Electronic Entity Having a Magnetic Antenna - An electronic entity includes an electronic circuit ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211729 | TWO-WAY ANTENNA CONNECTOR - A system includes a first matching network having a first impedance and a second matching network having a second impedance, where the second impedance is different than the first impedance. The system further includes a switching connector having first and second switching positions, where when the switching connector is in the first switching position an input terminal is connected through the first matching network to a first antenna and where when the switching connector is in the second switching position the input terminal is connected through the second matching network to a second antenna and the first antenna is connected to ground. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211730 | Gimbaled Mount System for Satellites - Described herein is a method and system for gimbaled mounting of satellite dishes. The gimbaled mount for satellite systems overcomes some of the most common negative events affecting satellite communications. The system is a cost effective solution that amortizes the cost of the additional equipment to well over the customary three to five years for satellite use and extends its working life expectancy to 20 years or more. Utilization of stainless steel rather than normal steel or lighter duty aluminum further extends the mounting systems longevity. The inclusion of an environmental feedback system for both snow and ice damage, wind damage, and earthquake damage increases the projected useful life of the mounting system. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211731 | VIDEO DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VIDEO TRANSMITTING METHOD - A video data transmitting apparatus includes a memory to store management information indicating corresponding relation between identification information elements for identifying a plurality of stackable display devices and orders of the display devices, an image data generator to generate a plurality of image data streams having a sequence according to the sequence, and a image data transmitter to transmit the image data streams to the display devices with order relation among the image data streams matching with order relation among the display devices based on the management information. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211732 | DRIVER FOR OPERATING MULTIPLE DISPLAY DEVICES - A driver chip for controlling a high-resolution display panel is presented. The driver chip is not much larger than a conventional driver chip that is currently used for lower resolution display panels. The driver chip applies data signals to the data lines of the display panel and gate control signals to a gate driver that is formed in the peripheral region of the display panel. The gate driver, which may be made of amorphous silicon TFTs, generates gate signals in response to the gate control signals from the driver chip and applies the gate signals to gate lines. Since the driver chip of the invention controls more gate lines and data lines than a conventional chip of about the same size, the driver chip may be easily adapted for display devices having multiple panels. Where multiple panels are used, the panels may be scanned simultaneously or sequentially. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211733 | Partially Flexible Displays Device - The present invention provides a partially flexible display device ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211734 | Combined Single/Multiple View-Display - The present invention relates to a display device comprising an outer display stacked with an inner display and being arranged to be operable in a first, multiple view mode and a second, single view mode. An idea of the invention is to arrange an electrophoretic display on top of an emissive display. The display device may be operated in two modes; a first mode being a multiple or dual view mode and a second mode being a single view mode. In order to activate the single view mode, the outer display is set in a transparent state and the inner display is turned on, such that it displays desired objects. In the multiple view mode, the outer display is functioning as a 3D-barrier. Hence, some of the picture elements of the outer display are set in a transparent state while others are set in an opaque state. The viewer sees a different picture with each respective eye, and will accordingly experience a multiple view picture of an object that is displayed on the inner display. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211735 | Rear Seat Entertainment System - A rear seat entertainment system ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211736 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus - A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1st polarization direction, and not to function as lens at light which has a 2nd polarization direction differed from the 1st polarization direction, and a birefringent phase modulator placed between the image display and the lens array and configured to rotate a polarization plane of the image light. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211737 | Three-dimensional display apparatus using intermediate elemental images - A three-dimensional image display apparatus using an intermediate elemental image is disclosed. In one embodiment, the three-dimensional image display apparatus includes: i) an image input unit, generating a plurality of elemental images extracted from a three-dimensional object, the elemental images have different perspectives, ii) an image processing unit, generating an intermediate elemental image, using parallax information between the elemental images inputted from the image input unit and iii) an image reproduction unit, reproducing a three-dimensional image corresponding to the three-dimensional object, using the elemental image and the intermediate elemental image. With the three-dimensional image display apparatus, and the method thereof, using an intermediate elemental image in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, a high-resolution three-dimensional image can be outputted. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211738 | CHASSIS BASE ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a chassis base assembly and a display apparatus including the same. The chassis base assembly includes a chassis base having a plurality of protrusions disposed thereon, the plurality of protrusions extending parallel to each other on the chassis base; and a circuit board disposed on the chassis base between the protrusions and having electronic devices mounted thereon. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211739 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A PDP with improved durability is provided. The PDP includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. An electrode sheet is between the first substrate and the second substrate. The electrode sheet includes barrier ribs, a plurality of discharge cells, discharge electrodes for generating discharge in the discharge cells, and one or more through-holes. A sealant is disposed in the one or more through-holes for sealing the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211740 | Display driving device - In a display driving device which performs scan driving of a PDP or similar, to enable rapid scan operation, reduction of the chip size, and lowering of costs, as well as elimination of coupling problems. The display driving device is provided with a pull-up switching element Nu connected to a first driving voltage (VDH) supply line and common to all bits; diodes D | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211741 | DRIVE METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A drive method of a plasma display panel that can increase the dark contrast, without causing a discharge failure. When a discharge cell that assumes a black display state in a first field from among first and a second fields that are adjacent in time and switches to a display state representing a brightness other than black in the second field is detected as a lighting transition cell, at least one drive of the below-described first and second forced lighting drives is executed. In the first forced lighting drive, the lighting transition cell is forcibly set into the lighting mode only in the address process of a predetermined subfield within the field in the first field. In the second forced lighting drive, an adjacent discharge cell that is adjacent to the lighting transition cell is forcibly set into the lighting mode only in the address process of the predetermined subfield in the second field. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211742 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - There is provided a plasma display apparatus comprising a plasma display panel and a driver. The plasma display panel includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The driver alternately supplies a first sustain signal and a second sustain signal to the first electrode and the second electrode in a first subfield and supplies a third sustain signal and a fourth sustain signal that swing a positive polar voltage and a negative polar voltage in a second subfield to the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211743 | Plasma display device and driving method of plasma display panel - A driving method of a plasma display panel including a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes formed in a direction to be intersected with the first electrodes and the second electrodes is disclosed. The method includes resetting the electrodes by applying a waveform having a predetermined voltage to the first electrode, applying a fourth voltage to the second electrodes for a predetermined period; selecting cells to be discharged by applying a scan pulse voltage to each of the first electrodes and the third electrodes; and alternately applying a plurality of sustain discharge pulses having a first voltage as peak value to each of the first electrodes and the second electrodes, wherein the step of applying the fourth voltage Ve stops the application of the fourth voltage Ve while the first sustain discharge pulse of the first electrodes continues. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211744 | Organic light emitting display and driving circuit thereof - An organic light emitting display includes a first light emitting control driver electrically coupled to a clock line, a negative clock line, and an initial driving line, and adapted to output a first light emitting control signal via a first light emitting control line, a first pixel unit electrically coupled to the first light emitting control line, a second pixel unit electrically coupled to the first light emitting control line; and a third pixel unit electrically coupled to the first light emitting control line. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211745 | Organic light emitting display and driving circuit thereof - A driving circuit including a plurality of light emitting control drivers includes an input terminal coupled to an initial driving line or a light emitting negative control line of a previous light emitting control driver, a first clock terminal and a second clock terminal that are electrically coupled to a first clock line and a first negative clock line that are phase-inverted, or a second clock line and a second negative clock line, respectively, and an output terminal and a negative output terminal adapted to generate an output signal and a negative output signal when receiving an input signal, a clock signal and a negative clock signal via the input terminal, the first clock terminal and the second clock terminal, respectively. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211746 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR AN OLED (ORGANIC LIGHT EMISSION DIODE), IN PARTICULAR FOR A DISPLAY OF THE AM-OLED TYPE - A driving circuit of an OLED diode is inserted between a first and a second voltage reference and having at least one input terminal receiving an input voltage signal and an output terminal for the generation of a driving current of the OLED diode, the driving circuit having at least one driver transistor having a first conduction terminal connected to the first voltage reference, a second conduction terminal connected to the output terminal and a control terminal connected to at least one first capacitor and one second capacitor. The first capacitor is inserted between this control terminal and an inner circuit node and the second capacitor is inserted between the inner circuit node and the second voltage reference, the driving circuit | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211747 | Organic light emitting display - An organic light emitting display includes a first switching element including a control electrode electrically coupled to a scan line and between a data line and a first voltage line, a driving transistor electrically coupled between the first voltage line and a second voltage line, a second switching element including a control electrode electrically coupled to a light emission control line and between the first voltage line and the driving transistor, a third switching element including a control electrode electrically coupled to the scan line and between the second switching element and the driving transistor, a first storage capacitor that is electrically coupled between the first voltage line and the control electrode of the driving transistor, a second storage capacitor that is electrically coupled between the first storage capacitor and the second switching element, and an OLED electrically coupled between the driving transistor and the second voltage line. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211748 | Display Screen Addressing System - A display device comprising individual elements wherein the placement, on each element, of an electronic microcircuit capable of recognizing its address among those of other microcircuits connected in parallel to the common addressing electrodes, recording the brightness data sent to its address and modulating the brightness of its display element according to the data received. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211749 | Method for Grayscale Rendition in Am-Oled - The present invention relates to a grayscale rendition method in an active matrix OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display) where each cell of the display is controlled via an association of several Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs). In order to improve the grayscale rendition in an AM-OLED when displaying low grayscale levels and/or when displaying moving pictures, it is proposed to split each frame into a plurality of subframes wherein the amplitude of the data signal applied to a cell of the AM-OLED can be adapted to conform to the visual response of a CRT display. According to the invention, the video frame used for displaying an image is divided into N consecutive subframes, with N≧2, and the data signal applied to the cell comprises N independent elementary data signals, each of said elementary data signals being applied to the cell during a subframe. The grayscale level displayed by the cell during the video frame is depending on the amplitude of the elementary data signals and the duration of the subframes. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211750 | Resistance balance circuit - This invention discloses a resistance balance circuit including: at least two electronic components aligned in a row matrix, connected to one another in parallel, thereby forming a row matrix structure; an input end disposed at one end of the row matrix structure and configured for entry of current passing the electronic components in the row matrix structure; and an output end disposed diagonally opposite to the input end in the row matrix structure and configured for exit of the current passing the electronic components in the row matrix structure, wherein routes for the current passing the electronic components from the input end to the output end are equal in length, and thus the same current passes the electronic components in the matrix structure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211751 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICES HAVING IMPROVED OPENING AND CONTRAST RATIOS AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME - Active matrix display devices having improved opening and contrast ratios utilize light blocking lines to improve display contrast ratios yet position the light blocking lines on the same level of metallization as the gate lines to thereby limit parasitic capacitive coupling between the data lines and the pixel electrodes. The light blocking lines are also positioned on only one side of the data lines so that improvements in the display's opening ratio can also be achieved. The light blocking lines are preferably patterned so that no overlap occurs between a display's data lines and the light blocking lines. The elimination of overlap reduces the step height in the display's pixel electrodes and thereby reduces the extent of disclination of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal material extending opposite the pixel electrodes. The light blocking lines are also preferably patterned beneath the display's data lines so that parasitic capacitive coupling between the data lines and the pixel electrodes is reduced. The light blocking lines are also preferably formed with beveled edges so that the step height in the display's pixel electrodes can be reduced even further. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211752 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Provided are a liquid crystal display device capable of improving motion image quality and a method for driving the same. The liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit, an overdriving compensation unit, a selection unit, and a data selection control unit. The input unit supplies pixel data to a pixel of a liquid crystal panel. The overdriving compensation unit outputs overdriving compensation pixel data using the pixel data input from the input unit. The selection unit selects one of the pixel data input from the input unit and the overdriving compensation data input from the overdriving compensation unit. The data selection control unit detects whether the pixel data input from the input unit is motion image data to control the selection unit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211753 | Liquid crystal display driving apparatus and method thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) driving apparatus and the method thereof is disclosed. The method receives a pixel and drives a pixel of the LCD according to the pixel value During a frame period, wherein the frame period is divided into a precharge field and a compensation field. Firstly, a precharge pixel value is decided according to the pixel and a reference value. A compensation pixel value is decided according to the precharge pixel. Next, a precharge driving voltage is determined according to the precharge pixel value. Afterwards, a compensation driving voltage is determined according to the compensation pixel value. Finally, the pixel is driven according to the precharge driving voltage and the compensation driving voltage respectively during the precharge field and the compensation field. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211754 | Display device, method of manufacturing the same and display panel for the same - A display device includes a display panel, an application module, a printed circuit film and a driving unit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel portions formed in a display area, at least one output pad formed in a first peripheral area that is formed at a first side of the display area and at least one connection line electrically connected to the output pad. At least one application module disposed adjacent the display panel. At least one printed circuit film electrically connects the output pad to the application module. The driving unit includes a pixel driving section electrically connected to the pixel portions to drive the pixel portions and an application driving section electrically connected to the connection line to drive the application module. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211755 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A method of optimizing pixel signals for a liquid crystal display includes receiving the first, second and third pixel signals for the (n−1), (n) and (n+1)th frames. The first and second pixel signals are compared to determine if the second pixel signal requires overshooting or undershooting. The second and third pixel signals are compared to determine if the second pixel signal requires to be increased for pre-titling. The second pixel signal is compensated accordingly, thereby increasing liquid crystal response time. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211756 | Driving method of liquid crystal display apparatus, driving apparatus of liquid crystal display apparatus, and program thereof - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of areas in which response speeds greatly different from each other coexist in a pixel. A first replacement process section replaces the image data of the desired target frame with a first gradation, when a gradation transition from a current frame to a desired target frame corresponds to the above gradation transition. A second replacement process section replaces the image data of the current frame with a second value. The first value is set to a value causing the pixel to respond at a relatively higher speed without the occurrence of the excessive brightness. Without avoiding the deterioration of the image, it is possible to drive a liquid crystal display apparatus including areas whose response speeds are different from each other coexist in the pixel, such as a liquid crystal display apparatus of vertically aligned mode and normally black mode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211757 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Gray scale distribution of an input image signal is obtained through statistics to determine the contrast characteristic of the input image signal. Based on the gray scale distribution, by a look up table, corresponding gamma setting values are derived and stored in a register. The register outputs the stored gamma setting values to a gray scale voltage generation circuit to adjust the gray scale voltage. Therefore, the display contrast and display quality are improved. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211758 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING GRAY VOLTAGES AND DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus of driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a gray voltage generator generating a range of gray voltages that correspond to different LC light transmittance levels. These gray voltages, along with image data, are fed into a data driver. The data driver converts the gray voltages to a data voltage that properly generates the image indicated by the image data. The gray voltage values are chosen from a wider range of values than the pixel voltages, and this conversion may include determining a conversion factor based on the relative range sizes. This conversion may also include calculating the voltage difference between the previous data and the current data and adjusting the data voltage according to the magnitude of this difference. Generally, the larger the voltage difference, the larger is the data voltage magnitude that is needed to bring the pixel voltage to the target voltage within limited time. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211759 | DIGITAL IMAGE DISPLAYS - A method of adjusting a signal for a digital display where the input signal includes a number of discrete input intensity values which causes the display to give actual output signals having discrete output intensity values, and where the relationship between the input signal to actual output signal departs from a desired input signal to output signal relationship, comprises the steps of (i) considering at least a first input value and a first actual output value for the first input value, (ii) finding a second input value and a second actual output value for the second input value where the second actual output value is closer to the desired value for the first input value, (iii) recording a relationship between the first input value and the second input value, and finally (iv) substituting the second input value for the first input value in the signal. The method may be carried out for all input values. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211760 | Liquid Crystal Display and Gate Driving Circuit Thereof - A liquid crystal display and a dual gate driving circuit therefor wherein the number of signal lines are reduced by sharing a start pulse and an output signal of a dummy stage. The liquid crystal display includes a timing controller generating an output enable signal, a gate clock, and a signal start signal in response to an external input signal, a level shifter generating a gate clock pulse and a gate clock bar pulse in response to the output enable signal and the gate clock and generating a single start pulse in response to the start signal and the gate clock, and first and second gate driving circuits outputting the gate clock pulse or the gate clock bar pulse as a gate driving signal to the plurality of gate lines in response to the single start pulse. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211761 | Display unit, display device and information processing apparatus - A display unit having a pivot function and prolonged lives of light sources has been implemented according to the present invention. The display unit includes; a screen that is changeable between a first position and a second position and displays an image; at least one first light source that illuminates the screen in the first position; at least one second light source that illuminates the screen in the second position; and a turn-on control section that controls turning on of the first light source and the second light source according to a position. A display device and an information processing apparatus each provided with the display unit have also been implemented according to the present invention. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211762 | APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING LUMINANCE, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING LUMINANCE - An apparatus for adjusting luminance includes a comparing part, a summing part, a mode selecting part, an inverting part and a decoding part. The comparing part compares a photo sensing voltage with a reference voltage in each of a plurality of sensing periods and generating a photo sensing signal. The summing part sums the photo sensing signal during the sensing periods and generates a plurality of summation signals. The mode selecting part controls an application of the summation signals based on a mode selection. Then, the inverting part inverts the summation signals based on the control of the mode selecting part and generates a plurality of inversion signals. The decoding part decodes the summation signals or the inversion signals and generates a decoding signal. Therefore, light pollution and power consumption may be decreased, and manufacturing costs may be decreased. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211763 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS - A device and method for adjusting backlight brightness employed in a display. The device has a buffer, a counter, and a comparator. The buffer receives and stores an image data of a frame. The counter receives the image data and obtains an image-loading value of the image data. The comparator is coupled to the counter and compares the image-loading value with a preset image-loading value. The comparator outputs a control signal indicating the comparison result to a backlight module to adjust the brightness of the backlight module. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211764 | STYLUS-BASED ADDRESSING STRUCTURES FOR DISPLAYS - Novel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surface to enable greater viewing angle and contrast. Another scheme includes an electrode structure that facilitates manufacture and control of a color display. Another electrode structure facilitates addressing a display using an electrostatic stylus. Methods of using the disclosed electrode structures are also disclosed. Another scheme includes devices combining display materials with silicon transistor addressing structures. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211765 | STYLUS-BASED ADDRESSING STRUCTURES FOR DISPLAYS - Novel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surface to enable greater viewing angle and contrast. Another scheme includes an electrode structure that facilitates manufacture and control of a color display. Another electrode structure facilitates addressing a display using an electrostatic stylus. Methods of using the disclosed electrode structures are also disclosed. Another scheme includes devices combining display materials with silicon transistor addressing structures. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211766 | MULTITOUCH DATA FUSION - A method for performing multi-touch (MT) data fusion is disclosed in which multiple touch inputs occurring at about the same time are received to generating first touch data. Secondary sense data can then be combined with the first touch data to perform operations on an electronic device. The first touch data and the secondary sense data can be time-aligned and interpreted in a time-coherent manner. The first touch data can be refined in accordance with the secondary sense data, or alternatively, the secondary sense data can be interpreted in accordance with the first touch data. Additionally, the first touch data and the secondary sense data can be combined to create a new command. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211767 | SYSTEM FOR PRINTING CODED DATA PROVIDING INTERACTION WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE - A system for enabling user interaction with computer software. The system includes a printer for receiving print data, printing a form, using the print data, with information related to an interactive element coincident with coded data indicative of the interactive element, receiving indicating data from a sensing device which is generated by the sensing device sensing the coincident coded data so as to be indicative of the interactive element, and transfer the indicating data to a computer system to allow the interaction to be interpreted. The coded data is indicative of an identity. The computer system determines, using the indicating data, the identity, determines, using the identity, a page description, and identifies, using the page description, the interactive element. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211768 | Inertial Sensor Input Device - Head motion input devices for providing control to a computer are described. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211769 | Input Device For Content Providing Device and Method of Operating the Same - An input device for a content providing device and a method of operating the same are provided. The input device includes: a pressure sensor having first pressure pads varying impedance according to contact strength, and periodically generating and outputting first pressure data having values corresponding to impedance of each of the first pressure pads; a button information generator for generating and outputting button information corresponding to the first pressure pad having the largest pressure data, when receiving the first pressure data; a pointing information generator for obtaining a position value of the first pressure pad having the largest pressure data when receiving the first pressure data, comparing the position value with the previously obtained position value to calculate a movement value of a contact position, and generating and outputting pointing information having the calculated movement value; and an operation selection unit for transmitting the first pressure data to the button information generator when the first pressure data transmitted from the pressure sensor is different from the previously obtained data and has a value larger than a button input value, and transmitting the first pressure data to the pointing information generator when the first pressure data transmitted from the pressure sensor is different from the previously obtained data and has value smaller than a pointing input value. Therefore, it is possible to perform various kinds of input operations using a single input device | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211770 | POINTING DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, POINT INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL STRAP - A pointing device includes a plurality of magnetic sensors and a point information generator. The point information generator generates one of positional information and moving information on a magnetic source based on outputs from the plurality of magnetic sensors. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211771 | Approach for Merging Scaled Input of Movable Objects to Control Presentation of Aspects of a Shared Virtual Environment - A system for controlling operation of a computer. The system includes, a sensing apparatus configured to obtain positional data of a sensed object controllable by a first user, such positional data varying in response to movement of the sensed object, and engine software operatively coupled with the sensing apparatus and configured to produce control commands based on the positional data, the control commands being operable to control, in a multi-user software application executable on the computer, presentation of a virtual representation of the sensed object in a virtual environment shared by the first user and a second user, the virtual representation of the sensed object being perceivable by the second user in a rendered scene of the virtual environment, where the engine software is configured so that the movement of the sensed object produces control commands which cause corresponding scaled movement of the virtual representation of the sensed object in the rendered scene that is perceivable by the second user. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211772 | SUCCESSIVELY LAYERED MODULAR CONSTRUCTION FOR A PORTABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM - A modular portable computer system is described. A top modular layer with a coupled display interface and adapted to be interconnected with other modular layers. A second modular layer is interconnected with the top modular layer and other modular layers, for providing a power source to supply operating power to said top modular layer and to those other modular layers present and is disposed beneath the top modular layer. A third modular layer is interconnected with the top modular layer and the second modular layer for providing baseline logic electronics and communication components to the modular portable computer system and is disposed beneath the top modular layer. A universal interconnect for providing electronic and communicative interconnection of each modular layer is disposed at least once on each modular layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211773 | Locus smoothing method and pointing device utilising the same - A pointing device with a locus smoothing function. The pointing device comprises a locus processing circuit receiving a digitized displacement and executing an accumulation procedure to generate an accumulated value of displacement, wherein when the accumulated value satisfies a preset condition, the accumulated value is output to a processing device for smoothing a locus of a pointer on a display device and a reset procedure is executed to reset the accumulated value. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211774 | CORDLESS MOUSE APPARATUS HAVING INTERNET PHONE BASED ON BLUETOOTH PROTOCOL, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING INTERNET PHONE BASED ON BLUETOOTH PROTOCOL - A Bluetooth-based cordless mouse apparatus has a communication function of an internet phone and optionally further has a USB mass storage so as to enhance a user's convenience and improve voice quality. This apparatus provides several functions such as a wireless mouse, a wireless keypad, a USB mass storage, a wireless presenter, and a wired/wireless phone through a single Bluetooth protocol based device, and allows letter/number input in presentation. A wired/wireless phone-based terminal in a communication system has a Bluetooth-based wireless camera module and an image transmission function via an internet network or a public network to realize a remote security function. This system allows a user, who is out, to check inner conditions of a home by using a mobile phone or an internet-connected computer, thus realizing home monitoring using an embedded camera module. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211775 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211776 | Keypad assembly having light leakage prevention structure - A keypad assembly having a light leakage prevention structure includes a switch board having at least one switch; a light guide panel mounted on the switch board, light propagating inside the light guide panel; and a first light blocking member stacked on a lateral surface of the light guide panel, the first light blocking member extending to the switch board and reflecting or absorbing incident light. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211777 | Stroke number input - Stroke number input may be provided. A first integer corresponding to a number of stokes in a logogram or corresponding to a radical associated with the logogram may be received. If the first integer corresponds to the radical, a second integer corresponding to the number of stokes in the logogram other than the radical may be received. Next, if the first integer corresponds to the number of stokes, a plurality of logograms may be displayed each having a number of strokes equal to the received first integer. If, however, the first integer corresponds to the radical associated with a logogram, the plurality of logograms may be displayed each having a radical corresponding to the received first integer and a number of strokes, other than the radical, equal to the received second integer. Then, a selection of a one of the plurality of logograms may be received. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211778 | Screen Rotation Gestures on a Portable Multifunction Device - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes displaying information on the touch screen display in a portrait orientation. The method also includes detecting simultaneous rotation of two thumbs in a first sense of rotation on the touch screen display, and in response to detecting the simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in the first sense of rotation, displaying the information in a landscape orientation. In some embodiments, the method further includes detecting simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in a second sense of rotation that is opposite the first sense of rotation, and in response to detecting the simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in the second sense of rotation, displaying the information in a portrait orientation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211779 | Control systems employing novel physical controls and touch screens - Disclosed are methods and apparatus, which enable the reconfigurable control of vehicles, homes, computers and other applications. Physical controls and virtual displayed controls on single and multipoint touch screens are used, separately or in combination to enable higher visibility and understanding of control information and easier operation of controls, particularly useful in stressful situations. Some embodiments use optical sensors and rear projection of displayed embodiments, and are advantageous where curved screens are desired such as in a car. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211780 | Component for use as a portable computing device and pointing device in a modular computing system - A core component is disclosed which includes a processing module and a touch screen. The core component may operate by itself in a first mode to perform functions similar to that of a conventional personal digital assistant (PDA). In particular, the touch screen may both provide visual output and receive input from a user's finger when the core component operates in the first mode. When the core component is connected to another component including a display screen, the core component may operate in a second mode in which input received through the touch screen is provided to the other component. For example, the movement of a user's finger may control the position of a cursor displayed on a screen of the other component so that the core component exhibits the behavior of a trackpad when operating in the second mode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211781 | Photoelectric transducer capable of detecting a finger resting on it, and display panel having the same - A photoelectric transducer according to this invention includes a photoelectric-transducer element array which has a first and a second regions in which a first and a second photoelectric transducer elements having a photoelectric transducer part are arranged, respectively, and a light-emitting member which is arranged below the photoelectric-transducer element array. Above the photoelectric-transducer element array, a mount layer is arranged, on which an object is to rest to reflect the light emitted from the light-emitting member to the first and the second photoelectric transducer elements. A first and a second light-shielding layers are provided between the light-emitting members and the photoelectric transducer part of the first and the second photoelectric transducer elements, respectively. The second light-shielding layer has a larger area than the first light-shielding layer. The light emitted from the light-emitting member therefore passes through the first region in a larger amount than through the second region. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211782 | TOUCH SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods provide for simulating an effective touch on a touch screen sensor. A touch screen sensor includes a first surface, an opposing second surface, and one or more electrodes disposed on or proximate to the second surface. Signals are applied to the first and second surfaces in a manner which results in a simulated touch to a particular location of the touch screen sensor. In another approach, a plurality of voltage drive signals are applied at various touch surface regions of the touch screen sensor. A current flow resulting from application of the voltage drive signals is detected as the simulated touch. Touch simulation can be initiated locally or remotely as part of automated monitoring, testing, calibration, and/or servicing procedures. Results of a touch simulation procedure can be acquired and used locally or remotely to assess the operational fitness of the touch screen sensor over time. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211783 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211784 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211785 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211786 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device, includes: a touch panel which outputs a predetermined enable signal corresponding to an external pressure; a display panel which includes a light detector responding to external light and generating a predetermined electrical signal representing the position of the light; and a panel driver which forms an image corresponding to the electrical signal on the display panel if the enable signal is input. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211787 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display panel configured to have a plurality of scanning lines for which liquid crystal display elements each containing an optical input device and a display pixel are arranged, respectively, a backlight configured to be arranged facing the display panel to illuminate the display panel, and a control part configured to control writing into the display pixel and reading of a detection signal of the optical input device, wherein the control part displays an external light detection image substantially shielding light from the backlight on the display pixels throughout a first period of a frame period, and displays a display image on the display pixels throughout a second period of the frame period. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211788 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for displaying images in a display apparatus is provided herein. In the display apparatus, an image is displayed during each frame period of a plurality of contiguous frames. At first, original images are received, and each of the received original images is composed of M number of contiguous image rows. A predetermined amount of frame periods are grouped as a frame group. During each frame period, one of M number of image rows is selected as an initial image row. From the initial image row, N number of image rows are selected from the M number of image rows according to an image row selection rule to constitute an image for displaying. In each frame group, at least two different initial parameters are used within two frame periods in order to output different images. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211789 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display apparatus includes a display panel including scan electrodes and sustain electrodes; a selection circuit connected to a corresponding one of the scan electrodes, and selectively applies first and second voltages to the corresponding scan electrode; an energy recovery circuit connected to a sustain voltage source for supplying a sustain voltage and the selection circuit, the energy recovery circuit supplies a sustain pulse to the scan electrodes; and drivers connected to the selection circuit and supply rising and falling ramp signals and a scan signal to the scan electrodes. The energy recovery circuit includes a first transistor for providing an operating voltage to the selection circuit; a second transistor for providing the sustain voltage to the selection circuit; and a control transistor located between the second transistor and the first transistor, wherein the control transistor controls a flow of electrical current from the energy recovery circuit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211790 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a gate driver, a data driver, and an initial driving control unit. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of liquid crystal cells. Each liquid crystal cell is defined by a gate line, a data line and a thin film transistor. The gate driver controls the thin film transistor connected to the gate line of each liquid crystal cell according to a gate control signal. The data driver outputs a pixel signal to the data line of the each liquid crystal cell according to a data control signal. The data driver includes a switch connected to the data line of the each liquid crystal cell. The initial driving control unit is structured to compare a clock count with a predetermined reference value and operable to alternately generate a first state signal and a second state signal based on the comparison. The unit applies the first state signal to the switch during a masking interval. The pixel signal is not output to the data line during the masking interval. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211791 | DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALING SYSTEM AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY WITH THE SAME - A differential signaling system where a first wire and a second wire are connected to a sending end and a receiving end of a differential signal line. A termination resistor is connected between the first wire and the second wire adjacent to the receiving end. A programmable compensation circuit is connected to the termination resistor in parallel. The programmable compensation circuit includes: a plurality of switches for receiving each bit of an input digital control signal through a gate thereof; a plurality of first capacitors including a first electrode connected to a source electrode of each of the switches, and a second electrode connected to the first wire; and a plurality of second capacitors including a first electrode connected to a drain electrode of each of the switches, and a second electrode connected to the second wire. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211792 | Liquid crystal display and method for driving the same - A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing over the gate lines while being electrically insulated from the gate lines. Pixels are placed at the cross regions of the gate and the data lines arranged in a matrix form. Each pixel has a switching circuit connected to the gate and the data lines. Data voltages are fed to the pixels such that the polarity of the pixels is inverted per a pixel group of two or more pixel rows. Gate voltages are applied to the neighboring first and second pixel groups such that the gate voltage applied to the pixel row of the first pixel group close to the second pixel group differs from the gate voltage applied to the pixel row of the first pixel group distant to the second pixel group. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211793 | Driving apparatus for an OLED panel - A driving apparatus for an OLED panel comprises a common timing controller with a multi-line addressing algorithm and a segment controller with the multi-line addressing algorithm, to control a common driver and a segment driver, respectively, to drive the OLED panel. The common driver and the segment driver are connected to common lines and segment lines of the OLED panel, respectively. According to the multi-line addressing algorithm, the common driver can select at least two of the common lines at a same time. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211794 | Driving circuit, timing controller, and driving method for TFT LCD - A TFT LCD driving circuit, a timing controller and a method for reducing the power consumption thereof are disclosed, wherein the timing controller includes a video data determining circuit, and a power-saving source/gate timing control circuit. The video data determining circuit receives a video data and obtains an effective resolution parameter value from the video data. If the video data is not a full-frame video data and the effective resolution parameter vale of the video data is smaller than the resolution of the LCD panel, the video data determining circuit triggers the power-saving source/gate timing control circuit to control the operation of a plurality of gate driver ICs and a plurality of source driver ICs of the TFT LCD driving circuit, in order to reduce the number of the “turning-on” times of these gate driver ICs and source driver ICs. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211795 | Driving method for plasma display panel and driving circuit for plasma display panel - A length of an addressing period in a first sub-field is made shorter as time from an end of a second sub-field which provides light emission just previously to the first sub-field in a frame including the first and second sub-fields to a start of the first sub-field decreases, and as the number of sustain pulses in the second sub-field increases. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211796 | Organic light emitting display - An organic light emitting display, including a driving transistor electrically coupled to a first power line, a first switch electrically coupled to the driving transistor and an emission line, a second switch electrically coupled to the driving transistor and a previous scan line, a third switch electrically coupled to the first switch and a data line, a fourth switch electrically coupled to the data line and the third switch, a fifth switch electrically coupled to the driving transistor and a scan line, a first capacitor electrically coupled to the second switch and the third switch, a second capacitor electrically coupled to the third switch and the fifth switch, and an organic light emitting diode electrically coupled to the driving transistor and a second power line. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211797 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING CIRCUIT THEREOF - An organic light emitting display and a driving circuit therefor to prevent a variation in scanning signals supplied to scan lines due to coupling capacitance caused by scan lines and data lines that intersect each other and to prevent a variation in the scanning signals due to a leakage current from an output terminal. The display and driving circuit include first, second, and third scan drivers each electrically coupled to each of first, second and third clock lines to control output signals to scan lines. The display and driving circuit may include multiple scan drivers and multiple clock lines, which correspond to a total number of scan lines. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211798 | Pixel control device and display apparatus utilizing said pixel control device - A pixel control device and a display apparatus using said pixel control device are provided. The pixel control apparatus is electrically connected to a sub-pixel area to provide a first voltage level and a second voltage level to the sub-pixel area. A scan line of the pixel control device transmits a periodic signal to alternately switch on the P type transistor and the N type transistor. A data line transmits the first voltage level to the P type transistor when the P type transistor is switched on and transmits the second voltage level to the N type transistor when the N type transistor is switched on. By providing two different voltage levels, the liquid crystals have different angles in eight domains. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211799 | DRIVING MECHANISM FOR THICK LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL - An optimized driving method for thick liquid crystal cavity rap (thick cell) type liquid crystal panel, that is used for common electrode driving of liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, wherein a second DC or AC adjustable-period or tunable power source is applied to drive the common electrode of the LCD panel so as to minimize voltage excursion without having to change signal, and wherein data signals pass through TFT-type data driver, thereby making the work function between the aluminum metallic layer and the electrode of liquid crystal display panel to be near a stable state to avoid quality problems associated with image flickering. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211800 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is driven through no wire cable such as an FPC, and a display image is continuously held for a certain period of time by storing an image signal received from a wireless communication device so that the display image can be held even when the display device is out of communication range with the wireless communication device. A display device includes at least a pixel circuit having an SRAM (static random access memory) circuit, a circuit which controls the pixel circuit, an antenna circuit, a circuit which generates a demodulation signal, a circuit which rectifies a wireless signal, a circuit which generates first voltage, a charge circuit which stores second voltage, a charge control circuit, a voltage supply control circuit, and a circuit which controls the charge control circuit and the voltage supply control circuit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211801 | Display Apparatus Driving Method, Display Apparatus Driving Device, Program Therefor, Recording Medium Storing Program, and Display Apparatus - A control section is disclosed which divides a display screen into small regions, evaluates the relative brightness of each of the small regions in accordance with color data to be inputted as color data by which each pixel is displayed, and determines whether or not the display screen has a first small region that is brighter than the other small regions by a predetermined degree. Furthermore, the control section causes a first generating device to generate gradation data for use in the first small region, and causes a second generating device to generate gradation data for use in the other small regions. Even if the second generating section receives the same color data as the first generating section does, the second generating section limits the luminance of a W sub-pixel as compared to the first generating section. With this, the first small region can be displayed more strikingly brightly, so that a clearer, more realistic, and more appealing image can be displayed. This makes it possible to realize a display apparatus capable of displaying a clearer, more realistic, and more appealing image. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211802 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels in a matrix form, an image signal comparator which compares image signals corresponding to at least two successive frames and increases a count value if a proportion of the image signals that are the same as each other exceeds a preset critical value, and a panel driver which drives the display panel to display a non-image signal on at least a part of the display panel during at least one frame if the count value reaches a preset instruction value. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211803 | Graphic Processor and Information Processing Device - This invention provides a command system for efficiently performing information processing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211804 | METHOD FOR HYBRID RASTERIZATION AND RAYTRACING WITH CONSISTENT PROGRAMMABLE SHADING - A method of generating a computer image wherein secondary raytrace vectors are calculated for the image after the image is rendered using rasterization. The secondary raytrace vectors are based on virtual camera angles that are stored during the rasterization process. The raytrace vectors can be calculated using the same processor as the rasterization, thereby providing greater consistency in the image. A metaprogrammed shader can also be applied to the generated image, wherein the shader uses the same processor as the raytrace and rasterization steps. The metaprogrammed shader allows the shader algorithm to be segmented for streamlined processing by the processor. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211805 | Method and System for Minimizing an Amount of Data Needed to Test Data Against Subarea Boundaries in Spatially Composited Digital Video - A method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video. Spatial compositing uses a graphics unit or pipeline to render a portion (subarea) of each overall frame of digital video images. This reduces the amount of data that each processor must act on and increases the rate at which an overall frame is rendered. Optimization of spatial compositing depends on balancing the processing load among the different pipelines. The processing load typically is a direct function of the size of a given subarea and a function of the rendering complexity for objects within this subarea. Load balancing strives to measure these variables and adjust, from frame to frame, the number, sizes, and positions of the subareas. The cost of this approach is the necessity to communicate, in conjunction with each frame, the graphics data that will be rendered. Graphics data for a frame is composed of geometry chunks. Each geometry chunk is defined by its own bounding region, where the bounding region defines the space the geometry chunk occupies on the compositing window. Only the parameters that define the bounding region are communicated to each graphics unit in conjunction with the determination of which graphics unit will render the geometry chunk defined by the bounding region. The actual graphics data that comprises the geometry chunk is communicated only to those geometry units that will actually render the geometry chunk. This reduces the amount of data needed to communicate graphics data information in spatially composited digital video. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211806 | RENDERING APPARATUS, RENDERING PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A setup section acquires vertex data including at least homogeneous coordinate and window coordinate relevant to two vertexes of rendering primitive, that is, segment. An edge coefficient calculation unit calculates an edge coefficient used for determining whether or not a pixel exists inside a projection area (parallelogram) of the segment. A bounding box calculation unit calculates a bounding box of the projection area from at least one vertex data of two vertexes and the edge coefficient. A start point determination unit classifies the projection area based on a combination of the edge coefficient, and determines scan start point and scan performing direction of the bounding box in accordance with the classification. An edge function initial value determination unit determines an edge function of the pixel corresponding to the scan start point as an initial value, and carries out a DDA, and thereby, generates setup data for rasterizing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211807 | Mesh Design Method and Tool - A mesh designing process to generate or modify a mesh ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211808 | Method and Device For Acquisition of a Geometric Shape - According to the invention, a set of sensors ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211809 | Method, medium, and system with 3 dimensional object modeling using multiple view points - A modeling method, medium, and system. The modeling method may include specifying an object in a plurality of 2 dimensional (2D) images expressed from different view points, considering an edge and contents of each component of each 2D image, generating a 3 dimensional (3D) model of each specified object, and matching the generated 3D models considering relative locations of each generated 3D model. Accordingly, a realistic 3D model of an object expressed in an image can be accurately generated. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211810 | GRAPHIC RENDERING METHOD AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A GRAPHIC MODULE - A method for rendering a three dimensional scene on a displaying screen comprises: generating for a tile of a current scene a hierarchical z-buffer which comprises a plurality of levels organized according to depth values; calculating a minimum depth value d of a submitted primitive; calculating an intersection area associated with said primitive with respect to said tile; providing a multiplicity of aligned regions each associated with a level of the hierarchical z-buffer so that the exact area calculated is suitable to be covered, at least entirely, by the union of such aligned regions; comparing the minimum depth value d of the submitted primitive with corresponding maximum depth values v | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211811 | Drawing Apparatus for Displaying Image Data About a Plurality of Objects Including Semitransparent Object and Opaque Object on Computer Display Screen - A drawing apparatus which can display image data about a plurality of objects including opaque objects and semitransparent objects, each having information about a depth direction, on a computer display screen. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211812 | Method and system for detection and registration of 3D objects using incremental parameter learning - A method and system for detecting 3D objects in images is disclosed. In particular, a method and system for Ileo-Cecal Valve detection in 3D computed tomography (CT) images using incremental parameter learning and ICV specific prior learning is disclosed. First, second, and third classifiers are sequentially trained to detect candidates for position, scale, and orientation parameters of a box that bounds an object in 3D image. In the training of each sequential classifier, new training samples are generated by scanning the object's configuration parameters in the current learning projected subspace (position, scale, orientation), based on detected candidates resulting from the previous training step. This allows simultaneous detection and registration of a 3D object with full 9 degrees of freedom. ICV specific prior learning can be used to detect candidate voxels for an orifice of the ICV and to detect initial ICV box candidates using a constrained orientation alignment at each candidate voxel. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211813 | Device and Method for Light and Shade Simulation in an Augmented-Reality System - A device and a method guide light in an augmented-reality system, whereby a recorder unit, with an optical axis, records a real object and displays the same on a display unit. A data processing unit generates a virtual object and also displays the same on the display unit. Based on a known sensor positioning, a sensor alignment, a sensor directional diagram and a provided sensor output signal from at least two light-sensitive sensors, an illumination angle is then determined and the light guidance for the virtual object carried out in the display unit, based on said illumination angle. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211814 | Graphics Generation Device Comprising Means For Monitoring Its Operation - The field of the invention relates to the operational safety, security and reliability of Man/Machine Interface systems displaying information in the form of graphics or symbology. The monitoring principles according to the prior art are all based on monitoring graphical information coming from the display system and the verification that this information really corresponds to the input parameters. The heart of the invention is to monitor the correct operation of the graphics generation functions, independently of the data that they process. More precisely, the invention relates to a device for the graphical generation of symbologies intended for a display screen, the device having functions for the generation of symbology elements and means for monitoring its correct operation. The monitoring correct operation allows the use of certain of the functions for the generation of symbology elements to be prohibited and second allows micro-images dedicated to the monitoring of the functions to be generated and controlled. | 2008-09-04 |
