38th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090231232 | External graphic display adapter for express card computer system - A display adapter for a portable computer includes an interface module for insertion into an input port of the portable computer. A video output connection may be connected to a display device. A graphic controller is in communication with the interface module and the video output connection. The graphic controller receives display input signals from the portable computer, generates display command signals corresponding to the display input signals, and transmits the display command signals to any display device connected to the video output connection. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231233 | DIGITAL PHOTO ALBUM - A digital photo album includes, in one embodiment, a digital viewing unit for viewing digital media and a storage location for housing digital media viewable on the digital viewing unit. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231234 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display apparatus wherein the unevenness in intensity between the electrode lines of a plasma display panel is reduced. In a plasma display apparatus, the temperature difference between the output elements of electrode drive circuits of a plurality of electrode groups is determined, and then a control signal, which is generated in accordance with the determined temperature difference, is used to control the gas discharge currents, which flow into a plurality of electrode groups, for example, odd-numbered electrodes and even-numbered electrodes, in such a manner that they are uniformly supplied, thereby preventing the unevenness in intensity between the electrode line. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231235 | PLASMA DISPLAY MODULE - In a plasma display module, the cost and size of a power supply circuit are reduced. A plasma display module comprising a plasma display panel ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231236 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device includes a chassis base supporting a plasma display panel. A printed circuit board having a plurality of scan integrated circuits is mounted on the chassis base. Lines of a first flexible printed circuit and of a second flexible printed circuit connect the scan electrodes to the scan integrated circuits. The lines of each of the first and second flexible printed circuits include a first outer line and a second outer line at respective sides of each of the first and second flexible printed circuits, at least one inner line between the first outer line and the second outer line, and at least one dummy line at an outer side of the first outer line. The second outer line of the first flexible printed circuit is connected to the dummy line of the second flexible printed circuit. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231237 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for driving a plasma display panel (PDP) that can increase dark contrast without causing erroneous discharges is provided. A unit display period is divided into a plurality of subfields. A reset process and a sustain process are performed in one of the subfields. In the reset process, a reset pulse is applied to row electrodes of the PDP to initialize each discharge cell to an emission mode (or non-emission mode). In the sustain process, a sustain discharge is repeatedly generated a number of times, corresponding to the number of times a sustain pulse is to be applied, in those discharge cells that are in the emission mode. In this case, a peak potential of the reset pulse is changed based on the number of those discharge cells that are maintained in the non-emission mode during the unit display period and the number of times the sustain pulse is to be applied in the sustain process in this subfield. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231238 | Plasma display device - A plasma display device includes a plasma display module having a plasma display panel provided with a plurality of parallel electrodes, a circuit board for applying a voltage to the electrodes, and a chassis conductor configured to hold the plasma display panel and to which a ground of a circuit board is coupled, and further includes a cylindrical conductor portion configured to surround the plasma display module. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231239 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a current driving display device, a first operation in which pixel circuits in the odd rows are sequentially scanned to set a current supplied to display elements and a second operation in which pixel circuits in the even rows are sequentially scanned to set a current supplied to display elements are alternately repeated. The current set in the pixel circuits is supplied to the display elements in parallel with the first and the second operations, the number of times in the period is twice or more than the number of times in which the pixel circuit sets a current supplied to the display element. Flickers are suppressed. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231240 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode and a cathode that form a pair of electrodes, and at least one organic compound layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, at least one of the electrodes being transparent or translucent, and the organic compound layer(s) containing, at least one charge-transporting polyester composed of repeating units represented by Formula (I-1) and Formula (I-2) as a partial structure (wherein X is represented by Formula (III)), and a display device including the same are provided. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231241 | LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting display device using a drive circuit formed of only unipolar thin film transistors, which suppresses effects of characteristic shifts of transistors, and is applicable to large, high-resolution light emitting displays. The device includes a pixel having an organic EL device (LED) and a drive circuit thereof. In a current writing period, the drive circuit sets TFT | 2009-09-17 |
20090231242 | ELECTRODE LAYOUT FOR A DISPLAY - The display device ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231243 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same, the organic light-emitting display device including pixels including opposing first and second electrodes, and an intermediate layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The pixels are divided into red, green, and blue sub-pixels. The intermediate layer has a thickness that varies according to the sub-pixels. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231244 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display unit includes a transparent light emitting element and displaying information on both sides thereof; a sensing unit for detecting the direction in which the screen of the display unit faces; and a controller for determining a placed state of the display unit according to the detected screen direction and changing information displayed on the display unit according to the determined placed state of the display unit. The screen direction may be one of a first direction in which a front surface of the display unit faces upward, and a second direction in which a rear surface of the display unit faces upward. By using the transparent display device, information can be displayed by using both surfaces of the display device, and displayed information can be changed according to a placed state of the display device. Thus, the users' interest and fun can be aroused and user convenience can be provided. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231245 | LUMINANCE ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention is directed to luminance enhancement structure for reflective display devices. The luminance enhancement structure comprises grooves and columns, wherein said grooves have a triangular cross-section and a top angle, and said grooves and columns are in alternating order and in a continuous form in one direction. The luminance enhancement structure not only can reduce the total internal reflection, but also especially can enhance the on-axis brightness of a display device. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231246 | Organic light emitting display, method for driving the same, and driver therefor - An organic light emitting display includes pixels, each pixel having a transparent transistor, a timing controller to convert predetermined bits of an externally supplied first data into a certain value to generate a second data, and a data driver configured to receive the second data, to generate a data signal from the second data, and to supply the data signal to data lines coupled to the pixels. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231247 | METHODS AND CIRCUITS FOR SELF-CALIBRATING CONTROLLER - The present invention relates to circuits and methods for controlling one or more LEDs or LED drivers. The circuit comprises a programmable decentralized controller coupled to one or more detectors, wherein the one or more detectors are configured to detect one or more measurable parameters of one or more LEDs or LED drivers. The controller is configured to receive information from the one or more detectors related to the one or more measurable parameters. The controller is also configured to adjust one or more controllable parameters until one or more detectors indicate that one or more measurable parameters in one of the LEDs or LED drivers meet a reference condition. The controller is configured to then set one or more of the controllable parameters to operate at a value relative to the value of the controllable parameters at which the reference condition was met. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231248 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING THE COLOR OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE COVER - Various embodiments for configuring the color of a mobile computing device cover are described. In one embodiment, a mobile computing device may comprise a cover including a light-emitting diode (LED) array comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The mobile computing device may include a processor comprising an application for receiving preferences from a user for illuminating the cover and an LED array control module to generate color control signals based on the preferences. The color control signals may control the amount of current and voltage supplied to individual LEDs of the LED array for achieving certain and relative intensities of light emitted by the LED array corresponding to a color selected from a plurality of available colors. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231249 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HOLDING DEVICE WITH VOLTAGE-REGULATION COLOR-CHANGING ELEMENT - An electronic device with at least one voltage-regulation color-changing element has a display section and a housing substantially surrounding the display section. The voltage-regulation color-changing element, which is provided on at least one of the display section and the housing and supplied with a voltage by a voltage source of the electronic device, is allowed to tune between different wavelength bands of reflected light to vary the color of at least part of the electronic device so as to provide specific visual effects. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231250 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE - An electro-optic device includes an electro-optic panel that includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels arranged at a plurality of intersections where a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines cross each other, a polarity reverser that reverses, at a first frequency, a polarity of a video signal supplied to the plurality of pixels, a light source that emits light onto the pixel region, a pulse driver that pulse-drives the light source at a second frequency, and a setter that sets the first frequency and the second frequency so that a difference value between each of a plurality of first frequency components of the first frequency and each of a plurality of second frequency components of the second frequency is greater than a predetermined threshold value. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231251 | INFORMATION DISPLAY PANEL - In an information display panel, in which one or more groups of display media having light reflectance and charge characteristic, constituted by at least one group of particles, are sealed between opposed two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information, in order to seal a space between one substrate and the other substrate, a gap-space maintaining member is formed at either one or both of an outer side and an inner side with respect to a sealing-agent arranging portion arranged at an outer peripheral portion of an information display region of the panel. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231252 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display unit displays information without a power supply. An area identifying unit determines whether the display apparatus is inside a permission area where a read of the information displayed on the display unit is permitted. A data controller deletes the information displayed on the display unit or displays other information on the display unit, when the area identifying unit determines that the display apparatus has moved from inside the permission area to outside the permission area. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231253 | LCD WITH THE FUNCTION OF ELIMINATING THE POWER-OFF RESIDUAL IMAGES - An LCD includes a display panel, a power supply, a source driver, and a gate driver. The source driver includes a hysteresis comparator and a level translator. The hysteresis comparator compares a supply voltage provided by the power supply with a reference voltage. The level translator is coupled to an output end of the hysteresis comparator for generating a control signal. The gate driver turns on a plurality of scan line of the display panel according to the control signal. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231254 | Liquid crystal display and the fabricating method thereof - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel and a method for fabricating the same, wherein the liquid crystal display panel of the present invention comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, and a sealant having a plurality of modifying patterns. In addition, the method of the present invention comprises steps of providing a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate and a sealant having a plurality of modifying patterns, and then cutting off a part of the modifying patterns. Thereby, the present invention can eliminate the gravity flow and reduce the gravity mura, so that a liquid crystal display panel having few mura defects is provided. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231255 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE PANEL - A dummy line, which is disposed in a dummy pixel region ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231256 | Digital gamma correction system and method - A digital gamma correction system for detecting a brightness of a liquid crystal panel, and correcting a gamma voltage, based on the detected brightness, includes an offset setter for setting the number of detection gray levels and a first detection area, for the detection of the brightness of the liquid crystal panel, a plurality of brightness detectors for detecting brightness values output from the first detection area for the detection gray levels, a controller for processing the brightness values detected by the brightness detectors, a non-linear interpolation data processor for processing a brightness value supplied from the controller, thereby generating non-linear interpolation data as a brightness variation rate according to the gray levels, a brightness corrector for generating gamma correction data for brightness values obtained by interpolating brightness values detected in a second detection area of another liquid crystal panel for a second number of detection gray levels, based on the non-linear interpolation data, and a memory for storing the gamma correction data generated from the brightness corrector. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231257 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a drive circuit low in power consumption and high in display quality for a liquid crystal display device that is used in a small-sized portable device. The liquid crystal display device includes liquid crystal display elements and a liquid crystal driving circuit. The liquid crystal driving circuit is mounted to one of the four sides of a liquid crystal display panel, and is capable of outputting two-system counter electrode voltages. A variable resistor circuit having a resistance value which is variably adjusted by a register is used to correct and output a gray scale voltage according to a position of a relevant scanning signal line. Equalization is also performed by short-circuiting two counter electrode signal lines. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231258 | Liquid Crystal Driving Device - A liquid crystal driving device comprising: a scanning line driving circuit including, for each of scanning lines, a first series circuit having a 1st-PMOSFET/1st-NMOSFET connected in series, both ends thereof connected respectively to points of 1st-potential/2nd-potential, configured to receive at a 1st-PMOSFET's gate a binary signal having two levels not higher than 1st-potential's level and higher than 2nd-potential's level, a second series circuit having a 2nd-PMOSFET/2nd-NMOSFET connected in series, both ends thereof connected respectively to points of 3rd-potential (>1st-potential)/2nd-potential, a 2nd-NMOSFET's gate connected to a connection point of the 1st-PMOSFET/1st-NMOSFET, and an output buffer circuit configured to buffer and output a voltage of a connection point of the 2nd-PMOSFET/2nd-NMOSFET, a 1st-NMOSFET's gate applied with a 1st-bias-voltage adapted such that the 2nd-NMOSFET is turned ON-or-OFF in response to the binary signal's level, a 2nd-PMOSFET's gate applied with a 2nd-bias-voltage adapted such that the 2nd-PMOSFET becomes higher in on-resistance than the 2nd-NMOSFET. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231259 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING IMAGE STICKING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An apparatus and a method for eliminating an image sticking of a liquid crystal display (LCD) are provided. The image sticking occurs when the LCD is turned off. The LCD includes a data driver and a number of pixels coupled to a common voltage. The apparatus includes a voltage detector and a voltage switching device. The voltage detector detects a system voltage of the LCD and outputs a control signal according to the system voltage. The voltage switching device is coupled to the voltage detector for selectively providing a data voltage or the common voltage as a driving voltage of the data driver according to the control signal. The voltage switching device is controlled by the control signal to provide the common voltage to the data driver when the system voltage is less than a reference voltage. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231260 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a liquid crystal device and method thereof. Subsequent to applying a first electrical voltage on a liquid crystal to induce a reorientation of the liquid crystal, a second electrical voltage with proper polarity is applied on the liquid crystal to assist the relaxation of the reorientation that was induced by the first electrical voltage. The “switch-off” phase of the liquid crystal can therefore be accelerated or temporally shortened, and the device can exhibit better performance such as fast response to on/off signals. The invention can be widely used LCD, LC shutter, LC lens, spatial light modulator, telecommunication device, tunable filter, beam steering device, and electrically driven LC device, among others. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231261 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display panel | 2009-09-17 |
20090231262 | SPREAD SPECTRUM CLOCK GENERATOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A spread spectrum clock generator and a display device having the same are disclosed. The spread spectrum clock generator includes: a spread spectrum clock generating circuit that receives a reference clock and generates a spread spectrum clock; and a modulation control circuit that provides a modulation control signal to the spread spectrum clock generating circuit, wherein the frequency of the spread spectrum clock is irregularly modulated by the modulation control signal. The spread spectrum clock is irregularly generated according to the modulation control signal. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231263 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A COLOR-SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY - A method for driving a color-sequential display suitable to reduce the color break-up phenomenon of the color-sequential display is disclosed. The method includes: dividing each sub-frame period into a data-writing period and a backlight turned-on period; within the data-writing period, transmitting a data of first color; during a first duration of the backlight turned-on period, turning on a first color backlight; during a second duration of the backlight turned-on period, turning on a second color backlight. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231264 | IMAGE DISPLAY APARATUS - An image display apparatus including a liquid crystal display unit having a display surface and rear surface facing a display surface, a light conducting plate having a front surface, a bottom surface facing the front surface, and a side end surface perpendicular to the front surface and the bottom surface, the light conducting plate being arranged to face the rear surface of the liquid crystal display unit, the front surface of the light conducting plate facing the rear surface of the liquid crystal display unit, wherein the light conducting plate has a reflective sheet on the bottom surface, wherein incident light from a side end surface of the plate is reflected on the reflective sheet on the bottom surface so as to be conducted toward the front surface, and an LED element that has a light emitting surface facing the side end surface of the light conducting plate, for radiating light from the light emitting surface to the side end surface, wherein the LED element is arranged in the manner that the central axis of the light emitting surface of the LED element is shifted onto either of the bottom surface side or the front surface side of the light conducting plate from the middle surface of the light conducting plate between the front surface and the bottom surface of the light conducting plate. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231265 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device which includes a drive circuit capable of reducing electromagnetic wave noises while performing a high-definition multi-grayscale display is provided. In a liquid crystal display device, low-voltage differential signals divided into a plurality of channels are received by a receiving circuit, display data is recorded in a storage element after being arranged, and the display data is outputted to drive circuits on a liquid crystal display panel from a transmitting circuit at different frequencies. A display region of the liquid crystal display panel is divided into a plurality of divided display regions, and respective divided display regions differ from each other in the number of pixels thus making transmission clock frequencies different from each other. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231266 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are embodiments of an electrophoretic display apparatus and an operating method thereof. According to one or more embodiments, an update voltage compensating for the degradation of an image is applied to a related pixel after a predetermined time interval elapses, when a plurality of images are consecutively displayed on one screen. Thus, the update voltage may be prevented from being applied to the pixel before the image degradation occurs, thereby preventing the pixel from being over-charged. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231267 | DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A driving method of an electrophoretic display device, including a pair of substrates with an electrophoretic element which is interposed between the substrates and contains electrophoretic particles, a plurality of pixel electrodes formed at an electrophoretic element side of either one substrate of the pair of substrates, and a common electrode which opposes to the plurality of pixel electrodes and is formed at an electrophoretic element side of the other substrate, includes an image display step of inputting potentials, which are determined according to image data, to the plurality of pixel electrodes and a predetermined potential to the common electrode and displaying an image according to the image data by driving the electrophoretic element, and an image maintaining step of causing the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode to have the same potential after the image display step. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231268 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display device includes a display unit that is formed so that electrophoretic elements containing electrophoretic particles are held between a pair of substrates. The display unit is formed of a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode, a pixel switching element, and a latch circuit connected between the pixel electrode and the pixel switching element. A plurality of the pixels located in at least portion of the display unit each are any one of a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel satisfies a relationship that the gate capacitance charging time of a P-MOS transistor of a transfer inverter of the latch circuit is shorter than the gate capacitance charging time of a P-MOS transistor of a feedback inverter of the latch circuit, a relationship that the gate capacitance charging time of an N-MOS transistor of the transfer inverter is longer than the gate capacitance charging time of an N-MOS transistor of the feedback inverter, or both the relationships. The second pixel satisfies a relationship that the gate capacitance charging time of a P-MOS transistor of a transfer inverter of the latch circuit is longer than the gate capacitance charging time of a P-MOS transistor of a feedback inverter of the latch circuit, a relationship that the gate capacitance charging time of an N-MOS transistor of the transfer inverter is shorter than the gate capacitance charging time of an N-MOS transistor of the feedback inverter, or both the relationships. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231269 | INPUT DEVICE, SIMULATED EXPERIENCE METHOD AND ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - A retroreflective sheet | 2009-09-17 |
20090231270 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY, CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention concerns a control device for an information display including a video sensor for receiving image information a processor for determining control information within said image information, wherein subsequent data transmission between said control device and said information display is dependent upon the origin of the received image information as determined by the control information. In addition, a system, a method and a program product are also targets of the present invention. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231271 | Haptically Enabled User Interface - A device has a user interface that generates a haptic effect in response to user inputs or gestures. In one embodiment, the device receives an indication that the user is scrolling through a list of elements and an indication that an element is selected. The device determines the scroll rate and generates a haptic effect that has a magnitude that is based on the scroll rate. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231272 | VIRTUAL HAND: A NEW 3-D HAPTIC INTERFACE AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - The present invention discloses a creation of a virtual hand, body part, or tool in a virtual environment, controlled by a new 3-D haptic interface for virtual environments. There is also the provision of a method and arrangement applicable to computer systems for creating a virtual environment, which facilitates a user to touch, feel, edit, and interact with data about the objects, surfaces, and textures in the environment. There is also a provision for multiple virtual hands operating in the same virtual world, so that users can work collaboratively in the virtual world; they can touch, feel and edit the data in the virtual world, including data about the other users' virtual hands. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231273 | MIRROR FEEDBACK UPON PHYSICAL OBJECT SELECTION - A highlighting method and an interaction system ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231274 | Tilt Roller for Control Device - A control device includes a roller configured to rotate and tilt; a roller support coupled to the roller, wherein the roller is configured to rotate relative to the roller support; the first hinge disposed adjacent to a first end of the roller support; and a second hinge disposed adjacent to a second end of the roller support, wherein the first end and the second end are substantially opposite ends of the roller support, the second hinge is above the first hinge, and the first hinge and the second hinge are configured to provide tilting support for the roller and roller support. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231275 | COMPUTER MOUSE PERIPHERAL - A computer pointing device including: a base portion with a lower surface adapted for sliding across a work surface, a spine portion, projecting substantially upward from said base portion and having a thumb-engaging surface on a first lateral side of the spine and at least fingertip-engaging surface on a second lateral side of the spine opposing said first lateral side. A keyboard with an altered arrangement of function of keys, such as an enlarged or truncated appearance in accordance with keys being re-mapped to sensors on a pointing device. A keyboard with a virtual screen display, which may be made semi-transparent by activating a sensor on a pointing device. A computer with a recess capable of accommodating a mouse device. A locked scrolling or zooming means, using any pointing device, in which scrolling or zooming in a defined direction is proportional to the distance travelled by the device, irrespective of direction of movement of the device. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231276 | System And Method For Automatically Producing Haptic Events From A Digital Audio File - In an embodiment, a system and method for automatically converting a plurality of events in a plurality of channels in a structured representation sequence into haptic events. The method comprises calculating an event score for each event of the sequence in one or more channels. The method also comprises calculating a cumulative score based on the event scores in the one or more channels. The method includes selectively designating haptic events to the events based on the event scores in one or more selected channels, wherein the haptic events are output by a haptic actuator. This may be done by the system by calculating properties of the sound or by taking already existing values associated with those properties to efficiently produce haptic events. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231277 | Vector-Specific Haptic Feedback - In one or more embodiments, vector-specific movement can be imparted to a user interface device (UID) to provide vector-specific haptic feedback. In at least some embodiments, this vectored movement can be based on input received by the UID. The input can include information associated with the user's interaction with an associated device integrated with or communicatively linked with the UID, and or with an application implemented on the associated device. In at least some embodiments, the UID can be configured with a controller, a microprocessor(s), and a vector-specific actuator that includes an electrically-deformable material. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231278 | Gesture Based Control Using Three-Dimensional Information Extracted Over an Extended Depth of Field - Systems and methods are described for gesture-based control using three-dimensional information extracted over an extended depth of field. The system comprises a plurality of optical detectors coupled to at least one processor. The optical detectors image a body. At least two optical detectors of the plurality of optical detectors comprise wavefront coding cameras. The processor automatically detects a gesture of the body, wherein the gesture comprises an instantaneous state of the body. The detecting comprises aggregating gesture data of the gesture at an instant in time. The gesture data includes focus-resolved data of the body within a depth of field of the imaging system. The processor translates the gesture to a gesture signal, and uses the gesture signal to control a component coupled to the processor. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231279 | NOISE ATTENUATION IN AND FOR COMPUTER MICE - In or for a computer mouse, an insert which fits inside a mouse cavity that, at the same time, readily accommodates the actuation of mouse buttons while not interfering with other moving parts inside the mouse. Accordingly, the insert would preferably occupy space within the cavity to reduce the free volume of space that would otherwise amplify a clicking noise from one or more mouse buttons, while also serving to actually dampen the clicking noise. The insert can preferably be custom-designed as to accommodate essentially any mouse design and thereby fit readily within the otherwise unoccupied interior space of the mouse body. Preferably, the material employed for such an insert may be embodied by a sound-dampening foam. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231280 | BALL MOUSE - A ball mouse includes a ball, two metallic encoder disks each defining a plurality of through holes, two drive rollers engaged with the ball and transferring motion of the ball to respective encoder disks, two electromagnetic signal generators for generating two electromagnetic signals, and two induced signal generators for generating two induced signals according to respective electromagnetic signals. One of the two electromagnetic signals is transmitted to one of the induced signal generators through the plurality of through holes of one of the encoder disks. The other of the two electromagnetic signals is transmitted to the other of the induced signal generators through the plurality of through holes of the other of the encoder disks. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231281 | MULTI-TOUCH VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A computing system includes a display and a sensor to detect multi-touch input at the display. The computing system further includes a processing subsystem operatively connected to the display and the sensor and computer-readable media operatively connected to the processing subsystem and including instructions executable by the processing subsystem. Such instructions cause the display to present a virtual keyboard image, the virtual keyboard image including a primary key and a modifier key. Such instructions also translate touch input at only the primary key into a first keyboard message and translate temporally overlapping touch input at both the primary key and the modifier key into a second keyboard message, different than the first keyboard message. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231282 | CHARACTER SELECTION ON A DEVICE USING OFFSET CONTACT-ZONE - A mobile device having a housing including a display screen mounted therein as well as a touch-sensitive keyboard and microprocessor is disclosed. The microprocessor is communicatively connected between the display screen and the touch-sensitive keyboard. A program that runs on the microprocessor is also presented. The microprocessor-run program identifies an offset contact-zone on the touch-sensitive keyboard that corresponds to a proximate visible input key. Additionally, the microprocessor-run program normalizes the identified offset contact-zone into registration with the corresponding proximate visible input key so that sensed contacts at the offset contact-zone actuate an input to the device associated with the corresponding visible input key. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231283 | Colored Morphing Apparatus for an Electronic Device - A user interface ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231284 | Portable Electronic Device and Program Image Selecting Method - The invention provides a portable electronic device comprising a display unit and an input module. The display unit is for displaying frames. The input module is coupled to the display unit and includes a control unit and a hotkey. The hotkey is for controlling the display unit to display or close a sub-window in the frames, therein the sub-window includes a selecting section and at least one program image. When the display unit displays the sub-window in the frame, the control unit could be operated by a user to control a first program image of the program images to overlap the selecting section. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231285 | INTERPRETING AMBIGUOUS INPUTS ON A TOUCH-SCREEN - A method for interpreting ambiguous click events in relation to click targets on a touch-screen display disposed at respective click target locations includes detecting a touch at a touch location and determining whether the touch location corresponds to a click target location. The method also includes searching for nearby click target locations in a predetermined click region and, upon locating a first click target location within the predetermined click region, associating the touch with the first click target location to identify a click event. A computing device for facilitating accurate touch input targeting with respect to a touch-screen display includes a display component, a touch detection component, a targeting component that associates a touch with a click target, and an event detection component that associates the touch with one of a right click event, a left click event, or a drag event. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231286 | ACTIVE TOUCH PANEL VOLTAGE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT - An active touch panel voltage compensation circuit, which is to improve voltage distribution in the border of an electrode layer of a touch panel, comprises: a power supply unit provides an initial voltage to a plurality of voltage-applying points of the electrode layer. A differential amplifier unit sets a calibration level. The differential amplifier unit is coupled to a plurality of detection points to obtain a plurality of detected voltages, and compares the detected voltages with the calibration level to obtain a plurality of deviation values. A processing unit works out the compensation voltages for the voltage-applying points according to the deviation values, generates a plurality of gain-modulation signals according to the compensation voltages and sends the gain-modulation signals to the power supply unit. The power supply unit regulates the initial voltage to the plurality of compensation voltages so that the detected voltages can reach the calibration level. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231287 | NOVEL TACTILE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND SYSTEM TO REPRESENT AND MANIPULATE COMPUTER-GENERATED SURFACES - The present invention discloses a tactile input/output device for representing and manipulating computer-generated surfaces. Also disclosed are a novel system and method for implementing the forgoing aspects. In essence, there is provided an intuitive concept of manipulating and editing a computer-generated surface, by employing a combination of traditional input and output devices (keyboard, mouse, display, etc.) and a novel device that enables users to touch, edit and modify a physical representation of the surface. The tactile device includes an array of displaceable pins, which are driven by a control system having a plurality of micro-actuators operating in combination with a rack-and-pinion assembly. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231288 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMBINED INPUT METHOD THEREOF - A hand-held electronic device comprising a first touch panel module, a second touch panel module and a central processing unit is provided. The first touch panel module generates a first touch signal when touched, transforms the first touch signal into a first digital voltage and outputs the first digital voltage. The second touch panel module generates a second touch signal when touched, transforms the second touch signal into a second digital voltage and outputs the second digital voltage. The central processing unit coupled with the first touch panel module and the second touch panel module receives the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage, performs a function calculation based on the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage to perform a first function, a second function or a third function selectively. Moreover, a combined input method for the hand-held electronic device is also disclosed in specification. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231289 | PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - The invention relates to a portable personal computer that includes a first display, a second display, and an interconnection portion and a method for controlling the displays. The interconnection portion rotationally connects the first display to the second display. The portable personal computer generates corresponding sensor signals according to user-specific operation instructions, the first and second displays cooperatively display a joint image or separately display images according to the sensor signals and current display modes of the first and second displays. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display screen and a contact key on a front side and a touch panel on a back side. The electronic device further includes a system configured for controlling the electronic device via contact on the touch panel and contact of the contact key, and displaying corresponding actions via a cursor on the display screen. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231291 | OBJECT-SELECTING METHOD USING A TOUCHPAD OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An object-selecting method includes detecting presence of a touch spot on a touchpad of an electronic apparatus, determining a set of objects adjacent to a position associated with the touch spot detected in step A), and selecting one of the objects when it is determined that the position of the touch spot moves toward the selected object. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231292 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE TOUCH SENSOR - An electronic device includes a main body, a panel mounted on the main body, and a substrate disposed between the main body and the panel. The substrate is configured for carrying touch sensors, and is connected to the panel. The electronic device further includes elastic arms extended from the main body, bearing resilient against the substrate. The touch sensors are mounted in the electronic device reliably. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231293 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE AND PROCESSING EXECUTION METHOD - A touch panel input device and a processing execution method eliminates wasteful operations of a user and increases user convenience. If a state determination unit (multiple key press detection unit) detects that multiple operation keys displayed on a touch panel screen were multiply pressed, an operation control unit (first processing execution control unit) controls execution of processing corresponding to any one of the plural operation keys. A waiting unit sets a state, which causes processing to wait for a user to make a selection instruction to select and execute processing corresponding to the other operation key. If the selection instruction is accepted, the operation control unit (second processing execution control unit) controls execution of processing corresponding to the selection instruction so as to select and execute the processing corresponding to the other operation key, following the multiple key press. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231294 | Image display systems - Image display systems are provided, in which a touch sensing circuit includes at least one voltage storing unit to generate a corresponding voltage when a capacitance variation caused by a touch event occurs. The voltage storing unit includes a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to an alternating current (AC) common voltage from a common electrode and a second terminal coupled to a first node, a first switching element having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor and a second terminal coupled to the AC common voltage, and a second switching element having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231295 | SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING GESTURES - A system for classifying gestures executed by a user on a surface or in a graphical interface comprising a meta-classification module ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231296 | REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTER - In response to a touch operation performed on an electrostatic touch panel in a liner or curved manner, a controller causes a transmission part to transmit a remote control signal. This structure eliminates the need for pressing operation. Only a touch operation of the electrostatic touch panel for drawing a predetermined trajectory thereon allows remote control of an apparatus. Thus a remote control transmitter simply and securely operable and preventing erroneous operation is provided. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231297 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device has an LCD panel, a light source, and a digitizer disposed on the back surface of the LCD panel. The display device further contains a U-shaped first heat-dissipation plate made of a non-magnetic material. The first heat-dissipation plate is disposed on at least one end of the periphery of the LCD panel in a way that the opening of the U-shape faces toward the LCD panel. The light source is mounted on the first heat-dissipation plate, and an end section of the digitizer is covered with the opening of the plate. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231298 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH A TOUCH PANEL SENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an image display system with a touch panel sensing device, which applied in an electronic device, the touch panel sensing device including a substrate, a black matrix, a first planarizing layer, a conductive metal, vertical and horizontal electrode layers, a second planarization (PLN) layer, and a color resist layer disposed from top to bottom, wherein the vertical and horizontal electrode layers disposed between the first planarizing layer and the second PLN layer; therefore, by placing two perpendicularly electrode layers with the first planarizing layer on the same side, effectively to avoid chromatic aberration and reduce the thickness of the touch panel. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231299 | TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY SCREEN APPARATUS WITH A BUILT-IN ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION LAYER OF WIRE LATTICE - A touch control display screen with a built-in electromagnetic induction layer of wire lattice includes at least a display screen and a housing. An induction layer is provided behind the display screen and is connected to the induction collection control circuit by its output. A control circuit of display screen is provided in the housing. The induction layer is a wire lattice winded and interlaced separately by the wires along the X and Y axes. The wires are insulated with each other at the crossing points. The space within each lattice unit constitutes one induction cell. Because the electromagnetic induction layer is placed behind the display screen and a printed electromagnetic induction antenna array with flexible membrane is adopted as a recognition induction element, it is easy to manufacture and the cost is low. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231300 | Methods and apparatus for improved electrical connection for touch screen display devices - Systems and techniques for providing an electrical connection for a touch screen display sensor. A substrate is fabricated with vias passing through the substrate, and a suitably thin film conductive coating applied to a touch area. Traces, suitably thick film silver frit traces, are placed on the substrate, with a trace extending from a corner of the touch area to a respective via, and including an annular ring around an opening of the via. A conductive pin is secured in each via, with each pin being soldered to the annular ring surrounding the opening of the via in which the pin is secured. The touch screen sensor is then suitably laminated with a protective covering, mounted in a frame, and mounted in a display device in such a way that the pins make contact with a connector of the display device. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231301 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a substrate, a resistive layer, a plurality of signal terminals, a conductive circuit layer, an insulation layer and a plurality of signal lines. The substrate has a touch area and a peripheral area. The signal terminals are disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the resistive layer. The conductive circuit layer is disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the resistive layer. The insulation layer is disposed on the signal terminals and the conductive circuit layer. The signal lines are disposed on the insulation layer and electrically connected to signal terminals, respectively. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231302 | Control method, circuit, and electronic system utilizing the same - A control circuit for a touch panel including a capacitor module coupled to a node. The control circuit includes a power supply, a discharging unit, and a compared unit. The power supply provides a voltage to the node. The discharging unit discharges the node. The compared unit generates an output signal according to the voltage of the node. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231303 | Input system, input device, and input method - An input system includes an input unit with a touch panel, a plurality of seating regions in which an operator can be seated, each of the seating region having an individual electric characteristic and connected to an electric base, an electric-signal supply unit that supplies an electric signal to the input unit with respect to the electric base, and a seating-region specifying unit that detects a response passing between the input unit and the electric base via the operator and the seating region in which the operator is seated, corresponding to the electric signal, when the operator operates the input unit, and that specifies the seating region in which the operator operating the input unit is seated from the detected response, based on the response information having each seating region in which the operator is seated related to the response. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231304 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a touch screen-embedded liquid crystal display panel and a method of manufacturing the same in accordance with one or more embodiments. The touch screen-embedded liquid crystal display panel may include, for example, a transparent first substrate; a second substrate which faces the first substrate; a conductive spacer and a cell-gap spacer which are formed on the first substrate; and a common electrode which is formed on the second substrate and has an aperture in a region that contacts the cell-gap spacer on the first substrate. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231305 | Force Imaging Input Device and System - A force imaging touch pad includes first and second sets of conductive traces separated by a spring membrane. When a force is applied, the spring membrane deforms moving the two sets of traces closer together. The resulting change in mutual capacitance is used to generate an image indicative of the amount or intensity of the applied force. A combined location and force imaging touch pad includes two sets of drive traces, one set of sense traces and a spring membrane. In operation, one of the drive traces is used in combination with the set of sense traces to generate an image of where one or more objects touch the touch pad. The second set of drive traces is used in combination with the sense traces and spring membrane to generate an image of the applied force's strength or intensity. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231306 | EXPANSIBLE STYLUS AND FIXING STRUCTURE FOR FIXING STYLUS THEREOF - A stylus includes an expansible structure. A chamber is formed inside the expansible structure. The stylus further includes an inner body installed inside the chamber in a movable manner relative to a first direction for pressing the expansible structure when moving in the first direction so that the expansible structure expands in a second direction. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231307 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING STILL IMAGE WITH LOW POWER CONSUMPTION AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING STILL IMAGE USING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are a display apparatus and a method of displaying a still image. The display apparatus includes: a display panel including a picture plane on which an image is displayed; an e-paper which is spread to cover the screen of the display panel when the image is no longer displayed through the display panel; and a processor which applies an electric signal to display a still image on the e-paper. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231308 | Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - In one embodiment of the present invention, capacitors are provided in series between the source and gate of a transistor which is a driver TFT. A predetermined voltage is applied to contact of the capacitors in a first period so as to apply a data voltage to the gate of the transistor from a source line. In a second period, the transistor is threshold compensated. The contact of the capacitors is opened in the third period, thereby short-circuiting the capacitor to apply a voltage having been subjected to threshold compensation to a point between the gate and source of the transistor. This pixel circuit structure, in which the driver TFT driving an OLED or another current-driven-type display element is threshold compensated, contains a reduced number of elements per pixel to increases the number of display pixels. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231309 | Plasma Display Panel and Plasma Display Device - In a long-gap discharge using a trigger discharge in a display cell of a PDP having three electrodes (X, Y, A), a technology capable of stably generating the trigger discharge with low power consumption by using a float electrode is provided. In a dielectric layer of the PDP, a long gap is formed between first and second display electrodes, first and second float electrodes which are capacitive-coupled to the first and second display electrodes are formed, and a short gap is formed between the first and second float electrodes. A sustain pulse is applied to the first and second display electrodes, thereby generating a small trigger discharge in the short gap. Subsequently to this discharge, a main discharge at the long gap is generated. Electrodes and capacitances are structured so that the main discharge has an intensity equal to or smaller than one-fifth of an intensity of the trigger discharge. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231310 | GATE DRIVER-ON-ARRAY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A gate driver-on-array structure integrated into a display includes a substrate and a gate driver structure formed thereon. The gate driver structure is disposed in a peripheral region of the substrate. The gate driver structure includes a first layer metal pattern, a second layer metal pattern, and an insulating layer disposed therebetween. The first layer metal pattern includes connection nodes. The insulating layer has through holes exposing the connection nodes. The second layer metal pattern fills into the through holes and in contact with the connection nodes of the first layer metal pattern so as to implement necessary electrical connection of the gate driver structure. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231311 | SCAN DRIVER FOR SELECTIVELY PERFORMING PROGRESSIVE SCANNING AND INTERLACED SCANNING AND A DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A scan driver that selectively performs progressive scanning and interlaced scanning and a display using the same. The scan driver includes a shift register having a plurality of flip-flops arranged in series, an odd line selection unit having a plurality of NAND gates, and an even line selection unit having a plurality of NAND gates. In response to an odd line control signal and an even line control signal input to the odd line selection unit and the even line selection unit, respectively, the scan driver performs progressive scanning or interlaced scanning. The scan driver may also include a mode selection unit to selectively perform progressive scanning or interlaced scanning in response to a mode selection signal. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231312 | Device substrate and liquid crystal panel - A frame size of a device substrate is reduced without a considerable change of a layout. An element side substrate | 2009-09-17 |
20090231313 | Display Apparatus and Electronic Apparatus - A display apparatus is provided which includes a display element section ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231314 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an image displaying apparatus including a motion compensated rate converting (FRC) portion, deterioration of image quality is prevented in an image having a high-speed region and a low-speed region mixed. The FRC portion includes a motion vector detecting portion | 2009-09-17 |
20090231315 | SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DRIVER THEREOF - A shift register and a display driver thereof are provided. The display driver submitted by the present invention can be directly disposed on a glass substrate of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to replace a scan driver commonly used in prior art, so that the cost of the liquid crystal display can be reduced. In addition, the stress taken by the output stage transistor of each shift register stage within the display driver submitted by the present invention can be reduced. Thus, each shift register stage has the highest reliability, and may consequently avoid the erroneous actions when each shift register stage is operated for a long time. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231316 | ROLLABLE BI-STABLE DISPLAY - A system comprises a rollable sheet (SH) forming a loop. The rollable sheet has a first section (SH | 2009-09-17 |
20090231317 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVE METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display panel is driven by providing a plurality of subfields within one field period, the subfield having an initializing period in which the initializing discharge is generated in a discharge cell by applying a ramp-waveform voltage that is gradually descending to a scan electrode, an address period in which an address discharge is generated in the discharge cell by applying a scan pulse voltage to the scan electrode, and a sustain period in which sustain discharges by the number of times corresponding to the luminance weight are generated in the selected discharge cell. The lowest voltage is set of the descending ramp-waveform voltage in the subfield where the luminance weight is the smallest lower than the same voltage in the subfield where the luminance weight is the largest, and a voltage is kept for a prescribed period after the descending ramp-waveform voltage reaches the lowest voltage in the subfield where the luminance weight is the smallest. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231318 | COLUMN SELECT SIGNAL ADJUSTING CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF REDUCING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN BIT LINES AND DATA LINES AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a column select signal adjusting circuit capable of reducing interference between bit lines and data lines and a semiconductor memory device having the same. The column select signal voltage adjusting circuit includes a driving voltage generating unit for producing a driving voltage when the write signal is activated, wherein a voltage level of the driving voltage produced when the write signal is activated is higher than a voltage level of the driving voltage produced when the write signal is inactivated, and a column select signal driving unit for outputting a column select signal by driving a decoding signal to the voltage level of the driving voltage. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231319 | Differential amplifier and drive circuit of display device using the same - Disclosed is a differential amplifier of the present invention includes a differential pair differentially receiving a signal, a current source connected between a first voltage supply and the differential pair, for driving the differential pair, a current-to-voltage converter circuit receiving output currents of the differential pair and producing first and second voltage signals, first and second transistors of mutually different conductivity types connected in series between the first voltage supply and a second voltage supply and respectively receiving the first and second voltage signals at control terminals thereof, a third transistor connected between the second voltage supply and an output terminal and receiving the first voltage signal at a control terminal thereof, and a fourth transistor of the same conductivity type as that of the third transistor, the fourth transistor being connected between the output terminal and the first voltage supply and having a control terminal thereof connected to a connecting node between the first and second transistors. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231320 | Plasma Display Device - A plasma display device which stops power supply or drive of a device by detecting an abnormality. The plasma display device is provided with a panel section ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231321 | SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT OF LCD APPARATUS - A source driver circuit of an LCD apparatus with a small occupied area and low power consumption is disclosed. The source driver circuit comprises a reference voltage circuit, a negative voltage driving DAC, a positive voltage driving DAC, an invert amplifier, a non-invert amplifier and a voltage selector. The reference voltage circuit generates a reference voltage. The negative voltage driving DAC divides the display data into negative gradation voltages. The positive voltage driving DAC divides the display data into positive gradation voltages. The invert amplifier works as an analogue buffer for the negative gradation voltages for driving the LCD apparatus and the non-invert amplifier works as an analogue buffer for the positive gradation voltages for driving the LCD apparatus. The voltage selector provides the reference voltage to the positive and negative voltage driving DACs. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231322 | DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a driving device for a display and the method thereof for driving a pixel matrix containing N×M pixel units. The driving device for a display comprises: a first vertical driver generating N first vertical driving signals in sequence, each of N first vertical driving signals being used to drive the first through the K-th pixel units on each row of the pixel matrix; and a second vertical driver generating N second vertical driving signals in sequence, each of N second vertical driving signals being used to drive the (K+1)-th through the M-th pixel units on each row of the pixel matrix. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231323 | TIMING CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY OPERATING CURRENT - Provided are a timing controller, a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver including the same, and a method of outputting display data, where the timing controller receives a vertical synchronous signal and a data enable signal, generates an internal data enable signal having a period that is longer than the period of the data enable signal in response to the vertical synchronous signal and the data enable signal, and updates a memory using the internal data enable signal; where the LCD driver including the timing controller outputs display data stored in a memory device based on the internal data enable signal; where a data line driving circuit drives data lines based on the output display data; and where the method of outputting display data is performed by the LCD driver. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231324 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device used in miniaturized portable equipment includes a distribution circuit corresponding to a circuit scale of a drive circuit to cope with a high-definition multi-grayscale display. A liquid crystal display device which is constituted of a liquid crystal display element and a liquid crystal drive circuit includes a distribution circuit which distributes an output of a drive circuit to a plurality of video signal lines within one scanning period, the distribution circuit is divided into a plurality of distribution circuits, and control signals are supplied to each distribution circuit from both end portions of the each distribution circuit. Further, when an output part of the drive circuit is configured such that a high withstand-voltage output amplifier and a low withstand-voltage output amplifier are alternately connected with the distribution circuit, a master function and a slave function are imparted to the drive circuit so as to allow the drive circuit to cope with odd-numbered outputs. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231325 | Display device - In a display device having a video signal drive circuit disposed laterally adjacent to the screen, the frame area is reduced and the vertical line noise at the center of the screen is prevented from appearing. Driver lines are drawn to areas disposed above and below a display area from the video signal drive circuit. R, G, and B drain lines are branched from each of the driver lines via R, G, and B switches. The R, G, and B switches are driven by R, G, and B switching lines. In order for preventing the interference between the driver line for supplying the center area of the screen with the image signals and the B switching line, a shield line is disposed between the driver line and the B switching line. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231326 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a driving circuit that drives an electro-optic device by outputting data signals that are subjected to serial-to-parallel conversion into m (m is a natural number greater than or equal to 2) channels through m image signal lines to a plurality of data lines. The driving circuit includes an adjusting section that adjusts the m-channel data signals so that, when a reference signal whose signal level is a reference level is input, the m-channel data signals at least partly reach signal levels different from the reference level for each channel, and the differences between the signal levels and the reference level fall within a predetermined range; and an interchanging section that interchanges the adjustment values adjusted by the adjusting section among the m-channel data signals every predetermined period. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231327 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION OF POINT CLOUD DATA - Method for providing a color representation of three-dimensional range data ( | 2009-09-17 |
20090231328 | VIRTUAL WEB STORE WITH PRODUCT IMAGES - A three dimensional web store having product images is created. Three dimensional product images are rendered from manufacturing information instead of the products themselves. The location of all products, advertisements, aisles, signs, and displays is determined for a real world store. The web store is then created using three dimensional internet or virtual world viewing and maneuvering capabilities, to appear identical to the real world store. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231329 | Processing Graphics Data For A Stereoscopic Display - Processing graphics data for display on a stereoscopic display. In one example embodiment, a method of processing graphics data for display on a stereoscopic display includes several acts. First, a first projection matrix call from a graphics application to a graphics library is intercepted. Next, it is determined that the first projection matrix call produces a perspective projection matrix. Then, the first projection matrix call is forwarded to the graphics library. Next, a first drawing call with a first viewpoint from the graphics application to the graphics library is intercepted. Then, a second drawing call with a second viewpoint is generated. Next, a third drawing call with a third viewpoint is generated. Finally, the second and third drawing calls are forwarded to the graphics library. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231330 | Method and system for rendering a three-dimensional scene using a dynamic graphics platform - There is provided a method of rendering a three-dimensional (3D) scene for viewing on a display using a dynamic graphics platform, where the scene is represented by first group of polygons in 3D space. The method includes determining second and third groups of polygons from first group of polygons, where second group of polygons is determined to be substantially entirely visible in the scene at a viewpoint and third group of polygons is determined to be partially visible in the scene at the viewpoint, projecting vertices of the second and third groups of polygons for viewing on the display, removing portion of each of the third group of polygons determined to be not visible when viewed on the display to form fourth group of polygons, which includes the second group of polygons, and preparing each of the fourth group of polygons for drawing in a pixel-by-pixel process on the display. | 2009-09-17 |
20090231331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREO IMAGES - A method for displaying a stereo eye image on a curved surface is disclosed. A mathematical model of a computer generated scene having a vertex may be generated. A mono vertex vector may be calculated normal to the curved surface at the vertex location on the curved surface to a center of a viewer position. A left vertex may be calculated by applying a cross product to the vertex vector and a viewer's eye position vector. A right vertex may be calculated into the frame buffer by applying the cross product to the vertex vector and a negative viewer's eye position vector. The calculated points may be projected onto a curved surface for viewing. | 2009-09-17 |