40th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110242047 | Touch screen panel and display device having the same - A touch screen panel includes an upper substrate, first contact electrodes on the upper substrate, the first contact electrodes being connected to first detecting lines, a lower substrate, second contact electrodes on the lower substrate, the second contact electrodes being connected to second detecting lines, and a transparent piezoresistive layer between the first contact electrodes and the second contact electrodes, the transparent piezoresistive layer being configured to change resistance at a touch input position to detect touch pressure and touch coordinates. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242048 | CAPACITIVE SENSING ANALOG FRONT END - A capacitive sensing analog front end for a touchscreen system having an improved signal-to-noise ratio includes a capacitance-to-voltage converter having an input for coupling to an external sampling capacitor, a summer having a first input coupled to an output of the capacitance-to-voltage converter, a low pass filter having an input coupled to an output of the summer and an output for providing an output signal; and a sample-and-hold circuit having an input coupled to the output of the low pass filter and an output coupled to a second input of the summer. The signal-to-noise ratio of the touchscreen system is improved by extracting the DC shift of a touch signal during a monitoring period and then subtracting the DC shift before integrating the touch signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242049 | Touch Input Electronic Device - An touch input electronic device includes: a touch input device; a clock generation circuit, generating a first clock and a second clock; a touch sensing circuit, coupled to the touch input device, the touch sensing circuit operated under the first clock; a logic circuit, receiving a sensing output signal from the touch sensing circuit, the logic circuit operated under the second clock; and a conversion circuit, outputting an output voltage under control of the logic circuit, the output voltage coupled to the touch sensing circuit, the conversion circuit operated under the second clock. In response to the sensing output signal from the touch sensing circuit, the logic circuit controls the conversion circuit to adjust the output voltage to detect a capacitance variance of the touch input device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242050 | METHOD AND APPARATUS COMPENSATING PARASITIC CAPACITANCE IN TOUCH PANEL - A touch controller and touch display device incorporating same are described. The touch controller includes a parasitic capacitance compensation unit that receives a common electrode voltage to generate a quantity of charge capable of compensating for a quantity of charge associated with a parasitic capacitance between a sensing channel and a common electrode in a touch panel capable of capacitive sensing of a touch input. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242051 | Proximity Sensor - In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring detection by a sensing element of a key touch on a touch screen; determining an amount of time that has elapsed since the sensing element last detected a change of capacitance indicative of a key touch on the touch screen; and, if the amount of time that has elapsed exceeds a predetermined time duration, then initiating a particular function of an apparatus. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242052 | MULTIPLE TOUCH LOCATION IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR - A touch screen capable of correctly identifying multiple touches employs multiple active line arrays oriented to provide multi-dimensional data. Three arrays of capacitance based active lines are each distinctly oriented to form a plurality of intersections. A first and second array are generally oriented perpendicularly while a third array is oriented to bisect the resulting matrix such that the active lines of the third array also intersect the existing vertices. As a result of a touch each active line array identifies the location of the touch from three distinct directions. Ambiguity from dual touch scenarios existing in dual array systems is removed by providing an additional reference. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242053 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - An optical touch screen device includes a display panel, a light source module, an image capture module, a sound detecting member, and a processing unit. The display panel includes a display screen. The light source module is configured for emitting light to illuminate an input device on the display screen. The image capture module is configured for capturing images of the illuminated input device, determining coordinates of a position of the input device on the display screen based on the images, and generating a first input signal associated with the coordinates of the input device. The sound detecting member is configured for detecting a stroke of the input device on the display screen, and generating a second input signal associated with the stroke of the input device. The processing unit is configured for generating a command signal based on the first input signal and the second input signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242054 | PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE PROJECTION IMAGE - A projection system includes an image projector, an invisible light transmitter and an invisible light sensor. The image projector is used for projecting a projection image on a physical plane. The invisible light transmitter is used for generating an invisible light plane, which is parallel with the physical plane. The invisible light sensor is in communication with the image projector. When a pointing object is placed on a touching point, an invisible light beam reflected from the pointing object is received by the invisible light sensor. According to the invisible light beam, a sensing signal indicative of a spatial coordinate position of the touching point is acquired and transmitted to the image projector. The image projector recognizes and calculates the spatial coordinate position of the touching point according to the sensing signal and performs a controlling action according to the spatial coordinate position. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242055 | COMPOSITE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A composite touch screen panel is applied to an electronic device. The touch screen panel includes a display module configured to output data and a spatial touch panel disposed at a top of the display module. The composite touch screen panel also includes an Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) panel arranged to overlap at a top of the spatial touch panel. The composite touch screen panel further includes a controller configured to sense a touch position sensed in the spatial touch panel and APR panel and perform a corresponding function of the device. The composite touch screen panel thereby integrates a spatial touch panel and an APR panel to exclude an existing silver (Ag) line and signal line, and maximizes a space utilization of a panel. Thus, the composite touch screen panel is capable of enabling a smooth performance of a precise touch and a long key function and drag operation. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242056 | Optical Recognition User Input Device And Method Of Recognizing Input From User - Disclosed is an optical recognition user input device and method for recognizing user input that can prevent an error in recognition of plural touch points. A plurality of optical transmission/reception modules (T/R) are disposed around a touch panel including a plurality of pixels. Each of the optical T/R modules includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. A controller controls operation of the optical T/R modules and calculates a user touch location on the touch panel based on an optical signal received by the light receiving unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242057 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel including a transparent substrate; a background layer including a color printing layer along an edge of a surface of the transparent substrate; an overcoating layer on the surface of the transparent including the upper portion of the background layer; conductive sensing cells on the overcoating layer; and position detection lines. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242058 | Display panel including a soft key - A display panel includes a transparent substrate, a picture region, a black matrix region around the picture region, and a soft key region, a black matrix formed in the black matrix region on one side of the transparent substrate and having a first opening in the soft key region, an overcoating layer on the transparent substrate including the black matrix, and a metal pattern on the overcoating layer, the metal pattern overlapping the first opening, the metal pattern including a second opening having a smaller area than the first opening, and partially exposing the first opening, wherein a soft key is implemented in the soft key region by disposing a light source under the first opening and the second opening. When the display panel is a touch screen panel, conductive sensing cells in the picture region and position detection lines in the black matrix region are included. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242059 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING INPUT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OUTPUTTING CHARACTERS BASED ON SOUND STROKE PATTERNS - A method and electronic device for receiving input and outputting characters based on sound stroke patterns are described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for receiving input on an electronic device, comprising: detecting sounds generated by characters written on a writing surface; identifying strokes defining the characters from the detected sounds in accordance with a number of predefined sound signatures, wherein each character written on the writing surface is defined by a stroke sequence comprising at least one stroke; determining at least one character which matches the at least one stroke in each stroke sequence; and outputting a string comprising the at least one character which matches the at least one stroke in each stroke sequence. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242060 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD THEREFOR - An interactive input system comprises at least one imaging assembly having a field of view looking into a region of interest and capturing image frames and processing structure in communication with the at least one imaging assembly. When a pointer exists in captured image frames, the processing structure demodulates the captured image frames to determine frequency components thereof and examines the frequency components to determine at least one attribute of the pointer. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242061 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a stylus barrel, a electrically conductive stylus head connecting to the stylus barrel, a rod assembly and a shaft. The rod assembly includes a swing block and an elastic member connecting the end of the swing block. The rod assembly is assembled in stylus barrel, the shaft is secured on the stylus barrel and passes through the swing block, making the swing block enable to tilt about the shaft, an end of the stylus head rotatably connects the other end of the swing block relative to the elastic member, the other end of the stylus head exposed to the stylus barrel, the elastic member provides an elastic force to cause the stylus head return to the original position after the stylus is moved into a tilted position. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242062 | STYLUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a stylus and a method of manufacturing the same. The stylus is configured to select one of plural pieces of content installed in advance in a communication terminal and indicate an associated operation of the selected piece of content to be performed by touching the selected piece of content with the stylus. The stylus includes a non-conductive elastic pen tip and a protective cap made of a conductive fiber material and covering a convex upper portion of the pen tip to protect the convex upper portion of the pen tip in order to prevent activation of an undesired icon through minimization of any possible recognition failure upon selection of an icon among various icons displayed on a touch screen of a communication terminal Further, the method provides a stylus which includes a non-conductive elastic pen tip and a protective cap made of a conductive fiber material and protecting the pen tip to minimize scratches, which can be formed on a touch screen by the stylus in the case of repeated selection of various icons displayed on the touch screen of a communication terminal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242063 | Pen-like optical input device - A pen-like optical input device includes a body. A light source, a light sensing unit and a lens are disposed in the body, a light ray is emitted by the light source to the outside of the body, and a reflected light ray is generated outside the body. The reflected light ray then is received by the light sensing unit after being refracted by the lens, in which the light sensing unit has a light receiving surface, and a normal of the light receiving surface inclines to an optical axis of the lens, thereby forming an angle with the optical axis. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242064 | OPERATION UNIT - The operation unit includes a shaft that receives by its one end a pressing force applied through a pressing operation by a finger/thumb, a rotating body that rotates about the shaft according to an operation by the finger/thumb within a movable range of the finger/thumb, a first sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, a second sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in a direction other than the axial direction of the shaft, and a third sensor that detects a rotating state of the rotating body. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242065 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes at least twelve sub-pixels, arranged continuously in a row. In a scanning time of the display panel, sub-pixels respectively disposed at a 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 10th and 12th column have a first polarity, and sub-pixels respectively disposed at a 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th and 11th column have a second polarity. The first polarity is opposite to the second polarity. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242066 | DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM USING SINGLE LEVEL DATA TRANSMISSION WITH EMBEDDED CLOCK SIGNAL - A display driving system using single level data transmission with embedded clock signals. The display driving system is configured to embed a clock signal of the same level between data signals and transmit these signals as a single level signal, wherein a cycle at which clock signals are embedded is controlled and a data format is constructed such that a control data transmission step can be extended over 2 words. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242067 | MULTII-SCAN ANALOG SUB-FIELDS FOR SAMPLE AND HOLD DISPLAYS - An addressing method for sample and hold displays suitable for multi-scan applications (supporting several frame rates) shall be provided. Thus, there is disclosed a method for displaying a picture on a display screen including the steps of providing an input signal including a sequence of plural frames, each corresponding to a single picture, temporally dividing each frame having a frame duration into sub-fields and controlling a display element of the display screen on the basis of the sub-fields. The number and/or duration of sub-fields of each frame is automatically adapted to the frame duration of the frame. Furthermore, the amplitude of a sub-field controlling signal corresponding to the last subfield of each frame may be automatically adapted to the frame duration of the frame. Such display methods provide for a high grayscale quality and linearity even if the frame rate is not stable nor well-defined. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242068 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A display device includes: a plurality of arranged pixels, each of which includes an electro-optical component, a write-in transistor writing an image signal in a pixel, a maintenance capacity maintaining the image signal written by the write-in transistor, and a driving transistor driving the electro-optical component based on the image signal maintained by the maintenance capacity; wherein the driving transistor has a sandwich gate structure in which a channel region is sandwiched between two gate electrodes, and the electro-optical component is formed so that at least a portion of one of the two gate electrodes and an anode electrode are opposite to each other. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242069 | Inverter circuit and display device - An inverter circuit including: first to third transistors; first and second switches; and a first capacitive element. The first and second transistors are connected in series between a first voltage line and a second voltage line. The third transistor is connected between the second voltage line and a gate of the second transistor. The first and second switches are connected in series between a voltage supply line and a gate of the third transistor, and are turned on/off alternately to prevent the first and second switches from simultaneously turning ON. One end of the first capacitive element is connected to a node between the first and second switches. Off-state of the first transistor allows a predetermined fixed voltage to be supplied from the voltage supply line to the gate of the second transistor, via the first switch, the one end of the first capacitive element and the second switch. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242070 | SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A semiconductor display device comprising a pixel portion and a signal line driver circuit comprising a first circuit, a second circuit configured to control timing of the sampled serial video signals by the first circuit, and a third circuit configured to perform signal processing on the parallel video signals, wherein the second circuit comprises a first semiconductor element formed over a first substrate, the first semiconductor element including a first semiconductor layer, wherein the third circuit comprises a second semiconductor element formed over a second substrate, the second semiconductor element including a second semiconductor layer, wherein the pixel portion comprises a third semiconductor element formed over the second substrate, the third semiconductor element including a third semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises silicon or germanium, and wherein each the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer has a wider bandgap than the first semiconductor layer. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242071 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - To increase the frequency of input of image signals, a pixel portion of a liquid crystal display device is divided into a plurality of regions, and input of image signals is controlled in each of the plurality of regions. As a result, a plurality of scan lines can be selected at the same time in the liquid crystal display device. That is, in the liquid crystal display device, image signals can be simultaneously supplied to pixels placed in a plurality of rows, among pixels arranged in matrix. Thus, the frequency of input of an image signal to each pixel can be increased without change in response speed of a transistor or the like included in the liquid crystal display device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242072 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD OF LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a driving circuit, a first electric supply line, and a second electric supply line. In a case where while an image is displayed on the first substrate side, an image is not displayed on the second substrate side, the value of the potential which is supplied to the second electric supply line, to be a value where voltage between both ends of the second light-emitting element falls below the light-emitting threshold voltage. In a case where while an image is not displayed on the first substrate side, an image is displayed on the second substrate side, the value of the potential which is supplied to the first electric supply line, to be a value where voltage between both ends of the first light-emitting element falls below the light-emitting threshold voltage. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242073 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A high-quality display is achieved by suppressing a disturbance in alignment in a liquid crystal display panel including a substrate structured so that a slit in a pixel electrode intersects with a scanning signal line or an auxiliary capacitor line. An active matrix substrate ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110242074 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING AGEING EFFECTS IN LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention relates to a method for compensating ageing effects of pixel outputs displaying an image on a display device. The method involves displaying a first image on an active display area ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110242075 | OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE - An optical sensor device includes a plurality of optical sensor units two-dimensionally arranged, a scan driver, and a detection driver. The scan driver sets optical sensor units, in each row, in a selected state. The detection driver acquires detection signals corresponding to illuminance of incident light on the optical sensor units. Each of the optical sensor units comprises a first optical sensor including a first photoelectric conversion section blocked from light and a second optical sensor including a second photoelectric conversion section configured to change the illuminance in response to an externally applied external force. The detection driver maintains each voltage of electrodes of the first optical sensors and each voltage of electrodes of the second optical sensors in equal voltage levels to each other, and acquires a plurality of voltage signals in parallel. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242076 | DEVICE FOR DRIVING DATA AND METHOD THEREOF USED FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A device for driving data used for a liquid crystal display includes: a first latch circuit and a second latch circuit for forming first latched data and second latched data; a first regulating circuit and a second regulating circuit for regulating the first latched data or the second latched data; a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and a fourth switch respectively coupled between the first latch circuit or the second circuit and the first regulating circuit or the second regulating circuit. The first and the second latched data become a first pair of differential signals when the first switch and the fourth switch are turned on. The first and the second latched data become a second pair of differential signals which are opposite to the first pair of differential signals when the second switch and the third switch are turned on. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242077 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to an active matrix display device including a plurality of pixels and a source driver ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110242078 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THIS - In a display panel having no black matrix in a picture-frame region, occurrence of flicker in the picture-frame region is suppressed. On a substrate constituting a liquid crystal panel, a peripheral electrode is formed in such a way as to cover at least a part of an electrical wiring line arranged in a picture-frame region facing a counter electrode with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. Also, a voltage generating circuit for providing a predetermined potential to the peripheral electrode is provided in the liquid crystal panel. A control signal, which is a binary signal, is provided to the voltage generating circuit from an external source. The voltage generating circuit provides a potential having a predetermined potential difference from a potential provided to the counter electrode, or a potential equal to the potential provided to the counter electrode, to the peripheral electrode according to a value of the control signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242079 | Inverter circuit and display device - An inverter circuit includes: first and second transistors connected between first and second voltage lines; a fifth transistor having a drain connected to a fifth voltage line and a source connected to a gate of the second transistor; a first capacitive element between a gate and the source of the fifth transistor; a second capacitive element between a first input terminal and the source of the fifth transistor; and the third capacitive element between a second input terminal and the source of the fifth transistor. A first pulse signal into the first input terminal has a phase advanced more than a second pulse signal into the second input terminal. The second pulse signal is switched while the gate of the fifth transistor and the first voltage line are connected. The first pulse signal is switched while the gate of the fifth transistor and the first voltage line are unconnected. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242080 | Inverter circuit and display - An inverter circuit includes: a first transistor and a second transistor; a first switch and a second switch; and a first capacity element, in which the first and second transistors are connected in series between a first voltage line and a second voltage line, the first and second switches are connected in series between a supply voltage line and a gate of the second transistor, and are alternately turned on and off so as not to be turned on simultaneously, an end of the first capacity element is connected between the first switch and the second switch, and off-state of the first transistor allows a predetermined fixed voltage to be supplied from the supply voltage line to the gate of the second transistor through the first switch, the end of the first capacity element and the second switch. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242081 | METHOD OF DRIVING INFORMATION DISPLAY PANEL - Provided is a method of driving an information display panel in which: at least two types of display media comprised of particle groups containing chargeable particles are sealed between opposed two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent; a voltage is applied across a pair of opposed pixel electrodes formed such that conductive films provided to the respective substrates face each other to move the display media, thereby displaying an information image, wherein, at the time of deleting the information image displayed on the information display panel, application of an alternating voltage and application of positive or negative voltage two or more cycles in a row are combined to delete the information image. With this method of driving an information display panel, it is possible to sufficiently delete a history of a previously displayed information image without causing the decrease in lifetime of display-rewriting and increase in power consumption. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242082 | DRIVE VOLTAGE CONTROL DEVICE - A buffer generates a load drive voltage by impedance-converting an input signal and outputs the generated load drive voltage to a load circuit. An input level controller controls a voltage of the input signal to be a boost voltage having a potential higher than that of a targeted drive voltage of the load drive voltage during a certain period in an initial stage where the voltage of the input signal is changed, and controls the voltage of the input signal to be the targeted drive voltage during the period other than the certain period in the initial stage of the voltage change. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242083 | DISPLAY AND PIXEL CIRCUIT THEREOF - A display panel is disclosed. The display panel includes a data line, a scan line, a first switch connected to a first voltage, a second switch connected to a second voltage, and a pixel. The pixel is further comprised of a data transistor having a first source/drain electrode connected to the data line, a gate electrode connected to the scan line and a second source/drain electrode, a driving transistor having a first source/drain electrode connected via a first switch to the first voltage, a gate electrode connected via the second switch to the second voltage and a second source/drain electrode, a storage capacitor having a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor and a second electrode connected to the first source/drain electrode of the driving transistor and to the second source/drain electrode of the data transistor, and a lighting device having an anode electrode connected to the second source/drain electrode of the driving transistor and a cathode electrode connected to a third voltage. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242084 | Source driver for liquid crystal display panel - A source driver for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel in which during a first predetermined period immediately after polarity of a voltage according to image data is inverted, each column terminal of the LCD panel is shorted to a common line through an output terminal and a second switch element, a first output amplifying portion is set to a high impedance state, and an output signal of a second output amplifying portion is fed back to a differential amplifying portion through a third switch element. During a period after the first predetermined period and before inversion of polarity of a voltage according to the image data, an output signal of the first output amplifying portion is supplied to the output terminal without passing though a switch element, and is fed back to the differential amplifying portion through a fourth switch element. The output signal of the second output amplifying portion is fed back to the differential amplifying portion through the first and fourth switch elements. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242085 | VOLTAGE LEVEL SELECTION CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DRIVER - A decoder includes a first sub-decoder that receives a first level voltage set and outputs voltages selected according to lower L-bits of N-bit data, a second sub-decoder that receives a second level voltage set and outputs voltages selected according to the lower L-bits, a third sub-decoder that selects, according to higher M-bits, one voltage from the voltages selected by the first and second sub-decoders, a fourth sub-decoder that outputs voltages selected according to lower P-bits from among a third level voltage set, a fifth sub-decoder that selects one voltage selected according to higher Q-bits from the voltages output from the fourth sub-decoder, and a sixth sub-decoder that controls conduction and non-conduction based on K-bits, between one output among outputs of the first sub-decoder, and one output among outputs of the fourth sub-decoder; output of the third sub-decoder and output of the fifth sub-decoder are connected to an output terminal; the first, second, and third sub-decoders are configured from transistor switches of said first polarity, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth sub-decoders are configured from transistor switches of said second polarity. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242086 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus of the present invention includes display sections ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110242087 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a plurality of luminescent pixels arranged in a display. A power supply is connected to the plurality of luminescent pixels and configured to apply a high potential and a low potential to the plurality of luminescent pixels. A voltage measurer is configured to measure, for at least one pixel from among the plurality of luminescent pixels arranged in the display, at least one potential of the high potential and the low potential applied to the at least one pixel. A voltage regulator is configured to regulate the power supply in accordance with the at least one potential measured by the voltage measurer by setting a potential difference between the high potential and the low potential applied to the at least one pixel to a predetermined potential difference. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242088 | REDUCED-POWER COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A method for reducing power consumption of an electronic display is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes transmitting data packets over a data channel between a timing controller and a column driver of the display. Data transmission modes may be read from headers of the data packets, and image data of the packets may be processed at the column driver based on their respective data transmission modes. Further, the data channel may be intermittently deactivated during transmission of the data packets based on their respective data transmission modes. Additional methods, systems, and devices relating to electronic displays are also disclosed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242089 | LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - In one embodiment, the liquid crystal shutter is equipped with a first liquid crystal panel in the OCB mode to control the transmissivity of the light entering into left eye and a second liquid crystal panel in the OCB mode to control the transmissivity of the light entering into right eye, and a drive portion to control the transmissivity. The drive portion applies a normal voltage of a normal drive in a pulse shape and a retention voltage having a pulse shape with lower frequency than the normal voltage or lower voltage than normal voltage to the first liquid crystal panel and the second liquid crystal panel. The drive portion switches between the normal drive and the retention drive while maintaining bend alignment state. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242090 | AUGMENTED REALITY DIRECTION ORIENTATION MASK - An augmented reality device provides a virtual mask that surrounds the viewer and includes a variation that provides information about the direction to a target item. The variation, which may be a variation in transparency, color, geometric shape, texture, material, lighting, or shading, is associated with the position of the target item so that orientation of the variation in the virtual mask does not change with respect to the direction of the target item. A portion of the virtual mask that is in the direction that the viewer is facing is displayed over the real-world image with the variation in the virtual mask providing information to the viewer about the direction of the target item. When the viewer rotates with respect to the target item, a different portion of the virtual mask that is in the current field of view is displayed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242091 | IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT - An image processing circuit includes a first memory, a second memory, a write unit and a read unit. The first and second memories alternately store sub pixels of an input image including a plurality of parallax images corresponding to different view point directions. The write unit writes the sub pixels to one of the first and second memories. The read unit reads the sub pixels as an output image from the other of the first and second memories. Each of the first and second memories stores sub pixels for a plurality of successive lines. While the write unit writes the sub pixels of the input image to one of the first and second memories, the read unit reads the sub pixels of the output image from the other of the first and second memories. The first and the second memories are alternately changed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242092 | Image display system - An image display system including: an image acquisition section that acquires a specific number of images of an imaging subject by imaging with an imaging section from different respective imaging positions; a detection section that detects regions of attention expressing specific loci of attention in each of the specific number of images acquired by the image acquisition section; and a selection section that selects, from combinations of the images, a combination of images for display as images on a display section, the combination of images having a minimum number of images having all of the loci of attention expressed by the regions of attention detected by the detection section in the specific number of images. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE DATA IN IMAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus for providing image data in an image system includes: a stereoscopic image generation unit configured to receive image data and depth information data and generate stereoscopic image data; a parallax calculation unit configured to analyze parallax information of a 3D image from the stereoscopic image data, divide the analyzed parallax information step by step, and determine parallax step information; a caption and text generation unit configured to generate a caption and a text by applying the parallax step information and generate position information of the generated caption and text; and an image synthesis unit configured to insert the caption and text into the stereoscopic image data based on the position information of the caption and text and provide 3D image data. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242094 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic image display includes an input module, a luminance processing module, a display panel, a light source, and a control module. The input module takes in a first image signal and a second image signal which has a parallax with respect to the first image signal and whose luminance is lower than that of the first image signal. The control module controls the lighting time of the light source to make the length of lighting time of the light source longer than a predetermined length of time when the first image signal whose luminance has been decreased by the luminance processing module is displayed on the display panel, and to make the length of the lighting time shorter than the predetermined length of time when the second image signal whose luminance has been increased by the luminance processing module is displayed on the display panel. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242095 | METHOD FOR DEFINING FLUID/SOLID BOUNDARY FOR COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS - A method for defining a fluid/solid boundary for computational fluid dynamics simulations making use of a coordinate system mesh and a solid object model comprises: a step of defining straight lines on which all of the grid points of the coordinate system mesh are positioned; a step of obtaining intersecting points of the straight lines with the surface of the solid object model; and a step in which, for each of the straight lines having the intersecting points, the grid points on the straight line are searched for a nearest point to each of the intersecting points, and based on the searched-out nearest points, the grid points positioned are determined whether the grid point is positioned inside the solid object model or in the fluid region. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242096 | ANATOMY DIAGRAM GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A storage unit stores a multiplicity of keywords to be extracted from medical treatment reports, each of the multiplicity of keywords representing a region of a human body, a disease name, or a treatment method, and an image generation condition for volume rendering appropriate for the region or the like in such a manner that each of the multiplicity of keywords and the image generation condition are correlated with each other. An extraction unit extracts, from a medical treatment report, at least one of the multiplicity of keywords representing a region of a human body, a disease name, or a treatment method. An image generation unit generates an anatomy diagram by performing volume rendering on a three-dimensional image representing a three-dimensional human body model by using the image generation condition correlated with the at least one of the multiplicity of keywords. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242097 | PROJECTION IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - In generating a virtual endoscopic image, an interior of a lumen is made viewable even when the viewpoint position is changed. A virtual endoscopic image generation element generates a virtual endoscopic image by volume rendering based on three-dimensional data. An opacity curve setting element sets an opacity curve which defines the relationship between pixel values of the three-dimensional data and opacity values. A viewpoint position setting element sets a viewpoint position of a virtual endoscopic image. A movement amount determination element determines a movement amount of the opacity curve with respect to an opacity curve at a reference viewpoint position. When a virtual endoscopic image is generated by the virtual endoscopic image generation element, the opacity curve setting element sets an opacity curve obtained by moving the opacity curve by the determined movement amount in the virtual endoscopic image generation element. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242098 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a plurality of faces are arranged in order of distance, a three-dimensional effect evaluation value r for each face is determined on the basis of a three-dimensional effect evaluation function Fl having a point A which internally divides the distance from the front side to the rear side in the depth direction at 1:2 as the vertex. A face with the maximum three-dimensional effect evaluation value r, serving as a face with the highest priority, is determined to be a main object. Then, three-dimensional processing is performed on a plurality of images such that the parallax of the determined main object is the minimum, thereby generating an image for three-dimensional display. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a reproduction control unit inputting single viewpoint images and multi viewpoint images and generating output data to be output to a display unit. In a case where the display unit performs display in a multi viewpoint image display mode, the reproduction control unit generates and outputs the output data in which each viewpoint image forming the multi viewpoint image is developed at a development position of each viewpoint image defined according to a multi viewpoint image transmission format when outputting the multi viewpoint images. The reproduction control unit generates and outputs the output data in which the same single viewpoint image is developed at the development position of each viewpoint image defined according to the multi viewpoint image transmission format when outputting the single viewpoint images. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242100 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object to provide a specific driving method for reduction in power consumption in displaying a 3D image with field sequential driving. A driving method of a liquid crystal display device is a method in which a stereoscopic image can be perceived with a liquid crystal display device switching an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye to display the image for the left eye or the image for the right eye, and a pair of glasses having a switching means with which the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye are switched in synchronization with display of the image for the left eye or the image for the right eye in order that the left or right eye of a viewer may selectively perceive the image for the left eye or the image for the right eye; the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye are perceived by the left eye or right eye in a mixed color by switching light which is emitted from a backlight portion and which corresponds to a plurality of colors, within a predetermined period, and the light which is emitted from the backlight portion are continuously emitted in accordance with an image signal of each of a plurality of colors which forms the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242101 | STEREOSCOPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER GLASSES AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, stereoscopic liquid crystal shutter glasses include a left-eye liquid crystal shutter and a right-eye liquid crystal shutter. Each of the left-eye liquid crystal shutter and the right-eye liquid crystal shutter has a response time not more than 5 milliseconds. Each of the left-eye liquid crystal shutter and the right-eye liquid crystal shutter has a contrast ratio not less than 350:1. The contrast ratio is a value at an angle of sight of 30 degrees in left direction and in right direction. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242102 | VEHICLE USER INTERFACE UNIT FOR A VEHICLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vehicle user interface unit for a vehicle electronic device. The vehicle user interface unit includes a three-dimensional (ā3Dā) display unit having a display, and is configured to display an image for perception by a user as a virtual 3D image. The virtual 3D image is at least partially located in front of the display when the user observes the display. A display control unit is configured to control the generation of the image by the 3D display unit. The virtual 3D image includes a 3D object having at least two regions located in different spatial planes. Each region includes a plurality of interaction elements. An input unit is configured to detect the location of a user-controlled object and to interpret the detection of a predefined variation of the user-controlled object as a selection of one of the interaction elements in the virtual 3D image. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242103 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method for displaying an image of the mobile terminal are disclosed. An optimum stereoscopic image is provided to a user and virtual information or a graphic object having the same depth as that of a particular object included in the stereoscopic image is displayed to correspond to the particular object, thereby informing the user that the virtual information or the graphic object is information regarding the particular object. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242104 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Three-Dimensional Motion Pictures with Content Adaptive Information - The present invention relates generally to methods and systems for the production of 3D motion picture subtitles adapted to image content for improved viewer experience. Some embodiments of the present invention relate to positioning subtitles at variable, scene-dependent depth. Certain aspects of the present invention may be applicable to general 3D display applications and/or digital projection of 3D motion pictures. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242105 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method whereby an image and so forth that a contents producer intends can be displayed in a case where a stereoscopic image content is displayed as a 2D image. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242106 | Generalized scatter plots - Color cell-based data placement systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that visualize large amounts of multidimensional data on an output by rearranging data objects to variably grant more output space to areas with high data density and less output space to areas with low data density, and to variably rearrange overlapping data objects based on a number of data objects already placed at a preferred cell position for the data object. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242107 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The apparatus includes: an image file storing unit configured to store at least one image file including a plurality of image data; an image file specifying unit configured to specify one of the at least one image file according to a user operation; an image display controller configured to display, on a display screen, one of the plurality of image data included in the specified image file; a plotting operation receiver configured to receive a user plotting operation that is performed on a targeted analysis point in the displayed image data, wherein a plot point is plotted on the display screen according to the user plotting operation; and a plotting display controller configured to sequentially display the plurality of image data included in the specified image file while displaying a plurality of plot points plotted on the display screen according to a plurality of user plotting operations. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242108 | VISUALIZATION OF COMPLEXLY RELATED DATA - A method for displaying complex relationships among data that includes selecting a first subset, a second subject, and a third subset of data from a database. Two or more relationships are identified among the first, second, and third subsets of data. One or more visualizations are provided that display the two or more relationships among the first, second, and third subsets of data. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242109 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMPLIFYING A COMPLEX PATH - The invention relates to a technical field of graphic image processing, especially to a technology for simplifying a complex path. The invention provides a method and a device for simplifying a complex path, to accomplish simplification of any complex path into a simple path of a region described by the complex path. The method for simplifying a complex path comprises: parsing the complex path into a vector linked-list consisted of linked monotonic vectors; dividing each vector in the vector linked-list into vector segments according to intersection points of the vector with other vectors in the vector linked-list; and extracting from all vector segments the vector segments located on a boundary of a region defined by the complex path, and connecting the extracted vector segments according to their location to obtain a simple path. According the method of the present application, a complex path can be simplified to a simplest path defining a region by utilizing node scanning process, such that operations on a vector level for a complex path can be realized. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242110 | DEPICTION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR FORENSIC PURPOSES - A method and/or system that can be implemented on a computing device or tables or board game or otherwise uses a rule set to evaluate data about a situation and actors in order to provide advice regarding strategies for influencing actors and/or other outputs. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242111 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND POSITIONING ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR A PROCESS VARIABLE IN A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF AN INDUSTRIAL HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE - A method includes receiving a trigger to present a balloon notification on a display. The notification is associated with an object in the display. The method also includes determining dimensions of the notification and determining a suitable location in the display for the notification. The method further includes presenting the notification in the display at the suitable location. Determining the suitable location in the display for the notification could include (i) determining whether the notification if placed proximate to a first corner of the object would be presented completely in the display, (ii) determining how many other objects in the display would be obstructed by the notification if placed proximate to the first corner of the object, and/or (iii) determining how much total area of other objects in the display would be obstructed by the notification if placed proximate to the first corner of the object. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242112 | Display device and driving circuit thereof - The display driver includes: a display data compression circuit; a recording circuit; a display data decompression circuit; and an output circuit. Further, the display driver is provided with a compressibility setting circuit. The display data compression circuit has the function of compressing the display data according to a compressibility set by the compressibility setting circuit. With the display driver arranged like this, the power consumption can be reduced by increasing the compressibility for a displayed image such that the image quality is not noticeably deteriorated even with the compressibility increased. Further, for the displayed image such that the image quality is noticeably deteriorated with the compressibility increased, a sufficient image quality after data decompression can be secured by lowering the compressibility. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242113 | Method And System For Processing Pixels Utilizing Scoreboarding - In a graphics processing device, a plurality of processors write fragment shading results for order-dependent data to a buffer, according to the order in which the data is received. Fragment shading results for order-neutral data is written to the buffer one batch at a time. The order-dependent data comprises spatially overlapping data. Order-neutral data may not overlap. A scheduler controls the order of reception of one batch of data at a time by the processors. The order for receiving the order-dependent data may be determined. The plurality of processors may process the data in parallel. A writing order for writing results to a buffer from the processing in parallel, may be enforced. A portion of the processors may be instructed to wait before writing results to the buffer in a specified order. Processors signal when writing results to the buffer is complete. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242114 | 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. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242115 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING WITH AID OF A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for performing image signal processing (ISP) with the aid of a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes: utilizing an ISP pipeline to perform pre-processing on source data of at least one portion of at least one source frame image to generate intermediate data of at least one portion of at least one intermediate frame image, where the ISP pipeline stores the intermediate data into a memory; and utilizing the GPU to retrieve the intermediate data from the memory and perform specific processing on the intermediate data to generate processed data, where the GPU stores the processed data into the external/on-chip memory. In particular, at least one of the intermediate data and the processed data complies with a specific color format. In addition, an associated apparatus is further provided. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242116 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING FRAME REFRESH - Techniques are described that track the lines and pixels in a frame buffer in the host system that are being modified and transmit these modified scan lines and modified pixel locations to the self refresh display instead of entire contents of the frame buffer. The graphics adapter informs the self refresh display of the modified scan lines or pixel information and then sends the pixel data over the communications channel to the display. Custom codes can be used to identify and transmit modified scan lines and pixels to the self refresh display logic. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242117 | BINDLESS TEXTURE AND IMAGE API - One embodiment of the present invention sets for a method for accessing data objects stored in a memory that is accessible by a graphics processing unit (GPU). The method comprises the steps of creating a data object in the memory based on a command received from an application program, wherein the data object is organized non-linearly in the memory, transmitting a first handle associated with the data object to the application program such that data associated with different draw commands can be accessed by the GPU, wherein the first handle includes an address related to the location of the data object in the memory, receiving a first draw command as well as the first handle from the application program, and transmitting the first draw command and the first handle to the GPU for processing. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242118 | State Objects for Specifying Dynamic State - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for transmitting state information associated with at least one graphics command to a graphics processor. The method includes the steps of generating a state object that specifies a set of properties that is needed to execute a first graphics command within the graphics processor, storing in the state object a value associated with a first property included in the set of properties, marking a second property included in the set of properties as a dynamic property, where a value associated with the second property is not stored in the state object and can be updated without having to modify the state object, and transmitting the state object to the graphics processor in order to execute the first graphics command | 2011-10-06 |
20110242119 | GPU Work Creation and Stateless Graphics in OPENGL - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for generating work to be processed by a graphics pipeline residing within a graphics processor. The method includes the steps of receiving an indication that a first graphics workload is to be submitted to a command queue associated with the graphics processor, allocating a first portion of shader accessible memory for one or more units of state information that are necessary for processing the first graphics workload, populating the first portion of shader accessible memory with the one or more units of state information, and transmitting to the command queue of the graphics processor the one or more units of state information stored within the first portion of shader accessible memory, wherein the first graphics workload is processed within the graphics pipeline based on the one or more units of state information. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242120 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVIING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING - The display unit can reduce the electric power consumed by the process of calculating an adjustment coefficient for display data, as typified by gradient control, and it can be readily adapted even to a display panel with a higher resolution. The display unit includes: a plurality of driving units arrayed in parallel and each operable to output a drive signal to a display panel; a plurality of first calculation units, and a plurality of display RAMs, each paired with one first calculation unit, the pairs of the first calculation units and display RAMs laid out along a direction of the parallel array of the driving units; and a second calculation unit which distributes display data supplied from outside to the display RAMs, receives display data from the display RAMs in parallel to analyze a histogram of tone distribution of pixel data corresponding to one screen, and calculates the adjustment coefficient based on a result of the analysis. In the display unit, the adjustment coefficient thus calculated is sent back to the first calculation units. The first calculation unit performs a calculation using display data read from the corresponding display RAM and the adjustment coefficient thereby to create drive data for the display panel. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242121 | SLIDE PREPARATION - Presenting a slide. Anticipating a slide to be selected for display. Receiving data of the anticipated slide in an unconstructed format. Constructing the anticipated slide from the received data. Caching the constructed slide. Pre-drawing the constructed slide in construction memory. Receiving instructions to display a slide. In the event that the instructed slide is the cached and pre-drawn slide, rendering the pre-drawn slide to display memory. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN ACTIVE INPUT AREA - Various methods for determining an active input area are provided. One example method includes acquiring frame buffer data defining an image area that has been refreshed and detecting a cursor within the frame buffer data. Detecting the cursor may include determining that dimensions of the image area match dimensions of a previously acquired image area associated with a successful cursor detection, and the example method may further include directing transmission of coordinates and dimensions of the image area to a remote environment. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242123 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, there is provided an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a first generator configured to generate a first image display mode in which image processing including at least one of an effect processing and a transition processing is applied to one or more still images based on image features of the still images; a second generator configured to generate a second image display mode in which one or more still images are switched over successively; and a switching module configured to output any one of the first and second image display modes and switch between the first image display mode and the second image display mode. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242124 | PROJECTOR AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A projector includes: an image processing section adapted to perform image processing based on image information; a image projection section adapted to project an image based on an image signal output from the image processing section; a communication section adapted to connect to a network; and a control section adapted to transmit usage information including one of an image content of the image information and a projection environment for projecting the image to an information provision server via the communication section and the network, then receive operation setting information, which is prepared by the information provision server in accordance with the usage information, from the information provision server, and then adjust a projection operation, which is performed by the image processing section and the image projection section, based on the operation setting information. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242125 | BINDLESS MEMORY ACCESS IN DIRECT 3D - One embodiment of the present invention sets for a method for accessing data objects stored in a memory that is accessible by a graphics processing unit (GPU). The method comprises the steps of creating a data object in the memory based on a command received from an application program, transmitting a first handle associated with the data object to the application program such that data associated with different graphics commands can be accessed by the GPU, wherein the first handle includes a memory address that provides access to only a particular portion of the data object, receiving a first graphics command as well as the first handle from the application program, wherein the first graphics command includes a draw command or a compute grid launch, and transmitting the first graphics command and the first handle to the GPU for processing. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242126 | CAPTURING IMAGE STRUCTURE DETAIL FROM A FIRST IMAGE AND COLOR FROM A SECOND IMAGE - Embodiments are described for a method to generate an image that includes image structure detail captured from a first image and color from a second image. The first image of a defined subject can be obtained from a computer memory. The first image may be a downsampled fine image with image detail. The second image captured of the defined subject in the first image can be obtained from a computer memory. The second image may be a coarse image. A target pixel in the second image can be selected. A target color distribution for a pixel window of the target pixel can then be computed. A source color distribution for a pixel window of a corresponding pixel in the first image can be computed using a computer processor. Further, a statistic of the target pixel can be determined with respect to the target color distribution. The source color in the source color distribution can be computed with the statistic. The target pixel color can then be replaced by the source color. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242127 | System and Method for User Selectable White Level - A method for implementing a user selectable white level includes displaying a default white patch of a default shade of white on a display, displaying a modified white patch of a modified shade of white that is different than the default shade of white on the display, receiving a selection of the modified white patch, associating another default shade of white with the modified shade of white in response to receiving the selection, receiving pixel data for a pixel, the pixel data comprising color information for displaying the default shade of white, and displaying the pixel with the second default shade of white. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242128 | USER'S PREFERENCE APPLIED FEELING-BASED IMAGE COLOR CONTROL METHOD USING INTERACTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM - A method is provided that controls the color of a feeling-based image reflecting a user's preference via an interactive genetic algorithm. The method is performed in such a manner that a range of candidate colors is defined by type of feelings as templates, one from among the candidate templates, as the final template, is selected by learning a user's color preference via an interactive genetic algorithm, and then the color of an image is controlled based on the final template by recognizing a user's feeling. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242129 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN EDGE-PRESERVING SMOOTH FILTER FOR LOW POWER ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for an edge-preserving smooth filter for low power architecture. A weighted pixel sum may be determined based on a weight of a central pixel and a weight of one or more neighboring pixels. The weight sum for the central pixel may be set to a power of two. An output of the central pixel may be displayed based on the weight sum and the weighted pixel sum. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242130 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display unit, a memory that stores a plurality of images, and a processor. The processor performs a composite image production process of producing a composite image composed of a plurality of images stored in the memory, a composite image display process of displaying the produced composite image on the display unit, a region setting process of setting a clipping region on the displayed composite image, and an image clipping process of clipping an image in the same region as the set clipping region from each of the images before the composite image is produced and storing the clipped images in a memory. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242131 | Image Display Devices and Methods of Displaying Image - Provided are an image display method and an image display device. The method includes: reading first layer data; reading partial data of second layer data; and blending the read first layer data and the read partial data of the second layer data and displaying the blended data. The image display device includes: a processing unit generating first and second layer data and storing the generated first and second layer data in a storage unit; and a display unit reading the first layer data and partial data of the second layer data from the storage unit, blending the read first layer data and the read partial data of the second layer data, and displaying the blended data. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242132 | Method for Apparatus for Tattoo Previewing - A method and apparatus is provided for allowing an individual to preview how a tattoo will look on their body before they have the design tattooed. By digitally storing images of the individual's body and then overlaying this image with a tattoo design, the individual can modify the tattoo design until they are happy with how it looks. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242133 | AUGMENTED REALITY METHODS AND APPARATUS - Augmented reality methods and apparatus are described according to some aspects of the disclosure. In one aspect, a method of experiencing augmented data includes using a source system, emitting a dynamic symbol which changes over time, using a consumption system, receiving the emission of the source system, using the consumption system, analyzing the emission which was received by the consumption system to determine whether the dynamic symbol is present in the emission, and using the consumption system, generating a representation of augmented data to be consumed by a user of the consumption system as a result of the analyzing determining that the dynamically changing symbol is present in the emission of the source system. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242134 | METHOD FOR AN AUGMENTED REALITY CHARACTER TO MAINTAIN AND EXHIBIT AWARENESS OF AN OBSERVER - Methods and systems for enabling an augmented reality character to maintain and exhibit awareness of an observer are provided. A portable device held by a user is utilized to capture an image stream of a real environment, and generate an augmented reality image stream which includes a virtual character. The augmented reality image stream is displayed on the portable device to the user. As the user maneuvers the portable device, its position and movement are continuously tracked. The virtual character is configured to demonstrate awareness of the user by, for example, adjusting its gaze so as to look in the direction of the portable device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242135 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image data processing device including a display control unit for controlling display of an image on a display device, a decoding priority setting unit for setting a decoding priority in each of image data of a plurality of images that may be displayed on a display screen of the display device by the display control unit, a decoding unit for performing a decoding process on each image data according to the decoding priority set by the decoding priority setting unit, and a storage unit for storing each decoded image data subjected to the decoding process by the decoding unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242136 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE - A map display device includes: a display unit; a moving-source area extraction unit that extracts a moving-source area including a moving-source point from the map; a moving-destination area extraction unit that extracts a moving-destination area including a moving-destination point from the map; a moving-destination area display position shift unit that retains a display position of the moving-source area on the display unit, and shifts a display position of the moving-destination area on the display unit; and a scale change unit that changes a scale of a part of the map between the moving-source area and the moving-destination area, whose display position has been shifted, and displays a whole of the map on the display unit. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242137 | TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INPUT OF TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - A touch screen apparatus includes a touch screen and a processor. The touch screen displays a virtual keyboard including a plurality of keys. When a touch occurs on the virtual keyboard, the processor searches for a key corresponding to the position where the touch occurs, and magnifies and displays a plurality of keys existing in the neighborhood of the position where the touch occurs according to the search result. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242138 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface with Concurrent Virtual Keyboards - A multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display concurrently displays a first virtual keyboard at a first location on the touch-sensitive display and a second virtual keyboard at a second location, distinct from the first location, on the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting a first finger gesture on a first key in the first virtual keyboard, an action corresponding to the first key in the first virtual keyboard is performed. In response to detecting a second finger gesture on a second key in the second virtual keyboard, an action corresponding to the second key in the second virtual keyboard is performed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242139 | DISPLAY DRIVER - The display driver achieves the balance between the image quality and power-cutting ratio by controlling the backlight dimming ratio to keep the image quality after backlight dimming constant. The display driver uses e.g. MSE (Mean Square Error) as an index of image quality. The reference gradation control unit controls the data decompression and backlight dimming ratios, thereby to keep the image quality after backlight dimming constant. Assuming display data decompression, and backlight dimming, the error calculating unit calculates a decrease of luminance for an input displayed image as MSE based on the decompression and dimming ratios of a preceding frame, in advance. In the case of MSE over a predetermined value, the decompression unit and light-adjustment control unit decrease the decompression and dimming ratios to below those of the preceding frame, respectively. In the case of MSE below the value, the ratios are lowered to below those of the preceding frame. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242140 | METHOD OF DRIVING COLUMN INVERSION DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - In a method of driving a display panel, a gate signal is outputted to the display panel based on a first control signal. A gamma-corrected analog voltage is generated. A pre-charge compensating analog voltage is generated. A data voltage waveform is generated to include the generated gamma-corrected analog voltage and the generated pre-charge compensating analog voltage during one horizontal period of the display panel. The display panel has a pixel structure in which a data line is alternately connected to first and second subpixel columns adjacent to each other. The pre-charge compensating voltage has a level different from that of the gamma-corrected analog voltage where the latter represents a grayscale level represented by a received digital data signal. According to the method, display defects due to a difference of pre-charging levels used during plural horizontal periods may be decreased so that display quality of the display panel may be improved. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242141 | OPTICAL SHEET LAMINATE BODY, ILLUMINATION UNIT, AND DISPLAY UNIT - An optical sheet laminate body includes: a first optical sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface, of which at least the top surface has asperities including projections and depressions; and a second optical sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface. Summits of the projections on the top surface of the first optical sheet are directly bonded, in a whole region facing the bottom surface of the second optical sheet, to the bottom surface of the second optical sheet without any intermediate material in between. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242142 | MULTIPLE DISPLAY CHROMINANCE AND LUMINANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a chrominance and luminance module. The chrominance and luminance module obtains display characteristics of each of a plurality of displays. The chrominance and luminance module selectively adjusts, on a per display basis, chrominance and luminance for each of the displays based on the display characteristics. In one example, the displays collectively display a single large surface. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242143 | Signal processing apparatus, display apparatus, electronic apparatus, signal processing method and program - Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus, including: a luminance degradation information production section adapted to produce luminance degradation information regarding degradation of a luminance in accordance with a temperature condition upon emission; a luminance degradation value calculation section adapted to calculate a luminance degradation value regarding degradation of the luminance for each pixel circuit; and a correction section adapted to correct the gradation value of an image signal to be inputted to the pixel circuit based on the luminance degradation value. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242144 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - A display apparatus for displaying an image determines whether or not an image to be displayed on a screen is a specific image including a mark. In the case where the display apparatus determines the image to be the specific image, the display apparatus controls a backlight so as to illuminate the screen so that areas other than an area including a mark on the specific image are illuminated with less brightness than the brightness of the area including the mark. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242145 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER, AND DATA LINE DRIVE METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided with a plurality of differential amplifiers associated with a plurality of data lines within a display panel. Each of the plurality of differential amplifiers includes: an output stage circuit including a first transistor having a source connected to the positive power supply and a second transistor having a source connected to the negative power supply, an output terminal connected to drains of the first and second transistors; and a bias control circuit provided between the adder circuit and the output stage circuit to achieve bias control of gates of the first and second transistors. During the switching period, the output stage circuit provides short-circuiting between the gate and source of each of the first and second transistors, and the bias control circuit cuts off a current path between the gates of the first and second transistors during the switching period. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242146 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A lighting device includes: a light guide plate; a light source; and a light modulation element disposed on a surface of or in the inside of the light guide plate, and adhered to the light guide plate. The light modulation element has a pair of transparent substrates, a first electrode provided on a surface of one of the transparent substrates, a second electrode provided on a surface of the other of the transparent substrates, and a light modulation layer, provided in a gap between the transparent substrates, exhibiting a light-scattering property or a light-transmitting property concerning light from the light source depending on intensity of an electric field. One or both of the first and second electrodes include partial electrodes. First partial electrodes of the partial electrodes are adjacent to second partial electrodes of the partial electrodes, and have irregular shapes on edges adjacent to the second partial electrodes. | 2011-10-06 |