42nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130271378 | CONVERTIBLE COMPUTING DEVICE - An apparatus may include a first panel having a first user interface that includes a keyboard. The apparatus may also include a second panel coupled via a hinge to the first panel in a clamshell structure. The second panel may include a first display side to present information in a first display mode when the apparatus is arranged in an open position, and a second display side to present information in a second display mode when the apparatus is arranged in a closed position. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271379 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - The objective of the present invention is to allow a user to efficiently perform character input even if an area for placement of keys is narrow and individual key sizes are small. A display portion ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271380 | DISPLAY INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEMS AND DISPLAY INTEGRATED INPUT DEVICE - An integrated display control system is provided, which includes a plurality of display devices, and an integrated display input device selecting one of the display devices to be operated through device identification codes that respectively correspond to specific key signals input in accordance with user's key operation and controlling the operation (or function) of the selected display device through common control commands that respectively correspond to the user input key signals. Since the plurality of display devices can be individually and integratedly controlled using one input device, the manufacturing cost can be saved, and the space of an operator's seat can be secured. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271381 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY FORMATTING MONETARY EXPRESSIONS - An electronic device is provided, having a processor configured to automatically format monetary expressions. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271382 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPERATING A KEYBOARD - In response to a user selecting a key on a keyboard in a first manner, a first alphanumeric character is displayed on a display device. In response to the user selecting the key on the keyboard in a second manner, a virtual key of a diacritic is displayed on the display device. In response to the user selecting the virtual key of the diacritic on the display device, the diacritic is displayed at a location of a second alphanumeric character on the display device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271383 | KOREAN CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD USING TOUCH SCREEN - A Korean character input apparatus using a touch screen is provided. The apparatus includes an input window comprising a consonant input key, a “ | 2013-10-17 |
20130271384 | TOUCH PANEL AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel including a first transparent flexible substrate, a plurality of first connection lines, a plurality of second connection lines, a first sensing layer, and a second sensing layer is provided. The first transparent flexible substrate has a first side and a second side and includes a first carrying portion and a first leading portion. The first connection lines and the second connection lines are respectively disposed at the first side and the second side and are extended from the first carrying portion to the first leading portion. The first sensing layer and the second sensing layer have plural transparent electrode patterns and are respectively disposed at the first side and the second side of the first carrying portion. The transparent electrode patterns are respectively connected with the first connection lines and the second connection lines. A handheld electronic device with a touch input function is also provided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271385 | Method of Changing Input States - A method of changing input states on an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes displaying a virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive display, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a first input character set when the device is in a first input state; and transitioning the device to a second input state when touch input corresponding to a predefined gesture is detected when the device is in the first input state, wherein in the second input state, the virtual keyboard includes a second input character set. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271386 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HANDWRITING INPUT FUNCTION - An electronic device includes a handwriting pen and a main body. A gyroscope senses movement information of the handwriting pen and outputs the movement information to a controller. The controller converts the movement information into electrical signals and outputs the electrical signals to the main body through a signal transmitting module. A processor receives the electrical signals through a signal receiving module and the signal transmitting module, converts the electrical signals into movement information, and outputs the movement information to a character identification module. The character identification module converts the movement information into a corresponding character, and controls the display unit to display the character. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271387 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSING KEY - A wireless communicating electronic device includes a wireless communication unit, a shell receiving the wireless communicating unit therein, a touch sensing unit, and a processing unit. The touch sensing unit includes an antenna, a regulating circuit, and an analog-digital (AD) converting module. A given portion spatially corresponding to the antenna defined on the shell. The antenna generates an alternating current (AC) signal in response to a finger touch on the given portion. The regulating circuit regulates the AC signal. The AD converting module converts the AC signal into a digital signal. The processing unit executes an instruction in response to the digital signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271388 | TOUCH SENSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensing three-dimensional (3D) display device includes a display panel and a touch sensing parallax integrated panel. The touch sensing parallax integrated panel located on the display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch sensing structure, a display medium layer, a first parallax electrode layer, and a second parallax electrode layer. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The first substrate is located between the display panel and the second substrate. The touch sensing structure is located on the second substrate. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first parallax electrode layer disposed on the first substrate is located between the display medium layer and the first substrate. The second parallax electrode layer disposed on the second substrate is located between the display medium layer and the second substrate. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271389 | MULTI-SEGMENT WEARABLE ACCESSORY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that receive touch input via at least first and second segments of a multi-segment wearable accessory and determine that the touch input associated with the second segment is moving relative to the touch input associated with the first segment. A presentation of content displayed at least partially by the first segment may be modified based upon movement of the touch input associated with the second segment, such as in an expand operation, in which content is displayed on a second segment, or a collapse operation, in which content is removed from the second segment following an expand operation. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271390 | MULTI-SEGMENT WEARABLE ACCESSORY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that provide for a determination that touch input received via at least first and second segments of a multi-segment wearable accessory represents a rotational gesture. As a result, information that is presented upon a display of the first segment prior to receipt of the touch input is presented upon the display of the second segment and information that is presented upon a display of the second segment prior to receipt of the touch input is presented upon the display of the first segment in a “swap” operation following receipt of the touch input. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271391 | Electronic Paper Touch Apparatus - An electronic paper touch apparatus, including: a first electrode layer; an electronic paper display layer, located above the first electrode layer; a transparent electrode layer, located above the electronic paper display layer; and a control unit, having a touch mode and an electronic paper mode, wherein when in the touch mode, the control unit will have a touch voltage source coupled between the first electrode layer and the transparent electrode layer to execute a capacitive touch detection procedure; when in the electronic paper mode, the control unit will have an electronic paper voltage source coupled between the first electrode layer and the transparent electrode layer to execute an electronic paper image update procedure. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271392 | MULTI-SEGMENT WEARABLE ACCESSORY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that provide for a determination of an initial angle defined between first and second segments in response to receipt of an initial contact component of a touch input via the first and second segments. A change in the initial angle can then be determined in response to movement of the segments with respect to each other, and an operation may be executed at least partially based upon the change in the initial angle determined. Thus, a continuous input parameter may be supplied by a user so as to provide another dimension of input to the wearable accessory. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271393 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND UNLOCKING METHOD - An electronic device with a touch screen comprises a storage unit, a touch detecting module, a determining module and a control module. The storage unit is configured to store a predefined length and a predefined time period. The touch detecting module is configured to detect the screen unlock pattern applied on the touch screen and the trace length of the screen unlock pattern within the predefined time period. The determining module is configured to determine whether the detected length is equal to the predefined length value. The control module is configured to unlock the touch screen when the detected length is equal to the predefined length value. An unlocking method for the electronic device is also provided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271394 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is revealed. The touch panel includes a substrate, a touch display module and a cover plate. The touch display module is clipped between the substrate and the cover plate to reduce the thickness of the touch panel. The cover plate or the substrate is made from matrix with Mohs hardness greater than 8 to have good surface hardness. Thus no coating or anti-smudge treatment on the surface of the cover plate or the substrate is required and the surface is durable to long term or multiple times of pressing and touching. The cover plate or the substrate will not have scratches, damages or smudges after long term or multiple times of use. The manufacturing cost is also reduced significantly. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271395 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONALLY VARYING DISPLAY AREA - A touch display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, a trigger module and a control module. The touch panel has a sensing area equivalent to the maximum display area of the display panel. The sensing area detects a touch event occurring thereon in order to generate a touch instruction. The control module executes the touch instruction and generates a display signal to drive the display panel to display images in the current display area which is not greater than the maximum display area. When the trigger module generates a trigger signal, the control module reduces the current display area to form a blank region in at least one side of the current display area. Accordingly, the touch event occurring on the blank region generates an invalid touch instruction. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271396 | SENSING MODULE WHICH CAN PERFORM PROXIMITY DETECTION AND DISPLAY STRUCTURE HAVING SENSING ELECTRODES - A display includes a display module and a sensing module including a proximity sensing electrode, a set of sensing electrodes, a touch circuit, a proximity circuit and a processor. The sensing electrodes are configured to sense a touch input during a first period and sense a proximity input during a second period. The touch circuit is coupled to the sensing electrodes for controlling the sensing electrodes to sense the touch input in the first period, and converting a two-dimensional analog touch signal transmitted from the set of the sensing electrodes to a two-dimensional digital touch signal. The proximity circuit is coupled to the sensing electrodes and the proximity sensing electrode for controlling the sensing electrodes and the proximity sensing electrode to sense the proximity input, and converting a three-dimensional analog proximity signal transmitted from the set of sensing electrodes and proximity unit to a three-dimensional digital proximity signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271397 | RAPID GESTURE RE-ENGAGEMENT - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for use with a system configured to detect gestures. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a first user gesture meeting a first condition to enter a mode of operation. The method may further include exiting the mode of operation. The method may further include detecting a second user gesture meeting a second condition to reenter the mode of operation based on the detecting the first user gesture, wherein the second condition is less stringent than the first condition. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271398 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOISE PROCESSING CIRCUIT OF TOUCH PANEL AND RELATED NOISE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method of controlling a noise processing circuit of a touch panel and a related noise signal processing apparatus. At first, the present invention detects whether the touch panel is interfered with by noise. Then, according to whether the noise interferes with the touch panel, the noise processing circuit is controlled to be activated or not activated. Therefore, the noise processing circuit can be turned off if it is unnecessary, thereby to reduce the workload due to the noise processing. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271399 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TOUCH DEVICE - An electromagnetic touch device is adapted to cooperate with a signal generation unit. The electromagnetic touch device includes a sensing unit and a control unit. The sensing unit includes a plurality of antenna modules which form a sensing zone, are adjacent to each other, do not overlap, and receive an electromagnetic signal generated by the signal generating unit, to generate a plurality of electromagnetic sensing signals. The control unit coupled to the antenna modules receives the electromagnetic induction signals and calculates a location of the signal generating unit in the sensing zone according to intensities of the electromagnetic sensing signals. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271400 | SHAKE UNLOCK MOBILE TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING THE SAME - A shake unlock method for unlocking a shake unlock mobile touch device has steps of displaying an initial unlock image, receiving a touch signal that occurs when the initial unlock image is touched, displaying a shaking control image and an unlock endpoint on the touch panel, receiving a series of continuous location coordinates after the mobile touch device is shaken and varying coordinates of the shaking control image according to the received series of continuous location coordinates, and unlocking a lock mode of the mobile touch device when detecting the coordinates of the shaking control image coincide with coordinates of the unlock endpoint. Accordingly, the drawback of unlocking a conventional mobile touch device arising from the difficulty of dragging an image with single-handed operation can be eliminated without requiring additional hardware equipment. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271401 | CONDITION CHANGING DEVICE - A condition change unit of the present invention changes operating conditions of a device. The condition change unit comprises a display section for displaying images, a touch panel provided on the display section, a detection section for detecting input operations to the touch panel, a change condition setting section for setting types of change conditions, based on form of the input operations detected by the detection section, an operation guide image display section for displaying guidance images, for setting specific parameters of the change conditions, on the display section, in accordance with the type of change condition that has been set, and a parameter change section for changing parameters of the change condition based on an input operation to a screen on which the operation guidance operation images are displayed that has been detected by the detection section. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271402 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL PORTION - A display input device includes a display portion and a touch panel portion. The display portion displays a screen having an object thereon. The touch panel portion is provided on the display portion and detects a plurality of touched positions touched by a user. The display portion, while displaying the screen having the object thereon, when an operation of touching two points on the touch panel portion has been performed, displays transfer destination information indicating a transfer destination candidate that can be a transfer destination of the object. The touch panel portion, when an object transfer operation including an operation of touching a display position of the transfer destination information and then releasing the touched state has been performed, accepts that the transfer destination candidate corresponding to the transfer destination information displayed at the last touched position has been determined as an actual transfer destination of the object. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271403 | INFORMATION SHARING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM - A novel information sharing apparatus that comprises an information sharing system, connects multiple sites via a network shares each other's handwriting and screens, and eases handwriting sender's psychological burden. In the information sharing system, a handwriting sender generates stroke after a user inputs coordinates, display the stroke in unsteady state, and sends coordinate information to a handwriting receiver. The handwriting receiver generates stroke based on the coordinate information sent from the handwriting sender, displays the stroke, and returns response information for displaying succeeded to the handwriting sender. After receiving the response information from the handwriting receiver, the handwriting sender changes the displayed stroke from unsteady state to steady state. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271404 | REMOTE CONTROLLER EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH PAD AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A remote controller having a touch pad according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communication unit transmitting a signal to and receiving a signal from a display device, a touch pad receiving a user input signal for controlling the display device, a sensor unit comprising a motion detecting sensor and sensing information about motion of the remote controller, a storage storing data necessary for operating or controlling the remote controller, and a controller controlling, when the user input signal is received in the touch pad, the motion detecting sensor of the sensor unit to disenable signal transmission of the motion detecting sensor in response to the user input signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271405 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING KEYPAD USING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A method and an apparatus for displaying a keypad on a touch screen are provided. The apparatus includes an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED). The method includes arranging at least one keypad block including at least one area, determining at least one light-emitting area among the areas, and displaying the at least one keypad block by emitting light in the OLED corresponding to the at least one light-emitting area. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271406 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING CONTENT - A method for transmitting content and an electronic device thereof are provided. In a method for transmitting content in an electronic device, a first electronic device transmits content information to an electronic pen. The electronic pen transmits the content information to a second electronic device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271407 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING 3D OBJECT - Provided is an apparatus and method for sensing a three-dimensional (3D) object. The apparatus includes a display unit including a first sensing space in which a sensitivity with respect to a proximity touch is higher than a threshold value and a second sensing space in which a sensitivity with respect to the proximity touch is lower than the threshold value, on a stereoscopic space on which at least one 3D object is disposed and a controller for moving predetermined 3D objects in a predetermined direction if a proximity touch is generated on the second sensing space, detecting coordinates of a 3D object corresponding to a proximity touch generated on the first sensing space if the proximity touch generated on the second sensing space is moved and generated on the first sensing space, and performing a function corresponding to the 3D object. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271408 | TOUCH SCREEN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present &closure provides a touch screen, wherein the touch screen includes: a protecting cover comprising a touch area and a border area surrounding the touch area; a black mask layer farmed on the border area; and a conductive assembly formed in the touch area, Wherein the conductive assembly is isolated from the black mask layer. By using the touch screen provided in the present disclosure, the problem of easy breaking of the conductive assembly Which leads to functional failure of a touch screen in the conventional technology can be solved. In addition, the present disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of the foregoing touch screen. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271409 | Systems and Methods for Interacting with a Computer Through Handwriting to a Screen - Systems and methods are described that enable a user to: select a control with a handwritten stroke at least part of which resides outside of a selectable area of the control; use a moving-input control without having to make a selection other than handwriting on, over, or near the control; and/or delete text displayed on an electronic form by handwriting over that text. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271410 | TOUCH DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS FREQUENCIES - The use of multiple stimulation frequencies and phases to generate an image of touch on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a column in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers. Each mixer in the sense channel can utilize a circuit capable generating a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency. At each of multiple steps, various phases of selected frequencies can be used to simultaneously stimulate the rows of the touch sensor panel, and the multiple mixers in each sense channel can be configured to demodulate the signal received from the column connected to each sense channel using the selected frequencies. After all steps have been completed, the demodulated signals from the multiple mixers can be used in calculations to determine an image of touch for the touch sensor panel at each frequency. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271411 | TOUCH DISPLAY, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH A BUILT-IN TOUCH PANEL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) with a built-in touch panel includes an LCD unit, a touch panel and a second polarized plate. The LCD unit includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a first polarized plate. The upper substrate is disposed opposite to the lower substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The first polarized plate is disposed on the lower substrate and has a first polarized direction. The touch panel is disposed opposite to the LCD unit. The second polarized plate having a second polarized direction is disposed on the touch panel and located between the LCD unit and the touch panel. An intensity of a reflected light occurred in the LCD with the built-in touch panel is relatively low, so that good contrast and visibility are obtained. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271412 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including: a base; a panel; a support for supporting the panel with respect to the base; and a vibrator for causing the panel to vibrate at a given frequency. The support includes a first region located at a part corresponding to a node of vibration of the panel, and a second region located at a part other than the node of the vibration of the panel. The support has a rigidity that is smaller in the first region than in the second region. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271413 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to achieve additional control of power consumption in a display device by performing fine-point switch off control corresponding to a method of a user's touch operation. The display device includes a touch panel and a display unit with a backlight, an area detecting section for detecting a touch area when a touch operation is performed on the touch panel, and a control section for controlling a lighting time interval of the backlight according to the touch area. The method of the touch operation by the user is detected as a difference in touch area and, according to the touch area the lighting time interval of the backlight can be controlled. For example, the lighting time interval can be set short in the case of a light touch, and the lighting time interval can be set long in the case of a firm touch. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271414 | MECHANISM FOR EMPLOYING AND FACILITATING AN EDGE THUMB SENSOR AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating a thumb sensor at a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes extending a touch panel of a computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a side sensor of the computing device, and sensing a use of the side sensor, the use including touching of the side sensor by a user, where sensing may include detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines. The method may further include facilitating an action in response to the use of the side sensor. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271415 | MECHANISM FOR EMPLOYING AND FACILITATING A TOUCH PANEL THUMB SENSOR PAD AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating a sensor pad transparently placed at a touch panel of a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes sensing a use of a sensor pad transparently placed over and within a dedicated section of a touch panel of a computing device. The sensor pad and its relevant sensor pad interaction may be employed using hardware of the touch panel, the use including touching of the sensor pad by a user, while sensing may include detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points. The method may further include facilitating an action in response to the use of the sensor pad. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271416 | Touch Control Method And Electronic Device - A touch control method electronic apparatus are described. The method includes a touch sensing unit on which an operational body carries out a continuous touch operation. The method includes determining a first coordinate of a first touch point on the touch sensing unit corresponding to the operational body at a first moment; determining a first operational area including the first coordinate on the touch sensing unit according to the first coordinate; determining a second coordinate of a second touch point on the touch sensing unit corresponding to the operational body at a second moment; obtaining a moving vector from the first touch point to the second touch point according to the first coordinate and the second coordinate; deciding whether the second coordinate is within the first operational area to generate a decision result; and executing a command corresponding to the moving vector according to the decision result. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271417 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a mobile terminal device that includes a plurality of touch displays and a control unit. The control unit associatively controls screens displayed on the plurality of touch displays based on the number of simultaneous operations and operation directions. The number of simultaneous operations is the number of touch operations simultaneously carried out and accompanied by the movement of touch positions, and the operation directions are directions in which the touch positions of the touch operations have moved. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271418 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATION DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - In a piezoelectric oscillation device in which a support substrate is oscillated using a bimorph-type piezoelectric oscillation element, the click sensation when the support substrate is operated is improved, and shock resistance of a control panel is improved. Provided is a piezoelectric oscillation device in which wiring is not easily broken. On the rear side of a touch panel ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271419 | TRANSFORMING MOBILE DEVICE SENSOR INTERACTION TO REPRESENT USER INTENT AND PERCEPTION - Transforming mobile device sensor interaction to represent user intent and perception. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a display screen for the display of data and images and a touch sensor to detect a motion of a gesture made by a thumb or other finger of a user of the device. The mobile device further includes a module to transform the motion detected by the touch sensor to generate a modified motion to reflect a perception of the user, where the modified motion is to be applied as an input relating to the display screen. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271420 | TOUCH CONTROL APPARATUS AND TOUCH DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A touch detection method is used in a touch panel. The touch panel is capacitive touch panel integrated with a display panel. The method includes at least obtaining at least one control signal carrying synchronous information from the display panel. The control signal is used to control the display panel to display an image. The method also includes analyzing the control signal to obtain an interference time period, at which the touch panel is possibly interfered, and generating a trigger signal. A driving voltage signal and a sensing period of the touch panel are controlled according to the trigger signal, so that the sensing period is not overlapped with the interference time period. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271421 | RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL AND RESISTIVE TOUCH ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A resistive touch panel includes an ITO layer, a glass layer, and an insulation layer sandwiched between the ITO layer and the glass layer. The ITO layer is cut into a continuous zigzag-shaped ITO strip by a number of first and second etched lines which are equidistantly spaced and arranged in an alternate fashion. The ITO strip is connected between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The glass layer includes an ITO covering portion and a peripheral output bus surrounding the ITO covering portion. The resistance touch panel defines a Cartesian coordinate system for locating a touch point thereon, each touch point spatially corresponding to a given position on the ITO strip, the power supply generates a given voltage at given position of the ITO strip, the output bus transmits a signal associated with the voltage to an outside processor. A related electronic device is also provided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271422 | Capacitive Sensing Array Modulation - A capacitive fingerprint sensor that may be formed of an array of sensing elements. Each capacitive sensing element of the array may register a voltage that varies with the capacitance of a capacitive coupling. A finger may capacitively couple to the individual capacitive sensing elements of the sensor, such that the sensor may sense a capacitance between each capacitive sensing element and the flesh of the fingerprint. The capacitance signal may be detected by sensing the change in voltage on the capacitive sensing element as the relative voltage between the finger and the sensing chip is changed. Alternately, the capacitance signal may be detected by sensing the change in charge received by the capacitive sensing elements as the relative voltage between the finger and the sensing chip is changed. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271423 | INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROL PARAMETER ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF - An input device and a control parameter adjusting method thereof are provided. The input device includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit and a control unit. The first storage unit is configured to store a plurality of control parameters, wherein each of the control parameters indicates a judgment standard of an input action of the input device. The second storage unit is configured to store firmware. The control unit coupled to the first storage unit and the second storage unit is configured to select a best control parameter from the control parameters according to an input control signal and program the best control parameter into the firmware. Wherein the input control signal is generated corresponding to the input action of the input device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271424 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel, sensor circuits, and a detection circuit. Each sensor circuit senses at least two external signals different from each other and outputs a sensing signal. The detection circuit receives the sensing signal to detect a position to which the external signals are applied. Each sensor circuit includes sensors commonly connected to an output terminal, a scan line which receives a scan signal, a capacitor disposed between the scan line and the output terminal, charged with a first voltage in response to the scan signal, and charged with a second voltage greater than the first voltage in response to the current signal after the scan line is floated, a switching device which outputs the sensing signal in response to the second voltage, and a readout line which applies the sensing signal output from the switching device to the detection circuit. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271425 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an electrostatic capacitance input device including: an input region of a substrate, in which a plurality of input position detection electrodes are provided; a plurality of wires that are electrically connected to the plurality of input position detection electrodes and extend outside the input region of the substrate; and a shield electrode that overlaps the wires on the input operation side. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271426 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a touch panel system ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271427 | RECONSTRUCTION OF ORIGINAL TOUCH IMAGE FROM DIFFERENTIAL TOUCH IMAGE - Reconstruction of an original touch image from a differential touch image is disclosed. Reconstruction can include aligning columns of the differential touch image relative to each other and aligning the image to a baseline DC value. The column and baseline alignment can be based on the differential image data indicative of no touch or hover, because such data can more clearly show the amount of alignment needed to reconstruct the original image. The reconstruction can be performed using the differential image data alone. The reconstruction can also be performed using the differential image data and common mode data indicative of the missing image column average. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271428 | SCANNING OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A rectangular light-based touch-sensitive surface for an electronic device comprising a plurality of light emitters arranged along one and only one side of a surface, each emitter being activatable to emit light rays at a plurality of different angles across the surface, a plurality of light detectors arranged along the three remaining sides of the surface, each detector being activatable to register detection values of emitted light beams, wherein light emitted from each emitter is registered by two or more of the detectors, and a processor connected to the emitters and to the detectors operable to coordinate activations of the emitters and detectors, and to receive the registered detection values. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271429 | TOUCH-CONTROL SYSTEM - A touch-control system adapted to be used with a plurality of pointers is provided. The touch-control system includes a touch-control panel, a first pointer sensing module, a second pointer sensing module and a processing circuit. The first pointer sensing module is configured to sense a first set of image information of the pointers and accordingly calculate a first candidate coordinate group of the pointers. The second pointer sensing module is configured to sense a second set of image information of the pointers. The processing circuit is electrically coupled to the first and second pointer sensing modules and configured to select, according to the second set of image information, two or more coordinate positions in the first candidate coordinate group to as actual coordinate positions of the pointers. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271430 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus acquires an angle between a straight line determined by two touch points at a first time point and a straight line determined by two touch points at a second time point, sets an angular threshold value based on a distance between the two touch points at the first time point, and receives an operational input performed with the two touch points as a predetermined operation if the acquired angle is greater than the set angular threshold value. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271431 | FORCE-SENSING STYLUS POINTING DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a force-sensitive stylus having a first electromagnetic coil located at a fixed position within a housing and a second electromagnetic coil that is attached to a moveable tip element and positioned to interact with the first electromagnetic coil, such that the position of the second electromagnetic coil relative to the first electromagnetic coil is dependent upon the force applied to the tip element. A control circuit energizes a transmitting coil of the first and second electromagnetic coils with a radio frequency signal and senses the current induced in the other coil to determine the force on the tip element. The force may be encoded in the radio frequency signal and then transmitted to a host electronic device by re-energizing the transmitting coil. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271432 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EXECUTING APPLICATION METHOD - An application executing method is provided. The application executing method is applied to a handheld electronic device having a body and a touch element. The touch element is disposed at the body. The application executing method comprises the following steps. Firstly, a communication mode is entered. Next, whether the touch element is moved is detected. If the touch element is moved, then an application is activated. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271433 | ELECTRONIC SENSORY PEN AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING/OUTPUTTING SENSORY INFORMATION USING THE SAME - Provided are an electronic pen for inputting/outputting sensory information and a method for recognizing taste information and transforming the taste information into smell information using the same. The electronic pen includes: a sensory information input unit for receiving sensory information of the object; a signal processing unit for processing and storing sensory information transmitted from the sensory information input unit; a sensory information reproducing unit for outputting the sensory information; and a wireless communication unit for transmitting the sensory information. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271434 | COMBINATION TOUCH AND TRANSDUCER INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes. During the transducer sensing mode, the controller determines a position of the transducer based on a signal received by the array of electrodes from the transducer, and also receives and decodes the digital data encoded in the received signal. Digital data can be encoded in a signal using any suitable digital modulation techniques, such as a Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) technique. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271435 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, ACTIVE MATRIX APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A pixel circuit having a function of compensating for characteristic variation of an electro-optical element and threshold voltage variation of a transistor is formed from a reduced number of component elements. An input signal is sampled from a signal line so as to be held in a holding capacitor. The threshold voltage of the drive transistor is imparted to the holding capacitor in order to cancel an influence of the threshold voltage. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271436 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT - A display control circuit of a liquid crystal display device generates a double-speed progressive image signal by changing an input image signal based on interlaced scanning into a progressive scanning mode, and also by doubling the frame frequency. With the double-speed progressive image signal, a pixel value equivalent to an odd-numbered scanning line in an odd-numbered frame remains unchanged, a pixel value equivalent to an even-numbered scanning line is replaced with a black pixel value, a pixel value equivalent to an even-numbered scanning line in an even-numbered frame remains unchanged, and a pixel value equivalent to an odd-numbered scanning line is replaced with a black pixel value. An image that the double-speed interlace image signal represents is displayed on a liquid crystal panel. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271437 | COLOR PERFORMANCE OF REFLECTIVE-DISPLAYS USING ENVIRONMENTAL SPECTRAL SENSING - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, related to an electronic device having a display, a spectrum sensing arrangement, and a display controller. The spectrum sensing arrangement includes a photodiode, a first portion of the photodiode being configured to generate a first signal, the first signal being responsive to an intensity of ambient visible light, and a second portion of the photodiode being configured to generate a second signal, the second signal being representative of an intensity of ambient infrared light. The display controller, in communication with the spectrum sensing arrangement, makes a comparison of the first signal and the second signal and controls the display so as to dynamically adjust a color bias of the display responsive to the comparison. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271438 | INTEGRATED AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR - For a personal electronic device (PED) having a display, the display including a cover glass having a front surface and a back surface, the PED includes a driver circuit configured to send at least one signal to the display and an ambient light sensor (ALS). Each of the driver circuit and the ALS is disposed behind the back surface of the cover glass. The ALS and the driver circuit may reside on a single substrate, which is disposed adjacent to the back surface of the cover glass. The ALS may output signals to the driver circuit that are indicative of ambient light level and one or both of ambient light spectrum and ambient light direction. The driver circuit may be configured to automatically adjust, in response to the signals, one or both of a display color bias and a display luminescence. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271439 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of video signal lines that extends in columns in a display area, a plurality of inversion control signal line each supplied with an inversion control signal for controlling inversion, a first selector that selects one of a pair of amplifiers different in the polarity from each other to input signals corresponding to a pair of adjacent video signal lines on the basis of the inversion control signal, and a second selector that selects one of a pair of the corresponding adjacent video signal lines to input signals output from the pair of amplifiers on the basis of the inversion control signal, in which at least one of the signals to be supplied to the plurality of inversion control signal lines is a signal different from other signals. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271440 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a first pixel and a second pixel on the substrate, the first pixel and the second pixel have different sizes, a first driving voltage line and a second driving voltage line connected to the first pixel and the second pixel, respectively, and the first driving voltage line is capable of applying a first driving voltage to the first pixel and the second driving voltage line is capable of applying a second driving voltage to the second pixel. The second pixel is bigger than the first pixel, and the second driving voltage is less than the first driving voltage. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271441 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of driving a display device includes a preliminary frame charging step and a main frame charging step. The method comprises a preliminary frame charging step of simultaneously charging liquid crystal cells in a pixel line group having a selected pixel row and a unselected pixel row with pixel data of the selected pixel row of the pixel line group and a main frame charging step of charging liquid crystal cells in the unselected pixel line group with pixel data of the unselected pixel line group. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271442 | FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY INCLUDING MEMRISTIVE DEVICES - A flat-panel display system and method are disclosed. The system includes a display controller to generate image data. The system also includes a plurality of memristive pixel cells arranged in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of columns. Each of the plurality of memristive pixel cells includes a memristive device to control a respective pixel associated with the flat panel display based on the image data. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271443 | DRIVING CIRCUIT OF BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a driving circuit of a backlight module and a display apparatus using the same. The driving circuit comprises at least one transistor connected to light-emitting diodes (LEDs), a constant-current circuit connected to the transistor, a power resist connected to the transistor in parallel; and a power switch connected between the transistor and the power resist, wherein a switch signal is transmitted to the power switch, and a signal level of the switch signal in a three-dimensional (3D) image mode is higher than another signal level of the switch signal in a two-dimensional (2D) image mode. The present invention can be applicable to the display apparatus for raising a brightness of the backlight module in the 3D image mode. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271444 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Display Panel Thereof - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and display panel thereof. The display panel includes data lines, scan lines disposed intersecting the data lines, pixel electrodes within area formed by two adjacent scan lines and two adjacent data lines, and thin film transistors disposed at intersecting points of scan lines and data lines; gate terminal of thin film transistor connected to scan line, source terminal of thin film transistor connected to data line and drain terminal of thin film transistor connected to pixel electrode. Overlapping area of drain terminal of thin film transistor and scan line forms parasitic capacitor C | 2013-10-17 |
20130271445 | DUAL MODE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is capable of operating in a first mode and is capable of operating in a second mode. The display device includes a first image display unit that includes a photonic crystal layer, the photonic crystal layer being configured to be substantially transparent when the display device operates in the first mode and being configured to display at least an image when the display device operates in the second mode. The display device further includes a second image display unit overlapping the first image display unit and configured to turned on in the first mode to display at least an image and turned off in the second mode. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271446 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a driving circuit for display panel, which comprises a power supply circuit and a driving unit. The power supply circuit outputs a driving power supply voltage. The driving unit produces a driving signal according to a data signal and the driving power supply voltage for driving the display panel. In addition, the voltage level of the driving power supply voltage increases to a predetermined level. Thereby, during the process of charging the display panel by the data driving circuit, the driving power supply voltage output by the power supply circuit increases from a low level to a predetermined level for reducing the power consumption of the driving circuit. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271447 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL BEZEL - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide for an active digital bezel area on a display of a device, where the configuration of the bezel area is determined to enhance the user's interaction with the device display. Upon determining that a bezel area is to be provided, the bezel area may be provided in at least a portion of a boundary area of the display based on a specific, customized configuration of the bezel area. First content may be displayed in the non-bezel area of the device, whereas second content may be displayed in at least a portion of the bezel area of the display. In this way, even when a bezel is provided, the user's experience with a particular application may be unobstructed and unobscured by other content that is presented, such as via the intermittent or automatic presentation of information to the user. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271448 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING IMAGES OF A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE WITH A STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO - The present invention relates to a method for combining images of a graphic user interface with a stereoscopic video content. The latter comprises at least a pair of video images intended respectively for a right and a left eye, while the graphic user interface comprises at least a pair of graphic images. The method comprises the steps of generating combined video images by blending each video image of said pair of video images with a respective graphic image of said pair of graphic images, so that the each combined video image comprises a first region ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271449 | METHOD OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) VOLUMETRIC DATA - A method of generating three-dimensional (3D) volumetric data may be performed by generating a multilayer image, generating volume information and a type of a visible part of an object, based on the generated multilayer image, and generating volume information and a type of an invisible part of the object, based on the generated multilayer image. The volume information and the type of each of the visible part and invisible part may be generated based on the generated multilayered image which may be include at least one of a ray-casting-based multilayer image, a chroma key screen-based multilayer image, and a primitive template-based multilayer image. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271450 | 3D VISUALIZATION - A liquid crystal (LC) display system includes an LC panel and a backlight unit. A controller controls the LC panel to display first and a second images forming a stereoscopic pair; controls the backlight unit to only illuminate the LC panel during a first time period after pixels of the LC panel have a stable optical state according to the first image, and during a second time period after the pixels have a stable optical state according to the second image; and generates a control signal for controlling a first shutter glass of a pair of 3D shutter glasses to be in a transmissive state for enabling viewing of the pixels of the LC panel only during the first time period, and a second shutter glass to be in a transmissive state for enabling viewing of the pixels of the LC panel only during the second time period. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271451 | PARAMETERIZED 3D FACE GENERATION - Systems, devices and methods are described including receiving a semantic description and associated measurement criteria for a facial control parameter, obtaining principal component analysis (PCA) coefficients, generating 3D faces in response to the PCA coefficients, determining a measurement value for each of the 3D faces based on the measurement criteria, and determining a regression parameters for the facial control parameter based on the measurement values. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271452 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING CONTEXT-AWARE MODEL-BASED IMAGE COMPOSITION AND RENDERING AT COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating context-aware composition and rendering of virtual models and/or images of physical objects computationally composited and rendered at computing devices according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes performing initial calibration of a plurality of computing devices to provide point of view positions of a scene according to a location of each of the plurality of computing devices with respect to the scene, where computing devices of the plurality of computing devices are in communication with each other over a network. The method may further include generating context-aware views of the scene based on the point of view positions of the plurality of computing devices, where each context-aware view corresponds to a computing device. The method may further include generating images of the scene based on the context-aware views of the scene, where each image corresponds to a computing device, and displaying each image at its corresponding computing device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271453 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER-INTERFACE FOR AN EMBEDDED DEVICE - The present invention relates generally to a method and system for generating a three-dimensional user-interface on an embedded device or devices. The method of generating a three-dimensional user interface comprising the steps of importing an asset into an editor on a host device, allowing a user to graphically effect modifications within the editor, modifying at least one property of the asset independently of a user to optimize a three-dimensional generation of the asset on an embedded device, generate a binary output file of the modified asset, and outputting the binary file to a graphics engine. Wherein the graphics engine is operable to load and render files as at least a portion of a graphical user interface its embedded device. Additionally, there is described an ordering of data in the binary output file such that it is independent of a degree of significance of individually accessible data within said output file. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271454 | Interactive Screen Viewing - The presentation of a computer display may be modified based on what the user is viewing on the display. In one embodiment, gaze detection technology may be used to determine what the user is looking at. Based on what the user is looking at, the display may be altered to either improve or degrade the display at the region the user is looking at. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271455 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a technology capable of obtaining at high speed a three-dimensional image having good image quality, without increasing the load on an ultrasonic diagnostic device. A plurality of filter processing having different effects are performed, prior to rendering, on tomographic volume data that has completed coordinate transformation, and volume data is obtained for each. A prescribed weight is added to each voxel for each of the obtained volume data, and a three-dimensional image is generated from the volume data obtained thereby. The filter processing having different effects may be different types of filter processing such as smoothing and sharpening, the same filter processing but having different strengths, or a combination of filter processing and no filter processing. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CREATION OF A RICH VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to store digital information, where the virtual venue application displays the stored digital information within a virtual environment, and where the virtual environment is presented by one or more two- or three-dimensional screens displayed within a user interface. The virtual venue application further enables interaction between users in a virtual environment. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to display an object within a virtual environment. The virtual venue application also associates a unique identifier with the display object, wherein the unique identifier defines a maximum quantity of copies of the display object that are allowed within the virtual environment. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271458 | MODELING HUMAN-HUMAN INTERACTIONS FOR MONOCULAR 3D POSE ESTIMATION - Techniques are disclosed for the automatic recovery of two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) poses of multiple subjects interacting with one another, as depicted in a sequence of 2D images. As part of recovering 2D and 3D pose estimates, a pose recovery tool may account for constraints on positions of body parts of the first and second person resulting from the correlated activity. That is, individual subjects in the video are treated as mutual context for one another. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271459 | Systems and methods of editing graphical data - Systems and methods of updating graphical objects are disclosed. The methods and systems received polygonal data which describe discrete points on an object. A control mesh and a smoothed version of the control mesh are simultaneously displayed. When the control mesh is edited, the smoothed version is automatically updated by smoothing only a portion of the edited control mesh to generate a smoothed section, and replacing a portion of the smoothed version with at least a selected portion of the smoothed section. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271460 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3D TREE IMAGES - Disclosed is an apparatus for generating 3D tree images, which comprises an object separation unit which is configured to extract a background and objects from an externally received 2D tree image and to separate a separation target object from the objects; a pattern matching unit which is configured to extract skeleton pattern information from the separation target object and to generate a pattern matching information by matching the skeleton pattern information with the tree shape pattern information which is previously stored in an object pattern database (DB); and a 3D simulation unit modeling simulation unit which is configured to generate a 3D virtual tree model with the aid of the pattern matching information and to express the generated virtual tree model by way of a self-growth simulation. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING PARAMETERS FOR A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL FROM REFLECTANCE DATA - In one example, a method of generating a 3D electronic model of one or more physical objects includes obtaining reflectance data associated with a physical object, obtaining key features from within the reflectance data, utilizing the key features to obtain a model parameter or plurality of model parameters, and estimating the value of a model parameter or plurality of model parameters that characterize a 3D electronic model of the physical object. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271462 | MULTI-COMPONENT METHOD OF CREATING COMPUTER MODELS OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING VIRTUAL AND INTERACTIVE REAL ESTATE TOURS - A new and useful multi-component method of creating computer models of real estate properties for the purpose of conducting virtual and interactive real estate tours. The present invention comprises a 3D mapping component where a 3D model of a property is created using a 3D modeling program, and a 3D walkthrough component where panoramic photos are created and interconnected to create a virtual tour of the interior spaces of the property. A method according to the present invention is believed to allow a user to virtually tour the exterior and interior of a property remotely on their computer, on their own schedule, and other benefits over still photos and current listing practices. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271463 | TRIANGLE MESH COMPRESSION - A computer implemented method of processing elevation mesh data defining a polygon mesh surface to determine an alternative representation of the surface using fewer polygons than in the original representation is disclosed. Initially original elevation mesh data is sub-sampled to generate a low resolution representation of the polygon mesh surface where vertices of polygons correspond to points on a coarser X-Y grid than the original elevation mesh data. Error values indicative of the extent that portions of the surface defined by the low resolution elevation mesh data differ from corresponding portions of the surface defined by the original elevation mesh data are then determined. An alternative representation of the polygon mesh surface is then generated which comprises: low resolution elevation mesh data for the portions of the polygon mesh surface associated with error values less than a threshold value; transition mesh data defining a polygon mesh surface immediately adjacent the perimeter of portions of the surface represented by the low resolution elevation mesh data; and higher resolution elevation mesh data for the remaining portions of the polygon mesh surface. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271464 | Image Generation with Multi Resolution - A method for generating an image formed with pixels from volume data representing a volume with the aid of volume rendering with multi resolution is provided. The method includes implementing a calculation of a pixel of the image and determining an item of information characterizing resolution used during the pixel calculation. The method also includes adjusting the pixel in accordance with the item of information. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271465 | Sort-Based Tiled Deferred Shading Architecture for Decoupled Sampling - A graphics pipeline combines the benefits of decoupling sampling with deferred shading. In the rasterization phase, a shading point is computed for each sample. After rasterization is finished, the shading points are sorted to extract coherence and groups of shading points shaded. This enables high sampling rates with efficient reuse of shading, in addition to other unique benefits. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271466 | DETERMINING SCALING FACTORS FOR DEVICES - An image scaling service includes determining an image as a candidate for a scaling process, scanning the image for an initial text value, and scaling the image to a next lower resolution. The image scaling service also includes iteratively performing the scaling process until a threshold value of a readability metric is reached, the scaling process includes scanning the scaled image for a scaled text value, comparing a difference between the initial text value and the scaled text value, the difference indicative of the readability metric, and scaling the scaled image to a next lower resolution. In response to reaching the threshold value of the readability metric, the image scaling service further includes selecting from scaled images an image having a lowest resolution resulting from the scaling process before the threshold value of the readability metric was reached. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271467 | PHYSICAL-QUANTITY INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF PROVIDING PHYSICAL-QUANTITY INFORMATION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - Sensors are provided with information transmission units for transmitting power information to a mobile information terminal and a server. The server is provided with a server storage unit that stores power information for the duration of a second period. The mobile information terminal is provided with: a terminal storage unit that stores power information for the duration of a first period that is shorter than the second period; a power information acquisition unit that acquires power information from the terminal storage unit or the server, in accordance with a display period specified by a user; and a display control unit that displays the acquired power information. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271468 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING A GRAPH REPRESENTING A BUILDING - The invention relates to a method of constructing a graph representing a building (BAT) in which a person (U) moves. In the invention, the method is adapted to receiving information about the movement of said person in the building over a period of time, said information being collected and transmitted by a portable device (D) associated with said person (U), and in constructing at least one branch of the graph from received movement information. The invention also provides a method of remotely tracking the activity of a person in a building as a function of the constructed graph. The invention also provides a server (S) implementing the method of constructing a graph. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND VIEWING PATIENT DATA - Implementations provide methods including actions of processing patient data to generate one or more graphical representations of the patient data, at least one graphical representation of the one or more graphical representations including a waveform, displaying at least one waveform segment of the waveform, and displaying calipers associated with the at least one waveform segment, each caliper being associated with an interval, where displaying the calipers includes, for each caliper: receiving a measurement value of the interval associated with the caliper, determining respective positions of a first handle and a second handle of the caliper based on the measurement, and displaying the first handle and the second handle in the respective positions relative to the at least one waveform segment. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying at least one graphical representation as a stacked waveform strip, the stacked waveform strip including: a first strip segment, the first strip segment being associated with a first time period, a second strip segment, the second strip segment being associated with a second time period earlier than the first time period and being displayed beneath the first strip segment, and a third strip segment, the third strip segment being associated with a third time period earlier than the second time period and being displayed beneath the second strip segment. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271471 | Dynamic Text Adjustment in a User Interface Element - This is directed to efficiently identifying alternative display attributes for displaying text in a display region when default display attributes are inadequate for displaying the text. Many electronic device user interfaces are designed based on text in a default language. When interfaces are translated for use in other languages, the translated interfaces can include words or phrases that are longer than the corresponding text in the initial language. To quickly find an adequate, alternate display attribute for the longer text (e.g., a new font size), the electronic device can calculate assumed reduced text box sizes for displaying the text should display attributes of the text be reduced. The electronic device can select an adequate reduced text box, and reduce the display attributes by an amount corresponding to the reduced text box. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271472 | Display of Value Changes in Between Keyframes in an Animation Using a Timeline - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first input used to determine a plurality of keyframes in an interface used to create an animation of an element. Each keyframe in the plurality of keyframes is associated with a value. The method then calculates, for a set of frames in between at least two keyframes in the plurality of keyframes, a value for each frame in the set of frames. The value for each frame in the set of frames is stored in a data structure. A second input associated with a time in between the at least two keyframes is received from the interface being used to create the animation. The method then determines a frame in the set of frames based on the time and the value associated with the frame from the data structure and renders the element using the value. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271473 | Creation of Properties for Spans within a Timeline for an Animation - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an input specifying a keyframe in a first layer included in a master layer to create an animation of a first element in a plurality of elements. The first layer is associated with the first element. A master duration associated with the master layer is determined where the master duration is applied to the plurality of elements. The method determines a keyframe value for the first layer based on the master duration and a property value for the keyframe value for the first layer. Software code is generated specifying the calculated keyframe value and the determined property value, the software code for use in creating the animation of the first element. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271474 | REDUCING POWER FOR 3D WORKLOADS - Various embodiments are presented herein that may reduce the workload of a GPU tasked with delivering frames of video data to a display generated by a | 2013-10-17 |
20130271475 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROJECTOR - In the case where a projector is used in combination with another projector, individual use of only one projector is enabled. A slave projector operates together with a master projector. In this case, the operation methods to start up the projector are a first method in which only a first key is pressed, a second method in which the first key and a second key are pressed simultaneously, and a third method in which the first key and a third key are pressed simultaneously. When the slave projector detects a user's operation with a remote controller, if the operation is done by the first method or the second method, the slave projector ignores this operation. Meanwhile, if the operation is done by the second method, the slave projector starts up the own device irrespective of the command from the master. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271476 | Methods and Systems Related to Template Code Generator - Template Code Generator. At least some embodiments involve reading a first representation of a program in a first format, and creating a second representation of the program in a second format. The creating the second representation may involve reading a first portion of the first representation, determining a function of the first portion within the program, selecting a first code template from a plurality of code templates based on the function of the first portion, and placing the first code template into the second representation. An executable for a predetermined platform is created by compiling the second representation. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271477 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEMORY AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SAME - The method for managing memory according to the plurality of accounts in an image display device includes: obtaining memory management data according to the plurality of accounts; obtaining information on one account when a command for storing data, which are selected while logged on to the one account, is inputted; and displaying a memory management menu accordingly. The storage space of an image display device may be used to ensure usage efficiency for a user using a plurality of accounts. | 2013-10-17 |