52nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130342441 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A character input method to be executed by a computer, the character input method includes: acquiring a first image from an imaging device; detecting an object from the first image; specifying a character group corresponding to a first position of the object detected from the first image, based on correspondence information in which each of a plurality of character groups including a plurality of characters is associated with each of a plurality of regions set for the first image; acquiring a second image acquired from the imaging device at a time different from a time at which the first image is acquired; detecting the object from the second image; and designating one character from the specified character group, based on a second position of the object detected from the second image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342442 | INPUT SYSTEM - An input system includes a first gesture detection unit and a second gesture detection unit. The first gesture detection unit includes a first light emitting device for emitting a first light beam, a first light sensing device for receiving the first light beam reflected by a first motion trajectory generated by a user and outputting a first image signal, and a first processing unit for processing the first image signal and outputting a first command signal. The second gesture detection unit includes a second light emitting device for emitting a second light beam, a second light sensing device for receiving the second light beam reflected by a second motion trajectory generated by the user and outputting a second image signal, and a second processing unit for processing the second image signal and outputting a second command signal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342443 | GESTURE DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GESTURE ACCORDING TO VARIATION OF VELOCITY - The present invention discloses a gesture detecting apparatus which includes an image capturing device and a processing unit. The image capturing device is for capturing an object light beam reflected by an object and outputting corresponding image information accordingly. The processing unit is for processing the image information and generating a first command or a second command accordingly. The steps of generating the first command and the second command by the processing unit include: outputting a first command if an image size of the image information increases with a relatively higher velocity and decreases with a relatively lower velocity in a sequential time series; and outputting a second command if the image size of the image information increases with a relatively lower velocity and decreases with a relatively higher velocity in the sequential time series. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342444 | Method and Apparatus for Hand Gesture Trajectory Recognition - Method and apparatus for hand gesture trajectory recognition. The method includes: pre-defining sixteen hand gesture trajectory models, and classifying the sixteen hand gesture trajectory models into three types of hand gesture trajectory models; judging an input hand gesture trajectory belongs to which type of the three types of hand gesture trajectory models; and recognizing input hand gesture trajectories that belong to different types of hand gesture trajectory models with different methods. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342445 | EXTERNAL RECORDING DEVICE COMBINED WITH INPUT UNIT - Provided is an external recording device including a text input unit capable of inputting text or data to a terminal device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342446 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image display device includes a display unit that displays images in page units and a memory which stores data, and flashes an import button displayed on the display unit upon receipt of image data, and in response to operation of the import button by a user, stores received image data on a virtual page in the memory corresponding to a blank page that is on display, stores the received image data on a virtual page in the memory corresponding to a blank page following the page on display, or stores the received image data on a virtual page in the memory secured as a new page following the page on display, after which the image display device displays the image data stored on the virtual page as an image on the display unit. This makes it possible to display the received image at a time specified by the user. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342447 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING GESTURE-BASED CONTROL AND A METHOD OF USING SAME - The present disclosure describes a handheld electronic device having a gesture-based control and a method of using the same. In one embodiment, there is provided a method, comprising: determining from a motion signal a movement type associated with a movement of the electronic device from a number predetermined types of movement; determining whether a cadence parameter is greater than or equal to a first cadence reference level, wherein the cadence parameter is dependent on the movement type; performing a first command when the cadence parameter is greater than or equal to the first cadence reference level; and performing a second command is performed when the cadence parameter is less than the first cadence reference level. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342448 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a detector configured to set a detection area curved in an arc shape to a frame image included in a video that is based on input video data, with reference to a position of a face image included in the video to detect a movement of an operator giving an operation instruction in the detection area; and an output module configured to output operation data indicating the operation instruction given by the movement detected by the detector. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342449 | Cushioned User Inferface Or Control Device - A user interface or control includes a cushion-type support member and a user input member that is interconnected with and carried by the support member. The support member defines an upwardly facing recess, and the input member may be a user interface or control device that is contained within the upwardly facing recess. The support member may be formed to surround the recess about the user interface or control device. The support member may include an air vent that vents air exhausted from the user interface or control device. The user interface or control device may be a laptop computer having a body including a keyboard contained within the recess, and a screen carried by the body. The user interface or control device may alternatively be an electronic input member having an upwardly facing screen, a convertible input member movably mounted to a mounting member, or a game controller. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342450 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES | 2013-12-26 |
20130342451 | Methods, Apparatus, and Article for Force Feedback Based on Tension Control and Tracking Through Cables - A haptic interface system includes a cable based haptic interface device and a controller. The controller receives information related to movement of a grip in real-space and generates a stereoscopic output for a display device. The stereoscopic output includes images of a virtual reality tool whose motions mimic motions of the real-space grip. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342452 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A POSITION INDICATOR - A method includes displaying information including a plurality of characters on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting an indicator control mode input, in response to detecting the indicator control mode input, displaying an indicator controller associated with a position indicator, the indicator controller having a first area associated with a first direction and a second area associated with a second direction, when a tap is detected at a location associated with the first area, moving the position indicator, by a single character of the plurality of characters, in the first direction, and when a tap is detected at a location associated with the second area, moving the position indicator, by a single character of the plurality of characters, in the second direction. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342453 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A STEREOSCOPIC CURSOR AMONG STEREOSCOPIC OBJECTS - A stereoscopic cursor method comprising: generating a virtual plane based on a variable cursor scene depth of a stereoscopic cursor for a stereoscopic user interface, the stereoscopic user interface comprising plural stereoscopic buttons, wherein the virtual plane is positioned between a viewer and the plural stereoscopic buttons; and causing the stereoscopic cursor to move along the virtual plane responsive to viewer input, the movement occurring smoothly and gradually adjacent to the plural stereoscopic buttons and varying in depth as the stereoscopic cursor progresses along the virtual plane from one of the plural stereoscopic buttons to another, the generating and causing performed by a processor in a computing device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342454 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A remote controlling apparatus, a display apparatus and a controlling method are provided. The remote controlling apparatus for selecting one of a plurality of operating modes of an external device being operable between a pointing mode and a gesture mode, associated with the remote controlling apparatus, includes an output unit for outputting information regarding the remote controlling apparatus to the external device, a detection unit for detecting motion of the remote controlling apparatus, a motion information generating unit for generating motion information based on the detected motion of the remote controlling apparatus, an operation mode change unit for providing information regarding an operation mode, for changing the operation mode of the external device being operable between the pointing mode and the gesture mode, and wherein the information regarding the remote controlling apparatus comprise the information regarding the operating mode, and the motion information generated by the motion information generating unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342455 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A remote controlling apparatus, a display apparatus and a controlling method are provided. The remote controlling apparatus for selecting one of a plurality of operating modes of an external device being operable between a pointing mode and a gesture mode, associated with the remote controlling apparatus, includes an output unit for outputting information regarding the remote controlling apparatus to the external device, a detection unit for detecting motion of the remote controlling apparatus, a motion information generating unit for generating motion information based on the detected motion of the remote controlling apparatus, an operation mode change unit for providing information regarding an operation mode, for changing the operation mode of the external device being operable between the pointing mode and the gesture mode, and wherein the information regarding the remote controlling apparatus comprise the information regarding the operating mode, and the motion information generated by the motion information generating unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342456 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A remote controlling apparatus to provide a plurality of control modes includes a communicating unit which performs communication with an external display apparatus which provides a user interface screen, a detecting unit which detects a movement of the remote controlling apparatus, a mode change button unit which receives a user command to change control mode, and a control unit which controls a display status of the user interface screen according to the movement of the remote controlling apparatus as detected through the detecting unit, and which operates in a pointing mode if the mode change button unit is released from pressed state, or operates in a gesture mode while the mode change button unit is in pressed state. The mode change button unit is arranged on a rear surface of the remote controlling apparatus for a user to grip. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342457 | DATA MANIPULATION ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND REMOTE TERMINAL - Methods and systems of manipulating data on an electronic device and a remote terminal are disclosed. The system includes at least one controller in an electronic device and a remote terminal, configured to initialize the electronic device and the remote terminal, detect a first input signal associated with a desired action, capture at least a portion of an external environment, detect a second input signal associated with the desired action, and perform the desired action on the electronic device and the remote terminal according to the first input signal and the second input signal. The system also includes at least one signal detection system in the electronic device and the remote terminal controlled by the at least one controller, at least one imaging and display system in the electronic device and the remote terminal generating an image output data in real-time. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342458 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INPUT TO AN INTERACTIVE AUDIOVISUAL DEVICE - A method of operating an user input device relative to a projection screen includes: displaying a user interface via a projector in the A/V device; receiving a captured image from a camera tracking a two-dimensional (2D) coordinate of a light source from images of the capture image; displaying a cursor over the user interface via the projector in the A/V device based on the 2D coordinate; detecting an optical pattern from the light source; and activating a click interaction on the user interface at the 2D coordinate based on the optical pattern received. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342459 | FINGERTIP LOCATION FOR GESTURE INPUT - A user can use a finger, or other such object, to provide input to a computing device. The finger does not have to contact the device, but can be positioned and/or oriented in such a way that the device can determine an input that the user is attempting to provide, such as an element or icon that the user is intended to select. One or more cameras can capture image information, which can be analyzed to attempt to determine the location and/or orientation of the finger. If the finger is at least partially outside a field of view of the camera(s), the device can use a sensor (e.g., EMF) to attempt to determine a location of at least a portion of the finger, which can be used with the image information to determine the location and/or orientation of the finger. Other estimation processes can be used as well. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342460 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING AN APPLICATION ON A TABLET - A system, method, and graphical user interface for playing games and/or executing applications on a tablet-based client. One embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for playing a video game on a tablet-based client device comprises: a virtual controller rendered on a display of the tablet computer, the virtual controller substantially mimicking the control provided by a thumb stick of a physical game controller and providing omnidirectional, free-form movement in a synchronous direction in which a user moves a finger on the display of the tablet-based client. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342461 | HEATING DEVICE AND MOUSE USING SAME - An exemplary computerized mouse includes a heating device which can warm a hand of a user when the computerized mouse is operated. The heating device includes a first sensing device, a heating member, a temperature regulator, and a controller. The first sensing device generates a first sensing signal when the computerized mouse is operated. The temperature regulator generates a temperature signal representative of a predetermined temperature that the computerized mouse is heated to. The controller controls the heating member to heat an exterior shell of the computerized mouse to the predetermined temperature when the controller receives the first sensing signal and the temperature signal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342462 | CONTROLLING BACKLIGHTS BASED ON ANGLE OF DISPLAY AND KEYBOARD BASE - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to turning on backlights of a keyboard. An angle of a display relative to a base or keyboard is determined or monitored. The backlights are turned on based on at least two values of the angle. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342463 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method for inputting a character executed by a computer that inputs a character, the method includes: obtaining a first pressed position at which the pressing operation has been performed and a first key corresponding to the first pressed position; detecting deletion of a character input using the first key; obtaining, when the deletion is detected, a second pressed position at which a next pressing operation has been performed and a second key corresponding to the second pressed position; determining whether or not a distance between the first pressed position and the second key is smaller than or equal to a threshold; and correcting, when the distance is smaller than or equal to the threshold, a range that is recognized as the second key in the region on the basis of the first pressed position. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342464 | Input Device with Interchangeable Surface - An input device with an interchangeable surface is described. In one or more implementations, an input device base includes a connection portion configured to provide a physical and communicative coupling to a computing device and a plurality of sensors configured to initiate respective inputs responsive to contact from a user. The input device also includes an interchangeable surface that is removable and connectable, physically, to the input device base, the interchangeable surface having a plurality of indications of inputs that are to be initiated via respective ones of the plurality of sensors. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342465 | Interchangeable Surface Translation and Force Concentration - An input device with an interchangeable surface is described. In one or more implementations, an input device base includes a connection portion configured to provide a physical and communicative coupling to a computing device and a plurality of sensors configured to initiate respective inputs responsive to contact from a user. The input device also includes an interchangeable surface that is removable and connectable, physically, to the input device base, the interchangeable surface having a plurality of indications of inputs that are to be initiated via respective ones of the plurality of sensors. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342466 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RAISED TOUCH SCREENS - A touch sensitive display assembly includes a touch screen and a button array. The touch screen is configured to display one or more input keys. The button array includes one or more buttons corresponding to the one or more input keys. The button array is formed by a substrate attached to a button membrane thereby creating a set of button cavities corresponding to the input keys. The button cavities are configured to be inflated and deflated by a pump coupled to a fluid reservoir. The cavities can be inflated/deflated together, in subsets, and/or individually. In some embodiments, the button array is sandwiched between a touch sensing layer and a display of the touch screen. In other embodiments, the button array can be located either above or below the touch screen. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342467 | DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A SMART PHYSICAL KEYBOARD - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for dynamically updating an input language of a smart physical keyboard. A local computer receives an indication that a remote session has been started, where starting the remote session includes the local computer accessing a remote computer. The local computer determines a keyboard input language for the remote session. The local computer then updates one or more keys of a smart physical keyboard to display the keyboard input language for the remote session. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342468 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH LOCATION ON A TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL MODULE - The disclosure provides a method ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342469 | TOUCH INTENSITY BASED ON ACCELEROMETER READINGS - A mobile device having a touch screen and an accelerometer may utilize the accelerometer readings to determine the intensity of a touch made to the touch screen. The force of the touch causes the mobile device to move and vibrate thereby causing a change in the acceleration forces along the axes of the mobile device. The accelerometer readings resulting from the touch may then be used to quantify the intensity of the touch. The touch intensity may then be used by interactive software applications to stimulate a reaction to the intensity of the user's touch. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORIZATION OF AN ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION - The present approach includes presenting an e-book having content, in which the content includes selected content and non-selected content. The method includes receiving a first prompt to hide the selected content of the e-book and hiding the selected content, in response to the first prompt, while presenting the non-selected content of the e-book. The method further includes receiving a second prompt to reveal the hidden content of the e-book and temporarily revealing the hidden content, in response to the second prompt, while presenting the non-selected content of the e-book. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342471 | Display with Wireless Transmission Functions - A display with wireless transmission functions for transmitting wireless signals to a first wireless transmission module of an electronic device; said display comprising: a screen, touch module and second wireless transmission module; of which, the touch module is configured on the screen; and the second wireless transmission module is mounted onto the screen and connected with the touch module, and used to receive touch signals from the touch module and transmit wireless signals to the electronic device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342472 | Pixel Occlusion Mitigation - In one embodiment, a method includes determining output modifications to apply to pixels of a display based on a modification map for pixels of the display. The modification map provides output-modification values for the pixels to mitigate optical occlusion of pixels of the display optically occluded by micro-features of a touch sensor overlying the display relative to other pixels of the display not optically occluded by micro-features of the touch sensor. The method also includes applying the output modifications to pixels of the display to mitigate their optical occlusion relative to other pixels of the display not optically occluded by micro-features of the touch sensor. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342473 | Multi-Zone Touchscreen Orientation - A tablet portable information handling system touch screen display includes a touch surface that extends past the periphery of a display surface to accept touch inputs used to establish an orientation of images presented at the display surface. For example, thumb and palm touches at the touch surface outside the periphery of the display are analyzed to determine the orientation of the tablet information handling system so that images presented at the display align with the determined orientation. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342474 | Multi-Zone Touchscreen Sensing At A Portable Information Handling System - An information handling system includes a touch screen with a first zone disposed over a display and a second zone that extends past a periphery of the display. End users interact with an operating system and applications of the information handling system with touches input in the first zone responsive to images presented at the display. End users perform management functions with touches input in the second zone independent of images presented at the display. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342475 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. The touch panel according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a transparent substrate that is partitioned into an active region and an inactive region outside the active region, a first electrode that is formed in the active region of one surface of the transparent substrate, a second electrode that is formed in the active region of the other surface of the transparent substrate, and a low dielectric constant film that is formed along a peripheral edge of the active region while being formed in the inactive region of the one surface of the transparent substrate. In the touch panel, touch sensitivity is improved by minimizing influence of a polarization phenomenon on changes in capacitance on the peripheral edge of the active region in which a detection region is reduced. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342476 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including a transparent substrate on which a wiring array is formed; a first connector formed on an end of the wiring array; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) on which a circuit terminal is formed; and a second connector formed on the circuit terminal and bonded to the first connector, in which a protrusion is formed on one of the first connector and the second connector and a groove is formed on the other one, thereby easily aligning the wiring array and the FPCB with each other and increasing the connection reliability therebetween. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342477 | SENSOR FOR DIGITIZER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a sensor for a digitizer including a first magnetic layer, a first coil formed on one surface of the first magnetic layer, an insulating layer formed on one surface of the first magnetic layer, a second coil formed on one surface the insulating layer, and a second magnetic layer formed on one surface of the insulating layer, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342478 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display device including a plurality of pixels and displaying an image; a touch screen including a plurality of touch sensors and being included in the display device; display panel driving circuits for driving the display device; a touch sensing circuit for applying a driving signal to the touch sensors to sense a voltage or capacitance variation in the touch sensors; a controller for time-dividing a first frame period into a first driving period for displaying an image on the display device and a second driving period for sensing the touch sensors; and a reset control circuit for controlling operations of the display panel driving circuits with a reset enable signal to initialize the pixels of the display device to an equivalent reset voltage at predetermined intervals between the first driving period and the second driving period. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342479 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device with an integrated touch screen including a panel including electrodes divided into n number of groups, where n is an integer more than or equal to two; a display driver IC configured to apply a common voltage to the n divided groups when a driving mode of the panel is a display driving mode, and to selectively apply a touch scan signal or the common voltage to the n divided groups when the driving mode of the panel is a touch driving mode; and a touch IC configured to generate the touch scan signal to apply the touch scan signal to the display driver IC. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342480 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TERMINAL USING A TOUCH INPUT - Terminals, apparatuses and methods for controlling an operation of or an application executed by a terminal by recognizing a touch input on a surface of a terminal, including: a mapping unit to map a touch recognition area on a first surface of the terminal on an active area on a display screen on a second surface of the terminal; a determining unit to determine at least one of a location of the active area to be displayed on the display screen and a size of the active area; and a control unit to control an operation of the terminal based on a touch input on the touch recognition area of the terminal. And a touch pad on the back of the terminal may receive the touch input, with the first surface located on the back and the second surface located on the front of the terminal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342481 | DISABLING DISPLAY LINES DURING INPUT SENSING PERIODS - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a processing system for a display device having an integrated sensing device. The processing system includes a driver module coupled to a plurality of transmitter electrodes. Each transmitter electrode includes one or more common electrodes configured for display updating and input sensing. The driver module is configured for selecting a first display line set for display updating during a first display update period and driving the first display line set for display updating during the first display update period. The driver module is further configured for driving one or more transmitter electrodes of the plurality of transmitter electrodes for input sensing during a non-display update period and selecting a second display line set for display updating during a restart period. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342482 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touch screen display configured to display contents; and a controller configured to receive a touch and drag action across the touch screen display, display a moveable partitioning graphic at a position corresponding to the touch and drag action and partition the displayed contents into first and second display regions, and independently control a function of the contents in the first display region and independently control a function of the contents in the second display region. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342483 | APPARATUS INCLUDING A TOUCH SCREEN AND SCREEN CHANGE METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for screen change includes a touch screen to divisionally display a first region where a first screen is displayed and a second region where a second screen is displayed, and a controller to detect whether a display change event for a screen display change occurs in at least one of the first region and the second region, and to analyze the display change event and to change a display direction of the second screen while maintaining a display of the first screen. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342484 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING FLOATING PANEL - Disclosed is an electronic device having a floating panel. The electronic device includes a display bracket; a panel provided on the front side of the display bracket and configured to sense a touch input and to provide visual information; an actuator provided on the panel, and configured to provide a haptic signal corresponding to the touch input; an elastic member provided between the panel and the display bracket, and configured to elastically support the panel to float in a state in which the panel is spaced from the display bracket; and a stopper configured to fix the panel, which is lifted and supported by the elastic member, to the display bracket in a floating state. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342485 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOUCH RECOGNITION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for recognizing touch information in an electronic device and an electronic device. The method includes, when a touch is detected, determining whether or not a touch input mode for the touch; determining a reference distance in consideration of the touch input mode; and determining an event type corresponding to the touch by comparing a change distance of a touch point related to the touch with the reference distance. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342486 | AUTOMATIC ANNOTATION DE-EMPHASIS - A method of modifying an annotation input on an interactive display in an interactive input system is described. Reference pixel values in a region of interest of a reference frame are determined. The region of interest is associated with the annotation. The reference pixel values are stored in memory. It is determined whether current pixel values in the region of interest of a current frame differ from the reference pixel values. The annotation is faded if the current pixel values in the region of interest differ from the reference pixel values. A computing device configured to implement the method and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instruction to implement the method are also described. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342487 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal capable of performing a touch input and a control method therefor are provided. A mobile terminal includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit displays screen information. The controller receives a control signal for setting the screen information as a locked screen, and controls the display unit so that the screen information is output on the display unit, based on the control signal, when a locked state for limiting the input of a control command for an application. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342488 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL WRITING TABLET ERASED BY A PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER - A display device includes a cholesteric liquid crystal writing tablet and a piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric transducer is subjected to a mechanical force that generates a voltage that is applied to the writing tablet that erases writing on the writing tablet or a portion thereof. A further feature is a display device comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal display and a piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric transducer is subjected to a mechanical force that generates a voltage that is applied to the display that places the display or a portion thereof in at least one of a color reflective planar state, a substantially transparent focal conic state and a gray scale state. Also featured is a method of erasing a cholesteric liquid crystal writing tablet. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342489 | MULTIMEDIA, MULTIUSER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A table system includes a touch screen having a touch detection surface and a display, and a computer. The touch screen serves as an input device for the computer and the computer is configured to supply a continuous video signal to the display. The touch detection surface is configured to receive an object thereon without interference with detection, to send a first input to the computer in response to a first touch the computer configured to perform a first action on the touch screen in response thereto and, when a second touch occurs at a different location on the touch screen while the first action is being performed on the touch screen, to send a second input to the computer in response to the second touch, the computer being configured to perform a second action in response thereto, so that first and second actions are performed simultaneously. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342490 | TOUCH DETERMINATION WITH SIGNAL COMPENSATION - A multi-touch system includes a panel for conducting signals, e.g. by FTIR, from incoupling points to outcoupling points, to define detection lines across the panel. A signal processor operates in a repeating sequence of iterations to obtain an output signal from a detector coupled to the outcoupling points and generate a formatted signal value for each detection line, and operate a reconstruction algorithm on the formatted signal values to determine an interaction pattern on the panel. The signal processor also, at least intermittently in the sequence of iterations, operates compensation data on the formatted signal values to compensate for contaminations on the panel, and calculates updated compensation data based on an interference pattern determined as a function of the interaction pattern, the interference pattern being a 2D representation of contamination-induced signal interferences. The influence of contaminations in the interaction pattern is thereby suppressed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342491 | Control Method, Control Device, Display Device And Electronic Device - A control method is described that is applicable to an electronic device having a sensor unit with a first detection distance and a second detection distance measured from the electronic device, and with the second detection distance being smaller than the first detection distance. The method includes detecting the 3D movement track of an operation body when the relative distance between the operation body and the electronic device is smaller than the first detection distance, with the 3D movement track being a continuous movement track having one end between the first and second detection distances and the other end equal to or smaller than the second detection distance. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342492 | PORTABLE MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A portable input device is described. The portable input device can wirelessly send control signals to an external circuit. The control signals can derive from touch or gestures applied to a touch sensitive surface. The control signals can also include a mouse click equivalent control signal generated by mechanical manipulation of the portable input device. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342493 | Touch Detection on a Compound Curve Surface - Described is detecting touch on a compound curve surface that displays content for touch-based interaction. Touch may be detected by processing an infrared image to detect a shadow corresponding to the touch, and/or by detecting infrared reflection corresponding to the touch. Also described is providing a curved surface with capacitive sensing. Also described is the use of frustrated total internal reflection to detect touch. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342494 | AUXILIARY INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE AUXILIARY INPUT DEVICE - An auxiliary input device is provided for an electronic device including a capacitive touch sensor. The auxiliary input device includes at least one key, which includes an upper conductive layer, a lower conductive layer, and at least one supporting element. The lower surface of the lower conductive layer has a specific pattern. The supporting element is disposed between the two conductive layers such that there is a distance maintained between the two conductive layers. When the auxiliary input device is disposed on the capacitive touch sensor and the key is pressed by a conductive object, the upper conductive layer and the specific pattern of the lower conductive layer can be electrically conductive with each other so that the capacitive touch sensor can detect the contact of the specific pattern. When the capacitive touch sensor detects the contact of the specific pattern, the electronic device executes a corresponding function. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342495 | Tape-Based Grounding Structures - An electronic device housing may have conductive walls and planar metal internal housing structures. A display in the electronic device may have a touch sensor layer such as an array of capacitive touch sensor electrodes. The display may have display layers in a plastic chassis structure and a metal chassis structure. A display layer may have a conductive surface. Conductive tape may be used to couple the touch sensor to the metal chassis structure and a metal radio-frequency shielding structure. Conductive tape may also be used to short the conductive surface of the display layer to the internal metal housing structure. Segments of conductive tape may run along each of the four edges of a display and may overlap at display corners. Conductive foam structures may be used to short the segments to adjacent portions of the conductive housing walls. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342496 | SENSING CIRCUIT OF A TOUCH PANEL AND OPERATION METHOD OF A SENSING CIRCUIT OF A TOUCH PANEL - A sensing circuit includes a capacitor array, a comparator, and a processing unit. The comparator compares a detection voltage of each sensing unit with a common voltage of the touch panel to generate a corresponding comparison result. The processing unit generates a corresponding adjustment signal according to the corresponding comparison result. The capacitor array executes a corresponding operation on a present exponent n to generate a corresponding compensation capacitor according to the corresponding adjustment signal, and the capacitor array generates a present compensation capacitor according to a previous compensation capacitor generated by the capacitor array and the corresponding compensation capacitor. Thus, the present invention not only can quickly make a compensation capacitor generated by the capacitor array converge toward capacitor variation generated by the sensing unit, but can also reduce a delay problem of compensating capacitor caused by environmental noise interference. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342497 | DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SELF-CAPACITANCE TOUCH SCREEN - It is provided a self-capacitance touch screen detection method, device and system. The method includes: receiving a scanning waveform by a currently detected channel of a self-capacitance touch screen; inputting the voltage of the scanning waveform into an input terminal of a voltage following unit, and driving at least a preset channel that is adjacent to the currently detected channel of the self-capacitance touch screen via an output terminal of the voltage following unit; and calculating self-capacitance touch screen coordinate data for a touch in the currently detected channel. The method not only avoids the disturbance to the detection for a touch in the currently detected channel generated due to water vapor or a water droplet, but also obtains an increased relative change generated by the same touch, and thereby the detection sensibility of the self-capacitance touch screen is improved. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342498 | Touch Panel and Image Display Device Including the Same - A self capacitance type touch panel includes a touch driver including a plurality of touch ICs; and a touch unit including a plurality of touch groups that are controlled by the plurality of touch ICs, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of touch groups includes a plurality of pattern electrodes, and some touch ICs selected from the plurality of touch ICs apply sensing voltages to respective corresponding touch groups at a same timing. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342499 | TOUCH-AND-PLAY INPUT DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch-and-play input device coupled to an electronic device having a touch unit is provided. The touch-and-play input device comprises an input unit, a attaching unit and at least one conductive unit. The input unit generates an input signal. The attaching unit comprises an attaching surface. The conductive units are configured on the attaching surface of the attaching unit and are electrically connected to the input unit. The attaching unit attaches a portion of the touch unit of the electronic device through the attaching surface so that the conductive units touch a portion of the touch unit. Further, the input signal is input into the electronic device through the conductive units and the touch unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342500 | Touch-sensing Display panel module and related driving method - An embedded sensor of a touch panel includes at least a readout unit and a reset unit. The total readout length or the total reset length during each sensing period may be larger than the pixel refresh period by introducing other readout units, introducing other reset units, or increasing the enabling period of the gate driving signals, thereby enhancing the sensibility of the touch panel. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342501 | HYBRID FORCE SENSITIVE TOUCH DEVICES - A hybrid touch-screen display that integrates force-based touch-screen technology with any one from among a group of projective capacitive, surface capacitive, resistive, digital resistive, SAW, IR, APR, DST, optical and electromagnetic touch-screen technologies to provide an ability to compensate for non-perfect force transfer. An alternate implementation is also disclosed that employs a single force sensor for relative force measurement in a system in which force is traditionally not measured, here a water dispenser unit. This allows compensation for varying static loads, run-time calibration, and filtering of extraneous loads through firmware. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342502 | METHOD FOR INCREASING ACCURACY OF TOUCH COORDINATE CALCULATION IN A CAPACITIVE MULTI-TOUCH SYSTEM - In a method for increasing accuracy of touch coordinate calculation in a capacitive multi-touch system, it performs operations on obtained data for de-noising of the obtained data and increasing its linearity so as to generate data with excellent stability and linearity. An integral accumulation operation is performed to generate data for each sensing channel, cancel the accumulation error in data, and calculate coordinates for touch points on a capacitive touch panel. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342503 | Signal Enhancing Method for Capacitive Touch Panel of Mobile Device - A signal enhancing method for capacitive touch panel of mobile device provides a reference potential by a reference bar that is next to a sensor bar, wherein when the reference potential is a ground potential, the reference bar becomes a ground (GND) bar. The sensor bar and GND bar may comprise a plurality of tiny sensor bars and a plurality of tiny GND bars, respectively; and may further comprise fishbone sensor bars and fishbone GND bars. The plurality of tiny sensor bars and plurality of tiny GND bars are arranged in an alternative disposition. In this way, when a touch panel is touched, a tiny sensor bar and adjacent tiny GND bar are both touched so as to obtain a large coupling capacitance. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342504 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a touch panel, comprising: a screen part comprising a first conductive pattern portion, and a router part comprising a second conductive pattern portion, in which the first conductive pattern portion and the second conductive pattern portion have the same line height, and there is no connecting portion in a region in which the first conductive pattern portion and the second conductive pattern portion are connected to each other, and a display apparatus comprising the same. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342505 | INPUT UNIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOBILE TERMINAL - An input unit disposed opposite to a display unit having a plurality of pixel areas arranged in a matrix, includes: a substrate; a first detecting electrode pattern provided on the substrate; a second detecting electrode pattern provided on the substrate; and an insulator provided at a portion corresponding to an intersecting portion where the first detecting electrode pattern and second detecting electrode pattern intersect, wherein the insulator has a profile extending in a direction different from arrangement directions of the pixel area as viewed from above. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342506 | Capacitive Touch Sensor Having Correlation with a Receiver - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342507 | Capacitive Touchscreen System with Switchable Charge Acquisition Circuit - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a capacitive touchscreen system which includes switchable charge acquisition circuits and corresponding charge integrator circuits for sensing mutual capacitances associated with a touchscreen. Various embodiments of the switchable charge acquisition circuits and corresponding charge integrator circuits provide lower power consumption, increased operational stability, substantially reduced integrated circuit area, and increased temperature stability. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342508 | BENDING THRESHOLD AND RELEASE FOR A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible display device and a method for accurately recognizing a user's flex input bending of the flexible display device is described. The present invention is able to discard unintentional flexing of the flexible display device while being able to accurately recognize a user's intended flex input command based on a number of bending degree thresholds. A first bending threshold must be overcome in order to initially recognize a user's flex input as a valid flex input command. Then the user's flex input must fall below a second bending threshold in order to cease the recognition of the user's flex input as a valid flex input. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342509 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DATA DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display device and a data displaying method thereof are disclosed. The device includes a touch sensor to generate touch events according to touch actions, a flexible sensor to generate a bend signal as one side of the device is bent, a storage unit to store a function table, and a controller to control the components of the device. The function table is configured to define control operations to reproduce currently output contents based on the touch events and the bend events. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342510 | HANDWRITING INPUT APPARATUS - A handwriting input apparatus used with an electromagnetic pen is disclosed. The handwriting input apparatus comprises a controller, an electromagnetic antenna board, a signal processing circuit and a charging circuit. The signal processing circuit processes the electromagnetic signals received by the electromagnetic antenna board. The charging circuit used to charge the electromagnetic pen includes a first device which is used to output a first voltage to charge the electromagnetic pen after a voltage of the handwriting input apparatus being inputted. The charging circuit further includes a programmable voltage device connecting to the first device. The programmable voltage device is controlled by the controller to change the first voltage according to the detection of the first voltage by the controller. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342511 | TOUCH-CONTROL WRITING TOOL - A touch-control writing tool wherein the pipe body of the touch-control writing tool has a long through hole and an opening on one end thereof. A rotating element is pivotally provided on the end of the opening of the pipe body. The writing head of a rod body goes through and protrudes from the rotating element. The rotating element drives the rod body to perform an axial displacement in the long through hole via the transmission component in the long through hole, thereby adjusting the length of the writing head outside the rotating element. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342512 | MULTIPLE FUNCTION DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system which includes a first image display; a second image display; a reflective polariser disposed between the first image display and the second image display, with the second image display disposed on a viewing side of the display system; and a controller for addressing image data to the first image display and the second image display, wherein the controller, the first image display and second image display are configured to selectively operate in accordance with: a first display function in which the first image display is visible to a viewer through the second image display and the second image display appears substantially transparent to the first image display; a second display function in which the display system appears as a plane mirror to the viewer; and a third display function in which the display system appears as a patterned mirror to the viewer. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342513 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a controller configured to receive image data associated with at least a first frame and a second frame immediately following the first frame. The controller is further configured to generate image signals using the image data. The display apparatus further includes a data driver configured to generate one or more data signals using the image signals. The display apparatus further includes a display panel configured to display one or more images using the one or more data signals. The image signals include two consecutive first-eye image signals and two consecutive second-eye image signals immediately following or immediately preceding the two consecutive first-eye image signals. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342514 | DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION SYSTEM, AND DETECTION APPARATUS DRIVE METHOD - A detection apparatus includes a substrate which includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and adapted to generate pixel signals, a plurality of drive lines arranged in a column direction and each connected in common to a plurality of pixels in a row direction, a plurality of data lines arranged in the row direction and each connected in common to a plurality of pixels in the column direction, connection terminals smaller in number than the data lines, and a multiplexer unit provided between the connection terminals and the data lines; a read circuit provided with a reset switch for supplying a constant potential to the connection terminals and connected to the connection terminals; a drive circuit adapted to control driving of the plurality of pixels; and a control circuit adapted to supply a control signal to the substrate and the read circuit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342515 | OVER-DRIVE CONTROLLER APPLIED TO A DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR OVER-DRIVE CONTROL THEREIN - An over-drive controller applied to a display panel and a method for over-drive control are provided. The over-drive controller includes an analyzing unit and an over-drive delta value determining unit. The analyzing unit is arranged for analyzing information of a current pixel in order to generate an over-drive information. The over-drive delta value determining unit is coupled to the analyzing unit, and is arranged for determining an over-drive delta value according to the over-drive information. Herein the over-drive information includes a position information or a field information of the current pixel. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342516 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT AND GATE DRIVE DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A shift register unit and a gate drive device for a liquid crystal display are disclosed. Both gate and drain of the tenth thin film transistor are connected to the source of the fifth thin film transistor, a source thereof is connected to a low voltage signal input terminal, threshold voltages of the eighth thin film transistor and the ninth thin film transistor are equal to or less than threshold voltage of the tenth thin film transistor. The shift register unit and the gate drive device for liquid crystal display provided in the present invention, could enable the thin film transistor used to suppress the noise in the shift register unit to maintain turning on, therefore it guarantees the reliability of the shift register unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342517 | Grayscale-Based Field-Sequential Display for Low Power Operation - A field-sequential display is operated in one of a color mode or a grayscale mode. In the color mode, a video source provides image content in the form of multiple-color image data having a frame rate of X Hz and a display controller uses the multiple-color image data to drive the field-sequential display so as provide multiple-color image content at the field-sequential display. In the grayscale mode, the display controller generates grayscale image data from the multiple-color image data and the display controller then drives the field-sequential display with the grayscale image data at a lower frame rate of Y Hz. While in the grayscale mode, the display controller can take advantage of the enhanced contrast provided by the grayscale image content to reduce or disable backlighting at the field-sequential display. The reduced timing requirements afforded by the lower frame rate, as well as the reduction or elimination of backlighting, can reduce power consumption compared to the color mode. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342518 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: multiple optical propagation paths configured to propagate light; a photoelectric conversion element configured to perform photoelectric conversion on light propagated through each of the multiple optical propagation paths at mutually different partial areas in a photoelectric conversion area; and an estimating unit configured to estimate illuminance or color temperature to be obtained at the photoelectric conversion element, using an electric signal corresponding to light propagated through each of the optical propagation paths. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342519 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light emitting device is provided. The organic light emitting device includes an organic light emitting panel, a drive unit receiving image data and image luminance discrimination signal that includes information on a maximum luminance of the image and providing a data voltage corresponding to the image luminance discrimination signal to the organic light emitting panel, and a power supply unit providing a common voltage to the organic light emitting panel. The common voltage is varied to correspond to the image luminance discrimination signal. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342520 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG-CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND DATA DRIVER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - DAC includes a decoder that receives N number of reference voltages and an n-bit digital signal (n 4) to select first to third voltages, and an operational amplifier to output (first voltage+second voltage+2 third voltage)/4 voltage. The operational amplifier is able to output, for respective 2̂n combinations of the n-bit digital signal, voltage levels from an Ath level, as a base level, to an (A−1+2̂n)th level. The N number of reference voltages include Ath level, (A+4)th level, (A−4+2̂n) and (A+2̂n), and an at most {−4+2̂(n−2)} reference voltages obtained by decimating a pre-set at least one reference voltage from {−3+2̂(n−2)} reference voltages that are other than the four number of reference voltages from the {1+2̂(n−2)} reference voltages corresponding to the voltage levels spaced each other at an interval of 4 levels from the Ath level. N is not less than 4 and not more than 2̂(n−2). | 2013-12-26 |
20130342521 | Electronic Display Device - In a display device ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130342522 | CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342523 | Adaptive Control of Display Characteristics of Pixels of a LCD Based on Video Content - Determining pixel behavior type of a pixel or a group of pixels of a LCD and triggering adjustment in drive power of the pixel or the group of pixels based on the pixel behavior type. The pixel behavior type indicates relative motion of areas on the LCD in a video. A pixel behavior determination module directs one or more selected pixels of the LCD to be driven relative slower or faster based upon content of video that the selected pixels display. Operations include identifying an active window from a plurality of windows corresponding to a plurality of applications running on the host device and setting the drive power of those pixels that correspond to the active window based on speed of a video displayed on the active window. Operation may also include adapting LCD drive power on a pixel by pixel basis based upon user input and/or remaining battery life. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342524 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display method comprising displaying a first image of an imaged zone in a first display window and displaying a second image of only a part of the imaged zone in a second display window (S | 2013-12-26 |
20130342525 | FOCUS GUIDANCE WITHIN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media providing focal feedback and control in a three-dimensional display. Focal anchors are provided at different depths and used to determine at what depth the user is currently focusing. The focal anchors are also used to receive input from the user. By looking at a focal anchor, the use can cause the portion of content associated with the focal anchor to be displayed more prominently relative to content displayed at different depths. In one embodiment, predictive feedback is provided at a depth associated with one of the focal anchors. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342526 | DEPTH-ASSIGNED CONTENT FOR DEPTH-ENHANCED PICTURES - According to various embodiments of the invention, a system and method are provided for enabling interaction with, manipulation of, and control of depth-assigned content in depth-enhanced pictures. Depth-assigned content can be assigned to a specified depth value. When a depth-enhanced picture is refocused at a focus depth substantially different from the specified assigned depth value, the depth-assigned content may be omitted, grayed out, blurred, or otherwise visually distinguished. In this manner, content associated with an in-focus image element can be visually distinguished from content associated with an out-of-focus image element. For example, in at least one embodiment, depth-assigned content is visible only when an image element associated with the content is in focus (or nearly in focus). According to various embodiments of the invention, many different types of interactions are facilitated among depth-assigned content, depth-enhanced pictures, and other content. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342527 | AVATAR CONSTRUCTION USING DEPTH CAMERA - A method for constructing an avatar of a human subject includes acquiring a depth map of the subject, obtaining a virtual skeleton of the subject based on the depth map, and harvesting from the virtual skeleton a set of characteristic metrics. Such metrics correspond to distances between predetermined points of the virtual skeleton. In this example method, the characteristic metrics are provided as input to an algorithm trained using machine learning. The algorithm may be trained using a human model in a range of poses, and a range of human models in a single pose, to output a virtual body mesh as a function of the characteristic metrics. The method also includes constructing a virtual head mesh distinct from the virtual body mesh, with facial features resembling those of the subject, and connecting the virtual body mesh to the virtual head mesh. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRAVERSING HIERARCHICAL ACCELERATION STRUCTURE - An apparatus and method for traversing a hierarchical acceleration structure may determine whether a current traversal node is a leaf node, may calculate a first distance from the current traversal node to a pop level and a second distance from a root node to the pop level when the current traversal node is the leaf node, and may determine a hierarchical traversal restarting position by comparing the first distance and the second distance. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342529 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An embodiment provides a parallax image generating apparatus including a disparity generating section, a disparity correcting section and an image shifting section. The disparity generating section is configured to receive a depth of each part of an input image, and based on the depth, generate a disparity for each part of the image for a respective viewpoint. The disparity correcting section is configured to set a detection range right and left of a target part in the image, detect a foreground part in the detection range based on values of the disparity generated for respective parts and correct a value of the disparity of the target part based on the disparity generated for the foreground part. The image shifting section is configured to move a part of the input image based on the disparity corrected by the disparity correcting section, and to generate a parallax image for the respective viewpoint. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342530 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving spatial positions associated with a plurality of images. The method determines displacements of the images in opposing first and second horizontal directions, based on at least the spatial positions. The method then generates, using a processor, first and second composites of the images, based on the determined displacements. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342531 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image signal processing device is provided which includes a receiving unit for receiving an image signal and setting information for each predetermined unit of the image signal including image type setting information to define whether the image signal represents a stereoscopic image and gamma correction setting information to define a gamma correction amount for the image signal, a gamma correcting unit for performing gamma correction for the image signal based on the gamma correction setting information included in the setting information received by the receiving unit, and a stereoscopic image processing unit for selectively performing a process to display the stereoscopic image for the image signal corrected by the gamma correcting unit based on the image type setting information included in the setting information received by the receiving unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342532 | REPRESENTATION AND DISCOVERY OF GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL - Systems and methods for maintaining equivalence relations in product data management (PDM) systems. A method includes receiving a 3D model including a plurality of components, and receiving a selection of one of the plurality of components of the model. The method includes receiving a selection of at least one equivalence relation to be discovered in the 3D model and identifying at least one target component of the plurality of components of the model. The method includes completing the selected component with respect to each target component according to each selected equivalence relation. The method includes building and storing an equivalence relationship graph according to the completed selected component. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342533 | MULTI-MODAL METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH 3D MODELS - The present disclosure concerns a methodology that allows a user to “orbit” around a model on a specific axis of rotation and view an orthographic floor plan of the model. A user may view and “walk through” the model while staying at a specific height above the ground with smooth transitions between orbiting, floor plan, and walking modes. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342534 | REACTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A system (and corresponding method) is provided that enables virtual spaces to be created based upon user activity and populated with users associated with, interested in or active within the same areas as the user, thus facilitating serendipitous interactions and exchange of knowledge. The system dynamically binds user representations (e.g., avatars, links) into a virtual space that is associated with an activity or topic. Essentially, the system is capable of dynamically gathering or generating representations of users associated with a workflow or tasks within an activity, project or topic thereby enhancing collaboration between users with regard to communications as well as generation and sharing of data. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342535 | Hierarchical Tree Traversal in Graphics Pipeline Stages - Described is a technology by which a hierarchical tree structure is traverses at different stages in a graphics pipeline, in a coarse-to-fine fashion. In one aspect, each relevant coarser pipeline stage in the GPU pipeline traverses the tree until stopped by the “coarseness” of that pipeline stage, and passes the state of the traversal to the next (finer-grained) stage, for a finer traversal, and so on as needed. The technology links the hierarchical coarse-to-fine nature of the graphics pipeline to the hierarchical coarse-to-fine nature of the tree structure. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342536 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Object information concerning an object image is input. Line-of-sight information of a viewer is input. Conversion parameters for converting for values on a coordinate system on an object image in the virtual space defined with respect to a display device into values on the coordinate system of the display device. A rendering image is created by rendering an object image based on the conversion parameters. A deformed filter is created by deforming a reference filter to be applied to the object image set at reference coordinates in a virtual space, based on the line-of-sight information and conversion parameters. The image data obtained by performing filter processing for the rendering image by using the deformed filter is output. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342537 | Movement Based Level of Detail Adjustments - Systems and methods for providing movement based level of detail (“LOD”) adjustments for textures in a graphics application are disclosed. The method includes displaying, in a user interface of a display device, a plurality of frames representing movement within a geographic area. The geographic area has texture rendered at one or more level of detail, the texture being based at least in part on map, satellite, or geographic imagery. The displayed level of detail of at least a portion of the geographic area is decreased in response to a frame rate of one or more of the plurality of frames and at least one of a ratio of areas of two frames of the plurality of frames, and a ratio of intersecting area of two frames of the plurality of frames to area of one of the two frames. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SEGMENTATION BASED ON A WEB SESSION EVENT VARIATION - Web session events are captured during different web sessions. A segmentation model is generated based on a number of occurrences of the web session events for different time stamp periods. The segmentation model plots a segmentation graph that may identify differences between the web session events with respect to time factors. The segmentation model may use the whole dataset of event occurrences as an input without any preliminary data segmentation or discrimination. The model can associate the web session events with the different geographic locations, reveal possible reasons for customer experience difference for the users from different locations and provide statistically sound explanation of this difference. The model is scalable and may work with big data acquired by web-based commerce sites with wide international customer base. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342539 | Generating Simulated Eye Movement Traces For Visual Displays - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a baseline resource and one or more candidate change resources at a computing device, the baseline resource and the one or more candidate resources being displayable on a display, rendering the baseline resource as an image to provide an image file including corresponding image data, rendering the one or more candidate change resources as respective images to provide one or more image files each including corresponding image data, processing the image files using the computing device to determine one or more statistics of interest, the one or more statistics of interest reflecting a user behavior in interacting with a resource. | 2013-12-26 |
20130342540 | System And Method For Placing Cluster Groupers In A Visual Display - A system and method for placing cluster groupers in a visual display is provided. Groupers of document clusters are obtained. One of the groupers is placed into a center of a display. A further grouper is selected, and a size of the further grouper is determined. An angle for placement of the further grouper and a radius from the center of the display for placement of the further grouper are also determined based on the grouper size to minimize overlap with the placed grouper. The further grouper is positioned in the display in relation to the grouper based on the determined angle and radius. | 2013-12-26 |