01st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100001904 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A radio communication apparatus includes a vertical polarization antenna, a horizontal polarization antenna, a receiving-side phase rotation unit configured to rotate a phase of a signal received by the vertical polarization antenna and a phase of a signal received by the horizontal polarization antenna, and a maximum power detector configured to determine a phase associated with a maximum power of the two received signals and to provide the receiving-side phase rotation unit with the phase associated with the maximum power. The receiving-side phase rotation unit rotates the phase of the two received signals by the phase associated with the maximum power. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001905 | LOCATION SYSTEM - A portable location device for use in a location system, the device comprising a transmitter for transmitting ultra-wideband signals, a receiver for receiving non-ultra-wideband signals and a control unit coupled to the receiver for controlling the operation of the device in dependence on the received non-ultra-wideband signals. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001906 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) PACKAGES HAVING CHARACTERISTICS SUITABLE FOR MASS PRODUCTION - A radio-frequency integrated circuit chip package with N integrated aperture-coupled patch antennas, N being at least one, includes a cover portion with N generally planar patches, and a main portion coupled to the cover portion. The main portion in turn comprises at least one generally planar ground plane spaced inwardly from the N generally planar patches and substantially parallel thereto. The ground plane is formed with at least N coupling aperture slots therein. The slots are substantially opposed to the patches. The main portion also includes N feed lines spaced inwardly from the N generally planar patches and substantially parallel thereto, and at least one radio frequency chip coupled to the feed lines and the ground plane. The cover portion and the main portion cooperatively define an antenna cavity, with the N generally planar patches located in the antenna cavity. Fabrication techniques are also described. In some embodiments, N is two or more and a phased array is formed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001907 | Compact planar antenna assembly - An antenna assembly includes a substrate having a feed line, and an antenna device having two inner radiators electrically coupled to the feed line and disposed at a distance from each other, and two outer radiators electrically coupled to the middle portions of the inner radiators for decreasing the dimension of the antenna assembly and for increasing the gain of the antenna assembly, the inner radiators each include an antenna segment disposed at a distance parallel to the inner radiators and disposed on an outer portion of the inner radiators, the inner radiators are electrically coupled to the outer radiators with a coupling element which includes either a zigzag shape or a wave-shaped structure. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001908 | Digital Television Antenna - A digital television antenna built in a portable device. The portable device has a system ground board. The digital television antenna includes a parasitic arm and a signal feeding arm. The parasitic arm has a ground point and at least one bending portion. The shape of the parasitic arm is a step-like form. The ground point of the parasitic arm touches the system ground board of the portable device. The signal feeding arm has a main portion and a feeding terminal for receiving a digital television signal with a frequency from 470 MHz to 870 MHz. The shape of the main portion is approximate to a rectangle. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001909 | POSITIONING CONDUCTIVE COMPONENTS ADJACENT AN ANTENNA - An apparatus including: an antenna having operational frequencies; and an electrical circuit including a first electrical component adjacent the antenna and a second component for decoupling said electrical circuit from the antenna at the operational frequencies of the antenna. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001910 | On-Vehicle Antenna - No coupled effects occur even when a plurality of antennas is provided. An insert fitting | 2010-01-07 |
20100001911 | Receiving antenna for receiving tire pressure signal - For installation in the chassis of a car to receive a tire pressure signal from a sensor and transmitter unit wirelessly and to transmit the signal to a display device in the driver's cab of the car through a cable, a receiving antenna for receiving tire pressure signal is disclosed to include a base, a circuit board mounted in the base and spaced the bottom side of the base at a distance over 1 cm, and a top cover covering the base. The circuit board has a metal signal receiving line arranged on the substrate thereof. The signal receiving line has a receiving segment arranged on the top wall of the substrate near one end and extending around a rectangular area of the top wall a number of turns from an inner side toward an outer side, a lead-out segment extending from the outer end of the receiving segment to a predetermined distance in direction toward the other end of the substrate, and a connection segment extended from the lead-out segment to a connection terminal at the second end of the substrate and having a width greater than the lead-out segment. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001912 | Electro-Optical Component - There is provided an electro-optical component, comprising a patch antenna and a display integrated together, an electrically conductive structure common to the patch antenna and the display, wherein the electrically conductive structure is configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency electromagnetic energy wirelessly and to reflect light in the display into a viewing direction. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001913 | BROADBAND ANTENNA - The present invention relates to a broadband antenna for at least six frequency bands provided on an isolating antenna support structure comprising. The antenna comprises a low band branch and a high band branch coupled to a substantially rectangular ground plane provided on a PCB. The coupling between the ground plane and the low band branch is a capacitive coupling and has a vertical distance of 3-7 mm there in between. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001914 | ANTENNA WITH IMPROVED ILLUMINATION EFFICIENCY - An antenna is provided including a first loop having at least one first conductor and a second loop having at least one second conductor, the second conductor connected to the first conductor. The first loop has a first enclosed area defined by the area inside the perimeter of the first loop and a first phase center point defined by the geometric center point of the first enclosed area. The second loop is coupled to the first loop and is disposed a distance from and substantially parallel to the first loop. The second loop has a second enclosed area substantially equal to the first enclosed area and a second phase center point. A line normal to the plane of the first loop passes through the first and second phase center points. The first and second loops are disposed to substantially reduce the far-field illumination, while substantially maintaining the near-field illumination at effective radio frequency identification system operational levels. The antenna may be used to energize devices through inductive coupling. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001915 | COMPOSITE DIPOLE ARRAY ASSEMBLY - A composite dipole array assembly can have a composite dipole array defined by a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of non-linear element electrically interconnecting pair of the antenna elements. A reflector can be configured to reflect electromagnetic energy toward the antenna elements. A lens can be configured to focus electromagnetic energy upon the antenna elements. In this manner, the efficiency of the composite dipole array is enhanced. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001916 | COAXIAL LINE SLOT ARRAY ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A planar antenna including slot arrays configured to set a narrow interval between elements so as to perform beam scanning in a wide angle range while keeping low loss and low profile. The planar antenna includes: a coaxial line including an inner conductor, an outer conductor provided so as to surround a circumference of the inner conductor, and both ends short-circuited; a feeding mechanism for exciting the coaxial line; and a plurality of slots formed on the outer conductor with a certain angle with respect to a tube direction of the coaxial line and having approximately a resonance length. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001917 | PLANAR DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE WITH METAL GRID FOR ANTENNA APPLICATIONS - A waveguide includes a dielectric substrate having first and second opposed surfaces defining a longitudinal wave propagation path therebetween; and a conductive grid on the first surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of substantially parallel metal strips, each defining an axis. The grid renders the first surface of the substrate opaque to a longitudinal electromagnetic wave propagating along the longitudinal wave propagation path and polarized in a direction substantially parallel to the axes of the strips. The grid allows the first surface of the substrate to be transparent to a transverse electromagnetic wave having a transverse propagation path that intersects the first and second surfaces of the substrate and having a polarization in a direction substantially normal to the plurality of metal strips. A diffraction grating on the second surface allows the waveguide to function as an antenna element that may be employed in a beam-steering antenna system. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001918 | PASSIVE REPEATER ANTENNA - The present invention discloses a repeater antenna comprising a plurality of radiation elements arranged in a first electrically conducting layer or plane. The repeater antenna also comprises a ground plane spaced apart from the radiation elements by a layer of dielectric material, and the radiation elements are each given such an extension (L | 2010-01-07 |
20100001919 | Antenna device having wave collector - An antenna device includes a radiator disposed on an earth plate with one or more spacers, and a hood disposed on the earth plate with one or more pads which include a height greater than that of the spacers for allowing the hood to be supported at a distance greater than the radiator, and the radiator is disposed between the hood and the earth plate and spaced from the hood and the earth plate. The hood includes one or more boards each having a pattern for collecting waves or signals, and a spacing panel disposed between the boards. The patterns of the boards are preferably arranged in different direction for suitably collecting the waves or signals and for increasing the gain of the antenna device. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001920 | Dielectrically-loaded antenna - A dielectrically loaded backfire helical antenna has a cylindrical ceramic core and a feed structure which passes axially through the core to a distal end face of the core where it is connected to helical conductors located on the outside of the core. Opening out on the proximal end face of the core is a cavity which is coaxial with the feed structure. A conductive balun layer encircling a portion of the core extends over the proximal end face of the core and the wall of the cavity to connect the helical elements to the feeder structure when it emerges into the cavity. The presence of the cavity and accommodating some of the length of the balun in the cavity allows a reduction in the size and weight of a dielectrically loaded backfire antenna. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001921 | SWITCHABLE PATCH ANTENNA FOR RFID SHELF READER SYSTEM - A switchable patch antenna includes a ground plane, a metal patch, at least two feed lines and a switch. The metal patch is positioned adjacent, but not in contact with, the ground plane. Each feed line is electrically connected to the metal patch. Each feed line is substantially orthogonal to at least one other feed line. The switch is electrically connected to the at least two feed lines. The switch is operable to sequentially select between the at least two feed lines for exciting the switchable patch antenna. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001922 | H-TYPE MONOPOLE ISOLATION ANTENNA - Provided is an H-type monopole isolation antenna. The antenna provides an H-type monopole isolation antenna which can gain a high bi-directional transmitting/receiving isolation between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna of co-channel/co-polarization by including an antenna symmetrically positioned in right/left sides based on a covering means. A transmitting/receiving isolation antenna for maintaining high isolation between a transmitting signal and a receiving signal includes a cover which includes a conductor; and first and second antennas which are bisymmetrically positioned in right and left parts of the covering means and separately operated as a transmitting antenna or a receiving antenna. The antenna is used in a co-channel bi-direction repeater system. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001923 | COMMUNICATION BLOCKS HAVING MULTIPLE-PLANES OF DETECTION COMPONENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF CONVEYING INFORMATION BASED ON THEIR ARRANGEMENT - An apparatus is provided that includes a housing, a display, a communication interface, a processor, and a plurality of detection components each of which is located proximate a respective face of the housing. At least two of the faces of the housing proximate to which two of the respective detection components are located are adjoining faces lying in planes that cut one another, the apparatus thereby supporting a two-dimensional arrangement of apparatuses. The apparatus and other apparatuses may be formed into an arranged group of apparatuses, and in such instances, the processor is configured to receive corresponding indications from the detection components, and data from the other apparatuses in the group via the communication interface. The processor is configured to calculate an output as a function of the number of apparatuses and their arrangement, and configured to communicate the calculated output via the display. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001924 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL AND ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL SYSTEM - It is an object of the present invention to provide techniques which allow for suppressing unnecessary switching of display screens of electronic shelf labels. In order to attain the object, an electronic shelf label | 2010-01-07 |
20100001925 | MULTI DISPLAY SYSTEM AND MULTI DISPLAY METHOD - A multi display system which includes a plurality of display apparatuses in which partial images of an entire image are displayed is provided. The multi display system includes a plurality of display apparatuses which display partial images of an entire image, and an image distribution apparatus which generates the partial images based on a separation distance set between the partial images. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001926 | CONTACT LENS WITH INTEGRATED LIGHT-EMITTING COMPONENT - A light-emitting contact lens and a method and system for tracking a user's eye position using the light-emitting contact lens are disclosed. The eye position tracking can be used, for example, to allow the user to interact with a display device such that the position of the user's eye determines the image generated by the display device. Thus, as the user's eye moves, the image on the display device will be altered to represent the new position (e.g., viewing angle) of the user with regard to the display device. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001927 | Helmet mounted modular night vision enhancement apparatus - The invention is a modular system to mount various vision enhancing devices to a helmet. The invention allows for currently fielded imaging devices to be used as designed while at the same time provides a way to mount a new technology. This modular design concept consists of the currently fielded image-intensifying monocular mount, a new mounting bracket compatible with the currently fielded image-intensifying monocular, a helmet mounted display clip-on mount, and a clip-on electronics mount. The bracket would not only provide a means of attachment but also contain the cabling necessary for operation. The invention also consists of a clip on bracket for the HMD, necessary to view the thermal imagery, which can be placed over either eye. The design of this modular system allows the user to configure the helmet as deemed appropriate for the mission at hand. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001928 | HEAD-MOUNTABLE COCKPIT DISPLAY SYSTEM - Systems and apparatus are provided for head-mountable cockpit displays for providing information related to an aircraft system to a user. A cockpit display system comprises an eyeglass frame adapted for wearing on the head of the user. The eyeglass frame has a perimeter defining a field of view. A display element is mechanically coupled to the eyeglass frame and aligned with a bottom portion of the field of view. Display electronics are coupled to the display element, and an avionics system is coupled to the display electronics. The display electronics are configured to render an image of a cockpit instrument panel associated with the avionics system on the display element. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001929 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - A data driver supplies data to a data line provided corresponding to a pixel column. A selection driver sequentially supplies a selection signal to a selection line provided corresponding to a pixel row. The selection driver has a shift register which receives a supply of a shift clock and sequentially transfers a selection signal to a register of a plurality of stages, and a plurality of switches which are connected to outputs of the stages of the register of the shift register and control supply of a selection signal to plurality of selection lines. By sequentially switching a plurality of switches connected to the output of the register ON while a selection signal is output from one register of the shift register, data is supplied to pixels arranged in a matrix form to a display array. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001930 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display is conducted by using a time gray-scale system, in which one frame period is divided into a plurality of sub-frame periods, and a voltage applied to an EL element of a pixel is varied on a sub-frame period basis. Because of this, a display device is provided in which the fluctuations in brightness caused by an environment temperature of an EL element are suppressed with a gray-scale display method that is unlikely to be influenced by variations in characteristics of TFTs in a pixel portion and that is unlikely to be influenced by variations in a display period. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001931 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display device with a compensation circuit that applies a fixed potential constantly to a gate electrode of a driving transistor for a certain period is provided. Specifically, each difference voltage value between an anode and a cathode of the light emitting element is utilized in the case where the light emitting element emits light and emits no light. In a case where the light emitting element emits light, a potential of the gate electrode of the driving transistor is to be held; and in a case where the light emitting element emits no light, a potential that certainly turns off the gate electrode of the driving transistor is kept on applying to the gate electrode of the driving transistor. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001932 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - In one embodiment of the present invention provides a display device in which the occurrence of luminance unevenness in an electro-optical element due to outside temperature variation or local temperature variation within a display panel is reduced without cost increase or increase in mounting area, and a driving method of the display device. In one example embodiment, a driving transistor flows a driving current in accordance with a signal voltage supplied via a data line, so that gray scale display in accordance with the signal voltage is carried out. An electro-optical element emits light in response to the driving current. The driving transistor is provided with a signal voltage at displaying a center gray scale among all display gray scale levels within a voltage region in which the driving current in a temperature range of 0° C. to 40° C. is in a range of 98% to 102% of a driving current that flows at an average driving temperature. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001933 | Display Device - A display including a plurality of discrete pixel means supported on cables and arranged to form a display of a size not possible with prior art. Advantageously the cables are also used to distribute power and data to the pixels. The pixel means may also include a processor and sensing means that enable the pixel means to operate with significant autonomy. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001934 | Display Panel and Multi-Branch Pixel Structure Thereof - A multi-branch pixel structure of display panel, such as LCoS, is disclosed. Each pixel cell of the display panel has at least two branches. The display panel has a pair of sub-data lines for each column of the pixel cells, and the sub-data lines are controllably coupled to the two branches respectively. The two branches enter an addressing mode and a displaying mode in turn, thereby substantially increasing operating speed and reducing coupling effect. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001935 | Rotation driving method of liquid crystal display device - A rotation driving method of a liquid crystal display device, which includes a liquid crystal panel including pixels composed of first, second and third sub-pixels and arranged in a matrix shape, gate lines receiving scan signals, data lines zigzag connected to the sub-pixels and receiving image data, source driving units connected to the data lines and providing the image data to the data lines, gate driving units connected to the gate lines and providing the scan signals to the gate lines, a timing control unit providing the image data and control signals for driving the source driving units and the gate driving units, wherein the source driving units are disposed to an upper portion of the liquid crystal panel and the gate driving units are disposed at a side portion of the liquid crystal panel, includes a first step of rotating the liquid crystal display device at 180 degrees such that the source driving units are disposed at a lower portion of the liquid crystal panel, a second step of outputting the scan signals from the gate driving units in reverse order, a third step of reestablishing the image data provided to the source driving units, a fourth step of reversing arrangement of the image data outputted to the sub-pixels, a fifth step of shifting and outputting the image data corresponding to selected ones of odd horizontal lines and even horizontal lines by one sub-pixel, a sixth step of exchanging the image data for the first and third sub-pixels with each other, and a seventh step of outputting the image data rearranged by the third to sixth steps to the liquid crystal panel such that the image data synchronize with the scan signals according to the second step. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001936 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a display region on the substrate, the display region comprising: one or more gate lines overlying the substrate; a gate insulating layer overlying the gate lines; a semiconductor layer overlying the gate insulating layer; one or more pairs of source and drain electrodes overlying the semiconductor layer, each pair being a pair of one source electrode and one corresponding drain electrode facing the source electrode; one or more data lines overlying the semiconductor layer, each data line comprising one or more of the source electrodes, wherein a display area is provided at each intersection of the data lines with the gate lines; a passivation layer overlying the data lines and the drain electrodes and comprising a plurality of contact holes; and one or more color filters overlying the passivation layer and comprising a plurality of through holes. In top view, the semiconductor layer has the same shape as the data lines and the drain electrodes except over each region between each source electrode and the corresponding drain electrode. The contact holes' edges are aligned with the through holes' edges. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001937 | System and Method for Driving a Display Panel - A multi-branch pixel structure of a display panel, such as a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) panel, is disclosed. Each pixel cell of the display panel has at least two branches. For each column, two sub-data lines are coupled from a data driver. A multiplexer is configured to multiplex the sub-data lines between the adjacent pixel cells, such that multiplexed output of the multiplexer is coupled to a shared data line that is shared between the adjacent pixel cells, thereby substantially decreasing the pixel pitch. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001938 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes, the light source including a first area including first and second light emitting elements, and a second area including third and fourth light emitting elements, the third light emitting element being connected in series to the first light emitting element, the fourth light emitting element being connected in series to the second light emitting element, a first control circuit connected to an anode side of the first light emitting element and a cathode side of the third light emitting element, and configured to adjust a value of current flowing in the first and third light emitting elements, and a second control circuit connected to an anode side of the second light emitting element and a cathode side of the fourth light emitting element, and configured to adjust a value of current flowing in the second and fourth light emitting elements. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001939 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device which can obviate color mixing of colors when a display screen is viewed from oblique directions while enhancing a numerical aperture of a pixel is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having red sub pixels, green sub pixels and blue sub pixels, a width of a light blocking film arranged on a boundary portion between the blue sub pixel and the sub pixel of other color is set larger than a width of a light blocking film arranged on a boundary portion between the red sub pixel and the green sub pixel. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001940 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a main pixel, a sub-pixel, and a boosting capacitor. The main pixel receives a data signal in response to a first gate signal and is charged with a main pixel voltage. The sub-pixel receives the data signal in response to a second gate signal, and is charged with a sub-pixel voltage. The boosting capacitor is provided between the main pixel and the sub-pixel to increase the main pixel voltage when the sub-pixel is charged with the sub-pixel voltage in response to the second gate signal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001941 | Gate driving unit for liquid crystal display device and method of repairing the same - A gate driving unit for a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of liquid crystal pixels, first to Nth gate lines, a plurality of liquid crystal capacitors and a plurality of thin film transistors, includes first and second clock signal lines for providing first and second clock signals; first to Nth shift registers respectively corresponding to the first to Nth gate lines, the first to Nth shift registers receiving one of the first clock signal and the second clock signal and outputting first to Nth scanning signals, respectively; a redundant repair shift register as (N+1)th shift register receiving one of first and second clock signals and outputting a repair scanning signal; a plurality of first switches for respectively connecting one of the first and second clock signal lines to the first to Nth shift registers and the redundant repair shift register; a plurality of second switches for respectively switching a connection of the first to Nth shift registers with the first to Nth gate lines; and a plurality of third switches for respectively switching a connection of the second to Nth shift registers and the redundant repair shift register with the first to Nth gate lines, wherein N is positive integer. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001942 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprises a pixel matrix including a plurality of subpixels, wherein the voltage polarities of two horizontal adjacent subpixels are opposite to one another, and the voltage polarity of one subpixel in four serial subpixels along a diagonal direction is opposite to the voltage polarities of the other three subpixels. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001943 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A heating system for a display panel is provided herein, wherein the display panel has a display area. The heating system includes a sensor, a temperature controlling device, and a heating element. The sensor is used for sensing the temperature of the display panel. The temperature controlling device provides a control signal according to the temperature of the display panel. The heating element heats the display panel according to the control signal, and the heating element is a patterned circuitry disposed on a peripheral region of the display area. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001944 | Apparatus and method for driving light source of back light unit - The exemplary embodiment suggests an apparatus and a method for driving a light source of a backlight unit. The apparatus for driving the light source of the backlight unit comprises a plurality of LED columns; a power output terminal and feedback terminals connected to the LED columns; and an LED driver sequentially driving the LEDs according to sequentially delayed PWM signals. The LED driver decides an operable number of LED channel based on the signals input through the feedback terminals, and sequentially delays the PWM signals with the phase difference controlled by the number of LED channel. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001945 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A driving method of an LCD includes: dividing a display panel into a plurality of scanning blocks, each scanning block including a plurality of display regions; selecting one of the scanning blocks as a target scanning block, wherein each display region of the target scanning block corresponds to at least one backlight source; and selecting one of the display regions of the target scanning block as a target display region, detecting a gray value of an image of the target display region, and adjusting a luminance of a target backlight source corresponding to the target display region according to the gray value of the image. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001946 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other, an electrophoretic element disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrophoretic element including electrophoretic particles, a display unit that has a plurality of pixels including the electrophoretic element, a common electrode that is formed on an electrophoretic element side of the second substrate, and a first control line and a second control line that are formed in either the first substrate or the second substrate. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a pixel switching element, a memory circuit that is connected to the pixel switching element, a switching circuit that is connected to the memory circuit, and a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are connected to the switching circuit and are disposed to face the common electrode. The switching circuit includes a first switch that controls a conductive state between the first control line and the first pixel electrode in accordance with an output signal of the memory circuit and a second switch that controls a conductive state between the second control line and the second pixel electrode in accordance with the output signal of the memory circuit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001947 | Images Display Method and Apparatus of Digital Photo Frame - The invention describes a digital photo frame which has a motion sensor module. The digital photo frame further comprises a microprocessor, a memory unit, and a display module. User can change photo images displayed by simply shaking the digital photo frame. Any acceleration movements, acceleration changes, gravity changes, tilt, shake, and position changes of the digital photo frame, are detected by the motion sensor module, and the motion sensor module generates signals to the microprocessor for further calculation and interpretation. The microprocessor will then change the displayed photo image to the next image or to the previous image according to the calculation result of the signals. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001948 | FOOT-OPERATED COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE - A foot operated data entry/input pad has a plurality of foot-operated buttons. The foot buttons may be used to enter data values, such as numbers or symbols separately or in combination. Each button is preferably capable of entering different data values, preferably depending on the length of time that it is pressed or on the number of times that it is pressed in succession. A small controller may be included to allow the user to control the computer's pointer, allowing the user to switch between data entry fields. A heel rest may serve as both a heel rest and a button/switch for sending an electric/electronic signal. An automated voice system, or other audible and/or visual indicator system, may help the user keep track of the data value as it changes and is entered. In alternative versions for input of instructions, single values or binary information, or for selection of items in a pull-down screen window, a pad may have two buttons provided adjacent a cursor controller, wherein the cursor controller and right and left click buttons are on an arc or on an angle. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001949 | Spatially Aware Inference Logic - A method, system, and article to support a motion based input system. Movement data is acquired from a motion sensor. An orientation detector detects orientation towards gravity from a rest position, and a motion detector detects motion, including movement and rest. In addition, an inference state machine in communication with the orientation and motion detectors maintains a sequence of the detected motion conditions, and produces a profile description for the sequence of the detected motion conditions. An output event corresponding to the profile description is generated based upon the profile. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001950 | POSITION DETERMINATION UTILIZING A CORDLESS DEVICE - A system for generating position information includes a reflector, an image collection system, and a processor. The image collection system is configured to collect at least two sets of image data, where one set of image data includes a stronger indication of the reflector than the other set of image data. The two sets of image data can be collected in many different ways and may include using a retroreflector as the reflector. The two sets of image data are used to generate position information related to the reflector. In particular, position information related to the reflector is generated by taking the difference between the two set of image data. Because one set of image data includes a stronger indication of the reflector than the other set of image data, the difference between the two sets of image data gives a definitive indication of the reflector's position. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001951 | CURSOR CONTROL DEVICE - A cursor control device includes a pen-like body, a motion-detecting element, a microcontroller and a button element. The motion-detecting element is disposed at a first side of the pen-like body for generating a coordinate change signal in response to a motion of a first finger of the user. The microcontroller is disposed within the pen-like body and communicated with the motion-detecting element and the computer system. According to the coordinate change signal, the microcontroller issues a cursor control signal to the computer system. The button element is disposed at a second side of the pen-like body and communicated with the microcontroller for triggering the microcontroller to generate an object locking control signal in response to a depressing action of a second finger of the user. The object pointed by the cursor is locked according to the object locking control signal and moved according to the cursor control signal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001952 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU controls a moving object within a virtual space on the basis of acceleration data and angular velocity data which are transmitted from a controller. For example, before the angular velocity data is above a predetermined magnitude, a position and an orientation of the moving object is controlled on the basis of the angular velocity data. When the angular velocity data is above the predetermined magnitude, an initial velocity of the moving object is decided on the basis of the acceleration data, and a moving direction (orientation) of the moving object is decided on the basis of the angular velocity data. Thereafter, the moving object moves within the virtual space according to a general physical behavior. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001953 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND HANDHELD APPARATUS - To provide an input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method that are capable of improving an operational feeling when a user uses the input apparatus to input an operation signal via an operation section. An MPU ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100001954 | Computer-use mouse structure - Such computer-use mouse structure changes the relative position of mouse's left key, right key and roller and increases the relative distance among them. The changes enable joints of user's hand to move more frequently. Thus user's hand will seldom suffer from fatigue. The technical design is done in this way: mouse's left key or right key and roller are set respectively at both sides of mouse shell while right key or left key are set above mouse shell. This utility model has the following advantages: based on existing technology, no additional mouse part is needed and therefore no additional manufacturing cost is produced. Only the position of left key, right key and roller is changed to enable joints of user's hand to move more frequently so as to reduce hand fatigue and increase work efficiency. It is an ideal mouse structure. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001955 | INPUT DEVICE, PARTICULARLY COMPUTER MOUSE - The invention refers to an input device for computer system. The invention is based on the task of creating solutions to make it possible to considerably simplify mouse-based input operations in the use of computers. This task is solved in accordance with the invention by a computer mouse with a housing and a movement detector to generate control data which as such correlate with the movement of the housing along the X or Y axis, and a hand detector to generate control data which as such correlate with the position and/or the finger gestures of a hand in relation to the housing before the computer mouse is touched. This makes it advantageously possible to carry out input operations to an even better degree with a computer mouse, in particular cursor controls, in a way that can be intuitively and easily mastered. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001956 | HANDHELD TERMINAL - Provided is a handheld terminal. The handheld terminal includes a case having a through-hole formed at one side thereof; and an optical module constituted by a circuit board in which a light source for irradiating light and a sensor for receiving the light are installed, a lens disposed at one side of the circuit board and inserted into the through-hole, and a support bracket disposed at the other side of the circuit board. Therefore, it is possible to uniformly maintain the height of the sensor for receiving light based on the thickness of the lens to maintain a certain depth of focus. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001957 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a controller and an input unit having one or more local keys located on a side of a case. The controller controls display of a guide screen in a display area that is based on mounting positions of the one or more local keys. The guide screen is generated in response to an input received in association with one of the local keys and includes information that provides an indication of mounting positions of the local keys on the side of the case. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001958 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF INPUTTING CHARACTERS - A method of inputting characters includes: generating a character display area, displaying characters in a first direction sub-region or a second direction sub-region of the character browsing region according to a direction indicating action in a first direction or a second direction, upon detecting a change in directions indicated by two successive direction indicating actions, displaying, in an input character display region, the character currently displayed in the character browsing region, switching between the first direction sub-region and the second direction sub-region of the character browsing region according to the direction indicated by the latter direction indicating action, and performing an action of selecting a next character corresponding to the latter direction indicating action in the switched direction sub-region. The invention also provides a device of inputting characters. With the invention, the number of times key pressing may be reduced and the efficiency of character inputting may be increased. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001959 | KEYPAD OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a display and a controller. The controller is configured to display input characters and a cursor in a display window and to display a keypad in the display. The controller is further configured to display the keypad with a plurality of keys and to display the plurality of keys including display characters. The controller is further configured to change a font of the display characters corresponding to a font of an input character adjacent the cursor of the input characters. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001960 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURAL INTERACTION WITH USER INTERFACE OBJECTS - Systems and methods produce imagery on a display in response inputs received from a directional input device, wherein the inputs correspond to directional instructions provided by a user. A first input corresponding to a first directional instruction in a first direction is received from the directional input device, and an object is identified based upon the first input. A second input corresponding to a second directional instruction from the user in a second direction different from the first direction is identified from the directional input device, and a function associated with the identified object is invoked in response to the second input. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001961 | Information Handling System Settings Adjustment - A settings adjustment system includes a settings adjustment engine. A key is coupled to the settings adjustment engine. The settings adjustment engine is operable to detect a user selection of the key. A touchpad is coupled to the settings adjustment engine. In response to detecting the user selection of the key, the settings adjustment engine is operable to detect a user gesture on the touchpad, determine a settings adjustment from that user gesture, and change a setting according to the settings adjustment. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001962 | MULTI-TOUCH TOUCHSCREEN INCORPORATING PEN TRACKING - The present invention relates to a multi-touch display system that supports both multi-touch human input as well as input from a digital pen. The display system has a display panel that is configured to allow human touches along a front surface to be detected and tracked. The display panel also includes a location pattern that preferably covers the viewable areas of the display panel. The location pattern is configured to allow any location within the location pattern to be detected by analyzing a portion of the display pattern that is associated with the particular location. The digital pen is used to “write” on the display panel, wherein such a writing function involves detecting the location where writing occurs and controlling display content that is displayed on the display panel to reflect what is being written. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001963 | MULTI-TOUCH TOUCHSCREEN INCORPORATING PEN TRACKING - The present invention relates to a multi-touch display system that supports both multi-touch human input as well as input from a digital pen. The display system has a display panel that is configured to allow human touches along a front surface to be detected and tracked. The display panel also includes a location pattern that preferably covers the viewable areas of the display panel. The location pattern is configured to allow any location within the location pattern to be detected by analyzing a portion of the display pattern that is associated with the particular location. The digital pen is used to “write” on the display panel, wherein such a writing function involves detecting the location where writing occurs and controlling display content that is displayed on the display panel to reflect what is being written. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001964 | Conductive structure and touch panel using the same - A conductive structure including several first lateral structures, pattern structures and second lateral structures is provided. Both the first lateral structures and the pattern structures are disposed separately and around the edges of a substrate. The pattern structures are located at the inner sides of the first lateral structures. Each pattern structure has a | 2010-01-07 |
20100001965 | Electroluminescent Display Touch Panel - An electroluminescent display touch panel includes a base substrate and an encapsulating substrate. The base substrate includes a pixel switching device, a readout device, an electroluminescent device, and a sensing pad. The pixel switching device and the electroluminescent device are disposed in a display region. The readout device and the sensing pad are disposed in a non-display region. The encapsulating substrate includes a first spacer, a sensing spacer, and a conductive layer. The first spacer is disposed on the surface of the encapsulating substrate facing the base substrate, maintaining a cell gap between the base substrate and the encapsulating substrate. The sensing spacer is disposed on the surface of the encapsulating substrate facing the base substrate and corresponding to the sensing pad. The conductive layer is formed on the surface of the sensing spacer facing the sensing pad. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001966 | Two dimensional application of a one dimensional touch sensor in a capacitive touchpad - A capacitive touchpad includes a controller, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of sensor pads distributed over a one dimensional touch sensor. Each of the sensor pads is connected to the controller by a respective one of the scan lines to transmit a sensed value to the controller. The controller uses the sensed values and the positions of some of the sensor pads in an interpolation to determine the two dimensional coordinates of one or more touched positions. Based on the sensed values, the controller selects one or more of the sensor pads as one or more reference points for the interpolation. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001967 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes entering into a touch-lock mode to lock an entire display area on a touch screen, receiving an unlock signal corresponding to a selection of a touch-lock release button on the terminal, and unlocking an area of the touch screen that includes at least one displayed icon when the unlock signal is received such that a touching of the at least one icon displayed on the touch screen executes a corresponding function of the icon, and maintaining other areas of the touch screen in the touch-lock mode. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001968 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH-BASED KEY INPUT METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a touch-based key input method for the same are disclosed. The touch-based key input method includes steps of checking an input scheme supported by a selected application, reading a stored key information set when the supported input scheme is a keypad-based one, mapping key information to one or more areas of the touch screen using the read key information set, detecting a touch on one of the areas during execution of the selected application, determining a key mapped to the touched area, and performing an operation corresponding to the determined key. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001969 | Display Device with Touch Panel - In a display device with a touch panel which includes a display panel and a touch panel which is arranged to face the display panel in an opposed manner, the touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of first electrodes which is formed on a surface of the transparent substrate on a side facing the display panel, and a plurality of second electrodes which intersects with the plurality of first electrodes and is formed on the surface of the transparent substrate on the side facing the display panel, the display panel forms a planar third electrode which faces the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes on a surface thereof on a side facing the touch panel, and a distance between the plurality of first electrodes and the third electrode and a distance between the plurality of second electrodes and the third electrode are respectively set to 0.5 mm or less. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001970 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH SENSING FUNCTION - An active matrix display apparatus with touch sensing function having high aperture ratio includes a plurality of pixels, having respective pixels arrayed as a matrix, positioned at intersections of source lines of respective columns and gate lines of respective rows, each pixel having a thin film transistor and a liquid crystal element, which is positioned between a drain of thin film transistors and a common line; and a touch switch unit having touch sensing transistors and a mechanical switch, which is positioned between two adjacent pixels in an identical column. The gates of the touch sensing transistors are coupled to the gate lines of the two adjacent pixels wherein the touch sensing transistors coupled in series and the mechanical switch shared by the adjacent pixels, are coupled between the source line of the identical column and the common line. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001971 | Liquid crystal display screen - A liquid crystal display screen includes an upper component, a bottom component and a liquid crystal layer. The upper component includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a transparent carbon nanotube structure. The bottom component includes a thin film transistor panel. The thin film transistor panel includes a plurality of thin film transistors. Each of the plurality of thin film transistors includes a semiconducting layer, and the semiconducting layer includes a semiconducting carbon nanotube structure. The liquid crystal layer is located between the upper component and the lower component. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001972 | Touch Panel - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate connected to the first electrode plated. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, and a first conductive layer disposed on the first substrate. The second electrode includes a second substrate, and a second conductive layer disposed on the second substrate. The first or the second conductive layer includes at least one carbon nanotube composite layer. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001973 | DISPLAY WITH DUAL-FUNCTION CAPACITIVE ELEMENTS - A touch screen including display pixels with capacitive elements is provided. The touch screen includes first common voltage lines connecting capacitive elements in adjacent display pixels, and a second common voltage line connecting first common voltage lines. The pixels can be formed as electrically separated regions by including breaks in the common voltage lines. The regions can include a drive region that is stimulated by stimulation signals, a sense region that receives sense signals corresponding to the stimulation signals. A grounded region can also be included, for example, between a sense region and a drive region. A shield layer can be formed of a substantially high resistance material and disposed to shield a sense region. A black mask line and conductive line under the black mask line can be included, for example, to provide low-resistance paths between a region of pixels and touch circuitry outside the touch screen borders. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001974 | Proximity sensor switch-controlled meter and lamp switch system - A proximity sensor switch-controlled meter and lamp switch system installed in a motor vehicle that can be a motorcycle or car is disclosed to include a meter having a micro-controller unit (MCU) and an electronic display device, a lamp switch unit installed in one handlebar (or the motorcycle) or steering wheel (of the car), and proximity sensor switches respectively mounted in the meter and the lamp switch unit for controlling the micro-controller unit (MCU) to control the display mode of an electronic display device of the meter or to switch on/off the headlamp or left/right turn signal light of the motor vehicle when the motorcycle rider or car driver touches the meter or the lamp switch unit with a finger. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001975 | Portable computer - A portable computer includes a display panel having a display surface and a touch panel. The touch panel is disposed on the display surface and comprises at least one transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotubes layer having a carbon nanotube film. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001976 | Liquid crystal display screen - A liquid crystal display screen includes an upper component, a bottom component and a liquid crystal layer. The upper component includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a transparent carbon nanotube structure, and the transparent carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of metallic carbon nanotubes. The bottom component includes a thin film transistor panel. The liquid crystal layer is located between the upper component and the lower component. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001977 | RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL WITH MULTI-TOUCH RECOGNITION ABILITY - A resistive touch panel with multi-touch recognition ability comprises: a top substrate, configured with at least two conductive electrodes; a bottom substrate, being integrated with the top substrate at a surface where the at least two conductive electrodes are formed; and an insulating layer, sandwiched between the top and the bottom substrates; wherein the bottom substrate is configured with four conductive electrodes to be used for forming two electric fields, one varying along an X-axis direction on a plane defined by a Cartesian coordinate system while enabling the other one to vary along a Y-axis direction of the same. With the aforesaid device, when there are multiple touches contact the top substrate at the same time, voltage variations relating to those touches can be detected from the bottom substrate for identifying the location of those touches and thus enabling the resistive touch panel with multi-touch recognition ability. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001978 | AMBIENT LIGHT INTERFERENCE REDUCTION FOR OPTICAL INPUT DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for preventing fluctuations in ambient light from affecting the optical input mechanism of a liquid crystal display device. In one embodiment, an independent light source is adapted to generate electromagnetic signals through the cover glass of the display device. When the user's finger is proximate to a certain region of the touch panel, the electromagnetic signals reflect off of the user's finger and back through the cover glass. One or more photosensors monitoring the presence of these reflected signals service the various regions on the touch panel where input may be detected. Thus, when the reflected signals are detected at a certain region, the user's finger may be assumed to be present. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001979 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - An optical waveguide for a touch panel which eliminates the need for alignment between the optical waveguide and a lens device, and to provide a touch panel using the same. An optical waveguide for a touch panel is provided in which end surfaces of cores | 2010-01-07 |
20100001980 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling a mobile terminal includes displaying on a display of the mobile terminal a plurality of items, identifying a selected item of the plurality items, and detecting a first rotation of the mobile terminal about a first axis of rotation which exceeds a first threshold amount of rotation. The method further includes performing a first function that is associated with the selected item responsive to the detecting of the first rotation exceeding the first threshold, identifying a condition if a second rotation of the mobile terminal about a second axis of rotation exceeds a second threshold, or if a threshold time period elapses after the detecting of the first rotation and no further rotation of the mobile terminal has been detected, and responsive to the identifying of the condition, performing a second function that is associated with the selected item. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001981 | DOT-MATRIX DISPLAY DATA REFRESH VOLTAGE CHARGING CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A dot-matrix display data refresh voltage charging control method and system is proposed, which is designed for integration to a dot-matrix display device, such as TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display), for controlling a data-refresh process on the dot-matrix display device. The proposed method and system is characterized by the capability of performing data refresh by comparing for the differences between the currently-displayed pixel values and the new pixel values to be used for data refresh to thereby obtain a set of differential voltages for use to be applied to the pixels for data refresh. This feature allows the data-refresh process to use only a low level of differential voltage rather than the full-level of pixel data voltage for data refresh, thus allowing the data-refresh process to be completed in a reduced shorter time period to provide a fast scan speed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001982 | Photoactive Devices and Components with Enhanced Efficiency - Devices, compositions and methods for producing photoactive devices, systems and compositions that have improved conversion efficiencies relative to previously described devices, systems and compositions. This improved efficiency is generally obtained by one or both of improving the efficiency of light absorption into the photoactive component, and improving the efficiency of energy extraction from that active component. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001983 | LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-emitting display device which suppresses influence of characteristic variations of a driving transistor and characteristic shift caused by electrical stress. The device includes multiple pixels including an organic EL element (OLED) which emits light at a luminance determined based on supplied current and a drive circuit for supplying current to OLED based on a control voltage from a data line. The drive circuit includes a driving transistor (D-TFT) for OLED, a capacitor element, and multiple switch elements. D-TFT has a source terminal connected with an anode terminal of OLED. The capacitor and switch elements operate so that, when current is supplied from the drive circuit to OLED, a voltage difference between gate and source terminals of D-TFT is a sum of threshold voltage of the driving transistor and voltage determined from voltage of a drain terminal of the driving transistor and the control voltage during current setting period. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001984 | GAMMA VOLTAGE CONTROLLER, GRADATION VOLTAGE GENERATOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A gamma voltage controller includes a gamma distribution unit that generates a plurality of voltages by performing voltage divisions between a first gradation voltage and a N(th) gradation voltage, a gamma selection unit having first through M(th) gamma selectors that respectively select first through M(th) gamma voltages among the plurality of voltages, a gamma buffer unit that changes inflection points of the gamma curve, and buffers the first through M(th) gamma voltages to output buffered first through M(th) gamma voltages, and a gradation distribution unit that generates second through N−1(th) gradation voltages by performing voltage divisions among the buffered first through M(th) gamma voltages. Each of the buffers includes a feedback loop, and some of the buffers change inflection points of the gamma curve. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001985 | DOT-MATRIX DISPLAY CHARGING CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A dot-matrix display charging control method and system is proposed, which is designed for integration to a dot-matrix display device, such as a TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display), for controlling a data-refresh process on the dot-matrix display device. The proposed method and system is characterized by the capability of concurrently selecting a number of consecutive pixel rows in the dot-matrix panel for charging all of the pixel rows with the same set of data voltages from a master data row that is intended to be applied to one of the selected pixel rows, and then fine-tuning every other pixel row with a set of differential voltages based on the value differences between the master data row and a slave data row that is intended to be applied to the other pixel row. This feature allows the operation of a dot-matrix display device to use a long charging time for data refresh under a fast scan speed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001986 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A method for driving a plasma display device which includes a plasma display panel provided with a plurality of discharge cells having a display electrode pair including a scan electrode and a sustain electrode, a temperature detection circuit for detecting an ambient temperature of the panel and outputting an detected temperature, and an APL detection circuit for detecting an APL of an image signal. The method provides an unusual-charge erasing period for applying a rectangular waveform voltage to the scan electrode between the initializing period and the address period in at least one subfield among the plurality of subfields; and controls a time period during which the rectangular waveform voltage is applied, based on the detected temperature detected by the temperature detection circuit and the APL detected by the APL detection circuit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001987 | SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAYER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A source driving circuit is suitable for a display panel. The source driving circuit of the present invention has a plurality of latches and a plurality of output buffers. Each of the latches is used for respectively receiving a data signal. In addition, all of the latches output the corresponding data signals at different time intervals according to a data output signal. After all of the latches have output the data signals to the corresponding output buffers, all output buffers transmit the data signals to the display panel synchronously. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001988 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED APERTURE RATIO AND RESOLUTION - A liquid crystal display device having a high aperture ratio and a high resolution is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first display panel having dot pixels each of which is divided into sub pixels arranged in a 2×2 matrix, a second display panel having cutout patterns each of which corresponds to the centers of the each sub pixel, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first display panel and the second display panel. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001989 | COEFFICIENT GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A coefficient generating device generating a conversion coefficient for converting an input image signal of an input image into a display image signal of a display image includes a past-image generating unit that generates a past image signal of a past image correlated with a teacher image being one frame before a teacher image correlated with the display image; a transient-image generating unit that generates a transient image signal of a transient image; a visual-image generating that generates a visual image signal of a visual image; and a calculating unit that obtains the conversion coefficient using a pixel value of a pixel of interest in the teacher image and pixel values of pixels determined by a motion vector detected in a student image correlated with the input image and spatially/temporally near a pixel in the student image at the same position as the pixel of interest. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001990 | SCAN DRIVER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A scan driver for outputting scan signals in two directions and an organic light emitting display device are provided. In one embodiment, a scan driver includes a plurality of stages for outputting scan signals, wherein an n-1 | 2010-01-07 |
20100001991 | Apparatus and method of building map for mobile robot - Localization and map building apparatus and method applicable to a mobile robot are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a map building apparatus extracts a pattern of landmarks of the same kind and adjusts a landmark map using the extracted pattern when generating the landmark map for localization. Accordingly, since the landmark map is adjusted based on the pattern extracted on the basis of location information of each landmark, accuracy of localization and map building of the mobile robot can be improved. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001992 | SURFACE DESIGN TOOLS - A method of designing a consumer-selected surface includes the steps of displaying a representation of a surface, displaying one or more patterns that may be applied to the representation of the surface, and receiving a selection from a user of a pattern selected from the one or more patterns. The method also includes the steps of allowing the user to locate on the selected pattern at a position on the representation of the surface, the position being independent of a size or shape of the selected pattern, and allowing the user to modify the positioned pattern by altering at least one characteristic thereof to develop a modified representation of the surface. Further, the method includes the steps of generating a three-dimensional view of a room that includes a rendering of the modified representation of the surface and providing the generated three-dimensional view to the user. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001993 | GEOMETRIC AND TEXTURE MODIFICATIONS OF OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE BASED ON REAL WORLD USER CHARACTERISTICS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for modifying objects in a virtual universe. A user priority controller determines a real world identity of a set of users controlling a set of avatars within a viewable field of an object in a virtual universe. The user priority controller receives user information describing characteristics of the set of users based on the real world identity of each user in the set of users. The user priority controller generates a temporary and dynamic rule to control modification of the object based on the user information. The user priority controller modifies the object in accordance with the temporary and dynamic rule to increase visibility of the object to an avatar in the set of avatars. The temporary and dynamic rule initiates implementation of geometric and texture modifications to modify the object in accordance with the temporary and dynamic rule. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001994 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING USING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - Provided is a communication method using a three-dimensional (3D) image display device. In the communication method, motion information is determined using a motion image obtained by photographing a user's motion indicating the user's request in relation to an opposite party, distance information indicating the distance between the user who is moving and the 3D image display device is determined, and then, the user's request is determined based on the motion information and the distance information. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001995 | Method and System for Remote Visualization Client Acceleration - A method, system, and program product is disclosed for remote visualization in which a server window contents is displayed remotely at a client. The client creates a 3D rendering surface on a client graphics card to display a server window contents and receives update data from the server relating to the server window contents. The update data is uploaded to the client graphics card and the graphics processing unit (GPU) is used to decode the update data and render the update data to the 3D rendering surface. The graphical processing unit includes general purpose computing on graphics processing unit functionality to provide the decoding processing. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001996 | APPARATUS FOR GUIDING TOWARDS TARGETS DURING MOTION USING GPU PROCESSING - A method and apparatus using a graphics processing unit (GPU) are disclosed for three-dimensional (3D) imaging and continuously updating organ shape and internal points for guiding targets during motion. It is suitable for image-guided surgery or operations because the speed of guidance is achieved close to video rate. The system incorporates different methods of rigid and non-rigid registration using the parallelism of GPU processing that allows continuous updates in substantially real-time. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001997 | Information Processing Method - An information processing method transfers information from a start face to an end face with a minimum local distortion by maintaining one-to-one correspondence between the original information on the start face and the transferred information on the end face. The method includes an operation of mapping information taken from a three-dimensional surface onto a rectangular plane, or vice versa, by dividing the start face into a plurality of divisional start faces and preparing divisional end faces that just fill the end face, then deforming each divisional start face to just fit a corresponding one of the divisional end faces, so as to maintain lines and points defining each divisional end face as lines and points also on the end face and to ensure that a first area ratio between each divisional start face relative to the entire start face and a second area ratio between each divisional end face relative to the entire end face is substantially equal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100001998 | Apparatus and method for determining an absolute pose of a manipulated object in a real three-dimensional environment with invariant features - An apparatus and method for optically inferring an absolute pose of a manipulated object in a real three-dimensional environment from on-board the object with the aid of an on-board optical measuring arrangement. At least one invariant feature located in the environment is used by the arrangement for inferring the absolute pose. The inferred absolute pose is expressed with absolute pose data (φ,θ,ψ,x,y,z) that represents Euler rotated object coordinates expressed in world coordinates (X | 2010-01-07 |
20100001999 | Hybrid Multisample/Supersample Antialiasing - A system and method for dynamically adjusting the pixel sampling rate during primitive shading can improve image quality or increase shading performance. Hybrid antialiasing is performed by selecting a number of shaded samples per pixel fragment. A combination of supersample and multisample antialiasing is used where a cluster of sub-pixel samples (multisamples) is processed for each pass through a fragment shader pipeline. The number of shader passes and multisamples in each cluster can be determined dynamically for each primitive based on rendering state. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002000 | Hybrid Multisample/Supersample Antialiasing - A system and method for dynamically adjusting the pixel sampling rate during primitive shading can improve image quality or increase shading performance. Hybrid antialiasing is performed by selecting a number of shaded samples per pixel fragment. A combination of supersample and multisample antialiasing is used where a cluster of sub-pixel samples (multisamples) is processed for each pass through a fragment shader pipeline. The number of shader passes and multisamples in each cluster can be determined dynamically for each primitive based on rendering state. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002001 | SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A system for representing a virtual environment is described, in which the system comprises means which comprise a fitness device, a means for two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional visual representation, at least one acoustic output and/or recording means and means for generating wind, temperature and/or odour. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002002 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING COLOR OF A FILL AREA - A method and system for generating an image display plan is provided. In one embodiment, a planning system allows a user to create a display plan that specifies a sequence of images that are to be displayed and how the images are to be displayed. The planning system allows a user to specify different versions of the plan for different aspect ratios. When displaying the image, the planning system may display multiple viewports simultaneously on the image, one for each of the different aspect ratios. The planning system may allow the multiple viewports to be moved around and resized as a unit maintaining a common center point for the viewports. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002003 | FIGURE DRAWING DEVICE AND METHOD - A figure drawing device includes; a device | 2010-01-07 |