02nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090009409 | Dual band wlan antenna - An antenna system includes first, second and third antennas that are arranged on a substrate. The first, second and third antennas include an arc-shaped element having a concave side and a convex side and a conducting element that extends substantially radially from a center of said concave side. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009410 | Positioning, detection and communication system and method - A positioning, communication, and detection system designed to provide a three dimensional location of an object, navigation tools, and bidirectional surface-to-subsurface communications, and methods of using the system. The system can include one or multiple transmitters comprising electromagnetic beacons, software defined radio receivers with an associated processing unit and data acquisition system, and magnetic antennas. The system may use theoretical calculations, scale model testing, signal processing, and sensor data. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009411 | HIGH EFFICIENCY ANTENNA HAVING COMPACT DIMENSIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR INSTALLATION ON A VEHICLE, SUCH AS AN AIRCRAFT OR A HIGH VELOCITY TRAIN OR A MOTOR VEHICLE - This invention is related to a high efficiency antenna ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009412 | Printed Planar RFID Element Wristbands and Like Personal Identification Devices - Each personal identification device includes a planar identification element with at least a core of flexible, porous and preferably microvoided polymer sheet material and a planar RFID assembly encoded with a unique electro/magnetic code permanently and integrally joined together with the core. The sheet material is sufficiently porous to collapse around the core so the sheet product remains planar yet flexible. A separate carrier can be provided or devices can be made in batches with scoring define one or more individual RFID devices removable from a remainder of a sheet product. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009413 | Integrated Multi-Band Antenna - An integrated multi-band antenna has a first radiating conductor, a second radiating conductor spaced from the first radiating conductor, a trap element connected to the first and second radiating conductors, a third radiating conductor with a first feeding point connected to the first radiating conductor, a fourth radiating conductor connected to the second and third radiating conductors, a meandering radiating conductor having two ends which respectively connect a fifth radiating conductor with a second radiating conductor and a sixth radiating conductor parallel to the meandering radiating conductor and a ground portion arranged close to the first radiating conductor and spaced from the fifth radiating conductor. The second, third and fourth radiating conductors resonate at a first frequency bandwidth. The first, second and third radiating conductor and the trap element resonate a second frequency bandwidth. The fifth, sixth and meandering radiating conductors resonate a third and a fourth frequency bandwidths. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009414 | ANTENNA ARRAY - An antenna array has multiple individual antennas arranged next to one another. The individual antennas are respectively arranged within a radio-frequency, closed conductor loop, with capacitors inserted in each conductor loop. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009415 | RFID antenna and methods - An antenna ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009416 | FULL-MOTION MULTI-ANTENNA MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PEDESTAL - According to the invention, a system for providing a plurality of antennas in a single radome is disclosed. The system may include a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna may have a first axis. The second antenna may have a second axis. The second antenna may be fixedly coupled with the first antenna such that the first axis may be substantially orthogonal to the second axis. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009417 | POLARIZATION SWITCHING/VARIABLE DIRECTIVITY ANTENNA - A polarization switching/variable directivity antenna according to the present invention includes a ground conductor plate | 2009-01-08 |
20090009418 | Miniature transponders - Systems and methods are disclosed for miniature transponders having capsule enclosure housings including a magnetic antenna core, such as a ferrite core, with a shaped form to provide space for an integrated circuit also included within the capsule enclosure housing. In addition, metal wire windings surround the antenna core, and these wires can be direct bonded to connections on the integrated circuit. Further, a stabilizing epoxy or other material can be inserted within the capsule enclosure housing to secure the antenna core and the integrated circuit within the capsule enclosure housing. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009419 | ANTENNA WITH NEAR-FIELD RADIATION CONTROL - An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a s in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009420 | COMBINATION OF PORTABLE COMPUTER AND ANTENNA DEVICE - A combination of a portable computer and an antenna device includes a portable computer and an antenna device. The top of a screen casing of the portable computer has a plurality of positioning troughs. One side of the casing of the portable computer has an accommodating trough. The antenna device is formed into a sheet-like shape and is accommodated in the accommodating trough. The bottom of the antenna device is provided with a positioning seat. Both sides of the positioning seat have a fixing rod respectively that extends outwardly. The fixing rods and the positioning seat are inserted into the positioning trough. The antenna device is electrically connected with the portable computer, so that the portable computer can receive and transmit the wireless signals via the antenna device. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009421 | MIMO SELF-EXPANDABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE - Systems and methodologies are described that provide a low cost, compact and easily manufacturable multiple-input, multiple-output antenna structure suitable for portable radio equipment. Multiple antenna elements are printed on a folded flexible material. The flexible material expands when the antenna structure is deployed for operation and collapses when stowed. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009422 | Beam shaping for wide band array antennae - An apparatus and method are provided for applying a fixed non-linear profile of power (amplitude) and delay to signals across the aperture of an array antenna having multiple antenna elements where multiple beams are formed to span the field of view of the antenna. Using such fixed profiles in combination enables a substantially constant beam width to be maintained across a wide range of operational frequencies, e.g. 6-18 GHz, ensuring that the points of overlap for adjacent beams does not drop below a certain level, e.g. −3dB, and hence maintaining a substantially uniform coverage across the field of view of the antenna at all frequencies in the range. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009423 | Variable size electronic display based on slide-out and slide-in mechanism - The size of an electronic display is increased when display panels are slide-out from a stack beneath the top display panel. The slide-out display panels and the top display panel form one larger rigid and smooth display. The slide-out display panels can be slide back into the stack under the top display panel. A device bearing the above display works with different sizes of the display (caused by display panels slide-out and slide-in). Display panels not slide-out may not have power in order to save energy. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING BROADCAST DATA USING PICTURE-IN-PICTURE - A method and apparatus for displaying broadcast data using picture-in-picture are disclosed. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the inset window (secondary screen), that is displaying a second broadcast, is prevented from overlapping with an object selected from the first broadcast, that is displayed on the primary screen, when the object moves to a location of the first screen that is overlapped by the second screen. The method includes selecting at least one object from the first broadcast displayed on the first screen and displaying, when the selected object moves to a location of the second screen that overlaps the first screen, the selected object at the location of the second screen. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009425 | INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPHY TYPE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including first to fourth pixels in a first direction, wherein each of the first to fourth pixels has a first width in the first direction and a length more than the width and in a second direction; and a backlight unit including first and second line light regions supplying light to the display panel to display three-dimensional images, wherein the first and second line light regions have a slanted angle with respect to the second direction, wherein light from the first line light region comes to right and left eyes of a viewer through the first and second pixels, respectively, and light from the second light region comes to the right and left eyes through the third and fourth pixels, respectively, wherein the display device has K view points. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009426 | Display device - A display device includes a display panel including first to fourth pixels in a first direction, wherein each of the first to fourth pixels has a first width in the first direction and a length more than the width and in a second direction; and a backlight unit including first and second line light regions supplying light to the display panel to display three-dimensional images, wherein the first and second line light regions have a slanted angle with respect to the second direction, wherein light from the first line light region comes to right and left eyes of a viewer through the first and second pixels, respectively, and light from the second light region comes to the right and left eyes through the third and fourth pixels, respectively, wherein the display device has K view points. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009427 | Head-Mount Display - Switches and the like | 2009-01-08 |
20090009428 | Enhanced Brightness, Color and Contrast Control for Cathode Ray Tube Monitor - A method and apparatus for controlling brightness, color and contrast in CRT monitors used in information handling systems. In accordance with the present invention, a viewing area on a CRT monitor is enhanced by applying appropriate signals directly to the grids in the CRT. In one embodiment of the present invention, appropriate voltage signals are applied to the G | 2009-01-08 |
20090009429 | Plasma display panel - A plasma display panel has front plate ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009430 | ELECTRIC CHARGING/DISCHARGING APPARATUS, PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL, AND ELECTRIC CHARGING/DISCHARGING METHOD - A charging/discharging apparatus ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009431 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display panel and a plasma display apparatus are disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate on which a scan electrode and a sustain electrode are positioned parallel to each other, an upper dielectric layer positioned on the scan and sustain electrodes, a rear substrate on which an address electrode is positioned to intersect the scan and sustain electrodes, a lower dielectric layer positioned on the address electrode, a barrier rib that is positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate and partitions a discharge cell, and a phosphor layer that is positioned inside the discharge cell and includes YVPO | 2009-01-08 |
20090009432 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode positioned parallel to each other on the front substrate, an upper dielectric layer positioned on the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, a rear substrate positioned to be opposite to the front substrate, and a barrier rib that is positioned between the front and rear substrates and partitions a discharge cell. The upper dielectric layer includes a glass-based material and a cobalt (Co)-based material as a pigment. The barrier rib includes lead (Ph) equal to or less than 1,000 ppm (parts per million). | 2009-01-08 |
20090009433 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a scan electrode and a sustain electrode positioned parallel to each other on a front substrate, an upper dielectric layer positioned on the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, a rear substrate on which an address electrode is positioned to intersect the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, a lower dielectric layer positioned on the address electrode, and a barrier rib positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate. The barrier rib includes lead (Pb) equal to or less than 1,000 ppm (parts per million). A discharge gas is filled between the front substrate and the rear substrate and includes helium (He) of 9% to 42%. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009434 | High power address driver and display device employing the same - An address driver includes an energy recovery circuit and an output stage connected to the energy recovery circuit. The output stage is connected to the energy recovery circuit and is formed of a pull-up MOS transistor and a pull-down MOS transistor in series. A source terminal of the pull-up MOS transistor is connected to the energy recovery circuit, and a bulk terminal of the pull-up MOS transistor is connected to a node providing a reverse bias between the source terminal and the bulk terminal of the pull-up MOS transistor. A display device employing the address driver is also provided. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009435 | Method of Driving Plasma Display Panel and Plasma Display Unit - A method of driving a panel and a plasma display unit is provided, wherein one field comprises a plurality of subfields, each having an addressing period for producing an address discharge selectively in any of discharge cells, and a sustaining period for producing a sustain discharge by applying a number of sustaining pulses corresponding to a weight of brightness in the discharge cell where the address discharge has been produced. Provided therein is a sustaining pulse generator circuit comprising a power recovery section for rising or falling the sustaining pulse by producing resonance between an inter-electrode capacitance of a display electrode pair and an inductor, and a clamping section for clamping a voltage of the sustaining pulse at a predetermined potential, wherein the power recovery section is used to set twice a time of rising the sustaining pulse to become equal to or longer than a duration of the sustaining pulse. The method and the plasma display unit realize a remarkable reduction of power consumption while achieving high brightness of the panel. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009436 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a PDP device and a drive method thereof which restrict the generation of an erroneous discharge in the all-cell reset period and to restrict the appearance of flickers in the areas with low grayscale levels even if some areas have a lower firing voltage than the other areas due to variation of a property in the panel surfaces or due to a long-term driving, or even if the voltage applied to the address electrode is increased with the pursuit of high definition. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009437 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display panel and a plasma display apparatus are disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a scan electrode and a sustain electrode positioned parallel to each other on the front substrate, an upper dielectric layer positioned on the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, a rear substrate positioned to be opposite to the front substrate, a barrier rib positioned between the front and rear substrates to partition a discharge cell, and a phosphor layer positioned inside the discharge cell. The upper dielectric layer includes a glass-based material and a first blue pigment. The phosphor layer includes a first phosphor layer emitting red light, a second phosphor layer emitting blue light, and a third phosphor layer emitting green light. The first phosphor layer includes a red pigment. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009438 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus of this invention includes a neighborhood data integration section | 2009-01-08 |
20090009439 | PIXELS AND DISPLAY PANELS - A pixel and a display panel using the pixel are provided. In the pixel, a driving element provides a driving circuit according to a data signal and a reference voltage to drive a light-emitting element to emit light. The electrical difference of the driving elements due to the fabrication process thereof does not affect the brightness of the light-emitting elements. Moreover, unequal brightness resulted from the equivalent resistance of the power lines is also prevented. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009440 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING AN ORGANIC EL DEVICE - A self-luminescence display device, in which dispersion in display among a plurality of pixels, caused by dispersion in characteristics among drive thin-film transistors, is decreased and uniform display free of unevenness can be obtained. The device includes a plurality of pixels having current drive type luminescent elements, and parallel-connected n (n≧2) thin-film transistors to feed a drive current to the respective current drive type luminescent elements. The transistors are arranged in different pixels, respectively, for example, in a first region of pixels adjacent to one another along a first direction. A second region of dummy pixels can be provided on at least one side of said first region along said first direction. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009441 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In the present invention, there is provided an organic electro luminescence device including: an organic electro luminescence light emitting element; and a driving circuit for driving the organic electro luminescence light emitting element, wherein the driving circuit includes (A) an element driving transistor, (B) a video-signal write transistor, and (C) a capacitor having a pair of particular and other electrodes, with regard to the element driving transistor, (A-1) a source/drain area provided on a particular side of the element driving transistor to serve as a particular source/drain area of the element driving transistor is connected to a current supply section, and (A-2) a source/drain area provided on the other side of the element driving transistor to serve as another source/drain area of the element driving transistor is connected to the anode electrode of the organic electro luminescence light emitting element and the particular electrode of the capacitor, forming a second node. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009442 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system provides a display assembly having a display screen. LEDs are presorted into a plurality of groups, each group of LEDs having substantially the same color that is different than the color of another group. LEDs are selected from one of the groups. The selected LEDs are mounted in the display assembly to illuminate the display screen. A non-electronic color adjuster is mounted in the light path from the selected LEDs to shift the light color to a predetermined color. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009443 | Display Device - The present invention relates to a display device ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009444 | MEMS DEVICES HAVING IMPROVED UNIFORMITY AND METHODS FOR MAKING THEM - Disclosed is a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device and method of manufacturing the same. In one aspect, MEMS such as an interferometric modulator include one or more elongated interior posts and support rails supporting a deformable reflective layer, where the elongated interior posts are entirely within an interferometric cavity and aligned parallel with the support rails. In another aspect, the interferometric modulator includes one or more elongated etch release holes formed in the deformable reflective layer and aligned parallel with channels formed in the deformable reflective layer defining parallel strips of the deformable reflective layer. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009445 | Light Blocking Display Device Of Electric Field Driving Type - Provided is a light blocking display device of an electric field driving type, including a barrier layer ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009446 | Driver circuit, electro-optical device, and electronic instrument - A driver circuit for driving source lines of an electro-optical device includes first and second source short-circuit circuits that respectively short-circuit first and second source lines and a source short-circuit node, a source charge storage short-circuit circuit that short-circuits a source charge storage node connected with one end of a source capacitor and the source short-circuit node, a voltage setting circuit that supplies a given voltage to the source charge storage node, and a node short-circuit circuit that short-circuits a common electrode voltage output node and the source short-circuit node, a voltage output to a common electrode of the electro-optical device provided opposite to a pixel electrode through an electro-optical element being applied to the common electrode voltage output node. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009447 | TRANSFLECTIVE TYPE LCD DEVICE HAVING EXCELLENT IMAGE QUALITY - An LCD device has a reflective area that reflects light incident from a polarizing film side using a reflection film, and a transmissive area that transmits light of a backlight incident from a TFT substrate side. The drive voltages of the reflective area and transmissive area are Vr and Vt, the black voltage in the reflective area is Vr (K), the black voltage in the transmissive area is Vt (K). The reflectance R, the transmittance T, characteristics of R with respect to drive voltage [Vr(K)-Vr] and characteristics of T with respect to drive voltage [Vt-Vt (K)] substantially match each other. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009448 | Display device - Light reflecting layers | 2009-01-08 |
20090009449 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTALD DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In one embodiment of a display device, pixels are arranged in matrix, and a first luminance area (high luminance area) and a second luminance area (low luminance area) which surrounds the first luminance area and has a luminance lower than that of the first luminance area can be formed in each pixel. The display device which can clearly display an image having a high spatial frequency and an active matrix substrate to be used for the display device are provided. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009450 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHODS - Provided are image display apparatus and image display methods capable of suitably making correction for variation of driving conditions due to an electric resistance of matrix wiring of a display panel by downsized hardware. The apparatus and methods involve a device of calculating voltage drop amounts caused by the resistance of row wires, for input image data, and a device of calculating image data with correction for the voltage drop amounts (corrected image data). An overflow processing circuit is provided so as to prevent overflow of the image data after the correction from an input range of a modulator, and the overflow is prevented by a gain. Since a gradation converter for changing a gradation conversion characteristic by a gain is provided in the stage preceding to the configuration for making the correction for influence of the voltage drop, it becomes feasible to cancel saturation characteristics of phosphors and to display images with high quality thereby. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009451 | IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE - An image displaying device displays a first image in a first direction and a second image in a second direction. The image displaying device includes a display panel having first display cells that display the first image and second display cells that display the second image. An optical unit has a first opening portion that causes light to be emitted from the first display cells in the first direction and from the second display cells in the second direction through the first opening portion. A light-shielding region defines a second opening portion and limits an opening-width along the predetermined direction of the second opening portion to be smaller than the cell intervals. An opening-width in the predetermined direction of the second opening portion of the first cell is different from an opening-width in the predetermined direction of the second opening portion of the second display cell. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009452 | Display control device and method of controlling same - In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a display control device includes a driving circuit driving pixels based on successively inputted display data; and a drive mode control circuit determining an operation mode of the driving circuit based on the difference value between first display data among the display data and second display data among the display data, the first display data being the (N+1)th display data, and the second display data being the Nth display data. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009453 | Liquid crystal display device and control driver for a liquid crystal display device - A control driver for a liquid crystal display panel includes: an operation circuit, an LUT (Look-up Table), and a linear interpolation D/A converter. The operation circuit performs a certain operation on input image data to generate operation data, and outputs higher order bit data and lower order bit data of the operation data. The LUT includes a V-T (Voltage-Transmittance) characteristic of the liquid crystal display panel, and outputs first output data and second output data as display data based on the higher order bit data and the V-T characteristic. The linear interpolation D/A converter performs an linear interpolation operation and D/A conversion to generate output voltage supplied to the liquid crystal display panel in response to the first output data, the second output data and the lower order bit data. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009454 | Liquid crystal display device - A drive data output unit having a predetermined number of drive data output terminals arranged each for outputting the drive data; a display panel, in which the number of pixels arranged in a lateral direction is an integral multiplication of the number of drive data output terminals; a plurality of data lines connected respectively to the drive data output terminals of the drive data output unit on an input side of the data lines, and each branched to be the integral multiplication and connected respectively to the pixels consecutive in the lateral direction; gate signal output unit for specifying the pixels by line, to which the drive data are output; and pixel count conversion unit for converting the number of pixels of obtained image data into a number corresponding to the number of drive data output terminals, and supplying the drive data output unit with the converted image data. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009455 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME DEVICE AND THE SAME METHOD - To provide a liquid crystal display device which can improve viewing angle characteristics and a driving method of the liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device including the liquid crystal display device. In a liquid crystal display device which performs display by aligning liquid crystal molecules at a tilt or radially at a tilt, one pixel is divided into a plurality of regions (sub-pixels) and a signal applied to each sub-pixel is made different every desired period. Alternatively, a signal applied to each sub-pixel is made different with respect to an adjacent pixel. To improve viewing angle characteristics by changing transmittance of the liquid crystal molecules every desired period in addition to improving the viewing angle characteristics of a viewer by making the liquid crystal molecules slanted to increase directions of alignment. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009456 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - High quality images on liquid crystal panel can be obtained alleviating variations of the brightness and color among regions, in which backlight is divided when emission luminance of the backlight is controlled in each region based on image signal. A backlight device is divided into multiple regions, and has a configuration in which light emitted from a light source of each of the regions is allowed to leak to other regions. A maximum gradation detector detects a maximum gradation of a regional image signal displayed on each of the regions of the liquid crystal panel. An image gain calculator obtains a gain to be multiplied to each regional image signal by using luminance bitmap held by luminance bitmap memory. An emission luminance calculator obtains an emission luminance of light to be emitted by each light source. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009457 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A grey tone display and a driving method are described. The display comprises a light influencing layer, an electrode pad located adjacent to the layer at one side of the layer in order to define a pixel in the layer, an n-channel field effect transistors connected to the electrode pad at its source terminal, a p-channel field effect transistors connected to the electrode pad at its source terminal, a first control line connected to the drain terminal of the n-channel field effect transistor, a second control line connected to the drain terminal of the p-channel field effect transistor, a third control line connected to the gate terminals of the n-channel field effect transistor and the p-channel field effect transistor, and a control circuit for supplying control signals to the first, second and third control lines. By this configuration, the voltage of the electrode pad can be arbitrarily controlled by adjusting the input level at the gate terminals. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009458 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPRATUS HAVING THE SAME - A thin film transistor (TFT) array panel and a display device having the same are provided. The TFT array panel includes a substrate, an n−1th and an nth gate line formed on the substrate, a data line intersected with the n−1th gate line, a first source electrode overlapped with at least one portion of the n−1th gate line and connected to the data line, a first and a second drain electrode overlapped with at least one portion of the n−1th gate line and facing the first source electrode, a first sub pixel electrode electrically connected to the first drain electrode, a second sub pixel electrode electrically connected to the second drain electrode, a second source electrode overlapped with at least one portion of the nth gate line and electrically connected to the second sub pixel electrode, a third drain electrode overlapped with at least one portion of the nth gate line and facing the second source electrode, a third source electrode overlapped with at least one portion of the nth gate line, a fourth drain electrode overlapped with at least one portion of the nth gate line and facing the third source electrode, a third sub pixel electrode electrically connected to the fourth drain electrode; and a fourth sub pixel electrode capacitively coupled with the third sub pixel electrode. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009459 | Display Device and Method for Driving Same - There is provided a display in which any defective pixel is rendered less noticeable even if a full-screen white display or suchlike is effected. In a normally-white liquid crystal display device, which transitions after power activation from non-display state through display starting state, where a full-screen blank white display is effected, to normal display state, an auxiliary electrode driver portion controls an auxiliary capacitance line voltage V | 2009-01-08 |
20090009460 | Display device and driving circuit for the same, display method - A display device is for carrying out display by supplying a data signal, that is supplied from a video signal line, to one of a plurality of pixel electrodes via a switching element, and by supplying a scanning signal for controlling ON/OFF state of the switching element to the switching element via a scanning signal line that is orthogonal to the video signal line and is connected to the switching element. When the scanning signal is outputted to the scanning signal line, the scanning signal has a falling waveform that first falls substantially vertically from an ON-level of the switching element in a direction of an OFF-level of the switching element, and then starts falling with a slope, and again falls substantially vertically before reaching the OFF-level of the switching element. As such, the writing of the data signal to the pixel electrode may be securely carried out even when the writing period for each scanning signal is reduced, thereby displaying a high-quality image. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009461 | OVER-DRIVING DEVICE - An over-driving device is provided. In a first frame, a compression circuit compresses a first image signal to generate a first compression image signal, and a buffer temporarily stores the first compression image signal. In a following second frame, the compression circuit compresses a second image signal to generate a second compression image signal, and the buffer outputs the first compression image signal to serve as a first buffer image signal. A comparison circuit compares the second compression image signal and the first buffer image signal and generates an enable signal according comparison result. A decompression circuit decompresses the first buffer image signal to generate a previous image signal. An over-driving unit receives the second image signal to serve to a current image signal and receives the previous image signal and the enable signal. The over-driving unit over drives the display device or not according to the enable signal. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009462 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD panel including a liquid crystal cell array, gate driving integrated circuits (ICs), first source driving ICs, second source driving ICs and a timing control circuit is provided. The liquid crystal cell array has a first display area and a second display area. The first and the second source driving ICs are electrically connected with the first and the second display areas, respectively, while the timing control circuit is electrically connected with the source and the gate driving ICs. The LCD panel is driven by writing data into the first display area through the first source driving ICs via a first receiving/transmitting mode and writing data into the second display area through the second source driving ICs via a second receiving/transmitting mode. The first data receiving/transmitting mode is different from the second receiving/transmitting mode. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009463 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a circuit which is configured to execute such control that write of a non-video signal in pixels is executed in the first period, write of a video signal in the pixels is executed in the second period which partly overlaps the first period, write of the video signal, in the pixels is executed in the third period which partly overlaps the second period, the write of the non-video signal and the write of the video signal are alternately executed in units of one horizontal cycle or horizontal cycles in a period in which the first period overlaps the second period, and the write of the video signal corresponding to the second period and the third period are alternately executed in units of one horizontal cycle or horizontal cycles in a period in which the second period overlaps the third period. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009464 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus capable of stopping the brightness control of a back light source on the featuring quantity of an input video signal, in case a multi-plane display was performed. The liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a liquid crystal panel ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009465 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An apparatus for driving a display device including first and second signal lines connected to a plurality of pixels, third and fourth signal lines connected to a plurality of sensors, and a display area displaying images includes a data driver to apply a data signal to the first signal line, an image scan driver to apply an image scanning signal to the second signal line, a sensing scan driver to apply a sensing scanning signal to the third signal line, a sensing signal processor connected to the fourth signal line, a signal controller to control the data driver, the image scan driver, the sensing scan driver, and the sensing signal processor, and a memory to store information from the sensing signal processor. The information is displayed and erased on a portion of the display area. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009466 | Force-sensing orthotic electric device controller - The invention is directed to devices and methods for assisting individuals with poor extremity function (i.e., upper extremity function) to control devices. In one embodiment, a powered device is provided that comprises a controller and an orthosis communicably connected to the controller. An orthosis includes a harness worn by a user on a body part and a force sensing transducer positioned between the harness and the body part, wherein force applied to the transducer by the body part is communicated to the controller for controlling movement of the powered device. A method for controlling a device having a controller includes attaching a harness to a user's body part and applying a force by the body part onto a force sensing transducer positioned between the harness and the body part, wherein the force is communicated to the controller for controlling the device. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009467 | SHOOTING SOUND CONTROL METHOD, SHOOTING SOUND CONTROL DEVICE, SHOOTING SOUND CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for controlling a shooting sound according to the present invention includes the steps of receiving an operation of a player and generating an operation signal, detecting at which area on a display screen a machine gun is pointing based on the operation signal, and determining one set of sound data at random from sets of sound data on at least two types of shooting sounds in accordance with detected position information. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009468 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL WIRELESS MOUSE - A multi-functional wireless mouse ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009469 | Multi-Axis Motion-Based Remote Control - Motion-based control of an electronic device uses an array of at least three reference elements forming a triangle. An image sensor (e.g., a video camera), which may be located on a user-manipulated device, captures an image of the array. The array image has a pattern formed by a nonparallel projection of the reference triangle onto the image sensor. The pattern carries information of the relative position between the image sensor and the reference element array, and changes as the relative position changes. The pattern is identified and used for generating position information, which may express a multidimensional position of the user-manipulated device with respect to three axes describing a translational position, and three rotational axes describing pitch, roll and yaw motions. The control system and method are particularly suitable for videogames. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009470 | WRISTWATCH-TYPE MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING PRESSURE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING USER INPUTS THEREIN - Disclosed is a wristwatch-type mobile terminal and method for receiving user inputs therein, which can efficiently receive user inputs through a pressure sensor. The method for receiving user inputs in a wristwatch-type mobile terminal includes providing a sensor unit to the wristwatch-type mobile terminal and detecting a user input through the sensor unit, deciding an operation corresponding to a corresponding location of the sensor unit depending on the user input, determining whether the decided operation relates to movement of a pointer movable on a display screen, determining whether pressure of the user input is more than a preset value when the decided operation relates to the movement of the pointer, and moving the pointer a first distance and displaying the pointer when the pressure of the user input is not more than the preset value, or moving the pointer a second distance and displaying the pointer when the pressure of the user input is more than the preset value. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009471 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An input apparatus outputting input information for controlling a movement of a user interface displayed on a screen is provided. The input apparatus includes: an angular velocity output unit for outputting a first angular velocity about a first axis, a second angular velocity about a second axis. A third angular velocity about a third axis; a combination calculates unit calculating a first combined angular velocity as a combination result of two angular velocities obtained by respectively multiplying the second and third angular velocities by two migration coefficients of a predetermined ratio. An output unit outputs, as the input information, information on the first angular velocity for controlling a movement of the user interface on the screen in an axial direction corresponding to the second axis and information on the first combined angular velocity for controlling the movement of the user interface on the screen in an axial direction corresponding to the first axis. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009472 | Data Input Method and Apparatus for Pda Thereby - Disclosed herein is an invention which relates to a data input apparatus for a handheld terminal and a method thereof comprising a sliding panel including a panel of a certain shape and a plurality of input members arranged at regular intervals on a certain portion of the bottom face of the panel; and a frame having the same shape as the sliding panel, the frame including one or more sliding through-holes having a longer inner diameter than that of the sliding panel, resting on a plurality of input buttons contained in the handheld terminal or on a plurality of input points forming a screen output from a touch screen, and inputting a key value of a corresponding input point by aligning any one of the input buttons or the input points with any one of the input members, the alignment being established by inserting the sliding panel into the sliding through-hole and displacing in a sliding manner. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009473 | Mouse with adjustable assembly - A mouse with an adjustable unit is disclosed. The mouse includes an upper casing and a lower casing, both of which form an accommodating space therebetween to receive a switch, a pressing unit, an adjustable unit, and a circuit board. The pressing unit further includes a plurality of keys formed on the upper casing. Each key has a protrusion on its lower surface. The adjustable unit further includes an adjustment member, a post mounted on one end of the adjustment member, and a plurality of resilient members located between the post and the protrusion. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009474 | IMPROVEMENTS TO INPUT PERIPHERALS FOR A COMPUTER OR THE LIKE - An input peripheral for a computer or the like, includes a moving portion ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090009475 | WIRELESS COMPUTER MOUSE WITH BATTERY SWITCHING CAPABILITY - A wireless mouse suitable for use with a computing device, and method of using such a mouse. The mouse includes a housing, electronics within the housing for sensing movement of the mouse and wirelessly communicating with the computing device, at least two batteries within the housing, a device for monitoring a power level of each of the batteries, and a device for switching between the batteries to deliver electrical power from one of the batteries to the electronics. Each battery is adapted for individually powering the electronics, and the switching device operates to switch from a first of the batteries to a second of the batteries when the power level of the first battery sensed by the monitoring device drops below a preset depletion threshold value. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009476 | Bag computer manual character input device and cover - Disclosed is a manual character input device, such as a keyboard or electronic write pad, designed for removable mounting and operation on the front of a bag computer. A keyboard may be ten full size keys wide with thumb keys for missing keys to right and left, may have tactile finger guides and actuating keys adapted for vertical use. The input device attaches by its back or pivotally by one edge. Edge mounts may be a channel, clip, half hinge axle or bearing or clamp and may include a hinge means for non-pivoting bag front mounts. Alignment structures may be included and may form a cover to protect the bag computer/display. Electrical connection to the computer may lead from the input device's back or edge and may be a wire and plug or may be built into the attachments. Alternatively, the input device may have a wireless electrical connection. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009477 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a base chassis, a screen displaying section, and operation controlling means. The display unit includes a display region. The base chassis is made of a transparent material and includes a first region that extends outward from at least one end on a circumference of the display unit, the first region provided with one of a plurality of vertically-arranged operation buttons and a plurality of horizontally-arranged operation buttons used for operating a driving circuit. The screen displaying section displays an operation screen in the display region of the display unit, the operation screen displayed in association with a position of each of the plurality of operation buttons. The operation controlling means controls an operational input to the operation screen made by using the plurality of operation buttons. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009478 | CONTROLLING USER INPUT DEVICES BASED UPON DETECTED ATTITUDE OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wireless handheld electronic device configured to send and receive text messages. A microprocessor for receiving, processing and outputting data is located within the handheld device. A display screen in data-communication with the microprocessor presents information for user observation based upon data output from the microprocessor. A sensor is provided within the handheld device that detects the attitude of the device as held by the user. The sensor communicates data that is indicative of the detected attitude of the device to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is further enable to disable a user input device when the detected attitude of the device matches a predetermined attitude criteria. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME DIVISION INPUT ON A DYNAMIC GRAPHIC INPUT DEVICE - A mobile device comprises a key switch and a graphic display region associated with the key switch. A display control application drives, on a predetermined alternation time schedule between a first time period and a second time period: i) display of a first icon on the graphic display region during the first time period when activation of the key switch activates a first mobile device function; and ii) display a second icon, different than the first icon, on the graphic display region during the second time period when activation of the key switch activates a second mobile device function. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009480 | KEYPAD WITH TACTILE TOUCH GLASS - A mobile communication device may include logic configured to sense a position of input relative to a plurality of keys, wherein the plurality of keys are printed on a surface; detect a displacement of the surface; and determine an input key based on a sensed position of input when displacement of the surface is detected. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009481 | Haptic sense rendering apparatus and haptic sense rendering method - A haptic sense rendering apparatus is disclosed that includes a haptic sense rendering unit, a magnet, a coil that magnetically interacts with the magnet and drives the haptic sense rendering unit, and a drive circuit that generates a drive signal for driving the haptic sense rendering unit to emphasize at least one of a drive starting operation and a drive terminating operation and supplies the generated drive signal to the coil. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009482 | TOUCH SENSOR PAD USER INPUT DEVICE - A touch sensor pad may be utilized with an electronic device to perform different types of user input functions, such as typing, drawing, moving a cursor, etc. Regions of the touch sensor pad may correspond to keys of a keyboard. A user establishes a home position at a desired location of the touch sensor pad. When a user subsequently touches the touch sensor pad, the touch sensor pad determines a relative position of the touch in reference to the home position, and determines the value of the user input or keystroke based on the relative position. The value of the user input or the keystroke may then be processed by the controller. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009483 | SINGLE-CHIP TOUCH CONTROLLER WITH INTEGRATED DRIVE SYSTEM - A touch controller for controlling a touch sensor panel is provided. The touch controller includes a plurality of sense channels that receive sensor signals from the touch sensor panel, a drive system that generates a plurality of stimulation signals based on a supply voltage on the order of digital logic level supply voltages, the stimulation signals for simultaneously stimulating multiple drive lines of the touch sensor panel, and a channel controller that controls the sense channels and the drive system. The plurality of sense channels, the drive system, and the channel controller are formed on a single chip. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009484 | Touch-detection display device having a detection and control unit and method to drive same - An exemplary touch-detection display device includes a display unit configured to display images, a touch-detection unit configured to detect external contact thereon, and a control and detection unit configured to detect functional conditions of the display unit and switch the touch-detection unit according to the functional conditions of the display unit. A related method of driving the touch-detection display device is also provided. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009485 | DRIVEN SHIELD FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCHPADS - A conductive shield that is disposed near the sensor, wherein a signal is driven on the shield that is similar to the signal induced on the sensor, thereby reducing stray capacitances and protecting the sensor from external noise sources, and resulting in a stronger signal reaching the sensor. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009486 | Display device with touch panel - A touch panel includes plural first electrodes extending in a first direction, plural second electrodes extending in a second direction different from the first direction, a driving circuit, a detection circuit, and a coordinate-position calculating circuit. The driving circuit sequentially selects two first electrodes out of the plural first electrodes, supplies a high potential voltage higher than a reference voltage to one of the selected two first electrodes, and supplies the reference voltage to the other, the detection circuit detects a capacitance difference (A-B) between a capacitor A between a selected one of the second electrodes and the first electrode to which the high potential voltage is supplied and a capacitor B between the selected second electrode and the first electrode to which the reference voltage is supplied, and the coordinate-position calculating circuit calculates a touch position on the touch panel touched by the observer on the basis of positions of the selected first and second electrodes and the capacitance difference (A-B). | 2009-01-08 |
20090009487 | Display device with touch panel - Provided is a display device with a touch panel having the cost thereof reduced without a decrease in the transmittance ratio of light. A substrate has a planar transparent conductive film formed on an observer side thereof. The transparent conductive film is used as a transparent electrode of an electrostatic capacitance coupling type touch panel. A position detection pulsating voltage production circuit that inputs a pulsating voltage for position detection, and a coordinate position arithmetic circuit that computes a touched position on the transparent conductive film touched with an observer's finger are included. The transparent conductive film is shaped to have four corners. The position detection pulsating voltage generation circuit applies the position detection pulsating voltage to each of the four corners of the transparent conductive film at different timings. When the position detection pulsating voltage is applied to one of the four corners of the transparent conductive film, the coordinate position arithmetic circuit computes the touched position on the transparent conductive film, which is touched with the observer's finger, on the basis of a voltage outputted through the corner diagonally opposite to the corner to which the pulsating voltage is applied. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009488 | Method and system for detecting touch events based on redundant validation - A method of detecting a touch event on an acoustic fingerprint based touch system comprises digitizing at least two signals to form first and second sets of digitized signals. The at least two signals are received from at least two sensors on a touch panel. A frequency transform is performed upon the first and second sets of digitized signals to form first and second frequency transform data sets of frequency components. At least first and second live fingerprints are constructed wherein at least one of the first and second live fingerprints is based on the first and second frequency transform data sets. A touch location is identified based on the at least first and second live fingerprints. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009489 | Portable Apparatus and Method for Inputing Data With Electronic Pen and Transmitting Data - Disclosed is a portable apparatus and a method for inputting data with an electronic pen and transmitting data. More particularly, there is provided a portable apparatus for creating image data with an electronic pen and transmitting the created image data, or inputting data with an electronic pen, which allows a user to input numerals, characters, etc. without a keypad, and transmitting the input data, and to a data input and transmission method using such a portable apparatus. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009490 | Ultrasonic input device for information display - Present invention provides an ultrasonic input device for information display. The ultrasonic input device includes a stylus | 2009-01-08 |
20090009491 | Capacitive sensing control knob - Apparatuses and methods for detecting interaction of a user with a sensor array disposed on the wall of a protrusion from the surface of a control panel of a device that physically resembles a mechanical knob protruding from the surface of the control panel of the device. The method may include receiving a plurality of signals from the sensor array and detecting interaction of a user with the sensor array based on the plurality of signals. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009492 | Medical Simulation Interface Apparatus And Method - A system and method of providing a surgical training apparatus which comprises a plurality of mechanical interfaces each of which is configured to receive a user tool operable by a user. Each mechanical interface of the plurality is configured to allow movement of its respective user tool in a rotational degree of freedom and a linear degree of freedom. The apparatus includes one or more sensors which are coupled to the mechanical interfaces and configured to simultaneously sense positional information of each user tool during movement. A computer coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to run a software application simulating each user tool as a respective simulated surgical tool operating on a simulated body part in a displayed graphical environment, wherein the computer updates movement of each simulated user tool in the graphical environment based on said positional information. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009493 | Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer; and a driving circuit including a data driver supplying a data voltage to the liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel displays white at a first data voltage and black at a second data voltage, and wherein a level of the first data voltage is higher than 0V and a level of the second data voltage is higher than the level of the first data voltage. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009494 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An apparatus for driving a display device includes a plurality of data driving integrated circuits which generates data voltages and a signal controller which inputs a first load signal to a data driving integrated circuit of the plurality of data driving integrated circuits to control the data driving integrated circuit. Each data driving integrated circuit of the plurality of data driving integrated circuits includes a load signal converter which generates a second load signal having a falling time which is different than a falling time of the first load signal. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009495 | USB display driver, and small-scale mobile monitor and USB display system having the USB display diriver - Provided is a universal serial bus (USB) display driver including a USB receiving unit that serially receives an image data signal from a host via a USB interface and extracts display data and control data from the image data signal, and a display driver that generates a display data voltage corresponding to the display data based on the control data and applies the display data voltage to a small-scale mobile panel. The USB receiving unit, the display driver and the small-scale mobile panel operate using power delivered via the USB interface, and a panel size of the small-scale mobile panel is less than or equal to a panel size corresponding to a maximum speed of data transmission of the USB interface. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009496 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel including: an organic light emitting diode for emitting light in accordance with a received driving current; a first transistor including a gate for receiving a voltage corresponding to a data signal, the first transistor being for transferring the driving current in a direction from a source of the first transistor to a drain of the first transistor; a second transistor for transferring the data signal in accordance with a scan signal; a first capacitor for storing a voltage corresponding to the data signal and for applying the voltage corresponding to the data signal to the gate of the first transistor; and a second capacitor for controlling the voltage stored in the first capacitor, wherein an outside portion of the first capacitor has a plurality of bents. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009497 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, which receives a plurality of gate signals and a plurality of data signals to display an image, a gate driver and a signal supplier which supplies a first scan-start signal, a clock signal and a clock bar signal to the gate driver, the clock bar signal having an inverse phase to that of the clock signal, wherein the clock signal includes a maintenance period and first and second transition periods, the maintenance period is defined when the clock signal is maintained at a first level, the first and second transition periods defined from a point when the clock signal transitions to a second level from the first level and to a subsequent point when the clock signal transitions to the first level from the second level, the first scan-start signal is maintained at the second level during the first transition period. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009498 | Capacitive load driving circuit, capacitive load driving method, and driving circuit for liquid crystal display device - The present invention provides a driving circuit capable of exerting improved driving performance while saving power consumption. A capacitive load driving circuit includes a gate driver, which drives scan electrodes aligned in a column direction of capacitive load circuits arranged in a matrix, and a source driver, which drives data electrodes aligned in a row direction of the capacitive load circuits. The source driver includes a plurality of output circuits, which are aligned in the row direction, for driving the respective data electrodes. Each of the plurality of output circuits drives the corresponding data electrode after changing the pre-charge amount on the basis of the position of the scan electrode driven by the gate driver. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009499 | Plasma display, controller therefor and driving method thereof - A plasma display, a controller therefor and a method of driving determines a screen load ratio from a plurality of video signals input during one frame, and determines a total number of sustain pulses according to the screen load ratio. A ratio of overlap sustain pulses to non-overlap sustain pulses is determined according to a first load ratio, and the overlap and non-overlap sustain pulses are arranged according to the determined ratio. The first load ratio may be the screen load ratio or a display load ratio. The arranged sustain pulses are applied to a plurality of first and second electrodes that perform a display operation during a sustain period. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009500 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A grey tone display and a driving method are described. The display comprises a light influencing layer, an electrode pad located adjacent to the layer at one side of the layer in order to define a pixel in the layer, an n-channel field effect transistors connected to the electrode pad at its source terminal, a p-channel field effect transistors connected to the electrode pad at its source terminal, a first control line connected to the drain terminal of the n-channel field effect transistor, a second control line connected to the drain terminal of the p-channel field effect transistor, a third control line connected to the gate terminals of the n-channel field effect transistor and the p-channel field effect transistor, and a control circuit for supplying control signals to the first, second and third control lines. By this configuration, the voltage of the electrode pad can be arbitrarily controlled by adjusting the input level at the gate terminals. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009501 | Luminance sensing apparatus - The invention discloses a luminance sensing apparatus for sensing the luminance of any area on a panel. The luminance sensing apparatus comprises a base, a first shaft, a first actuator, a second shaft, a second actuator, and at least one luminance sensor. The first shaft is pivotally connected to the base, and the second shaft is pivotally connected to the first shaft. The luminance sensor is disposed on the second shaft. The first actuator is used for actuating the first shaft to rotate with respect to the base, and the second actuator is used for actuating the second shaft to rotate with respect to the first shaft, such that the luminance sensor on the second shaft is capable of sensing luminance of any area on the panel. Accordingly, the luminance on the panel can be uniformly calibrated. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009502 | Method for driving a plasma display panel with attenuation extimation and compensation and corresponding apparatus - The picture quality on a plasma display panel shall be improved when the contrast and/or the brightness are reduced. This is achieved by estimating the reduction of the dynamic occurring in the front-end of the data processing of the plasma display device and by compensating it in the back-end. Specifically, the gain and/or offset of the video input data are adjusted and the power level of the adjusted video data is measured. The resulting power level information is updated on the basis of an attenuation information. The updated power level is used for the power management and the level of the video data being reduced in the front-end is increased on the basis of the attenuation information. Thus, the dynamic of the video and, as a result, the picture quality are improved. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009503 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid-crystal display includes a gate line, a gate driver supplying gate signals to the gate line, a source line, a source driver supplying source signals to the source line, a pixel electrode to which the source signals are applied via a pixel switching element connected to the source line, a liquid crystal disposed between the pixel electrode and a common electrode, a common electrode driver supplying common electrode signals to the common electrode, a capacitor disposed between the pixel electrode and a capacitor line, a driving circuit alternately changing the voltage level of the capacitor line between a first level and a second level, and a sequence control circuit. The sequence control circuit performs control such that the common electrode and the source line are short-circuited and supply of power to the source driver, the common electrode driver, and the driving circuit is cut off when a signal for turning off the power to the liquid-crystal display is detected, and that the voltage level of the pixel electrode is set to a ground level after the cutoff of the power supply by turning on the pixel switching element in accordance with a gate signal from the gate driver. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009504 | Method of Driving a Display Panel with Depolarization - The method comprises, in addition to emission periods, depolarization periods during which a predetermined depolarization voltage, which exhibits a polarity opposite to the polarity opposite to the voltage applied during the emission periods, is applied and sustained at the control terminal of said driver circuits of the panel, and a reference depolarization voltage, which is different from the reference emission voltage, is applied to the reference electrodes to which reference terminals of the driver circuits are linked. This method makes it possible to use conventional and inexpensive column control means. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009505 | Display device - A display device according to the present invention includes a switching regulator control circuit formed of TFTs. A digital switching regulator control circuit is composed of an AD converter circuit, a CPU, a pulse generation circuit or the like. An analog switching regulator control circuit is composed of an error amplifier circuit, a triangle wave generation circuit, a PWM comparator or the like. By integrally forming the switching regulator control circuit on a display device, the problem of the conventional portable information equipment as to the reduction in size and weight can be solved. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009506 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display system is provided. The display system includes a display unit for displaying an image, a support stand for supporting the display unit, a power source unit for supplying power to the display unit, an approaching detection unit that is formed on the support stand to detect an approach of an object, and a control unit for controlling the power source unit by recognizing a predetermined command corresponding to a detection signal from the approaching detection unit. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009507 | Display controller and method of controlling the same - A display controller according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a control pulse generating part outputting control pulse to a data line controller and a scan line controller driving a display panel, and an intermittent clock generating part generating an intermittent clock synchronized with a reference clock and setting a clock interval based on a timing setting value setting a timing at which the control pulse changes in a predetermined period. | 2009-01-08 |
20090009508 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING 2D/3D SWITCHABLE DISPLAY - Provided are an apparatus and method for driving a 2-dimensional (2D)/3-dimensional (3D) switchable display for improving the quality of image. The apparatus for driving a 2D/3D switchable display includes: an image mode determination unit determining whether input image signals of continuous frames are in a 2D mode or 3D mode; and an over-driving control unit over-driving the input image signal of a current differently according to the determined image mode. According to the apparatus and method, the response time in each of the 2D mode and the 3D mode can be increased, while motion blur and cross-talk effects can be decreased, thereby improving the quality of image. | 2009-01-08 |