04th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120019446 | INTERACTION WITH IME COMPUTING DEVICE - A computer-implemented user interface method is disclosed that includes displaying on a touch screen of a computing device a keyboard defined by a first character set; displaying on the touch screen an electronic canvas on which information corresponding to keys on the keyboard is displayed as a user selects the keys on the keyboard, the information appearing in a second character set that differs from the first character set; generating a candidate area over a front surface of the canvas; and automatically controlling a location of the candidate area as information is added to the canvas so as to move the candidate area away from being over a location on the canvas that is presently, or next to be, a location at which information is added to the canvas. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019447 | DIGITAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for configuring a digital display device including determining whether a user is viewing the digital display device with a sensor, identifying an amount of ambient light around the digital display device with the sensor, and configuring one or more display settings on the digital display device in response to whether the user is viewing the digital display device and the amount of ambient light identified. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019448 | User Interface with Touch Pressure Level Sensing - An apparatus including a housing; electronics in the housing; and a user input configured to allow a user to input information into the apparatus. The user input includes a touch panel on the housing. The user input is connected to the electronics and is configured to distinguish between first and second different levels of touch pressure by a user. The user input is configured to display a keyboard keys graphic. The apparatus is configured such that the first level of touch pressure at a first location of the touch panel is determined to correspond to selecting one of the keys of the graphic by the user as first information. The second level of touch pressure at the first location is determined to correspond to second information which does not correspond to selecting one of the keys of the graphic by the user. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019449 | TOUCH SENSING ON THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - Examples of touch sensors are capable of determining the position of one or more touches and/or gestures on a three dimensional object. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019450 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the touch sensing device includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, alternately arranged along a first direction and a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to form a sensing matrix, such that each first touch electrode and a corresponding second touch electrode are entangled each other along with at least one of the first and second directions. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019451 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A touch panel includes a first electrically conductive substrate, a second electrically conductive substrate; and a plurality of insulators located between the first electrically conductive substrate and the second electrically conductive substrate. The second electrically conductive substrate includes a first carbon nanotube film facing the first electrically conductive substrate, and a second carbon nanotube film exposed outside the touch panel. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019452 | TOUCH INPUT TRANSITIONS - Selection of input of a touch sensing surface is provided. Contacts on or near a surface are tracked to obtain touch information of the contacts. A first gesture is detected corresponding to first touch information of a number of contacts performing an activity, and a first input corresponding to the first gesture is selected. A second gesture is detected corresponding to second touch information of a number of contacts performing an activity. A determination of whether to select a second input corresponding to the second gesture is made. The second input is selected if third information satisfies a predetermined criteria, and the first input is maintained if the third information does not satisfy the predetermined criteria. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019453 | MOTION CONTINUATION OF TOUCH INPUT - Motion continuation of an input is provided. A motion of an input can be tracked based on contacts on a touch sensing surface. The input motion can be continued when one or more of the contacts lifts off from the surface by determining the liftoff of the one or more of the contacts during the input, determining a speed at the liftoff, selecting, based on the speed at liftoff, one of a plurality of decay rates corresponding to a plurality of ranges of speed, and continuing the motion of the input based on the selected decay rate. After motion of the input is continued based on speed at liftoff, the system can determine that the continued motion reaches a next-lower range of speed, the decay rate can be reset based on the decay rate of the next-lower range, and motion can be continued based on the reset decay rate. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019454 | Driving Method, Driving Device and Touch Sensitive Display Device Using the Same - A driving method for driving a touch sensitive display device which includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel units, a touch panel and a plurality of touch sensors, and displays a frame of a video and detects at least one touch point per vertical scanning period is disclosed. The driving method includes generating a plurality of touch scanning impulses in a non-display period of the vertical period, detecting the at least one touch point according to the plurality of touch scanning impulses in the non-display period, generating a plurality of scanning impulses according to a synchronization signal in a display period of the vertical scanning period to indicate a frame updating sequence of the plurality of pixel units, and generating a plurality of source driving signals according to frame data in the display period to indicate color intensities of the plurality of pixel units. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019455 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch screen panel. The touch screen panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first detection patterns, a plurality of second detection patterns, and a plurality of connection prevention layers. Each of the first detection patterns includes a plurality of first detection cells arranged in a single column and a plurality of first connection lines configured to connect first detection cells which are adjacent to each other. Each of the second detection patterns includes a plurality of second detection cells arranged in a single row and a plurality of second connection lines configured to connect second detection cells which are adjacent to each other. Each of the connection prevention layers is located between each of the first connection lines and each of the second connections line at the intersection thereof, and is made of an electrical insulation material. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019456 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING PRIVATE MODE IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for executing a private mode in a mobile terminal, including sensing a multi-touch applied over a display part, determining whether the multi-touch is identical with a touch code for entering to the private mode preset in a storage part, and turning off the display part or controlling a screen brightness when the multi-touch is identical with the touch code. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019457 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel that prevents sensing patterns from being viewable at a border of a touch active region. The touch screen panel includes: a transparent substrate; first sensing cells and second sensing cells alternately distributed in a touch active region on the transparent substrate; first connection patterns connecting the fist sensing cells in a first direction; second connection patterns connecting the second sensing patterns in a second direction crossing the first direction; and dummy patterns extending outside the touch active region and connected with the first sensing cells and the second sensing cells at a border of the touch active region. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019458 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device includes a circuit board, a power input port located on the circuit board, a main battery electronically connected to the power input port, and a stylus. A backup battery electronically connected to the power input port is located in the stylus. A power control unit is located on the circuit board. The power control unit detects the voltage value of the main battery, and compares the voltage value of the main battery with a predetermined voltage of the touch screen device. According to the comparative result, the power control unit switches between the main battery and the backup battery to provide power supply to the touch screen device. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019459 | INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method includes: receiving a user's input through a touch area of the input device; and recognizing the user's touch input to the touch area through a recognition area of the input device corresponding to the touch area and changing and assigning a range of the recognition area corresponding to the touch area according to a predetermined standard. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019460 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus, in particular, of a type for enabling an input operation in a contactless manner, smoothly, as is intended by a user, comprises a distance detector means for detection a distance from that input apparatus to a user's hand, a distance change detector means for detecting change of distance upon basis of a result of detection by the distance detector unit, and an instruction output means for providing an instruction to an apparatus of an outside, upon basis of a result of detection by the distance change detector means, wherein the distance change detector means detects that the distance is changed, starting from a predetermined first distance, as a beginning of the change of distance, reaching to a second distance, and the instruction output means treats the result of detection by the distance change detector means as an operation made by the user, and thereby providing the instruction to the apparatus of an outside. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019461 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a touch display device, which includes a display module and a touch panel. The display module includes a display panel and a control chip disposed on the display module to control the display module. The touch panel has a glass substrate and a driving chip disposed on the glass substrate to control at least one touching operation for the touch panel. The driving chip and the control chip are disposed in a misaligned manner. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019462 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - There are provided an image display apparatus having a display unit capable of sensing a touch made by a pointing device, and a method for operating the same. The method includes outputting a synchronous signal through the entire region of the display unit, transmitting a first scanning signal and a second scanning signal respectively scanning the display unit in a first direction and a second direction to the pointing device; and acquiring touch position information regarding a touch made by the pointing device by using touch time information regarding time points when the pointing device receives the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal after sensing the synchronous signal. Accordingly, an error in touch recognition caused by the delay of a synchronous signal can be minimized. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019463 | Input Device - An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a first display for optical display of information, at least a second display arranged above the first display for optical display of information and a touchscreen arranged above the second display for entry of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019464 | Touch Screen Friction Reducing Finger Caps - Finger gloves are provided for one or more fingers of the user of an electronic device with a touch screen. The finger gloves include a contact area made of a low-friction material. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019465 | Directional Pad Touchscreen - A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs is disclosed. The method includes receiving sliding motion by a user on a touchscreen of a computing device, identifying a direction for the sliding motion; associating the direction for the sliding motion with one of a plurality of directions for a directional pad, and providing information about the associated one of the plurality of directions to an application that is executing on the computing device. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019466 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING KEY IN TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - Provided are an apparatus and a method for inputting a key in a terminal having a touch screen. The apparatus includes a display; a touch sensor positioned above the display to sense a touch; and a controller for overlapping a semitransparent keyboard on one of a background and executed application screens output on the display when a key input event occurs, checking whether the touch is for a key input, if the touch is for the key input, receiving a key in a position corresponding to the touch, and outputting the key to the display. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019467 | SINGLE-CHIP MULTI-STIMULUS SENSOR CONTROLLER - A multi-stimulus controller for a multi-touch sensor is formed on a single integrated circuit (single-chip). The multi-stimulus controller includes a transmit oscillator, a transmit signal section that generates a plurality of drive signals based on a frequency of the transmit oscillator, a plurality of transmit channels that transmit the drive signals simultaneously to drive the multi-touch sensor, a receive channel that receives a sense signal resulting from the driving of the multi-touch sensor, a receive oscillator, and a demodulation section that demodulates the received sense signal based on a frequency of the receive oscillator to obtain sensing results, the demodulation section including a demodulator and a vector operator. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019468 | SELECTIVE INPUT SIGNAL REJECTION AND MODIFICATION - Embodiments are related to user input devices that accept complex user input including a combination of touch and push (or pick) input. Embodiments of the invention provide for selective ignoring or rejection of input received from such devices in order to avoid interpreting unintentional user actions as commands. Furthermore, some input signals can be modified. The selective rejection or modification can be performed by the user interface device itself or by a computing device that includes or is attached to the user interface device. The selective rejection or modification may be performed by a module that processes input signals, performs the necessary rejections and modifications and sends revised input signals to higher level modules. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019469 | TOUCH INPUT TRANSITIONS - Selection of input of a touch sensing surface is provided. Contacts on or near a surface are tracked to obtain touch information of the contacts. A first gesture is detected corresponding to first touch information of a number of contacts performing an activity, and a first input corresponding to the first gesture is selected. A second gesture is detected corresponding to second touch information of a number of contacts performing an activity. A determination of whether to select a second input corresponding to the second gesture is made. The second input is selected if third information satisfies a predetermined criteria, and the first input is maintained if the third information does not satisfy the predetermined criteria. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019470 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A calling and display unit ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120019471 | ENTERING INFORMATION INTO A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method for entering information into a communications device is disclosed. The method includes a user sliding a finger along a touch bar in either a horizontal or vertical direction to select a symbol. The method continues with the user selecting the symbol when the symbol enters the selection area, in which the appearance of the symbol is accentuated as the symbol enters the selection area. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an information processing device capable of improving operability in an information processing device in which when a position in any of a plurality of determination areas for a plurality of selected image candidates is designated by a user, a selected image candidate corresponding to the determination area is designated as a selected image. A designated position obtaining unit ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120019473 | SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A system for displaying images is provided. The system includes a capacitive touch sensor device includes a dielectric layer having a sensing area and covered by a transparent substrate. A plurality of series of first sense electrodes and a plurality of series of second sense electrodes are embedded in a first level of the dielectric layer and within the sensing area. Each series of first sense electrodes extends along a first direction and each series of second sense electrodes extends along a second direction substantially different from the first direction. A plurality of signal lines are embedded in a second level lower than the first level of the dielectric layer and extends along the second direction. Each signal line is correspondingly and electrically connected to one of the plurality of series of first sense electrodes. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019474 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME - The present invention relates to a capacitive touch panel. In one embodiment, the capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes spatially arranged in a matrix, and a driver electrically coupled to the touch sensor matrix and configured to generate a driving signal to synchronically drive one or more driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes, such that at least one sensing electrode is not driven by the driving signal. The remaining driving electrodes are grounded. The not-driven sensing electrodes sense and transmit a sensing signal of a touch. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019475 | LOW-COST MASS-PRODUCED TOUCH SENSORS - A capacitive touch sensor has a clear top plastic film and graphics or other designs disposed on its reverse side. Only the bare plastic substrate is exposed to the environment and user wear. Non-conductive color inks are used in printing the graphics so that any printed capacitive sensors in contact behind will not be short circuited or desensitized. A silk-screened base color layer with a print-free margin left all around its edges allows a later application of adhesive to grip a more durable surface underneath. Capacitive touch sensors are deposited on a bottom plastic film with silvered conductive inks. The printed capacitive sensors on film are fastened with a silk-screen applied liquid water-based adhesive and face the graphics printed side of the first plastic film. A final overcoat of adhesive is applied to the bare backside of the bottom plastic film for final assembly to a frame or chassis. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019476 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a capacitive touch panel including: a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode formed on the transparent substrate, the transparent electrode being made of a conductive polymer, a transparent protective layer formed on the transparent electrode, the transparent protective layer having transparent characteristics, and a transparent adhesive formed on the transparent protective layer. According to the present invention, the transparent protective layer is further formed between the transparent electrode and the transparent adhesive to prevent reactivity between the transparent electrode and the transparent adhesive, thereby making it possible to improve operation reliability of the touch panel. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019477 | METHOD OF DETECTING POSITION ON TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, AND METHOD OF INITIALIZING TOUCHSCREEN PANEL - A method of detecting a position on a touchscreen panel including a first resistive film having first and second electrodes provided at its corresponding ends in a first direction and a second resistive film having third and fourth electrodes provided at its corresponding ends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction includes measuring a potential at the first electrode with supply voltage applied to a first resistor connected to the first electrode with the second electrode grounded; measuring a potential at the third electrode with the supply voltage applied to a second resistor connected to the third electrode with the fourth electrode grounded; measuring potentials at the third and fourth electrodes with the supply voltage applied to the first electrode with the second electrode grounded; and measuring potentials at the first and second electrodes with the supply voltage applied to the third electrode with the fourth electrode grounded. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019478 | PRODUCING CAPACITIVE IMAGES COMPRISING NON-CONNECTION VALUES - Apparatus and method for producing capacitive images of a sensing region of a sensor electrode are disclosed. The sensor electrode comprises a plurality of connection sections and a non-connection section. The sensor electrode is connected to sensor circuitry at a plurality of connection locations located in the plurality of connection sections and not the non-connection section. The apparatus is operated by transmitting a transmitter signal into the sensor electrode at a connection location of the plurality of connection locations, receiving a plurality of resulting signals from the sensor electrode at multiple connection locations of the plurality of connection locations, and producing a capacitive image using the plurality of resulting signals. The plurality of resulting signals includes effects of the transmitter signal propagating through the sensor electrode to the multiple connection locations. The capacitive image comprising a non-connection value associated with the non-connection section. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019479 | TOUCH PAD FOR MULTIPLE SENSING - A touch pad for multiple sensing configured to receive touch and pressed-pressure made from at least one finger, conductor or object, comprising an upper conductive layer and a lower conductive layer underneath the upper conductive layer. The upper conductive layer has a plurality of upper sensor members and a plurality of upper joint members. The lower conductive layer has a plurality of lower sensor members and a plurality of lower joint members. The distance-related capacitance on upper sensor members and lower sensor members are detected through the electrically coupled upper joint members and the electrically coupled lower joint members respectively. Besides, an overlapped portion of the upper sensor members and the lower sensor members are electrically conducted by the pressed-pressure. Meanwhile, at least one electrical signal is generated from voltage difference between the upper joint members or between the lower joint members, which the strength of electrical signal is related to the distance of pressed-pressure from the upper joint members or from the lower joint members. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019480 | Electronic Device and the Input and Output of Data - The present invention relates to an electronic device, and in particular, to the input and output of data from the electronic device. The present invention also relates to an object that is identifiable by an electronic device having a touch screen. The object includes contact members that can engage or be positioned proximate to the touch screen. The contact members create contact points that are sensed or detected by the touch screen. The object is at least partly conductive and includes at least a first contact member and a second contact member spaced from the first contact member. The first and second contact members define the pattern of contact points. An output is generated and displayed by the touch screen when the object engages or is proximate to the touch screen and is identified. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019481 | Controller of Contact Sensing Type Using Optical Principle for Controlling a Pointer on a Display Screen - The present invention of a controller of contact inductive type using optical principle for controlling a pointer on a display screen includes an optical element, an inbound light source for illuminating the optical element, and a motion transducer for receiving the reflected light from the optical element. The optical element is a lens component having the characteristics of total internal reflection. The optical element having a light source area, the inbound light source enters the optical element through the light source area. An Intensified structure is located on the bottom of the optical element for intensifying the refraction and reflection percentages of the light inside the optical element, in order to utilize the light at a higher ratio. The inbound light source is finally reflected to a contact surface on top of the optical element for placing the portion of the tip of a human digit. An array of micro structure is located on the contact surface for intensifying the brightness of the reflected light from where the portion of the tip of the human digit is placed, the light is then directed to the motion transducer through a surface on the bottom of the optical element. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019482 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME CAPABLE OF REDUCING ACCIDENTAL CONTACT-INDUCED MALFUNCTIONS - A flexible display device includes a base, a flexible display panel, a detecting unit and a control unit. The flexible display includes a touch control unit that could be exposed outside of or received within the base. The detecting unit is used to detect the operating state of the flexible display panel. Then, the control unit controls the touch control unit according to a detected result of the detecting unit. Accordingly, the flexible display device according to the present invention may effectively reduce the accidental contact-induced malfunctions. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019483 | OPTICAL TOUCH-CONTROLLED DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS OPTICAL TOUCH-CONTROLLED MODULE - An optical touch-controlled module including a frame, a plurality of optical transceivers, and three reflective sticks is provided. The frame can be combined with a display module and includes a plurality of bars. The bars are connected with each other and surround a frame opening. The optical transceivers are disposed on the frame and located separately on the two opposite ends of one of the bars. Each of the reflective strips is disposed on one of the bars, and one of the reflective strips is located between the other two reflective strips. The reflective strips surround the frame opening and reflect the light emitted from each of the optical transceivers. Moreover, an optical touch-controlled display device including the optical touch-controlled module is also provided. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019484 | LIGHT SCAN TYPE TOUCH PANEL - A light scan type touch panel includes: at least two light scanning units located outside of a display screen at one side; a plurality of light guide units located at other sides of the display screen; and a light receiving unit located at at least one end of each of the plurality of light guide units. Each of the light guide units includes: a light guiding member having a light incidence plane and a light emission plane; a diffusion sheet located at the light incidence plane; a plurality of reflection sheets located at planes of the light guiding member other than the light incidence plane and the light emission plane; and diffuse reflection inducing units located at one side of the light guiding member, facing one of the plurality of reflection sheets. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019485 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to the present invention, even if a plurality of operators perform gesture operations in three-dimensional space, the three-dimensional spatial gesture of each operator is accurately associated with the target object of the three-dimensional spatial gesture. For this, a projector displays at least one selection-target object on an upper surface of a table. When a pointer operated by an operator comes in contact with the upper surface of the table, a two-dimensional coordinate detecting apparatus detects the contact position, and determines which object has been designated by the operator. In this stage, among pointers detected by a three-dimensional coordinate detecting apparatus, a pointer having a position closest to the contact position is determined, and the pointer determined to be the closest is decided as a tracking target. Thereafter, the tracking-target pointer is tracked by the three-dimensional coordinate detecting apparatus to determine the operator's gesture pattern. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019486 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; a transparent protrusion unit including a patterned partition wall and formed on the transparent substrate; and a transparent electrode formed in the transparent protrusion unit such that it is surrounded by the partition wall. The touch panel is advantageous in that a transparent protrusion unit is employed, and a transparent electrode is formed in the partition wall of the transparent protrusion unit, so that it is possible to prevent the transparent electrode from being scratched and separated during a manufacturing process, thereby improving the durability of the touch panel. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019487 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There are provided an electronic device that enables a user to perform handwriting input in one-subject display of a content and to call, from an item, a one-subject display screen of the item to which handwriting is added, and a control method of the electronic device. Electronic device includes input keys, a touch panel, a display, a ROM storing a content database, a hard disk, and a CPU. Display is a sensor-incorporated display that can accept the handwriting input. CPU searches the item from content database, based on an instruction. CPU displays an item display screen based on the searched item on display. CPU displays, on display, handwritten expression corresponding to the handwriting input so as to superimpose the same on the item display screen. CPU stores the handwritten expression in hard disk as handwritten memo data. When the item is selected, based on the instruction, CPU displays, on display, a screen in which the item display screen corresponding to the selected item, and the handwritten expression stored in the storage are superimposed. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019488 | STYLUS FOR A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a stylus | 2012-01-26 |
20120019489 | Method of Timing Control for a Display Panel - The present invention discloses a method of timing control for a display panel, the method comprises steps of employing a timing corrector to set a value of timing diversity; and using the timing corrector to modify the gate timing signals with identical timing to act as odd gate timing signals and even gate timing signals, and transferring the odd gate timing signals and the even gate timing signals to odd gate lines and even gate lines respectively, thereby activating the charging process, wherein the charging timing of the odd gate lines based on the odd gate timing signals is longer than the charging timing of even gate lines based on the even gate timing signals. Accordingly, the problem caused by vertical lines of the display panel can be solved. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019490 | MODULAR LED DISPLAY STRUCTURE WITH CONNECTING EDGE BANDING TO CONNECT EACH OTHER - A modular LED (Light Emitting Diode) display structure includes full-color LED units to be arranged in a matrix on a flexible PCB, and plurality of protective plates to protect connection between the full-color LED units and the transmission line of the flexible PCB. Also, the edge of the display has a connecting edge banding with a hook to form a track thereunder. The hook can clip the track of another LED module plate for connection to develop a lager LED display. Moreover, by a hanger connecting to the connecting edge banding to simplify the suspending of the LED display. Furthermore, each full-color LED units has a driving chip to enhance the resolution of the LED display. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019491 | FLAT DISPLAY APPARATUS - A flat display apparatus comprises a first display screen and a second display screen. The first display screen is a particle-based display screen, and the second display screen is a liquid-based display screen. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019492 | DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS CONTROL BASED ON AMBIENT LIGHT LEVELS - Methods and devices are provided for controlling the brightness of a display for an electronic device based on ambient light conditions. In one embodiment, an electronic device may employ one or more brightness adjustment profiles for changing the brightness of a display based on the ambient light level. The brightness adjustment profiles may include two or more sections, each corresponding to different ambient light levels, which may be adjusted independently of one another. The different sections may allow a user to customize brightness adjustments for different ambient light conditions. In certain embodiments, the slope and/or offset of a section may be adjusted in response to receiving a user input that changes the brightness setting for a certain ambient light level. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019493 | DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS CONTROL TEMPORAL RESPONSE - Methods and devices are provided for controlling the brightness of a display for an electronic device based on ambient light conditions. In one embodiment, an electronic device may employ one or more brightness adjustment profiles that define response rates for changing brightness levels based on ambient light levels. The response rates may vary depending on the magnitude and/or direction of change in the ambient light levels. In certain embodiments, the response rates may be designed to approximate the physical response of the human vision system. Further, in certain embodiments, noise reduction techniques may be employed by adjusting the response rates based on the magnitude of the change in the ambient light level and/or based on whether the display is operating at steady state or executing a brightness adjustment. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019494 | ALIGNMENT FACTOR FOR AMBIENT LIGHTING CALIBRATION - A method, system, and apparatus that can be used to operate a display device in an energy efficient manner. The energy efficient display device can effectively and efficiently compensate for changes in ambient light incident at a display screen of the display device using an internal ambient light sensor to provide control signals to a backlight driver. Data from the ambient light sensor can be at least partially corrected to correspond more closely to a response of a Lambertian responsive light sensor | 2012-01-26 |
20120019495 | DETECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF ECONOMIZING ELECTRICITY AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A detecting device capable of economizing electricity includes a first sensor for sensing a first physical quantity, an electronic paper (E-paper) display for displaying information of the first physical quantity, and a controller electrically connected to the first sensor and the E-paper display for controlling the E-paper display to display the information of the changed first physical quantity when the first sensor senses the changed first physical quantity. The controller is further for closing the E-paper display when the first sensor does not sense that the first physical quantity is changed, so that the E-paper display continues displaying the last first physical quantity sensed by the first sensor before the E-paper display is closed. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019496 | OPTICAL SENSOR CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING OPTICAL SENSOR CIRCUIT - A field-effect transistor ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120019497 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display wherein power consumption of a gate drive circuit is reduced and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having pixel regions defined by intersection of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, a timing controller to output a clock pulse selectively having a first voltage level, second voltage level and third voltage level of different voltage levels and a data control signal, a gate drive unit to drive the gate lines in response to the clock pulse, and a data drive unit to drive the data lines in response to the data control signal. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019498 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel which allows compensating a threshold voltage of a driving transistor and a mobility deviation is provided. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode connected between a first power supply and a second power supply, a first transistor connected between the first power supply and the organic light emitting diode, wherein the gate electrode of the first transistor is connected to a first node, a second transistor connected between the first node and the data line, wherein the gate electrode of the second transistor is connected to the scanning line, a third transistor connected between an access node of the first transistor and the organic light emitting diode, and the second power supply, that is turned on during the scanning period which the second transistor is turned on; and, first and second capacitors connected between the first power supply and the first node, wherein an access node of the first and second capacitor is connected to an access node of the first and third transistor. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019499 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device operates for an initializing period, a scan period and an emission period divided from one frame period. The organic light emitting display device includes: a data driver for supplying data signals to output lines; a connecting unit for selectively coupling a data line of data lines to a corresponding one of the output lines or an initial power supply, and being positioned between the output lines and the data lines; a second power driver for applying second power having a low level and a high level to pixels positioned at crossing regions of scan lines and the data lines; and a first control line commonly coupled to the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, and an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode is supplied with a voltage of the initial power supply for the initializing period. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019500 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An embodiment relates to an organic light emitting display device that has a simple structure and compensate threshold voltage of a driving transistor. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019501 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel and display having the pixel are disclosed. The pixel includes transistors along a leakage path from a storage capacitor. The pixel also includes transistors to apply a reference voltage to the leakage path to minimize leakage. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019502 | SOURCE DRIVER FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a source driver for a liquid crystal display device, a slew rate is increased while an increase in power consumption is suppressed. The source driver for a liquid crystal display device includes multiple output amplifiers that drive multiple data lines in response to an input signal, and a bias control circuit having a dummy amplifier consistent with an electric characteristic of the output amplifiers. The bias control circuit controls high bias periods of the output amplifiers on the basis of an output transition period of the dummy amplifier when the dummy amplifier receives voltages of a γ resistor circuit, which are input to the output amplifiers. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019503 | FRAME BUFFER PIXEL CIRCUIT, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a frame buffer pixel circuit, a method of operating the same, and a display device having the same. The frame buffer pixel circuit includes a first switching unit configured to transfer image data in response to a first actuating signal, a first charging unit configured to charge the image data, a second switching unit configured to supply a reference voltage in response to a second actuating signal, a third switching unit configured to adjust and transfer the reference voltage according to a charge amount, and a second charging unit configured to charge or discharge according to the reference voltage, wherein the reference voltage is supplied as a discharge voltage discharging the second charging unit and a charge voltage charging the second charging unit. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019504 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel includes an OLED coupled to a second power supply, a first transistor coupled to a first power supply for controlling current through the OLED, a second transistor coupled between a data line and the first transistor, third transistors coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the first transistor, the second and third transistors configured to be turned on when the scanning signal is supplied to the i-th scanning line, fourth transistors coupled between an initial power supply and the first transistor, and configured to be turned on when the scanning signal is supplied to an i−1-th scanning line, a first capacitor coupled between the first power supply and the first transistor, and a second capacitor with a first terminal coupled to nodes between two of the third transistors and two of the fourth transistors, and a second terminal coupled to the first power supply. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019505 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor having a second electrode coupled with the organic light emitting diode and a first electrode coupled with a data line; a second transistor coupled between a gate electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a first scan signal is supplied to a first scan line; a third transistor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and the data line and turned on when a second scan signal is supplied to the second scan line; a first capacitor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and a first power supply; and a second capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first power supply. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL OF AN ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE PANEL AND AN ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A power control method, a power control apparatus, and an OLED display are provided. The method includes the steps of: estimating a voltage value according to image content of an image, the voltage value indicative of a minimal required voltage allowing the OLED panel to display the image; and controlling a voltage generator to adjust a booster voltage provided to the OLED panel according to the estimated voltage value. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019507 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD - The present invention is aimed at appropriately suppressing display failure such as a tailing phenomenon and the like in a normally white type liquid crystal panel. A driver ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120019508 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY AND PICTURE UPDATE METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display includes a row driver connected to an electrophoretic display panel via a plurality of gate scanlines, and the row driver has a decoder. When the electrophoretic display is to update a picture that includes only a block to be changed, the decoder decodes a start position and an end position of the block to determine a portion of gate scanlines that are occupied by the block, and the row driver drives only the portion of gate scanlines. Therefore, the update time is shorter and the power consumption is less than that for a full update case. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019509 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY AND PICTURE UPDATE METHOD THEREOF - For picture updating, an electrophoretic display erases the ghost image and then continuously turns on a plurality of frames, each for changing only one gray level, so as to gradually adjust each of the pixels to a respective desired gray level, which can simplify and accelerate the picture updating, and reduce the content size of a lookup table. By incorporating with adjusting the time length of the frames, the lightness adjustment of the electrophoretic display can be simplified. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019510 | Multiple source associated particle imaging for simultaneous capture of multiple projections - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for performing neutron radiography. For example, in one exemplary method, an object is interrogated with a plurality of neutrons. The plurality of neutrons includes a first portion of neutrons generated from a first neutron source and a second portion of neutrons generated from a second neutron source. Further, at least some of the first portion and the second portion are generated during a same time period. In the exemplary method, one or more neutrons from the first portion and one or more neutrons from the second portion are detected, and an image of the object is generated based at least in part on the detected neutrons from the first portion and the detected neutrons from the second portion. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SURGERY VISUALIZATION - A system for providing real-time surgery visualization to achieve symmetric results is provided. The system includes at least one imaging device configured to capture at least one image of a first area of a subject during a surgical procedure. The system further includes at least one projector configured to project at least one reflected image onto a second area of the subject located across an axis of symmetry of the subject from the first area of the subject. The at least one reflected image is reflected with respect to the axis of symmetry and the first area of the subject. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019512 | NOISE SUPPRESSION FOR CONE-BEAM IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - A method for 3-D volume image reconstruction of a subject, executed at least in part on a computer, obtains image data for 2-D projection images over a range of scan angles. For each of the plurality of projection images, a noise-corrected projection image is generated by steps of transforming the image data according to a variance-stabilizing transform to provide transformed image data, applying Gaussian based noise suppression to the transformed image data, and inverting the transformation of the noise-suppressed transformed image data to generate the noise-corrected projection image. The noise-corrected projection image is stored in a computer-accessible memory. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019513 | 3D LAYERING OF MAP METADATA - Techniques and tools are described for rendering views of a map in which map metadata elements are layered in 3D space through which a viewer navigates. Layering of metadata elements such as text labels in 3D space facilitates parallax and smooth motion effects for zoom-in, zoom-out and scrolling operations during map navigation. A computing device can determine a viewer position that is associated with a view altitude in 3D space, then render for display a map view based upon the viewer position and metadata elements layered at different metadata altitudes in 3D space. For example, the computing device places text labels in 3D space above features associated with the respective labels, at the metadata altitudes indicated for the respective labels. The computing device creates a map view from points of the placed labels and points of a surface layer of the map that are visible from the viewer position. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019514 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A three-dimensional (3D) display including a memory unit, a signal processing unit, a display panel, a pair of shutter glasses and a timing controller is provided. In a first display period of a left eye frame period, the signal processing unit reading and outputting the first display data from the memory unit. In a third display period of a right eye frame period, the signal processing unit reading and outputting the third display data from the memory unit. In a second display period of the left eye frame period and a fourth display period of the right eye frame period, the signal processing unit outputting second display data. The timing controller controlling the shutter glass and driving the display panel according the first display data, the second display data and the third display data. As such, writing-in time and display time of frames can be increased. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019515 | DISPLAY METHOD - A display method thereof is provided. The display method includes following steps. In a first display period of a left eye frame period, first display data are read from a memory unit, and the left eye frame is displayed accordingly. In a second display period of the left eye frame period, second display data is provided and a black frame is displayed accordingly. In a third display period of a right eye frame period, third display data are read from the memory unit, and the right eye frame is displayed accordingly. In a fourth display period of the right eye frame period, the second display data is provided and the black frame is displayed accordingly. As such, writing-in time and display time of frames can be increased. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019516 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING COLOR CONSISTENT SELECTIVE SUB-PIXEL RENDERING - A multi-view display system and method using color consistent selective sub-pixel rendering are provided. The multi-view display system may determine a pixel value based on a contribution level of a viewpoint varying based on a viewing position. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019517 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF 3D CHARACTER ANIMATION FROM 3D MESHES - Systems and methods for animating 3D characters using a non-rigged mesh or a group of non-rigged meshes that define the appearance of the character are illustrated. Certain embodiments disclose a process for the automatic rigging or autorigging of a non-rigged mesh or meshes. In one embodiment, a method of automatically rigging at least one mesh defining the external appearance of a 3D character includes creating a 3D representation of the external appearance of the 3D character defined by the at least one mesh, where the 3D representation is a single closed form mesh, identifying salient points of the 3D representation, fitting a reference skeleton to the 3D representation, calculating skinning weights for the 3D representation based upon the fitted skeleton, and automatically rigging the 3D character by transferring the skeleton and skinning weights generated with respect to the 3D representation to the at least one mesh defining the external appearance of the 3D character. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019518 | Rendering system and method based on weighted value of sub-pixel region - A rendering system and method based on a weighted value of a sub-pixel region are provided. The rendering system may change a pixel value of a single sub-pixel using pixel values of sub-pixels that represent, as respective central viewpoints, a plurality of viewpoints represented by the single sub-pixel based on an inclined lens, and may perform rendering using the changed pixel value. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019519 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing device which enables image display that takes full advantage of a color reproduction performance of a panel without providing a viewer with a feeling of strangeness. In at least one embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first color space converter configured to convert an externally transmitted RGB signal into an XYZ signal; a three-dimensional matching processor configured to perform conversion to tristimulus values of the XYZ signal to generate an XYZ signal; and a second color space converter configured to convert the XYZ signal to an RGB signal for a liquid crystal panel. The three-dimensional matching processor performs the conversion to the tristimulus values such that saturation and brightness of only colors whose chromaticity coordinate is outside a boundary line provided on an xy chromaticity diagram are increased, and maintains the tristimulus values as they are such that colors whose chromaticity coordinate is within the boundary line are displayed in colors accurate to colors represented by the RGB signal. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019520 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - For generating a destination image (a left-eye image) from an original image and a height map thereof, the height of the height map of the original image is compared with the height of the height map of the destination image, and if a pixel of the original image is higher, the pixel of the original image is copied to a pixel of the destination image. After the pixel of the original image is copied to the pixel of the destination image, the height of the pixel of the original image is decremented. The pixel of the original image is copied in the rightward direction to pixels of the destination image until the height of the pixel of the original image becomes 0 or until a height of the pixel of the destination image becomes lower than that of the pixel of the original image. The same processes are performed on each pixel of the original image, and thereby the left-eye image is generated. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019521 | IMAGE OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE OUTPUT CONTOL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image output control apparatus includes a memory, an input module, and a controller. The memory is configured to store first identification information used to limit output of a 3D image. The input module is configured to input second identification information used to cancel limitation of output of the 3D image. The controller is configured to determine whether or not the second identification information is valid based on the first and second identification information to execute control to limit the output of the 3D image or cancel the output limitation based on a result of the determination. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019522 | ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND TARGETING (eSAT) SYSTEM - eSAT pushes 3D scene awareness and targeting to forward positioned mobile operators and their handheld devices in environments such as found in military theaters of operation, border control and enforcement, police operations, search & rescue and large commercial industrial operations. A host computer hosts a 3D model of a scene and dynamically captures and transmits a windowed portion of the visual representation of that 3D model over a wireless network to the mobile operators' handheld devices. The windowed portion of the visual representation is streamed directly to the operators' handheld device displays. The mobile operators may interact with and control the 3D model via the wireless network. The host computer may synthesize the visual representation of the 3D model with live feeds from one or more of the handheld devices or other assets to improve situational awareness. Either the mobile operators or host operator can make point selections on the visual representation to extract geo-coordinates from the 3D model as a set of target coordinates. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019523 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed, in which switching between a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image is performed using an electro wettable material depending on whether a voltage is applied. The stereoscopic image display device comprises a display panel; a first electrode formed on one surface of the display panel; a wall formed to divide a plurality of lens areas at the boundary of the respective lens areas on the first electrode; an electro-wettable material included in the wall; a first substrate formed on the wall to face the display panel; and a second electrode formed at the center of each wall on the first substrate. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019524 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image display device includes: a feature value calculating section which calculates an image feature value related to the brightness of image data using parallax between image data for a right eye and image data for a left eye which form 3D image data; an expanding coefficient calculating section which calculates an expanding coefficient, which is related to brightness expand processing, on the basis of the image feature value; a brightness expanding processing section which performs brightness expanding processing on the image data for the right eye and the image data for the left eye on the basis of the expanding coefficient; and an image display section which displays an image on the basis of the image data for the right eye and the image data for the left eye subjected to the brightness expanding processing. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019525 | Stereoscopic Display Apparatus - A stereoscopic display apparatus that may reduce distortion of a displayed stereoscopic image including a display unit displaying an image that is linearly polarized in one direction; a stereoscopic filter disposed in front of the display unit; and a phase correction plate disposed in front of the display unit. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND REPRODUCING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTS IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus produce and reproduce Augmented Reality (AR) contents in a mobile terminal. In the method, contents are produced. An image including an object corresponding to the contents is recognized. Recognition information for the object corresponding to the contents is obtained based on a recognition result. AR contents including the contents and the recognition information are generated. Therefore, AR contents for an input image may be easily produced and reproduced, and the AR contents may be used as independent multimedia contents, not an auxiliary means of other contents. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019527 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a display unit that displays a 3D image thereon, the 3D image being created by combining two pieces of image data in which adjacent right-side and left-side parts of respective fields of view overlap with each other; a touch panel that is provided on the display screen of the display unit and that detects a touch position of an external object or a nearby position of an object near a surface of the touch panel; and a sensitivity setting unit that sets, in accordance with the level to which the 3D image appears to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the display screen, the detection sensitivity of the touch panel. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019528 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a display unit that displays a three-dimensional image generated by combining two pieces of image data; an area selecting-setting unit that selects an adjustment area in which an offset distance, which is a virtual distance from a display screen of the display unit in a direction perpendicular to the display screen in the three-dimensional image, is adjusted; an input unit that receives a change instruction signal for giving an instruction to change the offset distance in the adjustment area; an offset-distance adjustment unit that adjusts the offset distance in the adjustment area in accordance with the change instruction signal; and a display controller that causes the display unit to display a three-dimensional image by using the two pieces of image data in which the offset distance in the adjustment area is adjusted. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019529 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLIES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND METHODS FOR DEFECT COMPENSATION - The range of embodiments includes systems, methods, and apparatus for defect compensation that may be applied to displays having multiple imaging layers, such as high dynamic range displays, and/or to stereoscopic displays, such as autostereoscopic displays. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019530 | STEREO DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to stereo display systems. In one embodiment, the stereo display system includes a display ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120019531 | Method and Apparatus for Applying a Rotational Transform to a Portion of a Three-Dimensional Representation of an Appliance for a Living Body - A method and apparatus for applying a rotational transform to a portion of a three-dimensional representation of an appliance for a living body is disclosed. The representation is defined by an input plurality of coordinates stored in a processor circuit memory, the input plurality of coordinates representing a general shape of the appliance. The method involves applying the rotational transform to the portion of the representation of the appliance within the transform volume to produce an output plurality of coordinates representing a modified shape of the appliance such that the general shape of portions of the appliance outside the transform volume remain un-modified by the rotational transform, and storing the output plurality of coordinates in the processor circuit memory. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019532 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM - Three-dimensional processing is applied to more than one images taken from different points of view to generate a stereoscopic image, and the stereoscopic image is stereoscopically displayed. An instruction to control a stereoscopic effect of the stereoscopically displayed stereoscopic image is received, and the three-dimensional processing is applied to the more than one images to achieve a stereoscopic effect according to the instruction. Then, control values of the stereoscopic effect according to the instruction are recorded in a recording unit with the control values being associated with the more than one images. At this time, if there are the control values of the stereoscopic effect recorded in the recording unit, difference values between the control values of the stereoscopic effect according to the instruction and the recorded control values of the stereoscopic effect are recorded in the recording unit. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019533 | OPTIMAL POINT DENSITY USING CAMERA PROXIMITY FOR POINT-BASED GLOBAL ILLUMINATION - A computer-animated scene is shaded using a point in a point cloud. The point represents a sample location on a surface primitive of an object in the scene. The surface primitive lies at least partially within a camera viewing frustum of a virtual camera, which has a focal point. A sample location distance, which is a near plane distance of the camera viewing frustum or the length of a line between the sample location on the surface primitive and the focal point of the virtual camera, is determined. A solid angle of the surface primitive subtended at the focal point of the virtual camera is obtained. A desired point area of the point in the point cloud is determined based on the sample location distance and the solid angle. The scene is shaded using the desired point area of the point in the point cloud. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019534 | IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD AND DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY - First and second division patterns are defined so that main areas A and A′ are similar to each other in shape, having the same horizontal-to-vertical ratio. Even if an image output apparatus is connected to a display unit having both first and second display screens, the image output apparatus generates an identical image for the main area A or A′ regardless of the aspect ratio of the display screen. The main areas A and A′ display important information and the like. Sub areas B and B′ display auxiliary information. The first and second division patterns may be determined so that the sub areas B and B′ are similar to each other in shape like the main areas. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019535 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A method for constructing relation information between data elements in a directed acyclic graph (DAG) in first and second domains includes importing data from the first domain DAG and data from the second domain DAG to generate a relation graph; responsive a relation between a node v | 2012-01-26 |
20120019536 | METHODS, STORAGE MEDIUMS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING PARTICLE QUANTITY AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN AN IMAGING REGION OF AN ASSAY ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF A FOCUSING ROUTING PERFORMED ON AN ASSAY ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Methods, storage mediums and systems (MS&S) are provided which successively image an imaging region of an assay analysis system (AAS) as particles are loaded into the imaging region, generate a frequency spectrum of each image via a discrete Fourier transform, integrate a same coordinate portion of each frequency spectrum and terminate the loading of particles upon computing an integral which meets preset criterion. In addition, MS&S are provided which send a signal indicative of whether enough particles are in an imaging region for further processes by an AAS based on the magnitude of integral calculated from an image's frequency spectrum. MM&S are also provided such that the steps of generating a frequency spectrum of each image and integrating a portion of each frequency spectrum are replaced by generating a convolved spatial image with a filter kernel and integrating a same coordinate portion of each convolved spatial image. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019537 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR STATISTICALLY SORTING CHARACTERS FOR MULTI-TAP KEYBOARDS - Methods and apparatuses for statistically sorting characters for multi-tap keyboards are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a processor, an indication of a selection of a key, and adding, by the processor, one or more high probability characters to a list of key characters. The method also includes requesting, by the processor, a plurality of sorted characters, and receiving, by the processor, the plurality of sorted characters. In addition, the method includes adding, by the processor, the plurality of sorted characters to the list of key characters, associating, by the processor, the list of key characters with the selected key, and displaying, on a display device, a first character of the list of key characters. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019538 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A information display apparatus includes a content storage module, a controller, a specification module, and a marker information storage module. The controller controls a text to be displayed. The specification module specifies, based on a user's operation, a character string, as a marker display character string in the displayed text. The marker information storage module stores position information of the marker display character string within a storage region of the content storage module, and stores a stored time where the position information is stored as being related to the position information. The controller allows the text in an identifiable manner based on the position information, wherein a mode of the identifiable display is differed in accordance with time elapsed since the stored time for the marker display character string. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019539 | RENDERING APPARATUS, RENDERING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an input unit inputs text data. An existence rank database stores an existence rank of each character included in the text data. The existence rank is a statistical rank of the number of each character among the number of all characters included in the text data. A decision unit decides whether the existence rank of each character of the text data is higher than a predetermined rank, by referring to the existence rank database. A texture generation unit generates a texture of a character having the existence rank higher than the predetermined rank, by using outline data of the character. A texture rendering unit renders the texture. A polygon generation unit generates a polygon mesh of a character having the existence rank lower than the predetermined rank, by using outline data of the character. A polygon rendering unit renders the polygon mesh. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019540 | Sliding Motion To Change Computer Keys - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented touch screen user interface method that includes displaying a plurality of keys of a virtual keyboard on a touch screen computer interface, wherein the keys each include initial labels and a first key has multi-modal input capability that include a first mode in which the key is tapped and a second mode in which the key is slid across. The method further includes identifying an occurrence of sliding motion in a first direction by a user on the touch screen and over the first key. The method further includes determining modified key labels for at least some of the plurality of keys. The method further includes displaying the plurality of keys with the modified labels in response to identifying the occurrence of sliding motion on the touch screen and over the first key. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019541 | Multi-Primitive System - Disclosed herein is a vertex core. The vertex core includes a grouper module configured to process two or more primitives during one clock period and two or more vertex translators configured to respectively receive the two or more processed primitives in parallel. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019542 | Method and System for Load Optimization for Power - A method for managing work distribution in a processor including a plurality of instruction data modules, is provided. The method includes analyzing work units received by the processor and comparing the utilization level in each active module within the plurality with a first predetermined threshold. The work units are distributed across selected ones of the modules within the plurality based upon the analyzing and the comparing. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019543 | MULTI-THREAD GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM - A graphics processing system comprises at least one memory device storing a plurality of pixel command threads and a plurality of vertex command threads. An arbiter coupled to the at least one memory device is provided that selects a command thread from either the plurality of pixel or vertex command threads based on relative priorities of the plurality of pixel command threads and the plurality of vertex command threads. The selected command thread is provided to a command processing engine capable of processing pixel command threads and vertex command threads. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019544 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a main memory; at least one sub-memory that stores data, a cache memory that temporarily stores data, and controller that controls whether to temporarily store the data in the cache memory selectively with respect to each of the at least one sub-memory. | 2012-01-26 |
20120019545 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device of the present invention comprises a first determination section for monitoring information respectively appended to a plurality of images, and detecting information that has been appended to the most images among the plurality of images as first information, a second determination section for detecting information other than the first information, among the information that has been respectively appended to the plurality of images, as auxiliary information, and a third determination section for detecting an image to which the first information has been appended, and which is an image having the auxiliary information, as a priority image. | 2012-01-26 |