06th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130033394 | SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR CHIP LEVEL CROSS-RANGE STREAK DETECTOR - A method of reducing cross-range streaking in a radar image includes determining a number of on-pixels in each line of at least a portion of the radar image, determining which lines have a determined number of on-pixels that exceeds a threshold number, and removing the on-pixels of lines having the determined number of on-pixels exceeding the threshold number. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033395 | DUAL COAXIAL NSS RECEIVER SYSTEM - A dual coaxial NSS receiver system is disclosed. One embodiment receives first location information about a first navigation satellite system (NSS) antenna mounted on an object at a first location. In addition, second location information is received from a second NSS antenna mounted on the object in a second location different from the first location. A spatial relationship is determined between the first NSS antenna, the second NSS antenna and a portion of the object. The first location information, the second location information and the spatial relationship are then utilized to determine the spatial location of the portion of the object. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033396 | POSITIONING METHOD FOR LONG-THIN FLEET - The present invention provides a positioning method for long-thin fleet, which moves along a direction and has a motion track and a leading member. The leading member is in forefront of the motion track. The positioning method comprises the following steps: a positioning step and a transmitting step. The positioning step gets a positioning data through a GPS in a preset time. The transmitting step transmits a periodic signal to the members of the fleet through a wireless network system. The leading member proceeds the positioning and transmitting steps. The motion track is connected according to the positioning data. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033397 | METHODS FOR RECEIVING GPS INDOORS WITH HIGH PRECISION AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that determines a GPS location includes obtaining assisted GPS data of locations of a plurality of GPS satellites, current time, and initial location data of the receiver computing device. A GPS signal from one or more of the plurality of GPS satellites within a frequency range and time range is acquired based on the obtained assisted GPS data, current time, and initial location data of the receiver computing device. The one or more acquired GPS signals are integrated over a frame period of two or more seconds. A GPS location for the receiver computing device is determined based on the one or more integrated GPS signals. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033398 | COMBINED USE OF DIFFERENT SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - Method, arrangement and system for improving a combined use of a plurality of different satellite navigation systems, in which each of the plurality of different satellite navigation systems includes a constellation of at least one satellite. The method includes broadcasting from each satellite of the constellation of a first satellite navigation system the clock models for all satellites of the constellation of a second satellite navigation system. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033399 | DUAL BAND ANTENNA - A dual band antenna is provided. The dual band antenna includes a grounding portion, a connecting portion, a feeding portion, a radiating portion, a first radiating portion and a second radiating portion. The connecting portion is vertically connected to the grounding portion. The feeding portion has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to the connecting portion and the second end has a feeding end. The radiating portion is parallel to the grounding portion and vertically connected to the connecting portion. The first radiating portion has a third end and a fourth end, wherein the third end is connected to the radiating portion and the fourth end extends toward the radiating portion. The second radiating portion is vertically connected to the radiating portion. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033400 | ANTENNA APPARATUS HAVING SENSING COMPONENT COUPLED TO FIRST ANTENNA COMPONENT TO ADDITIONALLY ACT AS SECOND ANTENNA COMPONENT AND RELATED SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - An antenna apparatus includes a first antenna component and a first sensing component. The first antenna component has at least one first mode. The sensing component is a front-end component of a sensing device, wherein the sensing component is further coupled to the first antenna component to act as a second antenna component having a second mode. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033401 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal may include a front case, a rear case installed to a rear of the front case, an antenna module provided to the rear of the front case, the antenna module including a first region provided at a first edge portion of the front case and a second region provided at a second edge portion of the front case and a speaker provided between the first region of the antenna module and the front case to output sound to a space between the antenna module and the front case. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033402 | LIGHTNING PROTECTION DEVICE FOR AN ANTENNA RECEIVER, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SAME - A lightning protection device ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130033403 | ANTENNA AND MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are an antenna and a mobile terminal including the antenna. The antenna includes a loop antenna, a solenoid, and a plurality of connections. The loop antenna is installed on a mobile terminal. The solenoid is connected in parallel to the loop antenna, and receives power. The connections connect the loop antenna to the solenoid. Accordingly, the degree of freedom of an antenna shape and a recognition distance of the antenna are improved. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033404 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes antennas, each of which includes antenna elements arranged in a longitudinal direction, arranged side by side in a transverse direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, wherein an interval between the antennas arranged side by side in the transverse direction is approximately 2λ. where λ is a free space wavelength corresponding to an operating frequency, and each of the antenna elements includes a horn formed therein. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033405 | Low-Aspect Antenna Having A Vertical Electric Dipole Field Pattern - An antenna comprises a ring-shaped radiofrequency resonator that defines a path for a circulating magnetic current. In an implementation, the resonator has a height of no more than 2% of an operating wavelength, and it has an electromagnetic resonance at the operating frequency. In an implementation, the antenna is of a type having a vertical, short electric dipole radiation or sensitivity pattern. It comprises, as the dominant radiative element, a ring of material disposed transverse to the vertical dipole axis and having an average magnetic permeability more than ten times the magnetic permeability of air. The ring has a maximum outer diameter and a height that is less than the maximum outer diameter. The antenna further includes a feed structure adapted to couple radiofrequency energy into and/or out of a magnetic current circulating in the ring. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033406 | ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method for manufacturing an antenna includes the steps of: providing a ceramic substrate and forming an antenna pattern on the ceramic substrate using screen printing with metallic material; firing the ceramic substrate and the antenna pattern by a high temperature; treating the ceramic substrate by chemical wet-etching process; pasting an adhesive tape to the antenna pattern, then detaching the antenna pattern from the ceramic substrate, and the combination of the adhesive tape with the antenna pattern forming a conductor tape; making the conductor tape attached to a first face of a ferrite plate. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033407 | ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method for manufacturing an antenna is disclosed, and the method includes the steps of: providing a ceramic substrate and forming an antenna pattern on the ceramic substrate using screen printing with metallic material, co-firing the ceramic substrate and the antenna pattern by a high temperature, treating the ceramic substrate by chemical wet-etching process, providing a ferrite plate with an adhesive layer disposed on a first face thereof, pasting the ceramic substrate to the ferrite plate with the antenna pattern attached to the adhesive layer, and detaching the ferrite plate from the ceramic substrate with the antenna pattern remained on the ferrite plate. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033408 | THREE-AXIS ANTENNA AND CORE ASSEMBLY USED THEREIN - A core assembly comprising first and second core members each having a rectangular body around which an X-axis coil and a Y-axis coil are wound, and flanges integrally and diagonally extending from the body; and a bobbin having an annular portion and projections diagonally extending therefrom; the projections of the bobbin being provided with terminal members connected to coil ends of the X-axis coil, the Y-axis coil and the Z-axis; the annular portion of the bobbin acting as a space for disposing the first core member from one side, and providing a space receiving at least partially the body of the second core member from the other side, such that the body of the first core member is at least partially adjacent to the body of the second core member; and a space for winding the Z-axis coil being provided between the projections of the bobbin and the flanges of the second core member. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033409 | Radiation Antenna for Wireless Communication - A radiation antenna for wireless communication provides an advantage of being able to enhance gain and control directionality, while suppressing the height. The radiation antenna for wireless communication includes a line antenna element | 2013-02-07 |
20130033410 | COMMUNICATION ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ANTENNA STRUCTURE THEREIN - A communication electronic device includes an antenna structure at least having a grounding element and an antenna element. One edge of the grounding element has a notch, and the antenna element is disposed in the notch of the grounding element. The antenna element includes a feeding portion and a shorting portion, wherein the feeding portion at least includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. There is a first coupling gap between the second segment of the feeding portion and a first shorting segment of the shorting portion which includes an open end of the shorting portion. There is a second coupling gap between the third segment of the feeding portion and a second shorting segment of a shorting portion which includes the shorting end of the shorting portion. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033411 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY TO REDUCE SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE - An antenna assembly includes first and second antennas each generating a resonant mode to cover an operating bandwidth, and a transmission line. The first includes a first radiation unit with a feed-in portion coupled to a first feed portion in contact with a core wire of a coaxial cable and a first grounding portion. The second antenna includes a second radiation unit with a second feed-in portion coupled to a second feed portion in contact with a conductive shielding layer of the coaxial cable and a second grounding portion. The transmission line includes first and second connecting portions coupled respectively to the second feed portion of the second feed-in portion. When a signal within the operating bandwidth is transmitted through the coaxial cable, the energy of the signal is distributed among the first and second antennas. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033412 | ARRANGEMENT FOR WIRELESSLY NETWORKING DEVICES IN AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY - An arrangement for wirelessly networking sensors, actuators and at least one shared control unit in automation technology, has a first connection point for receiving an RF transmit signal from an RF transmitter and for providing an RF receive signal from an antenna. The arrangement has a second connection point, which leads to the antenna, and a signal coupler, arranged between the first connection point and the second connection point. The signal coupler transmits the RF transmit signal from the first connection point to the antenna, and transmits the RF receive signal from the antenna to the first connection point. The signal coupler has a variable coupling attenuation with a low first attenuation factor and at least one higher second attenuation factor. The signal coupler transmits the RF receive signal using the low first attenuation factor and transmits the RF transmit signal using the higher second attenuation factor. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033413 | MULTI-BAND INVERTED-F ANTENNA - A multi-band inverted-F antenna including a ground plane, a signal feeding circuit, first, second and third main radiation parts is provided. The signal feeding circuit is electrically isolated from the ground plane and receives/transmits wireless signals. The first and the second main radiation part are both physically and electrically connected to the signal feeding circuit, and generate first and second frequency band operation modes for the inverted-F antenna, respectively. The third main radiation part is electrically isolated from the signal feeding circuit, the first and the second main radiation parts, and generates a third frequency band operation mode for the inverted-F antenna via to signal coupling between the first and the third main radiation parts and/or signal coupling between the second and the third main radiation parts. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033414 | Display Environment for a Plurality of Display Devices - A display environment for a plurality of display devices is described. In one or more implementations, a display environment of an operating system of a computing device is configured to display a plurality of shells that support user interaction with the operating system by launching a first shell for display on a first display device of the computing device and launching a second shell for display on a second display device of the computing device such that the first and second shells are displayable simultaneously by the computing device. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033415 | DISPLAY SYSTEM USING AT LEAST TWO SIMILAR DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHOD THEREOF - A display system includes a primary display device and a secondary display device. The display system further comprises a first detecting unit, a storage unit, and a processor. The first detecting unit is configured for detecting if the secondary display device is adjacent to the primary display device. The first detecting unit generates a detecting signal in the condition that the secondary display device is detected to be adjacent to the primary display device. The storage unit configured for storing a picture. The processor receives the detecting signal, divides the picture into a primary part and a secondary part according to the detecting signal. The processor controls the primary display device to display the primary part of the picture and controls the secondary display device to display the secondary part of the picture. A method of dividing and displaying a picture using the display system is also provided. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033416 | ORGANIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An organic compound contains indacenodiperylene as the basic skeleton. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033417 | SCAN DRIVER, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY DEVICE - A scan driver drives a display device having a plurality of gate lines transferring scan signals, and a plurality of source lines transferring data signals. The scan driver includes a shift register and a multiple signal applying unit. The shift register includes a plurality of cascade-connected stages, each stage having an output terminal electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of gate lines. The multiple signal applying unit applies a sub scan signal and a main scan signal. The sub scan signal and the main scan signal sequentially activate each of the plurality of gate lines. Therefore, the scan lines receive the scan signal twice, so that the liquid crystal capacitors electrically connected to the gate lines receive the data voltage twice. As a result, even though the time for charging the liquid crystal capacitors may be reduced, the liquid crystal capacitors may be fully charged to enhance display quality. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033418 | GESTURE DETECTION USING PROXIMITY OR LIGHT SENSORS - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for gesture detection using, at least in part, output or measurement signals from one or more ambient environment sensors, such as, for example, a proximity sensor or ambient light sensor. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033419 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION - A method for error correction for segmented three dimensional image data. The method includes receiving segmented three dimensional image data, the segmented three dimensional image data being divided into a plurality of slices; correcting at least one contour of the segmented three dimensional image data on at least one slice according to a command from a user to form a corrected contour; and automatically interpolating a correction represented by the corrected contour to a plurality of slices of the segmented three dimensional image data. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033420 | SLEEVE AND CONTROL DEVICE WITH SUCH SLEEVE - A sleeve of control device is provided for controlling a cursor motion of an electronic device. A touch-feel enhancing mechanism is formed on an outer surface of the sleeve. The touch-feel enhancing mechanism is not related to the function of operating the control device to detect the rotating action or the moving action by the user. The touch-feel enhancing mechanism is only used to enhance comfort and touch feel of operating the control device. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033421 | CHANGEABLE INTERACTIVE SURFACE WITH RESIZING, ZOOMING, MOVING, ROTATING AND OTHER MANIPULATION OPTIONS/CONTROLS - Systems and methods to allow a user of an electronic device to change the size, rotation, zoom and/or position of a drawing surface used with a graphics-based user interface, using characteristic changing controls positioned within the drawing surface, adjacent to the drawing surface or both within and adjacent to the drawing surface. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033422 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING MOTION RECOGNITION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof is disclosed. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus includes using motion recognition photographs as an object, and changing and displaying a screen based on a movement direction of the object, when a determination that the photographed object is moved while maintaining a first shape is made. By this method, the user is able to perform zoom in and zoom out operations more easily and intuitively by using motion recognition. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033423 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS HAVING A RETRACTABLE POINTING INPUT DEVICE - An electronic apparatus including a shell, a door plate, a support member, and a pointing input device is disclosed. The shell comprises an aperture; the door plate is connected to the shell, and can be moved to cover the aperture; the support member is positioned inside the shell, and includes a first position and a second position, wherein the distance between the first position and the aperture is larger than the distance between the second position and the aperture; when the aperture is covered by the door plate, the pointing input device is mounted in the first position, and can be moved to the second position when the aperture is not covered by the door plate, such that the pointing input device can extend from the shell. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033424 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device of the present disclosure includes reaction force map creation means for creating a reaction force map including a plurality of reaction force components corresponding to a plurality of input components displayed on a screen, and reaction force transmission means for transmitting a reaction force to an operation body when, in accordance with an operation of selecting each input component with the operation body, the corresponding reaction force component on the reaction force map is selected. When converting a screen display image into the reaction force map, the reaction force map creation means rearranges each reaction force component on the reaction force map differently from a component arrangement on the screen display image. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033425 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided an information processor, including a detection target recognition section that recognizes a detection target based on a movement status of a pointer or a movement status of an imaging target which are detected based on a captured image; and an object detection section that detects an object from a recognized detection target. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033426 | HANDHELD PROJECTOR AND PROJECTION METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a handheld projector and a projection method thereof. The handheld projector includes a projection module, a control module, a detecting module and a steering module. The control module drives the projection module to project an image towards an object, which includes a cursor. The detecting module generates a shift signal according to shift of the handheld projector, and transmits the shift signal to the control module. The control modules drives the steering module to rotate the projection module towards an opposite direction of the shift of the handheld projector, so as to make the image projected by the projection module stay in a fixed position of the object. Through the invention, projected image is not easily shocked, and the user only need move the handheld projector when change of the cursor position is desired, and thus operation convenience is greatly enhanced. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033427 | IMAGE INPUT SYSTEM AND IMAGE INPUT METHOD THEREOF - An image input system and an image input method thereof are disclosed. The system includes an input equipment which includes an image capturing module and a first communication module, and a processing apparatus which includes a second communication module, a calculation module and a conversion module. The image capturing module is configured to capture an image of an object on a display and to detect an image-capturing distance or a position of the object. The captured image, the image-capturing distance or the object position is then communicated to the processing apparatus and may be analyzed by the calculation module to calculate an edge position of the image. The conversion module is configured to convert the edge position, the captured image or the object position to an input signal. This invention creates a new type of human-machine interface through the image capturing module, and the first and second communication modules. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033428 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING MOTION RECOGNITION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof is disclosed. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus includes using motion recognition photographs as an object, and changing and displaying a screen based on a movement direction of the object, when a determination that the photographed object is moved while maintaining a first shape is made. By this method, the user is able to perform zoom in and zoom out operations more easily and intuitively by using motion recognition. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033429 | METHOD OF NOTETAKING WITH SOURCE DOCUMENT REFERENCING - A method of notetaking includes the steps of: displaying a source document on a display device; writing notes on a substrate relating to the displayed source document to create handwritten notes; generating digital ink representing the handwritten notes; and indexing the digital ink with an identifier for the displayed source document so that the displayed source document is retrievable when accessing the notes. The displayed source document has no association with the substrate prior to writing the notes. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033430 | REDUCED QWERTY KEYBOARD SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES BETTER ACCURACY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An electronic device having a keyboard, display, and a processor is presented. The keyboard includes a plurality keys with at least a subset of the plurality of keys having a plurality of indicia, each key in the subset having a primary and secondary conductor. The primary conductor can be associated with a first set of indicia. The first set of indicia can include one or more indicia. The secondary conductor can be associated with a second set of indicia. The second set of indicia can include the one or more indicia that are not in the first set. The processor can be communicatively coupled to the keyboard and the display. The processor receives an input based on the secondary conductor associated with the given key, and outputs data to the display to display a list of characters corresponding to the plurality of indicia of the given key. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033431 | HANDHELD DEVICE HAVING PIVOTALLY RETRACTABLE KEYPAD ASSEMBLY - A handheld device includes a housing and a keypad assembly configured within the housing. The keypad assembly includes one or more groups of keys configured for movable positioning between a first orientation in which a top surface of an individual key is exposed to a user, and a second orientation in which the top surface of the key pivotally retracts into the housing so as to expose an edge surface of the key. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033432 | HANDHELD DEVICE HAVING RETRACTABLE KEYPAD ASSEMBLY - A exemplary key assembly for a handheld device includes one or more L-shaped key structures each having a first member configured to receive an input keystroke and a second member substantially orthogonal to the first member; and a frame configured to receive the one or more L-shaped key structures, the frame having a wall aligned with the second member of the key structure, with the wall further comprising a switch for each of the one or more L-shaped key structures associated with an inner surface of the wall, wherein each switch is associated with an actuator associated with the second member of the corresponding key structure such that depression of a given key structure causes the actuator of the second member of the key structure to engage the switch of the wall. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033433 | TOUCH SCREEN HAVING ADAPTIVE INPUT REQUIREMENTS - A method and apparatus are provided for adapting (modifying) input requirements, such as a required touch force or a touch screen format, in response to an event, for example, important situations, detection of an increased input error rate, aircrew activation, and motion such as turbulence, aircraft vibration, and/or gravitational forces. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033434 | Apparatus Comprising a Display and a Method and Computer Program - An apparatus including: a display comprising including a central portion and a curved side portion; a memory storing pages of content; and a display controller configured to control simultaneously the central portion of the display to display at least a portion of a first page of content and the curved side portion of the display to display additional information not forming part of the first page of content. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033435 | USER INPUT DEVICE FOR WIRELESS BACK CHANNEL - Aspects of this disclosure relate to a method that includes, in an example, sending, by a source device, display data to a sink device for rendering on the sink device. The method also includes receiving, by the source device, an indication of user input at a first display location of a touch-sensitive screen associated with the source device, wherein the user input specifies a modification of at least a portion of the display data rendered at the sink device, wherein the portion of the display data is rendered at a second display location of the sink device. The method also includes, in response to receiving the indication, sending, by the source device, second configuration data to modify the portion of the display data rendered at the second display location based at least in part on a mapping of the first display location to the second display location. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033436 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic device, a controlling method thereof and a computer program product are provided. The method includes displaying part or all of a ring and at least one function image outside the ring on a touch screen of the electronic device while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state, detecting a user input applied to one of the function images on or near the touch screen, and dragging the function image in accordance with the user input, wherein the function image corresponds to a predetermined function. The method further includes performing the predetermined function in response to dragging the function image into the ring, and maintaining the electronic device in the use-interface lock state in response to not dragging the function image into the ring. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033437 | STYLUS TOUCHING CONTROL APPARATUS AND TOUCHING DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A stylus includes a body, a conductive control structure, a charge transporting structure, and a signal transmission module. The body has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The conductive control structure is configured at the first end and equipped with a control surface. The charge transporting structure is disposed at a side of the body and covers at least one portion of a hand-held region on the side of the body. Besides, the charge transporting structure is electrically coupled to the conductive control structure. The signal transmission module is disposed in the body and transmits a radio frequency signal to the second end according to a trigger signal. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033438 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH A TOUCH SCREEN THAT DISPLAYS A STACK OF PAGES - A mobile terminal with a touch screen includes a browsing and searching system that reproduces the sensation of leafing through a work on paper and a read mode that does not alter the structure or layout of the original page. The main benefit of this solution is that it can be used to read a digital publication in the same manner as the equivalent paper version, both in terms of leafing and reading, while taking account of the technical specifications of the read terminal. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033439 | TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensor integrated type display and a method of forming the same are discussed. According to an embodiment, the touch sensor integrated type display device includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed on a substrate to cross each other; a display area including a plurality of pixel electrodes for displaying images; a common electrode including at least two touch driving electrodes overlapping the plurality of pixel electrodes and at least one touch sensing electrode positioned adjacent to the at least two touch driving electrodes, for recognizing a touch input to the display area; at least one first signal line electrically connected to the at least two touch driving electrodes; and at least one second signal line electrically connected to the at least one touch sensing electrode, and formed over at least one of the data lines. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033440 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSING MECHANISM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An autostereoscopic display device having touch sensing mechanism includes a display panel for illustrating images, a touch sensing panel for detecting touch events, a 2D/3D switching panel disposed between the display panel and the touch sensing panel, and a control unit. The 2D/3D switching panel has a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a counter substrate, and a second electrode disposed on the counter substrate. The control unit is employed to provide a first control signal and a second control signal furnished to the first electrode and the second electrode respectively. The first control signal is switched between a first high voltage and a first low voltage in a gradual-shift manner. The second control signal is switched between a second high voltage and a second low voltage in a gradual-shift or rapid-shift manner. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033441 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE FOR SWITCHING DRIVING SIGNALS - A touch input device for switching driving signals includes a touch panel and a panel driving circuit for driving the touch panel. The panel driving circuit includes a selecting circuit, a driving signal generating circuit, and a touch sensing circuit. The driving signal generating circuit transmits a driving signal to the touch panel. The selecting circuit includes a multiplexer, which controls sensing lines that do not comprise either an X directional measuring channel or a Y directional measuring channel to be grounded or floating in accordance with the driving signal. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033442 | CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SENSING ELECTRODE ARRAY AND TOUCH CONTROL SENSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A control circuit for a sensing electrode array is described. The control circuit for the sensing electrode array includes a down-conversion circuit, an intensity-to-phase frequency converter, and a phase frequency analyzing unit. The down-conversion circuit down-converts a sensing signal of each sensing line of the sensing electrode array to obtain a corresponding down-converted signal. Each down-converted signal is substantially a direct-current signal. The intensity-to-phase frequency converter generates a corresponding phase frequency signal for each down-converted signal. At least the phase or the frequency of the phase frequency signal is related to the level of the corresponding down-converted signal. The phase frequency analyzing unit obtains signal magnitude of the corresponding sensing lines based on the phase frequency signal. Therefore, the control circuit for the sensing electrode array enhances operating speed and signal-to-noise ratio of the touch control sensing system without increasing the manufacturing cost. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033443 | Method of Operating an Operator Control and Monitoring Device for Safety-Critical Applications - A method of operating an operator control and monitoring device for safety-critical applications in which the control and monitoring device includes a display and a touch-sensitive sensor, wherein a control element is shown on the display which an operator must touch to obtain an approval for a safety-critical application that is granted for as long as the control element is being touched, wherein first and second numbers of touch points are respectively displayed in first and second control zones, position data of the first and second control zones is selected such that the fingers of a human hand cannot simultaneously touch all touch points of the first and second control zones, and wherein the approval for the safety-critical application is only granted if all touch points from the first and second control zones are being touched. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS IN TOUCH-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A character input system and method is provided that enables a user to input and edit block characters via a touch-based electronic device, with a limited number of input motions. The character input method includes receiving a first interaction, displaying a first character in response to the first interaction, receiving a second interaction successively after the first interaction, identifying a second character that is formed by combining the first character with a character according to the second interaction, and displaying the second character instead of the first character. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033445 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch sensing apparatus sensing a touch point on a touch panel through an ITO sensor is disclosed. The ITO sensor includes first lines arranged along a first direction and second lines arranged along a second direction. The touch sensing apparatus includes first pins, second pins, a driving/sensing control module, and a data processing module. The first pins are coupled to the first lines, and the second pins are coupled to the lines. At a first time, the driving/sensing control module outputs a driving voltage to the first pins and receives a first sensing signal from the second pins; at a second time, the driving/sensing control module outputs a driving voltage to the second pins and receives a second sensing signal from the first pins. The data processing module computes the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal to generate a touch point sensing result. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033446 | TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a touch panel is provided. The method includes the following steps. A conductive layer is formed on a substrate, and a dielectric layer is formed to cover the conductive layer. The conductive layer and the dielectric layer are then patterned to respectively form several sensing wires and several dielectric blocks by using a first mask, which is a half-tone mask. Next, a transparent conductive layer is first formed to cover the conductive layer and the dielectric layer, and is then patterned to form a touch sensing structure by using a second mask. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033447 | WRITTEN CHARACTER INPUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A character input apparatus comprises a display unit configured to display a graphic zone that displays multiple character groups including one or more characters and a touch zone that senses a touch of an input mean; a display control unit configured to select any one of the multiple character groups depending on a touch type of the input mean sensed by the touch zone and display the selected character at a predetermined position of the graphic zone; and an input unit configured to set the character displayed at the predetermined position of the graphic zone for a predetermined time as an input character. The display control unit selects a character moved to be closest to the predetermined position when the characters displayed on the graphic zone are moved in a sliding direction of the input mean and displays the selected character at the predetermined position of the graphic zone. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033448 | TOUCH-PANEL INPUT DEVICE - A touch-panel input device as disclosed in the specification comprises a touch panel and an input controller capable of switching between a right-hand two-point touch input sensing mode suitable for the placement of right fingers and a left-hand two-point touch input sensing mode suitable for the placement of left fingers, wherein the input controller senses two-point touches on the touch panel in either of these input sensing modes. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033449 | IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS ON TOUCH SCREENS - An identification method for simultaneously identifying multiple touch points on a touch screen, which includes the following steps: a first step, mounting some optical signal transmitting terminals and some optical signal receiving terminals around the touch screen; a second step, when some touch points appear on the touch screen, performing horizontal and vertical scans to get a preliminary location region; a third step, performing maximum positive inclination revising on the preliminary location region in the second step; a fourth step, performing maximum negative inclination revising on the region in the third step; a fifth step, some said optical signal transmitting terminals transmit optical signal in turn, inclination corresponding receiving terminals correspond to some said optical signal transmitting terminals are controlled in a receiving state in turn; a sixth step, filtering the locations of touch points in the fifth step, removing error points off, finally determining the location results of some said touch points, and finishing the whole identification process. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033450 | DUAL MODE CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A dual mode capacitive touch panel includes a sensor substrate, an electrode layer comprising an array of sensor electrodes arranged over the sensor substrate, the array of sensor electrodes including a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of sense electrodes, each sensor electrode corresponding to a location on the sensor substrate, and a shield layer arranged over and spaced apart from the electrode layer. The shield layer includes a predetermined resistance that permits transmission of an electric field at a first frequency and prevents transmission of an electric field at a second frequency, wherein a spacing between the shield layer and the electrode layer is deformable as a result of a force applied to the shield layer due to a user touch, wherein the deformation alters a capacitance between the shield layer and a sensor electrode of the array. A controller is operatively coupled to the array of sensor electrodes, the controller configured to drive the shield layer and at least some sensor electrodes of the sensor electrode array at the first frequency in a first mode to measure a location of an object relative to the sensor substrate, and drive the shield and the at least some sensor electrodes at a second frequency in a second mode different from the first mode to measure a force applied toward the sensor substrate. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033451 | VARIABLE PROFILE COMMON MODE FILTER - A method and apparatus to remove direct coupled noise caused by a contact between a touch object and a capacitive sense array. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033452 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130033453 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AND CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A method for operating and controlling an electronic equipment and an electronic equipment are described. The electronic equipment includes a first touch induction unit and a display unit set on a first surface, a second touch induction unit set on a second surface, such that the first surface is different from the second surface. The method includes obtaining a first operation information when the second touch induction unit is operated; according to the first operation information, popping-up a menu on the display unit; obtaining a second operation information when the menu on the first touch induction unit or the second touch induction unit is operated; producing an operation control information corresponding to the second operation information; according to the operation control information, and operating an object displayed on the display unit. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033454 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH METHOD - A touch method is applied in a touch device. The touch device includes a display unit, first infrared receivers, first infrared emitters, second infrared receivers, second infrared emitters, a storage unit, and motors. The first infrared receivers and the first infrared emitters are arranged on a first side of the display unit, and the second infrared receivers and the second infrared emitters are arranged on a second side of the display unit. The storage unit stores a table recording a relationship between identification and set of coordinates of the infrared receivers. The method includes: controlling motors to drive infrared emitters and infrared receivers to rotate; determining whether electrical signals comprising the identification of one first infrared receiver and one second infrared receiver are simultaneously received; if yes, determining the set of coordinates of the touch spot; determining an icon and determining the corresponding function corresponding to the touch spot. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033455 | LIGHT SENSING PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A light sensing panel includes sensors arranged in rows and columns, where the sensors receive a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage and output light sensing signals based on light incident thereto; first and second bias lines which transfers the first and second bias voltages, respectively, to the sensors, where each of the first and second bias lines includes a main line and sub lines diverged from the main line and arranged in a second direction corresponding to the columns;, where the sub lines of the first and second bias lines are alternately arranged, and where when two adjacent sub lines are shorted, the shorted sub line of the first bias line is separated from the main line of the first bias line. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033456 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical touch system includes a touch surface having a first touch region and a second touch region, a reflective member for generating a reflection of an object on the touch surface, an image sensor for providing an image of the object and an image of the reflection, and a processing unit. The image sensor is represented by either first reference coordinate data or second reference coordinate data. The processing unit is configured to compute the coordinate data of the object using the first reference coordinate data, the image of the object, and the image of the reflection to when the object is in the first touch region, and configured to compute the coordinate data of the object using the second reference coordinate data, the image of the object, and the image of the reflection when the object is in the second touch region. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033457 | IMAGE SENSOR AND OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An image sensor includes a plurality of light detecting elements. The plurality of light detecting elements are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein a flat field picture generated by the image sensor, the intensity standard deviation of pixels in each pixel column is greater than that of pixels in any pixel row, or the intensity standard deviation of pixels in each pixel row is greater than that of pixels of any pixel column. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033458 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY USING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to an optical bonding apparatus with multiple layer structure including a pressure sensitive bonding layer and a thermal flow pressure sensitive bonding layer. The thermal flow pressure sensitive bonding layer is used for bonding to a rough surface of an object and superposing on the pressure sensitive bonding layer. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033459 | APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, method, computer program and apparatus wherein the apparatus comprises: at least one processor: and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to; detect, using a camera, motion of a user input object; and determine, for performance, a function corresponding to the detected motion of the user input object wherein the function comprises control of an entity within a three dimensional model. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033460 | METHOD OF NOTETAKING USING OPTICALLY IMAGING PEN WITH SOURCE DOCUMENT REFERENCING - A method of notetaking includes the steps of: displaying a source document on a display device; writing notes on a printed substrate relating to the displayed source document using an optically imaging pen to create handwritten notes; imaging a position-coding pattern whilst writing the notes and generating digital ink; and indexing the digital ink with an identifier for the displayed source document so that the displayed source document is retrievable when accessing the notes. The displayed source document has no association with the printed substrate prior to writing the notes. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033461 | SYSTEM FOR NOTETAKING WITH SOURCE DOCUMENT REFERENCING - A system for notetaking includes: a display device for displaying a source document to a user; a printed substrate for receiving handwritten notes relating to the displayed source document, the printed substrate having a position-coding pattern identifying a substrate identity and a plurality of coordinate locations on the substrate; an optically imaging pen having a writing nib, the pen being configured for imaging the position-coding pattern whilst writing the notes and generating digital ink; and a computer system configured for indexing the digital ink with an identifier for the displayed source document so that the displayed source document is retrievable when accessing the notes. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033462 | ELECTRONIC PENCIL AND METHOD FOR INDICATING COLOR OF ELECTRONIC PENCIL - An electronic pencil reads color information from a first color signal wirelessly sent from a drawing board, controls a color unit in the electronic pencil to indicate a corresponding color according to the read color information, and transmits a second color signal as a reply to the first color signal to the drawing board. The drawing board displays track having the corresponding color when a user draws on the drawing board using the electronic pencil. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033463 | INDEXING AND HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MANUAL CONTROL INTERFERENCE - Manual control interface including: a movable part, a photo-detector, a movable holographic element including a first series of holograms forming coding motifs of the selection position of the movable part, characterized by the fact that the movable holographic element includes a second series of holograms forming figurative motifs representing the functions of the apparatus, the position of the movable holographic element relative to the support determining the figurative motif which is illuminated by a suitable light beam, so as to project the figurative motif corresponding to the selected function towards a display zone visible to the user. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033464 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel including converting a frame rate of input image data to generate first image data, writing the first image data to a memory, outputting a flag signal to a timing controller, reading the first image data from the memory according to the flag signal, compensating the first image data to generate second image data, and converting the second image data into an analog data voltage and outputting the data voltage to the display panel. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033465 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including: a substrate including a pixel area; a peripheral area enclosing the pixel area; a gate line; a data line; corresponding driving lines; a pixel electrode; an organic light emitting layer; a common electrode; and a getter formed at the peripheral area and partially overlapping the common electrode, wherein the driving lines overlapping the getter have a plurality of openings filled with the getter such that the getter amount may be increased, thereby increasing the moisture absorption amount. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033466 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - To provide a display device that is capable of achieving a sufficient confidentiality keeping performance for directions other than a specific direction without a troublesome work such as wearing special eyeglasses. The display device includes: a plurality of display units each having a main pixel for displaying a first image and a sub-pixel for displaying a second image arranged in matrix in a first direction and a second direction; and an optical member which distributes light emitted from the plurality of display units towards different directions along the first direction. The display unit has a first display area in which the main pixel and the sub-pixel are formed in the second direction, and a second display area in which only the main pixel is formed. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033467 | DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display device includes a display panel which is capable of simultaneously displaying a plurality of images in a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, a plurality of photosensors each configured to receive external light irradiating the display region of the display panel, and a high-priority image display controller in which a reference value is preset for light reception information obtained by the photosensors and which is configured to set, when one or more of values for the light reception information exceeding the reference value is obtained by the photosensors, a high-priority image display area in the display region based on the light reception information and to display a high-priority image in the high-priority image display area. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033468 | SCANNING SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A monolithic gate driver capable of operating with a relatively small number of circuit elements is realized. A stage constituent circuit constituting each stage of a shift register includes two output terminals connected to scanning signal lines, two thin-film transistors each having a drain terminal to which an output control clock signal is supplied and a source terminal connected to the output terminal, a first-node connected to the two thin-film transistors in common, a first-node control circuit, and an input terminal for receiving a set signal. In this configuration, the first-node changes from an OFF level to an ON level based on the set signal. Further, the first-node control circuit changes the first-node from the ON level to the OFF level. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033469 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Picture element electrodes ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130033470 | Driving Method of Semiconductor Device - The semiconductor device includes a transistor and a capacitor element which is electrically connected to a gate of the transistor. Charge held in the capacitor element according to total voltage of voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the transistor and image signal voltage is once discharged through the transistor, so that variation in current flowing in the transistor or mobility of the transistor can be reduced. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033471 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes first, second, and third gate driving chips applying gate signals to gate lines. A gate driving voltage is applied to the first gate driving chip and a gate driving voltage of the same level is applied to the second and third gate driving chips. In addition, the display apparatus includes a plurality of photo-sensors and first, second, and third scan driving chips applying scan signals to scan lines connected to the photo-sensors. A scan driving voltage is applied to the first scan driving chip and a scan driving voltage of the same level is applied to the second and third scan driving chips. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033472 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING DRIVING WAVEFORM FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - A method of programming a driving waveform for an electrophoretic display (EPD) is provided, wherein the driving waveform includes several single pulses selected from K candidate pulse widths W | 2013-02-07 |
20130033473 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR ACTIVE STORAGE PIXEL INVERSION AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A pixel circuit is disclosed that includes a video mode, a memory mode and an inversion mode of operation. The pixel circuit includes a pixel storage node for storing data to be output by a liquid crystal cell, a pixel write circuit configured to receive display data and provide the display data to the pixel storage node for storage thereon. Further, the pixel circuit includes a hold circuit operatively coupled to the pixel write circuit and configured to minimize leakage of charge from the pixel storage node through the pixel write circuit, and an internal inversion circuit operatively coupled to the hold circuit and the pixel storage node and configured to invert a voltage of the data stored on the pixel storage node and a voltage applied to a liquid crystal cell that receives data stored on the pixel storage node. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033474 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND ALIGNING STRUCTURE OF WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION INTERFACE THEREOF - A printing system and an aligning structure of a wireless data transmission interface thereof are provided, in which a printing apparatus includes a coil, a modulation unit, a drive control unit, and an electronic paper (ePaper). The coil receives a wireless electric energy carrying a printing data from an external host. The modulation unit demodulates the printing data and an operation electric energy from the wireless electric energy received by the coil, in which the operation electric energy is used as an energy source of the printing apparatus. The drive control unit receives the printing data and drives the ePaper to display the printing data. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033475 | Display Device - In a display device including a pixel in which a driving transistor and a light-emitting element connected to a source of the driving transistor are provided, a display defect is suppressed. Before a period in which the driving transistor supplies a current to the light-emitting element, a voltage which has substantially the same level as a voltage which is applied to one electrode and the other electrode of a capacitor is kept as a voltage between a gate and the source of the driving transistor in the period. Specifically, a node where the one electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the driving transistor are electrically connected to each other in the period is made in a floating state, and the other electrode of the capacitor and the source of the driving transistor are electrically connected to each other. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033476 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A device, an electrode configuration and a sequence for activating those electrodes for the purpose of switching device states quickly with minimum flicker during bi-stable image reset. The disclosure addresses the constraints of electrofluidic technology: 1) the polar fluid can be attracted to a position with voltage, but it cannot be repelled, and 2) because the polar fluid translates, changing its area against an electrode and thereby changing the capacitance, the time to discharge the capacitor formed by area contact with a polar fluid is significantly smaller than the time to charge a capacitor, which requires translation of the fluid. Setting the grayscale is based on discharging, not charging, when possible. In addition, the use of pixel-level partial reset states reduces the appearance of flicker further by minimizing the change in pixel state during data write/update. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033477 | SMART PAD OPERATION WITH DIFFERING DISPLAY PARAMETERS APPLIED TO DIFFERENT DISPLAY ELEMENTS - A computational device that determines, based on a sensed electronic storage device (ESD) parameter, to reduce energy usage by first display elements, but not by second display elements and apply different sets of display parameters to the first and second display elements, whereby a first level of energy/unit area used by the first display elements is less than a second level of energy/unit area used by the second display elements. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033478 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - The luminance of black level of a display image is reduced to improve the contrast, the address discharge is stably caused, and the image display quality of a plasma display apparatus is improved. For this purpose, a specific-cell initializing subfield having an initializing period in which a forced initializing operation is performed in a specific discharge cell is disposed, a pre-reset period is disposed after a sustain period in the subfield immediately before the specific-cell initializing subfield. In the pre-reset period, first auxiliary discharge is caused in the discharge cell having undergone sustain discharge in the sustain period immediately before the pre-reset period. Then, second auxiliary discharge is caused in the discharge cell where the forced initializing operation is performed in the initializing period of the specific-cell initializing subfield immediately after the pre-reset period. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033479 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR ACTIVE STORAGE PIXEL INVERSION AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A pixel circuit for a display includes a pixel storage node for storing and presenting a pixel voltage to a pixel display element, a cell storage node for storing the data on the pixel storage node, and a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor each including a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode of the first storage capacitor is operatively coupled to the pixel storage node and the first electrode of the second storage capacitor operatively coupled to the cell storage node. The second electrode of the first and second storage capacitors is operatively coupled to a respective different one of first and second independent voltage signal lines. The pixel circuit further includes a pixel write circuit configured to write the pixel voltage to the pixel storage node during a data write cycle, and to provide respective voltage signals to the first and second independent voltage signal lines, each of the respective voltage signals being changed during the data write cycle in order to increase or reduce the pixel voltage. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033480 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A a stereoscopic image display includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a 3D control line to which a 3D control voltage is applied, and a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being divided into a main pixel portion and an active black stripe; and a 3D control voltage generation circuit that supplies a 3D control voltage to the 3D control line and discharges a voltage of the active black stripe down to a black gray voltage. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033481 | LCD DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an LCD device. The LCD device charges each pixel with a high voltage before writing into a correct data signal, that is, an over driving is performed before the correct data signal is written into the pixel. The present invention also discloses a driving method for the LCD device. Compared with the prior art, the frame buffer is not required in the present invention on one hand; the over driving can be performed without complex timing functions on another hand; and the incorrect twist angles of the liquid crystals which are driven instantaneously can be significantly avoided when using the conventional over driving by a look-up table for comparing two sequential image signals. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033482 | Method and apparatus for preparing image representative data - Apparatus for processing a digital mesh representing a three-dimensional subject automatically filters out portions of a predetermined color to simplify further processing. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033483 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image and a method of using the same, and more particularly, to an electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image and a method of using the same that can provide a user interface for controlling positions of a three-dimensional icon and a virtual layer including the same according to a user gesture are provided. The electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image includes a camera for photographing a gesture action in three-dimensional space; a display unit for displaying a virtual layer including at least one object with a first depth at three-dimensional virtual space; and a controller for selectively performing one of a first action of changing a depth in which the virtual layer is displayed to a second depth and a second action of changing a position of the object, according to the gesture action based on a gesture input mode. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE MARKERLESS PAPER DOCUMENTS IN 3D SPACE WITH MOBILE CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS - Systems and methods directed to fine-grained interaction with ordinary markerless paper documents and projectors at flexible poses in 3D space. Systems and methods allow for the projection of images onto non-flat variable surfaces by utilizing depth detection techniques in order to project an image or video properly onto a variable surface. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033485 | CHANGING BETWEEN DISPLAY DEVICE VIEWING MODES - Embodiments that relate facilitating the viewing of images on a mobile device are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a mobile device including a display screen and an image display system configured to selectively switch between a first viewing mode in which an image comprising a first amount of visual information is displayed at a first apparent distance from the display screen and a second viewing mode in which an image comprising a second, different amount of visual information is displayed at a second apparent distance from the display screen. The mobile device further includes a controller in communication with the image display system, wherein the controller is configured to switch between the first viewing mode and the second viewing mode. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033486 | Computer System For Animating 3D Models Using Offset Transforms - The present invention relates to a novel 3D animation system for animating models. The system uses offset transforms to make it possible to make animation components that can be added individually to the animation system. The animation components simplify the process of animating 3D models performed conventionally. For example, the user can apply various animation components to the 3D object to make it move for a specific time, rather than the conventional process of specifying the precise position of a 3D object at specific frames. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033487 | IMAGE TRANSFORMING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are image transforming device and method. The image transforming method includes: receiving a selection of first and second images which are separately captured; extracting a matching point between the first and second images; calculating a first transformation parameter of the first image and a second transformation parameter of the second image by using the matching point; and applying the first transformation parameter to the first image to generate a left eye image and the second transformation parameter to the second image to generate a right eye image. Therefore, a 3-dimensional (3D) image is generated by using a separately captured image. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033488 | DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND LIGHTING UNIT - A lighting unit includes: a plurality of two-dimensionally-arrayed light emitting sections; and a drive section that drives the plurality of light emitting sections on an individual basis. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033489 | MULTIGRID PRESSURE SOLVER FOR FLUID SIMULATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth multigrid generation technique which enables accurate simulations of large scale three dimensional (3D) fluid volumes. A model of the fluid to be simulated is represented using a cell grid. The generated multigrid provides a hierarchy of increasingly coarser representations of the model that are used by a pressure solver. Eulerian simulation techniques require solving a linear system to determine pressure values for each cell within the cell grid. Different levels of the multigrid are then used to compute the pressure values for different regions of the model, maintaining accuracy near the surface of the fluid while simplifying the computations. The accurate pressure values ensure that the simulation produces detailed features of the water movement. Additionally, the multigrid pressure solver may be optimized for execution by a graphics processor. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033490 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Reorienting a Stereoscopic Image - For reorienting a stereoscopic image of first and second views, a depth map is generated in response to disparities of features between the first and second views. The depth map assigns depths to pixels of the stereoscopic image. In response to the depth map and the second view, a replacement of the first view is synthesized. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033491 | Method and Apparatus for Full Resolution 3D Display - Method and apparatus for displaying full resolution, high definition (HD) three-dimensional (3D) images in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device by alternating polarization (or spectrum) of pixels present in a 4K LCD device. A first method comprises spatially dividing pixels by alternating polarization of pixels present in a 4K LCD device utilizing vertical, horizontal and checkerboard interlacing techniques. Another method comprises spatially alternating two sets of narrow band-pass color filters RGB | 2013-02-07 |
20130033492 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACING OBJECTS ACROSS A SURFACE OF A GRAPHICS OBJECT - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a technique for placing objects across a surface of a graphics object. The technique includes establishing a first plurality of grid points over the surface of the graphics object, wherein each grid point in the plurality of grid points is located either inside or outside the surface, establishing a second plurality of grid points that includes only grid points in the first plurality of grid points that are located inside the surface, marking each grid point in the second plurality of grid points as an eligible area or an ineligible area onto which objects can be placed, selecting from the second plurality of grid points a grid point that is marked as an eligible area, and placing an object onto the selected grid point. | 2013-02-07 |
20130033493 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - An image generation device generates an output image based on input images obtained by image-taking parts. A coordinates correspondence part causes coordinates on a columnar space model arranged to surround a body to be operated to correspond to coordinates on input image planes on which the input images are positioned, respectively. An output image generation part causes values of the coordinates on the input image planes to correspond to values of the coordinates on an output image plane on which the output image is positioned through coordinates on the columnar space model, which is a combination of a plurality of space model parts each having a reference axis. The space model corresponds to a pair of adjacent image-taking parts among the image-taking parts, and an optical axis of each of the pair of image-taking parts intersects with the reference axis of a corresponding one of the space model parts. | 2013-02-07 |