08th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090046008 | MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RETRANSMITTING METHOD OF MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A multi-antenna transmitting apparatus wherein a relatively simple selection procedure can be used to reconcile the data transmission rate and the received data quality. When a transport signal, which is required to have a higher quality than other signals, is to be transmitted, a vector multiplexing part ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046009 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A transmitting apparatus includes a subset matrix setting unit to set a subset matrix corresponding to a channel matrix with respect to each of a plurality of antennas of at least one of a plurality of user terminals, using channel matrices fed back from the plurality of user terminals; a beamforming matrix calculator to perform a predetermined operation using the set subset matrix so as to calculate a beamforming matrix composed of weight vectors respectively corresponding to the plurality of antennas of each of the plurality of user terminals; a beamforming processor to perform a beamforming process on data to be transmitted according to the calculated beamforming matrix so as to generate a transmission signal; and antennas to transmit the transmission signal to the plurality of user terminals. The transmitting apparatus obtains a diversity effect while removing interference between user terminals with a small quantity of computations. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE BEAMFORMING PROTOCOL WITH HETEROGENEOUS ANTENNA CONFIGURATION - A system and method of training antennas for two devices having heterogeneous antenna configurations in a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes communicating one or more estimation training sequences between two devices via a phased array antenna and a switched array antenna, wherein a beamforming vector of the phased array antenna is switched between phase vectors within a set of weight vectors while the switched array antenna is switched within a plurality of antenna sectors. The method further includes tuning at least one of the phase array and switched array antennas with an antenna parameter selected based at least in part on the one or more estimation training sequences. The method further includes communicating data messages via at least one of the phase array and switched array antennas so tuned. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046011 | Method and Apparatus for Calibration for Beamforming of Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) Orthogonol Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Transceivers - An embodiment of the present invention includes a calibration system employed in a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) system for beamforming and receiving a plurality of streams. The system includes a first calibration circuit responsive to inphase (I) and quadrature (Q) pairs of stream and operative to calibrate each I and Q pair and a second calibration circuit responsive to the calibrated I and Q pairs for all streams, wherein the first and second calibration circuits perform calibration in the time domain. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046012 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING THE SAME TYPE OF DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS THAT ADAPTS THE TRAINING SEQUENCE LENGTH TO THE NUMBER OF ANTENNAS - Systems and methods of training antennas for two devices equipped with phased array antennas in a wireless network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the methods include transmitting a plurality of estimation training sequences from a transmit phased array antenna to a receive phased array antenna, wherein a length of at least one of the plurality of training sequences is adapted to a number of antenna elements at one of the transmit and receive phased array antennas. The methods further include transmitting data to the receive phased array antenna via the transmit phased array antenna tuned with a transmit beamforming vector (BV) selected based at least in part on the plurality of estimation training sequences. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046013 | Location estimation method and system, and wireless device - A location estimation system in which the location of a target device is estimated from the known locations of a set of anchor devices and information obtained from wireless signals transmitted between the target device and the anchor devices. The estimation process makes use of parameters indicating propagation characteristics of the wireless signals. When the location of the target device has been estimated, new values are estimated for the parameters, based on the estimated location of the target device. The new parameter values are then used to estimate the location of the target device again. The location estimation and parameter estimation process is iterated until a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046014 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A multi-band antenna has a first radiating conductor defining a first side connected to a feeding conductor and a short portion, and a second side opposite to the first side and connected to a second radiating conductor, a third radiating conductor and a fourth radiating conductor. The second radiating conductor is arranged between the third radiating conductor and the fourth radiating conductor. The length of the first radiating conductor and the second radiating conductor resonates at a first frequency range and a second frequency range which is double frequency higher than the first frequency range. The length of the first radiating conductor and the third radiating conductor resonates at a third frequency range which is higher than and close to the second frequency range. The dimension of the fourth radiating conductor has an effect on antenna characteristics in the third frequency range. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046015 | BROADSIDE HIGH-DIRECTIVITY MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNAS - High-directivity microstrip antennas comprising a driven patch and at least one parasitic element placed on the same plane, operate at a frequency larger than the fundamental mode of the driven patch in order to obtain a resonant frequency with a high-directivity broadside radiation pattern. The driven patch, the parasitic elements and the gaps between them may be shaped as multilevel and/or Space Filling geometries. The gap defined between the driven and parasitic patches according to the invention is used to control the resonant frequency where the high-directivity behaviour is obtained. The invention provides that with one single element is possible to obtain the same directivity than an array of microstrip antennas operating at the fundamental mode. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046016 | Broadband antenna and an electronic device thereof - A broadband antenna for wireless signal transmission of an electronic device is disclosed. The broadband antenna has a radiating element, a grounding element, a short-circuiting element and a feeding plane. The radiating element has a first radiation area and a second radiation area, the first radiation area and the second radiation area perpendicularly connected to each other substantially. The feeding plane perpendicularly connected to the second radiation area substantially, the feeding plane comprising a feeding point, a first end and a second end; wherein a distance between the feeding point and the first end is less than a distance between the feeding point and the second end. The short-circuiting element is used for connecting the first radiation area with the grounding element or connecting the feeding plane with the grounding element. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046017 | Dual polarization antenna element with dielectric bandwidth compensation and improved cross-coupling - An antenna element architecture containing a dielectric beamwidth compensation perimeter structure around a radiating element is disclosed. A transmitting and receiving antenna element is provided so as to provide a desired azimuth and elevation radiation pattern in the intended polarization without degrading performance of cross polarization. Both single and dual polarization antenna elements can be employed. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046018 | LITHOGRAPHICALLY CONTROLLED CURVATURE FOR MEMS DEVICES AND ANTENNAS - Lithographically fabricated apparatus are provided. The apparatus are capable of self-assembly to extend at least in part in an out-of-plane direction. A cantilever arm is anchored to a substrate at one of its ends and fabricated to provide a cantilever portion that extends from the anchor in a longitudinal direction generally parallel to the substrate, One or more posts are fabricated atop the cantilever portion. The posts shrink from a first volume to a second volume, less than the first volume, during fabrication thereof. The change in volume of the post from the first volume to the second volume causes stress between the post and the cantilever arm resulting in the cantilever portion bending from an in-plane orientation extending in the longitudinal direction to a self-assembled orientation extending at least in part in an out-of-plane direction away from the substrate. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046019 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND WIRELESS TERMINAL USING THE ANTENNA DEVICE - The present invention aims at providing an antenna apparatus which enables switching directivity suitable for a plurality of usage patterns of a wireless terminal, such as that achieved during voice conversation and that achieved during data communication, and is easily slimmed down, as well as providing a wireless terminal using the antenna apparatus. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046020 | Portable Electronic Apparatus - A portable electronic apparatus has a main body case in which are disposed a display panel, a circuit board, and a dielectric antenna. The dielectric antenna is disposed at a vicinity of a peripheral edge portion of the circuit board. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046021 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER - A wireless transceiver is provided. The wireless transceiver includes an antenna unit, a connection port and an integrated circuit. The antenna unit detects an electromagnetic signal in the space. The connection port provides a connective path to a transmission line. The integrated circuit is coupled to the antenna unit and the connection port. The integrated circuit receives the electromagnetic signal through the antenna unit. When the transmission line is coupled to the connection port, the integrated circuit enhances and restores the electromagnetic signal through an auxiliary electromagnetic signal received by the transmission line. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046022 | ANTENNA WITH NEAR FIELD DEFLECTOR - A mobile communication device having primary resonator coupled to a near field deflector. The near field deflector forms a false edge for near field deflection wherein the primary resonator couples with the false edge instead of to metallic portions of the device or the user. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046023 | Mobile communications device with a compact-sized three-dimensional antenna - A mobile communications device includes a circuit board and a monopole antenna. The monopole antenna includes a feed part electrically connected to the circuit board and directed away from the circuit board at an acute angle, a connecting part extending from the feed part in a direction substantially perpendicular to the circuit board, a first radiating part extending from the connecting part, and a second radiating part also extending from the connecting part. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046024 | WIRELESS NETWORK CARD AND ANTENNA MODULE THEREOF - An antenna module of a wireless network card is disclosed. The antenna module includes a top case having a passage disposed on an side of the top case, a metal hinge having a hinge portion and a contact portion, an antenna coupled with the contact portion, and a bottom case mounted on the top case. The hinge portion is fixed in the passage, and the contact portion is extended from the hinge portion. The metal hinge and the antenna are contained between the top case and the bottom case. A wireless network card utilizing the antenna module is also disclosed. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046025 | Antenna Arrays - An improved antenna array ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046026 | CIRCULARLY POLARIZED ANTENNA - To provide a circularly polarized antenna capable of obtaining an excellent axial ratio over a very wide range and having a great gain in a zenith direction. The circularly polarized antenna ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046027 | COUPLING DEVICE - A coupling device is provided, including a substrate, a ground element, a first feed conductor and a second feed conductor. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The ground element is disposed on the second surface, wherein the ground element includes a first portion, a second portion, an annular groove and a feed slot, the annular groove is located between the first portion and the second portion, enclosing the first portion, and a first end of the feed slot is connected to the annular groove. The first feed conductor is disposed on the first surface corresponding to the annular groove, wherein the first feed conductor couples the ground element to feed a current signal. The second feed conductor is disposed on the first surface corresponding to the feed slot, wherein second feed conductor couples the feed slot to feed a magnetic fluid signal. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046028 | ANTENNA WITH VOLUME OF MATERIAL - An antenna includes one or more antenna elements and a volume of material contained at least partly within a volume of the one or more antenna elements. The volume of material has at least one electromagnetic property that is different from free space. The volume of material may include dielectric material and/or ferrite material. The antenna elements may be isolated magnetic dipole (IMD) antenna elements. The electromagnetic property may be permeability and/or permittivity. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046029 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device according to the present invention includes; a plurality of antenna elements; a line which is electro-magnetically connected to each of the antenna elements and is branched from at least one branch point in the line; and filters formed in the line between a first branch point and each of said plurality of antenna elements. Here, the first branch point is the electrically farthest branch point from each of the antenna elements among all branch points. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046030 | Automatic Antenna Tuning Unit for Software-Defined and Cognitive Radio - A closed-loop controlled antenna tuning unit (ATU) system includes a return loss detector connected to sample an RF signal generated by a signal source to provide a return loss signal. A matching state searching circuit is connected to receive the return loss signal and, in response, selectively store a return loss value and an impedance matching state. A central controller is connected to provide a switch control signal and apply an optimum matching state to the impedance synthesizer at the conclusion of the matching state search. An impedance synthesizer is responsive to the switch control signal for coupling a radio frequency signal and matching the impedance of an antenna to a signal source. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046031 | INTENNA CONNECTING APPARATUS - An intenna connecting apparatus for electrically connecting an intenna, which is inserted into a mobile communication terminal, to a printed circuit substrate installed below the intenna is provided. The intenna connecting apparatus includes a conductive plate electrically connected to circuit patterns of the printed circuit substrate, and a conductive medium installed on an upper surface of the conductive plate, the conductive medium including an elastic polymer material and a plurality of conductors contained in the elastic polymer material, wherein as the intenna is pressed down on the conductive medium, the conductive medium is compacted and the conductors come into contact with each other, and thus the antenna and the circuit patterns of the printed circuit substrate are electrically connected to each other. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046032 | Telescoping Antenna With Retractable Wire Antenna Element - A telescoping antenna is disclosed having a plurality of telescoping hollow elements, including an inner-most hollow element. A button latches onto the top of the inner-most element. The inner-most element also includes a tab for preventing its full retraction into the other hollow elements. A wire antenna element is connected to the button, extends through the hollow elements, and is operably connected to a retracting mechanism. The button can be detached from the hollow elements in order to extend the wire antenna elements from out of the hollow elements. The wire antenna element is electrically connected to the receiver circuit such that the wire can act as a long-wire antenna of a calculable radio frequency (RF) resonance when extracted to a particular length. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046033 | Digital Collage Display System - The present invention describes methods and apparatus to efficiently and effectively provide for the convenient and simultaneous display of multiple digital images. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a digital collage display system having a housing. A first electronic display device is provided in communication with the housing, and a second electronic display device is provided in communication with the housing. Further, the digital collage display system includes a memory device in communication with the first electronic display device and the second electronic display device. The first electronic display device and the second electronic display device are enabled to display a plurality of digital images stored on the memory device. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046034 | Digital Information System - The invention relates to a digital information system for displaying information on at least one display means with the aid of at least one television set or camera. The exposures are presented at places accessible to and frequented by a general public. The information system includes external information mediators and information is controlled dynamically through the medium of a communication interface and through the medium of an exposure handler in a central computer. The inventive system also includes a communication interface against an elective number of cinema computers having connected television or camera computers which control television sets or cameras for displaying pictures or exposures. The cinema computers and peripheral equipment are situated at mutually distanced places. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046035 | Notebook with mini-projector - A notebook with a mini-projector is disclosed. The notebook with a mini-projector includes a mainframe, a display and a mini-projector. The display is arranged on and is electrically connected with the mainframe while the mini-projector is disposed on top of the display. When the display is standing over the mainframe, an image is projected so that the convenience of use is enhanced. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046036 | Contents Data Reproduction System and Program for Realizing the Contents Data Reproduction System - A contents data reproduction system including a reproduction apparatus which reproduces contents data including at least one of audio and image and a device which is connected to the reproduction apparatus and outputs contents data reproduced by the reproduction apparatus to a user, in which the reproduction apparatus has an accepting unit which accepts an instruction to the reproduction apparatus by the user, and a processing unit which determines whether or not the device connected to the reproduction apparatus is capable of corresponding to an operation of the contents data reproduction system, the operation being executed according to the instruction from the user accepted by the accepting unit. Therefore, the contents data reproduction system and a program by which matching of the reproduction apparatus and the device connected to the reproduction apparatus is performed flexibly and efficiently can be provided. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046037 | HIGH RESOLUTION DISPLAY OF 3D IMAGES - A 3D display has a backlight, image panel, lens array, and aperture mask. The lens array has a plurality of converging lenses having optical axes perpendicular to the image panel. The aperture mask has a plurality of electro-optic elements. Each element is aligned closely proximate to a corresponding one of the lenses and is selectably switchable between “on” to permit passage of light rays through the element, or “off” to prevent passage of light rays through the element. The elements are arranged in subsets of adjacent elements. A controller electronically coupled to the image panel and to the aperture mask repetitively selects an electro-optic element in each subset, switches the selected elements “on”, switches all other elements in each subset “off”, and applies to the image panel a selected plurality of representations of an image, each representation corresponding to a plurality of different viewing directions of the image. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046038 | Control method and electronic system utilizing the same - A control method applied to a display panel including a gate driver, a source driver, and a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a storage capacitor. At a first time point, a scan signal is provided by the gate driver. At a second time point following the first time point, at least one data signal is provided by the source driver. The storage capacitor stores a corresponding voltage according to the data signal and a common voltage. At the second time point, the common voltage is stable. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046039 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plasma display panel and a method for manufacturing the same ate provided. The plasma display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a drive device. The first substrate includes at least one address electrode, a dielectric layer, phosphors, and at least one barrier rib. The second substrate may be bonded to the first substrate with the at least one barrier ribs between the first and second substrates. The second substrate includes at least one pair of sustain electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a protective layer including a single crystal magnesium oxide nano powder. The drive device provides at least one of a ramp-up or a ramp-down waveform, wherein at least one of (1) the ramp-up waveform has a different peak voltage based on the temperature of the plasma display panel or (2) the ramp-down waveform has a different lowest voltage based on the temperature of the plasma display panel. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046040 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is a display device including a pixel array section; power supply lines; and auxiliary electrodes, wherein the pixels each have an auxiliary capacitance, and one of electrodes of the auxiliary capacitance is connected to the source electrode of the drive transistor, and an other electrode connected to the auxiliary electrode for each pixel. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046041 | Display device and electronic equipment - The present invention provides a display device including a pixel array section, the pixel array section having pixels arranged in a matrix form, each of the pixels including: an electro-optical element; a write transistor; a holding capacitance; a drive transistor; and a switching transistor; a write scan line disposed for each of pixel rows of the pixel array section and adapted to convey a write signal to be applied to the gate electrode of the write transistor; and a correction scan line, wherein the wiring structure of the write scan line does not intersect with the wiring pattern connected to the gate electrode of the drive transistor. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046042 | Drive Method for Reducing the Power Consumption of a Flat Display - The present invention provides a method to reduce the power consumption. The method comprises these steps. First, the RGB gray levels of a pixel are decided. Then, the RGB gray level values are transformed to XYZ tristimulus values. The XYZ tristimulus values are transformed to L*a*b* values. Next, the L*′a*′b*′ values are determined based on an acceptable color difference range. The color difference between the L*′a*′b*′ and the L*a*b* is in the color difference range. Finally, the L*′a*′b*′ values are transformed to X′Y′Z′ values and the X′Y′Z′ values are transformed to R′G′B′ gray level values. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046043 | Display and display driving method - There is provided a display device: a display unit including a plurality of scan electrodes arranged to extend in parallel to each other along a first direction, a plurality of data electrodes arranged to extend in parallel to each other along a second direction crossing the scan electrodes, and a plurality of pixels, each pixel at which a pair of the scan electrode and the data electrode cross each other, each pixel having a light emitting layer and a dielectric layer interposed between the scan electrode and the data electrode from a direction vertical to a face; and an erasing pulse supplying unit operable to supply attenuation voltage pulse, to the light emitting layer of each pixel, which starts at a voltage not more than an emission starting voltage at which the light emitting layer starts emission and in which polarity is alternately reversed between positive and negative. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046044 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL - A source driver including a first line buffer, a second line buffer, a third line buffer and an analog-to-digital converter is provided. The first line buffer sequentially latches first data bits of values of pixels. The second line buffer sequentially latches second data bits of the values of the pixels. The third line buffer parallelly transfers all the data bits latched by the first and second line buffers. The analog-to-digital converter generates driving voltages for the pixels according to the first and second data bits transferred by the third line buffer, in which the first and second line buffers operate in parallel. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046045 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A display system is built up of at least one display cell including an assembly ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046046 | Display device - An image processing unit ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046047 | SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS - A source driving apparatus is disclosed. The source driving apparatus of the present invention is capable enough of driving all pixels in an LCD panel without extremely enhancing the driving capability of the buffers therein to suit an increasing total channel number thereof mainly by means of a novel wiring manner for connecting a plurality of first switches, a plurality of second switches, a plurality of first connection lines and a plurality of second connection lines. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046048 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels each of which has a liquid crystal layer and a plurality of electrodes for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer and which are arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. Each of the plurality of pixels has a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel which can apply mutually different voltages to the liquid crystal layer, where the first sub-pixel has a higher brightness than the second sub-pixel in certain gradations. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046049 | REDUNDANCY SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT FOR DRIVER CIRCUIT IN ACTIVE MATRIX TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix display device comprises a substrate having an insulating surface, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form over the substrate, and a plurality of switching elements operationally connected to the pixel electrodes. Each of the switching elements further comprise a thin film transistor. The display device further includes a display medium comprising an emissive material that is capable of electrically changing luminous strength disposed at each of the pixel electrodes, and a driver circuit that includes a plurality of thin film transistors for driving the plurality of switching elements. Each of the plurality of thin film transistors comprise a crystallized semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film adjacent to the crystallized semiconductor layer and a gate electrode adjacent to the gate insulating film. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046050 | Display driver, electro-optical device, and control method for display driver - A display driver includes: a data input section to which display data or command data is input; a display processing section which includes a data line driver section driving the data lines based on the display data input through the data input section; a control register for controlling the display processing section; a command signal generation section which generates a command signal which changes at a predetermined timing and is used to identify the command data; a command extraction section which extracts the command data from data such as the display data input through the data input section based on the command signal; and a decoder which decodes the command data extracted by the command extraction section. A value corresponding to a decoding result of the command data is set in the control register. The display processing section is controlled based on the value set in the control register. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046051 | ELECTRO-DIELECTRO-PHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Electrophoretic particles and dielectrophoretic particles are included together in a unit pixel. Each of the electrophoretic particles and the dielectrophoretic particles includes two kinds of particles having different electric properties. The electrophoretic particles include positively charged particles and negatively charged particles. The dielectrophoretic particles include particles having low dielectric constant and particles having high dielectric constant. A first electric field for moving the electrophoretic particles and a second electric field for moving the dielectrophoretic particles are applied to the unit pixel. The second electric field has an asymmetric gradient in the direction where the dielectrophoretic particles move to determine movement directions of the dielectrophoretic particles having different dielectric constants. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046052 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME - An electrophoretic display (“EPD”) device includes an EPD panel to display an image, and a driving circuit to drive the EPD panel. To display an individual image, the driving circuit supplies a first refresh signal to display a black gray scale, a second refresh signal to display a white gray scale, an inverse image data signal to display an inversed image of the individual image, an image data signal to display the individual image, and a reset signal to provide a direct current unbalance between the first and second refresh signals to the EPD panel. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046053 | IMAGE DISPLAYING MEDIUM AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display medium including a pair of substrates, a dispersion medium, and particles of two or more kinds, the particles of each kind being able to move in the dispersion medium in response to an electric field formed between the substrates, each kind of particles having a different color and a different absolute value of a voltage for moving, the voltage for moving being determined from a difference between an electrostatic force that acts on the particles in response to the electric field formed between the substrates and a binding force that acts in a direction of retaining the particles in a state that the particles are in before the electrostatic force acts on the particles, and at least one of an intensity of the binding force and an intensity of the electrostatic force for the particles of each kind being different. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046054 | Resistive Actuator With Dynamic Variations Of Frictional Forces - A system for generating haptic effects on a rotary knob includes an electrical coil and a core. A first level of voltage is applied to the coil to enable a first surface interface having a first coefficient of friction and to generate a first haptic effect by varying the voltage. A second level of voltage is applied to the coil to enable a second surface interface having a second coefficient of friction that is greater than the first coefficient of friction and to generate a second haptic effect by varying the voltage. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046055 | Interactive digital image display - An interactive digital image display has a screen, an image processor, a coordinate detecting unit coupled to the image processor, an image driving unit coupled to the image processor, a memory coupled to the image processor, and an interface for acquiring images. When user moves the display, the coordinate detecting unit generates a signal to the image processor, and the image displayed on the display will be adjusted according to the displacement of the display | 2009-02-19 |
20090046056 | Human motion tracking device - A “human motion tracking” device (HMT) that translates natural body movements into computer-usable data. The data is transmitted to a simulation application as if it came from any conventional human interface device (HID). This allows an individual to interact with the application without the need for a conventional computer input device (e.g., a keyboard, mouse, etc.). The HMT captures a user's heading as well as the individual's current stance (i.e. standing, sitting, kneeling, etc.). The HMT accomplishes this by using two sensors known as an accelerometer and magnetometer to produce digital input. The digital data will then be passed from the HMT to the application. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046057 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An MFP includes a selection receiving unit that receives selection by a user of a desired one of higher setting items displayed on an operation panel, and a display processing unit that displays, when the selection of the higher setting item is received, intermediate setting items corresponding to the selected higher setting item and overview information indicating overviews of lower setting items corresponding to the intermediate setting items, being associated with each other, on the operation panel. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046058 | SELF-CONTAINED, POCKET-SIZED PRESENTATION APPARATUS - A self-contained, pocket-sized presentation apparatus includes a USB drive having a housing, a memory, a processor, and protective cover. A user input device, wireless transmitter, and power source, are integrally disposed within the cover, the transmitter being operatively engaged with the input device and configured to selectively transmit wireless signals in response to selective user actuation of the input device. A wireless receiver is disposed within the housing of the USB drive, to receive and couple wireless signals from the transmitter to the USB drive. The USB drive is configured to receive the wireless signals from the wireless receiver, to selectively generate Page Up and Page Down instructions responsive thereto, and to send the Page Up and Page Down instructions via the USB plug. The memory is configured to contain computer readable program code therein, in the form of a presentation, and in the form of a portable presentation application. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046059 | FINGER POINTING APPARATUS - A finger pointing apparatus is disclosed. In one aspect the finger pointing apparatus includes at least one pressure sensor fixed on a hand for triggering a corresponding electromagnetic wave transmitter to transmit electromagnetic wave when pressure is produced by a finger contacting an external object. In another aspect, the finger pointing apparatus includes at least one electromagnetic wave transmitter connected with a corresponding pressure sensor and fixed on the hand for transmitting electromagnetic wave to all electromagnetic wave receivers when pressure is detected by the pressure sensor. In one aspect, the finger pointing apparatus includes at least two electromagnetic wave receivers arranged at fixed positions with respect to each other for receiving electromagnetic wave from the at least one electromagnetic wave transmitter and transmitting received electromagnetic wave to a microprocessor. In another aspect, the finger pointing apparatus includes a microprocessor for receiving electromagnetic wave from the electromagnetic wave receivers, calculating coordinate values of a position pressed by the finger from electromagnetic wave from different electromagnetic wave receivers and outputting the coordinate values. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046060 | INDICATOR SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INDICATING DEVICE - An indicator system includes: a controller that transmits, to a terminal, an image in an image capture region that is captured by an image capture unit and includes an object, projects an annotation image relating to the image in the image capture region onto a projecting unit, and switches on and off a power source of the projecting unit in accordance with an instruction with respect to drawing the annotation image. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046061 | Dynamically Controlling a Cursor on a Screen when Using a Video Camera as a Pointing Device - A system provides for controlling a cursor on a screen automatically and dynamically when using a video camera as a pointing device. A computer displays static or dynamic content to a screen. A video camera connected to the computer points at the screen. As the video camera films the screen, frames captured by the video camera are sent to the computer. A target image is displayed by the computer onto the screen and marks the position of the screen cursor of the video camera. Frames captured by the video camera include the target image, and the computer dynamically moves the target image on the screen to ensure that the target image stays in the center of the view of the video camera. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046062 | POINTING DEVICE WITH CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS - A pointing device that can interface with a graphical user interface of a computer or other electronic device. The pointing device includes a body having an upper portion and an underside. Also included is a tracking assembly having at least one sensor to detect movement and output a control signal responsive to the detected movement. The pointing device further includes several customization features. The customization features include mechanical customization features and software customization features. At least some of the mechanical customization features are configured to be replaceable. Such replaceable customization features are releasably mechanically coupled to the pointing device body. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046063 | Coordinate positioning system and method with in-the-air positioning function - A coordinate positioning system with in-the-air positioning function includes an illuminator and an image sensor. The illuminator produces a directional light. The image sensor receives the directional light produced by the illuminator and produces an image corresponding to the directional light to accordingly analyze the image and obtain a rotating angle corresponding to the directional light. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046064 | Pointing device for control of a graphical display or application - The application discloses a pointing to interface with a graphical display. In illustrated embodiments disclosed, the pointing device includes a plurality of vertically aligned side buttons. The vertically aligned side buttons are aligned relative to a user's thumb and are selectively actuated through a pivoting motion of the user's thumb. In another embodiment, one or more side buttons are adjustably coupled to the body of the pointing device to adjust a position of the one or more side buttons along a length of the device to provide enhanced dynamic control based upon the size and length of the user's thumb. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046065 | SENSOR-KEYPAD COMBINATION FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A key structure layer is provided on the panel segment. The key structure layer may be combined with sensors that detect a position of a finger or other object at any region on the key structure layer. When contact with the key structure layer pushes the panel segment inward, the processing resources of the mobile computing device recognize the contact by the finger or object as a key-press event. Position information from the sensors assign a key value to the key-press event. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046066 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR OPERATING A MACHINE TOOL, A PRODUCTION MACHINE AND/OR A MACHINE IN THE FORM OF A ROBOT - An operating device for operating a machine tool, a production machine and/or a machine in the form of a robot, includes a screen which is able to simultaneously display a first operating window and a second operating window. A first application for operating the machine can be displayed in the first operating window, and a second application for operating the machine can be displayed in the second operating window. The first application is operated using first operating buttons which are associated with the first operating window, and the second application is operated using second operating buttons which are associated with the second operating window. The first operating buttons are arranged along an individual side or a plurality of sides of the first operating window, and the second operating buttons are arranged along an individual side or a plurality of sides of the second operating window. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046067 | INPUT UNIT, MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING MESSAGE USING THE SAME - An input unit having a keyboard arrangement allowing efficient input of English words, a mobile terminal having the input unit, and a method for inputting a message using the input unit are provided. The input unit includes a plurality of symbol keys to which a plurality of symbols are sequentially allocated; and at least one selection key for selecting symbols allocated to at least second positions in the symbol keys. The input unit includes the selection key, to reduce the number of selections of keys when alphabet letters are input, thereby reducing the message input time and solving the inconvenience associated with inputting letters of the alphabet via the input unit. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046068 | TACTILE TOUCHSCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a housing; a touch-screen display constrained by the housing, the touch-screen display including a touch-sensitive input surface overlying a display device; a single mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the touchscreen display and a base of the housing; and operational components including a processor within the housing and connected to the touchscreen display. The touchscreen display pivots relative to the housing about a pivot axis in response to application of sufficient force to an off-center location on the touchscreen. This pivoting results in the actuation of the single mechanical switch and the pivot axis depending on the location of application of the force | 2009-02-19 |
20090046069 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A portable electronic device that has a housing, a moveable touchscreen display constrained by the housing, the touchscreen display including a touch-sensitive input surface overlying a display device, a single mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the touchscreen display and a base of the housing, and operational components including a processor within the housing and connected to the touchscreen display and the single mechanical switch. The touchscreen display moves relative to the base in response to application of sufficient force to the touchscreen display resulting in actuation of the single mechanical switch. A method of controlling the portable electronic device includes providing a graphical user interface for user interaction, receiving input from the touchscreen display and the single mechanical switch, and providing output to the display device responsive to receipt of a combination of the input from the touchscreen display and the single mechanical switch. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046070 | TACTILE TOUCHSCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A moveable touchscreen display unit includes a base; a display device connected to the base by flexible sidewalls that extend between the base and the display device; a touch-sensitive input surface overlying the display device; and a mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the display device and the base. The display device moves relative to the base in response to application of sufficient force on the display device. This movement results in the actuation of the mechanical switch, which generates an electrical signal and a tactile feedback. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046071 | TACTILE TOUCHSCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a housing with a front frame; a moveable touch-screen display framed by the front frame of the housing, the moveable touch-screen display including a touch-sensitive input surface overlying a display device, the front frame including corners curved outwardly away from the surface of the touchscreen display; a mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the touchscreen display and a base of the housing; and operational components including a processor within the housing and connected to the touchscreen display. The touchscreen display moves or pivots relative to the housing about a pivot axis in response to application of sufficient force on the touchscreen. This movement or pivoting results in the actuation of the single mechanical switch and the pivot axis depending on the location of application of the force | 2009-02-19 |
20090046072 | Electrically Non-interfering Printing for Electronic Devices Having Capacitive Touch Sensors - A capacitive sensor ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046073 | Touchscreen using both carbon nanoparticles and metal nanoparticles - A cover sheet assembly is provided for a touchscreen system. The cover sheet assembly includes an insulating layer having a surface configured to be disposed over an electrically conductive area of a substrate of the touchscreen system, and an electrically conductive material disposed on at least a portion of the surface of the insulating layer. The electrically conductive material includes a plurality of carbon nanoparticles and a plurality of metal nanoparticles. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046074 | TELESCREEN OPERATING METHOD - The present invention relates to a communications system for distributing information to and from local and regional distribution centers as well as individual dial-up servers. The communications system contains an interactive, configurable interface. The first aspect of the invention employs a method and device for communicating information between computers, where a first computer unit, comprising a touch sensitive screen for displaying images, a processing unit and a communications port, connects to a telephone line. The second computer unit pushes data and images to be displayed on the first computer unit's touch sensitive screen with identifying codes associated with a definition of active areas. When an active area is selected, the first computer unit returns the code associated with the active area. In this way pushed data and interactive communications between the points are achieved. The first computer is a specially designed device that facilitates the multifaceted communication between the two computers and presents a highly functional interface using a number of input and output devices. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046075 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY THEREOF - A mobile communication terminal is provided. The mobile communication terminal includes a communication module for transmitting and receiving data in order to perform audiovisual communication with at least one other party's terminal; a camera module for photographing an image; a touch screen for displaying a first image received from the at least one other party's terminal and a second image acquired from the camera module; and a controller for changing, when the first image or the second image displayed on the touch screen is touched, a display manner of the first image and the second image. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046076 | COUNTER-TACTILE KEYPAD - A touch-based user interface for an electronic device, including a housing including electronic circuitry, a plurality of buttons mounted within a first area on a first side of the housing, and a screen mounted on a second area of a second side of the housing, the second side being opposite to the first side, and the second area being opposite to at least a portion of the first area, wherein the electronic circuitry is operative (i) to display on the screen at least one user interface control element that corresponds respectively to at least one button, each such user interface control element having a command associated therewith, and (ii) to perform the command associated with a designated user interface control element when its corresponding button is pressed. A method and a computer-readable storage medium is also described and claimed. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046077 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other; a display medium layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix between the first substrate and the display medium layer; a first transparent electrode, interposed between the second substrate and the display medium layer, for detecting a touched location; and a second transparent electrode, interposed between the first transparent electrode and the display medium layer, for receiving a display signal. The display device detects the touched location using a capacitive coupling method and displays an image. A shield electrode for suppressing capacitive coupling is formed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046078 | Touchscreen using oriented microscopic linear conductive elements - A cover sheet assembly is provided for a touchscreen system. The cover sheet assembly includes an insulating layer having a surface configured to be disposed over an electrically conductive area of a substrate of the touchscreen system. An electrically conductive material is disposed on at least a portion of the insulating layer surface. The electrically conductive material includes a plurality of microscopic linear conductive elements arranged in a pattern that is oriented with respect to a first direction of a first polarization of light such that the electrically conductive material is more transparent to the first polarization of light than to a second polarization of light that is polarized in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046079 | Correcting Coordinates on Touch Panel to True Display Coordinates - Detect four sets of first touch coordinates (A, B, C, D) on a touch panel. Divide an area delimited by the detected four sets into two areas of triangles (ABD, BCD). For each area of triangle, obtain a first correction factor. Detect a set of second touch coordinates (P, Q) selected within a respective one of the areas of triangles. Convert the detected set of second touch coordinates into a set of first corrected coordinates. Detect a difference between the set of first corrected coordinates and a set of true display coordinates. Where the detected difference is greater than a predetermined threshold value, further divide the area of triangle (BCD) into three areas of triangles (QBD, QBC, QCD). Obtain a second correction factor using the set of second touch coordinates and the sets of first touch coordinates corresponding to the vertices. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046080 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING PANEL IN DISPLAY SYSTEM - An apparatus for driving a panel in a display system includes a reset device, a gate driver and a pull-high circuit. The reset device asserts a control signal when the display system is powered off. The gate driver has an input terminal receiving the control signal and turns on all rows of pixels on the panel when the control signal is asserted. The pull-high circuit includes a resistor and a switch, in which the resistor has a first end coupled to the input terminal, and the switch decouples a second end of the resistor from a first reference voltage when the display system is powered off. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046081 | MODIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY MODIFYING TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE OF IMAGE FRAME DATA - A device and method is provided to selectively modify the transmission performance of a frame data. Through a parallel transmission interface, the frame data is transmitted under a corresponding interface protocol and transmitted toward an image display. The method first detects a data size of the frame data and then provides a transmission control signal based on the detection of the data size. Next, selectively divide the frame data by a factor M based on the transmission control signal. Furthermore, transmit the divided frame data at a raised clock rate based on the factor M. Afterwards, temporarily store the divided frame data about to be transmitted toward the image display until the whole frame data is transmitted. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046082 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAYS - The performance of electro-wetting displays can be improved by: (a) providing a concealment member ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046083 | Digital-to-Analog Converter for display device - A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for a display device is provided. The DAC includes an amplifier and a current decoder. The amplifier receives a gradation voltage with respect to upper bits in data of k bits through a non-inverting input terminal, and varies the input gradation voltage according to a voltage applied to an inverting input terminal. The current decoder allows a predetermined constant current to flow therethrough according to input data of lower bits, which do not include the upper bits, to thereby vary the voltage applied to the inverting input terminal. The current decoder further adjusts the gradation voltage outputted by the amplifier according to the varied voltage. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046084 | GATE-DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate-driving circuit operating in a stable manner even when simultaneously driving a plurality of gate lines at high levels is provided. The gate-driving circuit includes a shift register that receives a gate clock signal and scanning start signal and/or a mode signal and sequentially provides a plurality of pre-gate signals in synchronization with the gate clock signal, an operation section that receives the gate clock signal and the plurality of pre-gate signals and performs operations on the plurality of pre-gate signals which includes sequentially outputting a plurality of operation signals and a selector receives the plurality of pre-gate signals and the plurality of operation signals and selectively outputs the plurality of pre-gate signals or the plurality of operation signals in response to receipt of the mode signal. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046085 | Display apparatus, driving method for display apparatus and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including, a pixel section, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of signal lines, and a driving circuit. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046086 | Method for driving plasma display panel - A method for driving an AC type plasma display panel includes the steps of performing initialization at least once for each frame so as to clear binary setting of wall charge quantity in a screen by discharge except for micro discharge in which electrodes covered with a plurality of fluorescent materials become cathodes, and performing special initialization at frequency of once for M frames, where M=two or more, so as to erase unnecessary wall charge in the screen by discharge in which electrodes become cathodes and that is stronger than the discharge in the initialization. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046087 | Oled Driver, Lighting Apparatus Equipped with the Driver and an Adjustment Method of the Apparatus - An OLED driver for driving at least one organic electroluminescence element, lighting apparatus equipped with the driver and an adjustment method of the apparatus. The driver has a square-wave voltage source and a controller. The source generates square-wave voltage and applies the voltage to the element. The controller controls the source so as to change the frequency of the voltage to change and adjust light output of the element. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046088 | Organic electroluminescence display apparatus, driving circuit for driving organic electroluminescence light emitting portion, and driving method for organic electroluminescence light emitting portion - A driving circuit for driving an organic electroluminescence light emitting portion includes: a driving transistor of the n channel type having source/drain regions, a channel formation region and a gate electrode; an image signal writing transistor having source/drain regions, a channel formation region and a gate electrode; and a capacitor element. A first voltage for supplying current toward the organic electroluminescence light emitting portion through the driving transistor and a second voltage for preventing a potential difference between the second node and a cathode electrode provided on the organic electroluminescence light emitting portion from exceeding a threshold voltage of the organic electroluminescence light emitting portion are selectively applied from the power supply section to the first one of the source/drain regions of the driving transistor. An LDD (Lightly Doped Drain) structure is formed adjacent the first one of the source/drain regions of the driving transistor. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046089 | BURN-IN COMPENSATION FOR DISPLAY - In accordance with one embodiment, apparatus are provided, which include a burn-in compensation pixel generator and burn-in compensation circuitry. The burn-in compensation pixel generator is configured to generate burn-in compensation pixel data. The burn-in compensation circuitry is configured to provide, within break-from-standard-use periods of a device employing a display, the generated burn-in compensation pixel data instead of a select predetermined subset of default pixel data, for input to a display interface of the display. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046090 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICES - An active matrix display device comprises an array of display pixels, each pixel comprising a current-driven light emitting display element ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046091 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In an image display apparatus of the invention, a signal input unit outputs a complex image signal, which has been converted to an easily-processed format, to a signal-for-display generator. The signal-for-display generator converts the complex image signal to a signal suitable for displaying at a display unit. An apparatus state-detector detects a state of the display apparatus. Based on apparatus state information input from the apparatus state-detector, an arithmetic unit calculates an amount of non-uniformity to be corrected, and outputs it to a non-uniformity corrector. Based on the non-uniformity correction amount corresponding to a position displayed at the display unit, the non-uniformity corrector corrects the image signal input from the signal-for-display generator, converts it to a signal format that can be used at the display unit, and outputs it. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046092 | ENCODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A coding device having a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not a GOP is a GOP where GOP unit flicker is readily visible in an image decoded after encoded the GOP, for each of GOPs forming image data to be coded, and a coding unit configured to apply processing for suppressing the GOP unit flicker when the judgment unit judges that the GOP is a GOP where flicker is readily visible. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046093 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE AND MAP DISPLAY METHOD - A map display device and a map display method, in which a building in a map is formed as a pseudo three-dimensional figure and arithmetic processing to display the figure as a bird's-eye view is simplified. The map display device | 2009-02-19 |
20090046094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING AVATAR MOVEMENT IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - The present invention provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer useable program code to offer to move an avatar in a virtual universe. A computer predicts a location selection to form a prediction. The computer renders a first viewport in a computer display, based on the prediction. The first viewport includes a first user-control; a first coordinate; and a first attitude. The computer renders a second viewport comprising a second user-control, a second coordinate and a second attitude wherein at least one object is rendered in a computer display from a perspective distinct from a perspective of the first viewport. The computer receives an instruction corresponding to the first user-control. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046095 | Image Analogy Filters For Terrain Modeling - The present disclosure relates to the development of terrain image analogy filters which may be used to convert visible terrain imagery from a first condition to a second condition. For example, from a seasonal “daytime/summer” view to a “nighttime/winter” appearance. The image analogy filters may be generated using processors such as one or more graphics processing units. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046096 | Totally Integrated Intelligent Dynamic Systems Display - An apparatus for graphically displaying analytical data, comprising a generic model to graphically represent a complex set of physical characteristics potentially leading to catastrophic failure of a physical system. A central region represents failure of the physical system; a series of concentric ridges represents level of function. Wedge shaped regions upon the ridges represent predetermined subsystems of the physical system. An icon is displayed with changes in the icon proportional to time, and any one or more of color, position, shape, and rotation of the icon representing prescribed analysis of the physical characteristics. Mappings correlate predetermined characteristics of the system with failure of the physical system, levels of functioning represented by the ridges, subsystems represented by the wedge shaped regions, and/or analysis of the physical characteristics represented in the icon. A sensor interface receives measurements, and a graphics generator prepares a presentation of the model. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046097 | Method of making animated video - A method of making an animated movie includes the steps of casting one or more animated characters as performers in a play of the animated video; creating one or more scenes of the animated video; canvassing the animated character in the scene to form a motion picture, and outputting the motion picture in a realtime playback manner. The motion picture is canvassed by the steps creating a timeline of the scene; setting a light effect of the scene; setting a shooting angle of the animated character in the scene; and setting a movement of the animated character in the scene in responsive to the timeline. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046098 | PRIMITIVE BINNING METHOD FOR TILE-BASED RENDERING - A primitive binning method includes detecting border tiles of a primitive defined by at least three vertexes. The detecting includes: defining a left edge and a right edge of the primitive compared to a direction of exploring tiles; calculating a slope sign for the left edge using an edge equation for the left edge; calculating a slope sign for the right edge using an edge equation for the right edge; and checking if a tile is crossed by one of the edges by evaluating an edge equation of a single corner of a tile. The corner is selected according to the one of the edges being a left or a right edge and according to the slope sign of the one of the edges. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046099 | REAL-TIME DISPLAY SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for displaying photographic images in real-time is disclosed. Traditionally, ray tracing algorithms produce photographic images, but not in real-time. In one embodiment of the present inventions, shadows and lighting can be altered in real-time, and photographic images appear as an interactive photographic image. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUPING THEMATICALLY-RELATED CLUSTERS INTO A TWO-DIMENSIONAL VISUAL DISPLAY SPACE - Concepts are extracted from content of documents. Clusters each include one or more of the concepts. A theme is identified in each of the clusters and includes at least one such concept within the cluster. Spines of the clusters that share at least one theme in common are formed. The spines having a theme unique from any other spine already placed into a visual display space are placed. Anchor clusters are identified on the placed spines. Spine groups are generated. A similarity of at least one of the spines not placed and each placed spine is evaluated. The unplaced spine is placed at the anchor cluster in the placed spine with the closest similarity. A similarity of at least one of the clusters not selected and each anchor cluster is evaluated. The non-selected cluster is placed proximate to the anchor cluster with the closest similarity. The spine groups are displayed. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046101 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY INDICATING A REPLAY STATUS OF MEDIA ITEMS ON A MEDIA DEVICE - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for visually indicating a replay status of media items on a media device. Aspects of the method and system include displaying in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the media device a representation of a first media item; displaying a profile score of the first media item that is based on user preferences; and displaying a replay score for the first media item that affects replay of the first media item. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPAWNING PROJECTED AVATARS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - The present invention provides a computer implemented method and apparatus to project a projected avatar associated with an avatar in a virtual universe. A computer receives a command to project the avatar, the command having a projection point. The computer transmits a request to place a projected avatar at the projection point to a virtual universe host. The computer renders a tab associated with the projected avatar. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046103 | Shared readable and writeable global values in a graphics processor unit pipeline - An arithmetic logic stage in a graphics processor unit includes arithmetic logic units (ALUs) and global registers. The registers contain global values for a group of pixels. Global values may be read from any of the registers, regardless of which of the pixels is being operated on by the ALUs. However, when writing results of the ALU operations, only some of the global registers are candidates to be written to, depending on the pixel number. Accordingly, overwriting of data is prevented. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046104 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - An active matrix display device comprises a plurality of pixels, and driving circuitry arranged to drive each pixel with a pre-determined drive voltage level during a first phase ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090046105 | Conditional execute bit in a graphics processor unit pipeline - An arithmetic logic stage in a graphics processor unit includes a number of arithmetic logic units (ALUs). An instruction is applied to sets of operands comprising pixel data associated with different pixels. The value of a conditional execute bit determines how the pixel data in a set of operands is processed by the ALUs. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046106 | Method of displaying images and display apparatus applying the same - A method of displaying an object image desired by a user on a display apparatus such as an electronic picture frame, without needing to rotate or cut the object image, and a display apparatus to which the method of displaying is applied are provided. The displaying method comprises: determining a background image; generating a display image by synthesizing the background image and an object image; and displaying the display image. | 2009-02-19 |
20090046107 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display portion and a control portion, and effects color display depending on image signals for three colors. The control portion includes means | 2009-02-19 |