13th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140085207 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a technique for making it easy to operate an operator interface displayed on a touch panel display. A tilt detector detects the position of the apparatus. The touch panel display displays an image of the operator interface and senses touch by a touching object, where a predetermined process is performed in response to a touch action on the operator interface. A controller moves a display position of the image of the operator interface on the touch panel display in a direction in which an information processing apparatus tilts, according to changes in the apparatus posture detected by the tilt detector. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085208 | TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - There are provided a touchscreen device capable of preventing a typing error of a touch keyboard, and an electronic device using the same. The touchscreen device includes a display unit outputting a keyboard touch region including a touch keyboard, a touchscreen to which a touch is made, and a control unit controlling the display unit to output an expanded keyboard having a preset shape by expanding a touch region of a first touch when the first touch is sensed in the keyboard touch region, wherein the first touch is a floating or hovering touch. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085209 | Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Setting a Digital-Marking-Device Characteristic - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems, methods and apparatus for setting a drawing characteristic of a digital marking device. According to a first aspect of the present invention, detection of a touch gesture simultaneous to engagement of a digital marking device with a digital mark surface may effectuate a drawing-context interpretation of the touch gesture. A characteristic of the digital marking device may be set according to the drawing-context interpretation of the touch gesture. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085210 | ELECTRONIC TABLETOP SYSTEM - An apparatus may include a processor circuit and an audio alignment module operative on the processor circuit to determine spatial indicia for a visual portion or element of multimedia content for presentation on a digital display, the multimedia content comprising visual content and audio content. The audio alignment module may be further operative to identify an audio signal corresponding to the visual portion or element and send the identified audio signal to one or more audio output devices based on a spatial correlation between the one or more audio output devices and the determined spatial indicia of the visual portion or element. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085211 | FIELD SHAPING TOUCH SENSOR - Touch sensors for detecting touch and hover events are disclosed. The touch sensors can include multiple split sense lines and/or multiple split drive lines. The split sense lines and/or split drive lines can include uniformly or non-uniformly spaced prongs. In some examples, the prongs can include uniformly or non-uniformly spaced extensions extending away from the prongs. The prongs and/or extensions can be interleaved with prongs and/or extensions of adjacent drive lines or sense lines. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085212 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a touch panel apparatus, system and an operation method using for the same system. The apparatus recognizes a track of an object for executing a corresponding gesture function, and it includes: a touch control surface for the object to move on or above to form the track; at least one image sensor for capturing a plurality of continuous pictures including images of the object; and a processor for obtaining a plurality of displacement vectors according to changes in positions of the images of the object, comparing the displacement vectors with a set of basic vectors to obtain a code or a set of codes, and recognizing the code or the set of codes to execute the corresponding gesture function. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085213 | Force Sensing Using Bottom-Side Force Map - A force sensor incorporated into a touch device, measuring deflection in a device stack, including compressible elements disposed between the device stack and the frame element. When the device stack is deformed, applied force is measured using the compressible elements, using capacitive sensing or strain measurements. The force sensitive sensor provides an applied force image for the touch device's surface. The applied force location [X, Y] can be determined from measures of cover glass tilt, force at particular points, and capacitive sensing of touch location. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085214 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PIXEL-ALIGNED GROUND MICRO-WIRE - A display apparatus includes a display having an array of pixels formed in rows and columns. The rows of pixels are separated by row inter-pixel gaps and the columns of pixels separated by column inter-pixel gaps. A touch-screen includes a transparent dielectric layer having a row side and an opposed column side located over the display, the touch screen having row electrodes spaced apart by row inter-electrode gaps located on the row side of the transparent dielectric layer and column electrodes spaced apart by column inter-electrode gaps located on the column side of the transparent dielectric layer. The row and column electrodes are separated by the transparent dielectric layer. Ground lines are located on the row side between neighboring row electrodes in the row inter-electrode gaps and between the pixels in a row inter-pixel gap. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085215 | PROGRESS DISPLAY OF HANDWRITING INPUT - A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, at a user device, user input corresponding to handwritten text to be recognized using a recognition engine; and receiving, at the user device, a representation of the handwritten text. The representation includes the handwritten text parsed into individual handwritten characters. The method further includes: displaying, on a display of the user device, the handwritten characters using a first indicator; receiving, at the user device, an identification of a text character recognized as one of the handwritten characters; displaying, on the display, the text character; and adjusting, at the user device, the one of the handwritten characters from being displayed using the first indicator to using a second indicator in response to the received identification. The first and second indicators are different. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085216 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PIXEL-ALIGNED ELECTRODE - A display apparatus includes a display including an array of pixels formed in rows and columns. A touch-screen including a transparent dielectric layer having a row side and an opposed column side is located over the display. An array of row electrodes are formed on the row side and an array of column electrodes are formed on the column side. Each of the row and column electrodes extends exclusively over all of the pixels in a corresponding row or column. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085217 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a case, a touch sensor, a strength sensor and a controller. The touch sensor is disposed at the case and capable of sensing whether the case is touched. The strength sensor is disposed at the case and capable of sensing whether the case is pressed. The controller is disposed in the case and electrically couple to the touch sensor and the strength sensor. According to the touch sensor for sensing whether the case is touched and according to the strength sensor for sensing whether the case is pressed, the controller produces a control signal. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085218 | CHILD'S WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A wearable digital media device comprising an integrated circuit configured to send and receive content on receipt of a serial identification number unique to the personal digital media device, a processor and a display screen. The personal digital media device's processor utilizes a radio frequency integrated circuit to send and receive content with, for example, a personal computer or other host processing device. The personal digital media device is configured and outfitted to be worn by the user, for example, as a watch, a pendent, or attached to a user's book bag. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085219 | CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DISPLAY PORTIONS THROUGH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A display device with a plurality of display portions; each display portion being a television or areas of a screen of a television. The display device can be controlled by a control device such as a portable device which includes a touch-sensitive display unit and a control unit. The touch-sensitive display unit displays a graphic user interface (GUI) corresponding to the display device. The control unit produces operation parameter(s) according to touch operation(s) on the touch-sensitive display unit and transmits the operation parameter(s) to the display device, thereby enabling the display device to modify image(s) actually displayed, by changing the position or the size of the image(s) actually displayed, according to the operation parameter(s). | 2014-03-27 |
20140085220 | DETERMINING A DOMINANT HAND OF A USER OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - In one example, a method includes determining, by a computing device, a plurality of features. Each feature from the plurality of features may be usable to determine a dominant hand of a user of the computing device. The method also includes receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of input values, each input value from the plurality of input values corresponding to the respective plurality of features, and determining, using a probabilistic model and based at least in part on at least one input value from the plurality of input values corresponding to the respective feature from the plurality of features, a hand of the user as a dominant hand of the user. The method also includes generating, based at least in part on the determined dominant hand of the user, a graphical user interface for display at a presence-sensitive display operatively coupled to the computing device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085221 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a portable device and a control method thereof. The portable device includes a display unit to provide a visual user interface, a tactile feedback unit to provide a tactile user interface, and a control unit to control the other units. In an active mode in which the display unit and tactile feedback unit are in an activated state, the user's gaze is detected at a first interval. The active mode is kept if the user's gaze is detected, and is switched to a tactile-only mode if the user's gaze is not detected. In the tactile-only mode, the display unit is deactivated and the tactile feedback unit is in the activated state. If a touch input is not detected for a second interval, the tactile-only mode is switched to a standby mode. In the standby mode, the display unit and tactile feedback unit are in an inactivated state. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085222 | Display Device Integrated with Touch Screen - Disclosed is a display device integrated with a touch screen which realizes good design by decreasing a bezel width, and its driving method, wherein the device comprises a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other on a lower substrate of a display panel; a common electrode formed in each of touch blocks, wherein the plurality of touch blocks are formed by grouping all pixels into units; a plurality of touch drive lines on the lower substrate of the display panel, wherein the touch drive line is provided in the same direction as that of the data line; and a plurality of touch sensing lines on an upper substrate of the display panel, wherein the touch sensing line is formed in the same direction as that of the gate line. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085223 | APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF SWITCHING DISPLAYED PICTURES - An apparatus capable of switching displayed pictures in response to a slide gesture by a user includes a display screen for displaying an enlarged current picture, a touch determining unit, a picture processing unit, a control unit, a time calculating unit, and a calculating unit. The picture processing unit determines a width value of the current picture and a distance between a side of the current picture and an edge of the display screen adjacent to the side. The control unit controls the picture processing unit to obtain the target picture and controls the display screen to only display the target picture if a time duration of a slide gesture from beginning to ending is equal to or greater than a predetermined time period and a ratio of the distance to the width is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio. A related method is also provided. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085224 | TOUCH DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - A touch display method and an electronic apparatus thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a touch display module. The touch display module has a touch display device. The method includes the following steps: loading basic input/output system (BIOS) to execute an initialization program to perform an initialization of the electronic apparatus, when the electronic apparatus has not loaded an operating system; defining a virtual input area in the touch display device and display an input interface in the virtual input area. When the touch display device is touched, a touch event is generated and translated to a coordinate; determining whether the coordinate is in the input interface through the BIOS; when the coordinate is in the input interface, translating the coordinate into a functional code through the BIOS, and executing an operation corresponding to the functional code. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085225 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREWITH - A touch panel module includes a frame, a base plate, a touch material layer, a transmission cable and a first attaching layer. The frame with an opening and a breach connected to the opening formed therein is disposed on a casing. The base plate is disposed on the casing and located inside the opening. The touch material layer is disposed on the base plate, and a peripheral portion of the touch material layer is attached to the frame for sealing the base plate inside the opening. The transmission cable is connected to the touch material layer in a position near the peripheral portion and passes through the casing via the breach. The first attaching layer attaches the frame and the casing for sealing a gap between the frame and the casing, so as to prevent liquids from entering the opening and the breach from the gap. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085226 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH KEY - An integrated system of touch screen and touch key includes a touch screen unit, a touch key unit, a microcontroller and a system unit. The touch screen unit generates a first touch sensing signal according to a first touch event. The touch key unit generates a second touch sensing signal according to a second touch event. The microcontroller transforms the first touch sensing signal to a first data packet and transforms the second touch sensing signal to a second data packet. The microcontroller transmits the first data packet to an interface apparatus in the system unit through a first transmission line and transmits the second data packet to the system unit through a second transmission line. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085227 | DISPLAY AND METHOD IN AN ELECTRIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to display in an electrical device and a method of enhancing interaction with user. The display comprises: a controller, a content displaying surface, a touch sensitive portion comprising one or several touch sensors, for providing the controller with information about presence of a pointing object close to the surface, a motion sensor for providing motion of the display. The controller is configured to control content output on the displaying surface and adjust the content output with respect to information from the touch sensor and the motion senor. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085228 | TOUCH DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - A touch display method is configured for an electronic apparatus including a touch display module and an embedded controller. The touch display module includes a touch display device and a touch input controller. The method includes following steps: loading a BIOS to perform an initialization operation when the electronic apparatus has not loaded an operating system; defining a virtual input area in the touch display device; and further displaying an input interface on the virtual input area. Generate a touch event when the touch display device is touched and translate the touch event into a coordinate by the touch input controller. If the coordinate is in the input interface, the touch input controller outputs a function signal to the embedded controller through the hardware interface. The embedded controller translates the function signal into a scan code for the electronic apparatus to execute operations corresponding to the scan code. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085229 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - In response to an instruction with respect to a rotation button (B | 2014-03-27 |
20140085230 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes: a display; a first detector configured to detect displacement of a first area of the display when the display is bent; a second detector configured to detect displacement of a second area of the display when the display is bent; and a controller configured to direct performance of a first operation based on the displacement of the first area and the second area. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085231 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a calculator configured to calculate a screen operation position on a screen irregularly in accordance with a touch operation position on a touch device; a second calculator configured to calculate a predicted screen operation position on the screen based on the screen operation position at a calculation interval shorter than an update interval at which a display content on the screen is updated; and a generator configured to generate image data to be displayed on the screen based on the predicted screen operation position. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085232 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes: a calculator configured to calculate a screen operation position on a screen in accordance with a detection result of a touch operation position on a touch device; a second calculator configured to calculate a predicted screen operation position on the screen taking into account a predetermined calculation time required for the calculation of the screen operation position after the detection of the touch operation position based on the screen operation position; and a generator configured to generate image data to be displayed on the screen based on the predicted screen operation position. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085233 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An electronic apparatus includes a first operation unit, a second operation unit capable of accepting a touch operation, and a control unit configured to perform control to change a parameter of a first type if the first operation unit is operated without a touch operation performed on the second operation unit and change a parameter of one of a plurality of types if the first operation unit is operated with a touch operation performed on the second operation unit, the plurality of types including at least a second type and a third type. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085234 | PANEL CONTROL DEVICE, PANEL CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A panel control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to perform processes including acquiring a plurality of pressed cells and a plurality of cell coordinates, the plurality of pressed cells being a plurality of cells, among pluralities of cells that divide a panel into a plurality of regions, to which pressing forces are applied simultaneously, and each of the plurality of cell coordinates being coordinate information that indicates a position within one of the pressed cells to which the pressing forces have been applied, specifying, as at least one candidate cell, at least one of the plurality of pressed cells based on positional relationships among the plurality of cell coordinates included in an adjacency group, and specifying designation coordinates based on cell coordinates, among the plurality of cell coordinates, that indicates a position within the at least one candidate cell. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085235 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An in-cell type liquid crystal display device includes a first unit that detects whether a touch is present, or not, on the basis of a current flowing in a plurality of detection electrodes when a touch panel scanning voltage is applied to counter electrodes of each of M (M≧2) divided blocks, and a second unit that detects noise on the basis of a current flowing in the plurality of detection electrodes, assuming that an (M+1) | 2014-03-27 |
20140085236 | Information Processing Method And Electronic Apparatus - An information processing method and an electronic apparatus are described. The electronic apparatus is provided with a touch sensing unit for acquiring a direction parameter of movement of the sense unit on the touch sensing unit when the sense unit is detected on the touch sensing unit; for acquiring a distance parameter of movement of the sense unit on the touch sensing unit; and generating an operation instruction based on the direction parameter and the distance parameter such that direction information for indicating direction of movement of an operation object on the touch sensing unit and distance information for indicating distance of the movement thereof are included in the operation instruction; and for executing the operation instruction to operate the operation object. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085237 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ZOOM LEVEL - A touch-sensitive device including a touch screen performs a method for adjusting a zoom level of a screen without a repeated zoom-in/out input. A display panel displays a first screen at a first zoom level, and a touch panel detects a zoom-in or a zoom-out from at least one point thereof. A control unit determines whether the detected zoom-in or zoom-out input is held for a predefined first time, and then controls to display a second screen at a second zoom level when the detected zoom-in or zoom-out input is held for the predefined first time. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085238 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided, to move and display an item within an image in response to a user's motion. The image processing apparatus includes: an image processor which processes an image to be displayed; a user input which receives a user's motion; and a controller which displays the image including at least one item and moves the item by a predetermined unit moving distance which corresponds to a moving distance of the motion according to the user's motion, such that the unit moving distance of the item increases as the user's motion becomes farther away from an initial location. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085239 | MULTIMEDIA, MULTIUSER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A table system includes a touch screen integrated in a table top, a computer system in communication with the touch screen, the touch screen being configured to serve as a primary input to the computer and to display multiple active sections at different orientations corresponding to different seating locations on the table top simultaneously, and a secondary screen, located away from the touch screen, in communication with the computer system, the secondary screen being configured to continuously display media files stored on the computer system at a single orientation and to be viewed from the different seating locations simultaneous with use of the touch screen, the touch screen configured to display representations of media files to be displayed on the secondary screen and to serve as selection input for the media files. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085240 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal device includes a display unit that includes a display area in which an image indicating an operation unit is displayed, a detecting unit that detects a touch operation performed on the display unit, and a control unit that changes the image indicating the operation unit displayed on the display unit according to a trajectory of the touch operation detected by the detecting unit. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085241 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING REDUCED PERFORMANCE OF A TOUCH SENSITIVE APPARATUS - A device for processing data from a touch sensitive apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a light transmitting panel with a touch surface and an opposed back surface, an illumination arrangement configured to introduce light into the panel for propagation by internal reflection between the touch surface and the back surface, and a light detection arrangement configured to receive the light after propagation in the panel. A processor unit in the device obtains a monitored signal which is functionally dependent on transmitted light detected by the light detection arrangement; reconstructs, based on the monitored signal, a two-dimensional attenuation field representing an attenuation of the transmitted light on the touch surface; calculates an expected monitored signal based on the reconstructed attenuation field; and compares the expected monitored signal with the monitored signal in order to determine a reduced performance of the apparatus. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085242 | IMAGE-DISPLAY-DEVICE DRIVE METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Discharge for detecting the position coordinates of an electronic pen is caused stably, and the position coordinates are detected accurately. For this purpose, in a driving method of an image display device, an image display subfield, a y-coordinate detection subfield, and an x-coordinate detection subfield are set in one field. In the y-coordinate detection subfield, a y-coordinate detection voltage of positive voltage is applied to data electrodes and y-coordinate detection pulses of negative polarity are sequentially applied to the scan electrodes. In the x-coordinate detection subfield, an x-coordinate detection voltage of negative voltage is applied to scan electrodes and x-coordinate detection pulses of positive polarity are sequentially applied to data electrodes. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085243 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device capable of applying an appropriate driving signal to a piezoelectric element is provided. The electronic device | 2014-03-27 |
20140085244 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device includes a control unit | 2014-03-27 |
20140085245 | DISPLAY INTEGRATED CAMERA ARRAY - Motions or gestures can provide input to an electronic device by capturing images of a feature used to provide the motions or gestures, then analyzing the images. Conventional cameras have a limited field of view, creating a “dead zone” near the device that is outside the field of view. Various embodiments utilize an array of detectors positioned behind a display screen that are configured to operate as a large, low resolution camera. The array can resolve objects within a distance of the device sufficient to cover at least a portion of the dead zone. In some embodiments the device can include one or more infrared (IR) emitters to emit IR light that can be reflected by an object in the dead zone and detected by the detectors. The use of multiple emitters at different locations enables at least some depth information to be determined from the array images. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085246 | SELF CAPACITANCE IMPLEMENTATION METHOD - A circuit for detecting a touch or proximity event on a touch input device is provided. The circuit is able to mitigate the effects that parasitic capacitance has on a self-capacitance touch sensor panel by injecting a signal into the sensing circuitry. The signal is adjusted until it calibrates the circuitry for the effects that parasitic capacitance imparts on the detection of touch or proximity events on a touch sensor panel. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085247 | Force Sensing Using Dual-Layer Cover Glass with Gel Adhesive and Capacitive Sensing - A touch device including a force sensor disposed between capacitive sensing structures, so both touch and force sensing occur capacitively using device drivers in rows and columns. A dual-layer cover glass, with gel adhesive separating first and second CG layers, so capacitive sensing between the first and second CG layers can determine both touch locations and applied force. The first and second CG layers include a compressible material having a Poisson's ratio of less than approximately 0.48, the force sensor being embedded therein, or disposed between the first and second CG layers. Applied force is detected using capacitive detection of depression of the first CG layer. Depression is responsive to compressible features smaller than optical wavelengths, so those features are substantially invisible to users. Alternatively, the compressible features may be large enough to be seen by a user, but made substantially invisible through the use of a fluid or other element filling spaces between the features. Such a fluid may have an index of refraction equal to, or nearly equal to, the index of refraction of the compressible features. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085248 | DOUBLE HEAD STYLUS HAVING LIGHT POINTER - A double head stylus having light pointer includes a tube having a conductive rubber stylus on both ends thereof. A least a conductive portion electrically connected to both the conductive rubber styluses is formed to the tube. Through holding the conductive portion of the tube by hand, both the rubber styluses of the tube are capable of performing capacitive sensing on a capacitive touch panel. One of the conductive rubber styluses has an axial through hole. A light pointer having at least one light source is arranged inside the tube so that the light of the light source will project from the through hole of the conductive rubber stylus as a pointer. A battery and circuit connected between the battery and the light source are arranged inside the tube. A switch serving to control the conductivity between the light source and the battery is arranged to the tube so as to control the operation of the light pointer. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085249 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECOUPLING IMAGE GENERATION RATE FROM REPORTING RATE IN CAPACITIVE SENSING - The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved input device resistance to the effects of errors that may be caused by the motion of detected objects on such input devices, and in particular, to the effect of blurring and/or fragmenting. The devices and methods provide improved resistance to the effects of such errors by decoupling the image generating interval from the reporting interval. Specifically, the devices and methods enable the determination of the reporting rate independently of the period over which images of sensor values are generated. The devices and methods enable independent determination of the reporting rate by facilitating the setting of a second period, where images of sensor values are generated over a first period and the reporting interval is determined to include at least the sum of the first period and the second period. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085250 | PIXEL-ALIGNED GROUND MICRO-WIRE DEVICE - A display device includes a display having an array of pixels, the pixels separated by inter-pixel gaps in at least one dimension. Two or more electrodes are located over the display and extend across at least a portion of the array of pixels. The electrodes are separated by an inter-electrode gap. A ground line is located between the electrodes in the inter-electrode gap and between the pixels in an inter-pixel gap. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085251 | PIXEL-ALIGNED ELECTRODE DEVICE - A display device includes a display having an array of pixels formed on a display layer, the pixels arranged into rows and columns. Two or more electrodes are located over the display layer on an electrode layer different from the display layer and extend across at least a portion of the array of pixels. Each electrode extends exclusively over all of the pixels in a row or column. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085252 | INCREASING THE DYNAMIC RANGE OF AN INTEGRATOR BASED MUTUAL-CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT - In one embodiment, a method includes deactivating an integrator of a mutual-capacitive measurement circuit and configuring the mutual-capacitive measurement circuit according to a first voltage configuration. The first voltage configuration results in a charge on a sensor capacitor and a compensation capacitor when a supply voltage is applied to the mutual-capacitive measurement circuit. The method also includes adjusting a variable reference voltage input of the integrator to a first reference voltage, wherein the first reference voltage is selected to increase an output range of the mutual-capacitive measurement circuit. The method also includes applying the supply voltage to the mutual-capacitive measurement circuit and obtaining a first reference measurement from an analog-digital-converter coupled to an output of the mutual-capacitance measurement circuit. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085253 | Force Sensing Using Dual-Layer Cover Glass with Gel Adhesive and Capacitive Sensing - A touch device including a force sensor disposed between capacitive sensing structures, so both touch and force sensing occur capacitively using device drivers in rows and columns. A dual-layer cover glass, with gel adhesive separating first and second CG layers, so capacitive sensing between the first and second CG layers can determine both touch locations and applied force. The first and second CG layers include a compressible material having a Poisson's ratio of less than approximately 0.48, the force sensor being embedded therein, or disposed between the first and second CG layers. Applied force is detected using capacitive detection of depression of the first CG layer. Depression is responsive to compressible features smaller than optical wavelengths, so those features are substantially invisible to users. Alternatively, the compressible features may be large enough to be seen by a user, but made substantially invisible through the use of a fluid or other element filling spaces between the features. Such a fluid may have an index of refraction equal to, or nearly equal to, the index of refraction of the compressible features. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085254 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TRACKPAD - Trackpad apparatus and computing devices including trackpad apparatus are disclosed. In an example implementation, a trackpad apparatus includes a capacitive touch-sensing pattern disposed on a top surface of the trackpad apparatus and a capacitive pressure-sensing pattern disposed below the capacitive touch-sensing pattern. The trackpad apparatus also includes at least one controller. The at least one controller and the capacitive touch-sensing pattern are collectively configured to detect location-specific reductions in charge coupling in the capacitive touch-sensing pattern resulting from charge being shunted out of the capacitive touch-sensing pattern by one or more electrically conductive objects being placed in electrical contact with the top surface of the trackpad apparatus. In the example trackpad apparatus, the at least one controller and the capacitive pressure-sensing pattern are collectively configured to detect location-specific changes in charge coupling in the capacitive pressure-sensing pattern resulting from pressure being applied to the top surface of the trackpad apparatus. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085255 | TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM, TOUCH INPUT APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND TOUCH INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A non-limiting example game system includes a game apparatus which is connected with a television. Furthermore, there is provided with an input terminal device which functions as an input device for the game apparatus. A game screen is displayed on a screen of the television, and a player draws a locus in accordance with a predetermined course from a start to a goal included in the game screen by performing an input operation using the input terminal device. At this time, an inputting surface of a touch panel provided on the input terminal device is turned toward the television. Accordingly, the locus by a slide operation is depicted on the game screen as if the locus is reflected in a mirror. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085256 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR STRUCTURE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A capacitive touch sensor structure comprises a substrate, a first transmissive electrode, a first wire, a first receiving electrode and a second wire. The first transmissive electrode is disposed on the substrate and has at least one first electrode. The first wire is disposed on the substrate and connects to the first electrode of the first transmissive electrode. The first receiving electrode is disposed on the substrate and has at least one second electrode. The second wire is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction to connect to the first receiving electrode. The first electrode has a plurality of first slits and the second electrode has a plurality of second slits. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085257 | CAPACITIVE STYLUS FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A stylus having a transmit drive circuit configured to transmit a signal to a capacitance sensor via capacitive coupling between the stylus and a capacitive sense array which is coupled to the capacitance sensor, which is configured to synchronize to the stylus, the stylus being configured to act as a timing master. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085258 | CONTROL AND DISPLAY MODULE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - The invention relates to a control and display module for motor vehicles, comprising: a display screen for displaying data; a capacitive touchpad for entering user commands, said touchpad at least partially overlapping the display screen; and a casing in which the display screen and the touchpad are housed, said casing comprising a front frame. The control and display module also comprises a retaining protective film having a thickness of between 0.5 and 1.2 mm, which is attached to the external edges of the front frame of the casing, the touchpad being secured at the rear of said film in a suspended manner. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085259 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE FOR USE BY PORTABLE AND OTHER DEVICES - A method of processing a touch input of a portable terminal includes detecting a hover input, detecting a finger input while receiving the hover input, calculating a distance between positions of the hover input and the finger input, comparing the calculated distance with a predetermined threshold and ignoring or processing the finger input according to a result of the comparison. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085260 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINGER SENSING, RELATED SCREEN APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An embodiment of a method for processing finger-detection data produced by a touch screen includes: computing the area of the finger-data map and extracting the main axes from the finger-data map, computing the lengths and orientations of the main axes, determining from the main axes a major axis having a major-axis orientation, computing a geometrical center and a center of mass of the finger-data map, computing an eccentricity of the finger-data map as a function of the lengths of the main axes outputting the major-axis orientation as indicative of the finger-orientation direction in the plane of the screen, outputting the mutual position of the geometrical center and the center of mass of the finger-data map as indicative of finger-pointing direction along the finger-orientation direction in the plane of the screen, and outputting a combination of the eccentricity and the area of the finger data map as indicative of finger orientation with respect to the plane of the screen. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085261 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a decoration layer and a first touch unit is provided. The decoration layer is disposed on the substrate, wherein the decoration layer has a window, and the location of the decoration layer is defined as a peripheral region. The first touch unit is at least disposed within the window, and the first touch unit has a plurality of electrode pairs. The electrode pairs are disposed on the substrate. Each of the electrode pairs includes a driving electrode and a sensing electrode. The driving electrode and the sensing electrode are separated by a distance, and the distance is between 300 micrometers and 900 micrometers. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085262 | IN-CELL CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH CONTACT DETECTING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method and system for detecting at ouch contact on an in-cell capacitive touch screen includes, based on the different gray scale pictures displayed by the in-cell capacitive touch screen in a non-touch state as well as a distribution of the intersections of rows and columns of the in-cell capacitive touch screen, obtaining noise values corresponding to different gray scales for each intersection, obtaining a theoretical noise value for each intersection under a condition of a current picture, and, for each intersection, compensating a detected signal with the theoretical noise value in the current picture to locate a position of the touch contact. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085263 | Capacitive Touch Sensors - A touch data set is acquired via signals from each sensing node in a capacitive sensor array having a plurality of sensing nodes. Touch presence and location on the capacitive sensor array is determined from the touch data set. In subsequent sampling periods while presence of a touch continues to be detected, touch data sets may be acquired from respective subsets of the sensing nodes, each subset being located at and adjacent to the touch location determined in the preceding sampling period. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085264 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM, OPTICAL SENSING MODULE, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an optical touch panel system, an optical sensing module, and an operation method using for the same system. The system recognizes a track of an object moving on or above a touch control surface to determine a corresponding gesture function; it includes a touch control surface, at least one image sensor, and a processor. The touch control surface includes at least two touch control areas. The image sensor captures a plurality of continuous pictures including the images of the objects. The processer determines which touch control area the object is moving on or above according to a starting position or a path of the track, and executes a gesture function corresponding to the track and the touch control area. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085265 | Directional Light Sensors - A directional light sensor may be provided having an array of beam steering elements and an array of corresponding light sensors. Each beam steering element may be configured to direct light from a given angle onto a particular light sensor so that the angular distribution of light may be mapped onto a planar grid of light sensors. Each beam steering element may be formed using holographic, refractive, diffusive or other structures for redirecting a beam of light. An electronic device may be provided having a directional light sensor. The directional light sensor in the electronic device may provide ambient light data or user input data to the electronic device. A test system may be provided having a directional light sensor for gathering ambient light data during testing and manufacturing of an electronic device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085266 | TOUCH SYSTEM INCLUDING OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PEN, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTERFERENCE OPTICAL SIGNAL IN TOUCH SYSTEM - A touch system including an optical touch panel and a touch pen, and a method of controlling an interference optical signal in the touch system. The optical touch panel device includes: a pattern analyzer detecting a pattern of an optical signal by scanning an optical touch panel, and comparing a detected pattern with patterns designated to button functions of a touch pen; a touch location detector recognizing a detected location of the optical signal as a touch location, if the detected pattern corresponds to a first pattern designated to a button function; an interference controller determining the optical signal as an interference signal, if a detected region of the optical signal exceeds a critical range; and a wireless transmitter outputting a control signal to the touch pen so that the touch pen may change the first pattern designated to the button function to a second pattern. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085267 | HYBRID TOUCH PANEL, HYBRID TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE HYBRID TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a sensing unit having a first sub sensing unit configured to output a first sensing current in response to a voltage of a first gate line and configured to reset in response to a voltage of a second gate line the first sensing current corresponding to a first touch type, and a second sub sensing unit configured to output a second sensing current in response to a voltage of a third gate line and configured to reset in response to a voltage of a fourth gate line, the second sensing current corresponding to a second touch type which is different than the first touch type, a display unit configured to generate an image voltage corresponding to image data to be displayed, in response to at least one of the voltages of the first to fourth gate lines and liquid crystal. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085268 | MULTI-TOUCH POSITIONING METHOD AND MULTI-TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention relates to a multi-touch positioning method and a multi-touch screen. The multi-touch positioning method comprising: emitting, by a first infrared ray generator set at a first angle of a display panel, infrared rays at a first wavelength; emitting, by a second infrared ray generator set at a second angle, infrared rays at a second wavelength; receiving the infrared rays of the first wavelength and generating a first infrared ray image by a first infrared ray image sensor set at an opposite angle of the first angle; receiving the infrared rays of the second wavelength and generating a second infrared ray image by a second infrared ray image sensor set at an opposite angle of the second angle; and performing processings for the first infrared ray image and the second infrared ray image to determine at least one touch point. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085269 | Electronic Equipment With Status Indicators - Electronic equipment such as a computer tablet stylus, computing equipment, or other electronic devices may be provided with status indicators. A status indicator may be formed from a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a pair of polarizers. Electrode structures may be used to apply electric fields to the liquid crystal material to place the status indicator in an opaque state or a transparent state. A colored structure or other structure may be placed under the liquid crystal material to allow the status indicator to change between a dark or diffuse to colored appearance. The status indicator may be provided in the shape of a ring that extends around the perimeter of a cylindrical stylus. Multiple status indicators may be grouped in a cluster to serve as an analog gauge. Light guide structures and light sources may provide illumination for the status indicators. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085270 | POSITION POINTER AND ELECTRONIC INK CARTRIDGE - An electronic ink cartridge is provided, which improves the mass productivity of a position pointer and which ensures reliability of a characteristic of a pressure sensor to detect writing pressure. The electronic ink cartridge includes a core member provided so as to extend outwardly from a distal end portion of a tubular member in a direction of a center axis of the tubular member, a pressure sensor accommodated in a hollow portion of the tubular member to sense pressure applied to the core member, a connection member provided fixedly on the tubular member to interpose the pressure sensor between the connection member and the core member along the direction of the center axis of the tubular member, and a connection terminal, which is formed on a proximal end face of the connection member and from which an electric characteristic corresponding to the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor is extracted. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085271 | SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL USING MAGNETIC FIELD, USER TERMINAL COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided is a system for controlling a user terminal, comprising a sensing unit to sense a motion of an object in a shape of a rod that can be held between fingers of a user, and a control unit to generate a control command for controlling the user terminal based on a motion pattern of the object sensed by the sensing unit, wherein the motion is a spinning motion of the object. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085272 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A projector system including input pens, the projector system being capable of preventing a user from forgetting to return the input pen to a predetermined place after using the input pen is provided. When the projector system receives power-off operation during an operation, if at least one of the input pens is not stored in a pen housing unit, a warning message is projected by an image projecting unit. If all the input pens are housed in the pen housing unit, a power supply for the projector system is turned off. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085273 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LINK OVER-TRAINING - A method and device of over training a connection is provided. Noise is intentionally supplied and added to a signal that is subjected to a link training operation. The link training operation is used to obtain a link between a source device and a receiving device. The device includes a noise source from which noise is obtained and added to a signal to aid in link over-training. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085274 | DISPLAY DEVICES AND DISPLAY ADDRESSING METHODS UTILIZING VARIABLE ROW LOADING TIMES - An apparatus includes an array of pixels formed on a substrate, a set of data drivers, and a controller. The set of data drivers is configured to output data signals to the pixels. The data signals are representative of subsequent states of each respective pixel. The controller is configured to allocate a first period of time and a second period of time for the data drivers. The first period of time is used to load data into the first set of the pixels, which are located within a first distance from the data drivers. The second period of time is used to load data into a second set of pixels, which are located at distance from the data drivers that is greater than the first distance. The second period of time is longer than the first period of time. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085275 | Refresh Rate Matching for Displays - In a graphics system, pixels may be provided to a graphics display at a pixel clock rate corresponding to an actual refresh rate nearest to and lower than a desired/target refresh rate. A number of additional pixels may be provided with the pixels for each image frame. The number is based at least on the actual refresh rate, target refresh rate, and a pixel-resolution of the image frame, such that providing pixels of an image frame and the number of additional pixels for each image frame at the pixel clock rate results in an effective refresh rate matching the target refresh rate. The additional pixels may be provided by adding one or more pixels at the end of each horizontal line of the image frame, or by adding an extra partial line in the vertical blanking interval. The additional pixels are not displayed and do not adversely affect normal operation. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085276 | DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD AND INTEGRATED DRIVING APPRATUS THEREOF - A driving method of a display device includes: determining each of a plurality of pixel rows of the display device as one of a motion picture display pixel row and a still image display pixel row by comparing image data of each of the pixel rows in a current frame and in a previous frame; and driving the motion picture display pixel row with a motion picture frequency and driving the still image display pixel row with a still image display frequency, which is lower than or equal to the motion picture frequency, where a plurality of still image display pixel rows are driven with at least two still image display frequencies. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085277 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DRIVING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A method for driving an information processing device which is adaptable to a wider variety of input methods is provided. The coordinates of an operating body at a starting point in the XYZ space and the coordinates of the operating body at an ending point in the XYZ space after a certain period of time are obtained, and the Z coordinate at the ending point and the movement distance on the X-Y plane in the certain period of time are calculated. Then, a signal is output only in the case where both the distance from an operating surface to the operating body in the vertical direction and the movement distance in the horizontal direction exceed the respective threshold values. In this manner, input operation can be performed by a three-dimensional motion, which includes movement of the operating body in the vertical direction as well as in the horizontal direction. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085278 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to reduce the number of components forming a display device, a control IC | 2014-03-27 |
20140085279 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Data signal lines, scanning signal lines, and pixels are formed in each of first and second regions of a liquid crystal panel, and the first half of a current frame and the second half of the current frame are written to the first and second regions, respectively. A data signal with polarity inverted for each vertical scanning period is supplied to each data signal line. A scanning direction of the first region is identical to a scanning direction of the second region and the first and second regions are arranged to line up in this order in the scanning direction. In the first and second regions, the potential of the data signal is corrected according to a distance from a scanning start end portion. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085280 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A timing controller ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085281 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING FLEXIBLE FILM CABLE - A display device includes a display panel including a pixel array including data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, and pixels arranged in a matrix form, a source driver integrated circuit (IC) for supplying a data voltage to the data lines, a gate driver IC for supplying a gate pulse to the gate lines, and a first flexible film cable bonded to a substrate of the display panel. The first flexible film cable includes lines for transmitting gate timing control signals and gate driving powers received from a printed circuit board to the gate driver IC. The first flexible film cable has a thickness of about 20 μm to 100 μm. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085282 | SEE-THROUGH OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING - Systems and methods for performing optical image processing via a transparent display are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises determining a position of incident light on a see-through display device, determining a direction of the incident light relative to the see-through display device, and modulating, with the see-through display device, a transmission of the incident light through the see-through display device based on the determined position and determined direction of the incident light. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085283 | Gate Driving Circuit And Display - A gate driving circuit and a display, the gate driving circuit comprises a plurality of shift register connected in cascade. The shift register comprises: a signal outputting circuit ( | 2014-03-27 |
20140085284 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display apparatus includes a power circuit and a pixel. The power circuit serves to provide a first voltage. The pixel includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a capacitor, and an OLED. During a programming period, a first terminal of the capacitor receives a data voltage through the turned-on first transistor, a first terminal of the second transistor receives the first voltage, a control terminal of the second transistor is coupled to a second terminal of the capacitor and coupled to a second terminal of the second transistor through the turned-on third transistor, and the power circuit regulates a voltage level or a current of the first voltage to accelerate a voltage level of the control terminal of the second transistor to reach a target voltage. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085285 | GATE SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a gate shift register includes a plurality of stages cascade-connected to each other. An nth one of the stages includes: a pull-up transistor that outputs any one of gate shift clocks as an nth scan pulse of a gate high voltage in accordance with the potential of a Q node; a pull-down transistor that is connected to the pull-up transistor through an output node, and outputs a low-potential voltage as an nth scan pulse of a gate low voltage in accordance with the potential of a QB node; and a switching circuit that charges and discharges the Q node and the QB node, respectively, or vice versa in response to a set signal and a reset signal, wherein an adaptively adjusted variable high-potential voltage is applied to the QB node to correspond to a shift in the threshold voltage of the pull-down transistor. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085286 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD apparatus has a first scan line transmitting a first scan signal, a second scan line transmitting a second scan signal, a data line intersecting the first and second scan lines, a switch element electrically coupled to the first scan line and the data line, a pixel electrode electrically coupled to the switch element, a coupling capacitance electrically coupled to the pixel electrode and the second scan line. The second scan line has three different voltage levels. When the first scan line enables the switch element, the pixel electrode receives a data signal through the data line. When the second scan signal switches to the third voltage level from the second voltage level, the pixel electrode is negative polarity, and when the second scan signal switches to the second voltage level from the third voltage level, the pixel electrode is positive polarity. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085287 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER TO DRIVE PIXELS OF A DISPLAY - The present disclosure relates to various techniques, systems, devices, and methods for driving high resolution monitors while reducing artifacts thereon. Data may be stored on pixels of a display such that a first half of the pixels of the display (e.g., arranged in a checkerboard fashion) have data of a first polarity stored on them during a first half of a frame, then a second half of the pixels of the display have data of a second polarity stored on them during a second half of the frame. In such an arrangement, the polarity used to provide data to the pixels may be switched only one time during each frame. The data provided to drive the second half of pixels may be inverted relative to the first half of pixels. The display may use the dot inversion method to provide overall good image quality, yet operate with reduced power consumption. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085288 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel including a gate line, a data line, and a pixel connected to the gate line and the data line, a signal controller generating control signals for driving the display panel including a data load timing signal, a gate driver applying a gate voltage to the gate line, and a data driver applying a data voltage to the data line according to the data load timing signal received from the signal controller, wherein the data load timing signal includes a first load signal pulse and a different second load signal pulse, and where a width of the second load signal pulse is larger than a width of the first load signal pulse. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085289 | Circuit For Eliminating Shutdown Afterimages of A Display Device - The invention relates to a field of display technique. There is disclosed a circuit for eliminating shutdown afterimages of a display. By designing a circuit capable of generating voltages for tuning on TFTs in a time-division way, it is realized that when the display screen shuts down, not only the significant discontinuous differences of pictures are ensured to be not perceived by human eyes so as to eliminate the shutdown afterimages, but also such a problem can be avoided that the circuitry in the panel is burned out by the overlarge instantaneous current caused by the simultaneous turning on of all the TFTs at the moment of shutdown. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085290 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display and method for driving the same are discussed. The organic light emitting display according to an embodiment includes a panel, drivers, and a short circuit detector. The short circuit detector forms a closed loop with a signal line, transmits input pulses through one end of the signal line and receives output pulses fed back through the other end of the signal line compares the input pulses and the output pulses. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085291 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A power supply IC adjusts the frequency of a clock signal outputted from an EXT terminal such that the voltage inputted into a VFB terminal turns to a desired voltage. The power supply IC outputs a clock signal when the control signal inputted into the OE terminal is turned on. The control unit turns on the control signal only in a period that has a time length obtained by adding a slight allowance time to the period required for completion of pixel charge and turns off the control signal upon lapse of the time length. Thus, the power supply circuit outputs an analog voltage only in an initial part in one horizontal period and outputs no analog voltage in the remaining part of the one horizontal period. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085292 | TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE DEPTH-BASED TYPEFACE IN DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - An apparatus may include a processor circuit and a three-dimensional (3-D) typeface module that is operative on the processor circuit to provide a choice of one or more 3-D typefaces in a graphical user interface displayed on a digital display. The 3-D typeface component may be operable to determine that a selection of the 3-D typeface selection has been received and to apply the 3-D typeface to a selected set of characters in a digital document that includes editable text. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085293 | METHOD OF CREATING AVATAR FROM USER SUBMITTED IMAGE - One example embodiment includes a method for creating an avatar from an image. The method includes receiving an image including a face from a user. The method also includes constructing a 3D model of the face from the image. The method further includes animating the 3D model. The method additionally includes attaching the 3D model to an animated character. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085294 | GENERATING JUST NOTICEABLE DEPTH DIFFERENCE (JNDD) MODEL OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING DEPTH IMAGE USING JNDD MODEL - A method for generating a just noticeable depth difference (JNDD) model including controlling a real size of an object to maintain a perceived size of the object for a plurality of depth testing levels, measuring a JNDD of a three-dimensional (3D) display for the plurality of depth testing levels by increasing or decreasing the real size of the object, and generating a JNDD model of the 3D display based on the measurement result. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085295 | DIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING METHOD AND SYSTEM - There is provided a method for mapping a panoramic image to a 3-D virtual object of which a projection is made for display on a screen. The method includes: providing the panoramic image in a memory, the panoramic image being defined by a set of pixels in a 2-dimensional space; providing a model of the object, the model having a set of vertices in a 3-dimensional space; selecting a vertex on the model, the selected vertex being characterized by a set of angular coordinates; applying a transformation to the angular coordinates to obtain a set of polar coordinates; identifying a pixel whose position in the panoramic image is defined by the polar coordinates; and storing in memory an association between the selected vertex on the model and a value of the identified pixel. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085296 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE - An apparatus and method for processing a multi-view image are provided. The multi-view image processing apparatus includes a blur strength determination unit to determine blur strengths of view images constituting a multi-view image, based on views of the view images and disparity information of the view images, and a blur effect application unit to apply a blur effect to the view images according to the blur strengths of the view images. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085297 | PLACEMENT OF INFORMATION FIELDS WHEN DISPLAYING A DIGITAL MEDICAL DATASET - A method is disclosed for displaying a digital medical image dataset. In an embodiment of the method, when a new set of diagnostic findings is generated, an associated new information field is also generated. A number of possible positions are determined for the new information field. Each of the positions is assigned an evaluation metric in accordance with a number of predefined criteria. The new information field is in this case arranged at that position having the best evaluation metric. Each existing information field that overlaps with the new information field is shifted until the existing information field is arranged free of overlap with the new information field. Other existing information fields that overlap with previously shifted information fields are shifted until all of the information fields are arranged free of overlap with one another. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085298 | MIXED REALITY SPACE IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS - A mixed reality space image providing apparatus configured to provide a user with a mixed reality space image in which a virtual object image is superimposed on a real space image is provided includes a selection unit configured to select simulation processing from among a plurality of types of simulation processing based on an instruction from the user, a simulation processing unit configured to perform the simulation processing selected by the selection unit with respect to the virtual object image, and a providing unit configured to generate a mixed reality space image by superimposing the simulation-processed virtual object image on the real space image and to provide the generated mixed reality space image to the user. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085299 | DISPLAYING UNDERDEFINED FREEDOMS IN A PARTLY-CONSTRAINED GEOMETRY MODEL USING A HANDHELD DEVICE - Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a model including a plurality of geometries, at least one of the geometries being underdefined. The method includes displaying the model and detecting motion using a motion-sensing device. The method includes perturbing at least one of the underdefined geometries in response to the detected motion and according to an unconstrained freedom of that geometry. The method includes displaying the model while perturbing the at least one of the underdefined geometries. The method can be performed by a handheld device. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085300 | Stochastic Depth Buffer Compression Using Generalized Plane Encoding - Unlike a static primitive, where the depth function is planar, the depth function for a moving and defocused triangle is a rational function in time and the lens parameters. Compact depth functions can be used to design an efficient depth buffer compressor/decompressor, which significantly lowers total depth buffer bandwidth usage. In addition, this compressor/decompressor is substantially simpler in the number of operations needed to execute, which makes it more amenable for hardware implementation than previous methods. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085301 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image generation apparatus that renders a target pixel in a target scene by using Z-buffering, comprising: a unit that calculates a statistical value indicating distribution characteristics of Z depth values in a predetermined scene; a unit that, by using the statistical value, converts a Z depth value for the target pixel into a converted Z depth value; a unit that generates a first Z depth value for the target pixel by using the converted Z depth value and generates a second Z depth value for the target pixel by using the converted Z depth value or the Z depth value for the target pixel; and a unit that performs a first comparison using the first Z depth value as one comparison subject and, only when the first comparison cannot be successfully performed, performs a second comparison using the second Z depth value as one comparison subject. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085302 | TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENT GPU TRIANGLE LIST ADJACENCY DETECTION AND HANDLING - An apparatus may include a memory to store a set of triangle vertices in a triangle, a processor circuit coupled to the memory and a cache to cache a set of triangle vertex indices corresponding to triangle vertices most recently transmitted through a graphics pipeline. The apparatus may also include an autostrip vertex processing component operative on the processor circuit to receive from the memory the set of triangle vertices, compare an index for each vertex of the set of triangle vertices to determine matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices, and shift a single vertex index into the cache, the single vertex index corresponding to a vertex miss in which a given vertex of the set of triangle vertices does not match any vertex index of the set of cached triangle vertex indices when exactly two matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices are found. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085303 | SPLITTING OF ELLIPTICAL IMAGES - A method of splitting of elliptical images performed by a processor is provided. The method includes: receiving an image whose pixels span a range along each of two orthogonal axes; segmenting the image into indexed sub-images; storing the sub-images as texture maps; responding to a request for a value of a texture element having S | 2014-03-27 |
20140085304 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING DISTORTION BY LIPIDS FROM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE - A method of removing distortion by lipids from an MR image includes obtaining an MR image including voxels, obtaining data of the voxels from the obtained MR image, estimating a lipid-related spectrum by using the obtained data, and removing the estimated lipid-related spectrum from the obtained data. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085305 | Slice Representation of Volume Data - Slice representation of a volume with the aid of volume data is provided. A selection of a slice orientation for slice representation of volume data is made. A slice is then determined in accordance with the selected orientation. A relief representation is calculated for this slice and used as a relief for the representation of the at least one slice. A vivid representation of slice information is provided. | 2014-03-27 |
20140085306 | Visualization of a Collection of Orders - Systems and methods may provide tools for uniformly visualizing a series of one or more orders, wherein orders of vastly different prices, order types, and order assets may be comingled on the same display screen. Such a collection of tools may be sorted for display. The displays may be buy/sell independent, handle any size bid/ask spread, and allow easy determination of the relative marketability of each order. Such systems and methods may help a user to focus on orders requiring the most attention. | 2014-03-27 |