15th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130088422 | INPUT APPARATUS AND INPUT RECOGNITION METHOD - Provided is an input apparatus, including: an infrared camera; an image capture unit configured to sequentially capture a plurality of temperature distribution images photographed at predetermined time intervals by the infrared camera; and an input recognition unit configured to detect, from among the plurality of temperature distribution images captured by the image capture unit, pairs of skin temperature image portions each corresponding to a temperature of skin of a person, recognize, from among the pairs of skin temperature image portions thus detected, pairs of skin temperature image portions as pairs of detection target images, from among which motions are observed, and recognize an operation input based on states of the motions of the pairs of detection target images. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088423 | KEY INPUT APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A key input apparatus and a portable terminal having the key input apparatus are provided. The key input apparatus includes a main board, a display having flexibility and elasticity and at least one pressing switch placed between the main board and the display. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088424 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIRTUAL WORLDS - A device and method for processing virtual worlds. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, information which is measured from the real world using characteristics of a sensor is transferred to a virtual world, to thereby implement an interaction between the real world and the virtual world. The disclosed device and method for processing virtual worlds involve selectively transferring information, from among the measured information, which is different from previously measured information. The disclosed device and method for processing virtual worlds involve transferring the entire measured information in the event that the measured information is significantly different from the previously measured information and for selectively transferring information, from among the measured information, which is different from the measured information in the event that the difference is not significant. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN INPUT POSITION WITH DISPLAY PATTERN RECOGNITION - An apparatus and method are provided for detecting an input position using display pattern recognition. The apparatus includes an effective pattern area extractor for receiving an image of a display screen captured by a camera and extracting an effective pattern area for pattern recognition from the captured image of the display screen; a pattern recognizer for detecting subpixels included in the effective pattern area and identifying a plurality of holes included in each of the subpixels; and a display coordinate calculator for detecting an input position based on points at which the plurality of holes included in the each of the subpixels are formed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088426 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE, GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a gesture recognition device that recognizes a gesture of shielding the front side of the imaging sensor, the gesture recognition device including a first detection unit that detects a change in a captured image between a state in which a front side of an imaging sensor is not shielded and a state in which the front side of the imaging sensor is shielded, and a second detection unit that detects a region in which a gradient of a luminance value of the captured image is less than a threshold value in the captured image in the state in which the front side of the imaging sensor is shielded. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088427 | MULTIPLE INPUT AREAS FOR PEN-BASED COMPUTING - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a pen-based computing system and method using multiple input areas. According to one embodiment, the system includes a mobile computing device having a display, and a pen input device configured to transmit a signal for determining a position of the pen device relative to the mobile computing device. A plurality of input areas are designated around the entire outer periphery of the display and the mobile computing device such that the presence or movement of the pen input device within any one of the plurality of input areas corresponds to an input operation on the mobile computing device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088428 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus and a display control method are disclosed. The display control apparatus comprises a recognition circuit and a mapping circuit. The recognition circuit recognizes a head position and a control point position of an operator. The mapping circuit dynamically adjusts the operating boundary according to the head position, the control point position and a display boundary, and calculates the cursor position on a display according to the control point position, the operating boundary and the display boundary, wherein the cursor position remains on a imagine line passing through the head position and the control point position. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088429 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING USER INPUT - An apparatus includes an image sensor to obtain optical image information, a control unit to generate input recognition information based on the optical image information, and to determine a user input based on the input recognition information, and a display unit to display control information corresponding to the user input. A method for recognizing a user input includes obtaining optical image information, generating input recognition information based on the optical image information, the input recognition information including a region corresponding to an input object, and determining a user input based on the input recognition information. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088430 | ULTRA THIN LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE - Disclosed is an ultra thin optical scanning device for a portable information device, which includes an LED as a light source and totally reflects light from an object-side surface to form an image, thereby increasing a contrast ratio of the image and improving the resolution thereof. The ultra thin optical scanning device includes a light emitting device that emits light for sensing an object, an object-side surface contacting the object and totally reflecting the light emitted from the light emitting device, an image formation part collecting the light totally reflected by the object-side surface, and transmitting the light, and a light receiver part forming an image by using the light transmitted by the image formation part. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088431 | Apparatus Cover with Keyboard - An apparatus including a first section having a display; and a second section movably connected to the first section. The second section forms a cover for the display. The cover has a first portion and a second portion movably connected to the first portion. The first and second portions are configured to cover different portions of a front of the display. The second portion is pivotably connected to the first section by the first portion. The second portion has a keyboard thereon. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088432 | ALPHABET INPUT DEVICE AND ALPHABET RECOGNITION SYSTEM IN SMALL-SIZED KEYPAD - Disclosed herein are an alphabet input device and an alphabet recognition system in a small-sized keypad. The device includes: a first keypad part comprising a plurality of buttons each of which is assigned with a symbol extracted from strokes of alphabet characters so that the alphabet characters be input by one of the buttons or a combination of two or more of the buttons; and a second keypad part comprising one or more buttons each assigned with an alphabet character having a high usage frequency. With the device, alphabet characters can be inputted in a simpler and more efficient manner. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088433 | Curved Key Input Form Factors of Handheld Devices - Handheld devices are described herein with display portions and with key input portions having curved form factors. The key input portions have form factors that are concave or convex with respect to a plane formed by two edges of a surface of the display portion. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088434 | ACCESSORY TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE WITH AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for determining positional data associated with a hand or a finger that interacts with a touch panel device. In some embodiments, a method includes determining, with respect to a touch panel device, positional data associated with a user's first hand that interacts with the touch panel device. Additionally, the method includes creating an image of the user's first hand using the positional data. Additionally, the method includes transmitting the image of the user's first hand to a display device. Additionally, the method includes presenting the image of the user's hand on the display device. Additionally, the method includes identifying a finger of the user's first hand based at least partially on the determining, with respect to a touch panel device, positional data associated with a user's first hand that interacts with the touch panel device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088435 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A method for operating a touch screen display for a cartographic device is described. The method includes sensing a touch on the touch screen display of the cartographic device, the cartographic device operable to display a map, causing at least one toolbar to be displayed at an edge of the touch screen display in response to the sensed touch, sensing a finger movement along one of the displayed toolbars on the touch screen display, and changing a configuration of the displayed map based on the sensed finger movement. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088436 | LIGHT EMITTING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND TOUCH PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A manufacturing method of light emitting units is shown below. First step is providing a substrate with multi circuit areas. A light emitting diode is mounted on the circuit area respectively. Next step is forming a package structure to cover the light emitting diode. Next step is dicing the package structure to form a biconic package structure. The package structure is diced twice in two directions, respectively. As above-mentioned, the light emitting unit has asymmetric light radiation pattern. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088437 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A panel screen and a backside operation side | 2013-04-11 |
20130088438 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR HAPTIC/TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method and an electronic device for tactile feedback are provided. The method includes: controlling a display panel to display an electronic book; controlling a haptic/tactile actuator to generate haptic/tactile feedback to express a texture of paper of the electronic book; detecting a drag input on a touch panel when the electronic book is displayed, the drag input including a plurality of touch points for page flipping of the electronic book; and controlling the haptic/tactile actuator to adjust the strength of the haptic/tactile feedback to express page flipping of the electronic book. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088439 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH HAPTIC/TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method for a virtual keyboard is provided. A touch panel is controlled to detect multiple finger touch points. In response to the finger touch points, a display panel is controlled to display the virtual keyboard, wherein shape and size of the virtual keyboard are determined according to at least coordinates and touch areas of the finger touch points. A haptic/tactile actuator is controlled to generate haptic/tactile feedback to express a border around each key of the virtual keyboard. The haptic/tactile actuator is controlled to generate haptic/tactile feedback in response to a press upon a key of the virtual keyboard. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088440 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING HAPTIC INTERFACE - The present disclosure provides a method and device for controlling a haptic interface, which can maintain stability and enhance transparency by restricting force caused by unnecessary energy generated in the sample and hold processes while controlling the haptic interface. The method includes detecting a physical parameter based on driving of the haptic interface; calculating a reaction to be sent from a virtual environment to the haptic interface according to the physical parameter; calculating a bounding parameter satisfying a condition that a haptic system is passive, using the physical parameter and the reaction; adjusting the bounding parameter to be within a preset range; calculating force to be output to the haptic interface according to the adjusted bounding parameter; and applying the calculated force to the haptic interface. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088441 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus including a first projecting screen and a projection apparatus is provided. The first projecting screen has a first curved surface. The first curved surface is capable of receiving a touch input instruction and has at least one tactile sense identify region. A sense of touch of the tactile sense identify region is different from a sense of touch of the other regions of the first curved surface. The projection apparatus is capable of projecting a projecting beam toward the first curved surface so as to form an image. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088442 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit including a touch screen; a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input pattern on the display unit when the display unit is in a lock mode and displaying a lock screen; and a controller configured to detect at least a first code from the touch input pattern, said first code corresponding to at least a first portion of the touch input pattern, change the lock screen into a first screen on the display unit that is preset based on the detected first code, and release the lock mode with the first screen displayed when the sensing unit no longer senses the touch input pattern on the display unit. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088443 | TOUCH PANEL AND MOBILE DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A touch panel and a mobile device with the panel are provided. The mobile device includes a display panel for displaying a video via light, and a touch panel, installed to the display panel, for passing through the light and sensing touches. The touch panel includes an electrode plate on which a plurality of electrodes are arrayed, a plurality of connection patterns that extend from the plurality of the electrodes in the same direction in the electrode plate, and a main board for sensing touches via at least one of the plurality of the electrodes, the main board connecting to the connection patterns in the same direction. The connection patterns extend from the plurality of the electrodes in the same direction in the electrode plate, and this configuration can minimize a Block Area (BA) in the touch panel and the electrode plate, while maximizing a Transmission Area (TA). | 2013-04-11 |
20130088444 | METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a touch display panel includes sequentially providing gate signals to a plurality of gate lines, outputting data signals to a plurality of data lines, the data lines being disposed on the first surface and crossing the gate lines, and reading out a first sensing signal through a plurality of sensing lines in response to the gate signals. The gate lines are disposed on a first surface of a base substrate, the touch display panel including the base substrate. The data signals are synchronized with the gate signals. The sensing line is disposed on a second surface of the base substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088445 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCHSCREEN OF A PORTABLE TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a method for controlling a touchscreen of a portable terminal includes detecting a start signal and deactivating an edge region of the touchscreen in response to the start signal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088446 | GALLERY VIDEO PLAYER - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088447 | HINGE OVERTRAVEL IN A DUAL SCREEN HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A handheld communication device includes first and second screen assemblies, each including a screen having an active display area and housing having a rear surface, and a side surface extending between a periphery of the screen and the rear surface of the housing and a hinge connected to the first and second screen assemblies, whereby the hinge has a range of motion of more than 180 degrees. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088448 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel is provided. The touch screen panel includes a first electrode pattern including a plurality of row patterns, each row pattern including a plurality of closed ring-shaped first electrodes disposed in a row, each of the first electrodes having an opening in a central portion thereof; and a second electrode pattern including a plurality of column patterns, each column pattern including a plurality of second electrodes disposed in a column. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088449 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a display for displaying operational information for executing image processing, an operation unit for giving an input instruction in association with a display region appearing on the display, and a controller for controlling the display in accordance with the input instruction on the operation unit. The controller is configured to determine whether an input instruction of a flick operation is given through the operation unit in association with a prescribed display region appearing on the display. If it is determined that the input instruction of the flick operation is given, the controller is configured to enlarge a range of the prescribed display region in which the input instruction is allowed, and to display the enlarged display region on the display. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088450 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPERATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an information processing system capable of increasing the range of variation of a processing executed based on a touch operation. An information processing system such as a portable game device ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130088451 | TILTING TOUCH SCREEN FOR PRINTER AND PRINTER WITH TILTING TOUCH SCREEN - A tilting touch screen for a printer and a printer having such a tilting touch screen are provided. The tilting touch screen may include a touch screen housing, a touch screen located in the touch screen housing, means for pivotally connecting the touch screen housing to a printer housing, the printer housing defining an opening closable by the tilting touch screen, and a controller for controlling the printer in communication with the touch screen. The screen tilts open for direct access to the print mechanisms and paper buckets for service or paper loading, without requiring the removal of any additional covers. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088452 | DEVICE CONTROLLER WITH CONNECTABLE TOUCH USER INTERFACE - In an electronic, context-sensitive controller system for a medical technology device, at least one external input and output device, with a touchscreen user interface, is provided with an adapter module. The medical technology device is operated and/or controlled via a computer-assisted application in order to exchange data with a control module. An interface between the adapter module and the control module is designed to exchange control data for control of the medical technology device via the touchscreen user interface of the external input and output device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088453 | DISPLAY MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes: a terminal body; and a display module mounted to the terminal body, and configured to sense a touch input, wherein the display module comprises: a display device configured to output an image; a first substrate disposed on the display device, and having first patterns which extend to a first direction with crossing the display device; a touch controller configured to process a signal transmitted from the first patterns; and a first signal transmitting unit configured to electrically connect the touch controller and the first patterns to each other, wherein the first signal transmitting unit is configured to cover one or more side surfaces of the display device. Under this configuration, a bezel portion can have a reduced width. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088454 | POINTING TO A DESIRED OBJECT DISPLAYED ON A TOUCHSCREEN - A method, system and computer program product for pointing to an object displayed on a touchscreen, the touchscreen having a display function. The coordinates of a point P, the point P being a position of a fingertip of a user on a surface of the touchscreen, is calculated. A vertical distance R between the surface of the touchscreen and the fingertip is further calculated. Furthermore, the coordinates of a point Q of a line segment OQ is calculated, the line segment OQ extending in the same direction as a line segment OP connecting an origin O on the surface of the touchscreen and the point P, the line segment OQ having a length that is proportional to the vertical distance R. In response to an object being displayed at the coordinates of the point Q, determining that the object has been pointed to. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING FUNCTION IN TOUCH DEVICE - A method for operating a function in a touch device capable of simultaneously changing an option and executing the function based on an input touch event during execution of a function using a function button provided in a certain mode which is executed in a touch device supporting touch based input and an apparatus thereof is provided. The method includes executing a second function associated with option setting according to a touch event input to a function button; and executing a first function allocated to the function button according to an option value set by the second function when the input touch event is released. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088456 | Muti-Touch Interfaces for User Authentication, Partitioning, and External Device Control - Multi-touch interfaces allow user interaction with multiple points of contact to control external devices such as game consoles, authenticate users, partition the interface for multiple users, and so forth. The multi-touch interface may provide graphical representations that are manipulated by users through multiple points of contact to participate in games running on an external game console. Additionally, user authentication may occur through multiple points of contact with the multi-touch interface where each user has a unique contact pattern that includes points of contact, location of points of contact, rhythm of points of contact, and so forth. The graphical representations may be customized based on the authentication of a user, and the multi-touch surface may be partitioned based on the number of users present. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088457 | INTELLIGENT GUI TOUCH CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - An intelligent GUI touch control method and system, the method includes the steps of: generating at least one masking plane according to a GUI, wherein the GUI includes at least one option object, the masking plane has at least one masking block corresponding to the at least one option object, the masking block has a plurality of sub-blocks, and each of the sub-blocks has a weighting coefficient; reading a sensed data array from a touch panel; and performing a weighting operation according to the at least one masking plane and the sensed data array, so as to make each of the at least one option object correspond to at least one weighted value, and determine at least one target object among the at least one option object according to the at least one weighted value. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088458 | TOUCH CONTROL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A touch control module and an electronic device thereof are disclosed. The touch control module includes a panel, a plurality of electrodes, and a control module. The panel is a flexible transparent and material and includes a first surface and a second surface. The plurality of electrodes is disposed on the second surface. When the first surface is touched, the plurality of electrodes is used for sensing at least one capacitance signal individually. The control module electronically connects to the plurality of electrode and is used for receiving at least one capacitance signal to control the electronic device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088459 | Mutual-Capacitance Touch Sensing Device and Electronic System Including the Same - A mutual-capacitance touch sensing device including a touch panel, a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes is provided. The touch panel is substantially parallel to a reference plane. The driving and sensing electrodes are arranged to from a matrix including a plurality of sensing units. Each of the sensing units is associated with at least one driving electrode and at least one sensing electrode. A gap is formed between the at least one driving electrode and the at least one sensing electrodes. A projection length of the gap on the reference plane is longer than a total length of two diagonal lines in each of the sensing units. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088460 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - An optical touch screen apparatus that includes a display pixel including a display cell and a driving transistor, the display cell configured to display an image and the driving transistor configured to turn on or off the display cell, the driving transistor having a double gate structure; and a light-sensing pixel including a light-sensing transistor and a switch transistor, the light-sensing transistor configured to sense incident light and the switch transistor configured to output data from the light-sensing transistor, the switch transistor having the double gate structure, wherein the double gate structure is a structure in which a bottom gate and a top gate are arranged such that a channel layer is disposed therebetween. The top gate may be formed together when forming a transparent electrode in the pixel, and thus even when the top gate is further included, the number of manufacturing processes is not increased. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088461 | VISION-BASED INTERACTIVE PROJECTION SYSTEM - Techniques are provided to improve interaction between a user and a projection system. In some embodiments, an image of a user in front of a display screen is captured. An inference can then be made as to whether a user is touching a display screen based on an analysis of shadows and/or variation of brightness (i.e., intensities) across pixels in the image. For example, it may be inferred that the object is: (1) approaching the screen when a region surrounding a top of the object is characterized by a relatively small brightness variation; (2) hovering near the screen when the brightness variation is large and the region includes a dark extremum (caused by a shadow); and (3) touching the screen when the brightness variation is large and the region includes a light extremum. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE TOUCH DETECTION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for remote touch detection. According to one embodiment, an infrared light source is projected across a front surface of a display via at least one light emitting device. Furthermore, an infrared signal is transmitted in a direction of the front surface of the display via a remote pointing device. A surface target position is then determined based on measurement data caused by disruption of a portion of the infrared light source of the light emitting device by either the infrared signal or a physical touch from a user. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088463 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGE WITH INCREASED IMAGE RECOGNITION RATE - An apparatus and methods for recognizing an image with an increased image recognition rate are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of illuminators for illuminating a surface. The apparatus also includes an image sensor for outputting an image frame obtained by converting an optical image of the surface into an electrical signal. The surface is illuminated one of the plurality of illuminators. The apparatus further includes a switch for selecting any of the plurality of illuminators for illuminating the surface. The apparatus additionally includes a controller for receiving the image frame from the image sensor, determining whether the image frame has a region of reflected light, and controlling the switch to select another of the plurality of illuminators to illuminate the surface when the image frame has the region of reflected light. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088464 | DUAL PEN: MASTER-SLAVE - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088465 | OBJECT ORIENTATION DETECTION WITH A DIGITIZER - A digitizer system includes a stylus comprising a plurality of transmitters for transmitting signals, wherein each of the plurality of transmitters are distanced from one another by a defined distance, a digitizer sensor operable for sensing signals transmitted by the plurality of transmitters, and circuitry associated with the digitizer sensor for tracking a projected location on the digitizer sensor of each of the plurality of transmitters based on the signals sensed, and for tracking a geometric relationship between the projected locations. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088466 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENABLING VIEWER TO PERCEIVE THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A display apparatus enables a viewer to perceive a three-dimensional image. The display apparatus includes a display panel. The display apparatus further includes a display panel driver for providing first image data to the display panel during a first sub-frame and for providing second image data to the display panel during a second sub-frame. The display apparatus further includes a barrier part that includes a plurality of barriers for adjusting presentation of a two-dimensional image displayed on the display panel to enable the viewer to perceive the three-dimensional image, the plurality of barriers including a first barrier and a second barrier neighboring the first barrier. The display apparatus further includes a barrier driver for controlling the barrier part so that the first barrier permits transmission of first light during the first sub-frame and so that the second barrier permits transmission of second light during the second sub-frame. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088467 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The housing of the image display system is given with a rectangular box shape, and contains an optical system for projecting an image on a screen and a control circuit board for controlling the optical system and electrically connected to the first unit one above the other. Therefore, the image display system is compact enough and simply shaped enough for the user to carry it without any inconvenience. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088468 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device in which a decrease in the yield by electrostatic destruction can be prevented is provided. A scan line driver circuit for supplying a signal for selecting a plurality of pixels to a scan line includes a shift register for generating the signal. One conductive film functioning as respective gate electrodes of a plurality of transistors in the shift register is divided into a plurality of conductive films. The divided conductive films are electrically connected to each other by a conductive film which is formed in a layer different from the divided conductive films are formed. The plurality of transistors includes a transistor on an output side of the shift register. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088469 | MICRO-SHUTTER DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device and, more particularly, a micro-shutter display device including: a light source emitting light; a lower substrate having an optical conversion unit performing at least any one of a function of converting back light output from a light source into primary colors corresponding to sub-pixels and a function of reflecting ambient light having a primary color band corresponding to sub-pixels; a micro-shutter opening and closing a path of light output from the optical conversion unit; and a driving circuit supplying a driving signal to a movable unit electrode or a fixed counter electrode, wherein the micro-shutter includes: a shutter micro-structure comprised of a shutter blade blocking light output from the optical conversion unit and a shutter aperture allowing light output from the optical conversion unit to be transmitted therethrough; an elastic element connected to the shutter micro-structure to provide elastic restoring force when the shutter micro-structure structure is driven; a movable unit electrode configured to be connected to the shutter micro-structure; and a fixed counter electrode spaced apart by a certain interval from the movable unit electrode. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088470 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING ADAPTIVE PULSE SHAPING CONTROL MECHANISM - A liquid crystal display having adaptive pulse shaping control mechanism includes a first gate driver for providing a first gate signal based on a first modulation voltage, a second gate driver for providing a second gate signal based on a second modulation voltage, a first pixel array unit for illustrating image according to the first gate signal, a second pixel array unit for illustrating image according to the second gate signal, a timing controller for performing a pulse compare operation over the first and second gate signals so as to generate a first shaping control signal and a second shaping control signal, a first gate pulse modulation unit for providing the first modulation voltage according to the first shaping control signal, and a second gate pulse modulation unit for providing the second modulation voltage according to the second shaping control signal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088471 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The light source device includes a first light source component, a fluorescent component, a first illuminance homogenizer, and a relay optical system. The first light source component emits laser light. The fluorescent component has a phosphor. The phosphor is excited by laser light. The first illuminance homogenizer converts the laser light into laser light showing a spatially uniform light intensity distribution. The first illuminance homogenizer is disposed between the first light source component and the fluorescent component. The relay optical system guides laser light emitted from the first illuminance homogenizer to the fluorescent component. The relay optical system is disposed between the first illuminance homogenizer and the fluorescent component. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088472 | VISUAL DISPLAY CONNECTION CIRCUIT - A connection circuit for a digital visual interface (DVI) includes a platform controller hub (PCH), a DVI, a plurality of voltage dividing resistors, and a switch. The platform controller hub (PCH) includes a plurality of output contacts outputting a plurality of analog signals. The DVI includes a plurality of input contacts, and each input contact is connected to one of the output contacts to transmit the analog signals. The switch has one end connected to the output contacts, and another end grounded. The switch switches on when a power supply is applied to the switch and is switched off when the power supply is not applied to the switch. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088473 | OUTPUT CIRCUIT, DATA DRIVER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An output circuit is capable of supporting a high-speed operation, suppressing power consumption, and controlling its area. The output circuit has a differential input stage, an output amplification stage, and an amplification boost circuit, in which the amplification boost circuit has a differential pair of a second conductivity type and load element pair, and includes a first current source circuit for controlling current supply to an input node of a second current mirror circuit of the differential input stage and boost the charging operation of the output amplification stage according to a voltage difference between input and output voltages, and a second current source circuit for controlling current supply to an output node of a first current mirror circuit of the differential input stage and boost the discharging operation of the output amplification stage. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088474 | LIGHT-EMITTING COMPONENT DRIVING CIRCUIT AND RELATED PIXEL CIRCUIT AND APPLICATIONS USING THE SAME - A pixel circuit related to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is provided, and if a circuit configuration (5T1C) thereof collocates with suitable operation waveforms, a current flowing through an OLED in the OLED pixel circuit is not varied along with a threshold voltage (Vth) shift of a TFT used for driving the OLED. Accordingly, the brightness uniformity of the applied OLED display is substantially improved. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088475 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided a liquid crystal display apparatus capable of preventing image degradation when driving a liquid crystal panel. In the liquid crystal display apparatus, a control unit, when there are more pixels indicating the first gradation than the second gradation, controls the supply state of the pixel voltage simultaneously supplied to the plurality of pixel electrodes to prolong the time period between the timing of changing the supply state of the pixel voltage corresponding to the first gradation and the timing of changing the supply state of the pixel voltage corresponding to the second gradation so as to become longer than that when there are fewer pixels indicating the first gradation than the second gradation. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088476 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention cancels the fluctuation in the potential of the common voltage so that the image quality of the screen displayed on the liquid crystal display panel can be prevented from deteriorating, and thus, a high quality image can be provided, and adopts a common symmetric method, such as a dot inverting method, as the method for driving the liquid crystal display device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088477 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD device and a driving method thereof are provided. The LCD device includes a plurality of data driver ICs, a timing controller, a reference voltage generator, and a PCB. The data driver ICs include a gamma voltage generator which generates a gamma voltage. The timing controller generates an EPI packet for controlling the data driver ICs. The reference voltage generator reduces the driving voltage, and supplies the reduced driving voltage to the data driver IC. The reference voltage generator, the data driver ICs, and the timing controller are mounted on the PCB. A first transmission line which connects the reference voltage generator and the data driver ICs, and a second transmission line which connects the timing controller and the data driver ICs are formed on the PCB. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088478 | DRIVING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A driving device includes an output timing controller which controls an output timing of a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage respectively generated from a first voltage generator and a second voltage generator. A third driving voltage output from the output timing controller is provided to a first data driver and a second data driver, and also provided to a gamma voltage generator to generate a plurality of gamma voltages. Accordingly, a reverse electric potential between the third driving voltage and the gamma voltages is prevented from being generated in the first and second data drivers, therefore, preventing the first and second data drivers from being damaged. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088479 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: an insulation substrate; a plurality of gate lines on the insulation substrate and divided into a first group and a second group; a plurality of data lines insulated from and intersecting the gate lines; a gate driver which applies a gate-on voltage to the gate lines and operates in one of a first mode and a second mode; and a data driver which applies a data voltage to the data lines, where the first group and the second group of the gate lines are applied with the gate-on voltage when the gate driver is in the first mode, and where the first group of the gate lines is applied with the gate-on voltage and the second group of the gate lines is in an off state when the gate driver is in the second mode. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088480 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate driver receiving a low voltage without an appropriate control signal in an initialization step from the time of turn-on of the power of the display device to the time of beginning of normal operation of the display device to previously generate and output a gate clock signal CPV so as to prevent a horizontal line defect from appearing. Thereby, the generated clock signals CKV and CKVB are transmitted to the gate driver such that the gate driver is appropriately controlled and the horizontal line defect is not generated. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088481 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A stereoscopic image display includes a display panel including pixels and a patterned retarder. Each pixel includes a main display unit including a first pixel electrode connected to a data line through a first thin film transistor (TFT) and a first common electrode connected to an upper common line, an auxiliary display unit including a second pixel electrode, which is connected to the data line through a second TFT and is connected to the upper common line through a discharge control TFT, and a second common electrode connected to the upper common line, and a line unit between the main display unit and the auxiliary display unit. The line unit includes a gate line, through which a scan pulse is applied to the first and second TFTs, and a discharge control line, through which a discharge control voltage is applied to the discharge control TFT. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088482 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AN ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY CIRCUIT - A method and system for driving an active matrix display is provided. The system includes a drive circuit for a pixel having a light emitting device. The drive circuit includes a drive transistor for driving the light emitting device. The system includes a mechanism for adjusting the gate voltage of the drive transistor. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088483 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first-stage output circuit adapted to perform output to a first-stage output signal line as an endmost output signal line out of a plurality of output signal lines disposed in parallel to each other, and the first-stage output circuit includes a start signal line to which a start signal for applying a conducting potential sequentially to the plurality of output signal lines is applied, a first clock signal line to which a first clock signal is applied, a second clock signal line to which a second clock signal is applied, a first transistor having a source to which the first-stage output signal line is connected, and a drain to which the first clock signal line is connected, and a second transistor having a gate to which the start signal line is connected. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088484 | DISPLAYING CONTENT ITEMS RELATED TO A SOCIAL NETWORK GROUP - Systems and methods for presenting social content are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving a new content item. The new content item is not associated with a social network group comprising a set of subject members and a set of viewing members. The method also includes determining that the new content item is related to the social network group. The method also includes storing the new content item in association with the social network group. The method also includes providing for display a representation of the new content item and an indication of the social network group. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088485 | Method of storing or transmitting auto-stereoscopic images - A method of preparing a file representing a multi-view image for 3D auto-stereoscopic viewing whereby the individual view images are reduced to a resolution equivalent to that observed for an individual view. The resolution reduction is achieved by selecting the individual sub-pixels that would be remain after applying a mask to full-resolution images. The images are tiled into a single image and compressed for storage or transmission. In order to display the tiled image, a software operation splices together the individual images from the tiled image to produce a rendered image suitable for coupling with a lenticular lense for 3D viewing. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088486 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD PERFORMED IN THE SAME - Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus and a 3D image display method performed in the same. The 3D image display apparatus using a line light source includes a light source substrate formed by disposing a plurality of point light sources on a plane, a lenticular lens sheet spaced a predetermined interval from the light source substrate, a control unit configured to control the plurality of point light sources of the light source substrate to form line light sources spaced a predetermined interval from the lenticular lens sheet, and a display panel spaced a predetermined interval from the line light sources formed by the control unit. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088487 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY WITH PLANAR PASS-THROUGH - A method and system for presenting both autostereoscopic images and planar images in a single display is disclosed. The design comprises processing the planar images received in the form of planar image data. The processing comprises at least one from a group comprising selectively employing bleed-through processing to enhance the planar image data when viewed through a lens sheet comprising slanted lenticules, selectively introducing blurring into the planar image data, and selectively employing anti-alias processing to the planar image data. Certain super pixels may be computed that differ from standard pixels, and lenticules in the data sheet may be slanted at desired angles. The physical lenticules may cause bleed-through that may be processed. Resolution may be computed after processing, and the resolution implemented for display. Mode switching between planar and autostereoscopic imaging may be provided in the form of Metadata or visible flags. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088488 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, TELEVISION SET AND STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES - The invention discloses a method, apparatus and system for adjusting a stereoscopic image, a television set and stereoscopic glasses, wherein the method includes: receiving and displaying, by a display terminal, a three-dimensional stereoscopic image; transmitting, by a distance sensor, a sensing signal and obtaining a sighting distance between the display terminal and a user according to the sensing signal; and adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the sighting distance. In the invention, stereoscopic geometrical distortion can be alleviated or even eliminated to thereby improve real experience feelings of watching the 3D stereoscopic display. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088489 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A VIRTUAL OUTPUT IMAGE FROM DATA OBTAINED BY AN ARRAY OF IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES - In a method and system for providing virtual output images from an array of image capturing devices image data (Ii(s,t), I2(s,t)) is taken from the devices (Ci, C2). This image data is processed by convolving the image data with a function, e.g. the path (S) and thereafter deconvolving them, either after or before summation (SUM), with an inverse point spread function (IPSF) or a filter (HP) equivalent thereto to produce all-focus image data (I | 2013-04-11 |
20130088490 | METHOD FOR EYEWEAR FITTING, RECOMMENDATION, AND CUSTOMIZATION USING COLLISION DETECTION - A system and method is presented for virtually fitting clothing, jewelry, hats, or eyewear frames utilizing 3D scans of a user's face and/or body. The system and method include inputting a 3D scan of a user's face and a 3D model of the item into the software. The 3D image of the item to be fitted is placed on the face or body image resulting from the 3D scan and is iteratively moved until collision is detected between the 3D model of the item and the 3D model of the face or body. A recommendation engine can be used to recommend different items to the user based on the virtual fit. Eyewear frames may be recommended based on testing each model to determine if temple pieces are long enough to get over the ear and if flex is too great or too small. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088491 | 2D ANIMATION FROM A 3D MESH - Two-dimensional (2D) animation may be generated from a three-dimensional (3D) mesh by a machine or device that flattens, textures, and modifies the 3D mesh, which results in distorting the texture of the 3D mesh. The machine or device is configured to access and flatten a 3D mesh of 3D vertices. At least some of the 3D vertices of the flattened 3D mesh are texture mapped with a 2D image. The machine or device generates a first 2D frame of animation by rendering the 3D mesh (e.g., with graphics acceleration hardware), modifies the 3D mesh by repositioning one or more of the 3D vertices, and generates a second 2D frame of animation by rendering the modified 3D mesh (e.g., with graphics acceleration hardware). Accordingly, 2D animation may be generated by distorting the 2D image that is mapped onto at least part of the 3D mesh. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088492 | Portable Globe Creation for a Geographical Information System - Portable globes may be provided for viewing regions of interest in a Geographical Information System (GIS). A method for providing a portable globe for a GIS may include determining one or more selected regions corresponding to a geographical region of a master globe. The method may further include organizing geospatial data from the master globe based on the selected region and creating the portable globe based on the geospatial data. The portable globe may be smaller in data size than the master globe. The method may include transmitting the portable globe to a local device that may render the selected region at a higher resolution than the remainder of the portable globe in the GIS. A system for providing a portable globe may include a selection module, a fusion module and a transmitter. A system for updating a portable globe may include a packet bundler and a globe cutter. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088493 | PROVIDING AN ELLIPSOID HAVING A CHARACTERISTIC BASED ON LOCAL CORRELATION OF ATTRIBUTES - Data records are grouped into clusters according to attributes of the data records to be correlated. At least two of the clusters that satisfy a proximity criterion are merged. At least one ellipsoid is created for presentation in a scatter plot visualization based on the grouping and merging, the ellipsoid including pixels representing multiple corresponding data records. The ellipsoid has a characteristic based on a corresponding local correlation of the attributes of the data records represented by the ellipsoid. The characteristic of the ellipsoid is adjusted based on a direction of the local correlation. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088494 | VISUAL DISPLAY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF USERS AT OR NEAR A LOCATION - A system, apparatus, and method for the visual display of data pertaining to crowd activity is provided, including receiving and storing information pertaining one or more pulses having respective locations. Also, the one or more pulses are displayed at positions corresponding to the respective locations on a mapping application via a display of an electronic device. Visual attributes of the one or more pulses pertain to, and are displayed based on, crowd data for a location or area associated with the pulse. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088495 | STYLE SHEET ANIMATION CREATION TOOL WITH TIMELINE INTERFACE - Techniques are provided for automatically creating style sheet animations including keyframe information. In some embodiments, a style sheet animation creation tool with a timeline-based interface is provided. By interacting with the user-interface, the user can select a point on a timeline for an animation object to add a keyframe to an animation of the animation object. In response to the user's selection of the keyframe time point, the style sheet animation creation tool displays an interactive keyframe indicator on the timeline to indicate the selected time point. With the style sheet animation creation tool, a user can generate a style sheet animation without having to author style sheet language text statements by hand. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088496 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are an electronic device and a control method therefor whereby easily inputted characters or numbers can be converted and used in an application. When characters are inputted via input keys and the inputted characters are determined to match at least part of prescribed characters stored in a memory, a control unit keeps the inputted characters displayed on a display unit while also displaying, on the display unit, prescribed numbers associated with the prescribed characters. Then, with the inputted characters and prescribed numbers displayed on the display unit, if an instruction is given to start up an application related to the inputted characters and prescribed numbers, the control unit starts up said application, inputting either the inputted characters or the prescribed numbers thereto. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088497 | MULTIPOINT OFFSET SAMPLING DEFORMATION - A skin deformation system for use in computer animation is disclosed. The skin deformation system accesses the skeleton structure of a computer generated character, and accesses a user's identification of features of the skeleton structure that may affect a skin deformation. The system also accesses the user's identification of a weighting strategy. Using the identified weighting strategy and identified features of the skeleton structure, the skin deformation system determines the degree to which each feature identified by the user may influence the deformation of a skin of the computer generated character. The skin deformation system may incorporate secondary operations including bulge, slide, scale and twist into the deformation of a skin Information relating to a deformed skin may be stored by the skin deformation system so that the information may be used to produce a visual image for a viewer. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088498 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS DEVICE WITH NON-UNIFORM GAP UNDER MOVABLE ELEMENT - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for electromechanical systems devices having a non-uniform gap under a mechanical layer. An electromechanical systems device includes a movable element supported at its edges over a substrate by at least two support structures. The movable element can be spaced from the substrate by a gap having two or more different heights in two or more corresponding distinct regions. The gap has a first height in a first region below the gap, such as an active area of the device, and a second height in a second region adjacent the support structure. In an interferometric modulator implementation, the second region can be encompasses within an anchor region with a black mask. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088499 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION EXTRACTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to an illustrative embodiment an information processing system is provided. The system includes a processor for determining one or more candidate tags based on input data, the candidate tags being included within a hierarchical structure; and a display for displaying the candidate tags in a manner indicative of the candidate tags' positions in the hierarchical structure. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088500 | Policy-Based Switching Between Graphics-Processing Units - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that configures a computer system to switch between graphics-processing units (GPUs). In one embodiment, the system drives a display using a first graphics-processing unit (GPU) in the computer system. Next, the system detects one or more events associated with one or more dependencies on a second GPU in the computer system. Finally, in response to the event, the system prepares to switch from the first GPU to the second GPU as a signal source for driving the display. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088501 | Allocating and deallocating portions of memory - A method of allocating regions of memory including the steps of allocating a corresponding plurality of portions of memory for use by the process and marking regions of memory that are allocated with markers. A start of a region is marked with one of the markers and an end of a region is marked with a further one of the markers, the further one of the markers having a later relative time indication and marking a next allocated region. In response to determining that a region of allocated memory bounded by two of the markers is no longer required by the process, deleting an older of the two markers; and in response to detecting deletion of an oldest one of the markers, deallocating the region of memory up to a new oldest pending marker. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088502 | DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE - A display driving device is disclosed. The display driving device includes an image data transmission interface, a frame buffer, and an over-driving processor. The image data transmission interface transmits image data, which is then received by and stored in the frame buffer. The over-driving processor is coupled to the image data transmission interface to receive current image data provided by the image data transmission interface, and also coupled to the frame buffer to receive previous image data saved in the frame buffer. In a dynamic display mode, the over-driving processor generates a display driving signal according to the previous image data and the current image data. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088503 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a data request unit in a frame rate controller, and requires and transmits necessary data for the frame data buffer receiving and storing the image data of an entire pixel area and the rest of the frame rate controllers. In a case of a motion picture that is moved among a plurality of display areas, the image data corresponding to a plurality of regions is transmitted from the frame data buffer or a plurality of frame rate controllers, and in a case of the motion picture that is moved between neighboring pixel areas, the image data of the neighboring pixel area is transmitted from the frame data buffer or the neighboring frame rate controller for processing. Accordingly, a fast-moving motion picture may be realized without the need for an additional memory. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088504 | TEXTURE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION - A compressing of a texel block ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130088505 | CACHING COVERAGE VALUES FOR RENDERING TEXT USING ANTI-ALIASING TECHNIQUES - Techniques for calculating sub-pixel coverage values for text to be displayed, so as to enable caching of the sub-pixel coverage values. The sub-pixel coverage values may enable a linear combination of color information for the text with color information for one or more other, overlapping display elements for calculating composite color values to be used in controlling a display. Such composite color values to be used in controlling sub-pixels of a display may be calculated, in some embodiments, without performing a gamma correction process. Also described are techniques for retrieving cached sub-pixel coverage values and combining the values with color information for text and for other, overlapping display elements to calculate composite color values for sub-pixels of a display. At least one graphics processing unit (GPU) may be configured to perform operations using the sub-pixel coverage information and to calculate the composite color values for the sub-pixels. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088506 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes an image analysis unit which analyzes a correlation of an image by comparing a current image and a previous image input prior to the current image, and determines a level of correction of the current image according to the analysis of the correlation, and an image conversion unit which converts pixel values of pixels of a unit frame having a specific color in the current image based on the level of correction, and outputs the pixel values. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION UPON A SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for controlling the presentation of a visual representation of information upon a see-through display. In the context of a method, a visual representation of information is initially caused to be presented on a see-through display. At least a portion of the information at least partially occludes a user's view through the see-through display. The method also determines a context associated with the user. For example, the method may determine the context associated with the user by receiving data based upon an activity of the user and determining the activity performed by the user based upon the data. Regardless of the manner in which the context is determined, the method reduces occlusion of the user's view through the see-through display attributable to the visual representation of the information based at least in part on the context associated with the user. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088508 | AUTOMATIC COLOR ADJUSTMENT OF A TEMPLATE DESIGN - The present invention generates a color template design to format a presentation. According to one aspect, a plurality of template designs are provided on a visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of template designs is received from a user. A plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs are provided on the visual display. A selection of a color from one of the plurality of source images is received from the user. Colors of the selected template design are automatically adjusted to match the selected the color from the source image. The selected template design may include framing, mat, background, and foreground portions, at least one of which is adjusted. After automatically adjusting the colors, the selected template design may be displayed and/or stored for use as a template. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088509 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When a single pixel is displayed by four color sub-pixels, or R (red), G (green), B (blue), and G, in a Bayer array, this invention sets the scaling rate of a scaling process to 3/2 times when executing the scaling process on image data having three color components, or R, G, and B, and then executes a color conversion process for finding four color components from the three color components; after this, a decimation process for reducing the number of pixels is carried out. Setting the scaling rate of the scaling process to an integer proportion, moirés caused by the scaling process can be made less noticeable. Note that it is desirable for the scaling rate of the scaling process to be close to √2 and for the denominator of the integer proportion to be lower. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088510 | DISPLAYING ITEMS IN AN APPLICATION WINDOW - A method of displaying a series of items in an application window on a display device, the method comprising the steps of rendering a subset of the series of items in the application window, calculating the vertical size of each rendered item, calculating the vertical size of the minimal rendered item, calculating the difference of the application window height minus the vertical size of the element containing all rendered items, determining candidate items for addition to the subset if the difference is positive, or determining candidate items for removal from the subset if the difference is negative, iterating through the candidate items, rendering a new subset of the series of items in the application window by adding or removing the iterated candidate items, and repeating steps of the process until the maximum number of items that can be displayed is displayed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088511 | E-BOOK READER WITH OVERLAYS - An e-book reader application for the desktop, laptop, tablet, or other mobile computing device configurations, and web/cloud environments provides user interactions with overlays that present the reader with immediate access to assets including equations, figures, references, index, source code, equation variables, and other parameters (including but not limited to graphical plots, videos, slide presentations, etc.) referenced in a given page using a pop-up window or a tool-tip to display the desired asset. The e-book reader application also provides additional tools such as sharing code and review materials, setting access restrictions, and tagging audio/video presentations for authors as well as highlighting, bookmarking, and notes-taking capabilities for readers. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088512 | EXAMINATION INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An examination information display device of the present invention includes: a storage unit that stores examination information of an object; a display unit that has a display screen on which the examination information is displayed; an extraction unit that extracts candidate examination information, which is a candidate referred to or compared with a reference examination to be diagnosed, using supplementary information of the examination information of the object stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit that displays the candidate examination information in a predetermined display region of the display screen. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088513 | Fun Videos and Fun Photos - A method for a computing device to provide a video includes receiving one or more selections of one or more animated facial effects to be applied to a face in a photo, automatically detecting the face in the photo, generating the video by applying the one or more selected animated facial effects to the face, displaying the video, and saving the video or a frame of the video. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088514 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND WEBPAGE FOR VISUALIZING LOCATION-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT - A mobile electronic device comprises a display, a processor controlling the display, a memory for storing data and software code, and a data interface for establishing data connection to a server. It further comprises a camera configured to generate video data, a position sensor configured to generate position data, a digital compass configured to generate directional data, and an inclination sensor configured to generate inclination data. The process is configured to retrieve video data from the camera, to generate a video stream from the retrieved video data and to display the video stream in a window representation in the display. The processor is further configured to enhance the window representation with augmented reality objects derived from the position data, the directional data and the inclination data. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088515 | METHOD OF PROVIDING AUGMENTED CONTENTS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, METHOD OF REGISTERING AUGMENTED CONTENTS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TARGETING AUGMENTED CONTENTS - The system for providing targeting augmented contents includes: an augmented metadata generation apparatus that generates augmented metadata designating specific space and time of broadcast contents as an augmented area; a broadcast content providing apparatus that transmits the augmented metadata to a first broadcast terminal apparatus and transmits the augmented metadata and the broadcast contents to a second broadcast terminal apparatus; a first broadcast terminal apparatus that transmits augmented contents displayed in the augmented area in which the augmented metadata are designated to the augmented content providing apparatus; an augmented content providing apparatus that transmits the augmented contents to a second broadcast terminal apparatus; and a second broadcast terminal apparatus that receives the broadcast contents and the augmented metadata from the broadcast content providing apparatus and receives the augmented contents from the augmented content providing apparatus based on the augmented metadata. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088516 | OBJECT DISPLAYING APPARATUS, OBJECT DISPLAYING SYSTEM, AND OBJECT DISPLAYING METHOD - In an object displaying apparatus, when, in the case where a virtual object is displayed superimposed on an image of the real space according to information about the layout position of the virtual object, the virtual object is displayed overlapping a superimposition inhibit object, display control is performed to display the virtual object transparently so that the superimposition inhibit object is not hidden by the virtual object. It is thereby possible to preferentially display the superimposition inhibit object. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING ITEMS FOR DISPLAY - A system for arranging searchable items, such as digital images or multimedia icons for presentation on a graphical user interface. The system has an optimizer module which minimises a cost function for arranging items in a layout space and is applied to one or more predetermined characteristics of the items. The optimizer module also creates a mixture distribution by considering each item as having a spatial distribution in the layout space and controls the entropy of the mixture distribution in order to maximise the extent to which each item occupies a separate position in the layout space. A Renderer module then renders the layouts to generate a display. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088518 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - The present invention contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for providing a graphical user interface (GUI). As taught herein, the “display stack” is an elegant mechanism for managing the complexities of content, particularly in a touch screen, portable device, and/or smart phone setting where other types of human-computer interface hardware may not be readily accessible, and/or the screen may not be large relative to the amount of content involved. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088519 | ZOOMING A DISPLAYED IMAGE - A system for displaying an image in a viewport is disclosed. A zoom subsystem ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130088520 | DETERMINING A TARGET POSITION FOR SCROLLING CONTENT - An electronic device receives a command to scroll content for display in a display device. An initial target position to scroll to is determined. An updated target position in the content to scroll to is determined based on identifying an element in the content. | 2013-04-11 |
20130088521 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM WHICH CAN CONTROL DISPLAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH A USER OPERATION - An electronic apparatus for scrolling a display data includes: a first operation detecting section for detecting a first operation indicating a scrolling action of the display data; a scrolling section for scrolling the display data in a scrolling direction corresponding to the first operation; a second operation detecting section for detecting a second operation which controls the scrolling action indicated by the first operation after detecting the first operation; and a scroll controlling section for performing a scrolling backward action for a predetermined amount and stopping the scrolling backward action when the second operation is detected by the second operation detecting section. | 2013-04-11 |