17th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110096002 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and method for controlling interference includes a signal receiving unit which receives a signal in an effective frequency band from an input device; a signal processing unit which processes a signal on the effective frequency band to output a user input signal; a display unit which displays an image based on the user input signal; and a diminishing signal generating unit which generates a diminishing signal having a waveform diminishing a noise outside the effective frequency band. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096003 | MULTITOUCH INPUT TO TOUCHPAD DERIVED FROM POSITIVE SLOPE DETECTION DATA - A method for using existing touchpad hardware to detect and track multiple objects such as fingers that are in contact with a touchpad, wherein the method extracts information from data that is already being collected, wherein analysis of the data is simplified by identifying objects by only looking for a positive slopes and negative slopes to identify multiple objects in data from the touchpad. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096004 | METHOD OF IMAGE TOUCH PANEL - The present invention relates to a method of image touch panel, which comprises the steps of first extracting a background image, comparing the background and a touch image for producing a positioning image, positioning a location of the touch image according to the positioning image for giving the location touched by a user, and hence executing the corresponding function. Thereby, the function of a touch panel can be achieved. By adopting the method of image touch panel according to the present invention, it is not necessary to purchase a physical touch panel to own the functions the touch panel has for executing the functions provided by an electronic product with ease. In addition, the present uses mid- to low-end cameras, and hence reducing the costs. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096005 | TOUCH SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch substrate includes a base substrate, a common electrode and a wire electrode. The base substrate has a plurality of common electrode areas. A common electrode is disposed in each of the common electrode areas. The common electrode has a plurality of first electrode lines extended in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in the first direction. The wire electrode is connected to an end of the common electrode to apply a voltage to the common electrode. The common electrode and the wire electrode are simultaneously formed through a same process using a printing substrate. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096006 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A MENU IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes at least a display unit, a sensing unit, and a controller. The display unit includes a touch screen and displays at least two three-dimensional (3D) menu icons and each of the at least two 3D menu icons includes at least one menu. The display unit further displays a first menu on a first display surface of each of the at least two 3D menu icons, the first menu on each of the at least two 3D menu icons being different. The sensing unit detects an input for controlling at least one of the at least two 3D menu icons. The controller controls the display unit to display a second menu on a second display surface of each of the at least two 3D menu icons in response to the detected input. Each of the at least two 3D menu icons displayed on the display unit includes at least two display surfaces, each of the at least two display surfaces displaying a different menu. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096007 | OPERATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD AND OPERATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An operation processing system capable of attaining operation inputting to a touch panel device fast with high security, in which upon receiving finger image data imaged by the touch panel device with position information of a finger area detected by a point detection part taken as an imaging range form the touch panel device, an authentication part in the operation processing system authenticates the received finger image data, and when the authentication conducted by the authentication part has succeeded, an operation processing part acquires an operation to the operation object located in position information detected by the point detection unit from a control table of operation authentication and outputs the operation. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096008 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An operation input device includes a base part including a placement surface on which an inductor is placed; a displacement member including a first surface facing the placement surface and a second surface configured to receive application of a force, and configured to cause the inductance of the inductor to vary with the approach of the first surface to the placement surface due to the application of the force on the second surface; a support member configured to support the displacement member in such a manner as to allow the displacement of the displacement member; a detection part configured to detect a variation in the inductance by feeding a first pulse signal to the inductor; and a control part configured to generate a magnetic field to displace the second surface by feeding a second pulse signal different in phase from the first pulse signal to the inductor. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096009 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - It is an objective to provide a display device capable of detecting a position and a motion of an object even when the object is not in contact with a display panel. The display device includes a display panel provided with photo sensors. When an object is approaching the display panel, the display device detects a shadow of the object, which is cast over the display panel in such a manner that ambient light is blocked by the object, using the photo sensors. A position or a motion of the shadow is detected, so that a position or a motion of the object is detected. The detection can be operated even when the object is not in contact with the display panel. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096010 | TOUCH PANEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL, AND TOUCH-PANEL-OPERATION SENSING METHOD - A touch panel includes an image creating part that creates a display image including operation buttons, a display part on which the display image is displayed, a touch sensor part in which logical switches are arranged, a storage unit in which to store information about relationships between the operation buttons and the logical switches, an operation detecting part that detects a touch on a displayed operation button, and an updating part that updates the information about the relationships between the touched operation buttons and the logical switches. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096011 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A touch position calculation unit | 2011-04-28 |
20110096012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTRO MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for dividing a frequency region of a touch screen panel into a plurality of regions and using them in order to reduce an Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) caused by a frequency of a touch screen panel that occurs in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency changing unit. The frequency changing unit divides a frequency region of a touch screen panel into two or more regions, and changes the frequency region of the touch screen panel. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096013 | TECHNIQUES FOR TACTILE FEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY - Described herein are one or more techniques related to active tactile feedback (“haptic”) technologies. The technologies include a movement-effecting mechanism designed to move a user-engagement surface, typically, in response to a user touching the surface. The described techniques include those designed to return the surface back to its original position (before the surface's movement), to seal the movement-effecting mechanism to protect it from ingress of contaminates, and/or to retain the surface in a manner that allows movement of the surface in directions away from the surface (which includes, for example, substantially normal to the surface) while restricting movement of the surface in at least one other direction (e.g., a direction parallel to the surface). This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096015 | SENSE ELECTRODE SPINE INTERPOLATION - An electrode layout for a touchscreen includes multiple sense electrodes. Each sense electrode has multiple spines coupled to each other, including a main spine and at least one spaced apart interpolation spine running in the same direction. The interpolation spine of one sense electrode is positioned adjacent a spaced apart interpolation spine of a neighboring sense electrode to provide interpolated sense electrodes. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096016 | SENSE ELECTRODE DESIGN - A touch sensitive device includes a plurality of sense electrodes arranged in a pattern to receive charge from drive electrodes. The pattern of sense electrodes has extreme portions having worst case charge transfer times, wherein the worst case charge transfer time at multiple extreme portions is substantially equal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096017 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A capacitive touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an opaque pattern, a plurality of transparent conductive sensor pads, and a plurality of non-transparent conductive patterns. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed oppositely. The transparent conductive sensor pads are disposed on the second substrate. The non-transparent conductive patterns are disposed on the second substrate, and the non-transparent conductive patterns and the transparent conductive sensor pads are electrically connected and overlapping. The conductivity of the non-transparent conductive patterns is higher than that of the transparent conductive sensor pads, and the non-transparent conductive patterns are corresponding to the opaque pattern. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096018 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH SENSING UNIT THEREOF - A touch display panel includes a display panel and a touch sensing unit. The touch sensing unit includes first sensing series, and second sensing series. Each of the first sensing series includes a plurality of first transparent sensing pads disposed along a first direction, and a plurality of non-transparent bridge lines disposed along the first direction. Each of the non-transparent bridge lines is disposed between two adjacent first transparent sensing pads, overlapping with two adjacent first transparent sensing pads, and electrically connected to two adjacent first transparent sensing pads. The line width of each non-transparent bridge line is substantially between 0.5 micrometers and 10 micrometers, and the reduction of aperture ratio in a pixel region of the touch display panel caused by the non-transparent bridge lines is substantially between 0.1% and 5%. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096019 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel and a touch display device are provided. The touch panel includes a first substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface. A position sensing structure is disposed over the inner surface or the outer surface of the first substrate. A second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate, facing the inner surface of the first substrate. A plurality of press sensing structures is disposed between the first and the second substrates and a press signal connecting line is disposed to serially connect all of the press sensing structures. The touch display device includes the above mentioned touch panel. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096020 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AN EQUI-POTENTIAL TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed is a method ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096021 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device to realize soft touch and sense touch regardless of illumination of external light or reflected light. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, wherein a liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, an infrared sensor arranged on the first substrate, an infrared filter arranged corresponding to the infrared sensor arranged on the second substrate facing the first substrate, a first polarizing plate adhered to the back surface of the first substrate, a second polarizing plate adhered to the back surface of the second substrate, a light guiding plate arranged under the first polarizing plate, a first light source arranged on one side of the light guiding plate to emit white light, and a second light source arranged on the other side of the light guiding plate to emit infrared light to the light guiding plate. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL HOTKEY FUNCTION - A hotkey management system and a method executes hotkey function of an electronic device having a touch panel. The system can define a number of virtual blocks of the touch panel and divide a plurality of virtual block sets and set the hotkey functions corresponding to the virtual block sets. Different combination of virtual blocks represent different hotkey functions. The user contacts some virtual blocks of the touch panel and the virtual block set is active by analyzing the at least two coordinate values according to the contacts. The hotkey management system can execute the corresponding function according to the analyzed coordinate values. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096023 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary embodiment of touch display device includes a touch panel and a signal processing circuit. The touch panel includes a plurality of touch sensing units, and each touch sensing unit includes a touch sensing element and a coupling sensing element. The signal processing circuit is electrically connected to the touch sensing element and the coupling sensing element. The touch sensing element provides a touch signal to the signal processing circuit, the coupling sensing element provides a coupling signal to the signal processing circuit, and the signal processing circuit processes the touch signal according to the coupling signal to filter an interference signal of the touch signal. A touch display device using the touch panel is also described. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096024 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a capacitance touch screen including an input touch layer configured to detect a touching of the touch screen, an output touch layer configured to output touch signals corresponding to the detected touching of the touch screen, a display layer configured to display information, and a proximity sensor layer disposed between the touch input layer and the touch output layer and configured to proximity detect a movement of a selection unit over the capacitance touch screen without the selection unit actually touching the capacitance touch screen; and a controller configured to calculate coordinates of a touch point where the capacitance touch screen was touched based on the output touch signals and to calculate coordinates of points along the detected movement of the selection unit based on the proximity detected movement by the proximity sensor layer. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096025 | Projected Capacitive Touch Sensing - Methods, systems, and apparatus relate to touch sensors that are configured to measure input applied to the sensor from a user. Some implementations involve the measurement of changes in capacitance between pairs of adjacent patterned electrodes to detect input at a touch sensor. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096026 | PIXEL ARRAY AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A pixel array having a plurality of pixel structures is provided. At least one of the pixel structures includes a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, a capacitor electrode line, a readout line and a sensing device. The scan line and the data line are disposed on a substrate. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The capacitor electrode line electrically couples with the pixel electrode. The readout line is disposed parallel to the data line. The sensing device is electrically connected to the scan line and the readout line, and the sensing device is connected to an adjacent capacitor electrode line. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096027 | Sensor scan drivers, flat panel displays with built-in touch screen including such a sensor scan driver, and methods of driving such flat panel displays - A sensor scan driver may include a shift register unit for driving photodiodes, a transmission gate unit for changing a voltage range of sensor scan signals generated by the shift register unit, and a buffer unit for supplying the sensor scan signals supplied from the transmission gate unit to the photodiodes, wherein the transmission gate unit includes first and second transmission gates, each including an electrode adapted to receive an output signal of the shift register unit, another electrode adapted to receive the inverted output signal of the shift register unit, an input terminal coupled to first and second power sources, respectively, and an output terminal coupled to an output terminal of the transmission gate unit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096028 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INFRARED TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH INPUT METHOD THEREOF - A touch input method includes steps: controlling one of the infrared emitters to turn on and send an infrared signal to the infrared receivers in sequence, thus forming a number of first infrared lines. Detecting whether an infrared receiver does not receive the infrared signal. Determining if the first infrared line is blocked by an object, thus determining a first blocked infrared line. Controlling the other infrared emitter to turn on and send the infrared signal to the infrared receivers, thus forming a number of second infrared lines. Determining if the second infrared line is blocked by the object, thus determining a second blocked infrared line. Determining touch position according to the first and the second blocked infrared lines, executing the function of a GUI element corresponds to the touch position. The disclosure also provides an electronic device with an infrared touch panel. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096029 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INFRARED TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE INFRARED TOUCH PANEL - A configuration method includes the following steps: Controlling the display unit to display visual information, determining whether the visual information includes one or more touch icons, and determining if the display areas are displaying the touch icons, if yes, determining which infrared lines correspond to the display areas. Then determining which infrared emitters and which infrared receivers form the infrared lines, and turning on the determined infrared emitters and infrared receivers, finally, turning off the other infrared emitters and infrared receivers. The invention also provides an electronic device with an infrared touch panel. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096030 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POSITION DETECTING FUNCTION - An optical position detecting apparatus for optically detecting a position of a target object in a detection region includes: a light source device for position detection that emits position detection light to the detection region and forms an intensity distribution of the position detection light in the detection region; a photodetector that receives the position detection light reflected on the target object; and a position detecting device that detects the position of the target object on the basis of a light reception result in the photodetector, wherein the light source device for position detection includes: a linear light source unit extending along an outer peripheral edge of the detection region and including a light emitting section that emits the position detection light to the detection region; and a light-source driving unit that drives the linear light source unit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096031 | POSITION DETECTING FUNCTION-ADDED PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A position detecting function-added projection display apparatus that optically detects a position of a target object positioned in a forward space in which an image is projected from an image projecting device, includes: a position detecting light source unit that forms a distribution of intensities of position detecting light in the forward space by emitting the position detecting light into the forward space; a plurality of photodetectors that are disposed in the image projecting device and have ranges of incident angles in directions of angles different from each other when the forward space is viewed from the image projecting device; and a position detecting unit that detects the position of the target object based on results of detection of the position detecting light reflected by the target object by using the photodetectors. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096032 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POSITION DETECTING FUNCTION - An optical position detecting apparatus that detects a position of a target object in a detection region, includes: a light source device for position detection that emits position detection light to the detection region and forms an intensity distribution of the position detection light in the detection region; plural photodetectors that direct incident angle ranges to regions not overlapping one another in the detection region; and a position detecting device that detects the position of the target object on the basis of results of detection by the photodetectors of the position detection light reflected on the target object. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096033 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal comprising a case; a display within the case for displaying visual information; a sensing unit for detecting an object in proximity of the display, wherein the sensing unit comprises a proximity sensor having a plurality of light emitting devices and a light receiving device, wherein the sensing unit detects the object's location when light emitted by at least one of the light emitting devices is reflected by the object and enters the light receiving device, and wherein the sensing unit detects the object's movement pattern when lights emitted by at least one of the light emitting devices are sequentially reflected by the object and enter the light receiving device; and a controller for generating a signal corresponding to an input based on the object's detected location and movement pattern. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096034 | OPTICAL TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY - An optical touch-sensing display including a display device, at least three light guides, at least two optical touch-sensing devices and a transmission interface is provided. The display device has a display surface and a sensing space upon the display surface. Each of the light guides disposed at periphery of the display surface has two light incident surfaces and a light-emitting surface there between. Each of the optical touch-sensing devices disposed outside of the display surface includes a sensing module and a light source. When an object enters the sensing space, each sensing module senses a light variation induced by the object to generate a first signal, and then the first signals are transmitted to one sensing module and processed to a second signal, and then the second signal is output from the optical touch-sensing device through the transmission interface. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096035 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal module, a backlight module, a driving and detecting module, and plural photo-sensors; the said liquid crystal module contains polarizers, glass plates, liquid crystal, color filters, thin film transistors (TFTs), black matrixes, and various lines; the said backlight module contains light source, light guide, and diffuser; the said driving and detecting module contains date driver, gate driver, photo-sensor driver, and photo-sensing detector; the said plural photo-sensors contains P-N diodes or thin film transistors; each of the said plural photo-sensors is respectively installed at each pixel unit; the plural photo-sensors are used to sense the red and infrared rays which are first emitted from the light source, then pass through the liquid crystal module, and are finally reflected from the touch finger of the user using the optical touch-sensitive liquid crystal display, and are used to provide the sensed signals for the determination of the touch location of the user finger. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096036 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AN ACOUSTIC SENSOR SWITCH - An acoustical sensor can include a fabricated surface that produces an acoustical sound signature responsive to a finger tapping on the fabricated surface, and a microphone within proximity of the fabricated surface to analyze and associate the acoustical sound signature with a user interface control for operating a mobile device or earpiece, for example, to adjust a volume, media selection, or user interface control. The microphone can include an ultra-low analog circuit to set a capacitance and establish a frequency response, the analog circuit programmable to identify a direction of a directional touch or localized touch on the fabricated surface. The analog circuit by way of a floating gate can control a real delay between a front and back diaphragm to control microphone directivity. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096037 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A CONTACT ON A TOUCH PANEL AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM - A method for determining the position of a contact on a panel envisages, during a detection operation, detecting vibration signals at a plurality of detection areas fixed with respect to the panel as a function of vibrations generated by the contact; determining detection values of temporal differences between times of detection of the vibrations at pairs of said detection areas; and determining the position of the contact as a function of said temporal differences. A characterization operation, preceding that of detection, envisages defining contact areas (key | 2011-04-28 |
20110096038 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING SENSING INFORMATION - A surface acoustic wave (SAW) touch panel with improved touching precision is provided. By forming a matte surface that diffuses a back wave generated by the edge of the SAW touch panel due to discontinuity, the touching precision of the SAW touch panel is improved. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096039 | TOUCH STYLUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch stylus includes a stylus tube, a stylus holder, and a retracting mechanism. The stylus tube includes a tip integrally formed on one end thereof. The stylus holder is retractably coupled to the stylus tube by the retracting mechanism so the stylus holder can be extended out of the stylus tube to improve the convenience of use of the touch stylus or retracted to improve the portability of the touch stylus. The retracting mechanism includes a guiding track defined in the stylus holder and a fixing pin retractably engaged with the guiding track and fixed to the stylus tube so the stylus holder is retractably coupled to the stylus tube. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096040 | DRAWING CONTROL DEVICE, LASER-LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM, DRAWING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A drawing control device includes: a fill-stroke generating unit that generates a fill stroke that includes a plurality of strokes that fill a drawing area; a shape-stroke generating unit that generates a shape stroke which is a stroke of a shape to be formed on the drawing area; a first detecting unit that detects an overlap portion where the fill stroke and the shape stroke overlap with each other; a modifying unit that removes the overlap portion from the fill stroke to modify the fill stroke to obtain a drawing stroke; a drawing-instruction generating unit that generates a drawing instruction for drawing each stroke in the drawing stroke; and a drawing control unit that controls a drawing device by using the drawing instruction to cause the drawing device to draw the drawing stroke on an object. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096041 | METHOD OF INTERACTING WITH PRINTED SUBSTRATE - A method of interacting with a printed substrate. The method includes the steps of: interacting with the printed substrate using an optically imaging pen having a nib; imaging a tag on the substrate to provide image data; identifying target elements in the image data and inferring a perspective transform using perspective distortion of the target elements due to a tilt of the pen; acquiring and decoding coded data contained in the imaged tag; calculating a nib position using a tag location, the perspective transform and a known geometry of pen optics; and communicating digital ink to a computer system. The digital ink identifies the nib position and the substrate identity such that the computer system can interpret the digital ink and perform an action in response to the interaction with the printed substrate. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PEN ASSEMBLY - A digital pen comprising a skeleton and a removable skin: the skeleton holding together in fixed relationship: an electric circuit; an acoustic transmitter, detached from said electric circuit, and configured to transmit acoustic signals; and a resilient holder, configured to mechanically press said electric circuit into electrical contact with said transmitter, so as to electrically connect said electric circuit and said transmitter; and the removable skin comprising a housing fitting over said skeleton. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PEN ASSEMBLY - A receiving unit for receiving an acoustic signal from a digital pen, comprises: at least two ultrasound receivers, for receiving ultrasound signals from the digital pen; an electric circuit connected to said ultrasound receivers, and configured to extract ultrasound signals received by said ultrasound receivers, to enable tracking a position of said pen, and a biased clip for holding paper in fixed relationship to said ultrasound receivers. The clip may be metal, and alignment and location features may be provided for fitting sheets of paper for writing. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096044 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PEN ASSEMBLY - A receiving unit for receiving an acoustic signal from a digital pen, comprises: a housing; at least two ultrasound receivers, for receiving ultrasound signals from the digital pen, the ultrasound receivers comprising electret microphones, the electret microphones being located in location holes in the housing; and an electric circuit connected to said electret microphones, to extract ultrasound signals received by the ultrasound receivers. An attachment device may removably attach the receiving unit to another item. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096045 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is a display apparatus comprising a surface mount-type light-emitting device having an external terminal for surface mounting; a wiring substrate where the surface mount-type light-emitting device has been mounted; a lens unit disposed opposing the surface mount-type light-emitting device; and a frame body portion disposed surrounding the lens unit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096046 | Display apparatus, method of driving a display, and electronic device - In a display apparatus including a correction unit and a switching transistor, the correction unit operates in a non-light emission period such that a correction voltage for eliminating an effect of a variation in a characteristic of a driving transistor is stored in a storage capacitor. The switching transistor is disposed between one current terminal of the driving transistor and a light emitting element. The switching transistor turns off during the non-light emission period thereby to electrically disconnect the light emitting element from the one current terminal of the driving transistor thereby preventing a leakage current from flowing through the light emitting element during the period in which the correction unit operates, and thus preventing the correction voltage from having an error due to the leakage current. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096047 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An object is to detect reflected light from an object accurately and to improve accuracy of capturing an image in a photosensor included in a display panel. In the display panel including a photosensor, when an image of an object is captured, light is emitted from a light source to the object and reflected light enters the photosensor. In the case where the incident light is too strong with respect to sensitivity of the photosensor, luminance of the light source is lowered. In the case where the incident light is too weak with respect to sensitivity of the photosensor, the luminance of the light source is increased. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096048 | DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT - Embodiments of the present invention can receive a data point defining an ambient light level associated with a display and a corresponding brightness adjustment of the display with respect to a reference brightness. The embodiments can then define a brightness response model for the display based on the data point and at least one additional data point. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096049 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a photosensor in a pixel region of an active matrix substrate. The photosensor includes a photodiode (D | 2011-04-28 |
20110096050 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel having n gate lines and m data lines intersecting one another to form a frame to display an image; a gate driving unit supplying a scan signal to the n gate lines arranged in rows on the liquid crystal panel; a data driving unit supplying a data signal to the m data lines arranged in columns on the liquid crystal panel; and a common voltage driving unit applying a first common voltage to a plurality of odd common voltage lines arranged in rows on the liquid crystal panel, and applying a second common voltage to a plurality of even common voltage lines, wherein the odd common voltage lines and the even common voltage lines are alternately arranged in rows. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096051 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method for an array substrate of a liquid crystal display, the method comprising: performing a display refresh operation on each pixel unit on the array substrate in a row sequence so as to refresh working storage elements in each pixel unit row by row, until the working storage elements of the pixel units in all rows in one image frame is refreshed, thus image voltage signals corresponding to the pixel units in each row are inputted to the working storage elements to be held; inputting a frame refresh “ON” signal to display refresh switches of the pixel units in each row, and inputting the image voltage signals held in the working storage elements of the pixel units in each row to the pixel electrodes of the pixel units in each row as image signal voltages, so that one image frame is refreshed; after charging for pixel capacitors of the pixel units in each row has completed in each row, inputting a frame refresh “OFF” signal so as to turn off the display refresh switch, so that the working storage elements of the pixel units in each row prepare to the storage for the image voltage signals for the next frame. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096052 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus, a power supply apparatus and a power supply method are provided. The display apparatus display apparatus includes: a signal receiving unit which receives an image signal; a signal processing unit which processes the image signal; a display unit which displays an image based on the image signal processed by the signal processing unit; and a power supply unit which receives AC power and supplies operation power to the display unit. The power supply unit includes a discharging circuit part which includes a discharging element which discharges the power supply unit to remove a residual voltage from the power supply unit when the AC power is suspended, the discharging circuit part preventing the discharging element from consuming power when the AC power is input. It is possible to minimize wasteful power consumption caused by a discharging element provided to guarantee user's safety against a residual voltage. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096053 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electrophoretic includes scanning lines, data lines, power supply lines and enable lines provided in a display section. The electrophoretic display device also includes, in each of pixels, a pixel electrode, a control transistor connected to one of the scanning lines and one of the data lines, a driving transistor having a gate connected to a drain of the control transistor and having a drain connected to one of the power supply lines, a storage capacitor connected to the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and an enable transistor connected between the source of the driving transistor and the pixel electrode. The enable transistor switches electrical connection between the pixel electrode and the driving transistor on the basis of a signal input through one of the enable lines. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096054 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display panel driving circuit for driving a liquid crystal display panel with a resolution of N bits. N-bit digital data including upper X bits and lower Y bits is inputted. The liquid crystal display panel driving circuit includes a resistor string unit according to areas, a DAC converter switching unit according to areas, and an interpolation amplifier. The resistor string unit outputs analog reference voltages at different ratios according to three areas. The DAC converter switching unit receives the N-bit digital data, selects (Y+1) analog voltages from the analog reference voltages based on the upper X bits, outputs the (Y+1) analog voltages, and outputs the (Y+1) analog voltages of different combinations based on the lower Y bits. The interpolation amplifier receives the (Y+1) analog voltages and generates an interpolated output voltage by setting weights for the (Y+1) analog voltages by using multi-factors. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096055 | Light-emitting Diode (LED) Driving Circuit - A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit for driving a plurality of first lightbars and a plurality of second lightbars includes a first current mirror, a second current mirror and a control circuit. The first current mirror, if enabled, balances current among the first lightbars. The second current mirror, if enabled, balances current among the second lightbars. During a first period, the control circuit disables the second current mirror and adjusts the duration of enabling the first current mirror according to a dimming signal. During a second period, the control circuit disables the first current mirror and adjusts the duration of enabling the second current mirror according to the dimming signal. Therefore, only first or second lightbars are driven in each period. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096056 | DRIVE METHOD FOR MEMS DEVICES - Embodiments of exemplary MEMS interferometric modulators are arranged at intersections of rows and columns of electrodes. In certain embodiments, the column electrode has a lower electrical resistance than the row electrode. A driving circuit applies a potential difference of a first polarity across electrodes during a first phase and then quickly transition to applying a bias voltage having a polarity opposite to the first polarity during a second phase. In certain embodiments, an absolute value of the difference between the voltages applied to the row electrode is less than an absolute value of the difference between the voltages applied to the column electrode during the first and second phases. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096057 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel that displays a left eye image and a right eye image before and after a crosstalk prevention period during a frame, a first driver that supplies a data signal for the left eye image and the right eye image to the plasma display panel, and a second driver that supplies a sustain signal to discharge cells of the plasma display panel selected by the supply of the data signal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096058 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels each including a liquid crystal element of VA mode and a drive section. The drive section space-divisionally or time-divisionally performs a display drive operation so that the operation includes first and second divisional-drive operation groups. The drive section performs an operation in the first or second divisional-drive operation group, or both thereof. In the former, the output voltage exceeds the input voltage in the intermediate luminance range, whereas in a highlight luminance range, exceeds the input voltage but shows a tendency to be lower compared to in the intermediate luminance range. In the latter, the output voltage is lower than the input voltage in the intermediate luminance range, whereas in a lowermost luminance range, equal to or lower than the input voltage but shows a tendency to be higher compared to in the intermediate luminance range. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096059 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Switching TFTs are controlled to a conducting state and a switching TFT to a non-conducting state, to provide a potential according to a threshold voltage to a gate terminal of a driving TFT. Then, in at least one embodiment, with the TFT maintaining the conducting state, a potential of a data line Sj is changed from a reference potential Vpc to a data potential Vdata to place the TFT in a conducting state. At this time, a current Ia flows and thus the gate terminal potential of the TFT rises. The higher the mobility of the TFT, the larger the amount of change in gate terminal potential and the smaller the current flowing through an organic EL element upon light emission. By this, a current that is not affected by variations in the threshold voltage of the TFT nor by variations in the mobility of the TFT flows through the organic EL element. Thus, in a current-driven type display device, variations in both the threshold voltage and mobility of a drive element are compensated for. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096060 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device is provided which includes: a first common electrode (Xi) that is supplied with a constant voltage in a display discharge period; a first scan electrode (Yi) that is provided in parallel to the first common electrode and supplied with a display discharge pulse in the display discharge period to perform display discharge between the first scan electrode and the first common electrode; and a first address electrode (Aj) that is provided in a manner to intersect the first common electrode and the first scan electrode, wherein the capacitance (Cax) between the first common electrode and the first address electrode is larger than the capacitance (Cay) between the first scan electrode and the first address electrode. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096061 | DRIVING METHOD AND PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LED DISPLAY PANEL - A driving method for a LED display panel time-anneals threshold voltage shifting of a driving transistor. The driving transistor has a gate terminal coupled to a data input terminal, a source terminal coupled to a cathode via a LED, and a drain terminal coupled to a system voltage. The method includes inserting a black image after an image frame is displayed. During the time period of inserting the black image, a positive voltage is applied to the cathode to turn off the LED. A negative bias from the gate terminal to the drain terminal is produced to cause voltage level of the gate terminal to be less than the source terminal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096062 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - Pixel electrodes in odd-numbered rows of a liquid crystal display panel are connected to source lines arranged on the left side of the pixel electrodes, respectively. Further, Pixel electrodes in even-numbered rows are connected to source lines arranged on the right side of the pixel electrodes, respectively. A potential setting section outputs potentials higher than a common electrode potential V | 2011-04-28 |
20110096063 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a display apparatus including: a signal receiving unit which receives an image signal; a signal processing unit which processes the image signal; a display unit which displays an image based on the image signal; and a power supply unit which supplies an operational voltage to the display unit. The power supply unit includes: a voltage converting unit which converts a DC voltage to output the operational voltage; a feedback part which outputs a feedback voltage according to the DC voltage; a power factor correcting unit which performs power factor correction based on the feedback voltage output; and a power saving unit which controls the output of the feedback unit according to an operational state of the power factor correcting unit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096064 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixel units, a scanning driver configured to provide scanning signals to scan the pixel units, a data driver configured to provide data voltage signals to the pixel electrode of the pixel units; and a common voltage driver configured to provide a common voltage signal to the common electrodes of the pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode, and the pixel units cooperatively display picture frame by frame. A dummy cycle period is defined between two sequent normal frame periods. The common voltage signal is an alternating current voltage signal in each normal frame period, and a polarity of the common voltage signal is fixed in the dummy cycle. A method for driving a liquid crystal display is also provided. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096065 | Display apparatus and method for driving the same - A method of driving a display apparatus formed by arranging display devices each having a driving circuit and a current-driven type light emitting portion, the method comprising the steps of: performing a threshold voltage cancelling process in units of a display device row in which a predetermined reference voltage is applied to a gate electrode of a driving transistor of Q×N display devices configuring groups of display device rows and a predetermined driving voltage is applied to one source/drain region of the Q×N display devices so as to change the electric potential of the other source/drain region toward an electric potential calculated by subtracting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor from the reference voltage during a period T | 2011-04-28 |
20110096066 | Active Matrix Displays - An active matrix OLED display ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096067 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING DATA DRIVER ADJUSTING SETUP TIME AND HOLD TIME - A display device includes a display panel having an adjustable refresh frequency, a data driver for receiving display data, generating driving voltages based on the display data, and driving the display panel to display images using the driving voltages, and a timing controller providing a timing control signal to the data driver. The timing control signal is generated according to the refresh frequency of the display panel. The data driver dynamically adjusts a setup time and a hold time of the data driver according to the timing control signal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096068 | LEVEL SHIFTER - A level shifter including a voltage selection unit and at least one voltage level conversion unit. The voltage selection unit may be configured to apply a first voltage to a power supply node during a first time interval and apply a second voltage to the power supply node during a second time interval, in response to a control signal. The voltage level conversion unit may be connected to the power supply node and may be configured to convert a voltage level of an input signal to another voltage level based upon a voltage level at the power supply node and a third voltage. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096069 | DISPLAY OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT DURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRESENTATION - A method of displaying non-stereoscopic images in three-dimensional moving presentations includes providing or receiving non-stereoscopic frames of two-dimensional images and stereoscopic frames of three-dimensional images and alternatingly displaying non-stereoscopic frames at least once to a left eye and at least once to a right eye. The method further includes setting and operating a display rate for the alternatingly displaying of the non-stereoscopic frames to a mean integer number of flashes per frame for the left eye and for the right eye or mean non-integer number of flashes per frame for the left eye and for the right eye such that the flashes are equal in duration and some flashes of a current frame are displayed into a following frame period. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096070 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A stereoscopic image display including an image displaying unit and an optical grating is provided. The image displaying unit has a black matrix and pixels surround by the black matrix, and each pixel has a width P in a first direction. The optical grating is disposed corresponding to the image displaying unit, wherein the optical grating comprises a plurality of constitutional groups arranged in the first direction. Each of constitutional groups comprises a plurality of slits having the same width W to expose the corresponding pixels, the width P of pixel and the width W of slit satisfy a specific relationship, so as to reduce the morie phenomenon and provide excellent stereo image quality. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096071 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An image display device includes an image display section and a lenticular lens including a plurality of lenses arranged in a linear array. Each lens is defined by a plurality of adjacent variable lenses having a common optical axis. The image display device also includes a controller that controls optical characteristics in a plurality of the variable lenses such that the common optical axis for at least one of the lenses is moved in a given direction. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096072 | Three-dimensional space interface apparatus and method - A three-dimensional (3D) space interface apparatus and method are provided. The 3D space interface apparatus provides an interface in which a user may directly touch and transform a 3D virtual object of a 3D space, which is shown in various ways depending on a position of the user. The 3D space interface apparatus may provide for manipulation of the 3D virtual object by the user using a sensing signal that senses the position and movement of a manipulation object the user. Specifically, an interface unit of the apparatus verifies, using the sensing signal, whether a predetermined movement of the manipulation object has occurred or whether a contact between the 3D virtual object and the manipulation object has been made, and generates a predetermined reaction corresponding to the predetermined movement or the contact. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096073 | MUSIC-VISUALIZER SYSTEM AND METHODS - A music visualization system and methods involving a central processing unit capable of converting waveform data to geometry data, a graphics processing unit capable of recognizing and accepting the geometry data and rendering a plurality of graphical images, a custom shader software program being operable on the graphics processing unit, an embeddable platform being in electronic communication with the graphics processing unit, and an audiovisual display device in electronic communication with the graphics processing unit and the embeddable platform. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF LARGE SCALE SDP PLATFORMS - Arrangements and methods for employing empirical evidence to estimate the performance of applications with very few data samples, in complex environments such as dynamic SDP environments, using one or more effective, data-plotting models. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096075 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CREATING SHAPE COLLAGES - A method, system and computer program product for creating shape collages are provided. The method includes receiving a shape specification signal which specifies at least one desired shape having an area. The method further includes receiving image data which represents a plurality of images. The method still further includes processing the shape specification signal and the image data to obtain a shape collage of the images at least partially covering the area of the at least one desired shape. The step of processing may include the steps of at least partially covering the at least one desired shape with at least one shape primitive and placing at least one image over the at least one shape primitive to at least partially fill the at least one shape primitive. The method may further include receiving a command signal to either locate a user-specified image essentially or approximately at a desired location in the shape collage or resize the user-specified image from an initial size in the initial collage to a desired size. The method may still further include processing the command signal and the shape collage to create a finished shape collage having either the user-specified image essentially or approximately at the desired location or the user-specified image with the desired size to increase visual appeal of the finished shape collage to the user. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096076 | APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE FOR ANIMATION - Many computer applications incorporate and support animation. Application performance may be enhanced by delegating animation management to an application program interface (animation API) for animation. Accordingly, an animation API for managing animation is disclosed herein. The animation API may be configured to sequentially interpolate values of animation variables defining animation movement of animation objects. The animation API may interpolate the values of the animation variables using animation transitions within animation storyboards. The animation API may be configured to determine durations of animation transitions based upon animation characteristics parameters (e.g., starting position, desiring ending position, starting velocity of an animation variable). Durations and start times of animation transitions may be determined based upon key frames. The animation API may be configured to resolve scheduling conflicts among one or more animation transitions. Also, the animation API may be configured to facilitate smooth animation while switching between animation transitions for an animation variable. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096077 | CONTROLLING ANIMATION FRAME RATE OF APPLICATIONS - Many computer applications incorporate and support animation (e.g., interactive user interfaces). Unfortunately, it may be challenging for computer applications and rendering systems to render animation frames at a smooth and consistent rate while conserving system resources. Accordingly, a technique for controlling animation rendering frame rate of an application is disclosed herein. An animation rendering update interval of an animation timer may be adjusted based upon a rendering system state (e.g., a rate of compositing visual layouts from animation frames) of a rendering system and/or an application state (e.g., a rate at which an application renders frames) of an application. Adjusting the animation rendering update interval allows the animation timer to adjust the frequency of performing rendering callback notifications (work requests to an application to render animation frames) to an application based upon rendering system performance and application performance. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096078 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE ANIMATION RIGS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for transporting both behavior and related geometric information for an animation asset between different animation environments. A common virtual machine specification with a specific instruction set architecture is defined for executing behavioral traits of the animation asset. Each target animation environment implements the instruction set architecture. Because each virtual machine runtime engine implements an identical instruction set architecture, animation behavior can identically reproduced over any arbitrary platform implementing the virtual machine runtime engine. Embodiments of the present invention beneficially enable reuse of animation assets without compatibility restrictions related to platform or application differences. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096079 | Method and System for Displya Output Stutter - Apparatus and methods for reducing power consumption of a data transfer interface in a computer system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for reducing power consumption of a data transfer interface between a first device and a second device, includes, identifying a free interval between a first data and a second data, disabling the data transfer interface during the free interval, enabling the data transfer interface at the end of the free interval, and transmitting the second data. The method may also include a step of notifying the second device that the data transfer interface is being temporarily disabled. Another embodiment, for example, includes the transfer of display data (or video frames) over an interface, such as, a DisplayPort interface, between a graphics controller device and a timing controller device in a computer system. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096080 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING IMAGE PROCESSING FUNCTION - A device for selecting an image processing function is provided. The device comprises an analog-to-digital converting unit outputting a first image in response to an image signal having a first frequency; a frame buffer unit having a frame buffering function; and an over-driving unit having an over-driving function, wherein the device for selecting the image processing function enables one of the frame buffering function and the over-driving function according to the first frequency. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL DATA DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE EXECUTING ENVIRONMENTS - A computer display controller arbitrates between multiple environments in a computer system to apportion display space between the multiple environments. The display controller may be implemented in hardware, firmware, or software, and determines display space allocation based on requests or requirements of each of the environments. If only one environment is active, the display controller may allocate the entire display space to the first environment. When a second environment is activated, display parameters may be dynamically provided to the display controller or previously provided to the display controller for storage and subsequent use. The display controller apportions the total displayable area to accommodate both environments and if necessary alters the display parameters of the first environment to accommodate the display needs of the second environment The process may be extended to additional environments and may operate satisfactorily with computer systems having multiple displays. The display controller may allocate the entire display space to a particular environment, or only a portion of the display space for a particular environment on a single or multiple display device system. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096082 | MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A memory access control device and method has a cache memory having a plurality of cache areas, each for storing image data of one macroblock, and a cache table having a plurality of table areas, corresponding to the plurality of cache areas, each for storing a validity flag indicating validity or an invalidity flag indicating invalidity of image data in a corresponding cache area and an in-frame address of image data of one macroblock stored in the corresponding cache area. A data request processor receives a data request including specification of an in-frame occupation region of requested image data from the image processor, determines target image data of at least one macroblock required to process the requested image data according to the in-frame occupation region of the requested image data, acquires the target image data from the cache memory, processes the requested image data using the acquired target image data, and outputs the processed image data to the image processor. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096083 | METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION AND TEXTURE SIMULATION FOR 3D MODELS - A method of automatically transforming a computerized 3D model having regions of images utilized as textures on one or more physical objects represented in the 3D model (such as building sides and roofs, walls, landscapes, mountain sides, trees and the like) to include material property information for one or more regions of the textures of the 3D model. In this method, image textures applied to the 3D model are examined by comparing, utilizing a computer, at least a portion of each image texture to entries in a palette of material entries. The material palette entry that best matches the one contained in the image texture is assigned to indicate a physical material of the physical object represented by the 3D model. Then, material property information is stored in the computerized 3D model for the image textures that are assigned a material palette entry. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096084 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH FUNCTION OF STATIC COLOR COMPENSATION AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display with function of static color compensation and method thereof, the purpose of the present invention is achieved by utilizing LC Off technique and light sensing technique. The liquid crystal display comprises: a liquid crystal plate; a backlight, disposed on at least one side of the liquid crystal plate; at least one light sensor, disposed adjacent to the liquid crystal plate, and the light sensor has a sensing plane which faces to the backlight; and a timing controller, which receives brightness value measured from the light sensor when LC Off and computes the data to monitor the brightness and chromaticity of the backlight. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096085 | Apparatus and method determining image dynamic range extended mode using fuzzy rule - Provided is an apparatus and method of determining a dynamic range extended mode for a digital camera using a fuzzy rule. The method may determine a feature value with respect to a preview image in accordance with a predetermined measurement criterion, and may determine a dynamic range extended mode using a fuzzy rule where the determined feature value is matched in the fuzzy rule, thereby intelligently controlling a photographing mode of the digital camera. In particular, the method may determine the feature value with respect to the preview image in accordance with various measurement criterions, thereby obtaining an optimum photographing mode for subsequent images. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096086 | ERROR METRICS FOR CHARACTERS - Generating an error from an error metric quantifying differences between reference objects representing characters and representations of the reference objects. One embodiment includes a method which includes accessing a reference object representing a character. One or more reference object characteristics are quantified. The reference object characteristics are related to character structural and color information of at least a portion of the reference object to generate a reference object metric. A representation object of the reference object is accessed. One or more representation object characteristics are quantified to create a representation object metric. The representation object characteristics are related to character structural and color information of a portion of the representation object of the reference object corresponding to the portion of the reference object. An error is calculated based on a difference between the reference object metric and the representation object metric. The error is output to a user. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096087 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING TOUCH SCREEN-BASED USER INTERFACE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL ADAPTED TO THE METHOD - A method for providing touch screen-based user interface and a portable terminal adapted to the method are provided. The method includes setting types and display order of icons to be displayed on a touch screen, sensing a touch input to the touch screen, measuring a time that the touch input is retained on the touch screen, and displaying at least one icon, in an order, according to the measured touch input retaining time and the set types and display order of icons. The touch screen-based user interface providing method can allow a user to easily search for and operate a corresponding function, via a relatively small number of touch inputting actions, thereby enhancing the user's experience while the user is using the portable terminal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096088 | ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY - An electrophoresis display includes a temperature sensor, a memory, a central processing unit and a display unit. The temperature sensor senses and outputs a present temperature. The memory stores a temperature characteristic table. The central processing unit is electrically coupled to the temperature sensor and the memory. The central processing unit receives the present temperature and reads the temperature characteristic table for matching the present temperature with the temperature characteristic table to obtain and output a drive level or timing. The display unit is electrically coupled to the central processing unit for receiving the drive level or timing and displaying according to the drive level. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096089 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REAL TIME 3D NAVIGATION IN PANORAMIC IMAGES AND CYLINDRICAL SPACES - A method for navigating through a panoramic image in a handheld device comprises rendering a preview of a panoramic image on a cylindrical screen (cylinder), viewed from outside, as bird's eye view, providing 3 degrees of freedom. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096090 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANIMATING AN ON-SCREEN DISPLAY MENU - A display device includes: a first memory for storing OSD animation program instructions and an original OSD menu frame; a microcontroller for executing the OSD animation program instructions so as to generate (N) covering frames that are superimposed on (N) copies of the original OSD menu frame in order to generate (N) partially covered OSD menu frames, and outputting sequentially the (N) partially covered OSD menu frames and the original OSD menu frame to a second memory in response to receipt of a command for opening an OSD menu; and an image output unit for sequentially and continuously reading the (N) partially covered OSD menu frames and the original OSD menu screen from the second memory and outputting sequentially and continuously the (N) partially covered OSD menu frames and the original OSD menu frame to the display unit for display, thus effecting animation of the OSD menu. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIEWING AND MARKING MAPS - The present invention is directed to a method and device for obtaining, viewing and marking maps in real time. Maps are obtained from a list of maps, the maps are then viewed on interactive tabletop displays allowing a user to visualize a mapped location and “markup” points on the map. The markup data is captured as a small file and sent out to responders via rapid transmission in both real time as it is developed or as final actionable information. The maps employed in the present invention include land maps or building floor plans that are either in paper or digital formats. This invention empowers emergency management personnel to leverage all available information and create actionable plans that can be shared with tactical teams at a low cost. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096092 | NON-CARTESIAN CAIPIRINHA - Example systems, methods, and apparatus concern non-Cartesian CAIPIRINHA (Controlled Aliasing In Parallel Imaging Results IN Higher Acceleration). One example parallel magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) manipulation logic configured to control the pMRI apparatus to perform a non-Cartesian CAIPIRINHA acquisition process in which under-sampled data is acquired using a non-Cartesian (e.g., radial) pattern. The apparatus also includes a reconstruction logic configured to reconstruct the under-sampled data as a function of phase shift applied by the non-Cartesian CAIPIRINHA acquisition process and coil sensitivities acquired during the non-Cartesian CAIPIRINHA acquisition process. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096093 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device, including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of an object; an environment map generating unit for generating an environment map representing a position of one or more objects existing in a real space based on an input image obtained by imaging the real space using an imaging device and the feature data stored in the data storage unit; and an output image generating unit for generating an output image obtained by erasing an erasing target object from the input image based on a position of the erasing target object specified out of objects present in the input image represented in the environment map and a position of the imaging device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096094 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A display device and a method of operating the display device are provided. The display device includes a media interface unit for receiving images through an external memory card, a memory unit for storing the images therein, a network interface unit for receiving related contents from an external server using image taking time information and GPS information contained in the images, and a controller displaying the images together with the contents provided through the network interface unit with reference to the image taking time information and the GPS information. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096095 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE ON DISPLAY SCREEN OF THE SAME - A display device includes a display screen, an image capturing device, a calculating module, and an image adjusting module. The display screen is capable of displaying an image thereon, and includes a first side. The image capturing device captures an image of a viewer, and includes an image sensor with a second side parallel to the first side. The calculating module identifies a left eye image and a right eye image of the viewer from the image of the viewer, and calculates an angle formed between the first side of the display screen and an imaginary straight line passing through the actual left eye and right eye of the viewer. The image adjusting module rotates the image on the display screen to make the first side of the display screen parallel to the imaginary straight line passing through the actual left eye and right eye of the viewer. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096096 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display device according to the present invention has: a display section; an image storage section that stores, as subjects to be displayed on the display section, a plurality of combinations of images, each of which is configured by a plurality of items associated with hierarchical levels; a display controller that sequentially scroll-displays on the display section the images stored in the image storage section; a touch panel that accepts from an operator designation of a coordinate position within a display area of the display section; and a speed detector that detects a speed change at which the coordinate position designated from the touch panel changes, wherein the display controller reduces the number of items of each of the images scroll-displayed on the display section, as the speed of change detected by the speed detector increases. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096097 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - When a display position for any of a plurality of images is designated using a touch panel, an instruction accepting section enlarges, for a predetermined period of time, an area for accepting the input of an instruction associated with any of the image of the plurality of images that is displayed in the designated display position, in accordance with speed of change that is detected by a speed detector at the time of the designation. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096098 | LOW LUMINANCE READABILITY IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - A display system and method is provided to increase the ability to recognize and distinguish red, magenta, and various other colors rendered on a display device by dynamically compensating for, at least in part, changes in the human vision system when the display luminance is within the mesopic range. The dynamic compensation enables the display system to be optimized differently depending upon the visual luminance range, be it photopic, mesopic, or scotopic. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096099 | BACKLIGHT DRIVE DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME, AND BACKLIGHT DRIVE METHOD - A backlight drive device is provided in at least one embodiment including a plurality of backlight units for each of which a unique address is automatically set using a simplified configuration, in which backlight drive units are sequentially connected to a backlight drive control portion via a serial signal line by a daisy-chain method, and through this, the backlight drive control portion transmits an address-assigning signal sequentially to each of the units before sending luminance data. Also, in at least one embodiment, the backlight drive control portion is directly connected to the backlight drive units via an IIC bus by a bus method, and through this, the backlight drive control portion receives light-quantities and temperatures detected by the units identified by the addresses as mentioned above. This configuration allows automatic setting of unique addresses, which makes it possible to use common backlight drive units. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096100 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY PANELS - Various embodiments of the present invention provide for systems and apparatus directed toward using a contact lens and deflection optics to process display information and non-display information. In one embodiment of the invention, a display panel assembly is provided, comprising: a transparent substrate that permits light to pass through substantially undistorted; a reflector disposed on the transparent substrate; and a display panel aimed toward the reflector and substantially away from a human visual system, wherein the reflector reflects light emitted from the display panel toward the human visual system. The reflector may comprise a narrow band reflector or a polarization reflector. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096101 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including data lines and gate lines, a data driving circuit configured to drive the data lines, a gate driving circuit configured to drive the gate lines, a timing controller configured to divide a unit frame period into a first sub-frame period and a second sub-frame period, a backlight unit configured to provide light to the liquid crystal display panel wherein the backlight unit includes a plurality of light sources, and a light source driving circuit configured to turn off all the plurality of light sources during the first sub-frame period and turns on all the plurality of light sources at a turn-on time within the second sub-frame period. | 2011-04-28 |