24th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120146945 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a contact operation and a pressure of an operating object on a contact operation surface, a display switching unit for switching display on a display screen according to the pressure of the operating object detected by the detection unit, and an execution unit for performing a predetermined process, in a case a predetermined operation of the operating object on the contact operation surface is detected by the detection unit while the display on the display screen is being switched by the display switching unit, according to the predetermined operation. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146946 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A display device with touch panel and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The display device with touch panel includes a flexible display panel and a force sensitive touch panel. The force sensitive touch panel is disposed under a portion of the flexible display panel. Since the force sensitive touch panel is only configured under the portion of the flexible display panel, the display device with touch panel may have touching control function and flexibility at the same time. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146947 | Optical Touch-Screen Imager - Embodiments of an apparatus comprising a CMOS image sensor including a pixel array formed in a substrate and a light guide formed on the substrate to receive light traveling in a plane parallel to a plane of the pixel array and incident on the edge of the image sensor and to re-direct the incident light into at least one pixel of the pixel array. Embodiments of an optical touch-screen imager comprising a substantially planar touch area and a detector positioned adjacent to the touch area, the detector comprising a CMOS image sensor as described above. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146948 | Optical Navigation Module and Mobile Electronic Appliance Using Optical Navigation Module - An optical navigation module includes a light source, a light transmission window having a navigation surface, a first light shield configured for blocking the ambient light and absorbing the scattered light, a sensor configured for detecting light from the light transmission window and a second light shield located between the light source and the sensor and configured for blocking the direct light from the light source to the sensor. The light transmission window includes at least one refraction surface. The refraction surface is in the light path from the light source to the sensor. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146949 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING COMPENSATION OF A TOUCH OBJECT ON A TOUCH SURFACE OF A SCREEN AND OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE THEREOF - A method for positioning compensation of a touch object on a touch surface of a screen is disclosed. The method includes disposing a mark unit on a side frame of a screen, recording an ideal pixel position of the mark unit in an ideal side-frame image, capturing an actual side-frame image toward a touch surface of the screen, and determining whether to adjust relations between pixel positions and camera angles of a touch object according to the ideal pixel position and an actual pixel position of the mark unit in the actual side-frame image. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146950 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a touch panel and a display apparatus having the touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate, and a plurality of optical devices arranged on the substrate, in which a distance between two adjacent optical devices of the plurality of optical devices may gradually decrease toward a corner of the substrate. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146951 | TOUCH DETECTING SYSTEM - A touch detecting system for installation on a touch panel includes two point light sources arranged along one side of a touch panel, an optical sensor disposed at an opposite second side of the touch panel, at least one optical lens, and a processing unit. The at least on optical lens is disposed between the second side of the touch panel and the optical sensor. The at least one optical lens is spaced from the touch panel and the optical sensor, for directing the light from the point light sources to the optical sensor. The optical sensor captures an image which including two dark points of the light from the point light sources when a touch object is on the touch panel. The processing unit determines the position of the touch object on the touch panel based on positions of the dark points in the image. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146952 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL - Provided is an optical touch panel. The optical touch panel includes: an optical waveguide including a core delivering an optical signal and a clad surrounding the core; a light generator delivering the optical signal into the optical waveguide; and a light detector measuring the optical signal passing through the optical waveguide, wherein the optical waveguide includes a sensing part having a sensing surface and a passing part having a non-sensing surface; the core includes a sensing core portion in the sensing part and a passing core portion in the passing part; and a distance between the sensing surface and a top surface of the sensing core portion is shorter than that between the non-sensing surface and a top surface of the passing core portion. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146953 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR SENSING MULTI-TOUCH AND PROXIMITY OBJECT - A display apparatus that may enable sensing a multi-touch and a proximity object is provided. The display apparatus may display an image generated by the object on an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel, and may sense an invisible light that may be reflected by the object and may have entered through a hole. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146954 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Disclosed is an optical touch screen panel including: a light source unit to generate light parallel with a horizontal axis or a vertical axis of a touch screen; a first beam deflector to increase the width of the light parallel with the horizontal axis to be matched with the width of the horizontal-axis of the touch screen, or increase the width of the parallel light parallel with the vertical axis to be matched with the width of the vertical-axis of the touch screen in order to reflect the parallel light having the increased width; a second beam deflector to reduce the width of the parallel light incident from the first beam deflector in order to reflect the parallel light having the reduced width; and a photodetector unit to sense a touched position of an object on the horizontal-axis or the vertical-axis of the touch screen. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146955 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INPUT INTO A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods and systems for selecting input in a portable electronic device comprising a display and a plurality of input members are disclosed. The methods and system use semi-transparent windows displayed in partially overlapping layers to present output options to the user of the device. For example, the method includes detecting a pre-determined type of actuation of one of the input members of the electronic device and determining the representations associated with the actuated input member. The method further includes outputting the representations using the display, each representation appearing in a semi-transparent window, the semi-transparent windows being displayed in partially overlapping layers. The method further includes receiving a selection input and outputting the representation displayed in the top-most semi-transparent window using the display. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146956 | Touch Screen Testing Platform - A touch screen testing platform may be used to perform repeatable testing of a touch screen enabled device using a robotic device tester and a controller. Prior to running a test, the controller and/or robot may be calibrated to determine a planar surface of the touch screen and to establish a relative coordinate system across the touch screen. The controller may then be programmed to allow a robot to engage the touch screen using known input zones designated using the coordinate system. The platform may employ object recognition to determine and interact with content rendered by the device. The platform may use various types of tips that engage the touch screen, thereby simulating human behavior. The platform may perform multi-touch operations by employing multiple tips that can engage the touch screen simultaneously. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146957 | STYLUS TIP DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREEN - A writing or drawing tip device for attachment to a touch screen stylus or handle has a rigid body of conductive material with a forward end mandrel having a rounded or elliptical tip, at least one layer of compressible material extending over the tip to produce a deformable rounded tip, and a retaining device which secures the compressible layer to the body at a location to the rear of the rounded tip. The deformable tip is applied to a touch screen to develop a contact patch between the compressible material layer and screen sufficient to trigger an input on the screen, with the amount of force applied to the tip determining the size of the contact patch. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146958 | POSITION INDICATOR - A position indicator is provided for use with a position detecting sensor that carries out position detection by detecting a change in capacitance. The position indicator includes: a first electrode configured to receive an alternating-current (AC) signal from the position detecting sensor; a signal enhancing processing circuit configured to subject the AC signal received via the first electrode to determined signal enhancing processing; and a second electrode different from the first electrode and configured to be supplied with a signal output from the signal enhancing processing circuit. An enhanced signal having a determined correlation with the AC signal received via the first electrode from the position detecting sensor is formed while the enhanced signal is sent out to the position detecting sensor via the second electrode. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146959 | ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE - An electronic reading device is disclosed, for use with a handwriting pen that has a first working mode and a second working mode. The electronic reading device includes a display, a processor, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller signals the processor and the second controller. The processor displays a track of the handwriting pen after being signaled by the first controller. The second controller sends a request to the handwriting pen to determine a working mode of the handwriting pen, and signals the processor when determining that the working mode is the second mode. The processor also erases the track after being signaled by the second controller. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146960 | TOUCH PEN - A touch pen comprises a penholder, an electrically conducting core, a flexible covering and fabric covering. The electrically conducting core is coupled to the penholder. The electrically conducting core is ensheathed in the flexible covering, while the fabric covering wraps around the flexible covering, wherein either flexible covering or fabric covering has electrical conductivity. In the present invention, the flexible covering and the fabric covering are shaped under the pressure exerted by the electrically conducting core and a touch panel so as to increase the contact area between the touch pen and the touch panel and, meanwhile, the fabric covering is capable of reducing the friction between touch pen and the touch panel, thereby improving the sensitivity and touch effect. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146961 | Electronic paper - Disclosed herein is an electronic paper, more particularly to an electronic paper capable of actually realizing full colors. The electronic paper includes upper and lower electrodes made of a transparent material and disposed to face each other; transparent barrier ribs disposed between the upper and lower electrodes to form a plurality of cells; twist balls each having a sphere-shaped structure and received in each of the cells, the twist ball having first and second display regions on a surface thereof and the first and second display regions being colored with different colors and respectively electrified with positive charges and negative charges; and a black matrix layer provided below the transparent barrier ribs, the black matrix layer having a larger width than the transparent barrier rib. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146962 | ACTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An active liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel array, a gate driving circuit, a data driving circuit, and an analog buffer. The gate driving circuit is used for driving M first scan lines where M is a natural number. The analog buffer is coupled to the gate driving circuit and includes M buffer circuits and a regulator. Each buffer circuit drives a corresponding second scan line according to an output signal of a corresponding first scan line of the M first scan lines, and the regulator is used for maintaining at least one reference voltage supplied to the M buffer circuits. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146963 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel having a pixel array including a first group of liquid crystal cells connected to odd-numbered gate lines and a second group of liquid crystal cells connected to even-numbered gate lines and a data driving circuit including a latch array. Each liquid crystal cell of the second group shares a data line with one liquid crystal cell of the first group adjacent to the liquid crystal cell of the second group in an extension direction of the gate lines. The latch array delays only second group data to be applied to the liquid crystal cells of the second group among digital video data for one horizontal line by about one half horizontal period in response to a data rendering control signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146964 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device comprises: a display panel having a pixel array comprising a first group of cells and a second group of cells and configured to share data lines with cells of the first group adjacent in extension direction of the gate lines; a data driving circuit comprising a latch array, wherein the latch array temporally separates first group data to be applied to the liquid crystal cells of the first group and second group data to be applied to the liquid crystal cells of the second group according to data rendering control signals, and outputs the first group data earlier by about ½ horizontal period than the second group data. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146965 | DISPLAY DRIVER CIRCUIT, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND USER DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A display driver circuit, including a source driver configured to drive source lines of a display panel, and a timing controller configured to transfer image data to the source driver and to control the source driver such that the transferred image data is displayed via the display panel, the timing controller also being configured to transfer to the source driver a control signal and a test pattern, which are used to test a bit error rate, and the source driver being configured to test the bit error rate of the transferred test pattern in response to the transferred control signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146966 | Driving Circuit for Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method for Driving the Same - A driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel comprising a plurality of pixel areas to display an image; a data driver configured to drive data lines of the liquid crystal panel; a gate driver configured to drive gate lines of the liquid crystal panel; and a timing controller configured to generate an internal enable signal in an initial driving where an external power is applied, to control the gate and data drivers, and configured to control the gate and data drivers based on synchronization signals, after controlling the driving of the gate driver to be stopped for one frame period when at least one synchronization signals are input from outside. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146967 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - The liquid crystal display device includes a display panel for displaying a picture thereon, first to (n)th upper data drive ICs for supplying pixel voltages to one side of each data line in the display panel, first to (n)th bottom data drive ICs for supplying pixel voltages to the other side of each data line, a first timing controller for generating an upper data control signal and for controlling operation of the upper data drive ICs, and a second timing controller for generating a bottom data control signal and for controlling operation of the bottom data drive ICs wherein at least one of the first and second timing controllers analyzes the picture data applied thereto and controls the polarities of the pixel voltages to be forwarded from the upper data drive ICs and the bottom data drive ICs with reference to the result of the analysis. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146968 | Self-Refresh Panel Time Synchronization - In an embodiment, a method in a device of controlling a display is provided. The method includes transmitting a heartbeat signal in a self-refresh state. The heartbeat signal is configured to be used by a display to remain in sync with the device while the device is in the self-refresh state. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146969 | SCANNING SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A gate driver is implemented that includes an easily testable shift register to improve panel yields. In a monolithic gate driver including a shift register that operates based on 4-phase clock signals, each stage of the shift register is provided with an inter-stage connecting wiring line for receiving a clock signal other than clock signals received from a clock signal trunk wiring line, from a different stage than the stage; and a contact that connects a wiring line formed on the stage to the inter-stage connecting wiring line. The shift register is grouped every four consecutive stages. Markings formed of different numbers of planar-view circular-shaped structures are formed on bistable circuits of four stages included in each group such that the same type of marking appears every four stages. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146970 | DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device displays images with a plurality of signal lines and includes spare lines, each being arranged to be connectable to the signal lines so as to be used for recovery of the signal lines from disconnection. Each of the spare lines has constricted sections for cutting. With this arrangement, it is possible to easily and properly recover the signal lines from disconnection. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146971 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a first substrate and a pixel electrode on the first substrate. A thickness of the pixel electrode is about 40 nanometers (nm) or less. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146972 | DEVICE SUBSTRATE - An element-side substrate ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120146973 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device that measures display characteristics (such as luminance or chromaticity) associated with a display panel. The display device of the present invention has a light sensor ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120146974 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel has a first substrate, plural pairs of display electrodes, a second substrate, and plural data electrodes. Each pair of the display electrodes is made up of a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode which are arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A discharge space is formed between the first substrate and second substrate. The data electrodes are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the display electrodes on the second substrate. The data electrode is wider in peripheral portion of the second substrate than in a central portion of the second substrate. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146975 | Consecutive Driving Of Displays - A lookup table provides voltage waveforms for transitions between a plurality of discrete pixel states forming a set that can be ordered in consecutive states according to a reflectivity of the pixel. An image controller repeatedly executes, in a consecutive drive phase, the steps of retrieving an initial state and update state, matching, when the initial and update states are different, in the ordered set of pixel states of the lookup table, a consecutive state and a corresponding consecutive waveform, the consecutive state forming a path, according to the consecutive drive phase, from the initial state to the update state in the set of pixel states, storing the consecutive state in the memory as new initial state; and controlling a voltage driver to drive the pixel from the initial state to the consecutive state using said consecutive waveform. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146976 | SOURCE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A source driver for driving a display panel and including a protection unit, a bias voltage generation unit and a buffer is provided. The protection unit detects a characteristic parameter of the source driver, and generates a switching signal according to a detection result. The bias voltage generation unit determines whether or not to provide a bias voltage according to the switching signal. The buffer is operated in the bias voltage so as to drive pixels in the display panel. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146977 | WORKING VOLTAGE SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - A working voltage switching system for a liquid crystal panel and a switching method thereof are presented. A timing controller of the panel acquires a liquid crystal enable signal to generate a clock signal, and a clock generator acquires the clock signal to control a liquid crystal control element of the liquid crystal panel, and acquires a basic signal supplied by a voltage supplier and a first signal provided by the voltage supplier and transferred by a switch, so as to adjust a signal difference of the clock signal. When a counter judges that the liquid crystal panel is enabled and a count condition is reached, a switch acts to transfer a second signal provided by the voltage supplier, and the clock signal is adjusted to satisfy a signal difference between the basic signal and the second signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146978 | Shift Register and Display Apparatus - A shift register including a plurality of stages, each of them including a first node, a second node, and a third node being in a high-impedance state when the first node is in a high-impedance state. The shift register includes an input circuit unit inputting a driving voltage to the first node in response to an output signal of a previous stage, a driving circuit unit generating an output signal according to a voltage of the first node, and a holding unit holding the output signal at a level of a gate-off voltage according to a voltage of the second node in an inactive period of a current stage, in which the holding unit comprises a first diode which applies a clock signal to the second node. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146979 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method of a display device is disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes applying a first voltage of a predetermined level to an anode of a plurality of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) included in a plurality of pixels. A plurality of driving transistors are driven to be connected to the plurality of OLEDs. The method further includes transmitting a first power source voltage of a logic high level to the anode of the plurality of OLEDs as a threshold voltage to compensate a threshold voltage of the plurality of driving transistors, and applying a data voltage to a plurality of pixels as a data writing step turning on a plurality of driving transistors. The second power source voltage applied to the cathode of the plurality of OLEDs is changed to a second voltage of the logic low level in a state in which a plurality of driving transistors are turned on. In the turned on state, light is emitted from the plurality of OLEDs. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146980 | TIMING CONTROLLER, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING TIMING CONTROLLER - A timing controller, a display device using the timing controller, and a method for driving the timing controller are discussed. The timing controller includes a frequency change sensing unit, that measures a length of an (n−1)th frame period and a length of an nth frame period, where n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2, and outputs timing signals of a low logic level when a length difference between the (n−1)th frame period and the nth frame period is greater than a predetermined first threshold value, a scan timing control signal output unit for outputting a scan timing control signal based on the timing signals, and a data timing control signal output unit controlling a data driving circuit based on the timing signals. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146981 | DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING FRAME - A driving method for a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a plurality of first pixel units, a plurality of second pixel units, a first group of transmission lines and a second group of transmission lines. The first group of transmission lines and the second group of transmission lines are electronically connected to the plurality of first pixel units and the plurality of second pixel units, respectively. The driving method includes: generating a first and a second input signals including a plurality of input signals each having an identical waveform; and transmitting the first and the second input signals into the first group and second group of transmission lines such that the first and second input signals are transmitted to the plurality of first pixel units and the plurality of second pixel units in a plurality of different transmission directions, respectively. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146982 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A method of controlling a liquid crystal display device which is used for color display and can reduces cross talk noise with a simple configuration. The control method of the liquid crystal display panel which includes three liquid crystal display panels of simple matrix, and a plurality of driver units, provided as associated with the plurality of liquid crystal display panels, to apply a driving voltage to the liquid crystal display panels, the method includes inverting by a inverter a pulse polarity control signal for converting a driving voltage applied to the liquid crystal display panels by the driver units to an alternative current voltage, and inputting the inverted signal to the driver unit corresponding at least one of the plurality of liquid crystal display panels. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146983 | LOW-LEAKAGE GATE LINES DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A gates-line driving circuit of a display device includes a plurality of stages that are serially connected to each other, where each stage includes a plurality of transistors and a plurality of capacitors and receives a scanning start signal, a plurality of clock signals, and first and second gate-off voltages Voff | 2012-06-14 |
20120146984 | ELECTROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An electrofluidic device includes first structural layer and second structural layer. First structural layer includes first substrate; and first electrode and second electrode on the first substrate. The second electrode has an indent region surrounding and without contacting first electrode. First hydrophobic layer is at least over the second electrode. Second structural layer at one side of the first structural layer with a gap includes second substrate and groove structure layer. The groove structure layer includes an indent groove, corresponding to the indent region of the second electrode. Second hydrophobic layer is over the groove structure layer. Polar fluid is disposed in the indent groove and remains in contact with the first electrode. Non-polar fluid is disposed in the gap between the first and second structural layers. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146985 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes generating a gate on voltage, generating first and second gate off voltages based on an external voltage in a first operating mode, and first and second gate off voltages based on the gate on voltage in a second operating mode, generating a clock signal based on the gate on voltage and the second gate off voltage and outputting a gate voltage generated based on the clock signal and the first and second gate off voltages to a gate line of the display panel. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146986 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A switching power supply has a function of improving a power factor, and outputs insulated DC. The switching power supply performs two kinds of controls for switching devices exclusive to each other: controlling of a switching device provided in a direction in which the discharging of a primary-side smoothing capacitor is prohibited at the time of suspension of commercially available AC power and near the zero cross of an input voltage; and causing a switching device provided between the output side of a third winding and the primary-side smoothing capacitor to control a charging current, thereby charging a capacitor in a boosted manner. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146987 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING ASSEMBLY FOR CUTTING OFF DRIVING SIGNAL FOR DRIVING DESIGNATED LIGHT SOURCE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A signal transmitting circuit is provided for cutting off or outputting at least one driving signal for driving a designated light source. The signal transmitting circuit includes an input differential signaling driver, an output differential amplifier, and a fixed-voltage-level-difference supply device. The input differential signaling driver is for receiving a display signal, and outputting an inverting signal and a non-inverting signal according to the display signal. The output differential amplifier is for receiving the inverting signal and non-inverting signal and outputting or cutting off the driving signal according to the voltage-level difference between the inverting signal and the non-inverting signal. The fixed-voltage-level-difference supply device is for supplying a fixed-voltage-level difference to replace the inverting signal and the non-inverting signal received by the output differential amplifier; therefore the output of the output differential amplifier remains low voltage-level to cut off the output of light with a designated color. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146988 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT AND DRIVER CIRCUIT HAVING THE SAME - A level shift circuit includes first and second NMOS transistors that are coupled between a first supply terminal, and first and second output nodes, respectively, and have respective control terminals receiving input signals of a low amplitude, third and fourth PMOS transistors which are coupled between a second supply terminal, and the first and second output nodes outputting signals of high amplitude, respectively, a fifth PMOS transistor which is coupled between a gate of the third PMOS transistor and the second output node, and has a gate coupled to the first output node, a sixth PMOS transistor which is coupled between a gate of the fourth PMOS transistor and the first output node, and has a gate coupled to the second output node, and first and second load elements which are coupled between the second supply terminal and the gates of the third and fourth PMOS transistors, respectively. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146989 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SCRAMBLER SYNCHRONIZATION - Methods and apparatus for enhanced synchronization of a descrambler, such as used in a signal interface that carries scrambled data. In one embodiment, the descrambler self-synchronizes to a scrambled bit stream (rather than receiving an external “sync” trigger), thereby allowing for much more rapid synchronization. This is accomplished in one variant by identifying a scrambled symbol that has an expected value, predicting an internal scrambler seed based on the expected value, and verifying the predicted seed. For example, an invention-enabled device can synchronize to a DisplayPort stream during blanking intervals which are filled with known “dummy” bytes. Blanking intervals are much more frequent than explicit synchronization symbols, thus an invention enabled device can greatly improve synchronization times, and eliminate e.g., visual artifacts. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146990 | PIXEL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel for a display device is disclosed. In one aspect the pixel includes six transistors. For example, the pixel may includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor transmitting a first power source voltage to an anode of the organic light emitting diode, a second transistor transmitting a gate-on voltage to the gate electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor transmitting a gate-off voltage to the gate electrode of the first transistor according to a first control signal, a fourth transistor transmitting the gate-off voltage to the gate electrode of the second transistor according to the first control signal, a fifth transistor transmitting the second control signal to the gate electrode of the second transistor, and a sixth transistor transmitting the gate-on voltage to the gate electrode of the fifth transistor according to a third control signal. The pixels in the display are turned off for initialization and the pixels are selectively turned on to display an image. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146991 | RENDERING PERSONALIZED TEXT ON CURVED IMAGE SURFACES - As set forth herein, a computer-implemented method facilitates replacing text on cylindrical or curved surfaces in images. For instance, the user is first asked to perform a multi-click selection of a polygon to bound the text. A triangulation scheme is carried out to identify the pixels. Segmentation and erasing algorithms are then applied. The ellipses are estimated accurately through constrained least squares fitting. A 3D framework for rendering the text, including the central projection pinhole camera model and specification of the cylindrical object, is generated. These parameters are jointly estimated from the fitted ellipses as well as the two vertical edges of the cylinder. The personalized text is wrapped around the cylinder and subsequently rendered. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146992 | STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer is provided. The information processing program causes the computer to function as: preferential display object placing means for placing a preferential display object in an imaging range of a virtual stereo camera in a virtual three-dimensional space; stereoscopically visible image rendering means for taking the virtual three-dimensional space using the virtual stereo camera, and rendering a stereoscopically visible image of the virtual three-dimensional space; and display control means for causing the display apparatus to display the stereoscopically visible image rendered by the stereoscopically visible image rendering means. The stereoscopically visible image rendering means renders the preferential display object by using a parallax based on a first depth from the virtual stereo camera, according to a preference order based on a second depth, shallower than the first depth, from the virtual stereo camera. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146993 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A display control program executed by a computer of a display control apparatus displaying a virtual space on a display apparatus capable of stereoscopic display, the display control program causing the computer to function as: object placement means for placing an object in the virtual space; transparency degree setting means for calculating a distance specified between the object displayed in the virtual space, and a viewpoint position based on the position of a virtual camera for virtually shooting the virtual space, and setting the degree of transparency of the object such that the longer the distance is, the higher the degree of transparency is; image generation means for generating right-eye and left-eye images by shooting the virtual space with right and left virtual cameras, respectively; and display control means for displaying the right-eye and left-eye images generated by the image generation means, on the display apparatus. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146994 | 2D/3D Switchable Image Display Apparatus and Method of Displaying 2D and 3D Images - In a two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) switchable image display apparatus and a method of displaying 2D and 3D images, the 2D/3D switchable image display apparatus may comprise: a data driver which outputs column data of an input image; a scan driver which controls a driving method of a plurality of odd scan lines and a plurality of even scan lines according to an input method and a display mode of the input image; a display panel which displays a 2D image or a 3D image by separately displaying the input image in odd lines and even lines; and a parallax device which generates binocular parallax between an image displayed in the odd lines and an image displayed in the even lines. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146995 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display and a method for driving the same are discussed. The stereoscopic image display includes a display panel including data lines and gate lines crossing the data lines, a data modulation unit, that modulates input image data so that pixel data of an nth line of the image data approaches a black gray level as pixel data of an (n−1)th line of the image data approaches a white gray level, where n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2, a data driver, that converts the image data modulated by the data modulation unit into a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the data lines, and a gate driver sequentially outputting a gate pulse synchronized with the data voltage to the gate lines. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146996 | EDITING DEVICE, EDITING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus configured to move a drag object on a screen in accordance with an operation of a pointer. The display apparatus can include a detection unit configured to detect a target object on the screen, the target object being a destination of the drag object, and a display control unit configured to display the drag object in a position closer to the target object than a display position of the pointer moved in accordance with an operation performed by a user. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146997 | Stereoscopic Video Signal Processing Apparatus and Method Thereof - According to one embodiment, a basic format for a 3D signal having a first area to arrange main video data, a second area to arrange graphic data, a third area to arrange depth information of pixels of the main video data, and a fourth area to arrange depth information of pixels of the graphic data are defined. When depth information of pixels of the main video data is generated, a 3D processing module can select whether to use a first pattern obtained by inserting the graphic data into the main video data and a second pattern obtained by not inserting the graphic data into the main video data. A 3D related controller decides on the first or second pattern to be used by the 3D processing module. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-LAYERED AUGMENTED REALITY - A multi-layered augmented reality system and method may extract a target object and a background from an image frame, may track the target object and the background, may apply different coordinate systems to a first virtual object corresponding to the target object and a second virtual object corresponding to the background, and may independently control the first virtual object and the second virtual object. | 2012-06-14 |
20120146999 | PIXEL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel of a display device is disclosed. According to one aspect, the pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The pixel further includes a data sustain unit configured to maintain a data signal input from a data line during light emission of the OLED, a driving current supply unit configured to receive the data signal from the data sustain unit to emit light from the OLED, and a relay transistor configured to insulate the data sustain unit and the driving current supply unit from each other during light emission by the OLED. A data signal input to the data sustain unit is transmitted to the driving current supply unit after the OLED emits the light. A driving speed at which data to display a stereoscopic image is input may be decreased, a luminance reduction by black data may be reduced, and power consumption may be reduced. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147000 | STEREOPSIS DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. According to one aspect, the device includes a scan driver and a data driver configured to transmit scan signals and data signals to scan lines and data lines respectively, a light emission driver configured to transmit light emission control signals to light emission control lines, and a display unit divided into pixel areas including pixel lines. A controller is configured to control the drivers, generate a left-eye and right-eye image data signals, and supply the generated signals to the data driver. The light emission driver includes light emitting circuits configured to sequentially transmit light emission control signals that are equivalent to each other to light emission control lines of the corresponding pixel area. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147001 | IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing unit, a stereoscopic image display using the same, and an image processing method are disclosed. The image processing unit includes a data modulation unit, that receives 3D image data including left eye image data and right eye image data, compares a pixel data of the left eye image and a pixel data of the right eye image corresponding to the same coordinate of the previously set mask with each other, calculates the number of cases where a difference between the same pixel data of the left eye image data and the right eye image data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, and modulates the pixel data of the left eye image and the pixel data of the right eye image inside the mask using a first coefficient group of the mask when the number of cases is greater than a predetermined value. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147002 | VIRTUAL CELLULAR STAINING - Systems and methods are used to display cell structures of a biological cell. A plurality of cell structures of a biological cell is stored and for each cell structure of the plurality of cell structures one or more stain colors are stored. A selected cell structure is received from an input device. One or more stain colors of the selected cell structure are retrieved. The one or more stain colors of the selected cell structure are displayed. A selected stain color is received from the input device. The selected cell structure is displayed in the selected stain color in an exemplary cell image. Further, a three-dimensional image of a biological cell is stored. The three-dimensional image is displayed on a display that includes a touch screen. A movement selection is received from the touch screen. The three-dimensional image is displayed on the display according to the movement selection. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147003 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL-VIEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An omnidirectional-view three-dimensional display apparatus comprises a high-frame-rate projector ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147004 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DIGITAL ACTOR BASED ON MULTIPLE IMAGES - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for generating a digital actor based on multiple images. The apparatus includes a reconstruction appearance generation unit, a texture generation unit, and an animation assignment unit. The reconstruction appearance generation unit generates a reconstruction model in which the appearance of a target object is reconstructed in such a way as to extract 3-Dimensional (3D) geometrical information of the target object from images captured using multiple cameras which are provided in directions which are different from each other. The texture generation unit generates a texture image for the reconstruction model based on texture coordinates information calculated based on the reconstruction model. The animation assignment unit allocates an animation to each joint of the reconstruction model, which has been completed by applying the texture image to the reconstruction model, in such a way as to add motion data to the joint. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147005 | Pre-Culling Processing Method, System and Computer Readable Medium for Hidden Surface Removal of Image Objects - A pre-culling method for the hidden surface removal of image objects is disclosed. The steps of the pre-culling method includes: transforming an eye coordinate from an eye space to a model space of a polygon when performing a rendering operation; and comparing a normal vector of the eye coordinate in the model space with the normal vector of each face of the polygon to determine whether each face of the polygon with respect to the eye coordinate is a front face or a back face. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147006 | Well Placement 3d Advisor- Method and System To Monitor And Assist A Well Placement Operation - A method of displaying information relating to a well drilling operation, comprising generating a sub-surface model of the underground formation through which the well is being drilled; generating a representation of the well being drilled, of the drilling equipment being used to drill the well, including parameters relating to the use of the drilling equipment; generating a 3D image of the formation, the well and the drilling equipment; and generating an image within the 3D image comprising volumes representing virtual objects, such as a cone of possible well placement if drilling proceeds under the current conditions, or the envelope of investigation of a given sensor. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147007 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TILE BINNING TO REDUCE POWER CONSUMPTION - Described is a tile binning apparatus and method which consumes a low amount of power. The tile binning apparatus may determine whether to perform an overlap test that reduces an overlap factor, based on whether one or more tiles overlapping a bounding box of a triangle obtained as a result of geometry processing is one-dimensional. As a result, an unnecessary operation may be avoided which may reduce an amount of consumed power. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147008 | NON-UNIFORMLY SAMPLED 3D INFORMATION REPRESENTATION METHOD - A non-uniformly sampled three-dimensional (3D) information representation method is revealed. Firstly, use a computer to reconstruct a 3D model according to a 3D model data. Then set up a projection point according to the 3D model. The projection point is projected onto the 3D mode so as to get a plurality of sampling points uniformly. Then create at least one 2D array data according to a plurality of horizontal parameters and a plurality of vertical parameters of a 3D sample model. The 2D array, data corresponds to the sampling points. Take samples from non-uniform area of the 3D model so as to generate a non-uniform element. Thus, the 3D model data is simplified and this is beneficial to representation, operation, storage and transmission of 3D data. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147009 | ENHANCEMENT OF THE PRESENTATION OF AN ATHLETIC EVENT - Systems and methods are provided for enhancing a presentation of an athletic event. Data is received at a sensor located at a first location on a first athlete. The data represents an impact applied to the first athlete by a second athlete. One of an acceleration and a force at a second location on the first athlete induced by the impact is determined. A representation of the determined one of the acceleration and the force at the second location on the first athlete is displayed to an audience of the athletic event. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147010 | Graphical User Interface For Interpreting The Results Of Image Analysis - A method of intuitively displaying values obtained from analyzing bio-medical images includes displaying a table of the values in a first pane of a graphical user interface. The table contains a user selectable row that includes a reference value and two numerical values. The reference value refers to an image of a tissue slice. The first numerical value is generated by performing image analysis on the image, and the second numerical value indicates a health state of the tissue. The image is displayed in a second pane of the graphical user interface in response to the user selecting the user selectable row. A graphical plot with a selectable symbol associated with the image is displayed in a third pane. The symbol has a position in the plot defined by the values. Alternatively, in response to the user selecting the selectable symbol, the image is displayed in the second pane. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147011 | System for Optimizing Graphics Operations - Disclosed is a system for producing images including techniques for reducing the memory and processing power required for such operations. The system provides techniques for programmatically representing a graphics problem. The system further provides techniques for reducing and optimizing graphics problems for rendering with consideration of the system resources, such as the availability of a compatible GPU. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147012 | COORDINATION OF ANIMATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS OR PROCESSES - Animation coordination system and methods are provided that manage animation context transitions between and/or among multiple applications. A global coordinator can obtain initial information, such as initial graphical representations and object types, initial positions, etc., from initiator applications and final information, such as final graphical representations and object types, final positions, etc. from destination applications. The global coordination creates an animation context transition between initiator applications and destination applications based upon the initial information and the final information. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147013 | ANIMATION CONTROL APPARATUS, ANIMATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An animation control apparatus has: an interpolation component information creating unit ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147014 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PERSONAL STYLES AND ITS APPLICATION TO MOTION SYNTHESIS AND RECOGNITION - Disclosed is a method for automatically extracting personal styles from captured motion data. The inventive method employs wavelet analysis to extract the captured motion vector of different actors into wavelet coefficients, and thus forms a feature vector by optimization selection, which is used later for identification purposes. When the inventive method is applied to process animation frames, the performance can be evaluated by grouping and classification matrix without any correlation with the type of the motion. Also, even if the type of the motion is not stored in the database in advance, the motions of the actor can still be recognized by a learning module regardless of the type of the motions. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147015 | Graphics Processing in a Multi-Processor Computing System - A method, computer program product, and computing system are provided for processing a graphics operation. For instance, the method can include receiving the graphics operation from an application. The method can also include allocating a first portion of the graphics operation to a first processing unit and a second portion of the graphics operation to a second processing unit. This allocation between the first and second processing units can be based on at least one of a performance profile and a functionality profile of the first and second processing units. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147016 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed are an image processing device and an image processing method which achieve an increase in the speed of image processing by designating and operating a plurality of image processing units each corresponding to a specific function for the image processing in accordance with a program. A frame memory ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147017 | MULTI-FUNCTION ENCODER AND DECODER DEVICES, AND METHODS THEREOF - A technique for encoding and decoding video information uses a plurality of video processing modules (VPMs), whereby each video processing module is dedicated to a particular video processing function, such as filtering, matrix arithmetic operations, and the like. Information is transferred between the video processing modules using a set of first-in first-out (FIFO) buffers. For example, to transfer pixel information from a first VPM to a second VPM, the first VPM stores the pixel information at the head of a FIFO buffer, while the second VPM retrieves information from the tail of the FIFO buffer. The FIFO buffer thus permits transfer of information between the VPMs without storage of the information to a cache or other techniques that can reduce video processing speed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147018 | TIMING CONTROLLER FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND TIMING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A timing controller for a liquid crystal panel and a timing control method thereof are provided. The timing controller includes a timing control unit for analyzing an input signal to generate a system state transition voltage (STV) signal and a base STV signal, and the timing control unit outputs a base trigger signal and a switch trigger signal having asynchronous frame rates to a select unit at the same time. A compare unit determines whether frequencies of the two state signals are same, so that the select unit determines to forward the base trigger signal or the switch trigger signal to a level shift circuit. Finally, a signal-time control unit controls an output time of the base trigger signal, and controls an output time of the switch trigger signal, so that a liquid crystal unit connected to each gate line has an equal charge time. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147019 | DATA PACKER FOR PACKING AND ALIGNING WRITE DATA - A data packer of an input/output hub of a computer system packs and formats write data that is supplied to it before the write data is written into a memory unit of the computer system. More particularly, the data packer accumulates write data received from lower bandwidth clients for delivery to a high bandwidth memory interface. Also, the data packer aligns the write data, so that when the write data is read out from the write data packer, no further alignment is needed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INDICATION OF A STATIC FRAME - A method and apparatus provides for providing an indication of a static frame. In one example, the method and apparatus notifies the arrival of a static frame by changing a vertical blanking interval for the static frame. For example, the method and apparatus may determine that a display frame is a static frame if no graphic processing activity and/or lack of update to the frame buffer have been detected for a period of time. In response to a display frame being a static frame, the method and apparatus may change the vertical blanking interval that is immediately before the static frame by increasing the number of blanking scan lines in the vertical blanking interval. The changed vertical blanking interval may be transmitted with the static frame as an indicator of the arrival of a static frame, so that the apparatus may enter a self-refresh mode to repeatedly display the static frame. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147021 | GRAPHICS COMPUTE PROCESS SCHEDULING - A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for providing improved access to accelerated processing device compute resources to user mode applications. The functionality disclosed allows user mode applications to provide commands to an accelerated processing device without the need for kernel mode transitions in order to access a unified ring buffer. Instead, applications are each provided with their own buffers, which the accelerated processing device hardware can access to process commands. With full operating system support, user mode applications are able to utilize the accelerated processing device in much the same way as a CPU. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147022 | Methods and Systems for Providing Access to Content During a Presentation of a Media Content Instance - Exemplary methods and systems for providing access to content during the presentation of a media content instance are disclosed herein. As described in more detail below, a content presentation system may detect a predefined motion of a mobile device during a presentation of a media content instance by a media content access device, identify the media content instance, and provide access to the identified media content instance by way of the mobile device in response to the predefined motion. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147023 | CACHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO MOTION ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION - A caching apparatus for video motion estimation and compensation includes: an external memory including a plurality of banks and configured to allocate one pixel row to one bank to store the pixel row; a memory controller configured to cause successively-inputted read requests to access different banks of the external memory and transmit a read command for a next read request to the external memory while reference data corresponding to a first-coming read request is outputted; and a data processor configured to successively make read requests for the reference data to the memory controller when reference data read requests are successively inputted, store the reference data inputted from the memory controller, and output the stored reference data. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147024 | DATA PACKER FOR PACKING AND ALIGNING WRITE DATA - A data packer of an input/output hub of a computer system packs and formats write data that is supplied to it before the write data is written into a memory unit of the computer system. More particularly, the data packer accumulates write data received from lower bandwidth clients for delivery to a high bandwidth memory interface. Also, the data packer aligns the write data, so that when the write data is read out from the write data packer, no further alignment is needed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147025 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus, including a first input unit, receives a first image signal. A second input unit receives a second image signal. A user interface unit receives a user command for adjusting an image quality of the first image signal and the second image signal. An image processing unit generates a reference image frame which consists of the first image signal and the second image signal according to a user command. A display unit displays the generated reference image frame on a monitor screen. Additionally, a control unit adjusts the image quality of the second image signal based on the first image signal, which constitutes the generated reference image frame, and the control unit controls the image processing unit in order to display the reference image frame, on which the result of the image quality adjustment is reflected. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147026 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A display device is provided that comprises a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by spatial light modulation, and circuitry for switching liquid crystal in the panel between having a first configuration in a first mode to cause an image displayed using the panel to be discernible from a wide range of viewing angles, and having a second configuration in a second mode to cause an image displayed using the panel to be discernible substantially only from within a narrow range of viewing angles. Several types of display panel to achieve such in-panel switching between public and private viewing modes are disclosed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147027 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING DATA COHERENCY IN A PARALLEL RENDERING SYSTEM - A method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system is disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for managing a plurality of independently processed texture streams in a parallel rendering system that includes the steps of maintaining a time stamp for a group of tiles of work that are associated with each of the plurality of the texture streams and are associated with a specified area in screen space, and utilizing the time stamps to counter divergences in the independent processing of the plurality of texture streams. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147028 | Partially Resident Textures - A method, computer program product, and system are provided for processing a graphics operation. For instance, the method can include partitioning a texture and associated mipmaps into memory tiles, where the memory tiles are associated with a virtual memory system. The method can also include mapping a first subset of the memory tiles to respective address spaces in a physical memory system. Further, the method can include accessing the physical memory system during a rendering process of a graphics scene associated with the first subset of memory tiles. In the instance when the graphics scene requires one or more memory tiles outside of the first subset of memory tiles, the method can also include mapping a second subset of memory tiles to respective address spaces in the physical memory system. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147029 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processor that corrects image signals corresponding to sub-pixels which form one pixel includes: a shift amount storage section that stores shift amounts of display positions of display sub-pixels corresponding to the sub-pixels which form a display pixel with respect to a predetermined reference position within a display image; and an image signal correcting section that corrects image signals corresponding to sub-pixels, which form each pixel of an input image, on the basis of the shift amounts stored in the shift amount storage section. The image signal correcting section corrects image signals in which dummy image signals corresponding to dummy sub-pixels, which are provided outside sub-pixels in an endmost portion of the input image, are added to input image signals of the sub-pixels. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147030 | Temporally Based Weather Symbology - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are described herein for integrating geo-spatially enabled and time-encoded textual weather information into a graphical map display. Time-encoded textual weather information regarding one or more geographic locations is received, parsed, and interpreted in light of a temporal context of the graphical map display. Weather symbology relating the weather conditions within the temporal context of the graphical map display is generated from the parsed textual weather information and displayed at positions on the map corresponding to the geographic locations. The weather symbology may include weather pictograms that relate past, current, and future weather conditions at the corresponding geographic locations according to the temporal context of the graphical map display. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147031 | RESPONSE TO USER INPUT BASED ON DECLARATIVE MAPPINGS - Systems and methods are provided that enable direct response to user input, e.g., in accordance with storyboards. For instance, applications can predefine storyboards which describe output in terms of received input. The predefined storyboards can be used externally and independently from the applications to process user input on behalf of the applications. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147032 | MANIPULATION INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - Several images are displayed based on instructions. A map image is displayed first as a base image. A destination setup image is then displayed as a manipulation image. A telephone number input image is then displayed also as a manipulation image. Then, an input of a telephone number of a destination is made to the telephone number input image. When an event occurs in the middle of the input, a present map image is alternatively displayed while the previously displayed images from the map image as a closest displayed base image up to the telephone number input image as an interrupted displayed manipulation image are recorded as an image transition in an image recording portion. When the event disappears, the recorded image transition is displayed from the closest displayed base image up to the interrupted displayed manipulation image, enabling smooth resumption of the interrupted input. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147033 | Systems and methods for viewing larger than screen size digital content on display screens without zooming & scrolling - A system for displaying information on a display screen of a computing device, where the digital content is of the size that exceeds the display screen size for display has a display logic that parses the digital content into multiple screen views, each screen view is sized for the screen and an orientation, and stores these multiple screen views in the memory. The display logic selects and displays a single screen view of the multiple screen views on the screen overlaid with a transparent miniature view map of the multiple screen views with the view map highlighting the specific screen view being displayed. Touch-selecting a specific screen view from the view map brings up that view for display from the storage memory, with an updated view map, enabling a user to simultaneously see a view of the digital content and the size of the content. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147034 | ANIMATED LINK SENSATION - The present invention relates to a system and method which enable to present an orientation aid to users watching pages on a electronic computation output device, like a computer screen, a TV or a smart- or cell phone screen and receive automatically or on demand animated visual aid where to interact with the device through touching the screen or moving a electronic pointer over the area. This computer implemented method is designed to act as an additional layer of queries over traditional acknowledgeable area where to interact with a electronic page, like a website, in cases there the coding of these interactive areas is not possible in the underlying page itself, like but not limited to pdf or jpg files formats and alike. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERLAYING COMPUTER GENERATED HIGHLIGHTS IN A DISPLAY OF MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGERY - A system and method for overlaying computer-generated highlights in a display of millimeter wave imagery is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, visible spectrum and algorithmically created images are displayed adjacent to corresponding millimeter wave imagery on a graphical user interface (GUI). The millimeter wave imagery is used to detect a threat such as a concealed object. A computer generated highlight coinciding with a location of the detected concealed object is used to automatically overlay at least one or more of the visible spectrum images, algorithmically created images, and millimeter wave imagery. The computer generated highlight is encoded with information valuable for aiding the user when viewing and assessing the image date. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147036 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - According to an aspect, a display system includes a first display unit for displaying a first image, a second display unit for displaying a second image; and a control unit for controlling the first display unit and the second display unit. The control unit causes a portion of the second image, which is contained in a specific area in the second display unit, to be displayed on the first display unit as the first image. The control unit makes selection of a change mode where a relative positional relationship between the specific area and the second image is to be changed and a fixed mode where the relative positional relationship between the specific area and the second image is fixed available. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147037 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - An information display device switches content to be displayed without causing an eyesore to users. The information display device has a display means that displays information including a content display area which displays content, in a display area in a screen, a deciding means that decides whether or not the content display area hides, and a switching means that switches content displayed in the content display area when it is decided that the content display area hides. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147038 | SYMPATHETIC OPTIC ADAPTATION FOR SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY - A method for overlaying first and second images in a common focal plane of a viewer comprises forming the first image and guiding the first and second images along an axis to a pupil of the viewer. The method further comprises adjustably diverging the first and second images at an adaptive diverging optic to bring the first image into focus at the common focal plane, and, adjustably converging the second image at an adaptive converging optic to bring the second image into focus at the common focal plane. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147039 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY - A terminal to provide augmented reality includes a camera unit to capture a real-world view having a marker comprising a first region and a second region; a memory unit to store an object corresponding to the marker, first control information to control a first part of the object, and second control information to control a second part of the object; an object control unit to control the first part of the object based on the first control information if the first region is selected, and to control the second part of the object based on the second control information if the second region is selected; an image processing unit to synthesize the object with the real-world view into a synthesized view; and a display unit to display the synthesized view. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147040 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS NETWORK INFORMATION - In a terminal to display wireless network information by use of augmented reality, the terminal is able to be connected to various servers that provide wireless network information through a communication network. In a method for displaying wireless network information using augmented reality, a real-world image is acquired. Wireless network information for a region, corresponding to a location of the image, is acquired from the server. The acquired wireless network information is overlaid onto the real-world image and displayed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147041 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING ACCESS POINTS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method combine an augmented reality scheme with an AP search function and visually provide positions of searched APs as well as names of the searched APs and strength of signals received from the searched APs. The apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving signals of APs around the portable terminal, an input unit for receiving input for searching the APs, a camera unit for photographing environments around the portable terminal when searching the APs, a display unit for outputting an image photographed by the camera unit on a preview picture, an AP attribute ascertaining unit for ascertaining attributes of the APs which exist around the portable terminal and ascertaining positions of the APs, and a controller for outputting the APs on the preview picture to correspond to the positions of the ascertained APs. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147042 | ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION VIEWER, METHOD FOR VIEWING ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An electronic publication viewer ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147043 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD - An optical communication apparatus is disclosed. The optical communication apparatus includes a light transmission section, a light reception section, and a control section. The light transmission section causes a light emitting portion which outputs light in a visual line direction of a user to transmit information. The light reception section causes a light receiving portion which receives light from the visual line direction of the user to receive information. The control section determines whether or not another optical communication apparatus is an information communication target based on identification information when the light reception section has optically received communication request information and the identification information from the other optical communication apparatus and causes the light transmission section to optically transmit communication response information to the other optical communication apparatus when the control section has determined that the other optical communication apparatus be the information communication target. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147044 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for generating a paging image when a display image for a plurality of pages is displayed for each page, includes a display control unit that calculates an area to be displayed used for generation of the paging image, a back image processing unit that adjusts a scale of the area to be displayed for the back page image on the basis of a position of the display boundary to generate a display back page image, and a mixer unit that generates a combined image in which the present image and the next image are combined together on the basis of the display boundary, and superimposes the display back page image on the combined image on the basis of the display boundary to generate the paging image. | 2012-06-14 |