27th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090167687 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ROLLER BALL INPUT - An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and a roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially continuously rotatable with respect to a housing of the device and is rotatable about more than one axis to provide input. The processor apparatus includes a disambiguation routine that can output various proposed interpretations of inputs from the reduced keyboard. The roller ball input advantageously provides various inputs to the handheld electronic device without requiring significant user attention, which enables a user to direct a greater amount of attention to the output from the disambiguation routine and to other aspects of the device. The roller ball input potentially can be configured to additionally be translatable to provide an input, and additionally and/or alternatively the roller ball input can provide a tactile or other feedback to a user. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167688 | NAVIGATIONAL PROCESSOR KEYBOARD SYSTEM - A system and method are provided in which a processor executes an application program such as an enterprise resources planning application. A primary display displays at least one user interface screen from that application program. A keyboard associated with the processor and the primary display screen is provided having a plurality of data entry keys, and at least one secondary display. The one or more secondary displays may be a part of the keyboard itself or an extension of the keyboard. The one or more secondary displays may be display screen(s) and/or input panel(s). The input panel(s) includes at least one data entry key which effects an action recognized by the processor when activated. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167689 | KEYPAD MODULE OF NON-BACKLIGHT PANEL AND PANEL ASSEMBLY OF THE SAME - A keypad module includes a non-backlight layer made of an opaque thin sheet, and a key layer made of an ultraviolet curable resin. One surface of the non-backlight layer is provided thereon with a recognition region. The key layer has a base portion and a plurality of pressing portions protruding from the base portion. The base portion is overlapped with and bonded to the surface of the non-backlight layer on which the recognition region is provided. Each of the pressing portions is arranged to correspond to the recognition region. The panel further includes a telecommunication module located below the keypad module. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167690 | KEYBOARD MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A keyboard module suitable for being applied to an electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit and the keyboard module. The keyboard module is electrically connected to the display unit. The keyboard module includes a supporting structure, a membrane circuit sheet, and a vibrator. The supporting structure has a carrying surface. The membrane circuit sheet is disposed on the carrying surface of the supporting structure and has a plurality of triggers. The vibrator is connected to the supporting structure. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167691 | Foldable Electronic Device - A foldable electronic device includes a main portion, a display portion, a gear set, a saw teeth member and a connection member. The main portion has a top surface. A keyboard is pivotally connected with the top surface of the main portion. The display portion is pivotally connected with the main portion by a rotation shaft such that the display portion is operable to be folded against or unfolded away the top surface. The rotation shaft drives the gear set. The saw teeth member engages with the gear set. The connection member has an end pivotally connected with a bottom surface of the keyboard and an opposite end pivotally connected with the saw teeth member. When the display portion swivels relative to the main portion, the rotation shaft drives the gear set, the saw teeth member and the connection member to move simultaneously so as to swivel the keyboard relative to the top surface. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167692 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING APPLICATION PROGRAMS IN THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for operating application programs in an electronic device, which has a keyboard unit, a touch sensing element and a display. First, the border information corresponding to a border area of the user interface provided by an application program is transmitted to a driving unit of the keyboard unit. Afterward, the keyboard unit is divided into at least two sensing areas corresponding to the operation areas of the user interface according to the border information. Next, the touch sensing element detects a touch on one of the sensing areas on the keyboard unit and then generates a responsive signal according to the touch. Finally, an action is performed on the corresponding operation area of the user interface according to the responsive signal. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167693 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING COMMANDS IN THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for executing commands in an electronic device, which has a touch sensing element, a keyboard unit and a display. First, the touch sensing element is configured for detecting a touch on one of the keys on the keyboard unit and generating a responsive signal corresponding to the touched key. Afterward, a plurality of items corresponding to the touched key is shown on the display according to the responsive signal. Subsequently, the touch on the key is moved onto another key on the keyboard unit so as to mark one of the items. Finally, a command associated with the marked item is executed when the touch on the key is terminated. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167694 | TOUCH SENSOR KEYPAD WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK MECHANISMS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE SAME - An electronic device includes a keyboard module, which has a plurality of first keys, a plurality of second keys, a first vibration element and a second vibration element. When any one of the first keys is pressed or touched, the first vibration element vibrates accordingly; and when any one of the second keys is pressed or touched, the second vibration element vibrates accordingly thereby providing a tactile feedback to a user. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167695 | EMBEDDED NAVIGATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD ON HANDHELD DEVICE - A handheld electronic communication device includes a plurality of text entry keys arranged in a keyfield. A navigation home region includes a navigation home key, and a navigation travel region bounds the navigation home region. The navigation travel region overlies text entry keys within the keyfield. A user navigates by actuating the navigation home key and then moving his finger across keys lying within the navigation travel region and otherwise generally used to effect text entry into the device. The navigation home key is preferably configured for dual levels of actuation, as may be the text entry keys. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167696 | MOBILE TERMINALS INCLUDING MULTIPLE USER INTERFACES ON DIFFERENT FACES THEREOF CONFIGURED TO BE USED IN TANDEM AND RELATED METHODS OF OPERATION - A mobile terminal includes a housing, a first user interface located on a first face of the housing, a second user interface located on a second face of the housing different from the first face, and a controller within the housing and coupled to the first and second user interfaces. The second user interface includes a touch sensor configured to be used in tandem with the first user interface. The second user interface is positioned on the housing relative to the first user interface such that, when the mobile terminal is held in the user's hand, the first user interface is operable by a thumb and the second user interface is operable by a finger of the same hand. The first user interface is configured to receive a first user input, and the second user interface is configured to receive a second user input. The controller is configured to detect a combination of the received first and second user inputs, and is configured to perform a mobile terminal function associated with the detected combination responsive to detection of the combination. Related user interfaces and methods of operation are also discussed. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167697 | FOLDER TYPE PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SETTING KEY INPUT UNIT THEREOF - A folder type portable terminal and a method for setting a key input unit thereof are disclosed. The folder type portable terminal includes a key input unit, a body, and a folder. The key input unit includes a first key set having a plurality of keys, each key being allocated a dial key to make a call and an alphabet key based on a QWERTY-type letter arrangement, a second key set having alphabet keys, a third key to perform a plurality of functions including making calls, and a fourth key set. The body is equipped with the key input unit. The folder is rotatably coupled to the body with respect to a hinge. At least a part of the key input unit protrudes from the body when the folder rotates with respect to the hinge to be opened with respect to the body. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167698 | User interface for a portable oxygen concentrator - A user interface for a portable oxygen concentration system. The user interface includes a touch screen and a controller coupled to the touch screen. The controller is configured to detect when a first portion of the touch screen is contacted by a user, and thereafter operate the touch screen for displaying an icon on a second portion of the touch screen. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167699 | TOUCH SCREEN RFID TAG READER - The efficient incorporation of RFID circuitry within touch sensor panel circuitry is disclosed. The RFID antenna can be placed in the touch sensor panel, such that the touch sensor panel can now additionally function as an RFID transponder. No separate space-consuming RFID antenna is necessary. Loops (single or multiple) forming the loop antenna of the RFID circuit (for either reader or tag applications) can be formed from metal on the same layer as metal traces formed in the borders of a substrate. Forming loops from metal on the same layer as the metal traces are advantageous in that the loops can be formed during the same processing step as the metal traces, without requiring a separate metal layer. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167700 | INSERTION MARKER PLACEMENT ON TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. The method can include: displaying graphics on the touch screen display, detecting a finger contact on the touch screen display, and, in response to the detected finger contact, inserting an insertion marker in the graphics at a first location. The method can further include detecting a finger movement on the touch screen display and, irrespective of initial distance from finger to insertion marker on the touch screen display, moving the insertion marker in accordance with the detected finger movement from the first location to a second location in the graphics. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167701 | Audio and tactile feedback based on visual environment - Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing section, electronic circuitry, a touch screen, and a user sensory feedback system. The electronic circuitry is mounted within the housing section. The touch screen is on the housing section. The touch screen is configured to sense a touch at an area of the touch screen. The electronic circuitry is configured to analyze a feature displayed at the area of the touch screen. The user sensory feedback system is proximate the housing section. The user sensory feedback system is configured to perform an operation based, at least partially, upon the touch at the area of the touch screen and upon an image analysis of the feature at the area of the touch screen. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167702 | Pointing device detection - A method of controlling a user interface of an apparatus including sensing a first angular position of a pointing device relative to the user interface of the apparatus; and performing an operation based, at least partially, upon the sensed first angular position of the pointing device. An apparatus including a first section including a user interface comprising a touch sensor; and a sensor system for determining an angular position of a pointing device relative to a portion of the first section. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167703 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate, a touch spacer formed on a first substrate, a common electrode formed on the touch spacer, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a sensing electrode facing the touch spacer on the second substrate and an alignment layer on the sensing electrode or the touch spacer, wherein the alignment layer has a thickness equal to or less than 500 Å. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167704 | Multi-touch display screen with localized tactile feedback - Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and other means are described for utilizing touch-based input components that provide localized haptic feedback to a user. The touch-based input components can be used and/or integrated into any type of electronic device, including laptop computers, cellular telephones, and portable media devices. The touch-based input components can use, for example, a grid of piezoelectric actuators to provide vibrational feedback to a user, while the user scrolls around a click wheel, slides across a trackpad, or touches a multi-touch display screen. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167705 | METHOD FOR OPERATING SOFTWARE INPUT PANEL - A method for operating a software input panel (SIP) is provided for an electronic device having a screen. In the present method, a signal generated corresponding to an operation performed on the electronic device by a user is used for switching types and input modes of the SIP, or for modifying appearances of the SIP. Consequently, a user need not switch the functions of the SIP described above through a SIP menu. As a result, the convenience of operating the SIP can be increased, and the efficiency of using the SIP can also be improved. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167706 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A handheld electronic device and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a virtual keyboard and a touch screen. The virtual keyboard includes a plurality of key sections. The touch screen has an inputting area for showing one of the key sections. When the touch screen detects a sliding movement from a user in the inputting area, the inputting area shows another one of the key sections without showing the other ones of the key sections. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167707 | Touch control device - A touch control device includes a transparent substrate, a display element, and a touch panel. The display element is disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate and includes a displaying surface. The displaying surface is located away from the transparent substrate. The touch panel is located on opposite side of the display element from the transparent substrate. The touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate is separated from the first electrode plate and includes a second flexible substrate and a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer both include a carbon nanotube layer. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167708 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, two first electrodes, and two second electrodes. The substrate includes a first surface. The transparent conductive layer is on the first surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a first plurality of carbon nanotube strip-shaped film structures arranged in parallel along a first direction and a second plurality of carbon nanotube strip-shaped film structures arranged along a second direction. The two first electrodes is connected to the first plurality of carbon nanotube strip-shaped film structures. The two second electrodes is connected to the second plurality of carbon nanotube strip-shaped film structures. Further, a display device using the above-described touch panel is also included. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167709 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, a second conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. At least one of the first and second conductive layers includes a plurality of carbon nanotube structures. Two ends of each carbon nanotube structure are connected with two corresponding opposite electrodes, and each electrode among all the corresponding electrodes is connected with the end of at least one of the carbon nanotube structures. A display device adopting the touch panel includes the touch panel and a display element. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167710 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and a number of electrodes. The substrate includes a first surface. The transparent conductive layer is formed on the first surface. The transparent conductive layer includes a number of carbon nanotube wires. Opposite ends of each carbon nanotube wire are electrically connected to electrodes. Furthermore, a display device using the touch panel is also provided. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167711 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer and a plurality of electrodes. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The transparent conductive layer is formed on the first surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of separated carbon nanotube structures. The electrodes are electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer. Each electrode is connected with the end of at least one of the carbon nanotube structures such that each carbon nanotube structure is in contact with at least two opposite electrodes. Further, a display device using the above-described touch panel is also included. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167712 | Reflection resistant touch screens - A flexible, non-birefringent cover and a polarizer on the front of a resistive touch panel reduce touch screen image distortion and obscuration resulting from the reflection of ambient light. Reduced reflection of ambient light is also obtained by touch screens of alternative construction incorporating combinations anti-reflection panels and polarizers located behind the touch panel. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167713 | POSITION SENSING DISPLAY - A position sensing display integrates a touch sensor with an active matrix LCD panel. The panel includes both coarse and fine sensing means. The fine sensing means includes fine sense electrodes combined together in groups, the groups being interdigitated i.e. alternating across the display. In use, the fine sensing electrodes determine the position of a sensed object such as a stylus or finger accurately but non-uniquely, and the coarse sensing means determines which of the plurality of non-unique positions is correct. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167714 | METHOD OF OPERATING HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH INTERFACE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method of operating a handheld electronic device and a touch interface apparatus and a storage medium using the same are provided. In this method, an operating interface displayed on a touch screen of the handheld electronic device is used to operate a function module of the handheld electronic device. First, the function module of the handheld electronic device is activated to display a user interface corresponding to the function module on the touch screen. Next, an operating function of the function module is activated, so as to display a corresponding operating interface on the touch screen. In the meantime, the user interface of the function module is reduced simultaneously and displayed on an area of the touch screen excluding the operating interface. Accordingly, a convenient operating interface is provided for the user to operate while the content of original displayed frame remains. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167715 | USER INTERFACE OF PORTABLE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An operating method for a user interface is provided. The method is suitable for performing an input operation on a virtual control panel of a portable device by an input apparatus. The method comprises steps of receiving an input signal through the virtual control panel. Then, a type of the input apparatus for generating the input signal on the virtual control panel is determined. Thereafter, according to the type of the input apparatus, a corresponding sensory feedback is generated on the portable device. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167716 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING TOUCH KEYBOARD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method for switching a touch keyboard and a handheld electronic device and a storage medium using the method are provided. The method is suitable for a handheld electronic device having a touch screen. In the method, a character input function is first activated to display a first type touch keyboard on a side of the touch screen. A touch signal produced within a display area of the first type touch keyboard is then received and it is determined whether the touch signal moves to another side of the touch screen. If the touch signal is determined to move to the another side of the touch screen, a second type touch keyboard is displayed on the another side of the touch screen. Accordingly, the users can switch the touch keyboard to another one conveniently so as to input characters. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167717 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SCREEN LOCK METHOD THEREOF - A handheld electronic device and a screen lock method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a detecting module detects at least one touched area on a touch screen. Next, when the at least one touched area reaches a threshold, the processing module disables the function of the touch screen. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167718 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a touch sensible display device, a first sensing unit is connected to a row sensor data line and outputs a first sensing signal according to a touch, and a second sensing unit is connected to a column sensor data line and outputs a second sensing signal according to the touch. A sensing signal processor alternately applies a reset voltage to the row sensor data line and the column sensor data line and generates a sensing data signal according to the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal, and a touch determiner processes a sensing data signal to generate touch information. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167719 | GESTURE COMMANDS PERFORMED IN PROXIMITY BUT WITHOUT MAKING PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH A TOUCHPAD - A method of using proximity sensing to detect and track movement of a detectable object that is making a gesture in a three-dimensional volume of space in a detection volume of a proximity sensitive touchpad. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167720 | MULTIPLE CAPACITANCE MEASURING CIRCUITS AND METHODS - In capacitance measurement circuits and methods that measure capacitances at multiple locations by ramping voltage signals between reference levels, the phase of the voltage signal ramping can be controlled, for example to mitigate currents flowing between measurement locations. Such capacitance measurement circuits and methods can be utilized in touch sensor devices that determine touch position based on capacitance measurements on multiple locations on a touch surface. Controlling the phase of the voltage signal ramps can include concurrently starting the voltage signal ramps, for example by effecting a delay on at least one signal channel that has reached a voltage threshold, or by regulating all the voltage ramps according to a fixed frequency. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167721 | SCREEN WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH ZONES - Capacitive touch screen including first and second substrates ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090167722 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE FACEPLATE WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - The invention proposes a touch-sensitive faceplate ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090167723 | Input devices - Methods and apparatus relating to input devices are described. In one embodiment, an optical or an infrared sensor may be used to detect rays focused by a lens. A touch location (e.g., associated with location of a finger, a pen, a surface contact (with a table or mouse pad, for example), etc.) may be determined based on the detected rays. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167724 | Optical Touch Panel - An optical touch panel is provided, which may comprise a rectangular position-detecting surface; a plurality of light-emitting element pairs configured for emitting a plurality of light beams; two reflectors configured for reflecting the plurality of light beams emitted by the plurality of light-emitting element pairs; and a plurality of light-receiving element pairs configured for receiving the plurality of light beams emitted by the plurality of light-emitting element pairs. The optical touch panel further may comprise a control circuit configured for causing the light-emitting element pairs to emit the plurality of light beams in a predetermined order to scan the position-detecting surface, and further configured for causing the plurality of light-receiving element pairs to receive the plurality of light beams, thereby forming optical paths on the position-detecting surface in a grid pattern. The control circuit further may be configured for determining the coordinates of an object positioned on the position-detecting surface. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167725 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING COORDINATES OF TOUCH SCREEN - A method for calibrating coordinates of a touch screen includes the steps of: providing a display panel, which includes display coordinates along a first axis and a first axis display coordinate; providing a capacitive sensor, which includes sensing electrodes disposed along the first axis and respectively corresponding to sensing coordinates, wherein capacitive sensor has a maximum sensing coordinate; detecting digital values corresponding to the sensing electrodes when the capacitive sensor is touched; multiplying the digital values by the sensing coordinates corresponding to the sensing electrodes to obtain a weighting value; dividing the weighting value by the maximum sensing coordinate to obtain an interpolated value; and multiplying the interpolated value by the first axis display coordinate to obtain a calibrated coordinate. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167726 | Input Device for a Scanned Beam Display - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an input device may be utilized in conjunction with a scanned beam display or the like, or may be based on the scanning platform as used in a scanned beam display such as a MEMS based scanner. An input event such as illumination of a photodetector or reflection of a scanned beam off of a retroreflector may be correlated with a timing event of the scanning platform such as a refresh signal, or a horizontal and vertical sync signals. The correlation of the timing event may be representative of an X-Y location, and in some embodiments of a Z location, that may be utilized to provide input data back to a host device. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167727 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a device body and a stylus is provided. The device body has a capacitive touch panel. The stylus has a handle and a head. The head is magnetic. The capacitive touch panel is controlled by the stylus through magnetism of the head. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167728 | LIGHT-EMITTING STYLUS AND USER INPUT DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention provides a light-emitting stylus configured to abruptly change a property of an emitted light beam when the stylus sufficiently contacts a surface. The abrupt change in the light beam is detectable by an array of light sensitive detectors that can be used to determine the position of the light beam when the light beam is transmitted through an input surface. When the stylus contacts the input surface, the detectors can detect the abrupt change in the emitted light, signaling a change from a stylus hover mode to a stylus touch down mode. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167729 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PANEL CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display unit pivotally installed on a housing and including a magnet unit, a magnetic sensor unit incorporated in the housing to detect a movement of the magnet unit, a conversion unit which converts a magnetic force detected by the magnetic sensor unit into a pulse signal having a pulse width, a detection unit which detects an angle made by the display unit and the housing based on the pulse signal converted by the conversion unit and having the pulse width, a storage unit which stores table information storing an operation corresponding to a predetermined angle, and an operation unit which performs the predetermined operation based on the table information when the detected angle has increased to the predetermined angle, and performs the predetermined operation based on the table information when the detected angle has decreased to the predetermined angle. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167730 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel including gate and data lines disposed thereon, and a plurality of driver integrated circuits (“ICs”) on the display panel and electrically connected to data lines. Flexible printed circuit boards (“FPCBs”) are disposed on the display panel and a printed circuit board to apply the control signal and the image signal from the printed circuit board to the driver ICs. There are less FPCBs than driver ICs. The driver ICs are divided into first and second driver groups; the data lines are divided into first and second groups of data lines. Driver ICs of the first driver group are directly connected to corresponding FPCBs, and driver ICs of the second driver group are connected to adjacent driver ICs. Each driver integrated circuit of the first driver group outputs a first repair signal to repair a data line of the first group of data lines. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167731 | DISPLAY DEVICE | 2009-07-02 |
20090167732 | Hierarchical Structure Display - A hierarchical structure display device according to the present invention ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090167733 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A display substrate includes a base substrate, a first line, a second line, a bridge line, a thin-film transistor (TFT), a storage line, and a pixel electrode. The first line extends in a first direction on the base substrate. The second line extends in a second direction on the base substrate and is divided into two portions with respect to the first line. The bridge line makes contact with the two portions of the second line in first and second bridge contact regions. The TFT includes a source electrode making contact with one of the first and second lines in a data contact region. The storage line is formed on the one of the first and second lines. The pixel electrode is formed on the storage line and is electrically connected to the TFT. The display substrate reduces formation of parasitic capacitance between pixel electrode and data line. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167734 | FLAT DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a method of driving a flat display having a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel is driven to a first gray level and the second pixel is driven to a second gray level during the first sub-frame period of a frame period. The first pixel is driven to a third gray level and the second pixel is driven to a fourth gray level during the second sub-frame period of the frame period. The first gray level is different from the third gray level, with the average value of the first and the third gray level is equal to a first target gray level. The second gray level is different from the fourth gray level, with the average value of the second and the fourth gray level is equal to a second target gray level. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167735 | FLEXIBLE FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A flexible film is provided. The flexible film includes a dielectric film; and a metal layer disposed on the dielectric film, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the metal layer to the thickness of the dielectric film is about 1:1.5 to 1:10. The flexible film has excellent plating, adhesive strength, thermal resistance, folding endurance and chemical resistance properties. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167736 | Digital Image Picture Frame With Self-Adaptive Control of Brightness Level - The picture frame comprises: a decorative frame ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090167737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING VIEWING ANGLE OF SCREEN - A method and an apparatus for dynamically adjusting a viewing angle of a screen are provided. The method is suitable for dynamically adjusting a viewing range of a screen of a handheld electronic device, wherein the viewing angle of the screen is adjustable. The method is as follows. First, a shifting value of a target deviating from the viewing range of the screen is detected by a sensor. Next, the viewing range of the screen is dynamically adjusted according to the shifting value, so as to cover the target within the viewing range of the screen. Accordingly, the snooping for the content of a frame displayed on the screen by others can be prevented and a user can view the frame displayed on the screen more conveniently. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167738 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD - An imaging device capable of sensing overall luminous intensity and determining whether to turn off an illumination device. The imaging device can capture a moving picture, and includes a light emitting unit for emitting light on a subject, a light measuring unit for detecting the brightness level of the subject, and a light emitting intensity controller for controlling the light emitting intensity from the light emitting unit. The light emitting intensity controller controls the light emitting unit to emit light having different intensities on the subject for a period of time corresponding to at least one frame, and reduces the light emitting intensity of the light emitting unit or adjusts the light emitting intensity to a value of ‘0’ based on the brightness level of the subject on which the light having different intensities is emitted. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167739 | Active Matrix Substrate and Display Device Having the Same - One embodiment of the present invention is to prevent deterioration of display quality from occurring in a display device provided with an active matrix substrate even when a larger size or a higher resolution is employed and a drive frequency is increased. In an active matrix substrate of a liquid crystal display device, a discharge control signal line is disposed so as to be arranged along each gate line and discharge TFTs are provided for each source line in numbers equal to the number of the gate lines. The gate terminal, source terminal, and drain terminal of the discharge TFT are connected to the discharge control signal line, the storage capacitance line, and its adjacent source line, respectively. Each storage capacitance line is provided with the common potential Vcom. Each discharge control signal line is provided with a signal which turns on the discharge TFT for a predetermined period of every one horizontal period. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167740 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for driving a plasma display panel that includes a plurality of discharge cells including a display electrode pair composed of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode. One field period includes a plurality of subfields each including an initializing period, an address period and a sustain period. The method includes applying at least two kinds of sustain pulses to one electrode of the scan electrode and the sustain electrode in the sustain period, the two kinds of sustain pulses including a first sustain pulse as a reference and a second sustain pulse rising more steeply and falling more gently than the first sustain pulse. In the method, a drive waveform voltage applied to the one electrode includes a last drive waveform voltage in the sustain period and a predetermined number of the second sustain pulses continuously disposed immediately before the last drive waveform voltage. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167741 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A flat panel display including a glass substrate, a source driving unit and a gate driving unit is provided. An n | 2009-07-02 |
20090167742 | Display Device Driving Circuit, Data Signal Line Driving Circuit, and Display Device - In one embodiment of the present invention, a driving circuit is disclosed of a display device, a connection and disconnection section is provided between an output of an analog amplifier circuit and an input of a digital circuit. The connection and disconnection section breaks an electrical connection between the output of the analog amplifier circuit and the input of the digital circuit until an output voltage of the analog amplifier circuit rises to a target DC level, and makes an electrical connection between the output of the analog amplifier circuit and the input of the digital circuit after the output voltage of the analog amplifier circuit has risen to the target DC level. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167743 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A display device having a plurality of pixels, each pixel includes a light-emitting element, a storage capacitor, a driving transistor, a first switching transistor which supplies a data voltage to the storage capacitor in response to an on-voltage of a scanning signal, a second switching transistor which diode-connects the driving transistor in response to an on-voltage of a compensation signal, and a third switching transistor which supplies a driving voltage to the driving transistor in response to an on-voltage of a light emitting signal. The storage capacitor stores a control voltage depending on a threshold voltage of the driving transistor when the driving transistor is diode-connected, transmits the control voltage and the data voltage to the control terminal of the driving transistor, and a period in which the compensation signal is in an on-voltage state is longer than a period in which the scanning signal is in an on-voltage state. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167744 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An electro-optical device includes pixels and a power supply circuit. The pixels are provided at positions corresponding to intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines. Each of the pixels includes a pixel switching element that is connected to a corresponding one of the data lines, a corresponding one of the scanning lines and a pixel electrode. When the scanning line connected to the pixel switching element is selected, the corresponding pixel electrode enters a conductive state with a corresponding one of the data lines. The power supply circuit generates a power supply electric potential for controlling on/off of each pixel switching element. The power supply circuit includes a discharging resistance that has a resistance value such that an electric current that is sufficiently smaller in comparison with the feeding capability of the power supply circuit in a steady state flows through an output portion of the power supply electric potential. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167745 | Data line driving circuit, driver I C and display apparatus - A data line driving circuit for a display panel includes a plurality of output circuits, a bias circuit, and a plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of output circuits includes an electric current source which supplies electric current in response to a bias signal, and supplies a data voltage by using the electric current to a corresponding one of a plurality of data lines arranged in the display panel. The bias circuit generates the bias signal, and supplies the bias signal to the plurality of output circuits through bias wirings. The plurality of switches is provided between the bias circuit and the plurality of output circuits, and cuts off the bias wirings in response to a control signal. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167746 | LCD DRIVER IC AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed is an LCD driver IC including: a POR (Power On Reset) circuit; and a counter, which receives a signal from the POR circuit to delay time and releases a RESETB of the POR circuit after power of a gate driver IC is stabilized. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167747 | TFT-LCD DRIVER CIRCUIT AND LCD DEVICES - Thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) driver circuit having a source drive buffer with an operational power amplifier having two differential amplifiers capable of alternating operation according to timing and bias voltage signals. The differential amplifiers are further capable of functioning as a voltage follower by inputting and outputting voltage signals from a digital to analog converter for charging display points. The TFT-LCD driver circuit may also be incorporated within a LCD device. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167748 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND DRIVING IC - A plasma display apparatus wherein during the period for which the lighting of the AC type PDP panel is sustained, the electrodes on one side of the panel are maintained at a constant potential whereas the electrodes on the other side of the panel are supplied alternately with a positive voltage and a negative voltage, the plasma display apparatus having a means that feeds power flowing toward the address power source into a separate power source. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167749 | DISPLAY DRIVER METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of providing an LCD overdrive drive scheme, which comprises measuring a stabilized transmission level of an LCD display pixel corresponding to a target drive level. An overdrive transmission level is measured corresponding to an overdrive drive level. The measured overdrive transmission level is compared with the measured stabilized transmission level to determine if the overdrive drive level is too high or too low. An iterative process then changes the overdrive drive level until a suitable overdrive drive level is found. This is used to derive overdrive drive scheme parameters which are stored in a memory of the LCD device. This method enables an overdrive scheme to be determined during use of the device. It can therefore take account of temperature and display ageing, without the effects of these being modeled. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167750 | Apparatus and method for data interface of flat panel display device - An apparatus and method for data interface of a flat panel display device, which is capable of transferring clocks in a state, in which the clocks are embedded in digital data, thereby reducing the number of transfer lines, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transmitter unit built in a timing controller, to transmit transfer data with an embedding clock embedded between successive pieces of data, and a clock enable signal to indicate the embedding clock, and receiver units respectively built in a plurality of data integrated circuits connected to the timing controller, to separate and detect the embedding clock and the data from the transfer data, in response to the clock enable signal. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167751 | Methods and Systems for Image Tonescale Design - Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for generating, a modified process for compensating for a reduced source light illumination level as well as a post-compensation process. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167752 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A technique capable of enhancing performance of a reset operation by a reset waveform using a step-wise rectangular wave and obtaining stable display characteristics in a subfield drive control of a PDP device is provided. In the PDP driving method, in the drive control of the subfield, a reset waveform including a rectangular wave raised in a plurality of steps in a step-wise manner is used in the reset operation, and the application timing of a partial waveform having one or more steps previous to a second step in the rectangular wave is shifted according to the number of sustains previous to the reset operation. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167753 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display panel and a driving method thereof capable of minimizing electromagnetic interference (EMI). A driving method of a display panel includes: sequentially supplying scan pulses to scan electrodes; and supplying data pulses separated by a time difference to at least two timing blocks while the scan pulses are supplied, each of the timing blocks including blocks of address electrodes, wherein the blocks of address electrodes supplied with the data pulses at a same time are separated by at least one block of address electrodes supplied with the data pulses at a time different from the same time by the time difference. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167754 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OF CONTROLLING REDRAWING OF IMAGE OF ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY PANEL - An electrophoretic display control device controls redrawing of an image of an electrophoretic display panel. The electrophoretic display control device includes a source pulse generation device that generates a source pulse for each of pixels, an area determination device that determines whether a specific area is a first area or a second area, a gate pulse generation device that generates a first gate pulse or a second gate pulse in accordance with the specific area determined as the first area or the second area by the area determination device, a source pulse application device that applies the source pulse generated by the source pulse generation device to a source line, and a gate pulse application device that applies the first gate pulse or the second gate pulse generated by the gate pulse generation device to a gate line. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167755 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SURFACE MODELS OF GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES - A method and system of generating a surface model of an anatomic structure includes a catheter with which a plurality of location data points are collected from the surface of the anatomic structure. The method and system further includes a computer system that is configured to receive the collected data points from the catheter and to compute the alpha shape of collected data points to thereby generate a surface model of the anatomic structure. The computer system may be further configured to process the computed alpha shape to generate a simplicial surface model of the anatomic structure. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167756 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTATION OF WIRELESS SIGNAL DIFFRACTION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE | 2009-07-02 |
20090167757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING COLOR OF 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus and method of processing a three dimensional (3D) image are provided. An apparatus for processing a 3D image includes an image receiver to receive the 3D image and external illumination information associated with the 3D image, a saturation converter to convert a saturation of the 3D image based on the external illumination information, and an illumination converter to convert an illumination of the 3D image based on the external illumination information. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167758 | Fast Triangle Reordering for Vertex Locality and Reduced Overdraw - Presented are systems and methods that change the order in which triangles are rendered, to improve post-transform vertex cache efficiency and reduce view-independent overdraw. The resulting triangle orders are orders magnitude faster to compute compared to previous methods. The improvements in processing speed allow such methods to be performed on a model after it is loaded (i.e., when more information on the host hardware is available). Also, such methods can be executed interactively, allowing for re-optimization in case of changes to geometry or topology, which happen often in CAD/CAM applications. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167759 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM CONTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - In a three-dimensional data processing technique that uses stereographic data of a solid body to generate a bounding volume of the solid body, the generated bounding volume is used to determine whether or not to draw the solid body within a view volume. An inner quadrangular frame inscribed on an outer quadrangular frame, which encloses a plane outer profile of the solid body, is used as a reference plane for generating the bounding volume. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167760 | Triangle Mesh Based Image Descriptor - Embodiments are directed to creating a triangle mesh by using a distance-minimum criterion on a plurality of feature points detected from an image, computing, based on the triangle mesh, global features that describe a global representation of content of the image, and computing, based on the triangle mesh, local features that describe a local representation of content of the image. The global features may include a triangle distribution scatter of mesh that shows a texture density of the content of the image and a color histogram of mesh region that represents image color information corresponding to a mesh region of interest. The local features may include a definition of each mesh triangle shape via its three angles and a color histogram of each mesh triangle to represent image color information corresponding to each triangle region. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167761 | SELF-POSITION IDENTIFYING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention includes a step S | 2009-07-02 |
20090167762 | System and Method for Creating Shaders Via Reference Image Sampling - A system and method for creating a surface shader based on material surface shading information of a reference image. A user interface is provided which allows an artist to place various markers on the reference image. One or more points on the reference image identified by the placed markers are sampled for obtaining shading information for the sampled points. A 2D image is then generated with the obtained shading information. As markers are added or existing markers replaced on the reference image, the 2D image is updated in real time to provide feedback to the user of the surface shader that is being created. The surface shader is then used to render a 3D object. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167763 | QUASI-MONTE CARLO LIGHT TRANSPORT SIMULATION BY EFFICIENT RAY TRACING - Methods, systems, devices and computer program code (software) products operable within a computer graphics system or other computer system enable quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) light transport simulation by efficient ray tracing. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167764 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Information Storage Medium - To provide an image processing device, an image processing method, and an information storage medium for achieving preferable texture mapping onto a three dimensional model which moves in a virtual three dimensional space. The image processing device ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090167765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONVERTING EDGE RECORD BASED GRAPHICS TO POLYGON BASED GRAPHICS - A method and graphics converter for converting edge record based graphics to polygon based graphics is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for converting graphic object data that defines a graphic object for delivery to wireless devices connected to a wireless communications network, the method comprising: converting the graphic object data from a path format to a second format, the path format including path elements that are each associated with a fill style and define one or more polygon shapes at least partially filled with the associated fill style, the path elements collectively defining the graphic object; converting the graphic object data from the path format to a second format, the converting including: redefining the polygon shapes defined by the path elements as groups of triangles; and combining at least some triangles in the groups of triangles into further polygon shapes that fall within complexity thresholds based on predetermined capabilities of a wireless device to which the converted graphic object data will be delivered. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167766 | ADVERTISING REVENUE SHARING - Technologies are described herein for sharing advertisement revenue. An advertiser-generated avatar is provided to a first participant. The advertiser-generated avatar may be associated with an advertisement. Further, the first participant may be associated with a current avatar. The current avatar is replaced with the advertiser-generated avatar. While the first participant is associated with the advertiser-generated avatar, a level of interaction between the first participant and other participants is monitored. An amount of compensation to provide the first participant is determined based on the level of interaction between the first participant and the other participants. The compensation is provided to the first participant. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167767 | GROWING AND CARING FOR A VIRTUAL CHARACTER ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for enabling a user to create and care for a virtual character on a user communication device. The data processing system includes a server connected via a communication network to a user communication device. In response to a user action, a software application with a virtual character in it is downloaded into the user communication device. The virtual character interacts with the user through the software application in accordance with predefined characteristics. The user is enabled to perform virtual actions relating to the virtual character, responsive to the virtual character behavior, by sending data (e.g., by SMS or MMS) using the user communication device over the communication network to the server. The virtual character is responsive to data sent to it from the server in response to the user's virtual actions, in accordance with the virtual character's predefined characteristics. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167768 | Selective frame rate display of a 3D object - Systems and methods are discussed for performing 3D animation of an object using limited hardware resources. When an object is rotated, the size of the object displayed progressively increases, thus taking up more memory, CPU, and other hardware resources. To limit the impact on resources as an object becomes larger, the electronic device may select to display more small frames of the object at a higher frame rate, and fewer large frames at a lower frame rate, thus providing a uniform 3D animation. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167769 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING STRUCTURE DATA IN A GRAPHIC SCENE - A method is provided for restoring graphic animation content including the following steps: in a receiver terminal; transmitting a request for retrieving the content; and obtaining at least one graphic scene of the content describing at least the spatio-temporal arrangement between the graphic objects of the content. The content further includes at least one function for managing structured data allowing interaction with a database of structured data. The method further includes: querying the database, based on at least one command present in the graphic scene and associated with the functions(s) for managing structured data; obtaining structured data derived from the database; integrating the structured data in the graphic scene; and restoring the graphic scene. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167770 | BOOSTING GRAPHICS PERFORMANCE BASED ON EXECUTING WORKLOAD - A novel graphics system including workload detection software is disclosed. The novel graphics system increases the voltage and frequency of the graphics hardware in an integrated graphics chipset, depending on operations performed by the hardware, for either a performance advantage or a power savings advantage. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167771 | Methods and apparatuses for Configuring and operating graphics processing units - A graphics processing system with multiple graphics processing cores (GPC)s is disclosed. The apparatus can include a peripheral component interface express (PCIe) switch to interface the GPCs to a host processor. The apparatus can also include a transparent bus to connect the GPCs. The transparent bus can be implemented with two PCIe endpoints on each side of a nontransparent bridge where these three components provide a bus interconnect and a control line interconnect between the GPCs. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167772 | GRAPHIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A FRAGMENT GRAPHIC MODULE AND RELATIVE RENDERING METHOD - A graphic system having a central processing unit; a system memory coupled to the central processing unit; a display unit provided with a corresponding screen; a graphic module coupled to and controlled by the central processing unit to render an image on the screen of the display unit, the graphic module including a fragment graphic module having a depth test buffer for storing a current depth value; a depth test stage coupled to the depth test buffer for comparing the current depth value with a depth coordinate associated with an incoming fragment and defining a resulting fragment; a test stage for testing the resulting fragment and defining a retained fragment; a buffer writing stage operatively associated with the test stage for receiving the retained fragment, the buffer writing stage coupled to the depth test buffer for updating the current depth value with a depth value of the retained fragment. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167773 | CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING DISPLAY BETWEEN OSs - The present invention provides a control method for switching display between a plurality of OSs as well as a computer system. The method comprises: detecting that the currently displayed guest operating system (GOS) is required to be switched from a first GOS to a second GOS; determining whether the first GOS satisfies a preset switching condition, and switching the currently displayed GOS to the second GOS if the preset switching condition is satisfied, and otherwise, prohibiting the switching from the currently displayed GOS. With the method and the computer system, it is possible to avoid picture distortion or blurring or system collapse in switching display between a plurality of OSs. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167774 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USER-INTERFACE RENDERING - Device, system, and method of user-interface rendering. In some demonstrative embodiments, a mobile device may include a display having a first display area; a first user-interface application to render a first user-interface on the display; a second user-interface application to render a second user-interface adapted to be displayed on a second display having a display area larger than the first display area; a frame buffer allocated to buffer information of the first user-interface application; a second frame buffer allocated to buffer information of the second user-interface application; a wireless communication module to communicate with an external display over a wireless communication link; and a remote-frame-buffer protocol to transfer the information of the second user-interface from the second frame buffer to the second display via a wireless communication link. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167775 | MOTION ESTIMATION COMPATIBLE WITH MULTIPLE STANDARDS - A motion estimation engine may be implemented to support multiple video encoding standards. The motion estimation engine may be designed to support two macroblock partitioning modes: one for frame type video signals and the other for mixed frame-field type video signals. Additionally, the motion estimation engine provides the mixing unidirectional option (forward/backward) and the mixing bidirectional option. Furthermore, the motion estimation engine may use a unified 4-tap interpolation filter for fractional macroblock search during motion estimation. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167776 | Graphics pipeline for rendering graphics - A graphics pipeline ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090167777 | Method and apparatus for rendering - A rendering method and apparatus are provided. The rendering method includes: performing texture mapping of a transparency value of a fragment; testing whether or not the fragment can be expressed as a pixel after the performing of the texture mapping; and selectively performing texture mapping of the color value of the fragment according to the test result. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167778 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SINGLE-PASS, GRADIENT-BASED MOTION COMPENSATED IMAGE RATE CONVERSION - A mipmap generator generates pairs of mipmaps that are each of a lower resolution that its respective source image. A single-pass, gradient-based motion vector generator generates an image motion vector map having values that represent the motion trajectories for pixels in the first and second source images. An image interpolator generates an interpolated image based on the source images and the image motion vector map. A motion detector generates a motion factor map based on a pair of mipmaps from those generated by the mipmap generator that represents a detected degree of motion between the first and second source images. The blending module generates a blended, upconverted new image using the motion factor map, the interpolated image and one of the first and second motion maps. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167779 | COLOR SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a color signal generating device where the size of the operational circuit is small and the speed of signal processing is fast. The color signal generating device for converting signals from a first color signal for forming a number of input pixels to a second color signal for forming a number of output pixels is provided with: a signal gradient detecting means for detecting a gradient of color signals in a reference pixel within the number of input pixels; a signal distributing means for comparing the first color signal for the reference pixel where the gradient is detected and the second color signal for the reference pixel of the number of output pixels corresponding to the reference pixel and stored in advance in the case where the gradient is detected, and distributing a color signal to a periphery pixel adjacent to the reference pixel having the second color signal in the case where the first color signal has a color which the second color signal does not; and a signal modifying means for converting the first color signal for forming a number of input pixels to a second color signal on the basis of the distributed color signal. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167780 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING PREFERRED COLOR AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - Method and device are disclosed for adjusting a preferred color which enables a user to set a preferred color conveniently and a liquid crystal display device with the same. The method and device for adjusting a preferred color includes displaying a menu selection image and setting a variety of optional information, making successive display of at least one selection image which shows a plurality of selection images having information on preferred colors different from one another to set information on the preferred colors in succession, and storing the information on the preferred colors set and generating an image having preferred colors adjusted according to the information on the preferred colors stored. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167781 | Information Processing Apparatus - An information processing apparatus capable of storing more data to a remaining region of a storage portion excluding a frame buffer region while displaying an image by an image display portion, is provided. When free space of a system storage portion has become below a predetermined value, a reduction in number of gray scales of the image results in a reduction in a data amount of image data stored in a display data storage region and a reduction in capacity of the display data storage region. This makes it possible to reduce the data amount of image data and increase the free space of the system storage portion while keeping the size of the image displayed by an image display portion. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167782 | CORRECTION OF COLOR DIFFERENCES IN MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAYS - The calibration (e.g. color correction and/or equalization) of one or more display devices in an automated fashion using feedback obtained directly from the display devices, without requiring any manual or subjective evaluation, is disclosed. A sensor associated with a particular display device automatically measures certain characteristics of the display device, and feeds back calibration information to an image processor at the input to the display device. Based on the feedback, the image processor adjusts the characteristics of the display device to match a reference characteristic. When multiple sensors are used with multiple display devices and image processors, substantially uniform display characteristics and matching of the multiple display devices is possible. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167783 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Data elements are extracted from data elements stored in a storage medium in accordance with two conditions and grouped into first and second groups. The data elements in the first group and those in the second group are displayed in regions distinguished from each other on a screen. In response to user manipulation, the screen is switched to a screen that allows searching data elements in the first or second group displayed in a region corresponding to the manipulation. In searching many diverse data elements stored in a data storage, the user can select a group from groups of data elements extracted by different conditions and search the data elements in the selected group. Accordingly, the user can search data elements more readily even when many diverse data elements are stored in the storage medium. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167784 | Computer program product containing image processing program, and image processing method - The computer-readable computer program product contains an image processing program for creating image data for display from RAW image data. The program includes: a command to read out the RAW image data from an image file; a command to read out from a first storage section of the image file a first parameter, created by the camera that created the RAW image data, for performing data conversion processing upon the RAW image data to create the image data for display from the RAW image data; a command to store a second parameter set by the image processing program in a second storage section, which is a different section of the image file from the first storage section; and a command to create the image data for display from the RAW image data, by performing data conversion processing using at least the first parameter or the second parameter. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167785 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITING VIDEO PLANES - A device and method of forming a video frame from a video stream made up of a multiplexed plurality of sub-streams is disclosed. The method includes forming a foreground plane, forming a mask that represents opaque pixels in the foreground plane, and forming an underlying plane from at least one of the sub-streams and extracting a transparency value associated with each pixel in the foreground and underlying planes. Only those pixels in the underlying and foreground planes not covered by the mask, are blended in accordance with their associated transparency value in a buffer. The buffer is populated with opaque pixels from the foreground plane, at pixel locations corresponding to the mask. | 2009-07-02 |
20090167786 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING IMAGE DATA - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for uniquely identifying multiple real estate parcels and integrating image data sourced from disparate image data capture devices. Disparate image data capture device can gather data from proximate locations viewing different directions. In addition, multiple continuums of image data can be virtually traverse by a user to emulate the human visual experience. | 2009-07-02 |