28th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120176278 | ANTENNA STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO DEVICE HOUSING MEMBERS - Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include antenna structures that are formed from an internal ground plane and a peripheral conductive housing member. A conductive path may be formed that connects the peripheral conductive housing member and the internal ground plane. The conductive path may include a flex circuit. A metal structure may be welded to the peripheral conductive housing member. A solder pad and other traces in the flex circuit may be soldered to the metal structure at one end of the conductive path. At the other end of the conductive path, the flex circuit may be attached to the ground plane using a bracket, screw, and screw boss. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176279 | STRUCTURES FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE PATHS IN ANTENNAS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE STRUCTURES - Electronic devices may be provided that contain conductive paths. A conductive path may be formed from an elongated metal member that extends across a dielectric gap in an antenna. The antenna may be formed from conductive structures that form an antenna ground and conductive structures that are part of a peripheral conductive housing member in the electronic device. The gap may separate the peripheral conductive housing member from the conductive structures. A conductive path may also be formed using one or more springs. A spring may be welded to a conductive member and may have prongs that press against an additional conductive member when the spring is compressed. The prongs may have narrowed tips, curved shapes, and burrs that help form a satisfactory electrical contact between the spring prongs and the additional conductive member. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176280 | Shielding Antennas in Wireless Application Devices - An antenna assembly that includes an antenna module fitting between a display panel of an electronic device and a metallic cover of the device. The antenna module includes an antenna and a support for the antenna. A shielding layer fits between the antenna module and the cover. The shielding layer has a grounding area configured for electrical connection with the antenna and for electrical isolation from the cover. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176281 | Apparatus and Methods for Packaging Integrated Circuit Chips with Antennas Formed From Package Lead Wires - Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips with antennas having one or more radiating elements and tuning elements that are formed from package lead wires that are appropriated shaped and arranged to form antenna structures for millimeter wave applications. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176282 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An antenna device includes a feeding member including a coil pattern and an emitting member to emit a transmit signal supplied from the feeding member and to receive a receive signal and supplying it to the feeding member. The emitting member includes an opening portion and a slit portion communicating with the opening portion. When seen in plan view from the direction of the winding axis of the coil pattern, the opening portion of the emitting member and the inner region of the coil pattern overlap each other, and the emitting member and the coil pattern overlap each other at least partially. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176283 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - This disclosure provides an antenna device including an antenna coil having a plate-shaped magnetic core with first and second main surfaces and a coil conductor wound around the magnetic core, and a flat conductor adjacent to the antenna coil. For instance, the flat conductor can be a ground electrode formed on or within a circuit substrate. The coil conductor includes a first conductor portion adjacent to the first main surface of the magnetic core and a second conductor portion adjacent to a second main surface thereof. The first conductor portion of the antenna coil is closer to an end portion of the flat conductor than the second conductor portion, with the second main surface of the magnetic core facing the flat conductor. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176284 | ANTENNA ARRAY WITH METAMATERIAL LENS - An antenna array comprises two or more antenna elements. Each of the two or more antenna elements is configured to scan within a field of view. Each of the two or more antenna elements is further configured to transmit or receive a signal. The antenna array also comprises a metamaterial lens coupled to the two or more antenna elements. The metamaterial lens is configured to distribute the signal according to a sinc-like distribution over an aperture of the antenna array. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176285 | MICROSTRIP COUPLER - The invention relates to a microstrip coupler for coupling a radio frequency, RF, wave into a waveguide. The microstrip coupler comprises a conductive microstrip line having a broadened end portion, and a non-conductive slot ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120176286 | Dielectric loaded shorted bicone antenna with laterally extending ground plate - A bicone antenna, having: a tapered top cone; a tapered bottom cone; a laterally extending ground plate beneath the tapered bottom cone; at least one shorting pin connecting the tapered top cone and the tapered bottom cone; a central pin connected to the tapered top cone; a coaxial feed connected to central pin and the laterally extending ground plate; and a dielectric disposed between the tapered top cone and the tapered bottom cone. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176287 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD BASED FEED HORN - A new class of feed horns is provided based on the use of metamaterial printed circuit board (PCB) liners on the walls of the feed horns. These feed horns may be implemented to achieve low cost operation. PCBs making up the metamaterial liner may be assembled together in such a manner as to form a feed horn with a square or rectangular aperture shape, although other suitable shapes are possible. These PCBs may be fabricated from standard low cost, off-the-shelf dielectric material. A conductor artwork pattern on the PCB surface forming the interior surface of the feed horn can be designed such that the PCB feed horn yields radio frequency (RF) properties similar to that of a corrugated feed horn. A simple flat plate ground plane bonded to the back side of the PCB can serve as the feed horn structure. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176288 | MAGNETIC DIELECTRIC ANTENNA - The objective is realizing downsizing of an antenna, suppressing the decrease in radiation efficiency, and suppressing narrowing of band. A magnetic dielectric antenna | 2012-07-12 |
20120176289 | ASYMMETRICAL DIPOLE ANTENNA - An asymmetrical dipole antenna is provided. A radiation module and a ground module are formed by a metallic conductor and arranged at an interval on a substrate of the antenna, and the radiation module and the ground module, respectively, have a radiation base and a ground base. Two radiation arms and two ground arms are formed by extending from two ends of the two respective bases in opposite directions. The two radiation arms are orthogonal to the radiation base, and the second radiation arm is bent and extended toward the first radiation arm to form an arc opened toward the first radiation arm. The two ground arms are orthogonal to the ground base, and a hook is formed by extending and bending the second ground arm toward the first ground arm. A feeder unit connects the feed point and the ground point of the two bases. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176290 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH REDUCED INTERFERING RF ENERGY INTO RF METAL SHIELD SECURED ON CIRCUIT BOARD - A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having RF circuitry comprising at least one RF component and plurality of other components mounted on the circuit board. An RF metal shield is secured to the circuit board and surrounds and isolates the at least one RF component and plurality of other components within the RF metal shield. An RF absorber is positioned adjacent an area of the RF component that radiates energy to aid in reducing energy radiated from the RF component into the RF metal shield. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176291 | INPUT DEVICE FOR COMPUTER SYSTEM - A planar dual-band antenna is provided. The planar dual-band antenna is G-shaped, and includes a first radiating part and a second radiating part. The first radiating part includes a first vertical radiating strip, a first horizontal radiating strip, a second vertical radiating strip and a second horizontal radiating strip. The second radiating part includes a third horizontal radiating strip, a third vertical radiating strip and a fourth horizontal radiating strip. The first vertical radiating strip has a connecting node. A first end of the first vertical radiating strip is served as a feeding point of the planar dual-band antenna. The second radiating part is connected with the connecting node of the first vertical radiating strip. In such way, two current paths of the planar dual-band antenna are defined. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176292 | Meander Slot Antenna Structure and Antenna Module Utilizing the Same - A meander slot antenna structure for transmitting a wireless signal is provided. The meander slot antenna structure includes a substrate, a ground element, a feed conductor and a couple conductor. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is opposite to the second surface. The ground element is disposed on the second surface, wherein a meander slot is formed in the ground element. The feed conductor is disposed on the first surface, wherein the feed conductor corresponds to the meander slot. The couple conductor is disposed on the first surface and coupled with the feed conductor, wherein a via passes through the substrate and electrically connects the couple conductor to the ground element. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176293 | ANTENNA, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING ANTENNA - The present invention enables to restrain the enlargement of the wireless communication apparatus and prevent the manufacturing processes from increasing and to increase the frequency bands which can be used by the wireless communication. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176294 | SHAPED BALLISTIC RADOME - Methods and devices for shaped ballistic radomes according to various aspects of the present invention comprise systems for shielding transmission devices; and more particularly, representative and exemplary embodiments of the present invention generally relate to improved methods and systems for ballistic deflection and protection of antenna equipment units, and/or the like. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176295 | TRIPLE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER EMPLOYING SAME - Disclosed are a triple display device and a computer employing same. The triple display device of the present invention comprises a main display, a first auxiliary display, and a second auxiliary display. The main display has a first input port connected, via a first cable, to a first output port of a dual graphic card installed on a main board of a computer, to display status information of the program being run on the computer. The first auxiliary display has a second input port connected, via a second cable, to a second output port of the dual graphic card, to display data (for example, advertisement content or company intranet information) automatically executed on the computer and provided by a specific site connected via the Internet. The second auxiliary display has a USB video module which has a USB output port connected, via a third cable, to a USB output port of the main board, to display data being executed in the main board in accordance with the command inputted by a user. According to the present invention, an increased number of workspaces can be ensured without additional costs, and the first auxiliary display is employed to enable the dedicated display of specific information, and also to enable the constant display of advertisement content to achieve advertisement effects. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176296 | MONOCULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus for viewing of an image of a scene, including a monocular device worn by a viewer which includes a first display for displaying a first two-dimensional image of the scene with a first perspective to one eye of the viewer. a second display for displaying a second two-dimensional image of the scene with a second perspective to the other eye of the viewer, wherein the first perspective of the scene is different from the second perspective of the scene so that the viewer perceives a three dimensional image of the scene, while another viewer of the second display, that is not wearing a monocular device, views the two-dimensional image of the scene. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176297 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIXEL CIRCUIT - The display device including a pixel circuit has a first line, a transistor, a light emitting element, and a second line. The transistor is located between the second line and an electrode of the light emitting element. Either the first line or the second line is wired in a region that overlaps a light emitting region of the light emitting element in a lamination direction of layers. The second line intersects the first line outside of the light emitting region and overlaps a non-light emitting region of the light emitting element. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176298 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING LIGHT SENSING FUNCTION - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display apparatus having an optical sensing function is provided. The OLED display apparatus may photograph an external object by sensing input light from the external object that passes through an imaging pattern included in a display panel. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176299 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display includes: a panel; a data driver connected to a data line formed on the panel; a gate driver crossing the data line in an insulated manner and connected to gate lines formed on the panel; an input line for receiving clock signals from the outside; a first connecting line electrically connected to the input line to supply the clock signal to the gate driver; a second connecting line electrically connected to the input line; and a third connecting line extended from the second connecting line to electrically connect the second connecting line and the first connecting line. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176300 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY PANEL - A pixel structure and a display panel are provided. The pixel structure is disposed on a substrate having a transmissive display region and a reflective display region and includes a scan line, a data line, an active device, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an alignment layer. The first electrode has first stripe portions located in the transmissive display region and second stripe portions located in the reflective display region. Each first stripe portion and each second stripe portion are perpendicular arranged. One of the first electrode and the second electrode is electrically connected to the active device and the other of the first electrode and the second electrode is connected to a common voltage. The alignment layer covers the first electrode and the second electrode and has an alignment direction intersecting the second direction in 45° to 85°. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176301 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of pixel components, each of which includes a first electro-optic layer positioned between a first pair of electrodes, in which the first electro-optic layer is configured to selectively absorb light in a first specified wavelength, a second electro-optic layer positioned between a second pair of electrodes, in which the second electro-optic layer is configured to selectively absorb light in a second specified wavelength band and to convert the absorbed light to at least a portion of the first specified wavelength band, in which the first electro-optic layer and the second electro-optic layer are arranged in a stack with respect to each other. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176302 | OPTIMIZED ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD RESPONSIVE TO A USER'S THOUGHTS AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS - A system and method that allows for control of an on-screen keyboard in response to brain activity input, even for those suffering from partial paralysis or locked-in syndrome. The system provides an on-screen keyboard arranged into blocks of keys for ease of navigation. In response to brain activity input, such as activity relating to thoughts or facial expressions, the system performs a variety of previously determined functions which control the on-screen keyboard. In response to the activity of the on-screen keyboard, the computer can be controlled in a manner similar to when using a standard hand-operated keyboard. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176303 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GESTURE RECOGNITION - A gesture recognition apparatus ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120176304 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes: an element controller that controls an imager to display a maximum light amount image and a minimum light amount image; a setting unit that sets a light amount threshold value used to detect pointing light emitted from a pointing device; and a specifying unit that specifies a light amount of the pointing light overlapping the minimum light amount image, based on a picked-up image, and to specify a light amount of the maximum light amount image, based on the picked-up image, wherein the setting unit sets the light amount threshold value, based on the specified light amount of the pointing light and the specified light amount of the maximum light amount image. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176305 | DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTROLLED BY A MOTION, AND MOTION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a motion recognition unit which recognizes a movement of an object located outside the display apparatus, a storage unit which stores therein information about the operation corresponding to each motion; and a control unit which divides a movement recognition period using a movement nonrecognition period, determines a motion corresponding to a movement of the object within the movement recognition period, and performs an operation corresponding to the determined motion according to information stored in the storage unit. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY STABLE HAPTICS - A system for providing substantially stable haptics includes at least one computer configured to identify a first subset and a second subset of haptic interaction geometric primitives for a virtual tool. The computer is configured to determine based on the first subset, haptic forces in a first subspace. The computer is also configured to determine based on the second subset, haptic forces in a second subspace different from the first subspace. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176307 | TELEPHONE BOOK DATA PROCESSOR - A telephone book data processor includes: a connection element for connecting to an external device via a short range communication manner to transfer a telephone book data; a telephone book data obtaining element for obtaining the telephone book data; a memory having multiple memory regions for storing the telephone book data; and a controller for executing a telephone book data transfer process and a telephone book data utilizing process. The controller defines one memory region as an object of the telephone book data transfer process and another memory region as an object of the telephone book data utilizing process. The controller executes the telephone book data utilizing process with using the telephone book data in the another memory region while the controller executes the telephone book data transfer process for storing a new telephone book data in the one memory region. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176308 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE MENUS AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - A method comprises receiving an input event associated with a first user ID, the input event being a command for displaying a first menu on a display surface; identifying a second menu associated with the first user ID currently being displayed on the display surface; dismissing the second menu; and displaying the first menu. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176309 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR MODIFYING AN ANGULAR POINTER SIGNAL GENERATED USING THREE DIMENSIONAL POINTING, AND THREE DIMENSIONAL POINTING DEVICE - In a method and module for modifying a pointer signal generated by a 3D point in device and corresponding to motion of the pointing device, an angular velocity generating unit generates an angular velocity of the 3D pointing device based on the pointer signal. A control unit generates a control signal based on the angular velocity generated by the angular velocity generating unit and predetermined angular velocity threshold information. An adjustable low-pass filter is operable within a gain range, and determines a target gain thereof based on the control signal from the control unit. The low-pass filter filters the pointer signal with the target gain determined thereby to generate a modified output corresponding to the pointer signal. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176310 | DATA ENTRY DEVICE (DED) - The present invention provides a Data Entry Device for computers and other devices. An embodiment of the present invention provides a Data Entry Device combining a keyboard and pointing device for computers and other devices; The Data Entry Device of the present invention introduces a completely new ergonomic construction for all keys. In the Data Entry Device of the present invention the keyboard and pointing device can both be used without shifting the hands from its initial resting position and where the shift key has to be used only for capitals and a few rarely used punctuations and symbols. The vowels are all on one side thus making them easy to access and use. All the letters are arranged so that on maximum occasions the letters are alternating between hands. The character keys are separated into alphabets, numerals, mathematical operators, punctuations and symbols. The placement of the characters on the DED is based on their frequency of occurrence in the environment, the ideal workload that should be allotted to each finger, the order of ease of use of keys, their pattern of use and similarity of type. In the present invention the concept of Home Row for fingers has been replaced by Home Keys for each finger being the keys on which the fingers tend to rest naturally and is not in one row. All this together makes the DED easy to comprehend, easy to learn, easy to use, more difficult to forget, increase the speed of typing, reduce errors and makes the user less prone to medical problems. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176311 | Optical pointing system and method - Optical pointing systems, devices and methods are provided wherein a selected area on a surface is illuminated with a spot of light generated by an optical pointer, the spot being substantially invisible to unassisted human vision. The spot of light is detected and its position determined via an optical sensor, and a visible marker representing the selected area is provided on the surface, under control of an electronic interface. Surfaces of physical objects as well as displayed images are accommodated, and systems, devices and methods are provided for independent operation, as well as for integrated operation with electronic display and presentation systems. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176312 | POINTING DEVICE USING CAPACITIVE SENSING - A pointing device includes: an operator supported above a substrate to be horizontally movable from an initial position; a conductive layer formed on the substrate and formed with conductive patterns spaced apart from each other to form a ring-shaped structure that is disposed coaxially around the operator when the operator is at the initial position; a conductor plate spaced apart from the conductive patterns, mounted coaxially on a bottom end of the operator, and having a diameter larger than an inner diameter of the ring-shaped structure; and a control unit providing a corresponding electrical signal to each conductive pattern during movement of the operator to measure a capacitance generated between each conductive pattern and the conductor plate so as to generate a sensing output corresponding to the measured capacitances, and generating a pointer signal corresponding to the movement of the operator based on the sensing output and predetermined capacitance information. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176313 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VOICE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A voice-controllable display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit which displays a plurality of icons on a screen, a control unit which controls the display unit to display identifiers corresponding the plurality of icons, the identifiers being assigned to the plurality of icons based on a preset standard if a voice recognition starts, and the identifiers being different from each other, and a voice input unit which receives a voice input. The control unit, selects an icon corresponding to the received voice input assigned to the identifier, if a voice input for an arbitrary identifier is received through the voice input unit. Thereby, effective voice control of the apparatus is achieved. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176314 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE BY TRACKING THE FINGER - A method and system controls a mobile device by tracking the movement of a finger. A finger mode in which the mobile device is controlled by tracking a movement of a finger is activated. The finger is detected and the movement of the detected finger is tracked via a camera. And when the tracked movement of the detected finger corresponds to a preset motion, a function corresponding to the preset motion pattern is performed. A number of application programs can be controlled respectively by tracking the movement of fingers, via one of a number of input means. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176315 | JOYSTICK TYPE COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WITH MOUSE - A user input device includes a base that has a top surface. Flexibly attached to the base is a joystick. Character indicia are displayed on the base, and each indicium corresponds to a unique joystick position or motion sequence. The user input device has a processor and non-volatile memory that stores machine-readable instructions, that when executed by the processor, transmit a code associated with the unique joystick position or motion sequence. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176316 | Wireless Mouse Supplier and Wireless Mouse Supply System - A wireless mouse supplier, disposed within a notebook computer, supplies a wireless mouse with magnetic resonance effect, in which the wireless mouse supplier includes a shoot area and a computer side magnetic resonance device. The shoot area is a part of a covering case of the notebook computer; the computer side magnetic resonance device is set within the notebook computer and disposed under the shoot area, in which the computer side magnetic resonance device includes a computer side rectification circuit that rectifies a supply power and generates an induced magnitude field for supplying the wireless mouse. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176317 | Wireless Mouse Charge Device and Wireless Mouse Charge System - A wireless mouse charge device, disposed within a notebook computer, charges the wireless mouse by the electromagnetic induction effect, in which the wireless mouse charge device includes the shoot area and the electromagnetic induction device. The shoot area is a part of the case of the notebook computer, and the electromagnetic induction device is set within the notebook computer and disposed under the shoot area, in which the electromagnetic induction device generates the induced magnetic field that charges the wireless mouse. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176318 | FOLDABLE MOUSE - The present invention discloses a foldable mouse comprising an upper shell, a lower shell, a pivotal mechanism pivotally connecting said upper shell and said lower shell and enabling the horizontal and pivotal rotation of said upper shell with respect to said lower shell, and a cover plate covering on said upper shell. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176319 | HAPTIC INPUT DEVICE - A distance vector from the original cursor position where the cursor exists before the manipulation to the cursor movement destination position is set to a movement direction distance vector, distance vectors from the original cursor position to each button position of a plurality of buttons are set to button distance vectors, and the button having the shortest movement time is determined as a target button intended by a user by computing the movement time to a plurality of buttons using the movement direction distance vector and a plurality of button distance vectors, so that the display control of the display unit is performed such that the cursor is dragged into the target button. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176320 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD DISPLAYS, ALPHANUMERIC INPUT KEYBOARDS AND CONTROL MEANS - The present invention provides a multitude of vertical and horizontal mnemonic user interfaces and displays for entering alphabets, scripts, characters, ideographs, punctuation, symbols, functions, etc. into a device using shiftable and customizable touch screen keyboard displays and user interfaces having a limited amount of touchable sensor zones or keys. The invention also provides user interface enhancements using rearranged placements of alphabetic, numeric, punctuation, symbol and function keys. The touch screen keyboard displays or user interfaces preferably use a ortho-linear grid of horizontal rows and vertical columns of sensors. The preferred mnemonic input labeling embodiment uses a vowel sensor followed by an alphabetical sequence of consonant sensors. The backward, home, cursor left, backspace, space, delete, cursor right, end and forward sensors are preferably on the bottom row. The forward sensor produces the enter function and the backwards sensor produces the shift function. The backward and forward sensors also change display sets. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176321 | Touch-Enabled Personal Mobile Whiteboard Tablet - A touch-enabled personal whiteboard tablet ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120176322 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PRESENT MULTIPLE FRAMES ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method of presenting multiple frames on a touch screen is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes detecting multiple touch locations on a touch screen of an electronic device for at least an activation time. The method also includes splitting a display area of the touch screen into a first frame and a second frame based on the multiple touch locations. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176323 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: first and second substrates each being divided into a touch active region and a touch non-active region that is located outside the touch active region; second sensing electrodes at the touch active region on a first surface of the first substrate; first sensing electrodes divided into at least two groups respectively at the touch active regions on different surfaces of the first and second substrates, a group of the at least two groups being on a second surface of the first substrate or at least one surface of the second substrate; and outside wirings connected to the first and second sensing electrodes, the outside wirings and the sensing electrodes on a same one of the substrates being at a same plane. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor which executes a process including receiving position information of a plurality of touch points on a screen, displaying a plurality of operation areas to be touched on the screen, calculating a length of a stroke including the touch points on a basis of the position information received in the receiving, measuring a time period for drawing the stroke including the touch points on a basis of the position information received in the receiving, setting a threshold value on a basis of relationship information, and comparing one of the time period measured in the measuring and the length of the stroke calculated in the calculating with the threshold value set in the setting to determine whether the position information received in the receiving is input by a handwriting or by a touch operation on the operation areas in accordance with a comparison result. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176325 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a touch panel constructed from a single substrate plate and disposed over a liquid crystal display panel. A color filter is disposed over a TFT substrate, and the touch panel is bonded onto the color filter substrate by way of a first adhesion layer. An upper polarizing plate is bonded over the touch panel, and a front window is bonded over the upper polarizing plate via a second adhesion layer. The front window covers a terminal portion which is a portion where only the TFT substrate exists so as to physically protect the portion. Since the upper polarizing plate is disposed over the touch panel, the connection portion of the flexible wiring substrate for the touch panel does not contact with the front window. Thus, the touch panel can be prevented from being strained. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176326 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR TOUCH PANEL AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a control device for a touch panel. The touch panel comprises a plurality of X-directional sensing lines and a plurality of Y-directional sensing lines arranged in a staggered manner. The control device comprises a clock generation circuit, a selection module, an analog to digital conversion circuit, and a control unit. The selection module selects sensing lines to be measured from the X-directional sensing lines and Y-directional sensing lines. The control unit controls the operation mode of the analog to digital conversion circuit. The analog to digital conversion circuit outputs an n-bit digital signal when it operates in a normal mode, and outputs an m-bit digital signal when it operates in a detecting mode, wherein n>m. According to the control device of the present invention, valid data is output in the presence of noise. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176327 | TOUCH INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A touch interface system and a method for providing a touch interface by detecting a change in a pixel characteristic in a pixel selected with a sensing terminal. The touch interface system includes the sensing terminal to select a location corresponding to a pixel on a display unit, and a display processing module to change a pixel characteristic of the selected pixel to generate a processed pixel on the display unit. The sensing terminal in response recognizes the pixel with a changed pixel characteristic as the processed pixel, and the display processing module communicates with the sensing terminal to determine the location of the processed pixel. Accordingly, the location of the processed pixel may be received as a user input. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176328 | WHITE BOARD OPERABLE BY VARIABLE PRESSURE INPUTS - A dry erase whiteboard, or other writing or projection surface assembly, is formed from a substrate having a surface and a pressure sensitive composite layer supported by the surface of the substrate. The pressure sensitive composite layer has an electrical characteristic that varies in response to the application of pressure to a contact surface of the composite layer. A control system coupled to the composite layer generates input commands for a computer system based on varying values of the electrical characteristic resulting from the application of pressure to the contact surface. Different input commands may be generated based on the number of currently applied pressures, as well as the degree of applied force associated with each different touch. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176329 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD ACCORDING TO TOUCH EVENT THEREIN - A portable terminal includes a touch screen capable of performing a character input method according to a touch event. The character input method in a terminal having a touch screen, includes: checking and displaying a character mapped to a sensed region of a first touch event when the first touch event is sensed in a character input mode, and determining whether the first touch event is released; determining whether the first touch event is moved when the first touch event is not released; and confirming a moving direction of the first touch event and adding a vowel to display a character when the first touch event is moved. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176330 | TOUCH MODULE AND ANALYZING METHOD FOR TOUCHING COORDINATION THEREOF - A touch module and an analyzing method for a touching coordinate are disclosed. The touch module includes a plurality of sensing lines, which includes a first sensing line, a second sensing line and a third sensing line. The second sensing line is located between the first sensing line and the third sensing line. The analyzing method includes the steps of: calculating a first calculation value according to a first sensing signal from the first sensing line and a second sensing signal from the second sensing line; calculating a second calculation value according to the second sensing signal and a third sensing signal from the third sensing line; and calculating a touching coordinate value according to the first calculation value, the second calculation value and a reference value. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176331 | ROTATION DETECTION DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH SAME - A rotation detection device includes a guide portion configured to guide a finger touch position, one or more sensing elements configured to detect a finger touch, and a determination unit configured to determine the rotational operation of the finger based on a detection result of the one or more sensing elements. At least a part of the one or more sensing elements is situated closer to an outside of the rotation detection device than the guide portion. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176332 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING TOUCH PANEL AND SETTING VALUE MODIFICATION METHOD OF SAME - An electronic device includes a touch panel, and a controlling unit which detects a user touch operation of drawing a circular trajectory on the touch panel and a size of a circular portion surrounded by the circular trajectory on the touch panel, calculates an aspect ratio of the circular portion with reference to the longitudinal direction and the horizontal direction on the touch panel, inputs the calculated aspect ratio of the circular portion as control information of the electronic device, and changes a setting value of the electronic device according to the input aspect ratio of the circular portion. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176333 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CANADIDATE PHONE NUMBER LIST AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile communication device capable of providing a candidate phone number list and a method of controlling an operation of the mobile communication device is provided. The method includes displaying a phone number input window and a display window on the touch screen, displaying a string of numbers input to the phone number input window in the display window and displaying a candidate phone number list on the touch screen if a touch input to the display window is detected when the input number string is displayed in the display window, the candidate phone number list including a plurality of phone numbers that contain the input number string. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176334 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An operation device includes: a touch panel on which at least one operation button is displayed; a press position detection unit detecting a press position when a user presses the touch panel; a button operation detection unit determining whether an operation is applied to the operation button based on the press position; a button operation appropriateness determination unit determining whether a button operation by the user is appropriate; and a button operation facilitating unit facilitating subsequent button operations by the user when it is determined by the button operation appropriateness determination unit that the button operation by the user is inappropriate. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176335 | ZOOMING TECHNIQUES FOR TOUCH SCREENS - A device may include a touch-sensitive display, a memory to store a group of instructions, and a processor. The processor may execute the instructions in the memory to detect that a circular motion is being made on or near a surface of the touch-sensitive screen, detect a location on the touch-sensitive screen at which the circular motion is being made, and zoom in or zoom out on an item, being displayed on the touch-sensitive screen at the detected location, based on detecting that the circular motion is being made on or near the surface of the touch-sensitive screen. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling a user to easily and accurately determine an operation state of the apparatus. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176337 | Electronic Art System and Related Method - There is presented a system and method for producing art electronically. In one embodiment, an electronic art system comprises an electrically sensitive art surface, an art brush having bristles, a voltage reference coupled to the bristles of the art brush, and an at least lightly conductive liquid for moistening the bristles. An electrical pattern formed by an interaction between a plurality of the moistened bristles of the art brush executing a brushstroke and the electrically sensitive art surface, resulting in production of an image of the brushstroke. In other embodiments, the electronic art system can comprise one or more of a camera configured to capture an optical image of the brushstroke, a conductive micro-screen providing a residual image of the brushstroke, a position detection unit for identifying the location of the brushstroke on the electrically sensitive art surface, and a computer to process and produce the image of the brushstroke. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176338 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR AND DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a capacitive sensor and detection method using the same. The capacitive sensor of the present invention includes at least one detecting plate and at least one reference plate surrounding each detecting plate. All of the reference plates are electrically coupled to the same first wire, and each reference plate is electrically coupled to a second wire. When an electrical signal is provided to the first wire and each second wire, one or more detecting plates touched or approached can be detected simultaneously based on the signal difference between each second wire and the first wire. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CLICK INPUT SIGNAL FOR OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION - A system for generating click input signal for optical finger navigation, includes a touch sensor, a timing unit, and a control unit. The touch sensor is adapted to sense whether a finger presses thereon. The timing unit is adapted to time a duration time of the finger pressing on the touch sensor when the finger presses on the touch sensor. The control unit is adapted to generate a first click signal when the duration time is greater than a threshold value and generate a second click signal when the duration time is smaller than a threshold value. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176340 | TOUCH MODULE AND TOUCH DETECTING METHOD - A touch module including an image sensing unit, a plurality of first reflecting elements, a plurality of second reflecting elements, and a processing unit is provided. The image sensing unit is positioned in correspondence with a first corner of a sensing area and capable of capturing a sensing image to output an image signal. The first reflecting elements and the second reflecting elements respectively have different first angles and different second angles, are disposed along a first and the second edges of the sensing area respectively, and are capable of reflecting a touch object to form a first and a second image in the sensing image. A second corner formed by the first the second edges is diagonal to the first corner. The processing unit is coupled the image sensing unit and receives the image signal to determine the position of the touch object relative to the sensing area. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAMERA PROJECTOR SYSTEM FOR ENABLING AN INTERACTIVE SURFACE - A method and apparatus for enabling an interactive surface. The method includes determining pixels of a depth image relating to an object at least one of touching or in close proximity to a related surface, differentiating between a small and a larger cluster of pixels, determining smaller cluster of pixels to be a level1 blob and the larger cluster of pixels to be a level2 blob and declaring the level1 blob an object touching the surface, and computing the coordinates of the level1 blob and repeating the process to enable the interactive surface. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176342 | POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In an LED unit ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120176343 | OPTICAL ELEMENTS WITH ALTERNATING REFLECTIVE LENS FACETS - An optical element for a light based touch surface including a concatenated plurality of segments, wherein each segment is paired with a respective light emitter, each segment including an undulating series of pairs of reflective or refractive facets, wherein a first facet in each pair is oriented so as to collimate light emitted from a first light emitter associated with the segment and a second facet in each pair is oriented so as to collimate light emitted from a second light emitter associated with the segment, and wherein the first light emitter associated with the segment is the light emitter paired with the segment and the second light emitter associated with the segment is the light emitter paired with a neighboring segment. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176344 | DETECTING AND TRACKING OBJECTS IN IMAGES - According to one disclosed method, coordinates in a multi-dimensional space are determined for an image point characterizing a particular object. An equation describing a model in the space is provided. The model is characteristic of a set of training images of one or more other objects. The coordinates are applied to the equation to determine a distance between the image point and the model. Based on the determined distance, a determination is made as to whether the particular object matches the one or more other objects. A set of training images may be received. A multi-dimensional space (e.g., eigenspace) may be determined based on the set of training images. A set of training points may be generated by projecting the set of training images into the multi-dimensional space. An equation describing a model in the multi-dimensional space that is characteristic of the set of training points may be determined. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176345 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A TOUCH OBJECT IN TOUCH SYSTEM - A touch screen, a touch system and a method for positioning a touch object in a touch system are disclosed. The touch screen comprises an infrared pair tube array, wherein said infrared pair tube array is disposed on an edge of said touch screen. By introducing the infrared pair tube array, the touch screen of the present invention eliminates invalid touch areas in the existing touch screen and avoids false touch points in multipoint positioning. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176346 | SOURCE DRIVER - A source driver including a presetting unit and a driving unit is provided. The presetting unit receives a plurality of display data and outputs the display data or a plurality of black insertion data according to a black insertion control signal. The driving unit receives the display data or the black insertion data in accordance with the operation of the presetting unit. Furthermore, the driving unit converts the display data into a plurality of display signals, and converts the black insertion data into a plurality of black insertion signals. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176347 | DITHERED POWER MATCHING OF LASER LIGHT SOURCES IN A DISPLAY DEVICE - A technique for managing image quality in a laser-based imaging system is provided. Laser light sources are organized into two or more groups, and optical output power of a light source group containing an under-performing laser is matched to that of the under-performing laser, while the optical output power of the light sources in the remaining groups is not. The output of the laser light sources in each group is interleaved with the output of the laser light sources in the other groups, so that perceptual uniformity of a displayed image is maintained when the display is viewed from an appropriate viewing distance. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176348 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display - An organic light emitting diode display comprises: a panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a data driver connected to a data line formed on the panel; a gate driver connected to a gate line crossing the data line in an insulated manner and formed on the panel; an input line for receiving a clock signal from the an external source; a first connecting line formed on the first substrate and electrically connected to the input line for supplying the clock signal to the gate driver; a second connecting line formed on the second substrate and electrically connected to the input line; and a third connecting line for electrically connecting the first connecting line to the second connecting line. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176349 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD - A display system capable of being coupled to a host includes: a display controller; a display port (DP), including a main link, an auxiliary channel and a signal detection end; a DP engine, coupled to the DP via the main link, the auxiliary channel and the signal detection end, for outputting an image signal to the display controller; and a detection circuit, coupled to the DP via the auxiliary channel, for selectively outputting an indication signal to the DP engine in response to a communication signal in the auxiliary signal pair in the auxiliary channel. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176350 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including a display area, in which pixels are arranged, and a non-display area, a driving circuit on the non-display area of the display panel, the driving circuit being configured to drive the pixels and including a memory cell, and a delay circuit on the non-display area of the display panel, the delay circuit being connected to the memory cell of the driving circuit and being configured to delay a signal input to the memory cell of the driving circuit. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176351 | DOT INVERSION TFT ARRAY AND LCD PANEL - A dot inversion TFT array is provided. The dot inversion TFT array includes: a plurality of data lines; a plurality of dot unit pairs, each including a first dot unit and a second dot unit and coupled to one of the data lines; and a plurality of gate line pairs, each including a first gate line and a second gate line. A predetermined dot unit pair of the dot unit pairs is coupled to a predetermined gate line pair of the gate line pairs, and two horizontally neighboring dot unit pairs of the dot unit pairs are mirror-symmetrical. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176352 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL - A driving method for driving a display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixel units electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines. The driving method comprises enabling the pixel units controlled by the scan lines through different scanning sequences and inputs image data to the pixel units via the data lines in several consecutive frame times, wherein capacitance coupling effects between the pixel units are varied depending on the scanning sequences. Accordingly, the line mura caused by the capacitance coupling effect is restrained. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176353 | MOBILE INFORMATION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Multiple displays are arranged such that their display surfaces are arrayed side by side. A measurement section measures orientation information about apparatus orientation. A control section determines the display surface a user is viewing from among multiple displays, based on the orientation information measured by the measurement section. The control section causes the display surface of displays, other than the display surface determined as being viewed by the user, to become darker than the display surface of the display determined as being viewed by the user. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176354 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to provide a liquid crystal display device substrate realizing high-speed driving and wide viewing angle characteristics, a liquid crystal display device substrate ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120176355 | Display Device - A plurality of first sensor pixel circuits each sensing light during a sensing period when a backlight is turned on and retaining the amount of sensed light otherwise in accordance with a clock signal and a plurality of second sensor pixel circuits each sensing light during a sensing period when the backlight is turned off and retaining the amount of sensed light otherwise in accordance with a clock signal are arranged in a pixel region. The sensor pixel circuits of two types are connected to different output lines, so that a difference between two output signals is obtained at the outside of the sensor pixel circuit. The sensor pixel circuits described above are used for detecting a difference between an amount of light to be incident when the backlight is turned on and an amount of light to be incident when the backlight is turned off. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176356 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A plurality of sensor pixel circuits are disclosed for detecting a difference between an amount of light when a backlight is turned on and an amount of light when the backlight is turned off are arranged in a pixel region. The backlight is turned on and off a plurality of times, respectively, in a one-frame period. Each of reset for the sensor pixel circuits and read from the sensor pixel circuits is performed in parallel, each in a line sequential manner over almost the one-frame period. A plurality of sensor pixel circuits of two types for separately detecting an amount of light when the backlight is turned on and an amount of light when the backlight is turned off may be arranged in the pixel region, and a difference circuit may be used for obtaining a difference between the two types of amounts of light. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176357 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A plurality of first and second sensor pixel circuits each sensing light during a designated sensing period and retaining the amount of sensed light otherwise are arranged in a pixel region. A backlight is turned on once for a predetermined time in one-frame period. A sensing period when the backlight is turned on and a sensing period when the backlight is turned off are set once, respectively, in the one-frame period. The first sensor pixel circuit is reset. The second sensor pixel circuit is reset. Read from sensor pixel circuits of two types is performed in parallel in a line sequential manner during a period other than the periods and. A difference circuit provided outside of the sensor pixel circuits is used for obtaining a difference between an amount of light when the backlight is turned on and an amount of light when the backlight is turned off. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176358 | DISPLAY DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - Provided are a display device, a computer program, a storage medium, and an image displaying method, which are capable of adjusting a light intensity of a display panel without using a photometric image. An optical sensor | 2012-07-12 |
20120176359 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display of a charge sharing mode comprises a control device for turning on the gates on the gate line in the black frame insertion timing. Each gate line of the liquid crystal display panel is connected with the control device. In the black insertion timing, the control device outputs to the gate line connected thereto a first control signal for controlling the gates on the gate line to be turned on, and the black frame insertion timing is a time when charge sharing is conducted among data lines from the gates on the gate line are turned off in the current frame until they are turned on in the next frame. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176360 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A display device includes: a pixel array section; and a drive section, the pixel array section including scan lines, signal lines, pixels, and power lines, the drive section including a main scanner, a drive scanner, and a signal selector, wherein each of the pixels includes a light-emitting element, sampling transistor, drive transistor, and holding capacitor. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176361 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A DC-DC converter for converting an input power to generate a first power and for outputting the first power to a first output terminal, the DC-DC converter including: a resistor unit for electrically connecting a set resistor to the first output terminal when the voltage of input power is in a specific range, and a mobile communication terminal using the same. Here, the DC-DC converter is capable of reducing or removing a pulse skip mode by increasing a load of an output end if it is determined that the voltage of the input power is in the specific range, by sensing the input power. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176362 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD - An electronic device is described. The device includes a substrate for a luminescence panel that includes data lines and pixels in which a luminescence element can be formed. Each pixel includes a driving transistor that converts a signal voltage from a data line into a signal current, and a first switch between the data line and the gate of the driving transistor. The device includes a first circuit to flow a test current from the data line through the driving transistor, a second circuit to generate a voltage on the data line corresponding to a gate voltage on the driving transistor generated by the test current, and a voltage detector to detect the voltage in the data line. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176363 | MOBILE TERMINAL, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING LIST CREATING PROGRAM AND LIST CREATING METHOD - A mobile terminal | 2012-07-12 |
20120176364 | REUSE OF STATIC IMAGE DATA FROM PRIOR IMAGE FRAMES TO REDUCE RASTERIZATION REQUIREMENTS - An apparatus, program product and method reuse static image data generated during rasterization of static geometry to reduce the processing overhead associated with rasterizing subsequent image frames. In particular, static image data generated one frame may be reused in a subsequent image frame such that the subsequent image frame is generated without having to re-rasterize the static geometry from the scene, i.e., with only the dynamic geometry rasterized. The resulting image frame includes dynamic image data generated as a result of rasterizing the dynamic geometry during that image frame, and static image data generated as a result of rasterizing the static image data during a prior image frame. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176365 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING DIMENSIONS IN VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND DATA - A system for measuring distances includes a display for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound dataset, a user interface for translating a slice plane through the 3D ultrasound dataset to define a first image plane at a first location and a second image plane at a second different location, and a processor for automatically determining a distance between the first and second image planes. A method of measuring distances and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176366 | SCALING PIXEL DEPTH VALUES OF USER-CONTROLLED VIRTUAL OBJECT IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE - Pixel depth values of a user-controlled virtual object in a three-dimensional scene may be re-scaled to avoid artifacts when the scene is displayed. Minimum and maximum threshold values can be determined for the three-dimensional scene. Each pixel depth value of the user-controlled virtual object can be compared to the minimum threshold value and the maximum threshold value. A depth value of each pixel of the user-controlled virtual object that falls below the minimum threshold value can be set to a corresponding low value. Each pixel depth value of the user-controlled virtual object that exceeds the maximum threshold value can be set to a corresponding high value. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176367 | MORPHOLOGICAL ANTI-ALIASING (MLAA) OF A RE-PROJECTION OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Morphological anti-aliasing (MLAA) of a re-projection of a two-dimensional image can be implemented in a way that produces a better result while using fewer processor resources. One or more discontinuities between each neighboring pixel of the two-dimensional image are determined. One or more pre-defined patterns formed by the one or more discontinuities are identified. A blend amount is calculated for each pixel neighboring the identified pre-defined patterns. A re-projection is applied to the two-dimensional image and to the blend amount for each pixel thereby generating re-projected blend amounts. The neighboring pixels of the re-projection are then blended according to the re-projected blend amounts. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176368 | MULTI-SAMPLE RESOLVING OF RE-PROJECTION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Multi-sample resolution of a re-projection of a two-dimensional image is disclosed. One or more samples of a two-dimensional image are identified for each pixel in the three-dimensional re-projection. One or more sample coverage amounts are determined for each pixel of the re-projection. Each coverage amount identifies an area of the pixel covered by the corresponding two-dimensional sample. A final value is resolved for each pixel of the re-projection by combining each two-dimensional sample associated with the pixel in accordance with its weighted sample coverage amount. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176369 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program, an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system which are capable of alleviating a user's uncomfortableness are provided. When a game process is performed by a game apparatus having an LCD on which a display image can be displayed by switching between a planar view display and a stereoscopically visible display, angular velocities of rotations about axes of the game apparatus are detected by using an angular velocity sensor provided in the game apparatus. When at least one of the detected angular velocities of the rotations about the respective axes is greater than or equal to a predetermined angular velocity threshold value, the stereoscopically visible display is switched to the planar view display. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176370 | STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control program executed on a computer of a display having a first display portion capable of providing stereoscopic display and a second display portion configured to provide two-dimensional display is provided. The display control program includes object display instructions for controlling the first display portion and the second display portion such that a plurality of objects are displayed at respective arrangement positions set by arrangement position setting instructions and an object group is displayed across the first display portion and the second display portion. The object display instructions include instructions for determining on which of the first and second display portions objects included in the object group are to be displayed, and for providing stereoscopic display of an object determined to be displayed on the first display portion and providing two-dimensional display of an object determined to be displayed on the second display portion. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176371 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPARITY CONVERSION DEVICE, DISPARITY CONVERSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To reduce burden of a viewer at the time of performing stereoscopic display by a stereoscopic display device and to show a stereoscopic image in a natural and comfortable manner. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176372 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a touch display panel which displays a three-dimensional stereoscopic image and senses a touch position, and a light-receiving part disposed on the touch display panel and which receives a remote control signal generated from shutter glasses used to view the three-dimensional stereoscopic image from the touch display panel. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176373 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - A 3D image display has a display unit which is driven so as to emit light in a line-sequential or a block-sequential manner; a storage unit which stores characteristics information relating to temporal change in transmittance of a liquid crystal shutter glasses with respect to light of respective primary colors in the display unit; and a correction unit which corrects an input image signal of the respective primary colors using the characteristics information, so as to reduce color fluctuation between lines or between blocks in the observed image caused by differences in the temporal change of the transmittance of the liquid crystal shutter glasses in respect of each of the primary colors, wherein the display unit displays a corrected image based on a corrected image signal generated by the correction unit. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176374 | STEREOSCOPIC EYEWEAR AND STEREOSCOPIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A projection-type display apparatus includes: a lamp unit; light bulbs corresponding to green, red, and blue colors; a prism that combines the light of the respective colors; a polarized light rotation unit, provided between the light bulb corresponding to the green color and the prism, that is capable of controlling whether to rotate the polarized light direction of incoming light and emit the light or emit the light without rotating the polarized light direction of the incoming light; and a control unit that controls the polarized light rotation unit so as to switch whether or not the polarized light direction is rotated between when a right-eye image is displayed and when a left-eye image is displayed. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176375 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A plurality of pixel circuits include liquid crystal elements which are arranged corresponding to each intersection of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines, and display a gradation corresponding to a gradation signal of the signal line at the time of selecting the scanning line. A driving circuit sequentially selects the plurality of scanning lines as a selection unit in a first writing period of a right eye period, supplies a gradation signal corresponding to a specified gradation of a right eye image which corresponds to a specified scanning line in the selection unit to each pixel circuit, and sequentially selects a scanning line other than the specified scanning line, and supplies a gradation signal which corresponds to the specified gradation corresponding to the specified gradation to each pixel circuit, in a second writing period. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRIC FIELD INFORMATION AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method, a system, and portable terminal display electric field information. The method includes collecting a sensor signal including location information and direction information of a portable terminal, transmitting the collected sensor signal to an information providing server, and receiving and outputting electric field information indicating an electric field intensity between the portable terminal and at least one base station located within a predetermined range of a direction in which the portable terminal is arranged among the at least one base station arranged around the portable terminal based on the sensor signal by the portable terminal. | 2012-07-12 |
20120176377 | BLOCK LINEAR MEMORY ORDERING OF TEXTURE DATA TECHNIQUES - A method of organizing memory for storage of texture data, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, includes accessing a size of a mipmap level of a texture map. A block dimension may be determined based on the size of the mipmap level. A memory space (e.g., computer-readable medium) may be logically divided into a plurality of whole number of blocks of variable dimension. The dimension of the blocks is measured in units of gobs and each gob is of a fixed dimension of bytes. A mipmap level of a texture map may be stored in the memory space. A texel coordinate of said mipmap level may be converted into a byte address of the memory space by determining a gob address of a gob in which the texel coordinate resides and determining a byte address within the particular gob. | 2012-07-12 |