28th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110169733 | CURSOR POSITIONING CONTROL DEVICE - A cursor positioning control device is provided. The device includes a cursor movement measuring unit configured to measure a measurement value corresponding to a movement amount of a cursor on a display every certain time, a cursor deceleration determination unit configured to subtract an N-th measurement value from an (N-1)-th measurement value of the cursor movement measuring unit, and configured to determine that the cursor is being decelerated if the subtracted value is greater than a predetermined threshold value, wherein N is a natural number. When the number of successive times that the subtracted value is greater than the predetermined threshold value exceeds a predetermined number of times, the cursor deceleration determination unit generates an instruction signal for at least further decelerating a movement of the cursor than a cursor movement deceleration speed that a user instructs. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169734 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a control method thereof are discussed. A display device and a control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise a display unit displaying an object; a receiver receiving a wireless signal from a three dimensional (3D) pointing device recognizing a three dimensional motion; and a controller calculating a trajectory of the 3D pointing device corresponding to at least one of an absolute coordinate area and a relative coordinate area based on the received wireless signal and determining a position of the displayed object according to a property of an area to which the trajectory belongs and displaying the determined position. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169735 | Apparatus and Method for Interacting with Handheld Carrier Hosting Media Content - Improved techniques for interacting with one or more handheld carriers hosting media content are disclosed. The handheld carrier hosting media content may be sensed, and at least a portion of the media content may be integrated into operation of a media activity provided by a computing device, upon recognizing the media activity and the media content. The media activity provided by the computing device may involve creating or editing an electronic document. The integration of the media content into operation of the media activity may involve insertion or importation of the media content into the electronic document. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169736 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND TOOL TRAY THEREFOR - An interactive input system comprises an interactive surface and a tool tray supporting at least one tool to be used to interact with the interactive surface. The tool tray comprises processing structure for communicating with at least one imaging device and processing data received from the at least one imaging device for locating a pointer positioned in proximity with the interactive surface. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169737 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus is capable of obtaining operation data according to a tilt of a predetermined object that can be moved by a user. The information processing apparatus calculates tilt information corresponding to the tilt of the object based on the operation data. The information processing apparatus calculates a specified position on a screen of a display device based on the operation data so that the specified position changes according to at least one of a position and the tilt of the object. Selection items are displayed on the screen of the display device. The information processing apparatus switches between sets of the selection items displayed on the screen according to an amount of tilt represented by the tilt information. Moreover, the information processing apparatus selects an item displayed at the specified position from among the selection items to perform an information process according to the selected item. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169738 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICES - An imaging device may have illumination paths directed to an imaging area to thereby illuminate the whole of the imaging surface. The imaging area may be adapted to generate frustrated total internal reflection of the illumination from the imaging surface, in the presence of an element in contact with some or all of the imaging surface. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169739 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICES - An assembly is adapted for being employed in an optical navigation device, such as that used on a computer or mobile communications device. The assembly includes a housing device and an optical device, wherein the housing device includes a receiving section for receiving the optical device. The receiving section has a first and a second opening. The housing device has first and second vertical registration features for aligning the optical device with the housing device. The first and second vertical registration features are spatially associated with the first and second opening respectively. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169740 | KEYBOARD WITH MULTI-ANGLE POSITIONING SUPPORT - A keyboard includes a main body and a support for adjusting the angle of the main body. The bottom of the main body defines slots, and furrows defined in opposite side walls of the slots. The support is accommodated in the main body, includes brackets received in the slots, two shafts, two driving portions, and two elastic pieces. The shafts slide relative to the main body. The driving portions are received in the shafts and are flexible relative to the shafts. One end of each elastic piece is fixed to the sidewall of each shaft, the other end resists one of the driving portions. When one of the shafts is moved, the shaft drives the elastic pieces to support the driving portions, one end of each driving portion is pushed out of the shaft to prop up the bracket. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING CHARACTERS TO KEYS IN A KEYPAD IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a system and method of mapping a layout of a keyboard onto a keypad in an electronic device. The method comprises: associating a first set of characters in a QWERTY keyboard layout with a segment of programmable keys in the keypad, the QWERTY keyboard layout comprising at least a left and a right column of keys; navigating through the QWERTY keyboard layout for the programmable keys using first and second directional keys providing upper and lower navigation controls for the segment of programmable keys when the first set of characters is from the right column of keys in the QWERTY keyboard layout; and associating the segment of keys with a second set of characters in the QWERTY keyboard layout based on a signal received from the first and second direction keys. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169742 | ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER TRANSDUCERS FOR SENSORY FEEDBACK APPLICATIONS - Electroactive polymer transducers for sensory feedback applications are disclosed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169743 | INPUT DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE INPUT DEVICE - An input device and a mobile terminal having the input device are provided. The input device includes a key button with a transparent material having an internal space, an illumination sensor located in an internal space of the key button to sense ambient illumination of the key button, a light-emitting portion located at one side of the illumination sensor to output a light signal to the outside of the key button for detecting a touch applied to the key button, and an input signal generation unit configured to generate a touch input signal according to the light signal being input to a light-receiving portion of the illumination sensor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169744 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING TOUCH KEYPAD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and method for operating a touch keypad, the mobile terminal including a touch keypad, a touch sensor processor for sensing a signal inputted from a key selected by a user on the touch keypad and outputting location information corresponding to the selected key based upon the sensed signal, a Control Processor (CPU) for outputting at least one or more control signals based upon the outputted location information, and a light emitting diode controller for independently driving a light emitting diode corresponding to the selected key based upon the outputted control signals. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169745 | 5-Wire resistive touch screen pressure measurement circuit and method - A 5-wire touch screen system includes a touch screen ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110169746 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - In an image projection apparatus capable of detecting user operations on a projected image, detecting a moving direction to/from the projected image of an object (for example, a hand) that a user uses to operate a GUI from, for example, an image taken of a region of a projection surface that includes the projected image. Then, depending on the detected direction, the display position or the display direction of the GUI is decided and images projected, thus improving usability. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169747 | Touch Detection Method - A touch detection method is adapted for a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises a first gate line, a sensor pad and a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line. The sensor pad is electrically coupled to the first gate line. The touch detection method comprises steps of: enabling the first gate line; and detecting whether the sensor pad is touched before enabling the second gate line. Therein, a partial overlapped time exists between a subsequent enable period for enabling the second gate line and an enable period for enabling the first gate line. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169748 | METHOD FOR HANDLING USER INPUT IN AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM, AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD - An interactive input system comprises a display surface and processing structure communicating with the display surface. The processing structure presents on the display surface at least one graphic object, the graphic object having properties and a respective solution state comprising a value of at least one property. The processing structure in response to gesture input manipulates the value of the at least one property, and provides an indication as to whether the graphic object is in its solution state in response to the application of a predetermined amount of pressure against the display surface in association with the graphic object. A method and computer readable medium are also provided. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169749 | VIRTUAL TOUCHPAD FOR A TOUCH DEVICE - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed to provide a virtual touchpad for a touch device. A placement module places a virtual touchpad at a dynamic location within a touch sensitive area of a touch device. A touch input module positions a pointer on a screen of the touch device in response to a touch input on the virtual touchpad. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169750 | MULTI-TOUCHPAD MULTI-TOUCH USER INTERFACE - A user interface assembly includes a first touch sensitive pad and a second touch sensitive pad spaced apart from each other that both sense a position of corresponding objects on each touch sensitive pad and synchronizes those positions into an output that relates the sensed positions to corresponding positions on a mapped device. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169751 | TOUCH SCREEN INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen input device, including: a first transparent electrode applied on one side of a transparent film using a conductive polymer composition including a conductive polymer and a solvent; a second transparent electrode applied on one side of a transparent substrate using the conductive polymer composition or indium-tin oxide (ITO); and a first adhesive layer disposed between one side of the transparent film and one side of the transparent substrate which face each other, so as to attach the one side of the first transparent electrode and the one side of the second transparent electrode to each other. The conductive polymer composition can be used to form transparent electrodes of the touch screen input device because it has a surface resistance of 10˜1000Ω/□. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169752 | INPUT DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - An input device includes a touch panel having a detection region and configured, when an operation is made within the detection region, to detect a position in which the operation is made. The detection region includes operation receiving regions located in respective different positions and associated with respective different procedures. The input device further includes an executer configured, when one of the operation receiving regions is operated, to execute one of the procedures with which the operated operation receiving regions is associated; and an operable region expander configured, when the operated operation receiving region is operated in a consecutive manner, to cause an additionally associated region to be additionally associated with the procedure with which the operated operation receiving region is associated. The additionally associated region constitutes at least a part of rest of the detection region, which is other than the operated operation receiving region. Also disclosed is a recording medium storing an input control program that is to be executed in the input device. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169753 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus inputs instructed coordinates to a display screen, and selects an object displayed at a coordinate position that corresponds to the input coordinates. When a drag operation for the object that was selected by the selection unit has been detected, a determination is made of whether or not the distance between the coordinate position of the selected object and input coordinates after the drag operation was detected exceeds a predetermined distance. If that distance does not exceed the predetermined distance, a moving amount of the object is made less than a moving amount of the drag operation, or the selected object is not moved. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169754 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, OPENING/CLOSING ANGLE DETECTING METHOD, AND OPENING/CLOSING ANGLE DETECTING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes two casings that are openably/closably coupled to each other, a detection unit that is provided on at least one of the two casings and is configured to detect one of contact and proximity of an operation input with respect to an operation surface, and a control unit configured to extract a variation component, which varies along with proximity of the two casings in opening/closing of the two casings, based on a detection result, which is detected by the detection unit, and detect an opening/closing angle of the two casings based on the variation component. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169755 | Integrated Vehicle Entertainment/Navigation System with Multi-Zone Control - Various embodiments of computer systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for implementing an integrated vehicle entertainment/navigation (IVEN) computer system. One embodiment is an integrated vehicle entertainment and navigation system comprising a central computer, a primary display device, a first secondary display device, a second secondary display device, and a multi-zone configuration module. The central computer is powered by a power source of a vehicle, and comprises a processor and a memory. The primary display device is located in a first zone in the vehicle and is in communication with the central computer. The first secondary display device is located in a second zone in the vehicle and the second secondary display device is located in a third zone in the vehicle. The first and second secondary display devices are in communication with the central computer via a multi-zone hub. The multi-zone configuration module is embodied in the memory of the central computer and executed by the processor. The multi-zone configuration module comprises logic configured to present a multi-zone control menu to the primary display device via a graphical user interface. The multi-zone configuration module further comprises logic configured to selectively control, via the multi-zone control menu presented to the primary display device, access by the first and second secondary display devices to media or applications stored in the memory of the central computer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169756 | ELECTRONIC PEN SYSTEM - An electronic pen transmits pen information to a controller corresponding to detection of a touch condition, and thereafter turns ON a connecting switch that disconnects electrical connection between the tip portion and the grip portion of the pen that are provided in a state of being electrically disconnected from each other so as to cause a pen input acceptance state. The controller determines that position detection information is from the electronic pen when the position detection information is received from a position detecting device after the pen information is received from the electronic pen, while the controller determines that position detection information is from a finger when the position detection information is received from the position detecting device without receiving the pen information from the electronic pen. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169757 | PROACTIVE IMAGE REMINDING AND SELECTION METHOD - The invention is related to an image selection method comprising the following steps: a) automatically and randomly selecting ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110169758 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a touch sensor for receiving an input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating the touch face, and a control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard for providing a tactile sensation, for controlling drive of the tactile sensation providing unit to vibrate the touch face at a frequency such that a click sensation is provided to an object (means) pressing the touch face. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the touch sensor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169759 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensing display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, a driver unit, and a flexible printed circuit board. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel, and the driver unit is disposed on the display panel to provide driving signals and drive the display panel and the touch panel. The flexible printed circuit board connects the display panel to a system main board. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169760 | DEVICE FOR CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS BY MANIPULATION OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS ON A MULTICONTACT TOUCH SCREEN - A device for controlling an electronic apparatus by handling graphic objects. The device includes a visualisation screen, a transparent multi-contact touch sensor for acquiring multi-contact touch information generated by a plurality of pointing devices, and an electronic control circuit for generating control signals based on the touch information and for generating graphic objects on the visualisation screen. Each of the graphic objects is associated with at least one specific processing rule. Each piece of touch information is subjected to a specific processing determined by the location thereof relative to the position of the graphic objects. A first series of main graphic objects and a second series of subordinate graphic objects respectively have main and subordinate complementary functions associated respectively with at least one main specific processing rule and at least one subordinate specific processing rule. All the graphic objects are arranged such that the first series is handled by a first set of pointing devices and the second series is handled by a second set of pointing devices different from the first set, the handling of at least one of the subordinate graphic objects resulting in modifications of the properties of at least one of the main graphic objects. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169761 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110169762 | RECOGNIZING SELECTION REGIONS FROM MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS INPUT - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs. Input selection regions are calculated from simultaneous contacts on a multi-touch input display surface. Computer system users can use natural and/or more intuitive hand gestures to select items on an input/display surface. Selection regions can be dynamically adjusted to in response to detected changes in contact at different locations on a surface. For example, selection region changes can be updated in essentially real-time as fingers are added and moved on the multi-touch input display surface. The calculation of selection regions can vary based on an application and/or operating system context. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169763 | BOTTOM-UP WATERSHED DATAFLOW METHOD AND REGION-SPECIFIC SEGMENTATION BASED ON HISTORIC DATA TO IDENTIFY PATCHES ON A TOUCH SENSOR PANEL - The application of a watershed algorithm to pixels and their touch values obtained from a scan of a touch sensor panel to determine patches corresponding to images of touch is disclosed. Prior to applying the watershed algorithm, background pixels having little or no touch values can be eliminated. A primary merge algorithm can then merge adjacent patches together when the saddle point between them is shallow as compared to the peak represented by the patches. However, if two candidate patches for merging have a total number of pixels below a certain threshold, these two patches may not be merged under the assumption that the patches might have been caused by different fingertips. Conversely, if two candidate patches for merging have a total number of pixels above a certain threshold, these two patches can be merged under the assumption that the patches were caused by a single thumb or palm. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169764 | MOBILE TERMINAL, PAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL AND PROGRAM - There are provided: a detection means for detecting user's touch; a moving speed calculating means for calculating a moving speed from a moving distance and a travel time of a detection position detected by the detection means; and a page turning means for indicating a plurality of pieces of data while sending the pieces of data one after another, wherein the page turning means indicates pieces of data while sending the pieces of data at a page turning speed decided in advance, determines a deceleration rate according to the moving speed calculated by the moving speed calculating means, and performs indication while decelerating the page turning speed gradually. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169765 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a display unit for displaying an input object, an input unit for receiving a pressure input to the input object, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, and a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input if the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that a load standard for receiving the pressure input to the input object is different from a load standard for receiving a pressure input to another input object adjacent to the input object. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169766 | Detecting apparatus of a resistive touch panel - The invention relates to a detecting apparatus of resistive touch panel comprising a resistive touch panel and a plurality of sensing modules. The resistive touch panel includes a plurality of sensing blocks, each of which is composed of a first sensing unit and a second sensing unit. The plurality of sensing module with corresponding to the plurality of sensing blocks are used for detecting whether those sensing blocks have been touched by the user. Each of those sensing modules comprises a voltage source, an adjusting unit, a controlling unit and a sensing unit. The adjusting unit couples to the first sensing element for generating a current. The controlling unit selectively couples the second sensing element to ground terminal upon a controlling signal. The sensing unit detects a voltage of the adjusting unit and further determines whether the sensing block has been touched by the user or not upon the voltage. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169767 | POLARIZER CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen is disclosed. The touch screen includes a display assembly to generate a visible feedback to a user, a conductive layer spaced from the display assembly for sensing a touch of the user, and a polarizer layer disposed adjacent the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer is interposed between the display assembly and the polarizer layer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169768 | ELECTROSTATIC DETECTION DEVICE, INFORMATION APPARATUS, AND ELECTROSTATIC DETECTION METHOD - An electrostatic detection device includes a detection panel | 2011-07-14 |
20110169769 | TOUCH DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch display substrate comprises a base substrate, a plurality of pixel portions, a sensing element portion and a sensing line portion. The pixel portions can be arranged in at least one pixel column and at least one pixel row on the base substrate, and may include a pixel electrode. The sensing element portion may be disposed in a first column between a first pixel column and a second pixel column, and senses a touch. The sensing line portion may be disposed in a second column between adjacent pixel columns and coupled to the sensing element portion, and the second column is different from the first column. The sensing line portion may be disposed between pixel columns different from the pixel columns where the sensing element portion is disposed so that an aperture ratio of the touch screen display apparatus may be enhanced. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169770 | ANTENNA EMBEDDED INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE DEVICE - An antenna embedded input device includes an insulating substrate disposed along a sensing surface, measurement electrodes provided in the insulating substrate and detecting a touch of an object on the sensing surface, an antenna provided in the insulating substrate so as to surround the measurement electrodes and transmitting or receiving a balanced signal, a grounding terminal provided in the insulating substrate, and a grounding conductor connecting an electric midpoint of the antenna to the grounding terminal. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169771 | DISPLAY PANEL HOUSING OPTICAL SENSORS (amended - A display panel housing optical sensors has an active matrix substrate ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110169772 | Touch Device, Display Substrate, Liquid Crystal Display and Operation Method for Photo Sensor - A touch device is disposed on a substrate having a plurality of gate lines. The touch device comprises a power line, a photo sensor and a readout line. The photo sensor is electrically coupled to the power line and two specific gate lines of the gate lines, and generated a different output signal according to irradiation with a different level. The readout line is electrically coupled to the photo sensor for outputting the output signal. The photo sensor comprises a readout switch and a photosensitive switch. The readout switch is electrically coupled to one of the two specific gate lines. The photosensitive switch is electrically coupled to another of the two specific gate lines and the power line. Signals in another of the two specific gate lines and the power line cooperate to determine whether the photosensitive switch is in an off state. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169773 | TOUCH KEYBOARD - A touch keyboard includes a touch panel and a circuit board mounted in a housing. The touch panel includes a plurality of labeled touch portions reflecting an infrared ray when being touched. A plurality of infrared emitters and receivers are mounted on the circuit board each of which are corresponding to one of the touch portions. The infrared ray emitted by each infrared emitter is assigned with an identifier, the corresponding infrared receiver generates an electrical signal with the identifier. Each identifier corresponds to a touch portion. The processing unit mounted on the circuit board determines the identifier and the current intensity of the electrical signal. If the current intensity of the electrical signal is greater than or equal to a preset current intensity, the processing unit determines one of the touch portions is touched. As such, the processing unit further determines which of the touch portions is touched. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169774 | TOUCH MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE TOUCH MODULE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A TOUCH POSITION OF THE TOUCH MODULE - The present invention relates to a touch module including a light emitting part, a light waveguide, a frustration layer, and a light receiving part. The light emitting part emits light and is disposed along a first direction. The light waveguide includes a first side surface and a second side surface and transmits light incident to the first side surface to the second side surface. The light emitting part is disposed on the first side surface, and the second side surface is disposed opposite to the first side surface along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The frustration layer is disposed over the light waveguide and contacts the light waveguide in response to a touch to frustrate a total internal light reflection. The light receiving part is disposed on the second side surface of the light waveguide to detect a position of the touch. The frustration layer includes a plurality of frustration parts, the total internal light reflection is frustrated at a contact surface between a frustration part and the light waveguide, and an area of a first frustration part differs from an area of a second frustration part that is spaced apart from the first frustration part. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169775 | STYLUS AND TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM - A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169776 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processor includes: an estimated image generating unit that generates an estimated image from image data based on image information obtained by taking a model image displayed on a display screen with a camera without being blocked by an object to be detected; an object-to-be-detected detecting unit that detects an object-to-be-detected region blocked by the object to be detected in a display image; and an application processing unit that detects, as an indicated position, a position corresponding to the user's fingertip in the object-to-be-detected region detected by the object-to-be-detected detecting unit and performs the predetermined process in accordance with the indicated position. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169777 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an under-detection object detecting section that detects an under-detection object area in an image displayed on a display screen based on image data, the detection being performed based on a captured image obtained by using a camera to capture the displayed image blocked by the under-detection object; and an application processor that extracts an under-detection object captured image contained in the under-detection object area, acquires shape data representing an image of the under-detection object from a database that stores the shape data and information data representing information on the under-detection object, checks the under-detection object captured image against the shape data, acquires the information data related to the shape data that matches the under-detection object captured image from the database, and outputs the information data. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169778 | INTERACTIVE PROJECTION SYSTEM - An interactive projection system, apparatus, and methods for their use are provided. The system includes a projection unit that projects an image of a user interface onto a projection surface. At least one vision sensor is provided that is configured to sense a location of an infrared light source. A computing device that is configured to execute applications to provide the user interface and to determine corresponding outputs based on inputs received by the vision sensor is also provided. An infrared input device, or stylus, is employed by a user to provide infrared light inputs at desired locations with respect to the projected user interface. Additionally, a plurality of styli, each emitting a different respective wavelength of infrared light is also useable to provide multiple simultaneous inputs to the system. An equal plurality of vision sensors may also be employed to separately sense inputs from a respective stylus. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169779 | INFRARED SENSOR INTEGRATED IN A TOUCH PANEL - An infrared source is configured to illuminate the underside of one or more objects on or above a touchable surface of a touch panel. Infrared light reflected from the underside of the object(s) is detected by an infrared sensor integrated in the touch panel below the touchable surface. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169780 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A TOUCH LOCATION ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method of determining a touch coordinate on a touch screen, including providing a display, a plurality of collimating lenses along two opposite edges of the display, the collimating lenses being arranged along the two edges so as to be shift-aligned relative to one another, a plurality of light pulse emitters that transmit light pulses through the collimating lenses of a first of the two edges over the display, and a plurality of light pulse receivers that receive the light pulses through the collimating lenses of the opposite of the two edges, and that output values representing the received light pulses, wherein light pulses emitted by each emitter are detected by at least two of the receivers, wherein each receiver detects light pulses emitted by at least two emitters, and wherein each receiver has expected values for emitter-receiver pairs when light pulses are not blocked, selecting receiver output values for emitter-receiver pairs that deviate significantly from corresponding receiver expected values, wherein the selected values indicate at least that light pulses transmitted by two emitters are blocked from reaching one receiver, or that light pulses transmitted by one emitter are blocked from reaching two receivers, associating a screen coordinate along a first screen axis with each selected receiver output, and calculating a touch coordinate by interpolating the associated screen coordinates according to the respective deviations between the selected receivers' output values and corresponding expected values. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169781 | TOUCH SCREEN CALIBRATION AND UPDATE METHODS - A method of calibrating optical components in a light-based touch screen, including providing (i) a display, (ii) a row of light pulse emitters that sequentially transmit light pulses over the display according to calibrated pulse current and pulse duration controls, and (iii) a row of light pulse receivers that receive the light pulses and that output values representing the received light pulses, each receiver having expected values for emitter-receiver pairs when the light pulses are not blocked, determining if each receiver output value for a receiver-emitter pair is within a respective designated range from the corresponding receiver expected value, and when a receiver output value for a receiver-emitter pair is outside the designated range, recalibrating the emitter, including adjusting at least one of the emitter pulse current and pulse duration such that subsequent receiver output values are within the designated range, and updating the receiver expected value for the receiver-emitter pair based on subsequent output values of the receiver. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169782 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN USING A MIRROR IMAGE FOR DETERMINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION INFORMATION - A touch screen system including a reflective display surface, a camera mounted so as to capture an image of (i) the reflective display surface, (ii) a pointer approaching the reflective display surface, and (iii) a reflection of the pointer on the reflective display surface, and a processor coupled with the camera that determines a three-dimensional location of the pointer relative to the reflective display surface, based on the positions of the pointer and the reflection of the pointer in the image captured by the camera. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169783 | Touch Display Device - A touch display device including a display, a touch panel and a transparent shielding layer is provided. The touch panel is disposed on the display, and includes a substrate and touch sensors positioned thereon. The transparent shielding layer is set between the display and the touch sensors of the touch panel, and includes an edge region and a central region wherein the impedance of the edge region is less than or equal to that of the central region. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169784 | STYLUS RETAINING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus retaining mechanism for portable electronic device includes a main body, a latching portion, and an elastic member. The main body defines an opening and a receiving chamber communicating with the opening. The latching portion is positioned at one side of the receiving chamber spaced from the opening. The elastic member is fixed in the receiving chamber adjacent to the opening. The stylus is received in the receiving chamber. The elastic member prevents the stylus from separating from the main body when the stylus is disengaged from the latching portion. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169785 | OPTICALLY IMAGING PEN FOR CAPTURING CONTINUOUS NIB FORCE DATA IN RESPONSE TO CONTROL DATA - An optically imaging pen for sensing a position relative to a surface. The pen includes a nib for interacting with a surface; a force sensor coupled to the nib, an image sensor and a processor. The pen is configured for imaging data portions on the surface; determining if the image data portion contains control data; generating digital ink indicative of a position of the nib relative to the surface; and generating force data as continuous nib force readings only if the imaged data portion contains the control data. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169786 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING A BATHROOM PLUMBING FIXTURE - A plumbing fixture is operated by a user interface that has an enclosure with a faceplate from which a pedestal seamlessly projects outward. An alphanumeric display is visible through the faceplate and a plurality of switches respond to the user pressing different portions of the faceplate. A selector includes a selector ring that has a plurality of permanent magnets and which is positioned to rotate around the pedestal. A Hall effect sensor of the selector is located adjacent the selector ring and produces an electrical signal in response to motion of the permanent magnets. The user interface also enables the selection of a plurality of predefined operating configurations for the plumbing fixture. An optional wireless remote control may be provided by which the user can activate and deactivate the plumbing fixture and select from among the predefined operating configurations. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169787 | Display Device and Display Driving Method - An exemplary display device includes multiple pixels, first through third gate lines and a data line. The pixels include first through third pixels. The first through third gate lines respectively are electrically coupled with the first through third pixels and for deciding whether to enable the first through third pixels. The first pixel is electrically coupled to the data line to receive a display data provided by the data line. The second pixel is electrically coupled to the first pixel to receive a display data provided by the data line through the first pixel. The third pixel is electrically coupled to the second pixel to receive a display data provided by the data line through both the first pixel and the second pixel. A display driving method adapted to be implemented in the display device also is provided. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169788 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device where a common driver circuit formed of only a single channel transistor can be made smaller, wherein the counter electrode driving circuit has M basic circuits that are connected to M counter electrodes (M≧2), the (n−1)th selection scan signal, the nth selection scan signal, an alternating current signal and an inverse alternating current signal are inputted in the nth basic circuit (1≦n≦M), there is a difference in phase between said selection scan signal and said alternating current signal, as well as between said selection scan signal and said inverse alternating current signal, and said nth basic circuit supplies a positive or negative counter voltage to the Nth counter electrode on the basis of said inputted (n−1)th selection scan signal, nth selection scan signal, alternating current signal and inverse alternating current signal. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169789 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate start pulse signal for a next frame is output at (m−n+k+1)-th line from a beginning of display period for a previous frame in a case where m denotes the number of the display lines, n denotes the number of extra outputs from the gate driver at a side from which the scan is performed, k denotes a positive integer, and a scan of a gate driver is performed from a side at which there is an extra output from the gate driver; k pulses of gate driver clock signals are output during a vertical blank period; and input of a gate driver clock signal is restarted from a beginning of a display period for the next frame. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169790 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - The present invention eliminates, for CC driving based on line inversion driving, the appearance of lateral stripes in a first frame in which an image corresponding to a video signal starts to be displayed. The present invention includes: a gate line driving circuit ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110169791 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110169792 | DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a display panel in which, without providing connection terminals, the number of which corresponds to the number of test terminals of a liquid crystal panel, on a circuit board such as an FPC board, miniaturization is obtained while reducing costs such as the mounting cost and material cost of the circuit board, and stable operation is performed. A liquid crystal panel ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110169793 | Liquid Crystal Display, Flat Display and Gate Driving Method Thereof - In a liquid crystal display, a flat display and a gate driving method thereof, the flat display comprises first and second pixel rows, first to third gate lines and a gate driving circuit. The first gate line is for determining whether to turn on a portion of pixels in the first pixel row, the second gate line is for determining whether to turn on another portion of pixels in the first pixel row, and the third gate line is for determining whether to turn on a portion of the pixels in the second pixel row. The gate driving circuit is for providing first to third gate driving pulses to the first to third gate lines. The first and second gate driving pulses do not overlap with each other, and the third gate driving pulse partially overlaps with one of the first and second gate driving pulses. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169794 | PHOTODETECTOR, PHOTODETECTOR ARRAY AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PHOTODETECTION - According to one embodiment, a photodetector includes a substrate, a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region, an insulating film, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a shield film. The first semiconductor region is provided on a major surface of the substrate. The second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region are provided in a substantially identical plane to the first semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region is contacted with the first semiconductor region and has an impurity concentration higher than the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is contacted with the second semiconductor region. The shield film is provided on the insulating film and electrically connected to the first electrode. A periphery of the shield film is disposed to cover an interface between the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region in a planar view. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169795 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - It is expected to provide an image display apparatus and image display method that can reduce the risk that an image quality is undermined due to a halo phenomenon caused by the leak of light passing through a non-corresponding color filter from a LED. The image display apparatus can respectively control luminous efficiencies of plural color LEDs, i.e., R-LED ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110169796 | DRIVE CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a drive circuit, and a power circuit. The drive circuit includes a gate driver, a timing control circuit, and a wave signal generation circuit. The timing control circuit sends a timing control signal to the gate driver and the wave signal generation circuit. The wave signal generation circuit generates a control signal according to the timing control signal, and generates a wave signal according to the control signal. The gate driver generates scan signals according to the timing control signal and the wave signal. Before the voltage of the scan signal changes from a maximum voltage to a minimum voltage, the voltage of the scan signal decreases to an invariable middle voltage that is between the minimum voltage and the maximum voltage during a fall time of the scan signal. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169797 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of data lines to which a data voltage is supplied, a plurality of gate lines to which a gate pulse is supplied, and a plurality of liquid crystal cells, a data drive circuit to invert a polarity of the data voltage in response to a polarity control signal and to output the data voltage to the data lines in response to a source output enable signal, a gate drive circuit to supply the gate pulse to the gate lines, and a POL/SOE logic circuit to invert the polarity control signal for every frame period except at Nth-multiple frame period (where N is a positive integer), wherein the POL/SOE logic circuit controls the polarity control signal at every Nth-multiple frame period such that the polarity of the data voltage is the same as the previous frame period and controls a pulse width of the source output enable signal at every Nth-multiple frame period to be longer than for the other frame periods. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169798 | Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Display, Pixel Circuit and Data Current Writing Method Thereof - An exemplary active matrix organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a data line, a current sensing line, a power line and a plurality of pixels all electrically coupled to the data line, the current sensing line and the power line. During a data current is writing to a selected one of the pixels, the selected pixel draws a current from the current sensing line, and the data line supplies a particular data voltage to the selected pixel according to the drawn current from the current sensing line until the drawn current matched with the data current; the other non-selected pixels draw currents from the power line for light-emission. Moreover, a pixel circuit and a data current writing method adapted for the above-mentioned active matrix OLED display also are provided. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169799 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer disposed between first and second substrates. A gate line transmits gate signals; a first data line transmits data voltages; a first voltage line alternately transmits a first voltage and a second voltage that is than greater than the first voltage; a first switching element is connected to the gate line and the first data line; a second switching element is connected to the gate line and the first voltage line; a first pixel electrode is connected to the first switching element; and a second pixel electrode is connected to the second switching element. The first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode form a liquid crystal capacitor along with the liquid crystal layer, and at least one of the first voltage and the second voltage is variable. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169800 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a timing control part and a data driving part. The display panel is divided into N display areas. The timing control part includes a serializing part to serializing N data received in parallel to generate an N-th frame data, a overdriving part to select one of the N-th frame data and a previous frame data stored depending on whether the received data are normal and to compensate the selected frame data to generate a compensation frame data, and an interface part to divide the compensation frame data and to output the N compensation data. A data driving part includes N data driving circuits to generate data driving voltages corresponding to the N compensation data to output the data driving voltage to the N display areas where N is a natural number. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169801 | DRIVING APPARATUS OF DISPLAY - A driving apparatus of a display is disclosed. The driving apparatus mentioned above includes a digital-to-analog converter circuit and an output buffer circuit. The digital-to-analog converting circuit receives a display data with a digital format for generating a gray-level voltage. The output buffer circuit has an output terminal to output an output signal. The output buffer circuit receives the gray-level voltage, a pre-charge enable signal and the output signal and provides a pre-charge output signal to the output terminal of the output buffering circuit according to the pre-charge enable signal and a comparison result of the gray-level voltage and the output signal. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169802 | Signal processing apparatus, display apparatus, electronic apparatus, signal processing method and program - A signal processing apparatus including a conversion efficiency degradation value calculation section adapted to calculate a conversion efficiency degradation value regarding degradation of a conversion efficiency when driving current supplied to a light emitting element in each of a plurality of pixel circuits is converted into a luminance based on information regarding degradation of the conversion efficiency produced in response to lapse of light emission time of the light emitting element; a current amount degradation value calculation section adapted to calculate a current amount degradation value regarding degradation of the driving current based on information regarding degradation of the driving current produced in response to lapse of the light emission time of the light emitting element; and a correction section adapted to correct a gradation value of an image signal to be inputted to the pixel circuit based on the conversion efficiency degradation value and the current amount degradation value. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169803 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a light source section; a liquid crystal display panel including pixels and performing video display; and a drive section. The drive section performs the driving on the light source section for turning ON and OFF in synchronization with the driving of the pixels for the light-sequential writing such that, the liquid crystal display panel is selectively illuminated with the light from a lower emission region in the light source section when the pixels in an upper display region are under the driving for line-sequential writing, and such that, the liquid crystal display panel is selectively illuminated with the light from an upper emission region when the pixels in a lower display region are under the driving for line-sequential writing. A phase difference between emission periods in the upper and lower emission regions falls within a range from 90° to 150° both inclusive. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169804 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - A display apparatus includes: a pixel array in which pixel circuits each having a light emitting device, a drive transistor, a sampling transistor, and a retention capacity; a signal selector that supplies threshold correction reference voltages and a video signal voltages as to signal lines arranged in columns on the pixel array; a drive control scanner that provides power supply pulses to power supply control lines arranged in rows on the pixel array and applies drive voltages to the drive transistors; and a write scanner that provides scan pulses to write control lines arranged in rows on the pixel array to control the sampling transistors and executes input of the threshold correction reference voltages and the video signal voltages to the pixel circuits, and brings the sampling transistors into conduction by the scan pulses at plural times when the signal line voltages are the threshold correction reference voltages in order to execute plural threshold corrections in non-emission periods of one light emission cycles of the pixels circuits. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169805 | ELECTRIC OPTICAL APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electric optical apparatus including a display section in which an electric optical material is pinched between a pair of substrates and a plurality of pixels is arranged, wherein the display section is provided with a scanning line, a data line and a power-supply line that are connected to each of the pixels, and each of the pixels is provided with a pixel electrode, a driving transistor that is connected between the pixel electrode and the power-supply line, a capacitance for modulation that is connected between a gate of the driving transistor and the data line, a maintenance capacitance that connects one side electrode to the gate of the driving transistor, and a transistor for correction that is connected to a diode and in which one side terminal thereof is connected to the gate of the driving transistor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169806 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD - A projector includes: an interface section that has a plurality of connection terminals receiving image information from source devices, a projecting section that projects an image, a storage control section that stores identification information that denotes the source device, an instruction information input section accepting instruction information, a power-supply, a power-supply control section that controles the power-supply, a determination section, and a control information generation section that generates control information, wherein, in a case where the determination section determines that the instruction information is information of designating switching on the power-supply, the power-supply control section switches on the power-supply, the control information generation section generates switching on control information designating switching on the source device that is denoted with the identification information, and the interface section outputs the switching on control information to the source device that is denoted with the identification information. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169807 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - A plasma display panel and a drive method therefor, which can enhance a representation capability when displaying a dark image. The plasma display panel includes fluorophor layers containing magnesium oxide. The drive method includes a reset step to initialize all the pixel cells into states of one of a light-up mode and a light-off mode, and an address step in which the pixel cells are caused to perform address discharges selectively in accordance with pixel data, which are successively executed in each of a head subfield and a second subfield within a one-field display period. In reset step, a voltage that sets row electrodes on one side, in the row electrode pairs as an anode and sets the column electrodes set as a cathode is applied between the row electrodes on the one side and the column electrodes. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169808 | AMPLIFIER INCLUDING DITHERING SWITCH AND DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT USING THE AMPLIFIER - An amplifier and a display driving circuit. The amplifier includes an input stage, a bias stage and an output stage. The input stage determines voltage levels of two nodes in correspondence to two input voltages received in response to a first bias voltage, and includes four path selecting switches, two input transistors and one bias transistor. The bias stage generates two class AB output voltages which correspond to the voltage levels of the two nodes, and includes current mirrors, ten path selecting switches, class AB bias circuits and two bias transistors. The output stage generates an output voltage VOUT that corresponds to the two class AB output voltages, and includes two coupling capacitors and two push-pull transistors. The plurality of path selecting switches operate by one signal of a first path selecting signal and a second path selecting signal that are exclusively enabled with respect to each other. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169809 | Pixel Structure with Improved Viewing Angle - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. One of the storage capacitors is a changeable capacitor. By the changeable capacitor, two different data voltages are generated in respective sub-pixels during adjacent frames. The different data voltages are symmetrical with respect to a common voltage to improve image quality. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169810 | DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object to provide a highly reliable display device. It is a feature an IC is over a substrate and a material layer having the same height is thereover. An IC is provided on one side of the substrate, and a material layer having the same height as the IC is provided on at least another side. Further, an IC is provided on one side of the substrate, and material layers having the same height as the IC are provided on the other sides. Further, an IC is provided on one side of the substrate, and a material layer having the same height as the IC is provided at a corner of the substrate. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169811 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A sustain pulse generating circuit has a power recovery circuit and an auxiliary circuit. The power recovery circuit has an inductor with a first coil, a second coil, and a third coil, and a capacitor. The auxiliary circuit has a first auxiliary switch and a second auxiliary switch. The sustain pulse generating circuit energizes the first auxiliary switch and stores energy in a forward direction to the first coil immediately before the sustain pulse rise. Immediately before the sustain pulse falls, the sustain pulse generating circuit energizes the second auxiliary switch and stores energy in a reverse direction to the second coil. When the sustain pulse rises and falls, the current flowing between the power recovery circuit and the capacitive load is the current produced by LC resonance plus the current produced by the energy previously stored in the recovery inductor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169812 | Pixel circuit, display device, driving method of pixel circuit, and driving method of display device - A pixel circuit, disposed at a part where a scanning line and a signal line intersect each other, includes at least an electrooptic element, a drive transistor, a sampling transistor, and a retaining capacitance. The drive transistor has a gate connected to an input node, a source connected to an output node, and a drain connected to a predetermined power supply potential and supplies a driving current to the electrooptic element according to a signal potential retained in the retaining capacitance. The electrooptic element has one terminal connected to the output node and another terminal connected to a predetermined potential. The sampling transistor is connected between the input node and the signal line and operates when selected by the scanning line, samples an input signal from the signal line, and retains the input signal in the retaining capacitance. The retaining capacitance is connected to the input node. The pixel circuit further includes a compensating circuit which detects a decrease in the driving current from a side of the output node and feeds back a result of detection to a side of the input node to compensate for a decrease in the driving current, which decrease is attendant on a secular change of the drive transistor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169813 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT HAVING CHARGE SHARING SWITCH FORMED IN PAD - A display panel driving circuit includes N number of amplifiers configured to supply N number of output voltages to a display panel; N number of output switches configured to transmit output signals from the N number of amplifiers through N number of pads to the display panel; and a plurality of charge sharing switches configured to share charges among the N number of pads, wherein the charge sharing switches are formed in the pads. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169814 | DIGITAL DRIVING CIRCUITS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES - A method may include controlling a display device in at least first mode by varying a correlation between display driver signals applied across display segments within the display device; wherein the display driver signals vary between substantially only two levels, and a display segment is activated when an average voltage magnitude across the segment over a time period exceeds a threshold value. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169815 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR - A spatial light modulator includes an array of pixels, with each of the pixels having a dimension smaller than a wavelength of light to be modulated. Each of the pixels further has a permittivity that can he controlled using an electronic signal applied to the pixel. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169816 | Gate Output Control Method - An exemplary gate output control method includes the following steps: providing a gate control signal; using an angling control signal to angling modulate the gate control signal so as to generate a modulated gate control signal; and supplying the modulated gate control signal to a first integrated gate driver circuit and a second integrated gate driver circuit, to sequentially control the gate outputs of the first integrated gate driver circuit and the second integrated gate driver circuit. A duty ratio used by the angling control signal at the time of modulating the gate control signal to generate the modulated gate control signal for the first integrated gate driver circuit is different from another duty ratio used by the angling control signal at the time of modulating the gate control signal to generate the modulated gate control signal for the second integrated gate driver circuit. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169817 | APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR DETERIORATION IN AMOLED - There is provided an apparatus for compensating for deterioration in an active matrix organic light-emitting diode. An apparatus for compensating for deterioration in an active matrix organic light-emitting diode being operated by a pixel driving unit may include: a switching control unit being synchronized with an operation of the pixel driving unit to thereby generate a switching control signal in order to compensate for deterioration in a pixel; and a switch circuit unit connected between an anode of the active matrix organic light-emitting diode and a terminal of a deterioration compensation voltage, being turned on or off according to the switching control signal from the switching control unit, and supplying the deterioration compensation voltage to the anode of the active matrix organic light-emitting diode while being turned on. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169818 | Reducing viewing discomfort - A method for displaying a pair of stereoscopic images on a display includes receiving a pair of images forming the pair of stereoscopic images, one being a left image and one being a right image. Then estimating a disparity between the left image and the right image based upon a matching of a left region of the left image with a right region of said the image. Based upon the estimated disparity adjusting the disparity between the left image and the right image. Based upon the adjusted disparity modifying at least one of the right image and said the image to be displayed upon the display. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169819 | Typed data graph visualization system in three dimensions - A visualization system presents inter-connected three-dimensional models representing components of a data graph to a user on a display. A visualization graph is created from the association of a user-specified data graph, which may not include graphical information, to three-dimensional models through a type graph. Arrangement of three-dimensional models into discrete units is determined from local relations between components of the data graph. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169820 | 3D IMAGE SPECIAL EFFECT DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CREATING 3D IMAGE SPECIAL EFFECT - A 3D image special effects device for creating special effects on a 3D image including a first image and a second image having disparity. The 3D image special effects device includes: a range specification receiving unit capable of receiving an input of a specified range of the first image on which the special effects are created; a first block division unit capable of dividing the specified range into a plurality of first image blocks; a first special effects unit capable of creating the special effects on each of the plurality of the first image blocks; a block matching unit capable of determining an image which corresponds to an image of the each of the plurality of the first image blocks from the second image, and deriving a parallax vector which represents directionality and a magnitude of parallax between the first image blocks and the corresponding image; a second block division unit capable of determining a plurality of second image blocks on the second image in accordance with the parallax vector, the second image blocks corresponding to the plurality of first image blocks; and a second special effects unit capable of creating the special effects on the determined plurality of second image blocks. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169821 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE - An object of the invention to provide a method for maintaining display quality as much as possible and reducing a crosstalk amount. A method for correcting stereoscopic images according to the present invention has (a) at least one of a step of detecting a range of crosstalk and a crosstalk amount occurring on a left image or a right image as black-side correction data, and a step of detecting the range of crosstalk and the crosstalk amount as white-side correction data, based on crosstalk characteristic data, (b) at least one of a step of making the black-side correction data into lower-limit data, and a step of making the white-side correction data into upper-limit data; and (c) a step of gamma-converting the left image or the right image based on at least one of the lower-limit data and the upper-limit data. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169822 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, FOR INSTANCE FOR MOBILE 3D GRAPHIC PIPELINES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A system renders a primitive of an image to be displayed, for instance in a mobile 3D graphic pipeline, the primitive including a set of pixels. The system locates the pixels in the area of the primitive, generates, for each pixel located in the area, a set of associated sub-pixels, borrows a set of sub-pixels from neighboring pixels, subjects the set of associated sub-pixels and the borrowed set of pixels to adaptive filtering to create an adaptively filtered set of sub-pixels, and further filters the adaptively filtered set of sub-pixels to compute a final pixel for display. Preferably, the set of associated sub-pixels fulfils at least one of the following: the set includes two associated sub-pixels and the set includes associated sub-pixels placed on pixel edges. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169823 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING - An apparatus generates three dimensional image data. Specifically, image data for a first image layer and image data for a second image layer is generated together with depth indication data for at least one of the first image layer and the second image layer. The two image layers may be used e.g. for dependent images, such as foreground and background images, or for independent images, such as initial and final images for a cross fade. A dependency indicator which is indicative of a dependency between the image layers is generated and included in the three dimensional data. A rendering device may receive the three dimensional data and generate images for a three dimensional representation based on the data. The three dimensional processing is adapted in dependence on the dependency indicator. For example, interlayer de-occlusion processing may only be performed if the dependency indicator is indicative of dependent image layers. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169824 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN 3D IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Multiplication coefficients K | 2011-07-14 |
20110169825 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A subject is imaged at a predetermined time interval by a plurality of imaging units which obtains a plurality of images having a parallax of a subject viewed from different viewpoints by imaging the subject from different viewpoints. An evaluation value which includes at least one of a luminance and a high frequency component of the images obtained by the imaging units at the predetermined time interval is calculated. When the evaluation value has changed by an amount exceeding a predetermined threshold value, the distance information calculation and three-dimensional processing on the plurality of images and object are performed. Here, a relative position of the object with respect to the three-dimensional image in a three-dimensional space is changed based on the distance information such that overlapping of the object and the three-dimensional image on top of each other is prevented when the three-dimensional display is performed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169826 | UNIVERSAL COLLABORATIVE PSEUDO-REALISTIC VIEWER - A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling an electronic device to perform a method of visualization, the method constituted of: loading a 3 dimensional (3D) scene comprising visual model data; rendering a first pseudo-realistic image of the loaded 3D scene responsive to a first view positional indicator; transmitting the rendered first pseudo-realistic image to at least two remote computing platforms; receiving from any of the at least two remote computing platform a scene control command; rendering a second pseudo-realistic image of the loaded 3D scene responsive to the received scene control command; and transmitting the rendered second pseudo-realistic image to the at least two remote computing platforms. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGES - Some representative embodiments are directed to creating a “virtual world” by processing a series of two dimensional images to generate a representation of the physical world depicted in the series of images. The virtual world representation includes models of objects that specify the locations of the objects within the virtual world, the geometries of the objects, the dimensions of the objects, the surface representation of the objects, and/or other relevant information. By developing the virtual world representation, a number of image processing effects may be applied such as generation of stereoscopic images, object insertion, object removal, object translation, and/or other object manipulation operations. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169828 | Methods for Creating Developable Surfaces - Developable surfaces are generated by interactively evolving curves on a 2D surface embedded in 3D space using an iterative process to produce a model for the construction of a stylized three dimensional sculpture. Each iteration includes tessellating loops formed by the curves on the surface and unfolding the resulting tessellated strips onto a 2D plane. Collisions between the unfolded tessellated strips in 2D and between the loops in 3D are resolved, and the rendered evolved curve in 3D and tessellated strips in 2D are displayed simultaneously during the evolution. A graphical user interface allows the curve network, tessellated strips, and curve evolution parameters to be modified by a user. 2D textures may be mapped to the unfolded tessellated strips, and a set of tool paths may be output for cutting a 2D material. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169829 | Apparatus and Methods for Wrapping Texture onto the Surface of a Virtual Object - The invention provides techniques for wrapping a two-dimensional texture conformally onto a surface of a three dimensional virtual object within an arbitrarily-shaped, user-defined region. The techniques provide minimum distortion and allow interactive manipulation of the mapped texture. The techniques feature an energy minimization scheme in which distances between points on the surface of the three-dimensional virtual object serve as set lengths for springs connecting points of a planar mesh. The planar mesh is adjusted to minimize spring energy, and then used to define a patch upon which a two-dimensional texture is superimposed. Points on the surface of the virtual object are then mapped to corresponding points of the texture. The invention also features a haptic/graphical user interface element that allows a user to interactively and intuitively adjust texture mapped within the arbitrary, user-defined region. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169830 | ACCELERATED VOLUME RENDERING - Performing accelerated volume rendering of a scene in a computer system by: loading volumetric data into a first part of a system memory, the volumetric data represented as a three-dimensional array of data values; determining intersection points of each of a set of sample rays cast through the scene and intersecting the three-dimensional array, wherein the intersection points are determined as a function of sample times from beginning to end; using the intersection points, computing a subset of the three-dimensional array for placement into local storage; loading the subset of three-dimensional array into the local storage; and repeating the determining, computing, and loading acts for all sample times from beginning to end for all sets of sample rays cast by the processor device. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169831 | METHOD AND RELATED SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING 2D AND 3D IMAGES SIMULTANEOUSLY - An image display method receives a two-dimensional image data and a depth data both corresponding to a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image. The two-dimensional image data and the depth data is encoded so that the sub-pixels of the two-dimensional image data and the depth data related to the three-dimensional image have gray values whose least significant bits vary in a predetermined manner. After receiving the encoded two-dimensional image data and the encoded depth data at a receiving side, a two-dimensional display region and a two-dimensional display region are detected according to the variations in the gray values of the sub-pixels. The method can thus display the three-dimensional image in the three-dimensional display region of the frame and display the two-dimensional image in the two-dimensional display region of the frame. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169832 | 3D Motion Interface Systems and Methods - A 3D interface system for moving the at least one digital displayed object based on movement of the at least one physical object. The 3D interface system comprises a display system for displaying 3D images, a sensor input system, and a computing system. The sensor input system generates sensor data associated with at least one physical control object. The computing system receives the sensor data and causes the display system to display the at least one digital displayed object and the at least one digital sensed object associated with the at least one physical object. The computing system moves the at least one digital displayed object based on movement of the at least one physical object. | 2011-07-14 |