| 29th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
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| 20110175831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT OPERATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INPUT OPERATION DETERMINATION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit determining whether the touch of the instruction object is a predetermined input operation based on the detection result, which is obtained by the touch detection unit when the touch detection unit detects the touch of the instruction object, and at least one of the detection results, which are obtained by the proximity detection unit before and after the touch of the instruction object. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175832 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION PREDICTION METHOD, AND OPERATION PREDICTION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit detecting movement of the instruction object on or to the operation surface based on the detection result of the touch detection unit and the detection result of the proximity detection unit and starting a process corresponding to an input operation predicted from the detected movement of the instruction object. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175833 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - One object is to provide a new electronic device which is configured so that a user can read data regardless of a location, input data by directly touching a keyboard displayed on a screen or indirectly touching the keyboard with a stylus pen or the like, and use the input data. A first transistor electrically connected to a reflective electrode and a photo sensor are included over one substrate. A touch-input button displayed on a first screen region of the display portion is displayed as a still image, and a video signal is output so that a moving image is displayed on a second screen region of the display portion. A video signal processing portion supplying different signals between the case where a still image is displayed on the display portion and the case where a moving image is displayed on the display portion is included. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175834 | TOUCH PANEL AND INPUT RECOGNITION DEVICE USING THE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is provided including at least one first electrode pattern including a plurality of electrode lines arranged in a first direction; and at least one second electrode pattern including a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in a second direction to intersect the first electrode lines; wherein the first electrode lines are spaced apart at different intervals from one another in the first direction. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175835 | Method for Scanning Projective Capacitive Touch Panel, Storage Medium and Apparatus for Scanning Projective Capacitive Touch Panel - The present invention relates to a method for scanning a projective capacitive touch panel including: A. scanning each first-axis electrode arranged along a first-axis and each second-axis electrode arranged along a second-axis, then obtaining the first-axis electrode and the second-axis electrode whose self capacitance changes; B. detecting the mutual capacitance at each intersection between the first-axis electrode and the second-axis electrode whose self capacitance changes to determine whether the mutual capacitance changes, then the area where the mutual capacitance changes being taken as a touched area. The present invention also relates to a storage medium storing instructions of implementing above method and an apparatus that implements the above method. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175836 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate ( | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175837 | 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. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175838 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HAPTIC COMPUTER INTERFACE - A method and system of an embodiment may include a system comprising a touch screen display panel, and a tactile panel with one or more raised surfaces wherein the touch screen display panel is positioned on top of the tactile panel and the tactile panel creates one or more raised surfaces on the touch screen display panel providing tactile information to a user of the touch screen display panel. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175839 | USER INTERFACE FOR A MULTI-POINT TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A user interface unit ( | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175840 | INTERACTIVE AMBIENCE CREATING SYSTEM - An interactive ambience creating system comprising a touch sensitive globe configured to generate a signal representing a geographical region based on touch by a user, an information processing unit configured to receive the generated signal and obtain information corresponding to the touched geographical region and a control unit configured to adapt at least one output device in accordance with the obtained information to create an ambience corresponding to the touched geographical region is disclosed. The disclosed system can be used in controlling the atmosphere preferably in a hotel context where language and/or mental models may differ between guests from different cultures. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175841 | TOUCH-INPUT-FUNCTION ADDED PROTECTIVE FILM FOR ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT DISPLAY WINDOW - In a touch-input-function added protective panel for an electronic instrument display window having an FPC that takes out an electrical signal by way of a through hole made in a lower electrode panel, an adhesive layer that bonds a lower electrode panel and an upper electrode sheet to each other, has a connection hole connected to the through hole, plural dot spacers are fixed and arranged in the connection hole and between the lower electrode panel upper surface at the peripheral edge of the through hole and the upper electrode sheet, so as to be separated from one another, and further an electroconductive adhesive is filled from the through hole into the connection hole, the gap interval of which is maintained by the dot spacers. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175842 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD EMPLOYED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are an electronic device wherein operability is improved by changing display contents as needed corresponding to a touch state with a display area, and a display method employed in the electronic device | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175843 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN ACTUATION ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR A FINGER OF A USER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE - A method for determining the position of an actuation element, e.g. a finger of a user, in a motor vehicle when the element approaches a surface and to a position determination device, has the following steps: generating an HF signal; coupling the HF signal into the user; transmitting the HF signal via the body of the user; receiving the HF signal that has been transmitted via the body and the actuation element, using several sensors and determining the position of the actuation element using sensor signals of the sensors, the sensor signals forming a measurement for the received signal intensity of the HF signal and are used to first calculate the position of the centre of gravity of the approaching object, in particular the approaching body part comprising the actuation element, and the position of the actuation element is calculated, taking into consideration the position of the centre of gravity. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175844 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE, TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE COMPRISING THE TOUCH SENSING DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE, METHOD FOR SENSING A TOUCH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a touch sensing device, touch screen device comprising a touch sensing device, mobile device, method for sensing a touch and method for manufacturing a touch sensing device allowing various kinds of input operations. The touch sensing device comprises a deformable cover layer; a plurality of capacitive touch sensitive electrode elements arranged in an electrode element layer; and a plurality of pressure sensitive elements each being spatially separated from each other and being coupled to an associated capacitive touch sensitive electrode element of said electrode element layer. One of said plurality of pressure sensitive elements and the associated capacitive touch sensitive electrode element are arranged so that when a current to or from said capacitive touch sensitive electrode element passes through said pressure sensitive element, the voltage across said pressure sensitive element changes in response to a pressure exerted upon said cover layer above said capacitive touch sensitive electrode element. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175845 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A sensor apparatus includes: a display cover including an operation area that is pressed by an operator and a circumferential area located on the circumference of the operation area; a frame including an opening covered by the operation area and a fixing portion that fixes the circumferential area; a touch panel that is supported by the display cover to be positioned at the opening and detects a position at which the operator comes into contact with the operation area; and a pressure-sensitive sensor that is provided between the display cover and the frame, includes a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and detects a pressing force with respect to the operation area based on a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode that corresponds to a deflection amount of the display cover. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175846 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including a cover plate, a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a display panel is provided. The touch sensing electrodes are disposed on a surface of the cover plate. The display panel is adhered to the cover plate via an adhesion layer, and includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, an opposite substrate parallel to the substrate and a display medium layer disposed between the substrate and the opposite substrate. The touch sensing electrodes are disposed between the cover plate and the substrate. The scan lines are disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the scan lines and the touch sensing electrodes are disposed at different sides of the substrate and a sensing capacitance is formed between the touch sensing electrodes and the scan lines. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175847 | METHOD FOR SCANNING PROJECTIVE CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - The present invention relates to a method for scanning a projective capacitive touch panel. The method includes the following steps: scanning the mutual capacitance that are divided into at least two groups by applying different frequency excitation signals to different mutual capacitance groups, wherein a frequency of a excitation signal applied to a mutual capacitance group with greater RC constant is lower than that of a excitation signal applied to a mutual capacitance group with smaller RC constant; obtaining a first current voltage of each mutual capacitance; comparing the first current voltage with a first reference voltage to obtain candidate mutual capacitance whose first current voltage exceed the first reference voltage by a first threshold value; scanning the candidate mutual capacitance by applying a low frequency excitation signal; obtaining a second current voltage of each candidate mutual capacitance; comparing the second current voltage of each candidate mutual capacitance with a corresponding second reference voltage to obtain touched mutual capacitance whose second current voltage exceed the corresponding second reference voltage by a second threshold value. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175848 | INFRARED RAY TOUCH PANEL DEVICE WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY - An IR touch panel device includes a housing, a plurality of first IR receivers, a first IR transmitter, a plurality of second IR receivers and a second IR transmitter. The plurality of first IR receivers are installed on a bottom side of the housing; the first IR transmitter is installed on a top side of the housing, transmission range of the first IR transmitter covering the plurality of first IR receivers; the plurality of second IR receivers are installed on a right side of the housing; the second IR transmitter is installed on a left side of the housing, transmission range of the second IR transmitter covering the plurality of second IR receivers. A user may control operation of the IR touch panel device through blocking a path between the IR transmitter and the IR receiver. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175849 | OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An optical touch display device includes a display screen capable of emitting an invisible light, at least one image acquisition module, and a processing module. The image acquisition module is arranged at a peripheral edge of the display screen for acquiring an invisible light image on or above a surface of the display screen. The processing module calculates a spatial position of an object according to a position of the object in the invisible light image acquired by the image acquisition module. With these arrangements, the optical touch display device can have an effectively reduced thickness and the spatial position of the object can be determined in increased accuracy. Further, the processing module can determine a user's gesture according to the acquired invisible light image. A method for implementing optical touch display is also disclosed. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175850 | INFRARED TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - An infrared touch display apparatus, includes a touch screen, a first circuit board arranged above the screen, a second circuit board arranged at the left side of the screen, a third circuit board arranged below the screen, a fourth circuit board arranged at the right side of the screen, emitters E | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175851 | ELECTRONIC PEN FOR DETECTING TOUCH LOCATION, CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electronic pen for detecting a touch location, a controlling method of the same and a driving method of a plasma display apparatus are disclosed. According to embodiments of the present invention, synchronization between the electronic pen and the plasma display apparatus may be performed. An electronic pen includes a sensor for receiving infrared emissions and for generating a plurality of sensing signals in response to the infrared emissions, a synchronization unit for determining a synchronization timing in accordance with timings of the plurality of sensing signals, and a coordinate detection unit for detecting an emission location of the infrared emissions in accordance with time differences between the synchronization timing and the timings of the plurality of sensing signals. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175852 | LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SCREEN USING ELLIPTICAL AND PARABOLIC REFLECTORS - A touch screen system, including a housing, a display mounted in the housing, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing below the display, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing below the display, a first light guide, mounted in the housing along a first edge of the display, including a first substantially parabolic reflective surface for reflecting light pulses transmitted by the emitters, and a first substantially elliptical refractive surface, positioned substantially above the first substantially parabolic reflective surface, for refracting the reflected light pulses over the display, a second light guide, mounted in the housing along an opposite edge of the display, including a second substantially elliptical refractive surface for further refracting the light pulse refracted by the first substantially elliptical refractive surface, and a second substantially parabolic reflective surface, positioned substantially below the second substantially elliptical refractive surface, for reflecting the further refracted light pulses to the receivers, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, to determine a location of a pointer on the display that partially blocks the light pulses refracted by the first light guide, based on outputs of the receivers corresponding to light pulses refracted by the second light guide. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175853 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A display device having at least a display circuit for displaying an image, and a light receiving sensor for detecting a light disposed is provided. When a light receiving circuit region including the light receiving sensor is made a dark portion, and a region other than the light receiving circuit region is made a light portion, the display circuit and the light receiving sensor are disposed so that a spatial frequency of a repetitive pattern of the light portions and the dark portions becomes equal to or higher than 10 cpd. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175854 | ELECTROMAGNETIC POINTER - An electromagnetic pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic pointer comprises a pen holder assembly, a circuit board, a metal rod, a ferrite core with coils and a trigger device. The diameter of the pen holder assembly is less than 6 mm. The circuit board comprises a resonance circuit. The metal rod has a low permeability. The ferrite core with coil constitutes an inductor and the coil electrically connects to the circuit board through a conductive wire to complete the resonance circuit. The ferrite core has a hollow center so that the metal rod can move through to trigger the trigger device and change electric properties of the resonance circuit. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175855 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided that includes a user interface unit which displays a content, a storage unit which stores a scribble pattern, and a control unit which, if a scribble is inputted according to the stored scribble pattern, sets a content area corresponding to a spot where the scribble is inputted and stores the set content area to the storage unit, making it possible to more efficiently manage the content. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175856 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An electrophoretic display panel includes a first member, a second member, an electrophoretic layer and an outer member. The first member includes a first substrate and a pixel electrode formed on the first substrate. The first substrate has a display area and a dummy area disposed outside of the display area. The second member includes a second substrate facing the first substrate and a common electrode formed on a first surface of the second substrate. The electrophoretic layer is disposed between the first member and the second member and displays an image by an electric field generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The outer member covers the dummy area and blocks light, so that display quality is improved. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175857 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method for displaying a stereoscopic image of a display apparatus, the display apparatus can divide a received frame image corresponding to the preset column areas to generate M sub-frame images. In this example, the display apparatus may include a plurality of lenticular lenses disposed over a display panel to divide the display panel into a plurality of column areas. Each of the lenticular lenses may include a lenticular plate converting a flat image displayed on each of the column area into K stereoscopic images having directions different from each other. The M sub-frame images may be displayed on the display panel in a time division method. M shutters disposed over the M lenticular lenses according to the sub-frame image displayed on the display panel may selectively be opened and closed. Herein, K and M are natural numbers. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175858 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal display apparatus, a first control signal bus line receives a first control signal. A second control signal bus line receives a second control signal that lags behind the first control signal. A de-multiplexer circuit includes a first switching element and a second switching element. The first switching element switches a current path between a first source line and a first data line in response to the first control signal, and the second switching element switches a current path between the first source line and a second data line in response to the second control signal. A pixel part includes a first pixel connected to the first control signal bus line and corresponding to a first color filter, a second pixel connected to the second control signal bus line and corresponding to a second color filter, and a third pixel corresponding to a third color filter, wherein the third pixels are alternately connected to the first control signal bus line and the second control signal bus line. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175859 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An impulsively driven liquid crystal display includes a display panel displaying an image in response to a gate signal and a data signal, a panel driving circuit providing the gate signal and the data signal to the display panel using an image signal and a control signal, a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources that blink at once to provide a light to the display panel, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight control circuit automatically detects an existence of text information from a received image signal, and if the text is detected to be present, adjusts the blinking timing of the light sources to correspond with the area on the display panel where the text will be displayed, the adjustment being a function of a liquid crystal response delay time of liquid crystals used in the display panel. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175860 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY - A light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor layer including a first conductive contact layer, a first conductive cladding layer, an active layer, a second conductive cladding layer, a second conductive contact layer and a resin block layer in this order; a first electrode in contact with the first conductive contact layer; and a second electrode in contact with the second conductive contact layer. The second conductive contact layer includes a first opening at least in a region facing the first electrode. Moreover, the resin block layer includes a plurality of second openings communicated with the first opening, and the first opening has an air gap. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175861 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To reduce power consumption of a display device with the use of a simple structure and a simple operation. The display device includes an input device. Input of an image signal to a driver circuit is controlled in accordance with an image operation signal output from the input device. Specifically, input of image signals at the time when the input device is not operated is less frequent than that at the time when the input device is operated. Accordingly, display degradation (deterioration of display quality) caused when the display device is used can be prevented and power consumed when the display device is not used can be reduced. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175862 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - Each of a plurality of pixels includes a transistor, a capacitor, and a display element. One terminal of the capacitor is electrically connected to a first line. The other terminal of the capacitor is electrically connected to a gate of the transistor. In a first period, a first terminal of the transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the transistor and the gate of the transistor is electrically connected to a second line. In a second period, the first terminal of the transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the transistor and a second terminal of the transistor is electrically connected to a third line. In a third period, the first terminal of the transistor is electrically connected to the first line and the second terminal of the transistor is electrically connected to the display element. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175863 | DATA LINE DRIVER AND APPARATUSES HAVING THE SAME - A data line driver includes a first driver cell configured to drive a first data line connected to a first output pad. The first driver cell includes a first data register configured to latch first image data in response to a first latch clock signal, a first level shifter connected to the first data register, a first digital-analog converter (DAC) connected to the first level shifter, and a first amplifier connected between the first DAC and the first output pad. The first data register and the first amplifier are arranged in a first direction. The first level shifter and the first DAC are arranged adjacent to each other in a second direction and are arranged between the first data register and the first amplifier, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175864 | Display system - A display system is based on a linear array phase modulator and a phase edge discriminator optical system. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175865 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a plurality of frame rate controllers that generate a motion interpolated intermediate image. The frame rate controllers exchange image information with adjacent frame rate controllers. According to the display apparatus, each frame rate controller displays the intermediate image on a corresponding display area based on the image information provided from the adjacent frame rate controller. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175866 | OSCILLATION CIRCUIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an oscillation circuit. The oscillation circuit supplies predetermined oscillation signals to a generating circuit having a divider, a phase comparator, and a generator. A clock signal generating section generates clock signals in a cycle based on the comparison results from the phase comparator. A clock signal mask section masks a part of the clock signals generated by the clock signal generating section to generate the predetermined oscillation signals and supplies the predetermined oscillation signals to the divider. The clock signal mask section masks a part of the clock signals such that the cycle of sampling signals generated by the generator is the same as a predetermined cycle which is the cycle of a clock for use in generating image signals. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175867 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A video display unit screen has a main display area for displaying an image of a main channel and a sub display area for displaying images of channels, which are interchangeable with the image of the main display area. When an operation to interchange images of channels in the main display area and the sub display area, wherein the main display area is a base point, a control unit controls the image of the channel in the sub display area after interchange not to be a replacing target when a following page is open. When an operation to interchange images of channels in the sub display area and the main display area, wherein the sub display area is a base point, the control unit controls the image of the channel in the sub display are after interchange, to be a replacing target when the following page is open. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175868 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display device includes a display section including a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of power lines, being arranged in rows, a plurality of signal lines arranged in columns, and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; and a driver section driving each pixel. The power lines are individually provided for each of units with a plurality of pixel rows as a unit, and the driver section reverses a scan direction of scan lines in the unit between odd and even fields. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175869 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel includes a substrate, an electro-optical layer and a supporting layer. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. A thin-film transistor (TFT) part is formed in the display area. The electro-optical layer is disposed in the display area of the substrate. The supporting layer is disposed on the electro-optical layer and faces both the display area and the peripheral area, openings being formed through the supporting layer in the peripheral area. Accordingly, the supporting layer may prevent the substrate from sagging and may protect the gate circuit part. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175870 | DISPLAY PANEL SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL SUBSTRATE - Provided is a display panel substrate which facilitates positioning of an opposite substrate when the display panel substrate and the opposite substrate are bonded. The display panel substrate is provided with a transparent substrate ( | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175871 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Dynamic range is widened in a display device with a photosensor that can read an image due to having a photodetection element inside a pixel thereof. A sensor driving circuit switches ON a reset signal (RST) that is supplied via reset signal bus line, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, switches ON a readout signal (RWS) that is supplied via readout signal bus line. Thus, in the photosensor, from which a photosensor signal is output in accordance with an amount of light received by the photosensor in the predetermined time, the capacitance of a capacitor provided in the photosensor is made variable from when the reset signal (RST) is supplied to the photosensor until when the predetermined time has elapsed. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175872 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CONVERTING BETWEEN BRIGHT AND DARK STATES AND METHOD THEREOF - The configurations and controlling methods of a display device are provided in the present invention. The proposed display device having an environmental brightness, a display content and a display background with a display brightness includes a light sensor sensing the environmental brightness and adjusting the display brightness according to the environmental brightness such that a reader could read the display content easily. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175873 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an image signal writing period, a first image signal is supplied to a first liquid crystal element and a first capacitor from a first signal line. In a backlight lighting period, display is performed in a light-transmitting pixel portion in response to the first image signal. In a black grayscale signal writing period, a signal for black display is supplied to a second liquid crystal element and a second capacitor from a second signal line. In a still image signal writing period, a second image signal is supplied to the first liquid crystal element, the first capacitor, the second liquid crystal element, and the second capacitor from the first signal line. In a still image signal holding period, display is performed in the reflective pixel portion in response to the second image signal. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175874 | Display Device And Method For Driving The Same - A liquid crystal display device includes an optical sensor provided near an end portion of a liquid crystal display panel, a pixel provided in a display region of the liquid crystal panel, and a monitoring pixel. The optical sensor detects illuminance of light delivered from the liquid crystal display panel side. The pixel for which a transistor whose off-state current is low and the monitoring pixel are supplied with a potential to display a still image, at least light transmitted through a liquid crystal layer of the monitoring pixel is detected by the optical sensor, and the pixel in the display region of the liquid crystal display panel and the monitoring pixel are supplied again with a potential when a rate of change in illuminance reaches a predetermined value, so that the still image is kept being displayed. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175875 | DRIVING METHODS WITH VARIABLE FRAME TIME - The present invention is directed to driving waveforms and a driving method for an electrophoretic display. The method and waveforms have the advantage that the changes in the driving voltages due to the shift are minimized. In addition, the overall driving time for the waveforms is also shortened due to the shortened driving frames. There are no additional data points required as the number of the driving frames remains the same. Therefore, the power consumption is nearly identical with the waveform having driving frames of a fixed frame time. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175876 | DIGITALLY CONTROLLED VOLTAGE GENERATOR - A digitally controlled voltage generator is disclosed for use in applications requiring fine resolution voltage control, such as generating a common voltage for a liquid crystal display. A constant resistance digital to analog converter (DAC) is configured to provide appropriate voltage steps by tuning bias resistors to generate desirable reference voltages for the DAC. The bias resistors are configured to be tuned after placement and routing steps in an integrated circuit design. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175877 | GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT - A gamma voltage generation circuit is provided. The gamma voltage generation circuit includes a resistor string, a first switch, and a second switch. The resistor string includes a plurality of resistors connected in series. An output terminal of the first switch is coupled to a first end of the resistor string. An output terminal of the second switch is coupled to a second end of the resistor string. The first switch selects and outputs one of a first high reference voltage and a second high reference voltage to the first end of the resistor string according to a control signal. The second switch selects and outputs one of a first low reference voltage and a second low reference voltage to the second end of the resistor string according to the control signal. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175878 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A driving method for a display panel is provided. The driving method includes detecting whether the display panel switches between frames; and down-regulating/up-regulating the frame rate of the display panel and adjusting the voltage value of a gate-on power source when the display panel switches from a dynamic frame to a static frame or switches from the static frame to the dynamic frame, so as to change a charging current of pixels in the display panel. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175879 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE DEVICE - An information exchange device includes a human body communication unit which applies information flowing via a human body to a human body and detects information flowing via the human body, an information transmission unit which transmits information via the human body communication unit, an identification unit which identifies other device which can transmit information from the information transmission unit, a detection unit which detects a contact state with other human body, and a transmission control unit which starts transmission of information according to identification by the identification unit and a detection by the detection unit. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175880 | POWER DRIVER, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING POWER DRIVER - A power driver for applying a voltage necessary for driving a gate driver for a display panel includes a first booster, a voltage selector, and a second booster. The first booster receives a voltage from a battery and generates a first voltage. The voltage selector selects one of the first voltage and a second voltage generated outside the power driver and applied to the display panel. The second booster receives an output of the voltage selector and generates a voltage necessary for the driving of the gate driver. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175881 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a method of driving the display device are disclosed. The display device includes first and second data drivers. The first data driver is configured to generate data voltages for the pixels based on first image data. The second data driver is configured to generate current voltages for the pixels based on second image data. One of the first and second data drivers may be disposed outside of a display panel. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175882 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE PIXEL CIRCUIT - A pixel circuit for a display apparatus is disclosed. The pixel circuit includes two scan transistors. The scan transistors are driven such that when not connecting a storage capacitor to a data line, one of the scan transistors is off, and one of the scan transistors is driven with a voltage to reverse a threshold shift caused by the voltage applied to turn the transistor off. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175883 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object to provide a liquid crystal display device and a driving method of a liquid crystal display device in each of which deterioration of an image display function can be suppressed and power consumption can be sufficiently reduced. In the liquid crystal display device, a fixed potential is input to a capacitor before a power source is turned off, so that a potential difference between electrodes of the capacitor disappears (capacitance becomes almost zero) such that electric field is not applied to liquid crystals, whereby the liquid crystals are in an initial state. When the supply of the power source is stopped after an initial-state image is displayed, unnecessary electric field is not continuously applied to the liquid crystals in an off state, whereby the liquid crystals can be in the stable initial state; therefore, the liquid crystals can be prevented from deteriorating. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175884 | Liquid crystal display device - The present invention prevents deterioration of image quality by lowering a heat value of a data driver connected to a liquid crystal display panel. In a liquid crystal display device, a pixel which connects a TFT thereof to one of two neighboring scanning signal lines and a pixel which has a TFT thereof connected to the other scanning signal line are alternately arranged in the extending direction of the scanning signal lines, two pixels which are arranged close to each other with one video signal line sandwiched therebetween have respective TFTs connected to the video signal line, and the connection relationship between the TFT of each pixel and the scanning signal line is inverted for every pair of two pixels arranged in the extending direction of the video signal lines. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175885 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MODIFICATION METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME - An image display device includes a luminescent panel in which luminescent pixels are two-dimensionally arranged. Each luminescent pixel has a stacked luminescent layer and driving layer. The driving layer includes a capacitive element that includes two electrode layers stacked in parallel. A memory stores coordinate information of a repaired luminescent pixel in which the capacitive element is repaired through disconnection of a part of one of the two electrode layers. A controller converts video signals received by the image display device into luminescent pixel signals that determine luminescence of the luminescent pixels. The controller outputs the luminescent pixel signals to a driver in a scanning order. The controller includes an incremental operator that increases one of the luminescent pixel signals that corresponds to the repaired luminescent pixel after reading only the coordinate information from the memory and comparing information of the video signals with the coordinate information in the scanning order. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175886 | DISPLAY ELEMENT DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display element drive circuit includes a first circuit which holds as a voltage component electric charges based on a gradation signal corresponding to display data, a second circuit which supplies the gradation signal to the electric charge holding circuit at a timing of application of a selection signal, current control type display elements, and a third circuit which generates a driving current based on the voltage component held in the first circuit and supplies the generated driving current to the display element. One of the second and third circuits includes at least one field effect transistor. The field effect transistor includes gate, source and drain electrodes, and a source-side parasitic capacitance formed between the gate and source electrodes and a drain-side parasitic capacitance formed between the gate and drain electrodes of the field effect transistor have different capacitance values. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175887 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY SCREEN, IN PARTICULAR A PLASMA DISPLAY SCREEN, AND DEVICE FOR SAME - A display screen is controlled through successive scans of the display screen. Each scan of the display screen includes a successive selection of rows of the display screen. For each row selected, and in accordance with a normal selection, a first column selection mode is implemented wherein a first selection signal is generated for the column, that first selection signal going from a first state towards a second state with an intermediate plateau level being reached therebetween. In an alternative operation, a second column selection mode is provided which replaces the first column selection mode, the second column selection mode including the generation of a second selection signal going from the first state to the second state without any intermediate plateau level being reached therebetween. At least at the start of each scan, the first selection mode is replaced by the second selection mode and this second selection mode is maintained for a given column, at the latest, for as long as no deselection of the column has been effected. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175888 | PIXEL INTERLEAVING CONFIGURATIONS FOR USE IN HIGH DEFINITION ELECTRONIC SIGN DISPLAYS - Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175889 | Method for Driving an AC Type Plasma Display Panel - This disclosure relates to a method for driving an AC type plasma display panel. According to this disclosure, an elapse time period between an end time point of ramp-down and a time when a first scan pulse is applied is maintained to be uniform even when a ramp-down slope is different in such a manner that a comparator of a scan electrode driving circuit compares an output voltage with a reference voltage and a logic control circuit outputs a control signal to a logic control circuit when the output voltage is equal to the reference voltage. Accordingly, the method for driving the AC type plasma display panel is capable of improving an address characteristic and a driving margin. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175890 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175891 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including plural scanning electrodes extending in a first direction and plural address electrodes extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, an address driver to drive the address electrodes, a power recovery circuit including an inductor and a capacitor, and a switch provided in the address driver to switch connection and disconnection between the address electrodes and the power recovery circuit. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175892 | POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A power source circuit includes an inductor, a reservoir capacitor, and a switching control part that generates ON/OFF control signals to each of first and second switches. The first switch is connected between a first power voltage terminal and a first node to form a first current path between the first power voltage terminal and the first node in response to a driving signal of the switching control part. The second switch is connected between the first node and a second power voltage terminal to form a second current path between the first node and the second power voltage terminal in response to the driving signal. The inductor is connected to the first node to provide an average voltage between the first power voltage terminal and the second power voltage terminal. The capacitor is connected in parallel with the inductor to store the average voltage. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175893 | DISPLAY MEDIUM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a display medium including a pair of substrates; pixel electrodes disposed on one of the pair of substrates; a common electrode disposed on the other substrate of the pair of substrates; and a display layer, the common electrode includes two or more common electrode layers containing a first common electrode layer and a second common electrode layer which being disposed across a gap in a thickness direction, and electrical voltages thereof being controlled independently of each other, the first common electrode layer containing at least one electrode unit and at least one non-electrode area corresponding to a disposition of the pixel electrodes, and the second common electrode layer containing at least one second electrode unit, the at least one second electrode layer completely overlapping with at least the at least one non-electrode area of the first common electrode layer in a thickness direction. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175894 | METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide a convenient display device which consumes sufficiently small amount of power and a method for driving such a display device. The display device can be in an off state with a still image displayed in a still image display mode in which a pixel electrode and a common electrode which are for applying a voltage to the display element are brought into a floating state so that a voltage applied to the display element is held, and a still image is displayed without further supply of a potential. The display device is put to an off state with a desired image displayed in the still image display mode, whereby the display device can have a higher level of security and can be more convenient. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175895 | METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The still image display mode includes a first period of writing the data of the image signal from the driver circuit portion into the pixel; after the first period, a second period of stopping supply of a signal or voltage for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion; and after the second period, a third period of restarting the supply of a signal or voltage for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion and writing the data of the image signal into the pixel from the driver circuit portion, so that the pixel keeps displaying a still image. A length of a period from the stop of the supply of the signal for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion to the restart is set in accordance with a temperature of the display device. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175896 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A display driving circuit has a scan switch, an assistant unit, several storage switches, and several storage units. The scan switch couples to a data line. The assistant unit couples to the scan switch. The storage switches couple to the assistant unit. Each storage unit couples to the assistant unit by one of the storage switches. The assistant unit is shared by the storage units to compensate for several driving voltages or several driving currents of the storage units. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175897 | PIXEL STRUCTURE, DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel structure, a display panel, a display and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The pixel structure comprises an organic light emitting diode, a driving transistor, a storage capacitance, and a switch transistor. A first terminal of the driving transistor receives an image retention cancellation signal. The image retention cancellation signal changes to a second level from a first level before the driving transistor drives the organic light emitting diode so that the driving transistor is operated in a forward curve. A second terminal of the driving transistor is coupled to the light emitting diode. One terminal of the storage capacitance receives a common voltage, and the other terminal of the storage capacitance is coupled to a control terminal of the driving transistor. The switch transistor is controlled by a scan signal to output a data signal to the control terminal of the driving transistor. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175898 | DATA INSERTION CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY APPARATUS - A data insertion circuit of a display apparatus includes a signal source, a switch unit and a control unit. The signal source is for providing a video driving signal. The switch unit has an output node coupled to a channel of the display apparatus, a first input node coupled to the signal source, and a second input node coupled to a control voltage for data insertion, and is for selectively outputting the video driving signal or the control voltage to the output node. The control unit is coupled to the switch unit, wherein when the display apparatus is in a normal mode, the control unit controls the switch unit to transmit the video driving signal to the display apparatus; and when the display apparatus is in a data insertion mode, the control unit controls the switch unit to transmit the control voltage to the display apparatus. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175899 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING LOGGING DATA - Borehole data presentation systems and methods that facilitate communication of volumetric logging data to a surface processing system for presentation to a driller or other user interested in visualizing the formations surrounding a borehole. The disclosed systems optionally tailor the telemetry stream to match the chosen display technique, thereby maximizing the logging system utility for the driller. Variable opacity of certain data regions or certain data discontinuities greatly facilitates data comprehension, particularly when true three-dimensional display technologies are employed. Holographic or stereoscopic display technologies may be employed to show the three-dimensional dependence of measured formation properties such as resistivity, density, and porosity. Alternatively, the radial axis can be used to represent a formation parameter value, thereby enabling cylindrical cross-plots of multiple measurements. The user can control viewing position and orientation to more fully explore the three dimensional representation. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESOSCOPIC GEOMETRY MODULATION - A computer-implemented method for mesoscopic geometry modulation. The method includes determining a first set of mesoscopic details associated with an object by applying a filter to an image of an object, where mesoscopic details included in the first set of mesoscopic details are detectable in the image of the object and are not detectable when generating a coarse geometry reconstruction of the object, and generating a three-dimensional model for the object by modulating the coarse geometry with the first set of mesoscopic details. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175901 | DETACHABLE SCREEN FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE SHOWING 3D DYNAMIC VIEWS - A detachable display unit, an electromechanical device utilizing the display unit, and a method of use are disclosed. The display unit includes a communication link whereby data can be communicated between the display unit and the associated electromechanical device. The display unit includes a position sensor which provides position information for determining a current position of the display unit when detached from the associated electromechanical device. A graphical user interface displays a dynamic virtual representation of the associated electromechanical device based on the determined current position. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175902 | MULTILAYER DISPLAY DEVICE - A multilayer display system includes a first layer operable to display a first display signal comprising a first group of data, a second layer positioned in front of the first layer and operable to display a second display signal comprising a second group of data, and a first graphics processing unit connected to the first layer. The first graphics processing unit may be configured to transmit the first display signal to the first layer. The multilayer display system further includes a second graphics processing unit connected to the second layer. The second graphics processing unit may be configured to transmit the second display signal to the second layer. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175903 | SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHODS THEREFOR - A disclosure is provided for devices, systems and methods directed to viewing 3D images. The system comprises a head mounted display; a position sensor for sensing a position of the head mounted display; a rendering engine for rendering an image based on information from the position sensor which is from a viewer's perspective; and a transmitter for transmitting the rendered image to the head mounted display. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175904 | PERCEPTUALLY-BASED COMPENSATION OF UNINTENDED LIGHT POLLUTION OF IMAGES FOR PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Where images are displayed such that unintended light is also included and that light cannot be fully subtracted from the displayed image, an image processor compensates by compensating for the remaining light using perceptual models. In some cases, the perceptual model includes a plurality of user sensitivities and computation is performed, at least in part, based on expected user sensitivity to light pollution in portions of the images. The perceptual model might include a contrast sensitivity function, threshold-vs-intensity, saliency prediction and visual masking. The model might include artist indications of view attention. A light pollution likelihood map might be used to reduce the amount of computation needed, using a likelihood measure to determine an amount of computation to perform. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175905 | INFOSHAPE: DISPLAYING MULTIDIMENSIONAL INFORMATION - Apparatus for displaying data records of plural dimensions as a three dimensional shape, wherein the shape has an area on the surface of said shape for ones of said data records, and at least one visual feature of said area is responsive to a relevance factor value of its corresponding record in relation to a reference criterion and said relevance factor value is determined by an approximation or distance to said criterion. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175906 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) display system is provided for displaying a 3D image. The 3D image includes at least a first image and a second image, with a parallax between the first image and the second image. The 3D display system includes a display device, and a liquid crystal lens array. Further, the display device is configured to display at least two combined images of the 3D image in a single display period, and each of the two combined images includes a part of the first image and a part of the second image. The liquid crystal lens array has a plurality of lens units configured to separate the part of the first image and the part of the second image in each of the two combined images into predetermined viewing directions, respectively, such that a complete first image and a complete second image are displayed without losing resolution. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175907 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a disparity setting unit that sets disparity between left-eye and right-eye images for a 3D image based on a manipulation from a manipulation unit that allocates a predetermined manipulation for a depth direction of a 2D image; and a 3D image creating unit that creates data on the left-eye and right-eye images in which a corresponding object is arranged in positions separated by the disparity set by the disparity setting unit. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175908 | Image Effect Display Method and Electronic Apparatus Thereof - An image effect display method for displaying image effect during switching between a plurality of picture statuses includes providing a database, which includes a plurality of object models and a plurality of image effect templates; providing a status lookup table, which includes corresponding relationships between the plurality of picture statuses and the plurality of object models, and corresponding relationships between switching the picture statuses and the image effect templates; generating image effect data according to the database and the status lookup table by a transform program; and displaying a corresponding image effect according to the image effect data when one of the picture statuses is switched to another of the plurality of the picture statuses. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175909 | ANATOMY-DEFINED AUTOMATED CPR GENERATION - The invention relates to a system ( | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175910 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - Two or more images having a parallax therebetween are obtained by imaging a subject from different positions using imaging units. Three-dimensional processing for three-dimensional display is applied to the two or more images, and the two or more images are displayed on a display unit. While the imaging units carry out a zoom operation, three-dimensional display with a reduced parallax between the two or more images or two-dimensional display is performed. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175911 | RENDERING PARAMETRIC SURFACE PATCHES - A method for rendering parametric surface patches on a display screen includes receiving, at a processing unit, a computer-implemented representation of a first parametric surface patch, wherein the first parametric surface patch is a portion of a three-dimensional computer-implemented model that is desirably displayed at a first viewing perspective on the display screen. The first parametric patch is subdivided in the parameter domain to generate a plurality of subpatches, which are stored as quadtree coordinates in a memory. Thereafter, at least one pixel on the display screen is rendered based at least in part upon the quadtree coordinates in the memory. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESOSCOPIC GEOMETRY MODULATION - A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional model of an object. The method includes generating a coarse geometry mesh of the object; calculating an optimization for the coarse geometry mesh based on photometric consistency and surface consistency associated with the coarse geometry mesh; and refining the coarse geometry mesh with the optimization to generate the three-dimensional model for the object. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175913 | MODULAR RADIANCE TRANSFER - Modular radiance transfer pre-computes a spectral decomposition of a one bounce transport operator for each of a set of shapes and replaces a scene dependent direct-to-indirect transfer lighting computation with an art-directable mapping step. Modular radiance transfer provides an approach for rendering an approximate indirect lighting which requires small amounts of data, can be used to model very large (or even random scenes), and propagates much of the indirect lighting using a small number of spectral coefficients, so that rendering scales well to large scenes. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175914 | OPTIMIZED IMAGE DELIVERY OVER LIMITED BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - Large-scale images are retrieved over network communications channels for display on a client device by selecting an update image parcel relative to an operator controlled image viewpoint to display via the client device. A request is prepared for the update image parcel and associated with a request queue for subsequent issuance over a communications channel. The update image parcel is received from the communications channel and displayed as a discrete portion of the predetermined image. The update image parcel optimally has a fixed pixel array size, is received in a single and or plurality of network data packets, and were the fixed pixel array may be constrained to a resolution less than or equal to the resolution of the client device display. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175915 | VISUALLY-ASSISTED MIXING OF AUDIO USING A SPECTRAL ANALYZER - Processor-implemented methods and systems for visually-assisted mixing of audio using a spectral analyzer are disclosed. The system calculates and displays a spectral view for each track in an arrangement in a multi-track view. A user can then request modification of the spectral view. In response to this request for modification, the system automatically adjusts associated mixing parameters for the modified track so that the spectral output of the track substantially matches the user-requested modified spectral view. This allows a user to visually mix an arrangement by imputing a desired spectral result and having the program make the changes necessary to achieve it. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175916 | VECTORIZATION OF LINE DRAWINGS USING GLOBAL TOPOLOGY AND STORING IN HYBRID FORM - An animation system can vectorize an image by generating, from an input drawing, a dataset corresponding to vector and digital representations of the input drawing such that a rendering engine could render an image having features in common with the input drawing from the representations, as a collection of strokes and/or objects rather than merely a collection of pixels having pixel color values. A vectorizer might receive an input image, generate a particle clustering data structure from a digitization of the input image, generate a stroke list, wherein strokes in the stroke list correspond to clusters of particles represented in the particle clustering data structure, generate a graph structure that represents connections between strokes on the stroke list, and determine additional characteristics of a stroke beyond the path of the stroke, additional characteristics being stored such that they correspond to strokes. The strokes might be generated using global topology information. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175917 | MOBILE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD IN MOBILE DISPLAY DEVICE - It is possible to provide a mobile display device which can improve usability even when the character size is increased for improving visibility. A method for controlling the mobile display device is also disclosed. A control unit ( | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175918 | CHARACTER ANIMATION CONTROL INTERFACE USING MOTION CAPURE - A processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to cause a processor to define a virtual feature. The virtual feature can be associated with at least one engaging condition. The code further represents instructions to cause the processor to receive an end-effector coordinate associated with an actor and calculate an actor intention based at least in part on a comparison between the at least one engaging condition and the end-effector coordinate. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175919 | SIGNAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND PROCESS - The invention is a novel display system, for signage and the like. An apparatus and process is provided for displaying a static source image in a manner that it is perceived as an animated sequence of images when viewed by an observer in relative motion to the apparatus. The source image is sliced or fractured to provide a plurality of image fractions of predetermined dimension. The fractions are redistributed in a predetermined sequence to provide an output image, which is placed in a preferably illuminated display apparatus provided with a mask. An observer in relative motion to the display apparatus, sequentially views a predetermined selection of image fractions through the mask, which are perceived by the observer as a changing sequence of images. Applying the concepts of persistence of vision, the observer perceives the reconstructed imagery as live action animation, a traveling singular image or a series of static images, or changing image sequences, from a plurality of lines of sight. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175920 | METHOD FOR HANDLING AND TRANSFERRING DATA IN AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM, AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method in a computing device of transferring data to another computing device includes establishing wireless communication with the other computing device, designating data for transfer to the other computing device; and in the event that the computing device assumes a predetermined orientation, automatically initiating wireless transfer of the data to the other computing device. A system implementing the method is provided. A method of handling a graphic object in an interactive input system having a first display device includes defining a graphic object placement region for the first display device that comprises at least a visible display region of the first display device and an invisible auxiliary region between the visible display region and an outside edge of the first display device; and in the event that the graphic object enters the invisible auxiliary region, automatically moving the graphic object through the invisible auxiliary region until at least a portion of the graphic object enters a visible display region of a second display device of a second interactive input system. A system implementing the method, and other related systems and methods, are provided. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175921 | PERFORMANCE DRIVEN FACIAL ANIMATION - A method of animating a digital facial model, the method including: defining a plurality of action units; calibrating each action unit of the plurality of action units via an actor's performance; capturing first facial pose data; determining a plurality of weights, each weight of the plurality of weights uniquely corresponding to the each action unit, the plurality of weights characterizing a weighted combination of the plurality of action units, the weighted combination approximating the first facial pose data; generating a weighted activation by combining the results of applying the each weight to the each action unit; applying the weighted activation to the digital facial model; and recalibrating at least one action unit of the plurality of action units using input user adjustments to the weighted activation. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175922 | METHOD FOR DEFINING ANIMATION PARAMETERS FOR AN ANIMATION DEFINITION INTERFACE - A system and a computer-readable medium are provided for controlling a computing device to define a set of computer animation parameters for an object to be animated electronically. An electronic reference model of the object to be animated is obtained. The reference model is altered to form a modified model corresponding to a first animation parameter. Physical differences between the electronic reference model and the modified model are determined and a representation of the physical differences are stored as the first animation parameter. Altering of the reference model and determining of the physical differences are repeated. The stored parameters are provided to a rendering device for generation of the animation in accordance with the stored parameters. Determining physical differences between the electronic reference model and the modified model and storing a representation of the physical differences as the first animation parameter include comparing vertex positions of the reference model. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175923 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A DISTRIBUTED OBJECT RENDERER - APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A DISTRIBUTED OBJECT RENDERER implement distributed rendering of complex visualizations in rich multimedia objects for sharing in online social networking applications. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented distributed rendering method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a request to render an image of a visualization included in a client app; analyzing the render request to determine data required for render processing; providing a request for the data required for render processing; obtaining the data required for render processing upon providing the request for the required data; recreating an app state of the client app using the obtained data required for render processing, the recreated app state including data related to the visualization included in the client app; rendering the image of the visualization including in the client app using the recreated app state; generating a publishing element using the rendered image of the visualization included in the client app; and providing the publishing element for publication. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175924 | System and Method for Image-Based Rendering with Object Proxies - A system and method for rendering with an object proxy. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a set of view textures corresponding to a set of viewing directions; selecting a viewing direction for rendering; selecting at least two view textures from the formed set based on the selected viewing direction; and rendering the object proxy at the selected viewing direction. The rendering step includes applying texture from the selected view textures onto the selected object proxy. The view texture set forming step includes: calculating texture coordinates for the object proxy based on the level of obstruction at different portions of the object proxy and texture packing data; and drawing portions of the object based on the level of obstruction data for the object proxy and based on the texture packing data to obtain a view texture at the selected viewing direction. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175925 | ADAPTING DISPLAY COLOR FOR LOW LUMINANCE CONDITIONS - A method for adapting color appearance of a display ( | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175926 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING AN IMAGE - A projector having an illumination modulator to modulate the intensity of the light in a pixel-individual manner, a projection lens projecting the light being modulated in a pixel-individual manner onto an image modulator to generate the image to be projected such that each illumination pixel is associated with at least one image pixel. A controller which generates illumination control data and generates image control data for the image modulator. The illumination control data are generated such that they have an on-value for each illumination pixel that is associated with at least one image pixel intended to represent a brightness value in the image that exceeds a predetermined threshold value according to the image data, said on-value selected such that each illumination pixel being associated with at least one image pixel intended to represent a brightness value according to the image data that exceeds a predetermined threshold value and falls short of a predetermined maximum value, is also at least temporarily switched to the second state during periods when the at least one associated image pixel is switched to the second state. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175927 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The processing time including that for the process of expanding vector data representing each of a plurality of objects constituting an image into each object is acquired. The time taken to reproduce the image by using the vector data representing each of the plurality of objects is specified based on the acquired processing time. When the specified time exceeds a predetermined threshold, data, of the vector data representing the plurality of objects, which is to be converted into data in a raster format in advance is determined based on each acquired processing time, the specified time, and the predetermined threshold. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175928 | Map Display Device and Map Display Method - A map display device, including a map display control unit that causes a map to be displayed on a display monitor and causes a facility icon to be displayed being superimposed on a map; an indication unit that indicates a portion of an area of a map displayed on the display monitor; a specification unit that specifies a facility icon existing in an indicated area indicated by the indication unit from among facility icons displayed on the display monitor; and a changer that changes a display mode of a specified facility icon specified by the specification unit into a display mode in which a visibility of image information on a map is not disturbed. | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175929 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TELECONFERENCE SYSTEM - The document data (e.g., conference materials) are transmitted from a conference server apparatus to a terminal apparatus | 2011-07-21 |
| 20110175930 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is provided that includes a display unit configured to display one or more windows at a time, and a controller configured to generate a first window and a second window separate from the first window when an event occurs in the first window. The controller is configured to control the display unit to display at least one of the first window and the second window. Methods for controlling the mobile terminal are also provided. | 2011-07-21 |
