37th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080218406 | Radar - A radar wherein, in response to an increase in the level of noise appearing in a frequency spectrum caused by interference being superimposed on a beat signal, peaks exceeding a threshold are extracted as target peaks in an ordinary state and a predetermined number of peaks in descending order starting from the peak having the highest peak value are extracted in the case where interference occurs. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218407 | Digital camera with GNSS picture location determination - A digital camera for providing a short burst of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal samples in a picture data file with an approximate time for reading by a computer apparatus some time later for determining the geographical location and an accurate time of the picture. An apparatus and method for determining a GNSS position of an event where an event capture device writes a short burst of GNSS signal samples with an approximate time into an event data file and a GNSS sample processor reads the event data file some time later for determining the geographical location and an accurate time of the event. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218408 | PERSONAL NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ANTENNA MOUNTING CONFIGURATION - A personal navigation device includes a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites; a processing system coupled with the GPS receiver for determining a location of the personal navigation device as a function of the GPS signals; a display coupled with the processing system for displaying information related to the location of the personal navigation device; a housing on which the display is mounted and in which the GPS receiver and processing system are housed; and an antenna coupled with the GPS receiver for assisting in reception of the GPS signals. The antenna is fixedly positioned along a plane that is generally parallel with a plane passing through the housing. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218409 | MOBILE DIGITAL RADIO PLAYLIST SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for implementing a mobile digital radio playlist system. The playlist need not be maintained in a vehicle; preferably it is maintained on a user's equipment such as a computer, PDA, MP3 player or the like. The system enables a method of updating such a playlist conveniently, for example while traveling in a vehicle, by capturing indicia of a current song in a mobile digital radio receiver in response to a user capture input; transmitting the captured indicia from the digital radio receiver to a wireless telecommunication device; in the wireless telecommunication device, forwarding the captured indicia to a playlist server; and in the playlist server, forwarding the received indicia to the user's equipment to update the playlist. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218410 | Always-on satellite positioning receiver - A method to establish a position of a device receiving an input signal containing data from a plurality of satellites is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) calculating (i) an estimated position of the device and (ii) an estimated velocity vector of the device, (B) calculating a plurality of estimated locations of a plurality of pseudo-random code sequences in the input signal based on (i) the estimated position and (ii) the estimated velocity vector and (C) generating the position in an output signal based on the pseudo-random code sequences. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218411 | Assisted Satellite-Based Positioning - One upper and one lower bound on the search window for the code phase of a signal transmitted from a specific satellite ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080218412 | Quad Polar Transmission - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for MIMO communications across wireless fixed links, comprising a first pair of dual polar antennas, spaced apart in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the fixed link for transmission, and a second such pair for reception, wherein orthogonal polarisations of one of each pair of antennas are oriented intermediate between the orthogonal polarisations of the other of each pair of antennas. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218413 | MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION STATIONS WITH DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS AND METHODS FOR FAST LINK RECOVERY - Embodiments of millimeter-wave communication stations with directional antennas and methods for fast link recovery are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a transmitting station retransmits a packet in an adjacent direction when an acknowledgement is not received from a receiving station after a number of retransmission attempts. In other embodiments, a receiving station changes its reception to an adjacent direction when a packet is not received from a transmitting station after a number of missed reservations. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218414 | Antenna Beam Shape Optimization - The invention relates to adjusting the shape of the antenna beam ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080218415 | NULL-FILL ANTENNA, OMNI ANTENNA, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - A wide-angle null-fill antenna with no null in the depression angle range, an omni antenna using the same, and radio communication equipment. A null-fill antenna comprises a first antenna array including antenna elements arranged with a prescribed point as the center, and a second antenna array having amplitude characteristics substantially equal to those of the antenna elements forming the first antenna array. The first antenna array is excited so that the excitation amplitude distribution is to have symmetry with respect to the prescribed point, while the excitation phase distribution is to have point symmetry with respect to the prescribed point. The phase center of the first antenna array is substantially coincident with that of the second antenna array. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218416 | ARBITRARILY-SHAPED MULTIFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING - Multifunctional structures and methods of manufacturing multifunctional structures which function as both electronic devices and load-bearing elements are disclosed. The load-bearing elements are designed to have electronic functionality using electronics designed to be load-bearing. The method of manufacturing the multifunctional structure comprises forming an electronic element directly on at least one ply of arbitrarily shaped load-bearing material using conventional lithographic techniques and/or direct write fabrication techniques, and assembling at least two plies of arbitrarily shaped load-bearing material into a multifunctional structure. The multifunctional structure may be part of an aerospace structure, part of a land vehicle, pan of a watercraft or part of a spacecraft. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218417 | Probe fed patch antenna - A microstrip antenna configuration employs a metallic patch which is positioned on the top surface of a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate has the bottom surface coated with a suitable metal to form a ground plane. A hole is formed through the ground plane, through the dielectric to allow access to the bottom surface of the patch. A center conductor of a coaxial cable is directly connected to the patch. The center conductor of the coaxial cable is surrounded by a metallic housing within the substrate area. The patch forms a first plate for the capacitance while the diameter of the outer housing of the coaxial cable within the substrate is increased to form another plate on the end of the coaxial cable. The value of capacitance can be adjusted by the area of the metallic housing the relative dielectric constant of the spacing material, and the spacing between the plates. The sum of the probe inductive impedance and microstrip patch antenna input impedance using the direct probe connection is adjusted and centered at a desired design center frequency and many such frequencies can be accommodated. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218418 | Patch antenna including septa for bandwidth conrol - A patch antenna element includes a parasitic patch which is positioned on a top surface of a substrate. Located beneath the parasitic patch is a driven patch. The driven patch is coupled either directly or capacitively to the center conductor of a coaxial cable and hence provides a signal which signal is coupled to the parasitic patch. The parasitic patch, as well as the driven patch is surrounded by a metal wall cavity. The metal wall cavity increases mutual coupling between antenna patch elements of similar types. Disposed between the parasitic patch and the driven patch are septa elements. The septa elements are oriented parallel to the edges of the patch and are DC connected to the cavity metal sidewalls. The septa operate to reduce total cavity thickness and patch to patch mutual coupling while further allowing control of the bandwidth. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218419 | ANTENNA AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An antenna according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of parallel disposed linear conductors; two insulating films between which the plurality of linear conductors are sandwiched; at least one cut portion formed in at least one of the plurality of linear conductors; and a feed point connected to at least one of the plurality of linear conductors. With this configuration, the segment of the linear conductor connected to the feed point provides a driven element, while the other end of the linear conductor opposite to the feed point connected end is electrically open so that the segment of the linear conductor extending beyond the cut portion provides a parasitic element. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218420 | Antenna arrangement and method for making the same - An inverted-F antenna arrangement comprising a dielectric element structure, a radiating element on the dielectric element, the radiating element having a first end and a second end, a planar ground element, the dielectric element separating the radiating element and the planar ground element, a ground connection element on the dielectric element coupled to the first end of the radiating element for coupling the radiating element to the planar ground element, a feeder element on the dielectric element coupled to the first end of the radiating element for transferring electromagnetic radiation. The radiating element is arranged three-dimensionally on the dielectric element for forming an electrically conductive three-dimensional structure. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218421 | MOBILE PLATFORM WINDOW CHOKE RINGS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS - A choke ring apparatus for attenuation of electromagnetic waves in a mobile platform fuselage includes a ground plane mounted on a surface of the fuselage. The choke ring has an axial circular window and a series of concentric circular ring segments on the ground plane arranged coaxially about the axis of the window. The circular ring segments extend from the ground plane. The ring segments defining at least one groove therebetween. The ring segments have a flat ridge at the edge, and each groove has a depth defined by a pair of adjacent ring segments. The width of the flat ridge surfaces and a width of the groove between adjacent ring segments are approximately equal. The depth of the groove is determined based on a predetermined resonant frequency, such that the choke ring apparatus selectively attenuates electromagnetic waves in a region of the resonant frequency when propagating through the window. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218422 | ANTENNA FOR RADIO RECEPTION WITH DIVERSITY FUNCTION IN A VEHICLE - Antenna for radio reception, which is disposed, for reception of frequencies above the high-frequency range, in a motor vehicle window, in an electrically conductive vehicle body, together with an imprinted heating field, which field extends into the vicinity of the upper window edge, and comprises horizontally disposed heating conductors and bus bars situated at the side edges of the heating field, for supplying the direct current for heating by way of high-frequency-insulating uncoupling networks, whereby at least one antenna is formed by means of connecting this heating field to an antenna connection contact, by way of a conductor. A rod antenna with an antenna connection contact in the antenna foot point, with electrical through-coupling of the reception signals into the vehicle interior, is present on the outer skin of the vehicle and affixed in the vicinity of the upper window edge, for the reception of signals both for low frequencies and above the high-frequency range. The antenna connection contact of the rod antenna and the at least one antenna connection contact on the motor vehicle window pane, as well as the ground connection to the metallic vehicle body, are combined in the spatial region of an antenna connection point of at least two diversity antennas, for frequencies above the high-frequency range, and the geometrical expanse of this antenna connection point is smaller than 1/15 of the wavelength in this frequency range. An antenna module is present within the region of the antenna connection point, in which all the electronic components required for signal amplification in both frequency ranges are contained, and to which module the reception signals of the antenna connection contacts are passed by way of connection lines, and to the ground connection, and whose output signals in both frequency ranges are passed to a receiver, by way of a shielded HF line. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218423 | User configurable wireless antenna module for computing platforms - A removable antenna is configured for a computing platform. This configuring, for example, includes; mounting a bracket on the computing platform designed to accommodate a removable antenna and a removable signal compatible dome. The removable antenna is mounted on the bracket, and the removable signal compatible dome, configured at least in part on the removable antenna, is also mounted on the bracket. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218424 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POLARIZATION CONTROL FOR A PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA - A method of configuring a phased array antenna having a plurality of radiators, each said radiator elements capable of radiating or receiving signals in one of two orthogonal polarizations determined to achieve a pseudo-random mix of horizontally and vertically polarized radiators. Upon switching of each of the radiator elements to a calculated one of said two polarizations, a desired slant angle for the antenna is achieved. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218425 | Single pole vertically polarized variable azimuth beamwidth antenna for wireless network - A single pole antenna array architecture provides an azimuth variable beamwidth. The array includes a number of driven radiating elements that are spatially arranged having a pivoting actuator so as to provide a controlled variation of the antenna array's radiation pattern. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218426 | ULTRA WIDEBAND ANTENNA - An ultra wideband antenna ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080218427 | Multiple mode RF communication system - A multiple mode communications transceiver includes an antenna for receiving and transmitting RF energy and a first circuit selectively coupled to the antenna for transmitting and receiving FM modulated signals for terrestrial based communications. The transceiver also includes at least a second circuit selectively coupled to the antenna for transmitting and receiving satellite signals and a control circuit for selecting which of the first and second circuits are employed by the transceiver for the reception and transmission of information. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218428 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SIGNAL RECEIVING/TRANSMITTING METHOD THEREOF - A wireless communication device using a single spiral inductor antenna and a signal receiving/transmitting method thereof operated on multi-band are provided. The single spiral inductor antenna is designed to have a plurality of different inductance paths. Different inductance values are inducted with signal paths switched by a plurality of switches so as to meet the requirements of multi-band operation. As the circuit structure of the single spiral inductor antenna is used, the circuit area is reduced effectively. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218429 | Phased Array Antenna Applications on Universal Frequency Translation - A universal frequency translation module (UFT) frequency translates an electromagnetic (EM) input signal by sampling the EM input signal according to a periodic control signal (also called an aliasing signal). By controlling the relative sampling time, the UFT module implements a relative phase shift during frequency translation. In other words, a relative phase shift can be introduced in the output signal by sampling the input signal at one point in time relative to another point in time. As such, the UFT module can be configured as an integrated frequency translator and phase-shifter. This includes the UFT module as an integrated down-converter and phase shifter, and the UFT module as an integrated up-converter and phase shifter. Applications of universal frequency translation and phase shifting include phased array antennas that utilize integrated frequency translation and phase shifting technology to steer the one or more main beams of the phased array antenna. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218430 | Dielectrically-loaded antenna - A dielectrically-loaded multifilar helical antenna has a ceramic cylindrical core and, on the core outer surface, coextensive generally helical conductors arranged in an opposing configuration. Located on an end surface of the core is a feed connection nodes and a connection structure connecting the helical conductors to the feed connection nodes. The connection structure comprises, as a conductive coating of the core end surface, conductive paths linking a respective helical conductor and a respective feed connection node, the connection structure further comprising a series reactive link in one conductive path and a shunt reactive link interconnecting the feed connection nodes, one of the reactive links being inductive and the other being capacitive to form a matching network. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218431 | METHOD FOR REMOTE TRANSFER OF DISPLAY DATA BETWEEN TWO COMPUTERS - A method for exchanging image data with a number of image elements, which are respectively parameterized by a display value set, between a data source computer and a data query computer that each have a display device for the presentation of the image data, an input device for the input of control commands, and a data interface for the transmission and the reception of data via a remote data transfer network, including the steps: of copying image data on the data source computer and transmission to the data query computer, receiving the image data from the data source computer by the data query computer, and presentation of the image data on the display device of the data query computer, and these steps are repeated regularly or given alteration of image data. In order to selectively transfer among all data the public data but to have confidential data remain excluded from the transfer or at least the presentation on the receiving computer, the presentation of the image data is discriminated dependent on at least one of the display values in the display value set. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218432 | Image display system and method - The disclosure is directed to image display system and apparatus. In one example, a system comprises a plurality of display apparatus each having a display area. The display apparatus are configured to display images based on image information supplied from a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive information descriptive of the display area for each of the plurality of display apparatus, manage integrated screen area information for the plurality of display apparatus based at least on the information descriptive of the display area for each of the plurality of display apparatus, and generate image information from the integrated screen area information for each of the plurality of display apparatus regardless of whether each of the display apparatus is operatively connected to the processing unit. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218433 | OPTICAL SHEET FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical sheet for three-dimensional images and a three-dimensional image display device using the same, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the three-dimensional image display device includes a display unit to display two-dimensional images using unit pixels each including at least three colors of sub-pixels, and an optical sheet to convert the two-dimensional images into a plurality of different three-dimensional images, and the neighboring three-dimensional images are overlapped with each other by a predetermined range. With the above described configuration, the curved lenses are tilted to provide neighboring viewers with three-dimensional images overlapped with each other by 15% to 60%. As a result, a ratio of the horizontal and vertical display resolutions of the three-dimensional images can be equal to a ratio of the horizontal and vertical display resolutions of the two-dimensional images, and the quality of three-dimensional images can be improved. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218434 | Electrically Dimmable Combiner Optics for Head-Up Display - Methods and systems for providing an electrically dimmable combiner optics for head-up displays are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dimmable head-up display includes a display portion configured to provide head-up display information to an operator. Additionally, a dimmable portion is coupled to the display portion configured to change a transmissivity of the display portion from a first transmissivity level to a second transmissivity level. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218435 | PERIPHERAL WITH A DISPLAY - A headset may include a communication interface to receive one or more images from a device. The headset may further include a pair of earpieces, each earpiece including a speaker and a display to show at least one of the one or more images from the device. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218436 | Zero-lag image response to pilot head mounted display control - A method and a system for tracking a line-of-sight (LOS) and providing zero-lag image response to a display is disclosed. The method according to one embodiment receives image data having a filed of view (FOV) that is larger than what is displayed on the display using an initial LOS, combines the received image data to create a region of interest (ROI) image, detects a change in the LOS, creates a new ROI image using the received image data to correspond to the changed LOS, and displays the new ROI image to the display. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218437 | COMPUTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic paper display device, which retains a display state even when power is off, is installed outside a server main body. A display control unit provided as software in the server main body displays the information, which indicates a substance of the abnormality detected in the server main body, for example, an error code indicating the substance of the abnormality, in the electronic paper display device. Even when power is turned off after the error code is displayed in the electronic paper display device due to failure of power or a cooling fan, the electronic paper display device maintains display of the error code even after the power-off by memory property of electronic paper. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218438 | Deformable micromirror device - A micromirror device, which makes an image display with digital image data, comprises pixel elements which are arranged in the form of a matrix and each of which modulates incident light by using an ON state for deflecting incident light to projection optics, an OFF state for deflecting incident light to a direction different from the projection optics, and an oscillation state where a mirror oscillates between the ON and the OFF state, and a timing controller for performing a timing control for loading the image data into the pixel elements arranged in the form of the matrix. Each of the pixel elements has a mirror, and at least one memory cell. The pixel elements arranged in the form of the matrix are grouped into a plurality of subsets. The timing controller performs a timing control for loading the image data at independent timing for each of the plurality of subsets. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218439 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A plasma display panel and an imaging device realize a high luminous efficiency, a long lifetime and stable driving. The plasma display panel uses a discharge-gas mixture containing at least Xe, Ne and He. A Xe proportion of the discharge-gas mixture is in a range of from 2% to 20%, a He proportion of the discharge-gas mixture is in a range of from 15% to 50%, the He proportion is greater than the Xe proportion, and a total pressure of the discharge-gas mixture is in a range of from 400 Torr to 550 Torr. A width of a voltage pulse to be applied to an electrode serving as an address electrode is 2 μs or less. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218440 | Plasma Display Panel Driving Method and Plasma Display Device - A PDP driving method. A falling ramp voltage is applied to a scan electrode so as to reset a state of wall charges of a discharge cell during a reset period. In this instance, a sustain electrode is maintained at a high voltage during an initial period for applying the falling ramp voltage, and the voltage at the sustain electrode is reduced to a normal voltage at a latter part of the period for applying the falling ramp voltage. Accordingly, the voltage applied to an address electrode is reduced in an address period since an erased amount of the wall charges of the address electrode is reduced during the reset period. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218441 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel is provided in discharge spaces in which phosphor layers are disposed between first and second electrodes which are spaced apart from each other. The cross-sectional area of each discharge space in two regions where the first and second electrodes are respectively arranged has a different structure. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218442 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for driving a plasma display panel including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first electrode lines, a plurality second electrode lines, and a plurality of third electrode lines crossing the first electrode lines and the second electrode lines, and being driven by dividing a frame into a plurality of subfields, each subfield including a reset period, an address period and a sustain discharge period, the method including: applying a first pre-address signal to a first group of third electrode lines among the plurality of third electrode lines in a pre-address period, the pre-address period being between the reset period and the address period in at least one of the subfields; and applying a second pre-address signal to at least a second group of third electrode lines among the plurality of third electrode lines in the pre-address period. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218443 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A driving method in which, when a sustain discharge is caused only at each discharge cell set in on-mode by applying a sustain pulse to each row electrode pair of a plasma display panel, the electric field between row electrodes of each row electrode pair can be intensified by applying an auxiliary pulse to each column electrode of the plasma display panel together with the sustain pulse. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218444 | Bistable Electrowetting Picture Element - A bistable electrowetting picture element that has both stable “On” and “Off” states in which no power is consumed, and a switching voltage threshold. Displays using such picture elements may be either passive or active matrix addressed. A picture element contains two immiscible, fluids within a space between two surfaces. One of the fluids is an electroconductive, polar liquid, such as to water. The other fluid is a non-polar liquid such as silicone oil. The picture element is electrically switchable between two states, both of which are maintained without a voltage being applied. In one state the light absorbing, non-polar liquid adjoins a region of one of the surfaces, while in the second state it adjoins another region on the other surface. The region adjoined to in the second state differs in area from the region adjoined to in the first state, thereby providing “On” and “Off” states. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218445 | Plasma display device and driving method thereof - A driving method of a plasma display device including a plurality of first electrodes divided into a plurality of groups including first and second groups, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes that intersect the plurality of first and second electrodes, may include dividing one frame into a plurality of subfields, each subfield including a reset period, an address period and a sustain period so as to be driven by a time division method, supplying a scan pulse and a scan reference voltage to the first group during a first address period in the address period, supplying a compensation pulse to at least one of the first and second groups during an address compensation period in the address period, and supplying the scan pulse and the scan reference voltage to the second group during a second address period in the address period. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218446 | Cooling fan mounting structure for flat display, and plasma television set - A cooling fan mounting structure for a flat display displaying an image on a screen based on a video signal is disclosed. The structure includes a chassis bracket attached to a rear of the display, and a type of fan holder to which the cooling is attached. The fan holder has an end with an insertion hole located in alignment with a screw hole and through which a screw is inserted to be fixed when the chassis bracket is attached, a positioning convex portion fitted into a positioning hole positioning the chassis bracket, and a locking claw bent into such a crank shape that the locking claw has a step located lower by a thickness of the chassis bracket and extends from the step, the positioning convex portion being inserted into the rectangle hole to be locked. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218447 | Plasma Display Module and Its Driving Method, and Plasma Display - Luminance of a plasma display is enhanced while suppressing deterioration in resolution. In a plasma display module comprising panel sections ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080218448 | Organic electro luminescence display and driving method of the same - Disclosed are an organic electro luminescence display and a driving method of the same. The present invention provides an organic electro luminescence display including a pixel unit for displaying an image to correspond to a scan signal, a light emission control signal and a data line. The image is composed of a plurality of frames. The organic electro luminescence display of the present invention includes a scan driver for supplying the scan signal and the light emission control signal to the pixel unit, a data driver for generating a data signal with a video data to supply the generated data signal to the pixel unit, a control unit for controlling a pulse width of the light emission control signal using a frame data which is the sum of the video data inputted to one frame and controlling one frame time according to the size of the frame data, and a power supply unit for supplying a first power and a second power to the pixel unit. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218449 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display including: a pixel unit to display an image, according to a data signal and a scan signal; a data driver to supply the data signal, according to a video signal; and a scan driver to supply the scan signal. The data driver includes a memory to store a corrected offset voltage and to control a voltage of the data signal according to the corrected offset voltage. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218450 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An organic electro-luminescent display and a making method of the same. The organic electro-luminescent display according to the present invention includes a luminance control unit including a data sum-up unit to generate a frame data; a look-up table for storing an information corresponding to the light emission control signal to correspond to the frame data; an operator unit to generate a look-up table by using a value at the beginning step of luminance reduction, a value at the final step of luminance reduction, a pulse width of the light emission control signal at the beginning step of luminance reduction, and a pulse width of the light emission control signal at the final step of luminance reduction; and a luminance control signal driver for outputting a luminance control signal using the information corresponding to the light emission control signal stored in the look-up table. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218451 | Organic electroluminescence display - The voltage-current property of the specific pixel is measured to store the data on a single line in a line memory. The property data of adjacent pixels are compared. A failure determination unit detects whether or not the pixel to be compared is faulty. If it is determined as being faulty, the faulty pixel is removed from the pixel group to be compared. The burn-in determination unit performs the comparison using normal pixels only to provide the correct burn-in data. The calculation unit reflects the burn-in data in the image data from the host. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218452 | Image display apparatus - When an organic EL display apparatus enables display of a standard luminance mode and a high luminance mode, it takes long time to reset the gate potential of the OLED drive TFT to a given value in a standard mode. In the reset operation of the gate potential of an OLED drive TFT at the time of writing an image signal, in a standard mode, a precharge current is allowed to flow in the OLED element for a short period before the reset operation to set an initial value of the gate potential of the OLED drive TFT to be close to a supply potential or a reference potential. With the above operation, the variation of the OLED drive TFT gate potential after resetting is reduced. As a result, the light emitting period during one frame can be extended. Also, since a blanking period can be extended, it is possible to measure the characteristic of the OLED element by using the blanking period. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218453 | Organic electroluminescence display - In an organic EL display, correction is made for a difference in screen luminance between the case of measuring characteristics of OLED elements, and the case of not measuring the characteristics of the OLED elements. A data line for feeding image data items, and a detection line for measuring the characteristics of the OLED elements are connected to respective pixels. Detection of the characteristics of the OLED elements is executed by utilizing a specified period of a frame period. Because an image-displaying period is limited in a frame where measurement of the characteristics of the OLED element | 2008-09-11 |
20080218454 | Display apparatus and method for driving the same - In a display apparatus, as shown in FIG. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218455 | Organic electroluminescence display - The present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescence display including a plurality of pixels, each pixel being composed of a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the sub-pixels having: an organic electroluminescence element configured to have a structure arising from stacking a drive circuit and an organic electroluminescence light-emitting part connected to the drive circuit; wherein to the drive circuit of one sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels included in one pixel, an auxiliary capacitor connected in parallel to the organic electroluminescence light-emitting part of the drive circuit is connected, and the auxiliary capacitor is provided in the same plane as that of the drive circuit. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218456 | Driving circuit and organic light emitting display using the same - Disclosed are a driving circuit and an organic light emitting display using the same, which realizes stable gray levels. The driving circuit includes a first selector that produces a first selection and sub selection signals, and a second selector that produces a second selection and sub selection signals. The driving circuit also includes a first voltage divider and a second voltage divider, each of which receives the selection signals. The first and the second voltage dividers can produce various voltage levels depending on the various combination of the selection signals. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218457 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode display device is disclosed. The device includes a brightness controller configured to selectively control a brightness controlling range based at least in part on the magnitude of the video data input in one frame, and a gamma correcting unit configured to control the portion of maximum luminance corresponding to full scale data based on one of first gamma correcting values and second gamma correcting values. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218458 | Color display system - A color display device including: at least one spatial light modulation element forming a display picture by modulated light obtained by modulating illumination light, a color sequential light generation device changing in a time series the illumination light or the modulated light into multiple groups of different color lights in one frame of a display period of the display picture, a control device controlling the spatial light modulator, and a color sequential light generation device based on the input picture data. The control device controls the spatial light modulator and the color sequential light generation device to change the ratio of the display time of each color of the reflected light time-shared in the display period of the frame depending on the character and/or the set value of the input picture data. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218459 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic display device having viewing-angle adjusting and stereoscopic-image displaying functions. The display device includes a display unit for displaying an image and a liquid crystal barrier disposed in front of the display unit. The barrier includes: first and second substrates facing each other; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates; and a first controller for controlling light transmission, the first controller being disposed at the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and including first electrodes spaced apart from each other by an interval along a first direction of the liquid crystal barrier, second electrodes arranged between the first electrodes along the first direction, and a third electrode insulated from the first and second electrodes; and a second controller for adjusting a viewing angle, the second controller being disposed at the second substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and including one or more electrodes. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218460 | Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same - A liquid crystal display device includes a conversion portion processing a plurality of data signals to increase at least one of a plurality of gray levels of the plurality of n-bit data signals; a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels supplied with the plurality of data signals processed; a light source supplying light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light source control portion adjusting a light luminance in inverse proportion to increasing the at least one of the plurality of gray levels. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218461 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device in which: there are provided lenticular lenses | 2008-09-11 |
20080218462 | Method for driving electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus - A method for diving an electro-optic device including a pair of substrates sandwiching an electro-optic layer, and first and second electrodes disposed on one of the pair of substrates, the first electrode being used to drive the electro-optic layer, the second electrode being disposed closer to the electro-optic layer than the first electrode. The method involves shifting one of signal potentials each of which is input to at least one of the first and second electrodes such that a potential difference between the first and second electrodes in a case where the signal potential input to the first electrode is higher than the signal potential input to the second electrode is larger than a potential difference between the first and second electrodes in a case where the signal potential input to the first electrode is lower than the signal potential input to the second electrode, when a gray-scale level defined by white luminance in the case where the signal potential input to the first electrode is higher than the signal potential input to the second electrode is equivalent to the gray-scale level in the case where the signal potential input to the first electrode is lower than the signal potential input to the second electrode. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218463 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The display device driving method includes applying a first gray scale display voltage according to a first gamma curve to a liquid crystal layer during a first sub-frame period and applying a second gray scale display voltage according to a second gamma curve to the liquid crystal layer during a second sub-frame period. The first and second gamma curves are discontinuous at one or more gray scale values among all gray scale regions. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218464 | DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A device control apparatus that controls an image display device including a plurality of main scan lines is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a cumulative correction value calculation section that calculates, in response to an input image signal, a cumulative correction value in accordance with a cumulative value of each gray-scale value of input image data provided for each of the main scan lines; a cumulative correction value storage section that stores the calculated cumulative correction value for each of the main scan lines; and a device control section that controls, based on N (where N is an integer of 2 or larger) of the main scan lines read from the cumulative correction value storage section, the image display device to suppress a gray-scale deviation resulted from display of the N of the main scan lines. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218465 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display panel, a display apparatus and the driving method thereof are provided. The gate control signals can interactively control more number of scan lines by disposing corresponding switches between the adjacent scan lines in the display panel, wherein every two scan lines correspond to a gate control signal, so as to reduce the number of the gate driving ICs and the layout space required by the fan out area in the display panel. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218466 | Display device and electronic equipment - A display device includes a display unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix state and a drive circuit selecting respective pixels in the display unit by each row and giving additional potential to pixel electrodes of the pixels by using coupling, in which the drive circuit has a function of allowing the reverse polarity of potential added to pixel electrodes to be a potential which can add suitable voltage to additional potential lines in a frame before adding the additional potential. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218467 | BACKLIGHT CONTROLLER AND SCALING FACTOR USING FULL RANGE SEARCH AND LOCAL RANGE SEARCH METHOD - A backlight controller generating a scaling factor for scaling the intensity of a backlight illuminating a LCD (LCD) is provided. The backlight controller includes a histogram generator and a scaling factor selector. The histogram generator generates a histogram in response to an input frame image of the LCD. The scaling factor selector includes a luminance distortion estimator and a loop controller. The luminance distortion estimator estimates a luminance distortion for each candidate scaling factor with reference to the histogram. The loop controller selects a scaling factor among the corresponding to a maximum acceptable distortion among the estimated luminance distortions, so as to scale the intensity of the backlight. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON HISTOGRAM OF INPUT IMAGE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus for controlling a power of a display device including a backlight, and a display device having a power controlling function are provided. The apparatus includes: a histogram analyzer that analyzes a histogram of an input image signal including one or more color components, and determines an intensity clipping based on the analyzed histogram; an image brightness compensation unit that calculates an intensity increasing ratio of the input image signal using the intensity clipping, and applies the intensity increasing ratio to each of the color components to generate an output image signal, an intensity of which is increased; and a backlight brightness controller that controls a brightness of the backlight based on the intensity increasing ratio. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218469 | TRANSIENT LIQUID CRYSTAL ARCHITECTURE - Methods and systems for displaying videos with high contrast using fast transient response of liquid crystal materials are disclosed. The system comprises a liquid crystal material treated with a chiral dopant, which is aligned between two substrates with conductive layer on each substrate. The system can be operated in an active or passive matrix mode display. The active matrix display can be a thin film transistor (TFT) or MOS transistor, whereas no transistors are used for the passive matrix mode display. A full color display, with high contrast, can be achieved by illuminating the transient liquid crystal material with a pulsed backlight. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218470 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes an image display body having a front surface that rewritably displays image information and a light unit that illuminates the front surface of the image display body. The light unit has a light source and a light-transmitting sheet-shaped first lighting member superimposed over the front surface of the image display body. The first lighting member receives light from the light source and emits the light toward the front surface of the image display body to illuminate the front surface. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218471 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY WITH THERMAL CONTROL - An electrophoretic display (EPD) with thermal control is disclosed for controlling and maintaining an image in extreme temperature environments. Techniques are also disclosed for maintaining the EPD cell threshold voltage for EPD cells comprising an EPD display media at or above a desired level in an environment in which the EPD may be subjected to an extreme temperature. The techniques comprise sensing a sensed temperature associated with the EPD display media, determining whether the sensed temperature satisfies a criterion established to ensure that the display media temperature remains at a level associated with an acceptable EPD cell threshold voltage, and in the event it is determined that the sensed temperature does not satisfy the criterion, controlling the EPD display media temperature as required to bring the sensed temperature to a level that satisfies the criterion. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218472 | INTERFACE TO CONVERT MENTAL STATES AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS TO APPLICATION INPUT - A method of interacting with an application includes receiving, in a processor, data generated based on signals from one or more bio-signal detectors on a user, the data representing a mental state or facial expression of the user, generating an input event based on the data representing the mental state or facial expression of the user of the user, and passing the input event to an application. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218473 | Enhanced Artificial Intelligence Language - A method of determining an appropriate response to an input includes linking a plurality of attributes to a plurality of response templates using a plurality of Boolean expressions. Each attribute is associated with a set of patterns. Each pattern within the set of patterns is equivalent. The method also includes determining an appropriate response template from the plurality of response templates based on the input. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218474 | Ultra Thin Optical Pointing Device and Personal Portable Device Having the Same - The present invention relates to an ultra thin optical pointing device, and a personal portable device having the optical pointing device. The optical pointing device includes a PCB ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080218475 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY MODIFYING WEB PAGE DISPLAY FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method of dynamically modifying web page displays used in various mobile devices. The method uses a motion detection mechanism to detect whether the mobile device is moving or in motion and then modifies web page displays sent to the device based upon the sensor readings. As such, the method, system, and apparatus are capable of automatically modifying a display provided to a mobile device based upon a determination that the user and/or device are moving and/or in motion. In another aspect, the method, system, and apparatus are also capable of modifying the complexity of a display provided to a mobile device based upon the degree of movement and/or motion by the user and/or device. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218476 | Apparatus and method for wrist supporting movement translator and mouse button device - A movement translator configured to be worn on a wrist for transmitting movement information relative to an external surface. The movement translator may include an enclosure. The enclosure may include an arcuate wrist supportive concave surface having a shallow wrist-rest and an enclosure side. An adjustable strap may cooperate with the enclosure side to form a wrist band adjacent to the shallow wrist-rest. A movement detector is within the enclosure for operatively coupling the external surface. In addition, a wireless transmitter is coupled to the movement detector for transmitting an encoded signal, wherein the encoded signal encodes a magnitude of a movement estimated between the movement detector and the external surface during a period of time. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218477 | Computer mouse - A computer mouse is described. The main body has a base part and a movable part. The movable part is slidingly connected with the base part and the movable part slides along a plane that is parallel to the base part. A cover is pivotally connected with the main body by end portions thereof such that the cover is swiveled relative to the main body. An inner wall of the cover has a convex surface. When the movable part is in contact with the convex surface, unconnected end portions of the main body and the cover form a greater height than the pivotally connected end portions of the main body and the cover do. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218478 | SEPARABLE AND SHAPE-CHANGEABLE MOUSE - A separable and shape-changeable mouse includes a first housing, a second housing, a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first housing includes a cursor signal generation unit, a first slant and a first connecting member. The second housing includes a receptacle for accommodating a battery therein, a second slant and a second connecting member. The first housing is combined with the second housing when the first connecting member is coupled with the second connecting member. By rotating the second housing with respect to the first housing, the shape of the mouse is changeable. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218479 | Device Having a Joystick Keypad - A device includes a display for displaying images relating to the operation of the device and a controller for controlling the display. The controller includes a layered menu structure and a joystick for moving a cursor in menus and making selections. The device further includes a function key. The controller is configured to command display of a minimenu of soft keys in response to operation of the function key. The soft keys are selectable by means of the joystick. The function key may include two function keys or a multipole key or another joystick. A special menu of soft keys is presented when the user activates a function key. The soft keys are selected via the joystick. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218480 | Display and Keypad Assembly and Mobile Telephone That Includes Said Assembly - Assembly suitable for applying to appliances that are used with one hand, which includes a casing ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080218481 | APPARATUS HAVING LIQUID CRYSTAL TOUCH PANEL AND OPERATION KEYS - In one embodiment, the present invention provides an apparatus having a liquid crystal touch panel and operation keys, the liquid crystal touch panel displaying display buttons, and the operation keys being outside of the liquid crystal touch panel, and the display buttons of the liquid crystal touch panel and the operation keys being operated together, in which the liquid crystal touch panel, on a screen, displays display contents that differ from each other such that the display contents can be viewed from two directions that differ from each other, and such that display buttons on the screen of the liquid crystal touch panel when viewed from one direction and operation keys used with the display buttons are near each other, the display buttons are disposed on the screen, or the operation keys are disposed relative to the liquid crystal touch panel. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218482 | Input apparatus - The invention provides an input apparatus, which includes a signal-scanning line, a plurality of signal-outputting lines, an output end, and a plurality of first keys. In addition, the signal-scanning line has a first signal level, whereas each of the signal-outputting lines has a second signal level. Moreover, the output end is coupled with each of the signal-outputting lines and determines a key code based on the signal level of the signal-outputting lines. Furthermore, each of the first keys has at least three contacts, one of which is coupled with the signal-scanning line, and the others are selectively coupled with the signal-outputting lines. Particularly, when one of the first keys is pressed, the contacts and signal-outputting lines corresponded to the pressed first keys has the first signal level. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218483 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A CONVERGED KEYBOARD AND REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - Apparatus and method for a converged remote control and keyboard device. An embodiment of an apparatus comprises a remote control, a keyboard and a processor to receive a control signal to determine whether to enable functionality of the remote control or functionality of the keyboard. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218484 | Input apparatus, mobile apparatus, and information recording medium - Keys that structure the keyboard have a diamond-shaped form that is symmetrical in both the vertical and the horizontal directions, disposed so that none of the edges of the surface in which the keyboard is formed are parallel with any of the edges of the diamond shapes. To each key is applied a marking in one or two orientations depending on the orientation of use of the mobile communications terminal. In the keyboard, these types of keys are laid out in a staggered pattern, wherein the markings are applied in positions that are on a straight line that passes through each of the keys in two rows of keys that are adjacent in the vertical direction on keys that are used when the mobile communications terminal is used in the horizontal orientation. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218485 | SENSOR ARRAY - Embodiments of a sensor array are disclosed. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218486 | Contextual Touch Panel - In one embodiment, a touch panel for an electronic device includes: an electronic display; a frame bordering the display, the frame including a plurality of icons each representing a device control and wherein any icon representing a control that is available for a device function appearing on the display is highlighted and any icon representing a control that is not available for a device function appearing on the display is not highlighted; and a touch sensitive material for selectively activating device controls appearing on the display and for selectively activating highlighted icons. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218487 | Capacitive-type touch pad having special arrangement of capacitance sensor - A touch pad has a controller circuitry for generating an X-Y coordinate signal; a touch screen connecting with the controller circuitry, which has a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive film provided at the transparent substrate. The transparent conductive film having a plurality of capacitance sensors distributed along an X-coordinate direction and a Y-coordinate direction. The plurality of capacitance sensors are patterned for averaging the resistance capacitance distribution. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218488 | ACTIVE DRIVING TYPE VISUAL-TACTILE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an active driving type visual and tactile display device, in which a flat panel display device for visually displaying an image and a haptic part for generating a tactile sense using an electrostatic force are integrated to generate textures according to an electrostatic force based on an image signal. As a result, visual and tactile senses may be simultaneously recognized. Since the display device enables a user to simultaneously see an image through a visual sense and perceive various textures through a tactile sense, the performance of a device is significantly improved. Therefore, various textures according to an image signal can be precisely realized by the generation of an electrostatic force per unit cell. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218489 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A method of driving a display device having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of sensing units, and a plurality of sense data lines to which the plurality of sensing units are connected, includes: reading sense signals from the sense data lines; determining whether or not the display has been touched and the number of touches, generating X-axis and Y-axis position data based on the sense signals, and determining, when the quantity of touches is plural, whether a plurality of touches are sequentially generated, and the touch position of each. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218490 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TERMINAL - A terminal and a method of controlling the terminal are provided. The method of controlling a terminal receives a touch input while performing real-time communication, and transmits the input data to another party's terminal. Therefore, while performing real-time communication with another party, an operation of user may be transmitted to another party's terminal. Further, after the operation of the user is transmitted to another party's terminal, operation of another party may be fed back from another party's terminal. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218491 | Input Interface and Input Method - An input interface for an electronic apparatus includes a touchpad, a touch sensor, a touch command generator, a push sensor and a push command generator. The touchpad has a plurality of keys arranged thereon. The touch sensor senses whether an object touches one of the keys. The touch command generator generates a touch command to the electronic apparatus when the object slides across adjacent two of the keys. The push sensor senses whether one of the keys is pushed. The push command generator generates a push command to the electronic apparatus when one of the keys is pushed. Furthermore, an input method for the electronic apparatus is also disclosed hereinafter. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218492 | Touch panel - A touch panel which is not deteriorated in the linearity of electric potential gradient despite having a protruding portion. In the touch panel, the local protruding region of at least one of a pair of electrode plates is electrically insulated from the transparent conductive film. The at least one electrode plate is formed so that the local protruding region electrically insulated from the transparent conductive film includes a protruding board portion locally protruding outward from a region of each insulating board located between a pair of electrodes. The local protruding region of the at least one electrode plate includes a second conductive film provided on one surface of the protruding board portion; the second conductive film is insulated from the transparent conductive film. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218493 | Display With Motion Sensor - The present disclosure provides for a display device for interfacing with a control and/or automation system. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for an improved display device for interfacing with a control and/or automation system, wherein the electronic display device includes a motion sensor or the like. In exemplary embodiments, the motion sensor is configured to detect at least one of motion or proximity of a human being without being contacted by the human being, the non-contact motion sensor also being configured to activate and/or adjust the illumination/light level of the display/screen from a first illumination/light level to a second illumination/light level when the non-contact motion sensor detects at least one of motion or proximity of a human being. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218494 | Touch detection for a digitizer - A detector for detecting touches of at least one object on a transparent sensor located over a display screen, the detector comprising. a display screen; a patterned arrangement of conductors extending into said sensor situated over said display screen; and detection circuitry adapted to detect capacitive coupling of said at least one object with said at least one conductor. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218495 | CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF SELECTIVELY OPERATING IN EITHER AN INSPECTING MODE OR A DRIVING MODE FOR A DISPLAY - A circuit capable of selectively operating in an inspecting mode or a driving mode for a display is formed in an integrated circuit and on a glass substrate. The circuit in the IC has a control circuit, a first input circuit, a second input circuit and a fourth input circuit. Each input circuit has a switch. Two additional switches are respectively connected between the first and the second input circuits, and between the second and the fourth input circuits. The glass substrate forms multiple connecting terminals corresponding to the input circuits. Two connecting terminals on the glass substrate are shorted. The control circuit outputs a signal to control all switches to form a configuration suitable for inspecting mode. When inspecting processes are completed, the control circuit changes the configuration for driving mode. The junction resistance of the display is precisely measured and areas in the IC are effectively used. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218496 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention generally relates to an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) device, and more specifically, to an LCD device which comprises a driving circuit comprising: a data comparator for storing video data inputted in a previous stage from a timing generator, comparing size of the stored previous video data with video data inputted in the current stage, and for outputting a compared pre-emphasis voltage control signal; and an operational amplifier for adding pre-emphasis voltages to analog signals inputted from a D/A converter according to the pre-emphasis voltage control signal of the data comparator to amplify/output the signals. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218497 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PIXEL CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a method for driving a pixel circuit including a light-emitting element that emits light whose amount corresponds to a driving current, a driver transistor that supplies the driving current to the light-emitting element, a first transistor provided between a gate of the driver transistor and a drain of the driver transistor, a second transistor provided between the drain of the driver transistor and a node used to supply an initialization potential, and a capacitive element one terminal of which is connected to the gate of the driver transistor. In an initialization period in which the first transistor is turned on, the method for driving a pixel circuit includes supplying a fixed potential to the other terminal of the capacitive element and supplying a predetermined potential allowing the second transistor to be operated in a saturation region thereof to a gate of the second transistor. In a writing period after the initialization period is finished, the method for driving a pixel circuit includes supplying a potential corresponding to a gradation to be displayed to the other terminal of the capacitive element. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218498 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image display control device, which can communicate with an image formation device having an authentication function, an imaging device for acquiring an image of an operator of the image formation device, and a recording management server for storing the acquired image respectively through a network, comprises: a first display unit to display an authentication history list of the image formation device; a selection unit to select an authentication history from the displayed authentication history list; a display condition setting unit to set a condition for displaying the stored image; and a second display unit to display the stored image from a display start position of the image determined based on an authentication hour specified from the selected authentication history and a pre-reproduction time included in the set condition and indicating a time for reproducing the image retroactively from the authentication hour. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218499 | Display device - To shorten the measuring time of the characteristics of light emission of OLED elements for feedback to image data for image display in an organic EL display device. Pixels that emit red lights, pixels that emit green lights, and pixels that emit blue lights are arranged on a screen in a matrix manner. A detection system is provided on the upper side of the screen. A detection line extending from the detection system is coupled to the respective pixels through analog switches and digital switches controlled by switch controlling lines. A detection scanning circuit is provided on the right side of the screen. Detection switch controlling lines extend from the detection scanning circuit. By appropriately selecting the analog switches, the switch controlling lines, and the detection switch controlling lines, the voltage-current characteristics of plural pixels are measured at the same time. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218500 | DISPLAY DRIVER - A liquid crystal display device includes, in one of an even row and an odd row of a liquid crystal panel, a switch for short-circuiting, for example, an even signal line and an odd signal line adjacent on the left side to the even signal line, and a switch for short-circuiting the even signal line and an odd signal line adjacent on the right side to the even signal line provided at an output part of the signal-line driver. By controlling these switches, enlarged display equivalent to the bilinear processing is realized in a horizontal direction. By scanning two scanning lines simultaneously, simple enlarged display is realized in a vertical direction on the panel. Further, by stopping supply of a steady current to an operational amplifier applying data voltage to the even signal line, enlarged display at a low cost and at low power consumption is realized. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218501 | Display illumination system and method - The present invention provides automatic adjustments to an image presentation based upon changes in ambient light. The adjustments can be made to the back-lighting and/or the pixel data. The ambient lighting can be measured by a variety of sensors (e.g., a digital camera) from a variety of orientations. For example, the sensor can be directed away from the display (e.g., towards the user) or the sensor can be directed towards the display (e.g., from an angle comparable to the users view). In one exemplary implementation a graphics control system utilizes real time ambient light sampling input to calibrate a back-light illumination level and/or pixel illumination levels. The present invention can be implemented in a variety of devices (e.g., laptop, PDA, cell phone, headsup display, etc.). | 2008-09-11 |
20080218502 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a gate driver which sequentially outputs a gate signal at a high state in response to a gate control signal and a data driver which converts image data into a data signal in response to a data control signal. The display apparatus further includes a display panel which includes a plurality of gate lines which sequentially receive the gate signal, a plurality of data lines which receive the data signal and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate and data lines and which receive the data signal in response to the gate signal to display an image. The polarity of the data signal is inverted after the gate signal transitions to a low state. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218503 | Power supply, plasma display including power supply, and method of driving plasma display - In a power supply, a plasma display including the power supply, and a method of driving the plasma display, a DC voltage output by a power factor correction unit is converted into a voltage Vs supplied to a sustain or scan electrode during a sustain period, and the voltage Vs is converted into a voltage Va supplied to an address electrode during an address period. The voltage Vs is a less than the DC voltage of the power factor correction unit, and components with a low voltage rating can be used for the Va voltage generator. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218504 | POWER SUPPLY AND DRIVER FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel having a power supply unit connected to a scan driver without a bootstrap circuit. The driver includes a power supply unit supplying a first output voltage of a first level and has a pair of output terminals, a scan driving unit comprising a first driving switch controlling the connection of one of output terminals of the power supply unit to the electrodes of the plasma display panel and a second driving switch controlling the application of a second output voltage of a second level to the electrodes of the plasma display panel, and a third driving switch that controls the connection of a power input terminal of the second output voltage of the second level to the electrodes of the plasma display panel by being connected between the power input terminal of the second output voltage of the second level and the second driving switch. | 2008-09-11 |
20080218505 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN EXTERNAL DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE USING A USB CONNECTOR AND A METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus which controls an external device transmitting data using a USB connector is provided. The image display apparatus includes a first connector and a second connector which receive an image signal, respectively, a display unit which selectively displays the image signal input via the first connector and the second connector, and if the image signal input via the first connector is displayed on the display unit, a central processing unit (CPU) which stops an external device connected via the second connector from transmitting an image signal. Accordingly, resources in the external device can be efficiently managed by stopping unnecessary operations. | 2008-09-11 |