39th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120242605 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device according to the present invention includes: display screens capable of displaying information thereon; touch panels which are provided on these display screens and are adapted to be manipulated by a user; touch-panel determination portions which are electrically connected to the touch panels and are adapted to receive coordinate information from the touch panels due to user's manipulations thereof; and a controller which is electrically connected to the display screens and to the touch-panel determination portions, and is adapted to cause the display screens to display information thereon and to receive signals inputted thereto from the touch-panel determination portions, wherein the controller includes a displayer, which is adapted to cause the display screens to display information thereon, and when the touch-panel determination portions receive coordinate information, to display information about a peripheral area including the coordinates thereon, at a position different from that of these coordinates. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242606 | TRACE DESIGN FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - An input device having a plurality of low-visibility sensor electrodes and method for using the same are provided. In one embodiment, an input device includes a display device and a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed over the display device. The sensor electrodes are configured to sense objects in a sensing region of the input device. The sensor electrodes include a plurality of spaced apart conductive traces, each conductive trace having a diameter less than about 10 um. The conductive traces are disposed such that the conductive traces form a moiré pattern with the display device, wherein said moiré pattern comprises a spatial frequency greater than about 10 cycles per centimeter. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242607 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The user interface system of the preferred embodiments includes a sheet that defines a surface on one side and at least partially defines a cavity on an opposite side; a volume of a fluid contained within the cavity; a displacement device that modifies the volume of the fluid to expand the cavity, thereby outwardly deforming a particular region of the surface; and a sensor that detects a force applied by a user that inwardly deforms the particular region of the surface. The user interface system has been specifically designed to be used as the user interface for an electronic device, more preferably in an electronic device that benefits from an adaptive user interface, but may alternatively be used in any suitable application. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242608 | Information Display Apparatus with Proximity Detection Performance and Information Display Method Using the Same - An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242609 | Interacting With Physical and Digital Objects Via a Multi-Touch Device - Existing tools for organizing family memories offer few possibilities for easily integrating both physical and digital materials in order to produce a single archive for a family (or other group of users). This also applies to archiving of physical objects and digital media in general (even for applications outside the field of family use). An archiving system is described which incorporates at least one image capture device, a display, a sensing apparatus arranged to detect user input associated with the display, a processor and memory, and a receptacle for holding digital media storage devices such as mobile telephones, digital cameras, personal digital assistants and the like. The image capture device is operable to capture digital images of physical objects for archiving. The receptacle comprises a data transmission apparatus for automatically transferring data with the digital media storage devices and optionally also a power charging apparatus. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242610 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL WITH TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION - Provided is a display panel that has a touch sensor function, that is thin, and that has high flexibility. A plurality of sub-pixel electrodes ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120242611 | Method and Terminal Device for Operation Control of Operation Object - A method and a terminal device for operation control of an operation object are provided. The method includes getting a first operation direction and a second operation direction of the operation object, determining an operation corresponding to the direction combination relation between the first operation direction and the second operation direction, and performing the operation on the operation object. The solution enables two kinds of operations on the operation object simultaneously and generates an operation effect that two kinds of operations are performed simultaneously. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242612 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND SCANNING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a capacitive touch sensing device and a scanning method thereof. The present invention divides a scanning procedure of an electrode matrix into two stages. First, it scans broadly for determining whether the potential signal of at least one driving line of the electrode matrix is changed or not. After that, the present invention is only directed to the driving line which the potential signal is changed to scan in detail, to determine whether the potential signal of each coupling node on the driving line is changed or not. Therefore, the present invention can achieve the purpose of improving sensing efficiency of the capacitive touch sensing device. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242613 | PROJECTED CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A projected capacitive touch panel has a substrate and at least two sensing units. The sensing units form an active region as an operating zone for users. Because the active region is divided into smaller ranges, the path in which electric signals are transported becomes shorter. The electric signals can be outputted to an outer processor effectively. Additionally, when the projected capacitive touch panel of this invention is mounted on a display, the influence of the electromagnetic interference from the display can be decrease. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242614 | Electrochromic Touchscreen - The present invention relates to a touchscreen, comprising an electronic visualization structure made of a deposition of layers of: electrically conductive material; on which is deposited electrochromic material; on which is deposited electrolyte material; on which is deposited electrochemically active material, on which is deposited electrically conductive material, wherein the electronic visualization structure is simultaneously an electronic touch detection structure, which touch detection depends on the continuous application of a modulated electrical stimuli; and operates based on variations in the electric capacity of the electronic structure. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242615 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels; a display switching function portion that displays an image based on light emitted from the pixel portion, and is capable of switching a three-dimensional display and a two-dimensional display of the image; and a sensor portion that detects whether or not an object comes into contact with or approaches. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242616 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a sensor electrode, a detection unit, and a determination unit. The sensor electrode has a capacitance changed in accordance with an operation to an operation surface. The detection unit is configured to detect, based on a change of the capacitance, a displacement of an operation point of the operation surface. The determination unit is configured to determine a press to the operation surface based on a displacement of a capacitance value of the sensor electrode and the displacement of the operation point. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242617 | MIS-TOUCH AVOIDANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mis-touch avoidance method and apparatus for preventing an unintended touch made by noise generated by the attachment of an accessory or a user's grip from causing a malfunction of a mobile terminal including a touchscreen are provided. The mis-touch avoidance method includes detecting an attachment of an external device and recalibrating a reference value for touch recognition in response to the attachment of the external device. The mis-touch avoidance method also includes detecting a touch on the touchscreen, determining whether the touch is an unintended touch made by user's grip of the mobile terminal, and recalibrating a reference value for touch recognition when the touch is the unintended touch. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242618 | FINGER DEVICE FOR OPERATING A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A finger device is for operating a portable electronic device that includes a capacitive touch screen. The finger device includes a finger receiving body that includes a bottom surface having a pointed first end and a broad second end, and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls extending outwards from the bottom surface, and forming a finger receiving opening at the broad second end and forming a closed tip at the pointed first end. A finger attachment assembly is for securing the finger receiving body to a user's finger. An electrically conductive material is on a portion of the bottom surface of the finger receiving body and on a portion of the pair of spaced apart sidewalls for contacting the capacitive touch screen for operating the portable electronic device. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242619 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HIGH-SENSITIVITY MULTI POINT DETECTION AND USE THEREOF IN INTERACTION THROUGH AIR, VAPOUR OR BLOWN AIR MASSES - The disclosed subject matter refers to a method and device for low latency multipoint control and detection applied to, for example, a capacitive grid. The grid includes or consists of a series of conductive microfilaments, placed between two transparent plates or layers, arranged in interconnected rows and columns forming a matrix. The electromagnetic field reading enables the detection of objects which are in the vicinity of or in contact therewith. The disclosed subject matter shows high sensitivity enabling the detection of electrically-loaded air and/or vapour, more specifically the detection of intensity, direction and location of an expelled air or vapour mass, also providing a simultaneous touch detection. The disclosed subject matter is useful in boosting interaction capacities between systems and users, the invention being also possibly applied in detection/interaction systems (either simultaneous, or not). These systems might be applied, for example, in entertainment, control and measuring situations. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242620 | COMBINED OPTICAL NAVIGATION AND BUTTON - An optical touchpad is responsive to application of a pressure, and a sliding movement executed within a preset interval after the predetermined pressure is applied. A user applies the concurrent predetermined pressure and sliding movement as a combined gesture. A controller receives information pertaining to both the pressure and the sliding movement. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242621 | IMAGE SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - An image sensor includes an array of sensor pixel circuits, each pixel circuit comprising first and second photosensitive elements. The image sensor is configured such that a field of view of the second photosensitive element is a sub-set of a field of view of the first photosensitive element. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242622 | TOUCH MODULE - A touch module includes a panel device, an outer frame, and an optical sensor. The panel device includes an array substrate and a display panel having a touch surface. The array substrate is electrically connected to the display panel. The outer frame is disposed on the panel device. The optical sensor is disposed between the panel device and the outer frame, including a wire, at least one lens, a photosensitive chip, and a reflection mirror. The wire is formed on the array substrate. The lens is disposed between the display panel and the outer frame for guiding light transmitted from the touch surface. The photosensitive chip is electrically connected to one end of the wire. The reflection mirror is disposed above the photosensitive chip for reflecting the light guided by the lens to the photosensitive chip. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242623 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A display device includes a display layer and a light guide plate (LGP) arranged on the display layer. A transparent plate is arranged between the LGP and the display layer, and the transparent plate houses a array of IR sensors. An IR source is arranged on the lateral surface of the LGP, and a scanning mirror is arranged on the lateral surface of the LGP. The IR sensors sense the IR light beams and determine whether a strength of the sensed IR light beams is decreased to below a predetermined threshold value, caused by a touch by a user, on the transparent plate at a location of said IR sensor, and send a signal associated with the touch to the control unit, the control unit is configured to receive the signal and determine the touch point according to the location of said IR sensor. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242624 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AS WELL AS DISPLAY - An object of the present invention is to provide a thin film transistor fabricating method including a simplified step of forming contact holes. This method involves previously removing a gate insulating film ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120242625 | GENERIC INTERFACE - A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Ink-stroke information associated with one or more data packets is received, and it is determined that the ink-stroke information comprises a gesture indication. The gesture indication is communicated to an ink collection object which causes the ink collection object to delete the ink stroke information. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242626 | ELECTRONIC WATCH CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING DISPLAY ANGLE OF SCREEN CONTENT THEREOF - An electronic watch includes an input interface, a processor, and a display interface. The input interface receives an input and generates a setting command that corresponds to the input. The processor is operable to generate screen content, to determine a display angle corresponding to the setting command, and to rotate the screen content according to the display angle. The display interface is operable to display the screen content received from the processor in a manner that the screen content is rotated relative to the display interface by the display angle. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242627 | AMORPHOUS OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM TRANSISTOR FABRICATION METHOD - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for fabricating thin film transistor devices. In one aspect, a substrate having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region between the source region and the drain region is provided. The substrate also includes an oxide semiconductor layer, a first dielectric layer overlying the channel region, and a first metal layer on the dielectric layer. A second metal layer is formed on the oxide semiconductor layer overlying the source region and the drain region. The oxide semiconductor layer and the second metal layer are treated to form a heavily doped n-type oxide semiconductor in the oxide semiconductor layer overlying the source region and the drain region. An oxide in the second metal layer also can be formed. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242628 | Scalable Intra-Panel Interface - A system and a method are disclosed for an intra-panel communication interface which, among other advantages, enhances system reliability and reduces bus width. A timing controller initializes communication with a plurality of source drivers by transmitting link data through a plurality of data channels and monitors source driver status through an auxiliary status channel. The plurality of source drivers share the auxiliary status channel to indicate their status. The timing controller transmits display data to a source driver through a data channel. The display data includes a request for status data from the source driver. The source driver transmits the requested status data to the timing controller via the auxiliary status channel. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242629 | MANIPULATION MONITORING DEVICE AND MANIPULATION MONITORING METHOD - A manipulation monitoring device includes a first storage unit that stores screen information of a manipulation monitoring screen prepared for each manipulation monitoring area of a plant, a second storage unit that stores relevance information indicating logical relevance of process elements constituting a process realized in the plant, a display unit that displays the manipulation monitoring screen according to the screen information stored in the first storage unit as a first manipulation monitoring screen, a search unit that searches the first storage unit based on the relevance information stored in the second storage unit to obtain the screen information related to the first manipulation monitoring screen displayed on the display unit, and a display control unit that performs display control to cause a second manipulation monitoring screen according to the screen information obtained by the search unit to be displayed on the display unit with the first manipulation monitoring screen. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242630 | SHIFT REGISTER - Unit circuits | 2012-09-27 |
20120242631 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A loading phenomenon in a plasma display panel is reduced. For this purpose, image signal processing circuit ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120242632 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate. Each pixel includes a gate electrode on the substrate, a common electrode insulated from the gate electrode on the substrate, a first insulating layer covering the gate electrode and the common electrode, a semiconductor pattern disposed on the first insulating layer to overlap with the gate electrode, source and drain electrodes disposed on the semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from each other, and a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulating layer to cover the drain electrode and form an electric field with the common electrode. The display apparatus may be manufactured by first to fourth photolithography processes using first to fourth masks, and the first mask may be a slit mask or a diffraction mask. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for controlling brightness in a portable terminal are provided. The method comprises measuring temperature according to a preset period, extracting a brightness value mapped to the measured temperature from a stored brightness table, and changing a brightness of the portable terminal to correspond to the extracted brightness value. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242634 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes signal lines, and pixels. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode and a pixel control switch, and being classified into any of pixel groups. Each of the pixel groups includes a memory, and a sensor circuit which is configured to provide data for a detection signal to the memory when detecting the input information. The pixel control switch is configured to switch the voltage level of the pixel electrode in accordance with data for the display signal input via the signal line and the data for the detection signal input from the memory. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242635 | FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND INTEGRATABLE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A fingerprint sensor which includes a conductive layer which is incorporatable within an electronic display is disclosed. The fingerprint sensor also includes a controller coupled to the conductive layer to capture a fingerprint image and can further be adapted to control the display. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242636 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Decrease in resolution is minimized even in a photosensor including a plurality of receivers. In a photosensor-equipped display device including a plurality of photosensor assemblies in a display region that displays an image, each of the photosensor assemblies includes: a plurality of sensor apertures ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120242637 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a liquid crystal panel in which plural sub-pixels of red, green, blue, and a fourth color, which has a higher brightness than the other three colors, are arranged in a column direction and a row direction, and a signal control unit which generates drive signals for the respective sub-pixels. The signal control unit generates the drive signals for the respective sub-pixels not only so that each pixel of the liquid crystal panel is made up of four sub-pixels which are adjacent to one another in two consecutive columns and two consecutive rows, but also so that there is one column and one row overlap between every four pixels which are adjacent to one another in two consecutive columns and two consecutive rows. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242638 | DIELECTRIC SPACER FOR DISPLAY DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for forming spacers on a substrate and building an electromechanical device over the spacers and the substrate. In one aspect, a raised anchor area is formed over the spacer by adding layers that result in a high point above the substrate. The high point can protect the movable sections of the MEMS device from contact with a backplate. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242639 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL AND A DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of driving a display panel includes outputting odd-numbered and even-numbered gate signals having a first gate-on voltage during a first period, outputting first data of odd-numbered and even-numbered horizontal lines in response to the odd-numbered and even-numbered gate signals having the first gate-on voltage, outputting odd-numbered or even-numbered gate signals having a second gate-on voltage during a second period, wherein the second gate-on voltage is lower than the first gate-on voltage, and outputting second data of the odd-numbered horizontal lines in response to the odd-numbered gate signals having the second gate-on voltage, or outputting second data of the even-numbered horizontal lines in response to the even-numbered gate signals having the second gate-on voltage. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242640 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other on a substrate to define a plurality of pixels; a thin film transistor in each pixel region and connected to the corresponding gate and data lines; a pixel electrode in each pixel region and connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor; and an opposing electrode that forms a capacitor in each pixel along with the pixel electrode, wherein the pixel electrode of a pixel at a n | 2012-09-27 |
20120242641 | Display device and method of operating the same - Embodiments may disclose a display device which includes a display panel including a display pixel displaying an image in response to a common voltage and a data voltage and a sensing pixel outputting a feedback voltage in response to the common voltage and a reference voltage; and a driving circuit unit supplying the data voltage and the reference voltage to the display pixel and the sensing pixel, respectively. The driving circuit unit includes a common voltage estimating part comparing the reference voltage and the feedback voltage to generate a counter signal having a counter value that is stepwise varied according to the comparing of the reference voltage and the feedback voltage; and a common voltage adjusting part stepwise varying the common voltage supplied to the display panel in response to the counter value. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242642 | DRIVING METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A driving method of an electro-optic device includes determining which condition is satisfied among a plurality of conditions including a first condition where a plurality of pixels include only a first pixels of which an optical state is changed from a second optical state to a first optical state and a third pixels of which the optical state is not changed, a second condition where the plurality of pixels include only a second pixels of which the optical state is changed from the first optical state to the second optical state and the third pixels, and a third condition where the plurality of pixels include both the first pixels and the second pixels, based on data stored in a memory storing the data indicating the optical state of the plurality of pixels. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242643 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The display device according to the present invention includes: a luminescence element, a capacitor, a drive transistor, a reference power source line, a first switching transistor, a data line, a second switching transistor which switches between conduction and non-conduction between the data line and a second electrode of the capacitor, a reset line, a scanning line, and a scanning line drive circuit. The scanning line drive circuit turns ON the first switching transistor so that reference voltage is supplied to the gate electrode of the drive transistor, and turns ON the second switching transistor in a period in which the first switching element is ON so that a predetermined reset voltage is applied from the data line to a connection point between a first electrode of the luminescence element and a source electrode of the drive transistor. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242644 | FRAME MAINTAINING CIRCUIT AND FRAME MAINTAINING METHOD - A frame maintaining circuit including a detection circuit and a display control circuit is provided. The detection circuit detects an unusual status to output a status feedback signal. The display control circuit maintains a frame displayed by a display apparatus according to the status feedback signal until the unusual status ceases. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242645 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER MATRIX AVOIDING CROSSTALK - A method for driving a matrix of elements responding to the absolute value of the activation voltage avoiding crosstalk, the matrix ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120242646 | DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND DRIVING METHOD - A display panel includes: a gate driver ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120242647 | CONTROL METHOD OF OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM TIMING CONTROLLER IN FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - An exemplary control method of an output signal (e.g., from a timing controller in a flat panel display device) is adapted to be operative with a first signal with multiple pulses. In the control method, during a first time segment including part of the pulses of the first signal, a first enable signal is provided passing through a transmission path after a first time length from a rising edge of each of the part of the pulses. During a second time segment including another part of the pulses of the first signal, a second enable signal is provided passing through a part of the transmission path after a second time length from a rising edge of each of the another part of the pulses. The first time length is shorter than the second time length. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242648 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATING VISUALIZATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT AS A FUNCTION OF CONTEXT AND STATE INFORMATION - A visualization system that generates customized visualization(s) in an industrial automation environment includes an interface component that receives input concerning displayed objects and information, a context component that can detect, infer or determine context information regarding an entity, and a visualization component that dynamically generates a visualization from a set of display object to present to the entity that is a function of the received information and inferred or determined entity context. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING 2D IMAGES INTO 3D IMAGES - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for converting 2D images into 3D images, comprising: an original image, serving as first-eye image information; an in-depth image, serving as second-eye image information, and the in-depth image having a primary target area and a secondary target area, and the secondary target area being disposed at a position extended from an edge of the primary target area, and the primary target area using finer pixels as a computing unit for a 2D-image object depth computation, and the secondary target area using pixels larger than those of the primary target area as a computing unit for the 2D-image object depth computation, wherein the original image and the in-depth image are combined into a 3D image, such that the 3D images can be produced by lower-priced computing resources. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242650 | 3D GLASS, 3D IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA CAN PERFORM THE 3D IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A 3D image processing method, for processing a dynamic image region swapping between a first dynamic image gray level and a second dynamic image gray level, comprising: determining a max dynamic gray level reference value and a min dynamic gray level reference value, to generate an adjusted dynamic gray level and luminance curve; generating a dynamic table, which includes relations between the adjusted dynamic gray level and luminance curve, the first and second dynamic image gray level, according to the adjusted gray level and luminance curve; and adjusting the first and second dynamic image gray level according to the dynamic table. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242651 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHOD THEREOF - A display system for generating three-dimensional images includes a liquid crystal panel, a driving voltage generation circuit, and a liquid crystal lens. The liquid crystal panel is used for receiving a three-dimensional image signal. The driving voltage generation circuit is used for generating a set of square-wave voltages and a direct current voltage alternately according to the three-dimensional image signal. The liquid crystal lens is used for adjusting refraction angles of a plurality of liquid crystals of the liquid crystal lens to output a three-dimensional image according to the set of square-wave voltages and the direct current voltage. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242652 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and control method thereof for allowing a touch input to a three-dimensional stereoscopic image. The method disclosed herein may include displaying a three-dimensional stereoscopic image including a plurality of objects, detecting the location of a detection target in a detection region corresponding to the three-dimensional stereoscopic image, selecting a first object based on the location of the detection target, moving the first object along the movement of the detection target in a state that the first object is selected, and generating at least one object between the first and the second object when a distance between the first and the second object is increased in one direction due to the movement of the first object. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242653 | MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A measurement method and a measurement device are disclosed. The measurement method is adapted to a 3D display capable of producing a plurality of viewing zones, which includes following steps. At least a part of a display area of the 3D display displays an image of one of the viewing zones. Light radiation amounts of a first position of the 3D display are detected with a light detector from different viewing angles. A viewing angle with a local maximum light radiation amount is taken as a reference viewing angle, a distance between the light detector and the 3D display along the reference viewing angle is changed, and light radiation amounts of a plurality of different second positions of the 3D display are detected in different distances. A distance at which light radiation amounts of the second positions are most uniform is taken as the optimal viewing distance. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242654 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER GLASSES AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of controlling liquid crystal (LC) shutter glasses includes: generating a three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image synchronization signal based on left eye image data and right eye image data; generating left eye shutter control data and right eye shutter control data synchronized with the 3D stereoscopic image synchronization signal, where the left eye shutter control data and the right eye shutter control data are in digital form; modulating the left eye shutter control data and the right eye shutter control data to generate a shutter control signal; and controlling the LC shutter glasses based on the shutter control signal. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242655 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for adjusting display of a three-dimensional image is provided. The method includes receiving a viewing condition associated with an image being viewed by a user, determining, by a processor, a conversion characteristic based on the viewing condition, adjusting, by the processor, a display condition of the image based on the conversion characteristic. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SCENES TO A USER - A method of presenting a scene to a user according to a preferred embodiment includes determining a real orientation of a device relative to a projection matrix and determining a user orientation of the device relative to a nodal point. The method of the preferred embodiment can further include orienting a scene displayable on the device to the user in response to the real orientation and the user orientation; and displaying the scene on the device. Variations of the method can include a three-dimensional aspect of the scene with which the user can interact through manipulation of the real orientation and/or the user orientation of the device. The method of the preferred embodiment can be performed by an apparatus and/or embodied in computer program product including machine-readable code. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242657 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; an image signal processing unit that divides each of left-eye and right-eye images input in accordance with a frame sequential format into an upper-half signal of a screen upper portion and a lower-half signal of a screen lower portion and generates left-eye and right-eye images of the frame sequential format in upper and lower division simultaneous driving of a screen of the display unit so that the upper-half signal of the left-eye image and the lower-half signal of the right-eye image at each time become an input image at an identical time; and a driving control unit that vertically divides the screen of the display unit into two portions and simultaneously drives the screen upper portion and the screen lower portion to display the left-eye and the right-eye images processed by the image signal processing unit. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242658 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of displaying images includes detecting frequency of ambient light, updating frequency of a display device according to the frequency of the ambient light, and adjusting shutter frequencies of a pair of shutter glasses according to the frequency of the ambient light when the display device is in a 3D display mode. In this way, flickers caused by inconsistency between the frequency of the ambient light and the frequencies of the display device and the shutters of the shutter glasses can be avoided. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242659 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIA A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A device with a touch-sensitive display provides a virtual keyboard having several 3D graphical objects as virtual keys, while 3D graphical objects are displayed on the touch-sensitive display and are three-dimensionally rotatable. When the device detects contact and determines the contact as matching a rotation operation, the 3D image rotates and the device can determine, from the final position into which the 3D image has been rotated, the representative plane of the 3D image. When the key is executed by a selecting operation, the character associated with the representative plane is input to the device. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242660 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling a mobile terminal are provided. A depth level of a stereoscopic graphic object using binocular parallax is controlled according to a user's usage pattern, and displaying of the stereoscopic graphic object is controlled according to various events such as various input signals. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242661 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - When displaying one of a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image on a background and displaying the other image in a window, a flag bit indicating whether the first and second electrodes overlap the window is set. Waveforms differing according to the flag bit are applied to the first and second electrodes as pulses applied to the opposed first and second electrodes of a variable polarization cell. As a result, three-dimensional image display is partially conducted in the window and two-dimensional image display is conducted in areas other than the window. Or two-dimensional image display is partially conducted in the window and three-dimensional image display is conducted in areas other than the window. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242662 | 3D Display Systems - Techniques for stereoscopic 3D display systems with active shuttered glasses are provided which overcomes the real-world limitations of sample/load & hold displays, resulting in greater overall brightness, while reducing crosstalk between each eye perspective. In some embodiments, a first left-eye perspective frame and a first right-eye frame are determined from image data. A first composite frame of a first type is then created. This first composite frame of the first type comprises one or more left-eye pixel values from the first left-eye frame and one or more right-eye pixel values from the first right-eye frame. The first composite frame of the first type is outputted to the display area. This may also include use of scanning backlight synchronized to loading/hold of display in conjunction with the composite frame. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242663 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES APPLIED TO FIRST BUFFER FOR STORING RIGHT-VIEW CONTENTS AND SECOND BUFFER FOR STORING LEFT-VIEW CONTENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - A graphics processing method for three-dimensional images, applied to a first buffer for storing right-view contents and a second buffer for storing left-view contents, includes the following steps: sending drawing commands respectively related to the right-view contents and the left-view contents to a drawing engine; when a current Vsync status indicates that a display engine is not operating within a right Vsync period of a right-view frame, the drawing engine drawing the right-view contents stored in first buffer; when current Vsync status indicates that the display engine is not operating within a left Vsync period of a left-view frame, the drawing engine drawing the left-view contents stored in second buffer; during the right Vsync period of the right-view frame, the display engine displaying right-view contents stored in first buffer; and during the left Vsync period of the left-view frame, the display engine displaying left-view contents stored in second buffer. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242664 | ACCELEROMETER-BASED LIGHTING AND EFFECTS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device and method for rendering graphical objects and dynamic effects associated therewith to a display of the mobile device are described. The mobile device includes a position and rotation tracking module, a graphics rendering module, and a display. The position and rotation tracking module generates data indicative of a change in position and/or rotation of the mobile device. The graphics rendering module processes the data to determine a spatial relationship between a graphical object to be rendered to the display and a virtual source. The graphics rendering module then renders the graphical object and at least one dynamic effect in association therewith to the display. The graphics rendering module renders the dynamic effect in a manner that is based at least in part on the determined spatial relationship between the graphical object and the virtual source. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242665 | CONTRAST MATCHING FOR STEREO IMAGE - Apparatus and a method for matching contrast between images of a stereo image pair. A first contrast value corresponding to first pixel information of first image is determined and a second contrast value corresponding to second pixel information of second image is determined. The first and second contrast values are compared and the image having the lower contrast value is selected for compensation. A tone mapping function is generated and applied to the pixel information corresponding to the selected image for generating compensated image pixel information corresponding to the selected image. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242666 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - An image display apparatus includes: a display unit having a display area for displaying a medical image; a determination unit for determining whether or not to generate bitmap data of a thinned image generated by thinning pixels from the medical image, based on first numbers of pixels in first two orthogonal directions that constitute the medical image and second numbers of pixels in second two orthogonal directions that constitute the display area and correspond to the first two orthogonal directions, respectively; and a display controller for, when the determination unit determines to generate the bitmap data of the thinned image, generating the bitmap data of the thinned image, displaying the thinned image on the display unit, generating a bitmap data of an original image of the medical image without thinning pixels therefrom, and displaying the original image alternative to the thinned image being displayed on the display unit. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242667 | BIOLOGICALLY BASED CHAMBER MATCHING - The subject disclosure relates to automatically learning relationships among a plurality of manufacturing tool parameters as applied to arbitrary semiconductor manufacturing tools and a graphical user interface that is supported, at least in part, by an autonomous learning system. The graphical user interface can create one or more matrixes based on received data and can further generate additional matrices by transforming the one or more matrixes. A series of windows can be output, wherein the series of windows, provide performance analysis that comprises a matching between a focus chamber and a reference chamber. In an aspect, the focus chamber and the reference chamber can be different chambers. In another aspect, the focus chamber and the reference chamber can be the same chamber, which provides analysis of the deterioration in performance of the same chamber over time. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242668 | DATA PRESENTATION METHOD AND PARTICIPANT RESPONSE SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - A method of presenting data gathered by a participant response system, comprising obtaining spatial information for participants; collecting response data from the participants and generating result data; overlaying the result data on a map image in accordance with the obtained spatial information to form a data map; and displaying the data map. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242669 | SYSTEM FOR A PLAY CALLER TO DISPLAY CALLS TO PARTICIPANTS IN AN ATHLETIC COMPETITION - Disclosed is a system for displaying a play call to participants in an athletic competition, the system having an input device, a display device, a selector, a first block of at least three characters and a second block of at least three characters. The first and second blocks are separated by a division. The first and second blocks each contain one character selected by a play caller and one character selected by the selector. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242670 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED UTILIZATION OF READ AND WRITE BANDWIDTH OF A GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system for processing graphics data. The graphics processing system includes an embedded memory array having at least three separate banks of single-ported memory in which graphics data are stored. A memory controller coupled to the banks of memory writes post-processed data to a first bank of memory while reading data from a second bank of memory. A synchronous graphics processing pipeline processes the data read from the second bank of memory and provides the post-processed graphics data to the memory controller to be written back to a bank of memory. The processing pipeline concurrently processes an amount of graphics data at least equal to that included in a page of memory. A third bank of memory is precharged concurrently with writing data to the first bank and reading data from the second bank in preparation for access when reading data from the second bank of memory is completed. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT A SELF-REFRESHING DISPLAY DEVICE COUPLED TO A GRAPHICS CONTROLLER - A method and apparatus for supporting a self-refreshing display device coupled to a graphics controller are disclosed. A self-refreshing display device has a capability to drive the display based on video signals generated from a local frame buffer. A graphics controller coupled to the display device may optimally be placed in one or more power saving states when the display device is operating in a panel self-refresh mode. Data objects stored in a memory associated with the graphics controller may be aliased in another memory subsystem accessible to the operating system, graphical user interface, or applications executing in the system while the graphics controller is in a deep sleep state. The disclosed technique utilizes a virtual memory pointer, that may be updated in one or more virtual memory page tables to point to either the memory associated with the graphics controller or an alternate memory alias. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242672 | FAST QUERIES IN A MULTITHREADED QUEUE OF A GRAPHICS SYSTEM - According to one aspect of the invention, a query request is received from a client application at a multithreaded graphics framework. The multithreaded graphics framework including a first thread configured to place graphics commands from the client application into a command queue and a second thread configured to dispatch the graphics commands from the command queue to a graphics processing unit (GPU) for execution. In response to the query request, the first thread is configured to store query information of the query request in a query block of memory that is separated from the command queue and notifying the second thread. In response to the notification, the second thread is configured to issue a query command to the GPU based on the query information retrieved from the query block, prior to dispatching remaining graphics commands pending in the command queue. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242673 | REGISTER ALLOCATION FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING - In general, aspects of this disclosure describe a compiler for allocation of physical registers for storing constituent scalar values of a non-scalar value. In some example, the compiler, executing on a processor, may receive an instruction for operation on a non-scalar value. The compiler may divide the instruction into a plurality of instructions for operation on constituent scalar values of the non-scalar value. The compiler may allocate a plurality of physical registers to store the constituent scalar values. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242674 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE TEXTURE COMPRESSION - A method for compressing a high dynamic range (HDR) texture. A first block of texels of the HDR texture in a red-green-blue (RGB) space may be transformed to a second block of texels in a luminance-chrominance space. The first block may have red values, green values and blue values. The second block may have luminance values and chrominance values. The chrominance values may be based on a sum of the red values, a sum of the green values and a sum of the blue values. The luminance values and the chrominance values may be converted to an 8-bit integer format. The luminance values may be modified to restore a local linearity property to the second block. The second block may be compressed. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242675 | Red-Eye Removal Using Multiple Recognition Channels - This disclosure pertains to apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for red-eye removal techniques using multiple recognition channels. In the following examples, red, golden, and white recognition channels are used. A recognition channel is the monochrome extraction from a color photograph in a manner designed to make one kind of red-eye artifact glow with maximum contrast. Once the red-eye artifact has been characterized by, e.g., size and location, the techniques disclosed herein may then discern whether the red-eye artifact is, for example, a red-, golden-, or white-eye case by examining the configuration and characteristics of prominence bitmasks created for the various recognition channels. Once the type of red-eye case has been discerned, the techniques disclosed herein may then replace the artifact with a photographically reasonable result based on the type of red-eye case being repaired. Specular reflection may also be re-added to the photograph. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242676 | ICON SHADING BASED UPON LIGHT INTENSITY AND LOCATION - Illustrated is a system and method to use a photometer to receive a light vector, the photometer to determine intensity of the light vector. The system and method also uses a processor to determine a location of a light source that generates the tight vector. Additionally, the system and method uses a touch-sensitive screen to display an icon pixel shaded based upon the intensity of the light vector and the location of the light source. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242677 | HEAD-MOUNT TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEAD-MOUNT TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - A head-mount type display device adapted to make a user visually recognize a virtual image includes an image light generation section adapted to generate image light representing an image using image data and then emit the image light, a light guide section adapted to guide the image light, which is emitted, to eyes of the user, a receiving section adapted to receive the image data, and a control section, which is connected to the receiving section, controls image display by the image light generation section, and has a transmitting section adapted to transmit the image data to the receiving section. The control section controls luminance of the image light generation section so as to degrade visibility of the virtual image for a predetermined period of time in a case in which a disturbance in data communication between the transmitting section and the receiving section is presumed. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242678 | SEE-THROUGH NEAR-EYE DISPLAY GLASSES INCLUDING AN AUTO-BRIGHTNESS CONTROL FOR THE DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS BASED ON THE BRIGHTNESS IN THE ENVIRONMENT - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content. The image source includes an auto-brightness control that controls the brightness of the displayed content based on the brightness in the environment. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242679 | RENDERING METHOD - As to enhance the rendering while minimizing needed computation time, the method comprises the steps of determining noise information, said noise information being representative of noise level estimated for at least a part of said image; the noise information being determined for the achromatic component of the image; sampling said part of the image according to said noise information; and rendering said at least a part of the image according to said sampling. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242680 | Luminance Correcting System and Luminance Correcting Method For Organic Light Emitting Display - A luminance correcting system for an organic light emitting display includes an image analyzing unit for analyzing an image on a display unit and for measuring luminance and color coordinates of reference gray level data, a reference offset value setting unit for setting reference offset values of respective color data in the reference gray level data to correspond to an image analysis result obtained by the image analyzing unit, a controller for detecting a difference in reference offset values of at least two color data among the respective color data in the reference gray level data and for comparing the difference with a reference value, and an additional offset value setting unit for setting an additional offset value corresponding to at least one gray level among gray level data excluding the reference gray level data when the difference in the reference offset values is not less than the reference value. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242681 | Red-Eye Removal Using Multiple Recognition Channels - This disclosure pertains to apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for red-eye removal techniques using multiple recognition channels. In the following examples, red, golden, and white recognition channels are used. A recognition channel is the monochrome extraction from a color photograph in a manner designed to make one kind of red-eye artifact glow with maximum contrast. Once the red-eye artifact has been characterized by, e.g., size and location, the techniques disclosed herein may then discern whether the red-eye artifact is, for example, a red-, golden-, or white-eye case by examining the configuration and characteristics of pro prominence bitmasks created for the various recognition channels. Once the type of red-eye case has been discerned, the techniques disclosed herein may then replace the artifact with a photographically reasonable result based on the type of red-eye case being repaired. Specular reflection may also be re-added to the photograph. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242682 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - An image display apparatus includes a display unit; a determination unit to determine, based on a predetermined condition, whether or not a conversion process for converting image data from monochrome to color is to be executed to image data of a monochrome medical image; and a display controller to execute the conversion process to the image data, when the determination unit determines execution of the conversion process, to display a colored medical image on the display unit based on processed image data obtained through the conversion process. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242683 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL DEVICE - An information processing terminal device includes: an acquiring unit acquiring image data; a detecting unit detecting a posture of the information processing terminal device; a generating unit generating display image data based on the image data acquired in the acquiring unit according to the posture of the terminal device detected by the detecting unit; and a displaying unit displaying the display image data generated by the generating unit on a display unit. If the posture of the terminal device is changed, the generating unit generates the display image data according to the changed posture of the terminal device. If the posture of the terminal device is changed during the generation of the image data by the generating unit, the generating unit does not generate the display image data according to the changed posture of the terminal device, until the generation of the display image data is completed. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242684 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a screen display method of the mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a display that comprises a user interface display region and an information display region; and a controller that changes positions of display regions and displaying the changed positions on the display according to a user selection. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242685 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A portable information terminal includes a display element and a control element. The display element includes a plurality of display screens. The control element divides a whole image including two or more rows of individual images arrayed in a direction where the plurality of display screens are arrayed into a plurality of divided images by a dividing line passing through gaps between the individual images in the respective rows, and displays each of the divided images on each of the display screens of the display element. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242686 | Use of mobile phone Wallpaper to display vital information - Superimposition of information on image files is not by itself novel. The originality of this invention lies on superimposing information on an image file by using any of the methods described in Section 8 (Detailed Description of the Invention) and then using the resulting image in the manner described in Section 6 (Brief Summary of the Invention) to provide a solution to the problems described in Section 5 (Background of Invention) and to add value to the use of mobile phone as listed in Section 6 (Brief Summary of the Invention). | 2012-09-27 |
20120242687 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Discussed is an image display device which detects image characteristic information from an image of a screen provided by a mobile terminal, extracts a characteristic area based on the image characteristic information, and automatically magnifies or reduces the extracted characteristic area and display the same, to thereby allow a user to conveniently and effectively view the image provided from the mobile terminal in a vehicle. The image display device includes: a communication unit configured to receive an image from a mobile terminal; a controller configured to detect image characteristic information of the received image, extract a first area on the basis of the detected image characteristic information, determine an image processing scheme with respect to the extracted first area, and process an image corresponding to the extracted first area according to the determined image processing scheme; and a display unit configured to display the processed image. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242688 | DATA PRESENTATION METHOD AND PARTICIPANT RESPONSE SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - A method of presenting data gathered by a participant response system, comprising obtaining spatial information for participants; collecting response data from the participants and generating result data; overlaying the result data on a map image in accordance with the obtained spatial information to form a data map; and displaying the data map. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242689 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a transmitting unit transmitting target data of a first format stored in the storing unit, the first format being capable of constituting a multi-page file; a converted-data acquiring unit acquiring, in unit of page, converted data of a second format, which is generated by an external apparatus based on the target data; a display unit displaying an image corresponding to each page based on the converted data; a converted-data storing unit storing the converted data; and a manipulation receiving unit configured to receive an input. If the manipulation receiving unit receives a designation of a page, and the converted data which is generated based on the designated page is not stored in the storing unit, the converted-data acquiring unit acquires the converted data generated based on the designated page of the target data in preference to the other converted data. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242690 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHICH RENDERS GRAPH, GRAPH DISPLAY METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH GRAPH RENDERING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Disclosed is an electronic device including a display which displays an image, a graph graphic detection unit which detects a graph graphic matching any of predetermined graph shapes in the image, a graph rendering unit which renders a graph overlapping the graph graphic, a length input line segment designation unit which designates any one of line segments included in the image as a line segment subject to length input, a line segment length input unit which inputs a length of the line segment subject to length input, a point of origin setting unit which sets a point of origin of a coordinate system, a display range calculation unit which calculates a display range of the coordinate system, and a graph equation calculation unit which calculates a graph equation of the graph and displays a calculation result in the display. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242691 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a position detecting portion to detect a position designated by a user on a display surface of a display portion, a first display controlling portion to cause the display portion to display a first screen, a position check image displaying portion, responsive to detection of a position within a designation button on the first screen, to cause the display portion to display a position check image identical in shape and size to a second screen, a moving portion to move the position check image in the first screen, a position finalizing portion to finalize a position for displaying the second screen on the basis of the position of the position check image in the first screen, and a second display controlling portion to cause the display portion to display the second screen at the finalized position, to be overlaid on the first screen. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242692 | Linear Progression Based Window Management - Some embodiments implement a linear switching application that provides functionality for switching between different windows based on an x-axis ordering of the windows instead of the z-axis or other ordering of prior art. The linear switching application identifies an array of currently open windows and sorts the array based on the leftmost x-coordinate position of the windows in the array. Optionally, the linear switching application modifies the GUI to display window identifiers based on the leftmost x-coordinate position of each window to orient the user to the x-coordinate position of each of the windows on-screen. The application determines an index in the current x-sorted array for the window that is currently frontmost and changes the frontmost window based on the current frontmost window and a directional input provided by the user. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242693 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS PROGRAM - An image synthesis device includes a matrix memory for storing matrix information for bringing subregions of each of inputted images into correspondence with subregions of an outputted image, and a vector graphic processing unit for drawing a vector graphic of each of graphic regions according to graphic data in a vector form defined by both vertex data for defining the shape of each of the graphic regions into which the outputted image is divided, and a drawing command for specifying contents-to-be-drawn of the vertex data, and performs a coordinate transformation process on the vector graphic by using a correspondence defined by the matrix information to calculate texture coordinates of the inputted images, and displays synthesized image data which the image synthesis device calculates by using image element data about the inputted images, the image element data corresponding to the texture coordinates, as the outputted image. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242694 | MONOCULAR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - According to one embodiment, a monocular head mounted display comprising an information acquisition section, an image data generation section, and an image display section. The information acquisition section acquires solid body position information on a position of a solid body located on ground around a user, and indication position information on an indication position for the user. The image data generation section generates image data including an information object to provide provision information to the user. The image display section displays an image based on the image data on one eye of the user in superimposition on a real scene. The image data generation section generates the image data so as to move the information object in the image so that the information object is superimposed on the indication position after placing the information object in the image so that the information object is superimposed on the solid body. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242695 | Augmented Reality System for Public and Private Seminars - Described are computer implemented augmented reality techniques for public and private seminars that includes receive an indication of a start of a segment of a live presentation, the live presentation comprising at least one segment, with the at least one segment having at least one presentation component; receive information related to a plurality of users, receive rules to analyze the information and select from the information, private information pertaining to a particular user, with the selected information being relevant to the at least one presentation component of the at least one segment of the live presentation, generate an image that when rendered on a display device renders the private information pertaining to the particular user for that presentation component, and send the image of the private information to a device associated with the particular user. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242696 | Augmented Reality In A Virtual Tour Through A Financial Portfolio - Disclosed are techniques for providing a presentation as a virtual tour through a user's portfolio based on receiving signals that correspond to user movements in the physical world and processing the signals to select generated images associated with the user's movements to generate an image that when rendered on a display device renders a visual representation of the portfolio in a virtual world. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242697 | SEE-THROUGH NEAR-EYE DISPLAY GLASSES WITH THE OPTICAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING ABSORPTIVE POLARIZERS OR ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATINGS TO REDUCE STRAY LIGHT - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content. The optical assembly includes absorptive polarizers or anti-reflective coatings to reduce stray light. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242698 | SEE-THROUGH NEAR-EYE DISPLAY GLASSES WITH A MULTI-SEGMENT PROCESSOR-CONTROLLED OPTICAL LAYER - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content. The optical assembly includes a multi-segment optical layer that provides a display characteristic adjustment that is dependent on displayed content requirements and surrounding environmental conditions. Each segment of the multi-segment optical layer is individually controlled by the integrated processor. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242699 | MODIFICATION OF TURF TV PARTICIPANT DECORATIONS BASED ON MULTIPLE REAL-TIME FACTORS - A method, system and compute program product for modifying sporting event participant decorations displayed on a fiber optic “Turf TV” playing surface. A utility calculates a direction of movement of a player or object in proximity to the playing surface, which is configured to display images, during a live sporting event. The utility adds a graphical aura to a real-time graphical image displayed in proximity to the player on the playing surface. The utility animates the aura in response to wind and/or noise in proximity to the playing surface. The utility modifies the aura based on pre-defined custom attributes, penalties, errors, and/or player status. If the player moves, the utility adds a graphical player trail to the image. The utility also adds a graphical object trail that includes previous locations of an object. The object trail may also include spin and a visual appearance corresponding to an object height. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242700 | CONTENTS PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTENTS PLAYBACK METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A contents playback apparatus and the like are provided which allow a user to promptly designate a desired portion when displaying a part of a content in an expanded manner, and are thus excellent in operability. A contents playback apparatus includes an associating unit and a playback unit. The associating unit generates association information for a plurality of characteristic portions contained in a content by referring to priority orders of the respective characteristic portions relative to each other, the association information associating each of the characteristic portions individually with a predetermined operation key of an input device included in the apparatus in accordance with the priority orders. The playback unit plays back, in response to detecting an operation of an operation key during display of the content, the characteristic portion corresponding to the operation key in an expanded display mode, in accordance with the association information. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242701 | ACCESSORY DEPENDENT DISPLAY ORIENTATION - Systems and methods are provided for orienting a display of a user device display screen. A user device may be coupled to an accessory, and the display orientation of the user device may be managed. The display orientation may be determined based on a type of the accessory, accessory identification information, a supported communications protocol, output of an accelerometer, user information, or other information. Criteria may be stored, from which a criterion for orienting the display may be selected based on available information. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242702 | WINDOWS POSITION CONTROL FOR PHONE APPLICATIONS - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface for a phone application are provided. More particularly, a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device can be determined. More particularly, a presentation of a user interface for an in-process call of a phone application can be retained after receiving a flick in an off-screen gesture area of the device. However, the user interface moves from a first screen to a second screen (or vice versa) in response to receiving the flick. The user interface provides detail information about a phone call that is currently in-process. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242703 | WINDOWS POSITION CONTROL FOR PHONE APPLICATIONS - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface for a phone application are provided. More particularly, a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device can be determined. More particularly, a presentation of a user interface for an in-process call of a phone application can be retained after the device is rotated or opened. However, the user interface may move from a first screen to a second screen (or vice versa) in response to receiving the device open signal. The user interface provides detail information about a phone call that is currently in-process. | 2012-09-27 |
20120242704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING GRAPHIC MENU BAR AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method and an apparatus for operating a graphic menu bar and a recording medium using the same, suitable for a portable electronic device having a touch screen, are provided. First, a graphic menu bar is provided, which includes M graphic items arranged in sequence, where M is a positive integer. Next, the touch screen is divided into N display blocks along a coordinate axis direction for displaying N connected graphic items in graphic menu bar, where N is a positive integer smaller than M. When the touch screen detects a touch signal in display blocks and the touch signal is moved toward the coordinate axis direction for a first displacement, the graphic menu bar displayed on the touch screen is moved toward a direction opposite to the coordinate axis direction for a second displacement, and the second displacement is equal to the product of the first displacement and (M−N)/N. | 2012-09-27 |