45th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130293472 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE AND LOCUS SMOOTHING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an optical navigation device including an image sensor, a processing unit, a storage unit and an output unit. The image sensor is configured to successively capture images. The processing unit is configured to calculate a current displacement according to the images and to compare the current displacement or an accumulated displacement with a threshold so as to determine an outputted displacement. The storage unit is configured to save the accumulated displacement. The output unit is configured to output the outputted displacement with a report rate. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293473 | Cursor Management System - An N-screen computer display system is described that includes N panels having N screens capable of displaying a cursor. The system also includes a cursor repositioning component having N screen selectors associated with the N screens. Each of the N screen selectors can be activated to reposition the cursor such that if a particular one of the N screen selectors is activated, the cursor is repositioned to a location on a particular screen associated with the particular one of the N screen selectors. Also described is a cursor location identifier to identify the location of a cursor in a computer display system. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293474 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A SLIDABLE KEYBOARD - A handheld electronic device may include a housing and a display supported by the housing. The handheld electronic device may further include a slider element slidably mounted to housing. The slider element may be configured to move relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position. A keyboard may be coupled to slider element, and may move between a stowed position behind the display and a fully deployed position. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293475 | TYPING EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for a user operating a computer device that includes a computer program, a keyboard, a screen display and driver software. The method includes the driver software receiving information from the keyboard by indicating where the user's fingers are located and associating the information with keyboard keys by the driver software upon receiving the information and generating an image on the screen. The method further includes determining where to display the image on the screen, transmitting the generated image to be displayed on the screen and indicating by the image of a depiction of an on-screen keyboard key display to the user the location of his fingers and which key he is likely to hit next, and where his hands are oriented with respect to the keyboard, such that the device assists in creating a closed eye-brain feedback loop, allowing a user to type without pause. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293476 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes a touch plate and a controlling unit. The touch plate comprises plural first type touch keys and at least one second type touch key. The number of second touch contacts of each second type touch key is equal to the number of the first type touch keys. The controlling unit has plural connecting ports. The number of the connecting ports is equal to the number of the first type touch keys. Each of the connecting port is connected with the corresponding second touch contacts and the corresponding first type touch key. As a consequence, the number of plural touch signals outputted from the touch input device is greater than the number of the connecting ports of the controlling unit. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293477 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An electronic apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus has a sensor module. A space operation mode is enabled when an operation object is detected in a sensor space by the sensor module. A controlling function corresponding to one of a plurality of using spaces divided from the sensor space in which the operation object is located is enabled. Movement information of the operation object is detected by the sensor module, and an operation action corresponding to the enabled controlling function is executed. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293478 | TOUCH INPUT GESTURE BASED COMMAND - A touch input gesture made on a touch sensitive display is described for providing a quick and efficient method for initiating the opening of a text input box. The initiation of opening the text input box following the touch input gesture may be made during the running of a separate application. Further, certain characteristics related to the shape, size and length of the touch input gesture will be referenced to determine certain characteristics of the text input box that is initiated in response to the touch input gesture. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293479 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS IN A TERMINAL - A character input apparatus and method in a terminal are provided, in which a touch screen displays a first key set and a second key set. The first key set includes first letter keys with all consonants and a second letter key with symbols indicating Tone Marks (Tms) and positions of predetermined vowels, for inputting all vowels and Tms. The second key set includes the predetermined vowels or Tms. Upon selection of a symbol by the second letter key, the controller controls the touch screen to display the second key set and receives at least one letter by the first key set and the second key set. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293480 | DRILLING OF DISPLAYED CONTENT IN A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Systems and computer program products may provide drilling of displayed content in a touch screen device. A system or computer program may provide detecting a touch gesture by a user on a first portion of displayed content on a touch display. The first portion may include a drillable data element having at least a first dimension, a second dimension and a third dimension. The system or computer program may further provide detecting information associated with the touch gesture, determining a requested drilling action based at least in part on the detected information, the requested drilling action including at least one of a change of a displayed drill dimension and a change of a displayed drill degree, sending the requested drilling action of the first portion to a report server and presenting a drilled first portion on the touch display. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293481 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ACCESSING DATA FILES - A method, electronic device, and computer readable medium involves the display of an initial state of a folder icon on a touch screen, detection of a movement path of an object in contact with the touch screen, determination that the movement path substantially matches a predetermined path shape, and the display of a three-dimensionally rotated state of the folder icon on the touch screen in response to the determination. The three-dimensionally rotated state enables user access to a lower-level icon displayed on the touch screen. The lower-level icon corresponds to an electronic data file or a subfolder containing electronic data files. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293482 | TRANSPARENT THROUGH-GLASS VIA - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for transparent conductive vias in a transparent substrate. In one aspect, a transparent conductive via extends through a transparent substrate and electrically connects a topside conductor on a top surface of the transparent substrate and a bottom side conductor on a bottom surface of the transparent substrate. In another aspect, a transparent conductive via extends at least partially through a transparent substrate and is in electrical communication with a topside conductor on a top surface of the transparent substrate. In another aspect, a method of forming a transparent through-substrate via is provided. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293483 | SELECTABLE OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes displaying a selectable object at a first position on a display of an electronic device, detecting activity near the selectable object, and, in response to detecting the activity, discontinuing displaying the selectable object at the first position and displaying the selectable object at a second position. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293484 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes applying a first plurality of pulses to scanning electrodes during a first scan to detect touches on a touch-sensitive display, receiving an indication to scan in a reduced power condition, and when in the reduced power condition, applying a second plurality of pulses to scanning electrodes during a second scan to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second plurality of pulses comprises fewer pulses than the first plurality of pulses. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293485 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a touch panel, the method including: (A) supplying a raw glass plate; (B) forming an electrode layer on each of a plurality of a glass substrate unit areas on the raw glass plate; (C) forming a protection layer to cover the electrode layer on the glass substrate unit areas; (D) cutting the raw glass plate into the glass substrate units; and (E) tempering the cut glass substrate units. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293486 | TOUCH-BASED REMOTE CONTROL - Systems and method for remotely controlling applications executing on devices that do not have touch-based user input capabilities even when such applications were programmed to rely exclusively on touch-based control are described. In accordance with certain embodiments, user input events produced when a user interacts with a user input component of a remote control device are captured and transmitted to a display or processing device that is executing a target application. On the display/processing device, software components that are not part of the original source code of the target application convert the received user input events into commands that are recognizable to the target application and inject those commands into the target application. The software components also cause a visually-perceptible hotspot indicator or other content to be overlaid on graphical content rendered to a display by the target application, thereby facilitating targeted control of the application by the user. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293487 | TOUCH PANEL - The present invention is directed to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a light shielding layer disposed on a bottom surface of at least one peripheral edge of a transparent substrate. An optical layer with a refractive index greater than 1.5 is disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate. A touch sensing layer is disposed below the transparent substrate. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293488 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a camera configured to capture at least first and second eye gestures of a user using the mobile terminal; a display; and a controller configured to display on the display an eye tracking mode guide based on the captured first captured eye gesture and to select a particular function included in the eye tracking mode guide based on the captured second eye gesture. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293489 | PROXIMITY/MOTION AND TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - This disclosure relates to a proximity/motion and touch sensor. The proximity/motion and touch sensor includes a proximity/motion driving electrode, a plurality of first proximity/motion sensing electrode, a plurality of second proximity/motion sensing electrode serials, a plurality of first touch electrode serials, and a plurality of second touch electrode serials. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293490 | DISPLAY ZOOM CONTROLLED BY PROXIMITY DETECTION - Various embodiments provide a user device comprising a touch screen display having a touch screen input; a proximity detector arrangement comprising a plurality of sensors for detecting a location of an input device; and a control unit comprising a processor. The control unit is configured to receive data from the proximity detector to determine the location of the input device, including a value related to the distance of the input device to the display; and control the display to perform a zoom function to enlarge or reduce the size of content on a portion of the display based on the value related to the distance of the input device to the display. The proximity detector arrangement and control unit are configured to detect the location of the input device within a detection volume and to provide a gradual variation in enlargement or reduction of the size of content as the distance of the input device to the display varies. Providing a gradual variation in zoom allows for a more precise and enjoyable user experience. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293491 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode divided into a plurality of blocks. The counter electrodes of the respective blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of plural continuous display lines, the counter electrodes of the respective blocks double scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a driver circuit that applies a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective blocks is provided. The driver circuit sequentially applies the touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective blocks in plural times, while a drive pulse for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display panel is not varied, and drive frequencies of the respective touch panel scanning voltages are different from each other. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH HANDHELD CARRIER HOSTING MEDIA CONTENT - Improved techniques for interacting with one or more handheld carriers hosting media content are disclosed. The handheld carrier hosting media content may be sensed, and at least a portion of the media content may be integrated into operation of a media activity provided by a computing device, upon recognizing the media activity and the media content. The media activity provided by the computing device may involve creating or editing an electronic document. The integration of the media content into operation of the media activity may involve insertion or importation of the media content into the electronic document. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293493 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD OF TOUCH INPUT DEVICES - A signal transmitting method of a touch input device is adapted to the touch input device and a computer device connected with each other. According to an embodiment, the signal transmitting method includes the following steps. A touch signal is obtained by using a touch input device. When the touch signal corresponds to a mouse mode, the touch signal is transmitted to an inbuilt mouse driver of the computer device through a first channel. When the touch signal corresponds to a touchpad mode, the touch signal is transmitted to an inbuilt touchpad driver of the computer device through a second channel different from the first channel. Thus, a single touch input device can be used as a mouse and a touch pad, and provide different input signals to the computer device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293494 | Wristband Having A User Interface And Method Of Using Thereof - A user input system that includes a wristband sized for at least partly encircling a wearer's wrist and having an outer surface, a touch surface operative to detect at least one movement vector of at least one fingertip which slide contiguously against the outer surface, a touch controller for analyzing the at least one movement vector to identify a computing device operation command, and a wireless communication unit for wirelessly transmitting the computing device operation command to the computing device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293495 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING TOUCH AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for touch input and a touch display device using the same are provided. The method for touch input includes: if a touch of an object with respect to the touch display device is detected, determining a contact area of the object touching on the touch display device; determining an input function corresponding to the contact area of the object; and if a touch input by the object is received, executing an input operation based on the determined input function corresponding to the contact area of the object. Accordingly, the user may execute a variety of input operations based on various input functions, by touch inputs using a variety of objects, without having to display an input function change menu. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293496 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - First, when operation input by a user is detected, an operation signal in accordance with contents of the operation is output. Next, a determination is made of whether the operation by the user is a short press operation or a long press operation on the basis of time in which the operation signal is output. Next, if determined that the user has performed the short press operation, a preview screen indicating contents of a predetermined event associated with the long press operation in advance is displayed on a screen of a display section as a preview. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293497 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present application provides an electronic device having a first operating mode and a second operating mode, and including a body; a first rotating structure connected with the body; a supporting part connected with the body via the first rotating structure; a second rotating structure; a base connected with the supporting part via the second rotating structure. Specifically, the body is substantially perpendicular to the base when the electronic device is in the first operating mode; and the body is substantially parallel to the base when the electronic device is in the second operating mode. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293498 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Driving the Same - Disclosed is an LCD device and a method of driving the same. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel configured to comprise a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate; a touch panel configured to comprise a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes; a common voltage generator configured to generate a common voltage; a touch sensing unit configured to supply the common voltage to the driving electrodes and sequentially supply a driving voltage to scanned driving electrodes, corresponding to scanned gate lines to which a scan signal has been inputted for one frame period, to detect a touch; and a driving voltage generator configured to generate the driving voltage. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293499 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR - A touch-sensitive display device includes a substrate, an OLED structure and a cover plate. The OLED structure is disposed on the substrate and includes a first electrode layer, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, the light-emitting layer is disposed on the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layer is disposed on the light-emitting layer and patterned to form a plurality of touch-sensing electrodes. The cover plate is disposed opposite the substrate and spaced at an interval from the substrate, and the OLED structure is sealed between the substrate and the cover plate. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293500 | Highlevel Active Pen Matrix - The present invention relates to a system, method and medium for receiving and acting upon user input. In one embodiment, the user may only have access to a limited input device, like a stylus. Using the present invention, a user is provided with intuitive responses from the system based on inputs from the limited input device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293501 | DETECTION OF A ROLLING MOTION OR SLIDING MOTION OF A BODY PART ON A SURFACE - An optical scanner scans a first portion of a print of a body part such as a finger in a first area of an optical surface. The optical scanner detects a motion of the body part to a second area of the optical surface. This can be done in various ways. One way is for the optical scanner to detect a sliding motion of the body part to determine if most of the first portion of the print is in the second area. Another way is for the optical scanner to determine a rolling motion of the print based on a continuity of the print from the first area to the second area. A similar system and method is disclosed which detects a rolling motion of a body part by using a sleeve with multiple properties. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293502 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display apparatus capable of reducing user annoyance by displaying display information in an appropriate output format. Touch panel | 2013-11-07 |
20130293503 | Input Identification Method And Input Apparatus - An input apparatus having a touch module and an input identification method applied to the apparatus are described. The method includes during the collection of a touch track on the touch module, when a first partial track of the touch track satisfies a first preset condition, a first command corresponding to the first partial track is obtained; the first command is executed; and during the collection of the touch track, when a second partial track following the first partial track satisfies a second preset condition, a second command corresponding to the second partial track is obtained; and the second command is executed. The method and apparatus can quickly identify a gesture operation of a user on the touch screen, and can continue to perform the corresponding operation after the identification of the gesture operation of the user and before the completion of the gesture operation. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293504 | SYSTEM WITH A GESTURE-IDENTIFICATION UNIT - A method is used for operating a system with a touchscreen, a control unit for the touchscreen, a central-processing unit and a gesture-identification unit. In a first method step, a position of one or more physical objects on and/or near the touchscreen is identified by the control unit, and/or a movement of one or more physical objects on and/or near the touchscreen is identified by the control unit. In a further method step, the position and/or the movement of one or more physical objects is associated with a gesture in a gesture set by a first association unit in a gesture-identification unit. Following this, a key combination is transferred by a second association unit to an application, and/or a function of an application is started for the gesture by the second association unit, and/or the gesture is transferred by the second association unit to an application. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293505 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTION INTERFACE FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional interaction interface for mobile devices. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a touch screen to provide a display and to generate a touch screen signal upon contact to the touch screen, a touch sensor to generate a touch sensor signal upon contact to the touch sensor, and a module to provide for cooperative operation of the touch screen signal and the touch sensor signal in providing input to the mobile device upon determining that an input to the touch screen indicates a multipoint input. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293506 | Capacitive Switch Automatic Adjustment - A method for adjusting input sensitivity of a touchscreen. The method includes: providing input sensitivity of the touchscreen at a base level; increasing input sensitivity of the touchscreen above the base level in response to detection of at least one predetermined condition; and returning input sensitivity of the touchscreen to the base level when atmospheric temperature proximate to the touchscreen is equal to or greater than a first target temperature | 2013-11-07 |
20130293507 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES - A touch-sensitive display includes first electrodes and second electrodes arranged and constructed to detect touches by mutual-capacitance touch sensing, and third electrodes and the second electrodes arranged and constructed to detect touches by self-capacitance touch sensing, wherein the first electrodes are different from the third electrodes. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293508 | TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch panel capable of assembling to a casing assembly having a conductive protrusion is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a decoration pattern layer, a touch sensing device, a reflective protecting electrode, an electrostatic discharge protecting device, a plurality of signal connecting lines, an insulating layer and a protection layer. The decoration pattern layer is located in a periphery region of the substrate and overlapped with the reflective protecting electrode. The electrostatic discharge protecting device is connected to the touch sensing device and the reflective protecting electrode to transmit electrostatic charges to the reflective protecting electrode. The signal connecting lines are overlapped with the decoration pattern layer and electrically connected to the touch sensing device. The protection layer has an opening to expose a portion of the reflective protecting electrode such that the reflective protecting electrode is electrically connected to the conductive protrusion through the opening. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293509 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVITY - An electronic device includes a touch panel and a control module. On the display panel, m columns of sensing capacitors are disposed along a first direction and n rows of sensing capacitors are disposed along a second direction. The control module includes M column output channels, N row output channels, M column scan lines and N row scan lines. Each column scan line includes a first end coupled to a corresponding column output channel and a second end spreading into A sub scan lines which are coupled to A adjacent columns of sensing capacitors among the m columns of sensing capacitors, respectively. Each row scan line includes a first end coupled to a corresponding row output channel and a second end spreading into B sub scan lines which are coupled to B adjacent rows of sensing capacitors among the n rows of sensing capacitors, respectively. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293510 | METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN EDGE SWIPE GESTURES THAT ENTER A TOUCH SENSOR FROM AN EDGE AND OTHER SIMILAR BUT NON-EDGE SWIPE ACTIONS - A method for detecting and tracking a single finger or multi-finger gesture referred to as an edge swipe gesture that originates from an edge of a touch sensor and which is distinguished from normal touch sensor operations such as cursoring, wherein the edge swipe gesture generates detection and tracking data having an immediate change, whereas touchdown or movement towards and then away from an edge of the touch sensor will generate data that is different from the edge swipe gesture. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293511 | TOUCH SENSOR CHIP, TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOISE OF TOUCH PANEL - Provided are a touch sensor chip, a touch sensing apparatus including the same, and a method of controlling noise of a touch panel. The touch sensing apparatus includes: an electronic device which is driven by a clock signal; a touch panel which is placed adjacent to the electronic device and receives a touch signal; and a touch sensor chip which transmits a driving signal to the touch panel and hops a frequency of the driving signal by a hopping interval if a noise level at the frequency of the driving signal is equal to or higher than a noise threshold, wherein the hopping interval is set based on an exciting frequency of the touch sensor chip. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293512 | MUTUAL CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a mutual capacitive touch panel, including: a first transparent substrate; a first bar-shaped transparent electrode formed on the first transparent substrate and divided in a length direction; first wiring whose one set of ends are connected to the first bar-shaped transparent electrode and whose the other set of ends are arranged on one side of the first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate; a second bar-shaped transparent electrode formed on the second transparent substrate and divided in a length direction; second wiring whose one set of ends are connected to the second bar-shaped to transparent electrode and whose the other set of ends are arranged on one side of the second transparent substrate; and an adhesive layer disposed between the first bar-shaped transparent electrode and the second bar-shaped transparent electrode such that the first bar-shaped transparent electrode and the second bar-shaped transparent electrode face each other. The mutual capacitive touch panel is advantageous in that, since transparent electrodes are divided, low resistance can be realized even when the transparent electrodes are made of a conductive polymer, thus keeping up with the trend of manufacturing large touch panels. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293513 | DISPLAY WITH DUAL-FUNCTION CAPACITIVE ELEMENTS - A touch screen including display pixels with capacitive elements is provided. The touch screen includes first common voltage lines connecting capacitive elements in adjacent display pixels, and a second common voltage line connecting first common voltage lines. The pixels can be formed as electrically separated regions by including breaks in the common voltage lines. The regions can include a drive region that is stimulated by stimulation signals, a sense region that receives sense signals corresponding to the stimulation signals. A grounded region can also be included, for example, between a sense region and a drive region. A shield layer can be formed of a substantially high resistance material and disposed to shield a sense region. A black mask line and conductive line under the black mask line can be included, for example, to provide low-resistance paths between a region of pixels and touch circuitry outside the touch screen borders. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293514 | Detection Method for a Capacitive Touchpad to Identify a Real Touch Point - A two-step detection for a capacitive touchpad to identify a real touch point first detects the self capacitances from multiple capacitance sensor traces of the capacitive touchpad to identify any touch point on the capacitive touchpad and then, if multiple touch points are detected, further detects the mutual capacitance at one of the detected touch points to identify whether it is a real touch point. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293515 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The source driver ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130293516 | Touch Sensitive Holographic Displays - We describe a touch sensitive holographic image display device for holographically projecting a touch sensitive image at an acute angle onto a surface on which the device is placed. The device includes holographic image projection optics comprising at least one coherent light source illuminating a spatial light modulator (SLM), output optics to project a hologram onto an acute angle surface, and a remote touch sensing system to remotely detect a touch of a location within or adjacent to the holographically displayed image. A control system is configured to provide data defining an image for display, to receive detected touch data, and to control the device responsive to remote detection of a touch of a the displayed image. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293517 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM WITH DISPLAY SCREEN - An optical touch system includes a display screen having a contact surface, two infrared light sources emitting infrared light to cover the contact surface, two linear infrared sensors each having a sensing surface with a lengthwise direction thereof parallel to the contact surface, a processor, and a controller. Each linear infrared sensor captures an image of the contact surface with an infrared portion representing a touch area of a contact object, the image has an aspect ratio greater than that of the contact surface. The processor determines the touch location of the contact object based on the aspect ratios of the image and the contact surface, the location of the infrared portion on the image, the area of the infrared portion and the area of the touch portion of the contact object. The controller executes an instruction according to the determined location of the contact object. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293518 | PICTURE DISPLAY APPARATUS, PICTURE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND SCREEN - A picture display apparatus includes a screen including a light guide plate which propagates a light of a specific wavelength inside and has a diffuser structure | 2013-11-07 |
20130293519 | GREY SCALE ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS DISPLAY DEVICE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for an electromechanical systems display device. In one aspect, a grey scale electromechanical systems display device may include a reflector assembly disposed on a support dielectric layer, a substrate, and an absorber assembly. The absorber assembly may include a metal layer. The absorber assembly may be configured to move to a first position defining a first cavity between the absorber assembly and the substrate such that the device reflects a white light. The absorber assembly also may be configured to move to a second position defining a second cavity between the absorber assembly and the reflector assembly such that the device substantially does not reflect light. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293520 | DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL - A display driving device and a method for driving a display panel are provided. The display driving device includes the display panel and a display driver. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of multiplexers. Each of the multiplexers is disposed with N data lines. The display driver provides a plurality of display data strings and a plurality of selection signals to the multiplexers to control the multiplexers according to the selection signals to receive and sequentially output the display data of the pixel units. Each of the display data strings forms two display data sets of different polarities in a same scan line, and the display data sets include the display data of at least one pixel unit. Thereby, the polarity inversion number of the display data and accordingly the power consumption can be reduced when the display driving device drives the pixel units. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293521 | Power-up circuit, LCD Substrate, and Method for manufacturing LCD Panel - The invention discloses a power-up circuit, an LCD substrate, and a method for manufacturing an LCD panel. The power-up circuit of a PSVA LCD panel includes a conductive lead connected with an external power supply, and a plurality of data lines for supplying power to pixel electrodes of the LCD panel. One end of each data line is coupled with the conductive lead, and the other end is electrically connected with at least one another data line when power is applied. In the invention, because different data lines are mutually connected, when one data line is disconnected, the disconnected line connected to the conductive lead can continuously achieve power supply; the disconnected line on the other end can be connected to other normal data lines and can achieve power supply through normal data lines. Thus, the fault is controlled within the range of a disconnected point; the conventional linear defects are reduced to point defects, thereby improving PSVA light alignment effect. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293522 | VOLTAGE PROGRAMMED PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A voltage programmed pixel circuit, display system having the pixel circuit and driving method thereof is provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device, a driving transistor connected to the light emitting device and a programming circuit. The programming circuit adjusts a pixel current during a programming cycle of the pixel circuit. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293523 | VOLTAGE BIASED PULL ANALOG INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR WITH CHARGE INJECTION CONTROL - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for driving three-terminal electromechanical systems (EMS) devices. The driving systems and methods described herein include a switched capacitor charge injection circuit that is configured to isolate a single EMS device and transfer a desired amount of charge to the isolated device such that the device can be actuated to produce a desired optical, electrical or mechanical effect. The charge injection circuit can include an operational amplifier and can be connected such that the EMS device is placed in the feedback path of the operational amplifier. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293524 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a panel and a display device including the same, the panel including a substrate, a signal line arranged on the substrate, the signal line configured to transmit a driving signal, an insulating layer arranged on the signal line, and a pixel electrode and a contact assistant arranged on the insulating layer. The contact assistant is electrically connected to a portion of the signal line, the contact assistant includes indium zinc oxide doped with a metal oxide not including indium or zinc, and the metal oxide has a smaller Gibbs free energy than zinc oxide. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293525 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY PANEL - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method for driving an OLED display panel are provided. The method includes the following steps. In a reset period, a plurality of scanning signals received by a plurality of pixels of the OLED display panel is simultaneously enabled, and a plurality of data-voltages received by the pixels are set to a reference-voltage. In a threshold voltage cancelling period, a system-high-voltage received by the pixels and the scanning signals are simultaneously enabled, and the data-voltages are set to the reference-voltage. In a scanning period, the scanning signals are sequentially enabled, and the data-voltages are set according to the corresponded displaying data within a plurality of displaying data. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293526 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A display device includes pixels having gate lines, data lines, dummy pixels each of which is connected to a dummy gate line, a dummy data line or one of a corresponding data line of the data lines, a gate driver configured to drive the gate lines and the dummy gate line, a data driver configured to drive the data lines and the dummy data line, a timing controller configured to control the gate driver to drive the dummy gate line and apply a test data to the data driver during a test mode, a kickback detector configured to output a kickback signal corresponding to a difference between the test data and a digital detecting signal of the dummy pixel during the test mode, and a voltage generator adjusting a level of a common voltage in accordance with the kickback signal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293527 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes pixel circuits and a scanning line driving circuit that supplies control signals to the pixel circuits through scanning lines. The scanning line driving circuit generates a control signal that transitions between a reference potential and a control potential, with the control potential being altered dependent upon a temperature condition. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293528 | DISPLAY DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL - A display driving apparatus is disclosed. The display driving apparatus includes a display panel, a controller and a driving circuit. The controller receives a signal adjusting data and generates a driving controlling signal according to the signal adjusting data. The driving circuit separately provides a scanning driving signal and a data driving signal to a scanning line and a data line and adjusts at least one electrical property of the scanning driving signal and at least one electrical property of the data driving signal according to the driving controlling signal, wherein the signal adjusting data is generated according to an impedance value of the scanning line and the data line. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293529 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY SCREEN WITH THE SAME - A gate driving circuit drives a plurality of gate lines arranged in a display panel. The gate driving circuit includes a shift register having at least two stages of shift register units, and a gate enable circuit. Each shift register unit includes a gate signal output terminal configured to output a gate signal. The gate enable circuit includes a plurality of gate enable units. Each gate enable unit corresponds to one of the shift register units and includes an input terminal connected to the gate signal output terminal of the corresponding shift register unit, an output terminal connected to a corresponding one of the gate lines, and an enable signal input terminal configured to receive an enable signal. Each gate enable unit is configured to selectively output the gate signal of the corresponding shift register unit to the corresponding gate line based on the state of the received enable signal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293530 | PRODUCT AUGMENTATION AND ADVERTISING IN SEE THROUGH DISPLAYS - An augmented reality system that provides augmented product and environment information to a wearer of a see through head mounted display. The augmentation information may include advertising, inventory, pricing and other information about products a wearer may be interested in. Interest is determined from wearer actions and a wearer profile. The information may be used to incentivize purchases of real world products by a wearer, or allow the wearer to make better purchasing decisions. The augmentation information may enhance a wearer's shopping experience by allowing the wearer easy access to important product information while the wearer is shopping in a retail establishment. Through virtual rendering, a wearer may be provided with feedback on how an item would appear in a wearer environment, such as the wearer's home. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293531 | USER PERCEPTION OF VISUAL EFFECTS - At least two images that differ in some respect may be presented to a user. In response to viewing the at least two images, the user may perceive a certain visual effect that may or may not be present if the user viewed the at least two images individually. As a result, by presenting a different image to each eye of the user, the user may perceive a unique, a different, and/or an enhanced visual experience. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293532 | SEGMENTATION OF 3D POINT CLOUDS FOR DENSE 3D MODELING - Techniques for segmentation of three-dimensional (3D) point clouds are described herein. An example of a method for user-assisted segmentation of a 3D point cloud described herein includes obtaining a 3D point cloud of a scene containing a target object; receiving a seed input indicative of a location of the target object within the scene; and generating a segmented point cloud corresponding to the target object by pruning the 3D point cloud based on the seed input. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293533 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a parallax estimating unit that generates parallax information from a left visual point image to be an image signal for a left eye applied to multi-dimensional image display and a right visual point image to be an image signal for a right eye applied to the multi-dimensional image display, an interpolation direction control unit that controls changing of an interpolation direction of a virtual visual point image including a visual point image other than the left visual point image and the right visual point image, according to a parameter showing a degree of a variation based on the parallax information generated by the parallax estimating unit, and a virtual visual point image generating unit that generates the virtual visual point image in the interpolation direction of which the changing is controlled by the interpolation direction control unit. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293534 | DISPLAY UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display section having a predetermined display region including a first region and a second region; and a control section allowing the display section to display a three-dimensional image in the first region and allowing the display section to display a two-dimensional image in the second region, the control section allowing the display section to time-divisionally display the three-dimensional image and the two-dimensional image. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293535 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL SPATIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A SURGICAL TOOL - An apparatus and a method determine a virtual spatial reconstruction of a surgical tool imaged in a 2D x-ray image. A reconstruction module segments a 2D image of at least one element of the surgical tool in the 2D x-ray image and a spatial reconstruction of the at least one element is implemented after the spatial configuration of the 2D image of the at least one element is determined. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293536 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image signal processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a display signal including an image signal containing both two-dimensional and three-dimensional images and a region information in each predetermined unit in the image signal and separates the image signal and the region information from the display signal, a display control unit that generates a first display control information for controlling rendering positions of the first and second regions in the image signal according to the region information and a second display control information for selectively displaying a three-dimensional image in a region corresponding to the rendering position of the second region based on the region information, and a processing unit that generates a display image signal indicating an image where the first and second region are arranged according to the first display control information based on the image signal and the first display control information. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293537 | Coordinated 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Graphics Processing - A data processing system ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130293538 | OBJECT OPERATING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Motion data to be inserted between two different object actions that include a rotating action and are to be successively performed are generated so that the two actions are smoothly connected. Respective elements d required to define a transitional motion action are calculated from the respective frames after the end point of the former motion and before the start point of the latter motion. As for the three-dimensional rotation R(t) that defines the posture in each frame, independent linear values rx(t), ry(t), and rz(t) are calculated as values approximating the three-dimensional rotation R(t) by using exponential maps. The velocity components of the respective elements d are determined, and the largest value of the absolute values of the velocity components in each of the post-end frames and the pre-start frames is extracted as an interpolating velocity v(t). The respective elements d(t) in each of blended transitional motion frames can be determined. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293539 | VOLUME DIMENSIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for volume dimensioning packages are provided. A method of operating a volume dimensioning system may include the receipt of image data of an area at least a first three-dimensional object to be dimensioned from a first point of view as captured using at least one image sensor. The system can determine from the received image data a number of features in three dimensions of the first three-dimensional object. Based at least on part on the determined features of the first three-dimensional object, the system can fit a first three-dimensional packaging wireframe model about the first three-dimensional object. The system can display of an image of the first three-dimensional packaging wireframe model fitted about an image of the first three-dimensional object on a display device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293540 | DIMENSIONING SYSTEM CALIBRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods of determining the volume and dimensions of a three-dimensional object using a dimensioning system are provided. The dimensioning system can include an image sensor, a non-transitory, machine-readable, storage, and a processor. The dimensioning system can select and fit a three-dimensional packaging wireframe model about each three-dimensional object located within a first point of view of the image sensor. Calibration is performed to calibrate between image sensors of the dimensioning system and those of the imaging system. Calibration may occur pre-run time, in a calibration mode or period. Calibration may occur during a routine. Calibration may be automatically triggered on detection of a coupling between the dimensioning and the imaging systems. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293541 | Designing A 3D Modeled Object - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a 3D modeled object. The method comprises providing a base mesh controlling a subdivision surface. The subdivision surface models the 3D modeled object. The method also comprises providing a polyline consisting of connected edges of the base mesh and defining a smooth portion of the polyline comprising an extremity of the polyline and a sharp portion of the polyline upstream the smooth portion. The method also comprises converting faces of the mesh adjacent to the polyline into parametric patches approximating the subdivision surface. The patches have a G0 connection across the sharp portion of the polyline, and the patches have a Gi connection across the smooth portion of the polyline, where i is an integer higher or equal to 1. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293542 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING WITH REAL FACADE TEXTURE - A computer system is described for automatically generating a three-dimensional model of a structure. The computer system includes hardware and one or more non-transitory computer readable medium accessible by the hardware and storing instructions that when executed by the hardware cause the hardware to: locate multiple oblique images containing a real façade texture of a structure having a geographical position from one or more database of oblique images; select a base oblique image from the multiple oblique images by analyzing, with selection logic, image raster content of the real façade texture depicted in the multiple oblique images, the selection logic using a factorial analysis of the image raster content; and, relate the real façade texture of the base oblique image to the three dimensional model to provide a real-life representation of physical characteristics of the structure within the three-dimensional model. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293543 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus. A rendering unit of the image processing apparatus may perform rendering with respect to each of N passes by applying a multi-pass rendering process with respect to an object in an image. The image processing apparatus may include a texture buffer to store information about at least one pixel using second pass rendering different from first pass rendering, while performing the first pass rendering corresponding to a process of generating a final result image among the N passes. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293544 | Tiled Forward Shading with Improved Depth Filtering - An image may be divided into tiles, each tile including a multitude of pixels. For each tile, a list of primitive groups that intersect the tile and an initial list of volumes that intersect the tile may be generated. For each primitive group in the list of primitive groups, a per-primitive group list of volumes may be generated. The per-primitive-group list of volumes may include volumes from the initial list of volumes whose depth range overlaps with a depth range of the primitive group. Pixels in the tile which intersect the primitive group may be shaded using the per-primitive-group list of volumes. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293545 | METHODS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS FOR SIMULATING ILLUMINATION PATTERNS - Systems and methods for simulating illumination patterns on target surfaces in a space are disclosed. The system includes an input component and a simulation component. The input component receives a sampling angular range, a sampling polygon density, and a sampling polygon type. The simulation component traces sampling rays according to the sampling angular range and the sampling polygon density and type within a sampling range. The simulation component can further (1) generate an initial illumination pattern with a plurality of sampling polygon projections on the target surface; (2) assign the same value of an attribute in the sampling polygon projections defined by sampling rays through substantially the same route from the light source to the target surface; and (3) adjust the value of the attribute in the sampling polygon projection defined by sampling rays from different routes by interpolation. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293546 | DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT (GPU) - The GPU including at least one shader processor may assign a vertex shader task and a pixel shader task to the at least one shader processor. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293547 | GRAPHICS RENDERING TECHNIQUE FOR AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - Various embodiments are presented herein that may render an image frame on an autostereoscopic 3D display. A computer platform including a processor circuit executing a rendering application may determine a current orientation of a virtual camera array within a three-dimensional (3D) scene and at least on additional 3D imaging parameter for the 3D scene. The rendering application, with the aid of a ray tracing engine, may also determine a depth range for the 3D scene. The ray tracing engine may then facilitate rendering of the image frame representative of the 3D scene using a ray tracing process. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293548 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real space image including an image of another apparatus, a coordinate system generation unit for generating a spatial coordinate system of the real space image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting spatial information constituting the spatial coordinate system generated by the coordinate system generation unit to the other apparatus sharing the spatial coordinate system. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293549 | METHOD FOR PARTITIONING AND PROCESSING A DIGITAL IMAGE - Method for partitioning a digital image into two or more regions where each region is defined using a portion of the digital image. In addition, margin pixels for each region are defined as pixels that correspond to a top margin, a bottom margin, a left margin, and a right margin of each region of the digital image. Margin pixels are generated by using various techniques such as on-the-fly generation, using data information of neighboring pixels to each region, using data information of pixels within each region, or using predetermined data information for a color including black. The pixels of each region are processed with its margin pixels to create a new processed region of the digital image. The processing may include scaling of each region from a first resolution to a second resolution. The data information of each processed region can be displayed using a portion of an electronic display panel, or a monitor having with multiple display regions. The concatenations of the displayed representations using data information from each processed region faithfully reproduce the digital image. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293550 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ZOOM ANIMATION - A method of developing from a first animated sequence of images having a first zoom factor a second animated sequence of images having a second zoom factor different to the first zoom factor, the method comprising the steps of: rendering the first animated sequence of images at a first resolution within a first display area, determining an area of the first animated sequence of images that is to be developed as at least part of a second animated sequence of images having the second zoom factor, adjusting the determined area of the first animated sequence of images for display in a second display area, and rendering the second animated sequence of images at the first resolution in the second display area and subsequently changing the resolution of the second animated sequence of images to a second resolution different to the first resolution. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293551 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CORPORATE NETWORKS - Systems and methods for graphical representation of corporate networks are provided. The graphical representation may be used to present corporate information, e.g., corporate reporting structure, employee keywords, etc. The graphical representation may include nodes whose sizes are based on the corporate data, such as the number of direct reports, or frequencies of keywords appearances. The graphical representation may also include multi-layer corporation information. Further, the graphical representation may present a subset of corporate data in response to user inputs. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293552 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING GRAPHS AND/OR PHYSICAL BODIES - Systems and methods for analyzing graphs and/or physical bodies are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods determine one or more scaling factors that may be subsequently used to extract data from a graph/body under consideration. The systems and methods may also enable data extraction from multiple graphs, providing avenues to simultaneously optimize multiple variables at the same time. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293553 | VISUALIZING DATA MODEL SENSITIVITY TO VARIATIONS IN PARAMETER VALUES - A method that facilitates optimization analysis and sensitivity analysis of a data model comprises: receiving first data identifying a value function, parameters for the value function, and one or more specific parameter values for one or more of the parameters; storing a data model based on the value function and the specific parameter values; determining which parameters of the data model are capable of taking variable values; receiving second data identifying one or more selected parameters; receiving third data specifying a value selection approach for each of the selected parameters; determining a plurality of result values by substituting, based on the value selection approach, a plurality of input values for each of the selected parameters and evaluating the value function using the selected parameters and the substituted values; and generating and causing displaying a table of the result values. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293554 | A METHOD FOR STROKING PATHS - A method of stroking a curved path with a fill of pre-determined thickness, said path having line segments defined by a plurality of points, said method comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of projection lines normal to the curved path at the plurality of points, each of the projection lines having a length based on the pre-determined fill thickness; determining an intersection between a set of the plurality of projection lines, said intersection indicating an occurrence of a void in stroking the curved path; and in response to detecting said intersection of the set of projection lines, constructing at least one polygon filling in the void in the stroked path. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293555 | ANIMATION VIA PIN THAT DEFINES MULTIPLE KEY FRAMES - Disclosed are embodiments for defining animation of content. One exemplary embodiment calls for receiving an indication of a location for an animation pin on a timeline associated with a content editing environment configured for editing content. The embodiment involves recording a state of the content in response to receiving the indication of the location for the animation pin, the recorded state of the content associated with a first time and comprising a value associated with a property. Additionally, the embodiment involves receiving a user input indicating an edited state of the content at a second time different from the first time, the second state associated with the location of the animation pin on the timeline and defining an animation based at least in part on the recorded state and the edited state of the content. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293556 | APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR BASED ON PROGRAMMABLE MECHANICAL FORCES - Interferometric modulators may include a movable layer including both permanently anchored and programmable hinges. Unactuated programmable hinges may exert little or no force on the movable layer. When actuated, programmable hinges may exert a mechanical force on the movable layer in a direction approximately opposite to the direction of force exerted by the permanently anchored hinges. By increasing a voltage between the programmable hinges and an electrode, a progressive number of programmable hinges may be engaged. The mechanical force exerted on the movable layer by these hinges may change the relative position of the movable layer within an IMOD device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293557 | SERVER BASED GRAPHICS PROCESSING TECHNIQUES - The server based graphics processing techniques, describer herein, include passing graphics commands from a shim layer to a guest display device interface, wherein the shim layer and the guest display device interface (DDI) are executing in a given instance of a guest virtual machine (VM). The guest DDI calls back to the shim layer with corresponding function calls. The function calls are passed from the shim layer to a host DDI through a communication channel of a host-guest communication manager (HGCM), wherein the host display device interface and host-guest communication manager are executing in a host virtual machine manager (VMM). | 2013-11-07 |
20130293558 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OF MEDIA SIGNALS - Methods and apparatus for processing media signals. In one embodiment, a data processing device processes fixed and variable rate data using a first and second processing unit. The processing comprises real-time processing of audio/video signals by a graphics processing unit (GPU) and/or central processing unit (CPU). The processing units process data efficiently by establishing one processor as always processing variable rate data, and using one or more schemes for determining processor will process fixed rate data. A shared memory enables the processors to communicate with one another in order to determine which will process the fixed rate data. In one scheme for determining which of the processors will process the fixed rate data the second processor need merely be unlocked. In another embodiment, the second processor must be unlocked and immediately available. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293559 | METHOD FOR SETTING PANEL PARAMETER AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLLER - A method for automatically setting a panel parameter of a display device is provided. The display device includes a controller and a display panel. The method includes steps of: storing a plurality of panel parameters respectively corresponding to different types of panels to a non-volatile memory; detecting a status signal of a predetermined pin, the status signal corresponding to the type of the display panel; selecting one panel parameter from the panel parameters according to the status signal; and generating an output signal according to the selected panel parameter by the controller. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293560 | RENDERING DEVICE AND RENDERING METHOD - A DMA controller operates independently from a CPU, reads image data stored on an ROM sequentially in given units from the first reading start position of the image data and writes the image data into a buffer. A DMA controller operates independently from the CPU, writes the data read into the buffer to a VRAM one byte at a time from the writing start position. The controller of a companion chip updates the writing start position in the VRAM to the position of the same column in the next row each time writing the data string in each row is completed. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293561 | IMAGE DATA PRODUCING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image data producing apparatus includes: a page dividing portion that divides data described in a page description language into a page unit; a plurality of image processors that form raster data from divided data; and a controlling portion that allocates pages on which the raster data is formed to each of the plurality of the image processors, and causes each of the plurality of the image processors to execute registration of a printing resource on respective pages with at least a change of the printing resource by controlling each of the plurality of the image processors irrespective of a page allocation. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293562 | Method and System for Producing a Rich Multimedia Interaction - There is provided a method of producing a rich multimedia interaction comprising identifying a theme of the rich multimedia interaction, determining its dynamic display attributes based on the theme, determining a cooperation protocol governing interplay amongst the dynamic display attributes, and designating a background. The method further comprises selecting a display motif of the rich multimedia interaction, and generating the rich multimedia interaction for display, using one or more sub-applications configured to apply the cooperation protocol to the dynamic display attributes to produce enhanced dynamic display attributes and to adapt the enhanced dynamic display attributes to the display motif and integrate the enhanced dynamic display attributes with the background. A system for producing a rich multimedia interaction comprises a rich multimedia interaction host server, a publication database storing elements suitable for use by an interaction software application, and the interaction software application stored on a data storage unit. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293563 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING GRAPH COLORING - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing graph coloring. In use, a graph with a plurality of vertices is identified. Additionally, the plurality of vertices of the graph is categorized, where the categorizing of the plurality of vertices is optimized. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293564 | PROCESSING GLOBAL ATOMIC OPERATIONS USING THE BENDING UNIT DATAPATH - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a CROP configured to perform both color raster operations and atomic transactions. Upon receiving an atomic transaction, the distribution unit within the CROP transmits a read request to the L2 cache for retrieving the destination operand. The distribution unit also transmits the source operands and the operation code to the latency buffer for storage until the destination operand is retrieved from the L2 cache. The processing pipeline transmits the operation code, the source and destination operands and an atomic flag to the blend unit for processing. The blend unit performs the atomic transaction on the source and destination operands based on the operation code and returns the result of the atomic transaction to the processing pipeline for storage in the internal cache. The processing pipeline writes the result of the atomic transaction to the L2 cache for storage at the memory location associated with the atomic transaction. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293565 | COLOR BUFFER AND DEPTH BUFFER COMPRESSION - In an example, a method of coding graphics data comprising a plurality of pixels includes performing, by a graphics processing unit (GPU), multi-sample anti-aliasing to generate one or more sample values for each pixel of the plurality of pixels. The method may also include determining whether pixels comprise edge pixels, where the determination comprises identifying, for each pixel, differing sample values. The method may also include encoding the pixels based on the edge pixel determination. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RASTERIZATION - The application provides a method for rasterization. According to the method, a primitive may be divided, at a position where a color abruptly changes in the primitive, into a plurality of sub-primitives with continuously and gradually changing colors. Each of the sub-primitives is then rasterized. The present application further provides an apparatus for rasterizing an image. The apparatus may comprise a dividing module configured to divide a primitive at a position where a color abruptly changes into a plurality of sub-primitives with continuously gradually changing colors. Furthermore, the apparatus may comprise a rasterizing module configure to rasterize each of the sub-primitives. The application may improve the speed of the rasterization and the quality of the processed image. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293567 | GRAY-SCALE CORRECTION METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAY DEVICE - A gray scale correction method for a display device includes a step of setting a target value including a target luminance and a target chromaticity of a color display pixel (S | 2013-11-07 |
20130293568 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus includes: a luminance/chromaticity calculation unit that calculates a luminance and a chromaticity for each pixel of pixels making up image data, based upon a value indicated for the pixel; a plane calculation unit that determines through arithmetic operation a plane containing coordinates of the pixel in a raw data space; an intersection point calculation unit that ascertains, through calculation, an intersection point at which an achromatic locus and the plane intersect each other in the raw data space; an intersection point chromaticity calculation unit that calculates a chromaticity at the intersection point; and a conversion unit that converts the chromaticity at the pixel to a chromaticity close to a chromaticity of achromatic color if the chromaticity at the pixel is close to the chromaticity at the intersection point. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293569 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING ULTRASOUND IMAGE - A method of displaying an ultrasound image, the method including: transmitting an ultrasonic signal to an object and obtaining vector Doppler data of a tissue included in the object based on a response signal that is reflected from the object; extracting a velocity magnitude of the tissue from the vector Doppler data of the tissue; and mapping the velocity magnitude of the tissue to a color scale and displaying a mapping result. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293570 | BATCH PARAMETER SETTINGS IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS - Methods for setting mutually dependent parameters of a microprocessor controlled medical apparatus are disclosed. Mutually dependent parameters may be set by displaying mutually dependent parameter settings, displaying possible values for at least one parameter setting, whereby limits of the range of possible values is mutable and is automatically determined based on the current parameter settings, adjusting a parameter setting upon manual selection by an operator, automatically determining and displaying the value of at least one parameter setting depending on the parameter setting that is adjusted by the operator, whereby the determination of the dependent parameter setting is based on a stored relationship between parameter settings, implementing the set of adjusted parameter settings by actuating a batch setting acceptance operation, and operating the medical apparatus based on the set of adjusted parameter settings. | 2013-11-07 |
20130293571 | AUTO STACKING OF RELATED IMAGES - Digital images may be grouped based on attributes of the images. To represent this grouping, the representations of the digital images are arranged into stacks. | 2013-11-07 |