52nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140375547 | TOUCH FREE USER INTERFACE - The presently disclosed subject matter includes a method of recognizing an aimed point on a plane. Images captured by one or more image sensor are processed for obtaining data obtaining data indicative of location of at least one pointing element in the viewing space and data indicative of at least one predefined user's body part in the viewing space; using the obtained data an aimed point on the plane is identified. In case it is determined that a predefined condition is met a predefined command and/or message is executed. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375548 | METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This application discloses a method of processing information and two electronic device, the method comprises: obtaining first gesture information of a first body when the first body is plugged into a second body, wherein the first gesture information is used to indicate a first direction of the first body; obtaining second gesture information of the second body, wherein the second gesture information is used to indicate a second direction of the second body; and determining, based on the first gesture information and the second gesture information, a plugging mode in which the first body is plugged into the second body, to obtain a first determination result, wherein the plugging mode is a normal plugging mode for indicating that a first front face is opposite to a second front face after the first body is plugged into the second body. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375549 | Method and Apparatuses for Determining a User Attention Level Using Facial Orientation Detection - Various methods are provided for facilitating the determination of a user attention level using facial orientation detection. One example method may include receiving an image of a user after an expiration of an inactivity timer on the user terminal. The current attention level of the user is determined based on the received image. The computing device lock condition is then set based on the determined current attention level of the user. Similar and related example apparatuses and example computer program products are also provided. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375550 | GENERATING AN OPERATING PROCEDURE MANUAL - A device generates an operating procedure manual for software including a captured image of a screen displayed by the software. An image acquiring hardware unit acquires a plurality of captured images of a plurality of screens displayed by software in response to a plurality of operations with respect to the software. A dividing hardware unit divides the plurality of captured images into a plurality of captured image groups, to each of which at least one captured image acquired in response to at least one operation constituting a meaningful chunk belongs. A generating hardware unit generates an operating procedure manual including, for each captured image group, a captured image belonging to that captured image group. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375551 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION DETECTING METHOD - A portable display device includes: an acceleration sensor; an outputting section outputting a detection signal when a measurement value changes across a reference value; a calculating section calculating a duration time in which the measurement value exceeds the reference value; a judging section judging whether the movement state is due to running based on an occurrence frequency of the movement state and the duration time; a setting section setting a running state when the movement state is due to the running; a calculating section calculating a time interval between the movement states; a continuous tap judging section judging whether the movement states are due to continuous tap operations according to a judgment condition based on the duration time and time interval; and a setting range changing section setting a range of the judgment condition in the running state to be broader than that in a non-running state. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375552 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a determining unit that determines that an apparatus worn on a user is in a reference state when an angle of a display unit of the apparatus with respect to a predetermined direction is within a range of a threshold value; a recognizing unit that recognizes a motion of the apparatus from the reference state when the determining unit determines that the apparatus is in the reference state; an input unit that receives an input operation corresponding to the motion of the apparatus from the reference state recognized by the recognizing unit; a time measuring unit that measures a time; a detecting unit that detects a motion state of the apparatus; and a setting unit that sets the threshold value according to the time measured and the motion state of the apparatus detected by the detecting unit. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375553 | Method and device for determining gestures in the beam region of a projector - A method for determining gestures in the beam region of a projector includes: projecting an image onto a surface with the aid of the projector, using light; measuring a first set of light intensities of light backscattered from the direction of the surface, under the influence of a gesture made in the beam region of the projector; assigning the measured light intensities to, in each instance, a position of the image projected by the projector; at a first time point, generating a first light intensity function over a second set of positions, which are assigned measured light intensities; at a second time point, generating at least one second light intensity function over the second set of positions; and determining the gesture made, based on the result of a comparison between the first and second light intensity functions. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375554 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING AT LEAST ONE IMAGE OF AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention comprises a method for presenting at least one image of at least one application on a display device, comprising the following steps: a) ( | 2014-12-25 |
20140375555 | WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT APPARATUS, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging unit ( | 2014-12-25 |
20140375556 | POSITION DETECTING SYSTEM AND POSITION DETECTING PROGRAM - A plurality of positional information transmitters, each of which transmits positional information to which a plurality of unit spaces are each uniquely assigned, are disposed on a ceiling. A mobile terminal receives the positional information transmitted from each of the positional information transmitters and changes a terminal-side image in accordance with the received positional information. Furthermore, the mobile terminal transmits to a server current positional information and operation information indicating an instruction inputted by a user. The server changes, in accordance with the current positional information and the operation information received by the mobile terminal, a floor image displayed on a plurality of floor displays disposed on a floor. Thus, it becomes possible to provide a highly interesting and novel position detecting system. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375557 | HUMAN TRACKING SYSTEM - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A background included in the grid of voxels may also be removed to isolate one or more voxels associated with a foreground object such as a human target. A location or position of one or more extremities of the isolated human target may be determined and a model may be adjusted based on the location or position of the one or more extremities. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375558 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING AUDIO BASED ON GAZE POINT - Embodiments provide methods and systems for adjusting audio output based on eye tracking input. In some embodiments, a memory stores data defining a boundary based on a coordinate system. The boundary corresponds to a display element of displayed content. An input receives data indicating coordinates of a gaze point location of a user viewing the displayed content. A processor compares the received coordinates of the gaze point location to the boundary corresponding to the display element to determine whether the gaze point location is inside the boundary corresponding to the display element. In response to determining that the gaze point location is inside the boundary corresponding to the display element, the processor adjusts an audio setting of the displayed content. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375559 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THAT DETERMINES INTENTION OR STATUS OF A USER - The present invention provides a display apparatus and a display method for realizing control for display operations by a user precisely reflecting the user's status, i.e., the user's intentions, visual state and physical conditions. Worn as an eyeglass-like or head-mount wearable unit for example, the display apparatus of the present invention enables the user to recognize visibly various images on the display unit positioned in front of the user's eyes thereby providing the picked up images, reproduced images, and received images. As control for various display operations such as switching between the display state and the see-through state, display operation mode and selecting sources, the display apparatus of the present invention acquires information about either behavior or physical status of the user, and determines either intention or status of the user in accordance with the acquired information, thereby controlling the display operation appropriately on the basis of the determination result. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375560 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING SPECIFIED POSITION - An example information processing device calculates a specified position Ps2 in a three-dimensional virtual space displayed on a screen of a display device. The information processing device calculates a two-dimensional input position Pi2 on the screen based on an input of a user. The specified position Ps2 is calculated based on the input position Pi2. The information processing device calculates, as the specified position Ps2, a three-dimensional position that satisfies a distance condition and also satisfies a range condition. The distance condition is a condition regarding the distance from a predetermined reference position in the virtual space. The range condition is a condition that an on-screen position corresponding to the three-dimensional position be within a range determined by the on-screen position corresponding to the reference position and the input position Pi2. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375561 | MOBILE DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - Method of remote control includes determining a selected virtual key on a user interface provided by the mobile device and acquiring an identification number of the selected virtual key from a storage device of the mobile device. In response to detecting infrared signals sent from a remote controller to an electronic device, the infrared module is controlled to record the infrared signals of one or more keys on the remote controller in sequence. The recorded infrared signals is stored to a queue corresponding to the identification number of the selected virtual key in sequence. Induction delay time corresponding to each of the recorded infrared signals in the queue are set. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375562 | System and Process for Human-Computer Interaction Using a Ballistic Projectile as an Input Indicator - A process for interacting with computer software using a physical ballistic projectile with the steps of: computer sends target image to projector, user shoots projectile at light-blocking shot screen, video imaging device sends video frames to computer for processing by hit detection software, hit detection software compares video frames and identifies a difference as a hit and stores the x,y location of the hit and applies a mirror transform on the x,y coordinates and adjusts the coordinates based on pre-calibrated skewing angles of the video frames, hit detection software verifies that the hit is not moving, ruling out light flicker, debris, or the projectile itself, and computer executes a user input event, such as a mouse click, at the adjusted x,y coordinates. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375563 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A calibration system for a display device is provided. The calibration system includes an image signal source, a user-motion sensing module, a control module, and a calibration interface. The image source drives the display device to display a reference image and an indication icon included in the reference image. The user-motion sensing module detects a user motion and generating a corresponding sensing result. The control module controls the image signal source to move the indication icon according to the sensing result. After selecting a region to be calibrated in the reference image by the indication icon through the user-motion sensing module, a user can adjust an image characteristic parameter of the display device that corresponds to the region to be calibrated through the calibration interface. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375564 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - A computer system, including data-processing equipment and a freely movable input device, wherein the input device contains at least one position change sensor from which information can be sent to the data-processing equipment and wherein the data-processing equipment can also capture information about the absolute position of the input device. Information about the absolute position of the input device can be captured by the data-processing equipment as a result of the fact that the data-processing equipment is in data communication with a light-sensitive, position-sensitive input surface and the input device emits a light beam, the point of incidence of which on the input surface can be detected by the latter. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375565 | OPTICAL MINI-MOUSE - There is provided an optical mini-mouse including a mouse case and a navigation module. The mouse case includes a valley and a flat region arranged along a length direction and the valley extends along a width direction. When the mouse case is rotated about the valley, the navigation module is configured to detect a rotation. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375566 | INTEGRATED, ONE-HANDED, MOUSE AND KEYBOARD - An integrated mouse and keyboard intended to be used to type with only one hand. The mouse is contoured so that the wrist is in a neutral position during typing. The characters associated with any individual key can be changed through the use of one of two joysticks. The user may define the relationship between the joysticks, keyboard keys, and character sets. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375567 | EVALUATING ONSCREEN KEYBOARD - Disclosed are methods and systems for evaluating onscreen keyboards. The method comprises receiving a first set of parameters and a second set of parameter associated with a first onscreen keyboard and a second onscreen keyboard, respectively. The method further comprises determining a first cognitive score for the first onscreen keyboard using the first set of parameters. The method further comprises determining a second cognitive score for the second onscreen keyboard using the second set of parameters. The method further comprises validating the first cognitive score and the second cognitive score using an Electroencephalography (EEG) signal of the user. The EEG signal of the user is captured while the user is using the first onscreen keyboard and the second onscreen keyboard. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375568 | Keyboard and Touch Screen Gesture System - A method at an electronic device including a touch-sensitive display for receiving touch input and a keyboard comprising a plurality of buttons, the method comprising: detecting actuation of a button on at least one of the plurality of buttons; detecting a touch input at the touch-sensitive display while the button is actuated; responding to the touch input, wherein response to the touch input while the button is actuated is different to response to touch input detected while the button is not actuated. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375569 | SYSTEM FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION BY UTILIZING EXTENSION KEY AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for inputting information by utilizing an extension key. The system includes: an input unit having multiple division areas and detecting a division area selected by a user from among the multiple division areas; and an input analysis unit for allocating corresponding information to the multiple division areas and analyzing that if the input unit detects any of the multiple division areas being selected, information allocated to the selected division area is input, wherein multiple characters are allocated to each of the multiple division areas, when one or more of the division areas are selected, predicted words that are generated by combining characters allocated to the selected division area or areas according to an sequential order of the selected division area or areas are extracted and allocated to each of the division areas, and when a division area to which the predicted word is applied is selected by a predetermined method, the input analysis unit analyzes that the predicted word allocated to the division area which has been selected by the predetermined method is input. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375570 | MULTI-RESOLUTION MICRO-WIRE TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE - A device for touch detection in a touch-screen device includes a surface having a touch-detection area, a plurality of independently controlled and electrically separate drive electrodes, and a plurality of independently controlled and electrically separate sense electrodes. The drive electrodes and sense electrodes define touch locations in the touch-detection area. A touch-detection circuit has a separate connection to each of the drive electrodes and a separate connection to each of the sense electrodes for detecting touches at a touch location in the touch-detection area. The touch-detection circuit controls three or more electrodes at the same time to detect a single sense signal responsive to the controlled three or more electrodes, the three or more electrodes including at least one drive electrode and at least one sense electrode. The device further includes a processor for analyzing the single sense signal and determining a touch at a touch location. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375571 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL UNIT, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A sampling unit acquires a sample data series of a signal indicating a touch state quantity detected in a touch panel. A discrete Fourier transformation unit transforms the sample data series into the frequency domain. The frequency spectral analysis unit determines a frequency spectral distribution in accordance with the sample data transformed into the frequency domain. A peak detection unit detects a peak in a frequency band of a pulse in the frequency spectral distribution and finds the frequency of the detected peak so as to determine the pulse. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375572 | PARAMETRIC MOTION CURVES AND MANIPULABLE CONTENT - Motion of manipulable content in response to input, such as touch input from a user can be defined by criteria set forth by parametric equations. An application that generates manipulable content can be tailored so that the manipulable content responds in a particular way to the input. A programmer can perform such tailoring by providing parametric equations as input to the application. A set of parametric equations can be applied to an input transform to generate an output transform, which can be used to affect motion of manipulable content as represented on an associated display, such as a touch screen display. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375573 | System and Method of Authentication of an Electronic Signature - An apparatus and method pertaining to detecting user input, such as a signature, with respect to a stylus and the transmission of information regarding that input. The detected input can comprise, for example, characteristics of the input and transmit them to a secondary device to verify the input matches a stored template. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375574 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a portable device that allows a user to conveniently and accurately control display and a control method thereof. The portable device includes a tilt sensor unit configured to obtain an amount of tilt of the portable device; a curved display unit configured to sense a touch input and to display an image; a movable mass having a predetermined mass value configured to move within the portable device and to change a center of gravity of the portable device; and a processor configured to control the tilt sensor unit, the curved display unit, and the movable mass. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375575 | STYLUS PEN AND TOUCHSCREEN MODULE - There are provided a stylus pen and a touchscreen module. The stylus pen includes a receiving unit receiving a predetermined driving signal; a synchronizing unit generating a signal synchronized with the received driving signal; a frequency adjusting unit changing a frequency of the synchronized signal; and a transmitting unit transmitting a signal output from the frequency adjusting unit. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375576 | FACILITATING TOUCH SCREEN USERS TO SELECT ELEMENTS IN A DENSELY POPULATED DISPLAY - An aspect of the present disclosure facilitates a user of a touch screen to select elements in a densely populated display. In an embodiment, a user taps his finger, potentially covering multiple elements of a display on the touch screen. In response to such a touch, data representing a centre point of tap is received. A zone is formed around the received center, elements within the zone are identified, and an element with the shortest distance to the centre point is determined as the element selected by the user. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375577 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING EDGE SWIPE GESTURE AND METHOD OF OPENING WINDOW CONTROL BAR USING THE IDENTIFYING METHOD - A method of identifying edge swipe gesture has steps of respectively reading sensing signals on an edge area under a hover mode and on a non-edge area under a touch mode; determining if a touch object has appeared on the edge area after determining that the object has appeared on the non-edge area, calculating a displacement of the object moving from the edge area to the non-edge area within a preset time and determining if the displacement exceeds a preset distance, and determining that the movement of the touch is identified as an edge swipe gesture if the displacement meets the condition. Accordingly, the present invention can perform valid touch on the edge area, rendering effective identification of edge swipe gesture and an increased success rate of the identification. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375578 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Provided are an information display apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a display control program, and a display control method. An information display apparatus includes a display section configured to display an object thereon, an operation section configured to operate the object, and processing section configured to control the display section and the operation section. The processing section is configured to operate the display section to display a first screen showing the object and a second screen showing a screen transition diagram, into a display area of the display section. The screen transition diagram represents change in display of the first screen and shows first screen-transition and second screen-transition to be recognizable, where the first screen-transition represents change in display of the first screen, and the second screen-transition represents another change in display of the first screen starting at a certain point in the first screen-transition. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375579 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input device includes: a display unit having a display area; a first sensor unit that is provided to be layered on the display area and detects first touch operation; at least one second sensor unit that is provided at an area that does not overlap the display area and detects second touch operation; and a control unit that acquires each detection result from the first sensor unit and the at least one second sensor unit and executes control processing corresponding to the detection result acquired. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375580 | HAPTIC DISPLAY WITH SIMULTANEOUS SENSING AND ACTUATION - Touch interface devices having systems and methods for producing multi-point haptics utilizing simultaneous sensing and actuation are disclosed. In a first configuration, two layers of electrodes are used, including a top layer for haptics near a touch surface of an insulating substrate and a bottom layer for sensing at the bottom surface of the insulating substrate, with the two electrode sets have substantially the same pattern as one another. In a second configuration, a single array of electrodes is used near a touch surface of an insulating substrate and serves as both surface haptic devices and sensing devices. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375581 | INPUT CONTROL METHOD AND INPUT CONTROL DEVICE - An input control method includes a posture change detection step of detecting a change over time in a posture to a finger first joint with respect to a contact surface, a first angle change detection step of detecting a change over time in a first angle that is a bending state of the finger first joint, and a change direction determination step of determining change directions of the posture change and the first angle change. An input control device receives push-down input made by the finger based on a determination result made by a change direction determination unit. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375582 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING GRIP SENSING - An electronic device is provided. The device includes a touch sensor configured to sense at least one touch; a pressure sensor configured to sense at least one pressure; and a controller configured to sense a grip pattern on the electronic device using the touch sensor and the pressure sensor, and to control a predetermined function according to the grip pattern. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375583 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method for controlling a display apparatus includes sensing a first touch input on a display screen; determining a first pattern based on the sensed first touch input; determining a second pattern based on a second touch input if the second touch input is sensed in a predetermined threshold time after the first pattern is determined; performing a zoom in or a zoom out of content that is displayed on the display screen based on the first and second patterns; and displaying the content that is zoomed in or zoomed out according to the performing. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375584 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE OPERATING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a touch-sensitive operating device ( | 2014-12-25 |
20140375585 | OBJECT PROCESSING DEVICE, OBJECT PROCESSING METHOD, AND OBJECT PROCESSING PROGRAM - An object processing device includes a selection accepting unit that accepts selection of one or more objects among a plurality of displayed objects, a detection unit that detects instruction input for processing on objects, and an execution unit that executes processing on non-selected objects. It is thereby possible to easily set many objects as objects to be processed. Further, because processing on objects is executed by instruction input different from selection of objects, such as selection of objects displayed on a display unit, it is possible to reduce work for specified processing on objects to be processed. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375586 | FUNCTION OF TOUCH PANEL DETERMINED BY USER GAZE - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for configuring a user interface of a portable mobile communication device. An exemplary method includes determining, by at least one of the portable mobile communication device or an electronic device in communication with the portable mobile communication device, a direction associated with a user's gaze. Additionally, the method includes at least one of: in response to determining the direction associated with the user's gaze is at least partially towards a display associated with the electronic device, configuring the portable mobile communication display to function as a touch pad that enables interaction with a user interface displayed on the electronic device; or in response to determining the direction associated with the user's gaze is at least partially towards a display associated with the portable mobile communication device, configuring the portable mobile communication device display to display a user interface. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375587 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT OR VIEW POINT ON TWO DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - A method of controlling a viewpoint of a user or a virtual object on a two-dimensional (2D) interactive display is provided. The method may convert a user input to at least 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) structured data according to a number of touch points, a movement direction thereof, and a rotation direction thereof. Any one of the virtual object and the viewpoint of the user may be determined as a manipulation target based on a location of the touch point. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375588 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a planar display and a touch panel, which overlaps the display. The touch panel has a detection zone that covers at least a vertical distance which is less than a first value and greater than a second value which is smaller than the first value and where two dimensional coordinates and the vertical distance can be detected. The detection zone has a first zone that covers the vertical distance from the first value to the second value and includes a center of the touch panel with respect to the two dimensional coordinates. The first zone, in which the vertical distance is a specific value between the first value and the second value, narrows as the specific value increases from the second value toward the first value. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375589 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit ( | 2014-12-25 |
20140375590 | MULTI-RESOLUTION MICRO-WIRE TOUCH-SENSING METHOD - A method for touch sensing in a touch-screen device includes providing an array of independently controlled and electrically separate drive electrodes, an array of independently controlled and electrically separate sense electrodes, wherein the drive electrodes and the sense electrodes define touch locations in a touch-detection area. The method further includes providing a touch-detection circuit having a separate connection to each of the drive electrodes and a separate connection to each of the sense electrodes for detecting touches at a touch location in the touch-detection area. The touch-detection circuit controls three or more electrodes at the same time to detect a single sense signal responsive to the controlled three or more electrodes, the three or more electrodes including at least one drive electrode and at least one sense electrode. A processor analyzes the single sense signal and determines a touch at a touch location. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375591 | TOUCH SCREEN AND APPARATUS OF DRIVING THE SAME - In apparatus of driving a touch screen, a transmitter (TX) driving unit generates TX driving signals coupled to a TX electrode substrate, and receiver (RX) detection signals are then induced on an RX electrode substrate that is coupled to and detected by an RX detection unit. A plurality of the TX driving signals are simultaneously generated and fed to the TX electrode substrate, and the TX driving signals during a given period have different phases, respectively. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375592 | Method of Compensating for Retransmission Effects in a Touch Sensor - In one embodiment, a method of compensating for retransmission effects in a touch sensor includes, in response to measuring a touch input on a display, generating a first matrix comprising a plurality of first measurements associated with a plurality of capacitive nodes of a touch sensor. The method also includes estimating an amount of retransmission associated with the touch input by generating a first vector comprising one or more second measurements associated with one or more first electrode lines of the touch sensor, generating a second vector comprising one or more third measurements associated with one or more second electrode lines of the touch sensor, and calculating an outer product of the first and second vectors. The method includes generating a revised indication of the touch input based on the first matrix and the estimated amount of retransmission | 2014-12-25 |
20140375593 | Capacitive Touch Sensor Control Unit With Automatic Gain Control - In one embodiment, a touch sensor having automatically adjustable gain control includes an amplifier coupled to a first sense line of a touch sensor. The amplifier receives a signal from the first sense line and scales the signal by an amount of gain. An analog-to-digital (ADC) converter receives the signal from the amplifier and converts the signal from an analog signal to a first digital signal. A processor receives the first digital signal from the ADC and, without user input, automatically calculates the amount of gain for scaling the signal based on the received first digital signal. A feedback loop transmits the amount of gain to the amplifier for applying the amount of gain to the signal. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375594 | TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of operating a touch screen system having a plurality of screen nodes that includes collecting touch data from the screen nodes indicative of the number of touches received by each node and determining a nonuniform sampling sequence for the touch screen based on the collected touch data. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375595 | TOUCH SYSTEM - In a touch system, a transmitter (TX) driving unit generates at least one pair of orthogonal drive signals, each pair having a specific frequency. At least one pair of TX electrode lines is simultaneously driven by the at least one pair of orthogonal drive signals, respectively. A sense signal is induced on a receiver (RX) electrode line by capacitances disposed between the TX electrode lines and the RX electrode line. An RX detection unit detects the sense signal to simultaneously result in two sense components that respectively estimate the capacitances associated with the TX electrode lines of the pair. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375596 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A portable device and a method for controlling the same are discussed. The portable device comprises a double sided display unit including a first display screen on a front side and a second display screen on a back side; a first touch sensor unit and a second touch sensor unit configured to respectively sense a first touch input for the first display screen and a second touch input for the second display screen; and a processor configured to: switch the second touch sensor unit to a ready-to-active state activating temporarily the second touch sensor unit for a predetermined period when the first touch input for the first display screen is sensed, and switch the second touch sensor unit to an active state when the second touch input for the second display screen is sensed within the predetermined period. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375597 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A thin film transistor array substrate includes: an active area including a plurality of pixels; a driver integrated circuit in a non-active area around the active area and configured to supply a driving signal to the pixels; and a user input key positioned near the driver integrated circuit and configured to receive a user input. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DRIVE TOUCH PANEL TO MEASURE HOVER - Techniques in accordance with the present disclosure allow the detection of hover events and/or touch events performed over the touch panel without requiring that the touch panel be equipped with additional hardware and/or materials. In one or more implementations, the apparatus includes a touch panel controller configured to operatively couple to a touch panel sensor. The touch panel sensor includes at least one drive electrode and at least one sense electrode. The touch panel controller includes output circuitry operatively coupled to the at least one drive electrode. The output circuitry is configured to generate drive signals to drive the drive electrode (i.e., drive the touch panel sensor). The touch panel controller also includes input circuitry operatively coupled to the at least one sense electrode. The input circuitry is configured to measure mutual-capacitance between the at least drive electrode and the at least one sense electrode to detect a hover event. The present disclosure is directed to driving a subset of rows (or columns) and senses the subset of the remaining rows (or columns). Thus, the same sensor can measure multi-touch event and hover without changes to sensor pattern. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375599 | TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A touch input system provided in the present invention includes a touch panel, a conducting coil, and an electromagnetic pen. The touch panel has a sensing area and a marginal area. The conducting coil is disposed on the touch panel. The conducting coil has a circuit with a plurality of turns wound by a conductive wire, and the circuit with the plurality of turns is located at the marginal area and surrounds the sensing area. The electromagnetic pen is utilized to transmit an electromagnetic signal to the conducting coil for performing a detection of a touch pressure. The electromagnetic pen includes a pen tip which is utilized to contact the sensing area for performing a detection of a touch position, and the pen tip is a conductor. A touch input method is further provided in the present invention. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375600 | TOUCH DEVICE AND SENSING COMPENSATION METHOD - A touch device and a sensing compensation method are provided. The touch device may include a touch panel, a sensing compensation circuit and a sensing circuit. The sensing compensation circuit may be coupled to the touch panel for providing a compensation-impedance according to features of the touch panel. The sensing circuit may be coupled to the sensing compensation circuit. The sensing circuit receives touch information compensated by the sensing compensation circuit. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375601 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE AND DETECTION SYSTEM THEREOF - A detection system for a capacitive touch device including a display device and a capacitive touch screen is provided. A circuit ground of the capacitive touch screen is physically isolated from a system ground of the display device. A capacitive touch device is further provided. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375602 | TACTILE PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND TACTILE PRESENTATION METHOD - An apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of vibrating sections configured to cause vibration in a touch section to receive a touch made by a user; a first determination section configured to determine a plurality of vibration points on the touch section; a second determination section configured to determine a plurality of target vibrations, respectively, at the plurality of vibration points; and signal generation sections configured to generate a plurality of driving signals for respectively driving the vibrating sections, based on vibration transfer characteristic profiles obtained according to the positions of the plurality of vibration points and main component frequencies of the plurality of target vibrations, and on the plurality of target vibrations. The signal generation sections generate the plurality of driving signals based on a plurality of transfer characteristic profiles respectively corresponding to the plurality of target vibrations near the main component frequencies. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375603 | DUAL CONFIGURATION FOR DISPLAY DATA LINES - A display having data lines that can be configured between a display mode and a touch mode is disclosed. The display can have sense regions for sensing a touch or near touch on the display during the touch mode. These same regions can display graphics or data on the display during the display mode. During display mode, the data lines in the sense regions can be configured to couple to display circuitry in order to receive data signals from the circuitry for displaying. During touch mode, the data lines in the sense regions can be configured to couple to corresponding sense lines in the regions, which in turn can couple to touch circuitry, in order to transmit touch signals to the circuitry for sensing a touch or near touch. Alternatively, during touch mode, the data lines in the sense regions can be configured to couple to ground in order to transmit residual data signals to ground for discarding. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375604 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - A liquid crystal display device with a touch panel includes: pixel electrodes as a plurality of electrodes to each of which a potential corresponding to a gray-scale value is applied; common electrodes as a plurality of electrodes that extend in one direction; detection electrodes as a plurality of electrodes that extend in a direction different from the one direction and detect a contact position on the panel; a liquid crystal layer that is formed of a liquid crystal composition; and a drive pulse output unit that sequentially applies a potential for detecting a touch to drive electrodes as a plurality of electrodes of a portion of the common electrodes, wherein the drive pulse output unit can output a drive pulse to the drive electrode at plural different timings within one horizontal synchronizing period for display. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375605 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - A display device with touch panel includes a display panel having a display area in which pixels are arranged in a matrix form and displaying an image by outputting lights corresponding to gray levels with respect to each pixel, and a touch panel electrode as one electrode of a set of electrodes forming capacitance for sensing contact in an area superimposed on the display area, extending in one direction, including a plurality of linear transparent conducting materials arranged in parallel, and having a periodically changing line width. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375606 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - A liquid crystal display device with a touch panel includes: display drive circuits that are disposed respectively at the outsides of the sides opposing to a display region, and that apply sequential scanning signal potentials to scanning signal lines; touch panel drive circuits that are disposed respectively further to the outsides of the display drive circuits, and that apply sequential drive pulses to a plurality of drive electrodes among common electrodes; and switching circuits that are disposed respectively at insides of the display drive circuits, and that switch between applying common electric potentials for controlling the alignment of the liquid crystal composition and applying a touch drive pulse that detects the touching to the display surface. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375607 | TRACKING OBJECTS ON A TOUCH SURFACE - A device implements a method of tracking objects on a touch surface of an FTIR based touch-sensitive apparatus. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375608 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel system ( | 2014-12-25 |
20140375609 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH, CAPABLE OF REDUCING PARASITIC CAPACITANCE - A touch detection apparatus includes at least one sensor pad outputting a signal according to a touch state in response to an alternating voltage in a floating state after charging with an electric charge, an additional electrostatic capacitive unit electrically connected to an output terminal of the sensor pad and having a capacitance corresponding to a parasitic capacitance of the sensor pad, an electrical charging/discharging unit charging or discharging the additional electrostatic capacitive unit to make the additional electrostatic capacitive unit have an electric charge variation the same as that in the parasitic capacitance caused by the alternation of the alternating voltage but an opposite polarity, and a level shift detection unit detecting a touch signal based on a difference between voltage variations in the sensor pad caused by the alternating voltage during non-touch and caused by the alternating voltage during a touch. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375610 | TOUCH PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel includes: a wire substrate and a cover substrate joined to each other, wherein the wire substrate includes a sensor electrode; a plurality of signal wires that are electrically connected to the sensor electrode and extend along a circumference of the sensor electrode; and a first light blocking layer that covers at least a signal wire disposed closest to the sensor electrode of the plurality of signal wires, and wherein the cover substrate includes a second light blocking layer that faces a continuous region including an outer edge region of the first light blocking layer and a signal wire disposed so as to be the most distant from the sensor electrode. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375611 | CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - A first resistive film is arranged such that one edge thereof is connected to a first terminal, and an edge that is opposite to the aforementioned edge is connected to a second terminal. A second resistive film is arranged with a gap between it and the first resistive film such that one edge thereof is connected to a third terminal. A voltage generating unit applies a predetermined first bias voltage and a predetermined second bias voltage to the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively. A voltage detection unit detects a panel voltage that occurs at the third terminal. A current detection unit detects a panel current that flows through a path including the first terminal, the first resistive film, and the second terminal. A computation unit determines the coordinates touched by the user, based upon the values of the panel voltage and the panel current. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375612 | SIMULTANEOUS SENSING ARRANGEMENT - Multi-touch touch-sensing devices and methods are described herein. The touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each located at a crossing of a drive line and a sense line. In some embodiments, multiple drive lines may be simultaneously or nearly simultaneously stimulated with drive signals having unique characteristics, such as phase or frequency. A sense signal can occur on each sense line that can be related to the drive signals by an amount of touch present at sense points corresponding to the stimulated drive lines and the sense line. By using processing techniques based on the unique drive signals, an amount of touch corresponding to each sense point can be extracted from the sense signal. The touch sensing methods and devices can be incorporated into interfaces for a variety of electronic devices such as a desktop, tablet, notebook, and handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, and mobile telephones. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375613 | OBJECT LOCATION DETERMINATION - An apparatus for determining a position of an object on a planar surface is provided. The apparatus includes a conical mirror having an axis that is perpendicular to the planar surface and a time-of-flight sensor array having a spatial relationship to the conical mirror such that a field of view of the time of flight sensor array is reflected radially from the conical mirror in a plurality of directions across the planar surface. The apparatus also includes electrical circuitry configured to receive a ranged image captured by the time-of-flight sensor array through the conical mirror, process the ranged image to determine the position of the object on the planar surface by determining an angle and a radius of the object relative to the axis of the conical mirror, and transmit the position of the object to a display system. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375614 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY, SCANNING DRIVEN CIRCUIT AND THE METHOD THEREOF - An active matrix display, and the scanning driven circuit and the scanning driven method thereof are disclosed. The scanning driven circuit includes a delaying module. An input end of the delaying module receives input signals integrated by initial clock voltage pulse (CKV) signals and start voltage pulse (STV) signals. The input signals are delayed by a first delayed portion and a second delayed portion such that a first output of the delaying module outputs output enable (OE) signals and a second output of the delaying module outputs the delayed CKV signals. In this way, the number of the transmission lines is decreased, and the number of the output pins of the timing control chips and that of the input pins of the scanning driven chips are also decreased. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375615 | GATE SIGNAL LINE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate signal line driving circuit which suppresses noises in a gate signal and a display device which uses the gate signal line driving circuit are provided. A first basic circuit provided to a gate signal line driving circuit includes a HIGH voltage applying switching element which applies a HIGH voltage to gate signal lines in response to a signal HIGH period, and a LOW voltage applying switching circuit which applies a LOW voltage to the gate signal lines in response to a signal LOW period. In response to a signal HIGH period, a switch of the LOW voltage applying switching circuit of the first basic circuit is turned off based on a signal applied to a switch of the HIGH voltage applying switching element of a second basic circuit which assumes a signal HIGH period earlier than the first basic circuit. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375616 | STAGE CIRCUIT AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY INCLUDIING THE SAME - A stage circuit including a plurality of stages connected to each other, where each of the stages includes: an output unit configured to output a voltage of a first power source or a signal of a third input terminal to an output terminal, based on a voltage applied to a first node or a second node; a first driver configured to control a voltage at a third node, based on signals of a first input terminal, a second input terminal and the third input terminal; a second driver configured to control the voltage at the first node, based on the signal of the second input terminal and the voltage at the third node; and a first transistor connected between the second node and the third node and maintained in a turn-on state. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375617 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SIGNAL LOADING METHOD - Input signal is segmented by first data latch into 2 bit segments according to rising edge and falling edge of a clock signal clk, and latched. When the input signal is an RSDS signal, 2 sets worth of 2 bit data are latched according to rising edge and falling edge of a clock signal clkx | 2014-12-25 |
20140375618 | Breakover Conduction Illumination Devices and Operating Method - The invention contained herein provides solid-state breakover conduction illumination devices, displays and driving methods. Illumination devices may be fabricated as co-packaged devices or integrated devices using in-organic or organic illumination elements. AC breakover conduction displays are embodied in both small, tightly-integrated configurations as well as, large area discrete implementations. Driving methods employ initialization and resetting methods for subfield based operation; taking advantage of the stable high speed characteristics of solid-state breakover devices such as DIACs. A full-color high-resolution DIAC based display is presented. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375619 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULE, POWER SUPPLY SUBSTRATE, WIRING SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - This invention provides an electro-optical module with reduced noise in driving voltage. The invention can include a power supply substrate that is arranged separately from the flexible substrate having a driver, so that the noise of the driving voltage supplied from the power supply substrate is reduced. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375620 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SOURCE DRIVER THEREOF - A display apparatus and a source driver thereof are disclosed. The source driver includes a temperature sensor and a power switch. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a first working temperature of the source driver, and generate an over-temperature protection enable signal by comparing the first working temperature with a preset temperature. The power switch is coupled to a power transmission path for a core circuit of the source driver to receive an operating power, and configured to turn on or cut off the power transmission path according to the over-temperature protection enable signal. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375621 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display and a driving method thereof are discussed. The stereoscopic image display includes a data driving circuit that supplies a data voltage to data lines of a display panel; a gate driving circuit that supplies a gate pulse to gate lines of the display panel; and a timing controller that controls operation timings of the data driving circuit and gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit delays a rising timing of the gate pulse to a point in time after a rising edge time of the data voltage in a 3D mode for displaying a 3D image on the display panel, under a control of the timing controller. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375622 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A scanning order calculating portion ( | 2014-12-25 |
20140375623 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THERMAL COMPENSATION IN AMOLED DISPLAYS - Disclosed is a circuit and technique to determine the temperature of an AMOLED display in order to calibrate programming data signals. The temperature of selected pixels of a plurality of pixels in an AMOLED display is measured via one of several disclosed methods. A thermal sensor for the selected pixels may be used. A measurement of output voltage data may be used to estimate temperature. A finite element analysis model may be used based on consumed power of the selected pixel. The temperature data for the selected pixel is then interpolated to the neighboring non-selected pixels to estimate the temperature of those pixels. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375624 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing device is operable by switching an operation mode among a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, a first synchronization signal and a first image signal are inputted. The first synchronization signal comprising pulses having a first cycle, and the first image signal is composed of a plurality of frames switching in synchronization with the pulses of the first synchronization signal. In the second mode, an input of the first synchronization signal and the first image signal is stopped and a second image signal written to a frame memory is read. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375625 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SOURCE DRIVER - A display device includes display panel includes a first source driver including a first input terminal and a first output terminal connected to the display panel; a first gate driver including a first input-output terminal, a second input-output terminal connected to the first input-output terminal, and a second output terminal connected to the display panel; a timing controller including a first terminal for outputting or inputting a first signal to or from the first input-output terminal and a second terminal; a first signal line connected to the first terminal; a second signal line connected to the second terminal; and a third signal line connected to the first source driver and the timing controller for transmitting a second signal indicating a display direction of the image data. The first source driver operates according to the first signal from the first terminal or the second terminal selected. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375626 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SIGNAL LOADING METHOD - The present invention provides a drive IC, a display device and a loading method that enable signals of different differential formats to be loaded without resulting in circuit redundancy. Namely, a drive IC includes an input section, a holding section, a selection section, and an output section. The input section includes a first input circuit and a second input circuit. When data of RSDS format is loaded, a selection section selects for output to the output section data held in a holding section, that temporarily stores data output from the input section. When mini-LVDS format data is loaded, the selection section selects the data output from the input section for output to the output section. When the mini-LVDS data is loaded, a switch switches the output destination of the output section, such that data is rearranged in the desired sequence and externally output. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375627 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and driving method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel displaying a still image and a moving image and a signal control unit controlling signals for driving the display panel and controlling a frequency of the display panel based on a low frequency enable signal. The signal control unit controls the driving of the display panel at a low frequency when the still image is applied to the display panel and the driving of the display panel at a normal driving frequency after a first time elapses. The signal control unit further controls the driving of the display panel at a low frequency after a second time elapses. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375628 | SMOOTH FACIAL BLENDSHAPES TRANSFER - A method for deformation transfer of a source three-dimensional (3D) geometry to a target 3D geometry for computer-implemented blendshapes animation includes solving a linear system equation in which blendshapes deformation transfer with a virtual triangular mesh is performed, where the virtual triangular mesh having a plurality of virtual triangles is assigned to a prescribed region of an animated figure that are presented by a computer-generated mesh, and/or in which blendshapes deformation transfer is performed with Laplacian smoothing. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375629 | Method and System for Forming a Virtual Model of a Human Subject - The method uses a hand-held scanner and a scanning module and can include: providing module reference data concerning the scanning module; immobilizing the subject relative to the scanning module; obtaining a plurality of depth images of the immobilized subject and module, the depth images being from corresponding different points of view relative to a ground reference; determining a position and an orientation of the scanning module in each one of the depth images using the module reference data; and forming the virtual model of the subject, including registering the plurality of depth images using the determined position and orientation of the scanning module. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375630 | Method and Processor for 3D Scene Representation - The present invention relates to three dimension (3D) scene representations and in particular to a method and a processor for providing improved 3D scene representations. An objective of the embodiments of the present invention is to improve the determination of consistency among a plurality of projections at a virtual view denoted νF. When determining the consistency, entries of a distance matrix, indicative of distance differences of 3D components between different views for a corresponding segment k when projected to the predefined view (νF) for each segment k, are compared with entries of a threshold matrix. The objective is achieved by assigning each segment k of a 3D component to a cluster based on individual rules for each cluster and one threshold matrix and by determining one threshold matrix for each cluster based on the segments of that cluster. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375631 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM WITH IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - When generating a pseudo three-dimensional image by performing volume rendering on a three-dimensional image using an opacity curve that defines the relationship between pixel value and opacity, identifying a whole region representing a predetermined target object from the three-dimensional image, setting a base opacity curve to the identified whole region, obtaining, with respect to each of at least some pixels in the identified whole region, a representative value in an adjacent region of a pixel concerned, and setting an opacity curve obtained by modifying the base opacity curve using the obtained representative value as the opacity curve to be applied to the pixel concerned in the volume rendering. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375632 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A medical image display apparatus includes: a medical image obtaining section for obtaining a three dimensional medical image of a subject; a display control section for displaying the three dimensional medical image obtained by the medical image obtaining section and an additional information image that represents information added to the three dimensional medical image; and an additional information display command receiving section for receiving a command to display the additional information image along with the three dimensional medical image. The display control section displays the additional information image along with the three dimensional medical image and changing the color of the displayed three dimensional medical image to a color which can be discriminated from the color of the additional information image, when the command to display the additional information image is received. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375633 | Texture Blending Between View-Dependent Texture and Base Texture in a Geographic Information System - Systems and methods for rendering a view-dependent texture in conjunction with a three-dimensional model of a geographic area are provided. A view-dependent texture can be rendered in conjunction with at least portions of the three-dimensional model. A base texture can be rendered for portions of the three-dimensional model in the same field of view that are viewed from a slightly different perspective than a reference direction associated with the view-dependent texture. For instance, a stretching factor can be determined for each portion of the three-dimensional model based on the reference direction and a viewpoint direction associated with the portion of the three-dimensional model. A base texture, a view-dependent texture, or a blended texture can be selected for rendering at the portion of the three-dimensional model based on the stretching factor. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375634 | HYBRID CLIENT-SERVER RENDERING WITH LOW LATENCY IN VIEW - A method, system and computer-readable medium for rendering images are provided. The method includes rendering a first image based on a model. The method further includes receiving additional image information rendered by the server and incorporating the additional image information into the first image to create a second image for display. The second image is displayed in an output device. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375635 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A THREE DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF A SUBJECT - According to one embodiment, a method of generating a three dimensional representation of a subject from a depth image, comprises comparing a depth image of the subject with a plurality of representative images, wherein each representative image is associated with a respective parametric model of a subject; identifying a representative image of the plurality of representative images as a closest representative image to the depth image of the subject; selecting the parametric model associated with the closest representative image to the depth image; and generating a three dimensional representation of the subject by fitting the selected parametric model to the depth image of the subject. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375636 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A computer-implemented image processing technique for selectively recovering the features of an original CAD model after the original CAD model has been converted to a digitized image and a new CAD model generated from the digitized image. The original boundary representation provides a template to transform the representation through processing under governance of a programmed processor so as to recover accuracy and reintroduce feature edges and feature corners as well as other detailed features to the CAD model obtained from the digitized image, e.g., to enable detailed features to be retained that would otherwise have been lost due to the lossy conversion into image space. The method operates to better ensure that reconstructed boundary vertices lie on original CAD model surfaces and feature edges and corners are recovered. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375637 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING GRAPHICS PRIMITIVES - A method and apparatus includes primitive setup circuitry for determining a plurality of functions for an input graphics primitive, including an edge function associated with each edge of the input graphics primitive and a depth function associated with the input graphics primitive. Rasterization circuitry performs a rasterization operation in order to calculate position data for a plurality of graphics fragments to be used to represent the input graphics primitive. In a default mode of operation, depth bound clipping circuitry performs a depth bound clipping operation by determining, for each graphics fragment in said plurality of graphics fragments, a depth value for said graphics fragment using the depth function, and determining whether said depth value resides within a valid depth range of a view frustum, the graphics fragment being discarded from further processing if its depth value does not reside within said valid depth range. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375638 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE - A hidden model determinator that compares a coordinate value in a depth direction which is acquired by performing a coordinate transformation on each of a first determination target point and a second determination target point which are selected from model data about a facility model with that in the depth direction of model data about a topographical model, which is stored in a Z value buffer, to determine whether or not the facility model is hidden behind the topographical model, and a facility addition processing unit that stores model data about a facility model which the hidden model determinator determines is not hidden behind the topographical model. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375639 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING SHADOW OF 3D VIRTUAL OBJECT - A method for displaying a shadow of a 3D virtual object, includes steps of: (a) acquiring information on a viewpoint of a user looking at a 3D virtual object displayed in a specific location in 3D space by a wall display device; (b) determining a location and a shape of a shadow of the 3D virtual object to be displayed by referring to information on the viewpoint of the user and the information on a shape of the 3D virtual object; and (c) allowing the shadow of the 3D virtual object to be displayed by at least one of the wall display device and a floor display device by referring to the determined location and the determined shape of the shadow of the 3D virtual object. Accordingly, the user is allowed to feel the accurate sense of depth or distance regarding the 3D virtual object. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375640 | RAY SHADOWING METHOD UTILIZING GEOMETRICAL STENCILS - Aspects comprise a ray tracing shadowing method based on the data structure of a uniform grid of cells, and on local stencils in cells. The high traversal and construction costs of accelerating structures are cut down. The object's visibility from the viewpoint and from light sources, as well as the primary workload and its distribution among cells, are gained in the preprocessing stage and cached in stencils for runtime use. In runtime, the use of stencils allows a complete locality at each cell, for load balanced parallel processing. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375641 | RAY SHOOTING METHOD UTILIZING GEOMETRICAL STENCILS - Aspects comprise a ray shooting method based on the data structure of a uniform grid of cells, and on local stencils in cells. The high traversal and construction costs of accelerating structures are cut down. The object's visibility from the viewpoint and from light sources, as well as the primary workload and its distribution among cells, are gained in the preprocessing stage and cached in stencils for runtime use. In runtime, the use of stencils allows a complete locality at each cell, for load balanced parallel processing. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375642 | RAY SHADOWING SYSTEM UTILIZING GEOMETRICAL STENCILS - Aspects comprise ray tracing shadowing system based on the data structure of a uniform grid of cells, and on local stencils in cells. The high traversal and construction costs of accelerating structures are cut down. The object's visibility from the viewpoint and from light sources, as well as the primary workload and its distribution among cells, are gained in the preprocessing stage and cached in stencils for runtime use. In runtime, the use of stencils allows a complete locality at each cell, for load balanced parallel processing. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375643 | SYSTEM FOR PRIMARY RAY SHOOTING HAVING GEOMETRICAL STENCILS - Aspects comprise ray shooting system based on the data structure of a uniform grid of cells, and on local stencils in cells. The high traversal and construction costs of accelerating structures are cut down. The object's visibility from the viewpoint and from light sources, as well as the primary workload and its distribution among cells, are gained in the preprocessing stage and cached in stencils for runtime use. In runtime, the use of stencils allows a complete locality at each cell, for load balanced parallel processing. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375644 | METHOD OF STENCIL MAPPED SHADOWING - Aspects comprise shadowing method as part of ray tracing. It is based on uniform grid of cells, and on local stencils in cells. The acceleration structures are abandoned along with high traversal and construction costs of these structures. The amount of intersection tests is cut down. The stencils are generated in the preprocessing stage and utilized in runtime. The relevant part of scene data, critical for shadowing of all visible intersection points in a cell, is registered in the local stencil map, as a volumetric data. The runtime use of stencils allows a complete locality at each cell, enhanced utilization of processing resources and load balancing of parallel processing. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375645 | STENCIL MAPPED SHADOWING SYSTEM - Aspects comprise shadowing system as part of ray tracing. It is based on uniform grid of cells, and on local stencils in cells. The acceleration structures are abandoned along with high traversal and construction costs of these structures. The amount of intersection tests is cut down. The stencils are generated in the preprocessing stage and utilized in runtime. The relevant part of scene data, critical for shadowing of all visible intersection points in a cell, is registered in the local stencil map, as a volumetric data. The runtime use of stencils allows a complete locality at each cell, enhanced utilization of processing resources and load balancing of parallel processing. | 2014-12-25 |
20140375646 | DYNAMIC ALTERATION OF GUIDES BASED ON RESOLUTION CHANGES - Guides used to illustrate straight lines for positioning graphic objects in an art board are dynamically altered to maintain a designated offset and alignment when used in simulations of displays with different display resolutions. Each guide is associated with an alignment and offset that is used to position the guide in an art board. When the display resolution of the art board changes, each guide is automatically rendered to a position that maintains the alignment and offset associated with each guide. | 2014-12-25 |