52nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120327016 | Two-Dimensional Position Sensor - A capacitive position sensor comprises a substrate having an arrangement of electrodes mounted on a single surface thereof, the electrodes arranged so as to define an array of sensing cells arranged in columns and rows to form a sensing area. Each sensing cell includes a column sensing electrode and a row sensing electrode. The column sensing electrodes of sensing cells in the same column are electrically coupled together, and the row sensing electrodes of sensing cells in the same row are electrically coupled together. Row sensing electrodes of sensing cells at opposing ends of at least one of the rows are connected together by an electrical connection made outside of the sensing area so that there is no requirement for electrical connections to cross within the sensing area, providing a capacitive position sensor having a sensing area with electrodes on only one side of a substrate. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327017 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes first and second electrode substrates including first and second conductive layers; a first electrode and a second electrode provided on the first conductive layer for causing an electric potential distribution; a third electrode and a fourth electrode provided on the first conductive layer for causing an electric potential distribution such that the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected by the third electrode and the fourth electrode; and a resistance adjusting member including a first resistance portion and a second resistance portion electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode in parallel, respectively, and configured such that resistance values of the first resistance portion and the second resistance portion become lower at the center than at the outer sides in the longitudinal direction of the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327018 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT APPARATUS USING INPUT PAD - When it is sensed that a finger is touched to a movable pad and a detection switch is switched on, time that the finger is touched to the sensing surface (Condition (1)), distance in which the finger is moved on the sensing surface (Condition (2)), speed that the finger is moved on the sensing surface (Condition (3)), and acceleration obtained when the finger is moved on the sensing surface (Condition (4)) are referred thereto. When any one of the conditions is satisfied, it is determined to be a pressing operation which is not intended by an operator. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327019 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TOUCH SCREEN - A method of producing a touch screen includes feeding and laminating a roll of an adhesive sheet material to bond a sheet glass, a roll of a first sheet material having first electrodes, and a roll of a second sheet material having second electrodes; pinching and pressing the laminated sheet materials between a pair of press rollers to form a laminated body of the bonded sheet materials. When being fed, the sheet materials are cut off at a predetermined length corresponding to a lateral size of a rectangular touch screen, and thus the sheet materials can be provided in a predetermined size in one cutting process. Rolling the sheet materials reduces wrinkles and folds and eliminates a protection sheet for each sheet material, which is required in a case of stacking a plurality of planar sheets, thus facilitating cost reduction. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327020 | TOUCH PANEL-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel-equipped display device ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120327021 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a capacitive touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the material having lower resistance than that of ITO is filled in the intaglio formed on the resin layer, which is patterned to form the embedded sensing electrode and the sensing electrodes and the wiring electrodes are formed at the same time by using the same resistance material; in which the capacitive touch panel includes a first sensing layer formed with a plurality of first direction sensing electrodes, which are patterned and a plurality of first wiring electrodes; and a second sensing layer formed with a plurality of second direction sensing electrodes, which are patterned and a plurality of second wiring electrodes; in which the first sensing layer and the second sensing layer are bonded in the mutual vertical direction. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327022 | DRIVEN SHIELD FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCHPADS - A conductive shield that is disposed near the sensor, wherein a signal is driven on the shield that is similar to the signal induced on the sensor, thereby reducing stray capacitances and protecting the sensor from external noise sources, and resulting in a stronger signal reaching the sensor. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327023 | TOUCH PANEL AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - A gap between an upper transparent electrode base member ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120327024 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COATINGS INCLUDING CARBON NANOTUBES AND NANOWIRE COMPOSITES, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to large-area transparent conductive coatings (TCCs) including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanowire composites, and methods of making the same. The σ | 2012-12-27 |
20120327025 | Touchpad with Capacitive Force Sensing - Described herein are techniques related to a touchpad with capacitive force sensing. The described techniques may determine the point or region of a user-engagement surface contacted by a user. In addition, the described techniques may also determine a force of the user's finger press on the user-engagement surface using one or more capacitance force-sensors. Furthermore, the described techniques may offer active tactile feedback (i.e., haptics) to the user's finger touching the user-engagement surface. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327026 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR AND DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a capacitive sensor and a detection method using the same. The capacitive sensor of the present invention includes a plurality of detecting plates arranged sequentially. Each detecting plate is provided with the same driving signal. According to the difference between signals of each detecting plate and another detecting plate, detecting plates touched or approached by external objects can be identified. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327027 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen. The conductive strip pattern allows that, when a touch range of each external conductive object on the mutual capacitive multi-touch screen is larger than a predetermined condition, capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and first conductive strip is greater than capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and second conductive strip, such that the proportion of a driving signal flowing out of the first conductive strip via at least one first external conductive object in the external conductive objects and into the second conductive strip via at least one second external conductive object in the external conductive objects decreases as the number of second external conductive objects increases. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327028 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen. The conductive strip pattern allows that, when a touch range of each external conductive object on the mutual capacitive multi-touch screen is larger than a predetermined condition, capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and first conductive strip is greater than capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and second conductive strip, such that the proportion of a driving signal flowing out of the first conductive strip via at least one first external conductive object in the external conductive objects and into the second conductive strip via at least one second external conductive object in the external conductive objects decreases as the number of second external conductive objects increases. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327029 | TOUCH INPUT SENSING USING OPTICAL RANGING - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for touch systems. In one aspect, the touch system can include at least one light guide optically coupled to at least one light source and at least one optical detector. The light guide can be configured to transmit light from at least one light source across the surface in at least one direction and to receive at least a portion of the transmitted light reflected in an opposite direction in response to at least one reflecting object on the surface. The touch system also can include a touchscreen transceiver. The touch system can be configured to determine a location of at least one reflecting object on the surface by identifying a position of where the light guide or the touchscreen transceiver receives the reflected light and by determining time-of-flight of the transmitted light and the reflected light. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327030 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INFRARED TOUCH SENSING AND INFRARED REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTION - An electronic device paired with an infrared remote control, includes a display screen having a display area, at least one infrared emitter, at least one infrared receiver, a prism and a processing unit. A prism is adjacent to the at least one infrared receiver for converging the infrared rays from the at least one infrared emitter and the infrared remote control to the at least one IR receiver. A processing unit is for activating and then deactivating the infrared emitters one after another, identifying operations of a user on the display area by analyzing the interception of the infrared rays emitted from each of the infrared emitters, identifying operations of a user according to the infrared signals from the infrared remote control and executing corresponding functions associated with the operations of the user. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327031 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION INCLUDING COORDINATE DATA - A method, computer readable medium, and apparatus for inputting information, including coordinate data, includes: extracting a predetermined object from an image, including a predetermined object above a plane; detecting motion of the predetermined object while the predetermined object is within a predetermined distance from the plane; and then determining if to input predetermined information. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327032 | LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES, METHODS OF DRIVING THE LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES, AND OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES - Light-sensing apparatuses may include a light sensor transistor and a switching transistor in a light-sensing pixel, the transistors being oxide semiconductor transistors. In the light-sensing apparatus, the light sensor transistor and the switching transistor in the light-sensing pixel may be adjacently formed on one substrate, the switching transistor including a channel material that is relatively less light-sensitive than the light sensor transistor and is stable, and the light sensor transistor includes a channel material that is relatively light-sensitive. The light sensor transistor may include a transparent upper electrode on a surface of a channel, and a negative voltage may be applied to the transparent upper electrode, whereby a threshold voltage shift in a negative voltage direction may be prevented or reduced. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327033 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device which allows a user to erase display information such as a character inputted thereto is provided. The input device includes a rectangular frame-shaped optical waveguide having a rectangular hollow input-use interior, and a control means provided on the outside of one of the sides of the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide and the control means are provided on a surface of a rectangular frame-shaped retainer plate having the hollow input-use interior, and are covered with a rectangular frame-shaped protective plate. The control means includes: a light-emitting element connected to ends of light-emitting cores of the optical waveguide; a light-receiving element connected to ends of light-receiving cores of the optical waveguide; and a CPU incorporating a program for recognizing the size of the tip of a pen and the size of the tip of an eraser in a region within the hollow input-use interior. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327034 | Touch-sensitive system with optical transmitters and receivers - The general field of the invention is that of optical touch-sensitive systems mounted above areas of display surfaces. The system comprises at least two light sources arranged to produce above a display surface a “luminous layer” covering said surface, a first imager and a second imager the optical fields of which cover the surface. The sources are separate from the imagers. When a first object is situated above the surface, first and second luminous images of said object are captured by the first imager and the second imager, the system including analysis means enabling by triangulation of the known positions of the first and second luminous images, determination of the position of this first object above the display surface. In more elaborate configurations, the system comprises a plurality of sources of illumination and imagers enabling coverage of complex surfaces, enabling “multi-touch” detection or securing the detection functions. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327035 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch system includes an image sensor module and a processor. The image sensor module includes a plurality of image sensing elements that can be independently controlled to achieve different exposure times. The plurality of image sensor elements can produce a picture including a plurality of pixel groups. The processor is configured to extract an intensity value of each pixel group and to select a set of successive pixel groups as an object image according to the intensity values of the pixel groups. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327036 | LIGHT GUIDE ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE USING THE SAME - A light guide assembly includes a hollow mounting pillar and a light guide member. The hollow mounting pillar includes a plurality of sidewalls; a receiving groove is defined by the sidewalls and has an inlet. One of the sidewalls serves as a transparent portion and the rest of the sidewalls each serve as a reflection portion. The light guide member is disposed in the receiving groove, and a light incident surface of the light guide member is exposed from the inlet. The light guide assembly has advantages such as having a simpler production process and higher production efficiency. An optical touch module adopting the light guide assembly is also disclosed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327037 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND CALCULATION METHOD THEREOF - A method of calculating the coordinate data of an object includes the steps of: providing a mirror surface for generating a reflection of an object; providing an image sensor for capturing an image of the object and an image of the reflection; obtaining an individual image of the object when the image of the object and the image of the reflection overlap to form an overlapped image; and calculating the coordinate data of the object based on the overlapped image and the individual image. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING TOUCH INPUT USING ILLUMINATION SENSORS - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for sensing touch input using illumination sensors. The apparatus includes: a touch pad on which at least one illumination sensor is arranged; and a controller collecting sensor values of the at least one illumination sensor to perform touch recognition suitable for a present illumination environment. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327039 | INFRARED TOUCH SCREEN WITH SIMPLIFIED COMPONENTS - We present signal production devices and infrared-style touch screens incorporating them. Compared to prior art devices, the signal production devices of the present invention have simpler, more easily manufactured components. Touch screens incorporating these devices can have reduced bezel width, and are particularly well-suited to finger-only touch on small area screens. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327040 | IDENTIFIABLE STYLUS - A stylus is disclosed. The stylus includes a shaft; a conductive tip at a distal end of the shaft; and control circuitry coupled to the conductive tip and configured to generate a modulated signal at the conductive tip to identify the stylus. The stylus can also include a switch coupled between the conductive tip and the shaft. The control circuitry can be further configured to control the switch to modulate a conductive path between the conductive tip and the shaft to generate the modulated signal. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327041 | ACTIVE STYLUS - An active stylus is disclosed. The stylus includes an electrode at a tip of the stylus; and powered circuitry coupled to the electrode and configured for capacitively coupling the electrode with a capacitive touch sensor panel. The powered circuitry can further include drive circuitry configured to output a drive voltage at the electrode and/or sense circuitry configured to sense a voltage received at the electrode. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327042 | STYLUS ORIENTATION DETECTION - Stylus orientation detection is disclosed. In an example, the orientation of a stylus relative to a contacting surface, e.g., a touch panel, can be detected by detecting a capacitance at one or more locations on the stylus relative to the surface, and then using the capacitance(s) to determine the orientation of the stylus relative to the surface. In another example, the orientation of a stylus relative to a contacting surface, e.g., a touch panel, can be detected by first detecting the orientation of the stylus relative to a reference, detecting the orientation of the contacting surface relative to the reference, and then calculating the orientation of the stylus relative to the contacting surface using the two detected orientations. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327043 | STYLUS CAPABLE OF BEING APPLIED IN VARIOUS TOUCH PANELS - The present invention relates to a stylus capable of being applied in various touch panels, wherein the stylus consists of a conductive pen tube, a conductive rubber pen lead and a conductive rod. The conductive rubber pen lead is made by a conductive rubber and is sprayed with a conductive wearing material, moreover, the conductive rubber pen lead has an accommodating space disposed in the interior thereof, so that, when the conductive rubber pen lead touches and slightly presses a panel, the contact area between the conductive rubber pen lead and the panel would be increased due to the accommodating space; In addition, the conductive pen tube of the stylus has at least one electrical discharge device, which include a PCB and a battery, connecting with the conductive rod and the conductive pen tube through conductive wire, respectively, so that a circuit loop is formed in the conductive pen tube; therefore, by way of the circuit loop, the sensitivity of the stylus can be greatly increased. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327044 | STYLUS ASSEMBLY FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A stylus assembly for a capacitive touch screen provides input via conventional handwriting action. A stylus is attached at a contact end to a disc providing ample capacitive proximity with the touch screen. A layer of capacitive material is embedded within the disc, and may be formed with a distinct shape, layout, or outline to provide a uniquely recognizable capacitive signature. The stylus terminates at the contact end in a received portion, attached to the disc by a receiving portion formed thereon. Free rotation of the received portion within the receiving portion accepts positioning of the stylus body at any angle with no degradation of capacitive proximity, allowing natural handwriting action. The receiving portion can be formed with sufficient flexibility to allow disengagement and re-engagement thereof, enabling simple and low-cost replacement of the disc. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327045 | DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR MANUAL DATA INPUT - Devices are disclosed for manually inputting data to an electrically-sensitive user interface, which devices comprise a device body and an interface-contacting member supported by the body, the interface-contacting member comprising a resilient material having a convex interface-contacting surface with at least one recess formed therein; processes for manual data input are also disclosed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327046 | STYLUS - A stylus is adapted for inputting command to an electronic device and includes an electrically-conductive handle portion, an electrically-conductive contact portion adapted to contact the electronic device, and an electrically-conductive spring. The spring interconnects electrically the handle portion and the contact portion, and is resiliently flexible for permitting the handle portion to pivot relative to the contact portion when the contact portion contacts the electronic device. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327047 | COLUMN DRIVERS WITH EMBEDDED HIGH-SPEED VIDEO INTERFACE TIMING CONTROLLER - A system and method are disclosed for embedding a timing controller on column drivers which, among other advantages, reduces power consumption and size constraints. A standalone timing controller is eliminated by splitting a video input signal and delivering the signal to each of the column drivers. Timing controller functionality is embedded in each of the column drivers to allow the column drivers to process the received video signal. An auxiliary input used for communication between column drivers and an external system is received by a master column driver. The master column driver communicates with slave column drivers to enable point to point communication between each column driver and the external system. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327048 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - A mobile computing device includes a flexible display, a rigid-flex printed circuit board (PCB) arrangement, an electrically conductive memory fabric, and a controller. The rigid-flex PCB arrangement is connected to the flexible display, and has a honeycomb configuration. The electrically conductive memory fabric is connected to the flexible display and the rigid-flex PCB arrangement. The controller is configured to, by selectively controlling supply of electrical current to the electrically conductive memory fabric, control whether the electrically conductive memory fabric (i) straightens and resists flexing of the flexible display and the rigid-flex PCB arrangement or (ii) is relaxed and allows flexing of the flexible display and the rigid-flex PCB arrangement. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327049 | VIDEO PROJECTION DEVICE AND VIDEO PROJECTION METHOD - There are provided a video projection device and a video projection method which can realize both a guarantee of safety and an increase in luminance of a screen. The video projection device includes: a laser light source unit which emits a laser; a laser scanning unit which is provided with one or more scanning directions and project video by performing a reciprocating scan of the laser with respect to a scanning direction with the highest scanning frequency; and a control unit which controls operations of the laser light source unit and the laser scanning unit depending on a video signal so that a scanning angle when emission of the laser in an outgoing path is stopped is different from a scanning angle when emission of the laser in a return path is started with respect to the scanning direction along which the reciprocating scan is performed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327050 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a TFT substrate with gate signal lines, drain signal lines, thin-film transistors connected thereto, a gate driver connected to the gate signal lines, a drain driver having output terminals connected to drain signal lines, and a film substrate having first wirings. The first wirings are disposed between the drain driver and the film substrate. The drain driver is mounted on the film substrate, and the output terminals are connected to the first wirings between the film substrate and the drain driver. The output terminal includes first group terminals formed in parallel with a longer edge of the drain driver, and second group terminals formed in parallel with the longer edge and disposed between the loner edge and the first group terminals. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327051 | VISUAL DISPLAYS FOR AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT DECK - A cockpit for an aircraft includes a windscreen through which light may pass, at least one seat spaced from and facing the windscreen, a flight deck having at least a portion disposed below the windscreen and having at least one head down display having an adjustable brightness that may be set by a brightness signal, a camera having a field of view including at least a portion of the at least one seat and outputting an image signal indicative of luminance information within the field of view, and a processor operably coupled to the camera and the head down display and configured to receive the image signal, determine a luminance of at least a portion of the field of view, determine a brightness for the head down display based on the determined luminance, and outputting to the head down display a brightness signal corresponding to the determined brightness. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327052 | LED ARRAY WITH PHOTODETECTOR - Embodiments of the present invention provide for an array, and corresponding method of forming an array, that includes a plurality of light emitting devices. The light emitting devices are disposed over a substrate, and a photodetector detects light emitted through the substrate from the light emitting devices. Further, a substantially constant brightness may be maintained in a plurality of light emitting devices disposed over the upper surface of a substrate in an array. Light emitted through the substrate from each of the light emitting devices is measured, and the voltage level applied to each of the light emitting devices is varied to maintain a substantially constant brightness level of light emitted from the light emitting devices. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327053 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM, DRIVE METHOD FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SHUTTER GLASSES FOR PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - Sharp contrast is achieved while the driving time in displaying a 3D image on a plasma display panel is shorted. For this purpose, an all-cell initializing subfield for applying up-ramp waveform voltage and down-ramp waveform voltage to a scan electrode in the initializing period is set as the first subfield of one field. The plasma display panel is driven by one of 3D drive and 2D drive. A gradient of at least one of the up-ramp waveform voltage and the down-ramp waveform voltage in the all-cell initializing period during the 3D drive is set to be steeper than a gradient of the one waveform voltage in the all-cell initializing period during the 2D drive. A shutter opening/closing timing signal is generated so that both of a right-eye timing signal and a left-eye timing signal are in the OFF state in the all-cell initializing period during the 3D drive. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327054 | Data Driving System and Chip for Liquid Crystal Panel as Well as Liquid Crystal Display Device - A data driving system and a data driving chip for a liquid crystal panel as well as a liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising the same are disclosed. The data driving system comprises a data driving chip, a timing controller and a first interface connected to the data driving chip and the timing controller. The first interface comprises a terminating resistor for converting a current signal transmitted through the first interface into a voltage signal, and the terminating resistor is disposed inside the data driving chip. By having the terminating resistor disposed inside the chip, the present disclosure can eliminate the need of additional electric tests, thus saving the cost of the additional electric tests. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327055 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display apparatus includes a display device that has a memory property to maintain its display state even after a drive applied to the display device is removed; a detection circuit configured to detect a capacitance exhibited by the display device; an adjustment circuit configured to make an adjustment of a driving condition for the display device, based on the capacitance of the display device detected by the detection circuit when the display device is in a display state that is set by driving the display device under a predetermined driving condition; and a storing circuit configured to store a capacitance of the display device and a driving condition for the display device that are used in a previous adjustment, wherein the adjustment circuit changes an adjustment sequence in accordance with a difference between the capacitance detected by the detection circuit, and the capacitance stored in the storing circuit. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327056 | DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING TEST PAD UNIT AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels, and a test pad unit having a plurality of pads configured to transmit a test signal to the display unit during a test period, the plurality of pads being disabled after the test period is completed, the test pad unit including a plurality of first pads that transmit the test signal, applied from outside during the test period, to the display unit, and a plurality of second pads and an auxiliary pad that disable the plurality of first pads when the test period is completed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327057 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device including a monolithic gate driver, without degrading display quality, miniaturization is achieved while reducing power consumption. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327058 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING PIXEL CIRCUIT - Disclosed herein is a pixel circuit, including: a display portion; a drive transistor driving the display portion; and a characteristics controlling portion configured to control characteristics of the drive transistor. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327059 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A semiconductor device having a configuration hardly generating variations in the current value due to a deteriorated EL element is to be provided. A capacitance element is disposed between the gate and the source of a driving TFT, video signals are inputted to the gate electrode, and then it is in the floating state. Suppose an EL element is deteriorated and the anode potential rises, that is, the source potential of the driving TFT rises, the potential of the gate electrode of the driving TFT, being in the floating state by coupling of the capacitance element, is to rise by the same amount. Accordingly, even when the anode potential rises due to the deteriorated EL element, the rise is added to the gate electrode potential as it is, and the gate-source voltage of the driving TFT is allowed to be constant. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327060 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is a system, wherein a switching element is on/off controlled by means of a gate driver of a second substrate, electrical conductivity is made to a pixel electrode at a necessary position by means of a reference signal line, and data signals are applied to the data electrodes of a first substrate. An input terminal contact part connected to the drive signal terminal of the gate driver is electrically connected to the signal line contact part on the first substrate side, and the signal line contact part is connected to the first substrate side terminal merging part. Selection of a scanning line by means of the gate driver, and application of the signals to the data electrodes are performed by inputting required signals from the outside to the first substrate side terminal merging part. Because the input terminal contact part is constituted by several connecting lines, electrical connection between the first substrate and the second substrate is not required with respect to the all the scanning lines. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327061 | SMART PAD OPERATION OF DISPLAY ELEMENTS WITH DIFFERING DISPLAY PARAMETERS - A computational device energizes, at different times, a first set of display elements in a display in accordance with differing values and/or display parameters in response to differing energy management requirements. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327062 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER EXECUTABLE CONTROL PROGRAM OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a storage module which stores display information of a work screen that is displayed on an image display module according to an instruction to switch to a standby state; a power supply module which receives a resume instruction in the standby state, and which supplies power to the image display module according to the resume instruction; and a work screen display module which displays an image on the power-supplied image display module using display information of the work screen stored in the storage module. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327063 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Display device includes: a power supplying unit which outputs at least a high-side or low-side output potential; an organic EL display unit which includes pixels and receives power supply from the power supplying unit; two or more detecting lines for transmitting a high-side or low-side applied potential applied to two or more pixels; a relay unit which outputs the high-side or low-side applied potentials transmitted by the detecting lines, to output lines fewer in number than the detecting lines; and a regulating unit which regulates at least the high-side or low-side output potential to be outputted by the power supplying unit, such that any one of potential difference between a reference potential and the high-side applied potential from the relay unit, potential difference between the reference potential and the low-side applied potential, and potential difference between the high-side applied potential and the low-side applied potential reaches a predetermined potential difference. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327064 | AMOLED PANEL AND DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREFOR - Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel and the driving circuit and method therefor. The driving circuit of the AMOLED panel comprises: a driving transistor; a first transistor; a second capacitor; an organic light emitting diode; a voltage adjustment module, which is connected to a first control signal terminal, a second control signal terminal and a high level signal terminal, and is connected with the second capacitor, the driving transistor and the first transistor, for adjusting a gate-source voltage of the driving transistor connected with the second capacitor, such that a driving current of the driving transistor in a saturation status is independent of its threshold voltage. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327065 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display and Method of Driving the Same - An OLED display includes a data line, a gate line crossing the data line receiving a scan pulse, a high potential (HP) driving voltage (DV) source, a low potential (LP) DV source, a light emitting element (LEE) emitting light from current flowing between the HP DV source and the LP DV source, a drive element (DE) connected between the HP DV source and the LEE controlling a current flowing in the LEE from voltage between a gate electrode (GE) and a source electrode (SE) of the DE, and a driving current stabilization circuit applying a voltage to the GE of the DE turning on the DE and sinking a reference current through the DE, setting a source voltage of the DE at a sensing voltage and modifying voltage between the GE and SE of the DE to scale a current to be applied to the LEE from the reference current. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327066 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes an organic EL display unit including plural pixels, a variable-voltage source which supplies a positive electrode supply potential and a negative electrode supply potential to the display organic EL display unit, and an arithmetic circuit which measures an anode potential and a cathode potential of a representative pixel. The variable-voltage source regulates the positive electrode supply potential with respect to the negative electrode supply potential, according to at least the potential difference between the negative electrode supply potential of the variable-voltage source and the cathode potential of the representative pixel, and supply the regulated positive electrode supply potential to the organic EL display unit. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327067 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to the present disclosure includes: an organic EL display unit having pixels; a variable voltage source which supplies a voltage to the organic EL display unit; and a voltage drop amount calculating circuit which regulates the voltage output by the variable voltage source, according to video data, in which the organic EL display unit further includes an anode-side power source line network and a cathode-side power source line network connected to the pixels and the variable voltage source, for supplying the voltage from the variable voltage source, and the voltage drop amount calculating circuit estimates, from the video data, a distribution of voltage drop amount in the anode-side power source line network and the cathode-side power source line network for each of the pixels, and regulates the voltage based on the estimated distribution of voltage drop amount for each of the pixels. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327068 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVE METHOD - If areas corresponding to the address electrodes in the second row have an area to be stereoscopic display and an area not to be stereoscopic display and an area of the connecting wire of the far electrode corresponding to the area to be stereoscopic display in the second column is included in the area not to be stereoscopic display in the first column, then a third address voltage obtained by inverting the first address voltage in positive-negative polarity is applied to the address electrodes in the second row, a third column voltage obtained by inverting the first column voltage in positive-negative polarity is applied to the far electrode corresponding to the area to be stereoscopic display, and a fourth column voltage obtained by inverting the second column voltage in positive-negative polarity is applied to the far electrode corresponding to the area not to be stereoscopic display. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327069 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a light source, a light guide, a light extraction unit, and a drive circuit. The light source emits a first light. The light guide has a first end, a second end arranged in a first direction, and a side surface extending in the first direction. The light guide guides the first light from the first end toward the second end. The light extraction unit opposes the side surface, and includes first and second conductive units provided parallel to the side surface. The light extraction unit extracts the first light guided inside the light guide by coming close to the side surface for a state in which a voltage is applied to the first and second conductive units. The drive circuit applies the voltage between the first and second conductive units. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327070 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SHUTTER GLASSES FOR PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - In display of a 3D image on a plasma display panel, the plasma display apparatus achieves an excellent contrast with reduced crosstalk. For this purpose, the plasma display apparatus includes a driver circuit and a control signal generation circuit. The driver circuit drives the plasma display panel in a manner such that a subfield where an all-cell initializing operation is performed in the initializing period and a sustain discharge is caused in all the discharge cells in the sustain period is set as the first subfield of one field. The control signal generation circuit generates shutter opening/closing timing signals that include a timing signal for the right eye and a timing signal for the left eye. The control signal generation circuit sets both of the timing signal for the right eye and the timing signal for the left eye to OFF in the period of the first subfield. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327071 | Clipless Time and Lens Bounds for Improved Sample Test Efficiency in Image Rendering - A method for reducing the number of samples tested for rendering a screen space region of an image includes constructing a trajectory of a primitive extending in an image which is to be rendered. A bounding volume is constructed for a screen space region of the image, the bounding volume characterized as having a bound in a non-screen space dimension which is defined as a function of the primitive's trajectory. The bounding volume is further characterized as overlapping a portion of the screen space region which is to be rendered. One or more sample points which are located within the screen space region, and which are not overlapped by the bounding volume are excluded from testing. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327072 | Method of Displaying Stereoscopic Images, and Stereoscopic Image Display Device - A method of displaying stereoscopic images is provided. By the method, a stereoscopic image frame having an active period and a vertical blank is received, a length of the vertical blank varying for each stereoscopic image frame, the stereoscopic image frame is divided into a first image frame and a second image frame based on an end point of the active period of the stereoscopic image frame, and the first image frame and the second image frame are sequentially outputted. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327073 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image is disclosed. On a display panel, red, green and blue subpixels are alternately arranged in a row direction and subpixels having the same color are arranged in a column direction. A 3D image filter is disposed ahead of the display panel and includes a transparent area and a non-transparent area arranged alternately. An edge defining the width of the non-transparent area is inclined with respect to a vertical axis of the display panel. A controller assigns a view image to be displayed at a subpixel of the display panel according to an inclination angle of the edge. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image is disclosed. On a display panel, red, green and blue subpixels are alternately arranged in a row direction and subpixels having the same color are arranged in a column direction. A 3D image filter is disposed ahead of the display panel and includes a transparent area and a non-transparent area arranged alternately. A controller determines a view image to be displayed at each subpixel of the display panel to one of two view images based on numbers allocated to the subpixels of the display panel. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327075 | SYSTEM FOR RAPID AND ACCURATE QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - A system and method for automatic segmentation, performed by selecting a deformable model of an anatomical structure of interest imaged in a volumetric image, the deformable model formed of a plurality of polygons including vertices and edges, displaying the deformable model on a display, detecting a feature point of the anatomical structure of interest corresponding to each of the plurality of polygons and adapting the deformable model by moving each of the vertices toward the corresponding feature points until the deformable model morphs to a boundary of the anatomical structure of interest, forming a segmentation of the anatomical structure of interest. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327076 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic image display device includes: an image display unit that can display parallax images; an optical component that causes the parallax images to be recognized as a stereoscopic image; and a back light unit that is arranged on a rear face side of the image display unit, wherein the back light unit includes a first illumination section that illuminates the image display unit at a first outgoing angle at the time of displaying a planar image by using the image display unit and a second illumination section that illuminates the image display unit at a second outgoing angle, which is narrower than the first outgoing angle, at the time of displaying a stereoscopic image by using the image display unit and the optical component. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327077 | APPARATUS FOR RENDERING 3D IMAGES - A 3D image rendering apparatus is disclosed including: an image receiving device for receiving a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a depth calculator, coupled with the image receiving device, for generating a corresponding left-eye depth map and/or a right-eye depth map according to the left-eye image and the right-eye image; a command receiving device for receiving a depth adjusting command; and an image rendering device, coupled with the command receiving device, for increasing the depth value of a first pixel in the left-eye depth map and/or the right-eye depth map and reducing the depth value of a second pixel in the left-eye depth map and/or the right-eye depth map. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327078 | APPARATUS FOR RENDERING 3D IMAGES - A 3D image rendering apparatus is disclosed including: an image motion detector for detecting temporal image motion of a target image object in a first left-eye image or a first right-eye image to generate a temporal motion vector, and for performing image motion detection on the first left-eye image and the first right-eye image to generate a spatial motion vector for the target image object; a depth generator for generating a depth value for the target image object based on the temporal motion vector and the spatial motion vector; an command receiving device for receiving a depth adjusting command; and an image rendering device for adjusting the image position of at least part of image objects in the first left-eye image and the first right-eye image to render a second left-eye image and a second right-eye image. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327079 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE USING SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to include a plurality of pixels and display an image having a plurality of viewpoints in response to a data signal and a control signal, a converter, and a driver. The converter is configured to receive a first image signal and a first control signal, the first image signal including an image data and a depth data corresponding to the image data and a first control signal, the converter further configured to generate a converted depth data corresponding to a predetermined pixel on the basis of the first image signal, and output a second image signal having the viewpoints and a second control signal based on the image data and the converted depth data. The driver is configured to receive the second image signal and the second control signal and output the data signal and the control signal to the display panel. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327080 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system according to an embodiment is an image processing system having a terminal device including a display unit that displays a medical image. The image processing system includes an acquiring unit and a display controller. The acquiring unit acquires a position of the terminal device relative to a predetermined target. The display controller causes the display unit to display a medical image in accordance with the relative position of the terminal device relative to the target acquired by the acquiring unit. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327081 | PERCUTANEOUS PUNCTURE SUPPORT SYSTEM - Percutaneous sampling examination of a chest lesion is performed by using a general-purpose X-ray CT apparatus and an X-ray TV fluoroscope. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327082 | MULTI-LAYER IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-layered image display device for realizing a multi-layered image with a depth by overlapping a plurality of two-dimensional images includes: a display which can be selectively transparent and produce a first two-dimensional image through a combination of a plurality of pixels, a screen which is disposed behind the display so as to be overlapped in a forward-backward direction with the display; and a projector which is disposed behind the screen so as to project a second two-dimensional image on the screen. By adopting a screen and a projector instead of a rear display and a backlight unit, the cross stripes of the rear display can be removed so as to prevent the occurrence of the interference pattern (Moire phenomenon) due to the interference of different pixel patterns, and an additional diffuse layer can be omitted so that an assembling process of the multi-layer image display device can be simplified. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327083 | CURSOR DISPLAY METHOD AND CURSOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a cursor display method of displaying a cursor, indicating a focus point while being manipulatable to move, in a two-dimensional image in which sets of laser point cloud data distributed on a three-dimensional coordinate system are shown on the basis of a predetermined view point position. The cursor display method includes: performing arithmetic on a position on the three-dimensional coordinate system which corresponds to the focus point in the two-dimensional image; defining a predetermined plane graphic region, including the corresponding position and being orthogonal to a view point position direction, on the three-dimensional coordinate system on the basis of the corresponding position; dividing a view region, originating from the view point position passing through the plane graphic region, into segments on the basis of the plane graphic region; and performing non-display processing on sets of laser point cloud data placed in any one of the divided segments. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327084 | Layered Personalization - A computer system includes a three-dimensional model of an object such as a piece of jewelry. The model is divided into multiple layers, each of which contains one or more components of the object. Each layer is associated with one or more attribute types, each of which is associated with a corresponding plurality of possible attribute values. The system pre-renders each layer with each possible attribute type and each possible attribute value for that type and layer. The resulting layer renderings may be combined with each other to produce personalized renderings of the entire object without the need to pre-render all possible combinations of attribute values. Responsibility for rendering the layers and the final complete object personalization may be divided between client and server in a variety of ways to increase efficiency. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327085 | AVATAR EYE CONTROL IN A MULTI-USER ANIMATION ENVIRONMENT - In a multi-participant modeled virtual reality environment, avatars are modeled beings that include moveable eyes creating the impression of an apparent gaze direction. Control of eye movement may be performed autonomously using software to select and prioritize targets in a visual field. Sequence and duration of apparent gaze may then be controlled using automatically determined priorities. Optionally, user preferences for object characteristics may be factored into determining priority of apparent gaze. Resulting modeled avatars are rendered on client displays to provide more lifelike and interesting avatar depictions with shifting gaze directions. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327086 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Tristimulus values of a partial adaptation white point of a virtual object and those of a partial adaptation white point of a display device are calculated from tristimulus values of a white point of the display device, and those of a white point of the virtual object, which are decided according to the area of a light source central reflection region. Then, RGB values for respective pixel positions on a projection plane are settled based on these partial adaptation white points, and a rendering image configured by pixels having the RGB values is formed on the projection plane. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327087 | SUPPORTING RECURSIVE DYNAMIC PROVENANCE ANNOTATIONS OVER DATA GRAPHS - Systems and methods are provided for supporting dynamic provenance annotations over data graphs. A method includes receiving a plurality of dynamic graphs representing dynamic provenance data. The method further includes evaluating a provenance query over the plurality of dynamic graphs to obtain an answer to the provenance query. The method additionally includes providing the answer to the provenance query to a user, using at least a display device. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327088 | Editable Character Action User Interfaces - A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes defining at least one of a location in a virtual scene and a time represented in a timeline as being associated with a performance of an animated character. The method also includes aggregating data that represents actions of the animation character for at least one of the defined location and the defined time. The method also includes presenting a user interface that includes a representation of the aggregated actions. The representation is editable to adjust at least one action included in the aggregation. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327089 | Fully Automatic Dynamic Articulated Model Calibration - A depth sensor obtains images of articulated portions of a user's body such as the hand. A predefined model of the articulated body portions is provided. The model is matched to corresponding depth pixels which are obtained from the depth sensor, to provide an initial match. The initial match is then refined using distance constraints, collision constraints, angle constraints and a pixel comparison using a rasterized model. Distance constraints include constraints on distances between the articulated portions of the hand. Collision constraints can be enforced when the model meets specified conditions, such as when at least two adjacent finger segments of the model are determined to be in a specified relative position, e.g., parallel. The rasterized model includes depth pixels of the model which are compared to identify overlapping pixels. Dimension of the articulated portions of the model are individually adjusted. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327090 | Methods and Apparatuses for Facilitating Skeletal Animation - Methods and apparatuses for facilitating skeletal animation are provided. A method may include determining a holistic motion path for a skeletal animation. The method may further include determining, independently of the determination of the holistic motion path, a limb animation for the skeletal animation based at least in part upon a plurality of skeletal key frames. The method may additionally include generating the skeletal animation by correlating the holistic motion path with the limb animation. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327091 | Gestural Messages in Social Phonebook - A method and a system is offered to enable communicating a status of a user ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120327092 | PLANARIZED SPACER FOR COVER PLATE OVER ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS DEVICE ARRAY - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a MEMS device. In one aspect, an electromechanical systems apparatus includes a substrate, a stationary electrode positioned over the substrate, a movable electrode spaced from the stationary electrode by a gap, and at least one support structure extending above the movable electrode. The support structure includes an inorganic dielectric layer and a polymer layer. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327093 | CONTENTS PROVIDING SCHEME USING DISPLAY HISTORY INFORMATION - A device for using display history information is provided. The device includes an image information generation unit configured to generate image information of contents reproduced in a different device, an image information transmission unit configured to transmit the generated image information to a seamless service providing server and a display history information management unit configured to control the apparatus based on the received display history information which is received from the seamless service providing server. Here, the display history information corresponds to the transmitted image information. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327094 | DISABLING A DISPLAY REFRESH PROCESS - A method performed by a physical computing system, the method includes disabling a display refresh process of a video controller ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120327095 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a moving unit configured to move a display position of an image displayed on a display screen; a setting unit configured to set a compressed image display area in the image; and a compression unit configured to, when a nondisplay area that is not displayed on the display screen is created in the image by the moving unit, compress the nondisplay area so that the nondisplay area fits within the compressed image display area and is displayed on the display screen. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327096 | IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE - There is provided with an image generating device in which the selecting unit selects a first buffer from frame buffers, the storage stores identification information of a frame buffer storing a latest image on an area-basis, the drawing unit draws and writes image data in the first buffer and specifies an update area including a written area, the updating unit updates the identification information to show that a latest image of the written area is stored i n the first b uffer, the modifying unit specifies an area storing an image that is not the latest in the update area and reads latest image data relating to the area from another frame buffer storing the latest image, and writes it in the area of the first buffer, the image generating unit reads image data of the update area in the first buffer, the communication unit transmits it to the display terminal. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327097 | DYNAMICALLY SCALABLE MODES - The present disclosure includes techniques for storing indexed values that may increase computing performance. In one example, a method includes receiving a request to store an input value in a data structure. The method also includes determining the input value is not represented by an index value of the first group of index values, generating an index value that represents the input value, and determining the generated index value is not included in the first group of representations. The method also includes generating a second group of index values wherein a first size of index values of the first group is different than a second size of index values of the second group. The method also includes modifying a storage capacity of the data structure to store the index values of the second group of the second size and storing the second group of index values in the data structure. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327098 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON TOUCH SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal technology. The present invention discloses a method for processing information displayed on a touch screen of a mobile terminal, and said method comprises steps of: determining whether a touch gesture received by the touch screen is made by at least two contact points; determining whether sliding motions made by each contact point onto the touch screen satisfy criteria set in the mobile terminal; deleting the information displayed on current interface; wherein the criteria are that the at least two contact points on the touch screen are slid parallel to each other, associated sliding motions for each contact point are oriented in opposite directions, and an angle between the associated sliding motions is within an angle threshold. The present invention can delete the information displayed on the interface quickly and conveniently and improve the interactivity of the mobile terminal and the user. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327099 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES BASED ON AUDIENCE PROXIMITY TO DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods and devices for dynamical adjustment of display attributes, based on a set of one or more detected objects disposed in a volume proximate to an image display of the imaging device, wherein the set of one or more objects may be within a perimeter distal from a reference point of the image display. The method and devices further determining a distance from the reference point of the image display to a reference point of at least one of the one or more objects, and determining, for at least one of the one or more sub-regions of the image display, a set of one or more viewing attributes and a disposition on the image display of the at least one of the one or more sub-regions, wherein the set of viewing attributes and the disposition on the image display may be based on the determined distance and a rule set. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327100 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method and an electronic device for tactile feedback are provided. An original image is input and converted to a binary image which includes a first grayscale value and a second grayscale value. The original image is converted to a grayscale image at least including a third grayscale value between the first grayscale value and the second grayscale value. An index map is generated according to the binary image and the grayscale image. The index map includes a plurality of index values indicative of different strengths for tactile feedback. A touch input on a touch panel is detected when the original image is displayed on a display panel. In response to the detected touch input, a tactile activation unit is driven to generate tactile feedback according to the index map. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327101 | VISUAL DISPLAY WITH ILLUMINATORS FOR GAZE TRACKING - A visual display characterized by hidden reference illuminators is adapted to emit invisible light for generating corneo-scleral reflections on an eye watching a screen surface of the display. The tracking of such reflections and the pupil center provides input for gaze tracking. A method for equipping and an LCD with a reference illuminator are also provided. A system and method for determining a gaze point of an eye watching a visual display comprising reference illuminators are further provided. The determination of the gaze point may be based on an ellipsoidal cornea model. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327102 | EXPRESSION INPUT APPARATUS, EXPRESSION DISPLAY APPARATUS, EXPRESSION INPUT METHOD, EXPRESSION DISPLAY METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING EXPRESSION INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING EXPRESSION DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An expression input apparatus includes: an expression input unit; an expression display unit; an expression/color specifying unit that specifies an expression portion in expressions displayed on the expression display unit and that specifies a color among a plurality of colors; an expression/color storage unit that stores the specified expression portion and the specified color in association with each other; a highlighting control unit that highlights the expression portion with the color; a color/position specifying unit that specifies the color stored in association with the expression portion, and that specifies a position at which a new expression portion is to be inputted; and a pasting unit that pastes the expression portion on the specified position and highlights the pasted expression portion with the specified color. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327103 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE USING THE SAME - In a method for processing images using an electronic device, a plurality of images captured at a specific time is obtained from a storage device of the electronic device. The method obtains red, green, and blue (RGB) values of a first pixel of each obtained images, selects a specific quantity of red values, green values, and blue values of the first pixel from the obtained RGB values. The method further obtains optimized RGB values for the first pixel by calculating average values of the selected red values, green values, and blue values respectively, calculates optimized RGB values for remaining pixels of the obtained images, creates an optimized image based on all of the optimized RGB values, and displays the optimized image on a display device of the electronic device. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327104 | METHOD FOR INDICATING A CURSOR LOCATION ON A FLIGHT DECK HAVING MULTIPLE FLIGHT DISPLAYS - A method of indicating a location of a cursor on a flight deck of an aircraft having multiple flight displays includes detecting when the cursor is jumped from a first location on a first flight display of the multiple flight displays to a second location on a second flight display of the multiple flight displays and displaying a comet tail on at least one of the first flight display and the second flight display directed toward the second location in response to the detected jump. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327105 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION FOR OVERLAPPING TEXTUAL USER INPUT - Techniques described herein may recognize handwritten characters that are written at least partially over the top of one another that are input to a computing device. The handwritten characters may be formed of one or more strokes. A user may write characters or parts of words over approximately the same area of graphical user interface (i.e., on top of each other) without having to wait for a timeout between character input and without having to select a button or provide another input indicating the character is complete before entering input for another character. Once a character is at least partially recognized, a graphical indication corresponding to the user input displayed on a screen may be altered. Such alterations may include fading or changing size or location of the graphical indication. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327106 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SCREEN PARTITIONING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various and convenient functions are provided through screen partition in consideration of a plurality of users. The present invention includes a touchscreen recognizing a touch input and a controller setting a reference line on the touchscreen to correspond to a 1 | 2012-12-27 |
20120327107 | FIELD DEVICE HAVING A DISPLAY UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE DISPLAY UNIT - A method for operating a display unit, which is a component of a field device of process automation technology or is connectable to such a field device, The method includes: invoking a function of a display electronics associated with the display unit by a field device electronics associated with the field device, which function serves for visualizing textual information on the display unit; performing the function by the display electronics, wherein the performing of the function includes receiving textual information from the field device electronics, wherein the textual information is essentially free of composition information relevant to the visualizing of the textual information; and visualizing the transmitted textual information on the display unit based on a display schema stored, especially completely stored, in the display electronics of the display unit, which display schema contains composition information, especially in the form of layouts and/or fonts. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327108 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus and an image display method are provided by which a total length of light-emission duration for each display line can be increased. An image display apparatus for displaying an image includes: display lines which form a display screen and each of which displays tone information of display data; a first gate driver which sequentially write the display data into first storage capacitors provided in respective pixel circuits; a third gate driver which writes the display data written in the first storage capacitors, into corresponding second storage capacitors provided in the respective pixel circuits; and organic EL elements which emit light based on the display data written in the corresponding second storage capacitors, and within a period during which the display lines emit light by the organic EL elements, the first gate driver writes display data of a next image into the first storage capacitors. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327109 | Method For Displaying Contacts In Instant Messenger And Instant Messaging Client - A method for displaying contacts in an instant messenger. The method includes displaying information of the contacts in the form of cards in a container; responding to an event that a card is selected; and highlighting the selected card on a surface layer of the container. An instant messaging client is also provided. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327110 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES FOR DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS - An image display method and apparatus for displaying images provided by a plurality of different accounts are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes displaying a plurality of areas on a screen of the display unit by splitting the entire screen of the display unit into the plurality of areas; displaying a first image from a first account among the plurality of different accounts, on a first area among the displayed plurality of areas of the screen; displaying first account information of the first account with the first image, on the first area of the screen; determining, by the apparatus, whether or not an updated image from the first account exists, after a first predetermined time has elapsed since the first image has been displayed; and displaying the updated image as a second image for the first account on the first area when the updated image exists. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327111 | IDENTIFYING AND VISUALIZING ATTRIBUTES OF ITEMS BASED ON ATTRIBUTE-BASED RFID TAG PROXIMITY - A portable device receives a particular RFID signal identifying that a particular attribute is associated with a particular item placed proximate to the RFID tag emitting the particular RFID signal, wherein the particular RFID signal is identified from among a plurality of RFID signals, wherein a selection of the plurality of RFID signals are each associated with a separate attribute from among a plurality of attributes. The portable device displays a visual representation depicting that the particular item is associated with the particular attribute. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327112 | Multi-Modal, Geo-Tempo Communications Systems - Disclosed is a flexible, multi-modal system useful in communications among users, capable of synchronizing real world and augmented reality, wherein the system is deployed in centralized and distributed computational platforms. The system comprises input devices to generate signals representing speech, gestures, pointing direction, and location of a user, and transmit the same to a multi-modal interface. A plurality of agents and one or more databases are integrated into the system, where at least some of the agents receive signals from the multi-modal interface, translate the signals into data, compare the same to a database, generate signals representing meanings as defined by the database, and transmit the signals to the multi-modal interface. Finally, a plurality of output devices are associated with the system to receive and process signals from the multi-modal interface, some of said signals representing messages to the user to be communicated by means of an output device. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327113 | System and Method for Inserting Messages Displayed to a User When Viewing a Venue - A system and method for viewing artificial reality messages, such as at an event at a venue, where the messages are geo-referenced, artificial reality words or symbols and enhanced for greater comprehension or relevancy to the user. Typically, the messages are geo-referenced to a moving participant or to a fixed location at the venue. Using the spectator's chosen location as the viewing origin, an artificial reality message or product is inserted into the spectator's perspective view of the venue. The enhancement involves changing the content for context, or changing the perspective, orientation, size, background, font, or lighting for comprehension. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327114 | DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING AUGMENTED IMAGES - An augmented image producing device includes a processor programmed receive scene imagery from an imaging device and to identify at least one marker in the scene imagery. The processor then determines whether at least one marker corresponds to a known pattern and if the marker does correspond to a known pattern, the scene imagery is augmented with computer-generated graphics dispersed from a position of the at least one marker. Once the scene imagery is augmented, the computer-generated graphics are displayed on a display screen. The augmented scene imagery can then be used, for example, to actively engage audience members during an event. | 2012-12-27 |
20120327115 | Signal-enhancing Beamforming in an Augmented Reality Environment - An augmented reality environment allows interaction between virtual and real objects. Beamforming techniques are applied to signals acquired by an array of microphones to allow for simultaneous spatial tracking and signal acquisition from multiple users. Localization information such as from other sensors in the environment may be used to select a particular set of beamformer coefficients and resulting beampattern focused on a signal source. Alternately, a series of beampatterns may be used iteratively to localize the signal source in a computationally efficient fashion. The beamformer coefficients may be pre-computed. | 2012-12-27 |