03rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120013532 | HYBRID POINTING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a hybrid pointing device including an optical navigation module and a pointing module. The optical navigation module is configured to replace the conventional buttons of a convention pointing device, such as an optical mouse or a trackball mouse. The optical navigation module is configured to sense gestures of at least one object operated by a user to activate commands associated with particular programs running on the host. Since the optical navigation module is only configured to sense gestures of the object but not the movement of the hybrid pointing device relative to a surface, the resolution thereof is aimed to be sufficiently high enough for sensing gestures and no need to be relatively high. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013533 | KEYBOARD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME AND INPUT METHOD - A keyboard includes a holographic film having a holographic information of a keyboard arrangement recorded on a surface thereof; a virtual keyboard generated from the holographic film; and a touch panel adjoining the holographic film, configured to detect an information corresponding to a position being touched thereon. The keyboard is of the advantage of multi-function, convenience and portability. An electronic device using the keyboard and an input method are also disclosed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013534 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a user input unit which includes at least one touch sense pad and at least one switch; and a controller which determines that the switch is clicked if difference between first position information of a first position on the touch sense pad where a switch press is generated and second position information of a second position on the touch sense pad where a switch release is generated is within a preset range. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013535 | Keyboard for Hand-Held Devices - A hand-held electronic device has a keyboard with a plurality of keys, each key having a substantially flat contact surface extending to the sides of each key. One of the sides of the key is beveled. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DUAL USE REMOTE-CONTROL DEVICES - Various embodiments provide a dual use remote-control device. In one embodiment, a dual use remote-control device may include a first set of input controls such as buttons positioned on a top side of the housing, a second set of input controls positioned on a bottom side of the housing including a QWERTY keyboard and an optical sensor to remotely control movement of a cursor on a display by the optical sensor detecting movement of a user's finger across the optical sensor or movement of the optical sensor across an object such as a table, arm of a chair or user's lap. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013537 | PORTABLE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for controlling a backlight of an electronic device, such as a portable terminal, which includes the steps of storing preset backlight brightness values so as to correspond to the backlight brightness values to backlight steps, detecting a backlight brightness value stored so as to correspond to the backlight step required by a user in backlight regulation mode, and regulating the backlight brightness according to the detected backlight brightness value. Further, since the present invention can regulate the backlight brightness at night, the illumination intensity of which is low, the consumption of the battery can be reduced. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013538 | Coordinated virtual input system - A coordinated virtual input system includes a coordinated virtual keyboard having multiple virtual keys arranged according to a first direction and a second direction. Each virtual key is associated with a predefined symbol or user option, and corresponds to a set of coordinate digits respectively in the first direction and the second direction. A display device displays the virtual keyboard. A remote control controls the display device and has an input function key, a set of direction keys, and a set of digit keys. By pressing the input function key, the display displays the virtual keyboard in an OSD manner. By pressing the set of digit keys to input the set of coordinate digits respectively in the first direction and the second direction to select a virtual key, the predefined symbol or user option corresponding to the virtual key selected is inputted. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013539 | SYSTEMS WITH GESTURE-BASED EDITING OF TABLES - Computing equipment such as devices with touch screen displays and other touch sensitive equipment may be used to display tables of data to a user. The tables of data may contain rows and columns. Touch gestures such as tap and flick gestures may be detected using the touch screen or other touch sensor. In response to a detected tap such as a tap on a row or column header, the computing equipment may select and highlight a corresponding row or column in a displayed table. In response to a flick gesture in a particular direction, the computing equipment may move the selected row or column to a new position within the table. For example, if the user selects a particular column and supplies a right flick gestures, the selected column may be moved to the right edge of a body region in the table. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013540 | TABLE EDITING SYSTEMS WITH GESTURE-BASED INSERTION AND DELETION OF COLUMNS AND ROWS - Computing equipment may display tables of data that contain rows and columns. Touch gestures such as hold and flick gestures may be detected using a touch screen or other touch sensor. In response to a detected hold portion of a hold and flick gesture, a row or column in a table may be selected. In response to detection of a simultaneous flick portion, columns or rows may be inserted or deleted. A column may be inserted after a selected column using a hold and right downflick gesture. A hold and left downflick gesture may be used to insert a column before a selected column. Rows may be inserted before and after selected rows using hold and upper rightflick and hold and lower rightflick gestures. One or more columns or rows may be deleted using upflick or leftflick gestures. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013541 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying information on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting invocation of a controller, and displaying a controller in an area of the touch-sensitive display to control an indicator within the information. The controller may advantageously be displayed without covering the information. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013542 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A TOUCH - A method includes determining when a touch of a plurality of touches overlapping in time on a touch-sensitive display, is discontinued, utilizing first touch data prior to the determining to identify a location of the touch, and when the first touch data is not established to be accurate, obtaining second touch data prior to the first touch data to identify the location of the touch. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013543 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A method includes detecting a touch at a location on a touch-sensitive display, receiving an input by a navigation device, and performing a function associated with at least one of the touch and the input in response to elapsing of a time period between detecting the touch and receiving the input. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013544 | POSITION-SENSING PANEL AND METHOD - An exemplary touch position sensing panel includes an opaque electrode layer and a transparent electrode layer separated from the opaque electrode layer by a substrate. The electrodes are arranged such that nodes are formed in areas where the electrodes cross over each other. The transparent electrode layer shields the opaque layer from electric field noise from electric field sources underlying the position-sensing panel, such as a display, while at the same time providing transparency to light emitted from the underlying display. Techniques are also discussed for forming the transparent electrode layer and/or the opaque electrode layer. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013545 | ENHANCED CONDUCTORS - Disclosed examples of electrode structures and methods of manufacture thereof may provide one or more advantages relating to enhanced conductivity, for example, while providing optically clear conductors. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013546 | Capacitive Touch Sensor Having Code-Divided and Time-Divided Transmit Waveforms - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013547 | Mechanism for Touch Screen Emulation for a Virtual Machine - A mechanism for touch screen emulation for a virtual machine is disclosed. A method of the invention includes providing an emulation of a touch screen device to a virtual machine (VM) managed by a hypervisor for emulation of the touch screen device by the VM, receiving touch gesture information related to a touch gesture received in the session window of the VM that is managed by the hypervisor, sending an interrupt to the VM that informs the VM of detected touch screen activity in the session window of the VM on the touch screen device, wherein in response to the interrupt the VM receives the touch gesture information in order to utilize in determining screen coordinates of the touch gestures within the session window of the VM. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013548 | Human-Machine Interface System - A system and method are provided in which an operator/driver of a vehicle may control a number of components within the vehicle via a single human-machine interface. The system may include a computing device, a touch panel with a touch screen located in a center console area of the vehicle near a seat for the operator/driver, and a display device located at a position higher than the touch screen. The operator/driver may select a control presented on the touch screen by touching the control. A display of the touch screen and/or a display of the display device may change in response to the touching of the control. Displays of the touch screen may include current function mode controls in a first layer, logically-grouped current function menu shortcuts in a second layer and HVAC status and control indicators in a third layer. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013549 | TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen, including: a pair of base members that are spaced apart from each other by a spacer having an opening formed inside thereof and have resistive films formed on the opposite surfaces thereof; grooves that are each formed in outer regions of the resistive films formed on the pair of base members to intersect with each other and are extended from the upper surfaces of the resistive films to the base members in a thickness direction; and sensing electrodes that are formed in the outer regions of the resistive films to cover the grooves and are filled in the grooves. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013550 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INTERACTIONS OF A USER WITH A GIVEN ZONE OF A TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A method for controlling interactions of a user with a given zone of a touch screen panel is disclosed, the method comprises detecting a signal indicative of a request to control interactions with a given zone of the touch screen panel; displaying on the touch screen panel a window covering the given zone of the touch screen panel and disabling possible interactions of the user with the given zone of the touch screen panel when said window is covering the given zone, wherein said user may selectively toggle between covering and uncovering said given zone using said window using a predetermined gesture. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013551 | METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH AN APPLICATION IN A COMPUTING DEVICE COMPRISING A TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A method for interacting with an application in a computing device comprising a touch screen panel, the method comprising displaying an icon on the touch screen panel, the icon being representative of the application and executing a given process upon detection of a finger motion, the finger motion starting above the icon and being in a direction facing the outside of the touch screen panel. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013552 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-BASED CONTROL METHOD FOR SCREEN BRIGHTNESS THEREOF - A touch-sensitive device and a related control method are provided to allow the control of a predefined function (e.g., screen brightness, volume, vibration) in response to a touch-based user gesture input on a state information display region such as an indicator region. In a method for controlling the screen brightness of the device, a screen is displayed separating the state information display region and a normal display region. When receiving the user gesture scrolled along the state information display region, a control unit of the device adjusts the predefined function in response to the received user gesture. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013553 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal may display a first one of a plurality of wallpapers on a touch screen, display an item on the screen, recognize a request to arrange the item, change the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen based on a determined motion of the mobile terminal, and display the item on a selected wallpaper. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013554 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The touch screen panel includes a substrate, an electrode forming part positioned on the substrate, and a routing wiring part positioned on the substrate outside the electrode forming part. The electrode forming part includes a plurality of first electrode serials arranged parallel to one another in a first direction and a plurality of second electrode serials arranged to cross the first electrode serials. The routing wiring part includes a plurality of first routing wires respectively connected to the first electrode serials and a plurality of second routing wires respectively connected to the second electrode serials. A plurality of first connection patterns are formed on the same level layer as the first and second routing wires to be separated from one another. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013555 | TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM - Provided is a touch screen system that includes a transmitter, a plurality of electronic pens, and a controller. The transmitter applies to transmitting electrodes a pen-synchronization pulse signal for synchronizing transmission and reception of a pen identification signal between the electronic pens and a receiver. The electronic pens transmit, to receiving electrodes, a pen identification signal in accordance with detection of the pen-synchronization pulse signal of the transmitting electrodes at the time of a touch operation. The controller determines the electronic pen that has performed a touch operation based on the pen identification signal that is received by the receiver via the receiving electrodes. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013556 | GESTURE DETECTING METHOD BASED ON PROXIMITY-SENSING - A gesture detecting method based on proximity sensing is provided when an object is approaching close to a proximity-sensing panel. The moving direction of the object is detected to generate multiple sensing values. The sensing values are able to define one or more moving tendencies corresponding to sensing axes on the proximity-sensing panel. The moving tendencies corresponding to all sensing axes are able to define one or more moving traces, and the moving traces are able to define one or more gesture. On the other hand, the quantity of the sensing value(s) and the moving tendency(s) are able to define the moving trace(s); then the gesture(s) is able to be further defined. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013557 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY, INTERFACE METHOD USING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, an interface for controlling a display of a plurality of layers on a touch screen display includes displaying, on a touch screen display of the device, a main display layer and at least one sub display layer, detecting an object-down event at a first position within the main display layer, detecting an object-dragging event at a second position within the main display layer, and moving the main display layer along a movement direction from the first position to the second position, wherein at least one of the at least one sub display layer is displayed to be pulled to the movement direction in accordance with the movement of the main display layer. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013558 | TOUCH DEVICES AND DETECTION METHODS THEREOF - A detection method for detecting a touch point on a touch panel is provided. The detection method includes: (1) providing a touch panel which is capable of being divided into even unit regions; (2) defining a plurality of unit regions as a detection region by a control unit; (3) detecting the detection region to obtain a position of the touch point in the corresponding unit region by a driving unit; (4) when the detecting is failed to obtain the position, re-defining the number of unit regions consisting of the detection region by the control unit; and (5) when the position is detected, memorizing the position into a memory unit. The number of unit regions defined in the step (4) is equal to a half of the number of unit regions defined in the step (2). | 2012-01-19 |
20120013559 | MULTIPLE VISUAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED NAVIGATION SYSTEM - In a vehicle-mounted navigation system, an operating unit that operates the driver's seat side image and an operating unit that operates the passenger's seat side image had to be provided separately, which increased the number of operation buttons and the size of the navigation system device. In a vehicle-mounted navigation system that displays images in multiple directions, an operating direction detector detects which direction an operation was performed from, and a controller controls the vehicle-mounted navigation system based on a detection result of the operating direction detector. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013560 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT USE THE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A micro-louver ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120013561 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A TOUCH OR TOUCHES - A method and device for determining a single touch or multiple touches is disclosed. A touch related sensing information with a single zero-crossing is used for determining a pair of values, and the locations of a pair of centroids are calculated depending on the pair of values. The distance between the locations of the pair of centroids can be used to determine whether the number of touches is one or more. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013562 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An electronic device includes a first display unit which displays information about an active application, which is an application being executed; a touch sensor which is overlapped on the first display unit and which detects a touch thereto; and a control unit which, in a state where information about the active application is being displayed on the first display unit, performs processing on the active application when a touch to the touch sensor is determined as a first touch, and executes, as the active application, another application different from the application being executed when the touch to the touch sensor is determined as a second touch which has a wider region than the first touch. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013563 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device is disclosed in this invention. The touch input device includes a touch panel, a selection module and a detection module. The touch panel includes capacitive nodes thereon. The selection module is electrically connected to the capacitive nodes of the touch panel. The selection module is used for selecting at least one capacitive node from the capacitive nodes respectively, in order to form a first capacitive node class and a second capacitive node class which is adjacent to the first capacitive node class. The detection module includes a signal generator for generating a detective pulse signal and a reversal pulse signal with a phase opposite to the detective pulse signal. The detective pulse signal and the reversal pulse signal are respectively imported to the first capacitive node class and the second capacitive node class through the selection module. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013564 | Capacitive Touch Sensor Having Correlation with a Receiver - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013565 | Techniques for Locally Improving Signal to Noise in a Capacitive Touch Sensor - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013566 | PRESSURE SENSING MODULE OF TOUCH MODULE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a pressure sensing module of a touch panel, including: an input unit | 2012-01-19 |
20120013567 | RESISTIVE/CAPACITIVE INTEGRATED TOUCH DEVICE - A resistive/capacitive integrated touch device includes a resistive touch module, a capacitive touch module and a spacer layer. The resistive touch module includes a first substrate and a first sensing layer. The capacitive touch module includes a second substrate and a second sensing layer. The second sending layer includes a plurality of first sensing pads and a plurality of second sensing pads. The spacer layer is disposed between the first and the second sensing layers. The resistive/capacitive integrated touch device utilizes the plurality of first sensing pads and the plurality of second sensing pads to detect the voltage variation of the first sensing layer for resistive sensing, and detecting the capacitance variation of the plurality of first sensing pads and the plurality of second sensing pads for capacitive sensing. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013568 | DRIVING METHOD OF TOUCH DEVICE - A resistive/capacitive integrated touch device includes a resistive touch module, a capacitive touch module and a spacer layer. The resistive touch module includes a first substrate and a first sensing layer. The capacitive touch module includes a second substrate and a second sensing layer. The second sending layer includes a plurality of first sensing pads and a plurality of second sensing pads. The spacer layer is disposed between the first and the second sensing layers. The resistive/capacitive integrated touch device utilizes the plurality of first sensing pads and the plurality of second sensing pads to detect the voltage variation of the first sensing layer for resistive sensing, and detecting the capacitance variation of the plurality of first sensing pads and the plurality of second sensing pads for capacitive sensing. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013569 | High speed 3D multi touch sensitive device - Disclosed are a touch sensor and a method for determining a position, in three dimensions, of a conducting object with respect to a display device of the touch sensor. The determination of the position of the conducting object is done by performing at least one measurement of the capacitive load of at least one display electrode of the display wherein the measurement is performed by charging the capacitive load of the at least one display electrode by a predefined signal. The charging results in at least one charging curve, from which the capacitive load of the at least one display electrode may be determined by measuring the rise time of the charging curve of the charging, and calculating the position of the at least one conducting object, with respect to said display device based on the determined capacitive load. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013570 | OPERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - To prevent an unintended operation from being accepted when a continuous operation is performed on a touch panel, an operation device performs control so that a touch operation is not accepted while a continuous operation on an operation panel by a user is being accepted. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013571 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH SENSOR - A three-dimensional touch sensor is constructed from a two-dimensional capacitive touch sensor in association with a conductive layer and an elastic insulator or with an insulation layer and an elastic conductor. When the three-dimensional touch sensor is touched, the two-dimensional capacitive touch sensor positions the touch point in a sensing plane, and the elastic insulator or the elastic conductor deforms responsive to the pressure and thus generates a capacitance variation, from which a sensing value in the perpendicular direction is derived related to the magnitude of the pressure. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013572 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a first panel, a second panel facing and separated from the first panel, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second panels, a plurality of sensor data lines formed on the second panel, a plurality of variable capacitors of which capacitance thereof is varied by pressure, the variable capacitors connected to the sensor data lines, a plurality of reference capacitors connected to the sensor data lines, and first reset transistors and second reset transistors connected to the sensor data lines and supplying a first reset voltage and a second reset voltage to the sensor data lines at different times, respectively. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013573 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE - A pressure detectable touch device includes a first substrate, a conductive layer formed on the first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode pattern, a second electrode pattern, and a microprocessor. When a user touches a touch operation surface of the touch device in such an extent that the conductive layer and the first electrode pattern are not put into physical contact with each other, the touch device is set in a capacitive touch position detection mode. When the user forcibly depresses the touch operation surface of the touch device or carries out a hand writing input operation on the touch operation surface of the touch device, the conductive layer is caused to physically engage the first electrode pattern, setting the touch device in a resistive touch position detection mode. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013574 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: an optical sensor circuit provided in a display region, the optical sensor circuit including a light-receiving element and detecting intensity of light incident to the light-receiving element; and a pressure detection circuit which detects pressure applied to a display surface of a display panel on a basis of a change of the display surface in a panel thickness direction which change is caused by the pressure, with respect to a region in which the pressure is to be detected, both of the detection of the pressure by the pressure detection circuit and the detection of the intensity of the light by the optical sensor circuit being carried out within a period allocated to acquisition of detection data concerning the pressure in the display region. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013575 | LIGHT IMAGE CREATION MECHANISM - An optical image creation mechanism and method is disclosed, which may comprise a screen defining a coordinate system oriented to the screen and having an origin on the screen; a light input signal detection unit, moving with respect to the screen, and which may comprise a light input signal position identifier identifying a light input signal position within the coordinate system; and a light generation unit, moving with respect to the screen, and which may comprise a light initiation mechanism initiating the display of light responsive to the light input signal position within the coordinate system. The light input signal detection unit may comprise a light input signal detector rotating about the origin of the coordinate system of the screen. The light generation unit may comprise a light emitter rotating about the origin of the coordinate system of the screen. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013576 | PIEZO-TYPE SCANNING APPARATUS AND TOUCH SCREEN USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a piezo-type scanning apparatus and a touch screen using the same. The preferred embodiments of the present invention provides the scanning apparatus including a light source; an optical fiber of which one end is connected to the light source to provide a transmission line; a support that supports the side surface of the optical fiber; and a driving body that is positioned between the support and the light source to provide driving force rotating the optical fiber using piezoelectric force, and the touch screen using the same. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013577 | OPTICAL TOUCH STRUCTURE - An optical touch structure including a light guide element, a light source, a reflecting mirror, and an image sensor is provided. The light guide element has a light-emitting surface. The light guide element guides the light provided by the light source to the light-emitting surface. The extending direction of the reflecting mirror is substantially perpendicular to the light-emitting surface. The intersection of the reflecting mirror and the light guide element is defined as a first position. The light guide element and the reflecting mirror define a touch range. The image sensor is disposed on a second position opposite to the first position. The sensing area of the image sensor at least covers the touch range. When the proceeding path of the first direction light is shorter than that of the second direction light, the strength of the second direction light is larger than that of the first direction light. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013578 | PEN-SHAPED POINTING DEVICE AND SHIFT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A shift control method is used with a pen-shaped pointing device and a controlled device. Firstly, shift information, tilt angle information and rotating angle information in response to a configuration change of the pointing device relative to a supporting plane are sensed. Then, a shift estimation operation is performed by the controlled device according to the shift information, the tilt angle information and the rotating angle information, thereby acquiring a position-compensating data. If the pointing device is in contact with the supporting plane, a moving trajectory of the pointing device displayed by the controlled device is adjusted according to the position-compensating data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013579 | METHOD FOR STATIC VISUAL FIELD SCANNING APPARATUS - A method for static visual field scanning apparatus including: a step of visual field scanning screen generating means; step of scanning region setting means; step of fixation image displaying and controlling means; step of scan line setting means; step of scanning point setting means; step of visual target displaying and controlling means; step of the first detection means; step of the second detection means; step of visual field mapping screen generating means; step of immediate post first detection scan continuation means; step of immediate post second detection scan continuation means; step of visual target display coordinates storing means; step of visual target perception inability symbol mapping means; step of the first completion judgement means; step of the second completion judgement means; step of post first completion judgement the next scanning point calculation means; and step of post second completion judgement the next scanning point calculation means. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013580 | CONTROLLER FOR UPDATING PIXELS IN AN ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with controlling pixels of a display are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame counter logic configured to maintain a global frame counter to track a number of refreshes of a display while updating pixels. The frame counter logic is also configured to determine a frame number when updating a pixel. The apparatus also includes a pixel logic configured to update the pixel. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013581 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AN ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY CIRCUIT - A method and system for driving an active matrix display is provided. The system includes a drive circuit for a pixel having a light emitting device. The drive circuit includes a drive transistor for driving the light emitting device. The system includes a mechanism for adjusting the gate voltage of the drive transistor. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013582 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus comprises a face plate including a common electrode extending in an outside of an image region along a one side of the image region, n first resistor members connected to the common electrode and connected to each of anodes in the divisional regions corresponding thereto, and a second resistor member connecting between one and the other of the first resistor members. R | 2012-01-19 |
20120013583 | BRIGHTNESS LEVEL ADJUSTMENT OF A LIGHTED DISPLAY DEVICE - A lighted display device that includes a display device, a backlight device and an electrical delay circuit. The backlight device is disposed proximate the display device and configured to emit light directed to the display device. The ambient light sensor is configured to generate a signal to adjust a brightness level of the light from the backlight device based on a change in input ambient light. The electrical delay circuit is configured to apply a fixed, non-user configurable time delay to delay the adjustment of the brightness level of the light from the backlight. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013584 | Portable Computer Having A Tilt Camera Assembly - Embodiments of the present invention provide a digital camera mount assembly for a portable computer | 2012-01-19 |
20120013585 | SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A shift register includes a plurality of first to n-numbered stages, where n is a positive integer. Each stage includes a node controller controlling respective voltages of a first node and a second node in accordance with an output signal from the (i−j | 2012-01-19 |
20120013586 | Method and device for driving bistable liquid crystal display panel - In a method of driving a dot matrix display panel using bistable nematic liquid crystal, a “blur” due to a parasitic signal is prevented from being caused. In a method of driving a dot matrix display panel using bistable nematic liquid crystal which may select white/black only by positive polarity driving or negative polarity driving, a direct current component due to a parasitic signal ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120013587 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC BIAS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving device and a driving method for dynamic bias are provided. The driving device includes a buffer and a bias control unit. An input terminal of the buffer receives a data voltage, and an output terminal of the buffer is connected to a load through a switch. The bias control unit connected to the buffer controls a bias of the buffer dynamically. During a transition period of the data voltage, the bias control unit controls the buffer in a normal bias state. During a power-saving period, the bias control unit controls the buffer in a low bias state, and controls the buffer in the normal bias state during a turning-off period of the switch. The driving device controls the buffer to sustain data voltage quickly during the turning-off period of the switch, so as to avoid the data voltage received by the load having errors and reduce power consumption. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013588 | Display, Scan Driving Apparatus for the Display, and Driving Method Thereof - A scan driving apparatus includes a first driving apparatus connected to a plurality of scan lines and a second driving apparatus connected to the plurality of scan lines. Wherein when one of the first driving apparatus and the second driving apparatus is in a scan enable state such that the plurality of scan lines are applied with a scan signal, the other is in a floating state such that the output terminal is floated. The scan driving apparatus according to the present invention has the function of a shift register for sequentially applying the scan signals and may apply a scan signal of a different waveform which is additionally required. The output terminal of the scan driving apparatus is floated in a period in which a different waveform is necessary such that a scan signal having the different waveform may be applied without influence of the scan signal, thereby realizing a complicated scan signal. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013589 | LCD AND CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and circuit architecture thereof are proposed. Power signal lines, data signal lines, and control signal lines are mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) and a thin film substrate. The thin film substrate is connected to a LCD panel by using a COF bonding. These circuits can be transferred onto a conductive glass of the panel and subsequently onto source driver chips of the thin film substrate of the COF. Therefore, a position which needs the least time for power signal lines, data signal lines, and control signal lines to transmit to all of the circuits of the panel on the PCB can be calculated in order to achieve the best design. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013590 | Organic electroluminescent display device, method of manufacturing organic electroluminescent display device, and electronic apparatus - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent (EL) display device including a pixel array section in which pixels having organic EL elements are arranged; and a drive circuit section provided in a circumferential portion of the pixel array section on the same substrate as that of the pixel array section, the drive circuit section having a circuit configuration including a capacitive element, wherein the capacitive element uses, as a dielectric member, an organic layer formed in the circumferential portion of the pixel array section through the same process as that of the organic layer of the organic EL element. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013591 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, and liquid crystal cells arranged at crossings of the data lines and the gate lines in a matrix form, a data driving circuit supplying a data voltage to the data lines, and a power consumption reduction circuit, that calculates the number of black pixels, white pixels, or both included in an input image, decides whether or not the input image is a problem pattern increasing power consumption of the data driving circuit based on the calculation result, selectively activates a charge sharing function, which shorts between adjacent output channels of the data driving circuit during a predetermined period, and differently controls a polarity inversion period of the data voltage based on the decision result. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013592 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a display device including a panel, a driving circuit board connected to the panel, a driving unit mounted on the driving circuit board and driving the panel, a printed circuit board connected to the driving circuit board, and a memory unit mounted on the printed circuit board and storing calibration data for calibrating a data signal supplied to the panel. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013593 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a first electrode and a second electrode which are arranged side by side with each other on a first substrate; a conductive layer which is arranged on a second substrate so as to face the first electrode and the second electrode; a voltage supply portion for applying a voltage to the first electrode through a first wiring line; a detection portion for detecting the voltage that is applied to the first electrode through the conductive layer, the second electrode, and a second wiring line as a result of the conductive layer making contact with the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second switching element which is interposed at least one of between the first electrode and the first wiring line and between the second electrode and the second wiring line. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013594 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120013595 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A display device includes, in a display region, a first circuit including a photodiode ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120013596 | Liquid Crystal Display - A pixel structure of a liquid crystal cell that is implemented in a filed sequential liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same. The liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of scan lines and data lines, and a plurality of pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines and arranged in a matrix form; a control signal generating unit for providing a control signal and a reset signal to the pixels of the liquid crystal display panel respectively; a common voltage generating unit for providing a common voltage to the respective pixels; and a boosting voltage generating unit for providing a boosting voltage to the respective pixels. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013597 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A pixel is capable of securing enough threshold voltage compensating time in high resolution and high frequency driving and of compensating for the IR drop of a first power source ELVDD, and an organic light emitting display includes the pixel. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013598 | DATA DRIVE CIRCUIT OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The data driver of a flat panel display includes: an output driver configured to output a plurality of amplified data signals for a plurality of channels corresponding to a plurality of data lines, the plurality of channels including: a plurality of amplifiers configured to amplify a plurality of input data signals and to supply the amplified data signals to the data lines; and a plurality of chopping controllers, each of the chopping controllers being coupled connected to a plurality of input terminals of a corresponding amplifier of the amplifiers and configured to receive a first control signal or a second control signal to periodically change signals applied to positive and negative input terminals from among the input terminals of the amplifiers. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013599 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR BLACK LEVEL - An apparatus and method for compensating for a black level in order to solve a screen flickering phenomenon and a problem of convergence speed of a black level value. The apparatus for compensating for a black level includes: a black pixel average value extraction unit averaging black pixel values of a current frame to determine a black pixel average value; a luminance value extraction unit extracting a luminance value from an analog gain and concentration time information of an image sensor; a black level extraction unit calculating a frame weight by using the luminance value and acquiring a black level value of a current frame by using the frame weight, the black pixel average value, and a black level value of a previous frame; and a black level compensation unit compensating for valid pixel values of the current frame by using the black level value of the current frame. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013600 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A three-dimensional (3D) image processing method is provided. The method includes receiving from an image source a 3D image containing a plurality of images that are previously compressed, and storing pixel data of the received plurality of images. The method also includes determining that the plurality of images do not have a same number of pixel columns, determining at least one boundaries among the plurality of images, and determining a minimum number of pixel columns and a maximum number of pixel columns of the plurality of images. Further, the method includes adjusting any one of the plurality of images having a column number less than the maximum number such that each of the plurality of images has the maximum number of pixel columns, decompressing the plurality of images, and discarding from each of the decompressed plurality of images by a determined number of last columns, wherein the determined number is the difference between the maximum number and the minimum number. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013601 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device comprises a frame rate conversion unit that divides 3D input data into left eye image data and right eye image data, inserts reset frame data containing black grayscale data between the left eye image data and the right eye image data, and generates the (n+1)-th frame data to the (n+4)-th frame data containing the left eye image data, the black grayscale data, the right eye image data, respectively, and the black grayscale data, a look-up table that stores local dimming values used to control brightness for the overall local dimming zones to the minimum during the (n+2)-th and (n+4)-th frame periods, and local dimming values used to control brightness for each local dimming zone to target brightness during the (n+1)-th and (n+3)-th frame periods, and a backlight controller that controls light source brightness of the backlight unit for each local dimming zone. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013602 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A stereoscopic image display includes; a display panel including a pixel including; a first subpixel, and a second subpixel disposed adjacent to the first subpixel, wherein the first subpixel and the second subpixel are adjacent along a subpixel border line which is a virtual line disposed at an interface between the first subpixel and the second subpixel, and a lenticular lens disposed on the display panel, the lenticular lens having a lens axis, in which the lens axis and a subpixel border line may intersect each other, or a portion of the subpixel border line may be substantially parallel with the lens axis. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013603 | Depth Map Enhancing Method - The present invention discloses a depth map enhancing method. The method includes steps of obtaining an original depth map and a depth related parameter and storing the original depth map and the depth related parameter into a storage medium; quantifying the gray level of every pixel in the original depth map between 0 and 1 to obtain a plurality of quantified gray levels; raising the depth related parameter to the power of every quantified gray level respectively, subtracting 1, being divided by the value of the depth related parameter subtracting 1 and then being multiplied by a max gray level value to obtain a plurality of depth-relation-enhanced gray levels; and evenly distributing the plurality of depth-relation-enhanced gray levels between 0 and the max gray level value according to the relative proportional relationship among the plurality of depth-relation-enhanced gray levels to obtain a plurality of final gray levels. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013604 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING SENSE OF DEPTH THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display and an image extractor that extracts a reference object included in an input image, an image converter that calculates a distance from a position on a screen at which the input image is displayed to a virtual position of the reference object when the reference object is expressed as a 3D image. The display apparatus automatically sets a depth corresponding to the distance, and a controller controls the display unit to display the input image as a 3D image according to the set depth. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013605 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a controller and a display unit for displaying a stereoscopic image including a first image provided to a left eye of a user and a second image provided to a right eye of the user. The controller detects at least one same object between the first and second images, and determines a distance between a point at which the detected at least one same object is positioned in the first image and a point at which the detected at least one same object is positioned in the second image. When the determined distance is equal to or greater than a preset critical value, the controller changes a position of the at least one same object in each of the first and second images to decrease the distance to less than the preset critical value. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013606 | Parallax Barrier and Application Thereof - Disclosed herein is a parallax barrier including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrates. A plurality of first strip electrodes and a plurality of second strip electrodes are arranged on the first substrate, whereas a plurality of third electrodes and a plurality of fourth electrodes are arranged on the second substrate. Each of the third electrodes has a step-shaped first portion and each of the fourth electrodes has a step-shaped second portion. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013607 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOUSE POINTER - A method of generating a mouse pointer which has a predetermined depth within a three-dimensional (3D) image includes extracting depth information of at least one object of a 3D image, determining a location of a mouse pointer within the 3D image, and processing the mouse pointer to have a predetermined depth in the determined location by using the extracted depth information. Accordingly, a user enjoys an enhanced 3D effect by generating and displaying a mouse pointer having a predetermined depth in a location of the changed mouse pointer if the location of the mouse pointer is changed by using a pointing unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013608 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCALABLE ENCODING OF 3D MESH, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCALABLE DECODING OF 3D MESH - A scalable three-dimensional (3D) mesh encoding method includes dividing the 3D mesh into layers of complexity into a plurality of graduated levels and generating vertex position information and connectivity information of each of the plurality of levels. The vertex position information about the 3D mesh is encoded based on a weighting in each bit plane and vertex position information having a higher weighting in each bit plane is first encoded. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A FIRST PERSON WORLD VIEW OF CONTENT - An approach is provided for presenting a global view of content. A content mapping platform determines a viewing location of a device with respect to a user interface, wherein the user interface depicts a three-dimensional object in which a surface closest to the viewing location is transparent to show, at least in part, an opposite surface of the three-dimensional object. Further, the content mapping platform then determines at least one target location associated with at least one content item. Furthermore, the content mapping platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of the at least one content item on the opposite surface of the three-dimensional object based, at least in part, on the at least one target location. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013610 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a display panel, which includes a plurality of pixels and selectively implements a 2D image and a 3D image, and a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel, on which the 3D image is implemented, into first and second polarization components. The display panel includes first to fourth gate lines, which cross a data line and are disposed along a column direction in the order named, first and second pixels which are disposed between the first and second gate lines to be vertically adjacent to each other, third and fourth pixels which are disposed between the third and fourth gate lines to be vertically adjacent to each other, and a black matrix spatially for separating left and right images of the 3D image from each other. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013611 | System and Method for Visualizing Multi-Dimensional Data Using Shape Attributes - There is provided a method and system for visualizing multi-dimensional data on a user interface of a computing device, each dimension of the data having a plurality of values defining the associated values of the data for the dimension. The method comprises receiving mapping information defining at least one mapping between each potential dimension of the data to a corresponding shape attribute. The method further comprises generating, for each dimension of the data, a plurality of visual markers in response to varying a pre-defined visual characteristic of the corresponding shape attribute from a baseline shape for the characteristic, the plurality of visual markers configured for representing the dimension values of the dimension and each of the visual markers varying a pre-defined measure from the baseline shape and defining, for each dimension of the data, a link between each visual marker associated with the corresponding shape attribute with each potential dimension value of the plurality of dimension values, the link defined in response to pre-defined criteria. The method further comprises representing each dimension value of each dimension of the multi-dimensional data with the linked visual marker and concatenating the plurality of visual markers corresponding to each of the different dimensions of the multi-dimensional data and associated dimension values to form a singular visual object for visualizing the multi-dimensional data and associated dimension values. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013612 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AS 3D IMAGE - An electronic apparatus and a method for displaying a graphical user interface are disclosed. A position determination module determines the position of a user. A controller calculates a depth setting value based on a predetermined distance value and the determined position and adjusts depth values of a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) based on the calculated depth setting value. A display displays the plurality of GUIs with the adjusted depth values. The plurality of GUIs is displayed at respective output positions. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013613 | Tools for Use within a Three Dimensional Scene - Tools for use within a 3D scene. The 3D scene may be presented by at least one display, which includes displaying at least one stereoscopic image of the 3D scene by the display(s). The 3D scene may be presented according to a first viewpoint. User input may be received to the 3D scene using one or more tools. The 3D scene may be updated in response to the use of the one or more tools. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013614 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A stereoscopic image display apparatus and method which reduce crosstalk and select either high resolution images or bright images. The stereoscopic image display apparatus includes first and second image forming areas, each area including multiple contiguous horizontal rows. The areas are alternately disposed in a liquid crystal display, and display right and left eye images on the first and second image forming areas, respectively. The display displays the images in a fixed manner or replaces or overwrites the image areas every time a frame is switched, and displays a frame image in which the right and left eye images are simultaneously displayed. When the first and second image forming areas are alternately replaced, according to the frame switching timing, the backlight is controlled to turn on and phase difference states of right and left eye glasses of polarized eyeglasses are alternately replaced. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013615 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a plasma display device including a plasma display panel that performs gradation display of an image by a sub-field driving method. A protective layer of the plasma display panel includes a base layer formed on a dielectric layer and a plurality of aggregated particles dispersed all over a surface of the base layer. The plasma display device forms an image by a right-eye field in which a right-eye image signal is displayed and a left-eye field in which a left-eye image signal is displayed. The right-eye field and the left-eye field have a plurality of sub-fields. The first sub-field has a minimum luminance weight, the second sub-field has a maximum luminance weight, and the third and subsequent sub-fields have luminance weights decreasing in sequence. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013616 | COMPUTER GRAPHICS VIDEO SYNTHESIZING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A CG image combining device generates a CG image by mapping an image to an object. A memory unit stores shape data and a pair of left-view and right-view image data. A determination unit refers to the shape data to evaluate a curvature of the object's surface from normal vectors of polygons constituting the object. Furthermore, the determination unit determines whether the object is suitable for stereoscopic image mapping by comparing the curvature with a threshold. A mapping unit (i) generates left-view CG data by combining the left-view image data with the shape data and generates right-view CG data by combining the right-view image data with the shape data, when the object is suitable for the mapping, and (ii) generates left-view CG data and right-view CG data by combining one of the left-view and right-view image data with the shape data, when the object is not suitable for the mapping. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013617 | METHOD FOR GLOBAL PARAMETERIZATION AND QUAD MESHING ON POINT CLOUD - The present invention comprises a method for global parameterization and quadrangulation on point cloud. The method comprises: (a) computing and smoothing principal direction field over the point cloud; (b) performing a global parameterization of the point cloud; (c) constructing a quad mesh from the resultant parameterization. The present method is fully automatic, and can be used to all point models with any genus values. This approach can be used to many applications, such as texture mapping, surface fitting and shape analysis. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013618 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING POINT CONNECTIVITY ON A TWO MANIFOLD IN 3D SPACE - One particular implementation of the present invention may involve a method for determining connectivity of a plurality of points on a surface of a computer-generated object in 2D or 3D space. In general, the method may utilize a recursion process to determine or approximate a plurality of association region boundaries related to the points on the computer-generated object. The method may include a first stage of a refinement operation that may recursively search the surface of the computer model for the region boundaries of the set of points, a stopping operation that may cease the recursive search when an acceptable tolerance is achieved and a connecting operation that may use the determined region boundaries to connect the series of points on the surface of the model to form a connectivity graph of the points. The connectivity information obtained through the above method may be utilized as part of an interpolation process to generate hair or fur along the surface of the object. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA USING SHAPE ATTRIBUTES - There is provided a method and system for visualizing multi-dimensional data on a user interface of a computing device, each dimension of the data having a plurality of values defining the associated values of the data for the dimension. The method comprises receiving mapping information defining at least one mapping between each potential dimension of the data to a corresponding shape attribute. The method further comprises generating, for each dimension of the data, a plurality of visual markers in response to varying a pre-defined visual characteristic of the corresponding shape attribute from a baseline shape for the characteristic, the plurality of visual markers configured for representing the dimension values of the dimension and each of the visual markers varying a pre-defined measure from the baseline shape and defining, for each dimension of the data, a link between each visual marker associated with the corresponding shape attribute with each potential dimension value of the plurality of dimension values, the link defined in response to pre-defined criteria. The method further comprises representing each dimension value of each dimension of the multi-dimensional data with the linked visual marker and concatenating the plurality of visual markers corresponding to each of the different dimensions of the multi-dimensional data and associated dimension values to form a singular visual object for visualizing the multi-dimensional data and associated dimension values. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013620 | Animating Speech Of An Avatar Representing A Participant In A Mobile Communications With Background Media - Animating speech of an avatar representing a participant in a mobile communication including preparing the avatar for display for display including: selecting images to represent the participant, selecting a generic animation template having a mouth, fitting the images with the generic animation template, and texture wrapping the one or more images representing the participant over the generic animation template; selecting background media; displaying images texture wrapped over the generic animation template with the background media; and animating the images including: receiving an audio speech signal, identifying a series of phonemes, and for each phoneme: identifying a next mouth position, altering the mouth position, texture wrapping a portion of the images corresponding to the altered mouth position, displaying the texture wrapped portion and playing, synchronously with the displayed texture wrapped portion, the portion of the audio speech signal represented by the phoneme. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013621 | System and Method for Facilitating the Creation of Animated Presentations - The system and method of creating animated presentations of the present invention focuses largely on the ability for web users with little training to easily create and share animated presentations with other users on the web in addition to allowing experienced artists to share and gain recognition for their works. The system according to the present invention further makes use of manipulable puppets that permit adjustment at several joints in order to facilitate the illusion of movement. The user can very simply adjust the puppet in each frame to their liking and then the system combines the frames into an animated presentation. The user is further able to use other tools available in the animation creator to, for example, adjust the background of the animation, edit the facial expression of the puppet, add text, and/or other shapes to the animation in order to create a unique animated presentation. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013622 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for a Distributed Object Renderer - Software on a server receives a render request from a queue database. The software determines the render process requirements for the render request. The software queries a user profile database for render data based on the render process requirements. The software transmits a request to provide render data to a client device, if render data is not available in the user profile database. The software receives a response from the client device, including the requested render data. The software generates the rendered image, using the rendered data. The software creates a publishing element from the rendered data and a publishing template. And the software publishes the publishing element to the a newsfeed using an application programming interface (API). | 2012-01-19 |
20120013623 | HOST COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY PARAMETERS - A method for adjusting display parameters of a monitor connected to a host computer. The host computer includes a video card. If the monitor cannot display data normally, the method selects a group of display parameters C | 2012-01-19 |
20120013624 | Split Storage of Anti-Aliased Samples - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to improving the performance of anti-aliased image rendering. One embodiment is a method of rendering a pixel from an anti-aliased image. The method includes: storing a first set and a second set of samples from a plurality of anti-aliased samples of the pixel respectively in a first memory and a second memory; and rendering a determined number of said samples from one of only the first set or the first and second sets. Corresponding system and computer program product embodiments are also disclosed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013625 | DISPLAY FOR PUMP - This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus comprising a pump configured to deliver insulin, a processor, and a user interface including a bistable display. A display element of the bistable display is placed in one of two stable orientations upon application of a biasing voltage and stays in the stable orientation when the biasing voltage is removed. The processor includes a display module configured to display a non-blank reversion display screen on the bistable display when no input is received at the user interface after a specified time duration, and to recurrently change the reversion display screen until input is received at the user interface. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013626 | Method and System for Automatically Testing a Raster Image Processor - Disclosed is a method and system for automatically testing a raster image processor. The method may identify the correctness of the bitmap output by the raster image processor to be tested by comparing an abstract code of a bitmap generated by the RIP to be tested with that generated by a reference RIP to determine whether they are consistent with each other, so as to identify the correctness and stability of the RIP to be tested. Furthermore, the test samples can be submitted automatically. Thus, the convenience and efficiency are improved with respect to the manual submitting. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013627 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SIMDs - Systems and methods to improve performance in a graphics processing unit are described herein. Embodiments achieve power saving in a graphics processing unit by dynamically activating/deactivating individual SIMDs in a shader complex that comprises multiple SIMD units. On-the-fly dynamic disabling and enabling of individual SIMDs provides flexibility in achieving a required performance and power level for a given processing application. Embodiments of the invention also achieve dynamic medium grain clock gating of SIMDs in a shader complex. Embodiments reduce switching power by shutting down clock trees to unused logic by providing a clock on demand mechanism. In this way, embodiments enhance clock gating to save more switching power for the duration of time when SIMDs are idle (or assigned no work). Embodiments can also save leakage power by power gating SIMDs for a duration when SIMDs are idle for an extended period of time. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013628 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes memories | 2012-01-19 |
20120013629 | Reading Compressed Anti-Aliased Images - Embodiments of the present invention enable the reduction of the memory bandwidth required for graphics rendering. According to an embodiment, a method to render a pixel from a compressed anti-aliased image includes: accessing metadata for the pixel, where the metadata includes entries for respective samples generated by multisampling the pixel; and retrieving a subset of said samples based upon the metadata, wherein the subset is stored in the compressed anti-aliased image stored in a memory. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013630 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A SHOE FITTED TO A FOOT AND ASSEMBLIES THEREFOR - A method for selecting a shoe fitted to a foot from a plurality of shoes. For each shoe from the plurality of shoes, a dimensionally accurate outline of the footbed of the shoe is provided in electronic form. Further, for each shoe from the plurality of shoes, a dimensionally accurate outline of a section through the shoe, wherein the sectional plane runs perpendicularly to the footbed and along the way of largest foot length of a foot positioned in the shoe, is provided in electronic form. A representation of the footbed outline and of the sectional outline to scale is effected for a shoe on a flat screen, wherein the design of the outline area is in distinct contrast to the design of the background area. The foot is positioned on and in front of the flat screen, respectively, such that preferably only a circumferential edge of the represented outline remains visible. A visual comparison of the represented outlines with the foot to be dressed is effected by assessing the edge of the represented outline remaining visible with respect to size and progress. Further, an assembly for selecting a shoe fitted to a foot from a plurality of shoes including a data processing system with a database and an output unit, as well as an assembly for simultaneous representation of the footbed outline and the sectional outline to scale for a shoe corresponding to the method with two flat screens perpendicular to each other are provided. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013631 | COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Management of color of image files in digital devices is described. A color management system can extract metadata from an image file based on a type of the image file. The color management system then creates a color profile based on the metadata extracted. The color management system further creates a virtual device, and assigns the color profile created to the virtual device. As such, multiple color profiles can be associated with a single physical device using the concept of virtual devices. Furthermore, the extraction of metadata and generation of color profiles can also be centralized in the color management system, which may be integrated into an operating system executable on a computing device. | 2012-01-19 |