04th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130021268 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a base substrate divided into an active area, a bezel area surrounding the active area, and a connection area provided outside the bezel area; sensing electrodes formed in the active area; and electrode wirings connected to the sensing electrodes and extended to the connecting area. Here, a predetermined portion of the base substrate is cut and the connection area is folded by using the predetermined portion as a boundary line such that the connection area is protruded outwardly from the base substrate. According to the present invention, the connection area is provided in the base substrate in a single body, thereby allowing omission of separate flexible printed cables, and thus, an attaching process of the flexible printed cable can also be omitted. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021269 | Dynamic Control of an Active Input Region of a User Interface - The systems and methods described herein may help to provide for more convenient, efficient, and/or intuitive operation of a user-interface. An example computer-implemented method may involve: (i) providing a user-interface comprising an input region; (ii) receiving data indicating a touch input at the user-interface; (iii) determining an active-input-region setting based on (a) the touch input and (b) an active-input-region parameter; and (iv) defining an active input region on the user-interface based on at least the determined active-input-region setting, wherein the active input region is a portion of the input region. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021270 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and method may be provided. A memo application function may be quickly provided through a single user action only. A touch screen may receive first user action for executing a memo application, and may receive second user action for receiving an input for a memo while the memo application is executing. A controller may execute the memo application in accordance with the first user action, and analyze the second user action and produce memo content according to the analyzed second user action. The controller may execute the memo application in response to initiation of the first user action, the controller may end execution of the memo application when the first user action is terminated, and the controller may control the memo content to be saved in memory in response to ending execution of the memo application. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021271 | TOUCH MOUSE - A touch device includes a touch panel, a stylus, a measuring wave transmitter sleeved the stylus and transmitting measuring waves, a frame surrounding the touch panel, three sensors embedded in the frame, and a processor electrically connected to the three sensors. The processor stores a coordinate system and location points of the three sensors, and calculates a location point (x, y) of the stylus according to √{square root over ((x−x11) | 2013-01-24 |
20130021272 | TOUCH TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A touch tracking method for the touch screen is provided. A touch tracking method for a touch track on a touch screen comprises the steps of: defining a touch track function by information of detected touch points; calculating a predicted touch point by said touch track function; determining if a next detected touch point is located in a preset scope of said predicted touch point; and if the next detected touch point is located in the preset scope of the predicted touch point, outputting the predicted touch point as an output touch point. A touch tracking device for a touch track on a touch screen is also provided. The touch tracking device for the touch screen can, not only determine relationship between detected touch points at different detected times to draw the touch tracks, but can also make the touch track smooth and help eliminate noise point effectively. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021273 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving an input of a 1 | 2013-01-24 |
20130021274 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic apparatus comprises an operation unit; a plurality of touch detection units each configured to detect a touch input to the operation unit; a sensitivity adjustment unit configured to perform adjustment so that a sensitivity of a touch detection unit of the plurality of touch detection units, which is arranged on a far side with respect to a specific end portion of the electronic apparatus, becomes higher than a sensitivity of a touch detection unit of the plurality of touch detection units, which is arranged on a near side with respect to the specific end portion; and a determination unit configured to determine an operated portion of the operation unit based on output values from the plurality of touch detection units, which have been adjusted by the sensitivity adjustment unit. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021275 | DISPLAY METHOD AND TERMINAL - A display method and a terminal are described. The terminal has a rectangle display screen with a long side and a short side. The terminal has two states, a first state in which only the short side is parallel to a horizontal plane and a second state in which only the long side is parallel to the horizontal plane. The terminal has a storage device which stores at least one object with data information. The method includes generating a first display command when the terminal is detected to be in the first state, and in accordance with the first display command, displaying by the display screen a first part of the data information of at least one object; generating a second display command when the terminal is detected to be in the second state, and in accordance with the second display command, displaying by the display screen a second part of the data information of at least one object; wherein a first ratio of the first part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof is smaller than a second ratio of the second part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021276 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND VIBRATION POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of providing optimal vibration power through sweeping of vibration frequencies, and a vibration power control method thereof. When a specific touch is detected after setting frequency sweep information in form of table in a memory, at least one sweep frequency is swept at a preset period within a vibration frequency range exhibiting satisfactory vibration power using the frequency sweep information so as to drive a vibration motor, thereby maintaining vibration power always in an optimal state. Also, a driving voltage of the vibration motor may be dropped to reduce battery consumption while driving the vibration motor, and the sweep frequency range and the sweep period can be adaptively changed according to a type of application displayed on a screen to stably maintain vibration power irrespective of a change in an application. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021277 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - There is provided a communication device including: a touch screen display configured to detect an indicated position and to display a plurality of kinds of object; a controller configured to control the touch screen display to define at least one first area in the touch screen display, control the touch screen display to display a first object in the first area, execute a setting process of communication based on the indicated position in a case that the indicated position detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area; and control the touch screen display to display a second object, which is in relation to data obtained depending on execution or completion of the setting process of communication, in the first area, instead of the first object, in a case that execution of the setting process of communication is completed. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021278 | SHAPED CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USE - Touch sensors and associated systems and methods are disclosed. The amount of skin of a user's finger that touches the touch sensor changes in relation to the intensity or pressure applied by the finger. A variable control signal is generated proportional to the pressure applied to the touch sensor. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of providing feedback in a portable terminal by displaying a three dimensional screen, determining whether a user input in the three dimensional screen is detected; extracting a disparity of a specific content or a specific content output area layer corresponding to the detected user input, determining at least one of an intensity of feedback and a pattern of feedback corresponding to the extracted disparity, and providing feedback according to the at least one of the determined intensity of feedback and pattern of feedback. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021280 | HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE - A minimum Z height handheld electronic device and methods of assembly is described. The electronic device includes a single seamless housing having a front opening and a cover disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021281 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM DISPLAYING AN E-BOOK GRAPHIC OBJECT AND METHOD OF MANIPULATING A E-BOOK GRAPHIC OBJECT - An interactive input system includes a touch panel; and processing structure displaying on the touch panel at least one graphic object depicting a book having one or more page stacks. The processing structure displays each page stack of the book graphic object with a respective width that is based on a number of pages in the page stack. A method for manipulating a book object, and computer program embodied by a computer readable medium are also disclosed. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021282 | Touch Screen Input Method and Device - A touch panel is constructed by a display/sensor unit which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD and a sensor unit which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit and vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection display constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the finger is highlighted. When the finger is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger is released, the state is not changed. When finger is moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection display disappears. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021283 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR - Provided is a display device with a touch sensor that can avoid the influence of noise originating from the polarity inversion of a common voltage of the display device without using special circuitry. The display device with a touch sensor includes a sensor output readout circuit ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130021284 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal composed of relatively movable first and second bodies has a display unit that displays an image and is provided on the first body and a touch panel that displays an image, detects contact made thereon, and is provided on the second body. When the mobile terminal switches from an open state to a closed state, if the touch panel has detected contact between the most recent switching from the closed state to the open state and the switching from the open state to the closed state, the display unit displays the image that has been displayed on the touch panel prior to the detection, the open state being a state in which the touch panel is viewable, the closed state being a state in which the display unit is viewable and at least part of the touch panel is covered by the first body. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021285 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION - A display device with a touch panel function is a display device having a display region including a first color transmitting section through which a first color is transmitted and a second color transmitting section through which a second color is transmitted. The display device includes, within the display region, a pressure sensor for detecting pressurization on the display region. A part or the entirety of the pressure sensor serves as a projection as a non-transmitting section through which light is not transmitted, and the first color transmitting section and the second color transmitting section are separated by the projection as the non-transmitting section. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021286 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - A mobile phone terminal includes a touch panel that detects a gesture with respect to a display surface thereof, and a control unit that displays a plurality of buttons on the display surface of the touch panel. When the touch panel detects a gesture in which touch is started at a first position on the touch panel and is maintained to a second position on the touch panel, the control unit displays a character string obtained by prediction processing or conversion processing based on a character string including characters corresponding to buttons displayed on a trajectory obtained by connecting each position in which the touch is detected from when the touch is started at the first position to when the touch is maintained to the second position in a predetermined area on the touch panel as a candidate of a character string input by the gesture. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021287 | INFORMATION DEVICE AND MOBILE INFORMATION DEVICE - In an information device, an input information determination unit determines a first operation conducted on any one of a plurality of items for selecting any one of items, and a second operation conducted on any one of a plurality of positions unrelated to positions corresponding to the items for selecting none of the plurality of items, based on a detected touch input detected. A frequency at which the first operation is conducted for each of the plurality of items, and a frequency at which the second operation is conducted for each of the plurality of positions in the input unit, are counted and recorded. An item higher in the frequency on which the first operation is conducted among the items is displayed at a position higher in the frequency on which the second operation is conducted among the plurality of positions. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021288 | Apparatuses, Methods and Computer Programs for a Virtual Stylus - Apparatus, the apparatus configured to: receive depth motion signalling associated with depth motion actuation of a physical stylus; and generate image data of a virtual stylus which has a virtual length according to the received depth motion signalling. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021289 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAYS - Displays such as organic light-emitting diode displays may be provided with touch sensing capabilities. A touch sensor may be formed from electrodes located on a thin-film encapsulation layer or one or more sides of a polarizer. A single-sided or double-sided touch sensor panel may be attached to the upper or lower surface of a polarizer. Control circuitry may be used to provide control signals to light-emitting diodes in the display using a grid of control lines. The control lines and transparent electrode structures such as indium tin oxide structures formed on a thin-film encapsulation layer or polarizer may be used as electrodes for a touch sensor. Displays may have active regions and inactive peripheral portions. The displays may have edge portions that are bent along a bend axis that is within the active region to form a borderless display. Virtual buttons may be formed on the bent edge portions. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021290 | SELECTING A SENSOR FOR USER INPUT - An apparatus and method are presented for selecting a surface for user input. The apparatus includes an information handling device having at least two surfaces and at least two sensors, as least one of the sensors being associated with one or more of the surfaces, a determination module, and a selection module. The determination module determines a current surface that is likely facing a user. The selection module selects one or more sensors associated with the current surface for user input. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021291 | QUADRATURE SIGNAL RECEIVER USING SYNCHRONIZED OSCILLATOR - A system comprises a processing device, a signal generator to generate a first signal and a single receiver to receive a second signal from a capacitive sense array. The single receiver is configured to process the second signal for stylus sensing of a stylus proximate to the capacitive sense array in a first mode of operation and to process the second signal for touch sensing of a passive touch object proximate to the capacitive sense array in a second mode of operation. The second signal is unsynchronized with the first signal. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021292 | Garment with Touch-Sensitive Features - A garment including a shell adapted to receive a portion of a finger of a wearer therein, the shell having an interior surface, an exterior surface and an aperture for receiving the finger of the wearer and at least one conductive member disposed on the exterior surface of the shell, the at least one conductive member capable of conducting a signal recognizable by a touch-sensitive device. The garment can also include at least one cleaning material piece thereon to be used to clean a control surface of the device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021293 | DISPLAY DEVICE | 2013-01-24 |
20130021294 | USAGE OF WEIGHTING MATRICES IN MULTI-PHASE SCANNING MODES - Apparatuses and methods of driving different transmit (TX) phase sequences of a TX signal on TX electrodes in different sensing stages according to a weighting matrix as the excitation matrix. One method drives the TX signals according to the weighting matrix and measures receive (RX) signals on the RX electrodes to determine if an object is proximate to the electrodes. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021295 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION - A display device with a touch panel function includes a pressure sensor as a first sensor for detecting presence/absence of pressurization on an input screen, an electrostatic capacitance touch panel as a second sensor for detecting a contact position on the input screen, whose power consumption for waiting in a detectable state is higher than power consumption of the first sensor, and a control unit for switching the second sensor into the detectable state when presence of pressurization is detected by the first sensor. The input screen also serves as a display screen. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021296 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel and to a touch-sensing apparatus. The touch-sensing panel according to the present invention includes a substrate and one or more sensing regions prepared on the substrate, wherein the sensing region includes one or more first electrodes extending in a first axis direction, and one or more second electrodes extending in a second axis direction intersecting the first axis, and wherein at least some of the second electrodes are electrically connected to another second electrode arrayed at the same position on a first axis and included in another unit sensing region. According to the present invention, by disposing a second electrode in a space that is prepared inside a first electrode receiving a driving signal or disposing a second electrode such that the first electrode surrounds the second electrode according to the electrode type, a touch-sensing panel and touch-sensing apparatus which can accurately determine one or more touch inputs can be provided in a single-layer structure. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021297 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a transparent substrate defining a touch surface and a non-touch surface, and a light guide plate arranged at the non-touch surface of the transparent substrate. The light guide plate defines a light output surface facing toward the non-touch surface of the transparent substrate, a bottom surface opposite to the light output surface, a light incident surface connected between the light output surface and the bottom surface, and a plurality of spaced refraction zones. Based on the aforesaid arrangement, the touch panel produces a uniform brightness distribution across the screen. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021298 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a display panel; and a sensing signal processor connected to the display panel, in which the display panel includes: a gate line which transmits a gate signal; a sensing signal line crossing the gate line; a reference sensing signal line crossing the gate line; a sensing unit connected to the gate line and the sensing signal line, where the sensing unit senses light by a touch on the display panel; and a reference sensing unit connected to the gate line and the reference sensing signal line and blocked from the light by the touch, and where the sensing signal processor is connected to the sensing unit and the reference sensing unit and includes a comparator. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021299 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY AND LIGHT SENSOR THEREOF - A light sensor includes a case, a light reflective layer and a light sensing component. The case has a light incident side. The light incident side is partially covered by the light reflective layer to cause the light incident side to form a light incident area uncovered by the light reflective layer and a light reflective area covered by the light reflective layer and located beside the light incident area. The light sensing component is disposed within the case and has a light sensing surface facing toward the light incident area. An optical touch panel assembly incorporating a plurality of the light sensors is also provided. The optical touch panel assembly includes a touch panel, two above-mentioned light sensors oppositely disposed at two sides of the touch panel. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021300 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREWITH - A touch-sensing display apparatus comprises a display unit with integrated elements, and a planar light guide located in front of the display unit so as to define a touch surface. At least one light emitter is arranged to emit light into the light guide for propagation by total internal reflection inside the light guide, and at least one light detector is arranged to receive at least part of the light propagating inside the light guide. The integrated elements are designed as image-forming elements and touch-sensor elements, wherein the touch-sensor elements comprise the emitter(s) and/or the detector(s) and are arranged along a periphery region of the display unit. The image-forming elements and the touch-sensor elements may be integrated in one and the same composite substrate within the display unit. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021301 | OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE AND LIGHT SOURCE MODULE THEREOF - An optical touch module disposed on a reference plane and having a sensing area is provided. The optical touch module includes a first light sensing device and a light source module. The first light sensing device is disposed on a first side of the sensing area. The light source module includes a linear light source, a transparent plate and a reflecting device. The linear light source is disposed beside a second side of the sensing area to emit light to the sensing area. The transparent plate is disposed between the linear light source and the second side opposite to the first side. A part of the light is reflected by the transparent plate. Another part of the light passes through the transparent plate. The reflecting device is disposed beside a second surface of the transparent plate to reflect the light reflected from the transparent plate back to the transparent plate. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021302 | OPTICAL COUPLER FOR USE IN AN OPTICAL TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - An optical touch-sensitive device is able to determine the locations of multiple simultaneous touch events. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors coupled with an optical coupler assembly through a waveguide on the surface on the optical-touch sensitive device. The coupler may be side coupled or edge coupled to the waveguide. For both the side coupled or edge coupled cases, the coupler may also be configured to reorient beams to accommodate any orientation of emitters and detectors with respect to the waveguide. The coupler may also be configured to translate beams laterally or vertically to accommodate any position of emitters and detectors. The coupler, and touch-sensitive device more generally, are also configured to prevent ambient light entering the waveguide from hitting the emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. Touch events disturb the optical beams. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021303 | TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus relating to touch sensing display devices that include a sensing device and a display device. In one aspect, a touch sensing display device can include adaptive addressing architecture to adjust an addressing characteristic based at least in part in a sensing characteristic of a sensing device. In another aspect, a touch sensing display device can include adaptive sensing architecture to adjust a sensing characteristic of a sensing device based at least in part on an addressing characteristic of a display device and/or on an electrical interference characteristic altered by an addressing circuit of the display device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021304 | PIEZOELECTRIC LATERALLY VIBRATING RESONATOR STRUCTURES WITH ACOUSTICALLY COUPLED SUB-RESONATORS - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems resonator structures, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. A resonator structure generally includes a first conductive layer with an input electrode, an output electrode, and a ground electrode. The ground electrode is disposed between the input electrode and the output electrode. In some implementations, the second conductive layer includes an input electrode, an output electrode, and a ground electrode. In some other implementations, a second conductive layer includes a pair of ground electrodes and a signal electrode in the form of an input or output electrode disposed between the ground electrodes. A piezoelectric layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. Sub-resonators can be defined in different regions of the structure, such that the piezoelectric layer is capable of moving to produce an output signal having frequencies at a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021305 | PIEZOELECTRIC LATERALLY VIBRATING RESONATOR STRUCTURE GEOMETRIES FOR SPURIOUS FREQUENCY SUPPRESSION - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems resonator structures, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. In one aspect, a resonator structure includes a first conductive layer of electrodes and a second conductive layer of electrodes. A piezoelectric layer including a piezoelectric material is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. One or more trenches can be formed in the piezoelectric layer on one or both sides in space regions between the electrodes. In some implementations, a process for forming the resonator structure includes removing an exposed portion of the piezoelectric layer to define a trench, for instance, by partial etching or performing an isotropic release etch using a XeF | 2013-01-24 |
20130021306 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND SOURCE DRIVER THEREOF - A display panel driving apparatus and an operation method thereof and a source driver thereof are provided. The display panel driving apparatus includes a timing controller and a source driver. The timing controller outputs display data and error-check data. The source driver generates source driving signals for driving a display panel in accordance with the display data provided from the timing controller, and checks the display data in accordance with the error-check data provided from the timing controller. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021307 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus switches a display state of an image to be output to a predetermined display state in the case where connection of another device is detected by receiving a connection signal and then the connection signal is not received again only for a predetermined time. An interface unit of a display apparatus receives image data produced from the information processing apparatus. A controller of the display apparatus allows the interface unit to repeatedly output the connection signal at a period shorter than the predetermined time, and allows the information processing apparatus to detect connection of the display apparatus in each case. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021308 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS - A device and a method for adjusting backlight brightness employed in a display are provided. The electronic device includes a display unit, a backlight unit, a light sensor, a distance sensor, and a control unit. The backlight unit is configured to emit backlight for the display unit. The light sensor is configured to sense ambient brightness of the electronic device in real time. The distance sensor is configured to sense an object within a predetermined coverage area in real time. The control unit is configured to detect whether the ambient brightness changes, evaluate whether the object is sensed by the distance sensor within the predetermined coverage area when detecting that the ambient brightness is low, and not control the backlight unit to adjust the backlight brightness of the display unit when the object is sensed within the predetermined coverage area. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021309 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY USING BOTH AN ACTIVE MATRIX ADDRESSING SCHEME AND A PASSIVE MATRIX ADDRESSING SCHEME - Methods and devices for updating an array of display elements using both an active matrix addressing scheme and a passive matrix addressing scheme are described herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises selecting between an active matrix addressing scheme and a passive matrix addressing scheme. The method further comprises driving the array of display elements using the selected addressing scheme. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021310 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH NOISE SHIELDING STRUCTURE - A display device including a front cover and a rear cover coupled to each other in order to receive a display panel, drive board and power supply board, is provided. A shield case mounted on the power supply board and coupled to the rear cover removes noise conducted to the rear cover. The shield case serves to disperse and absorb noise conducted to the rear cover, enabling removal of the noise. A frame ground terminal of a socket is connected to the shield case in order to allow the shield case to be used as a ground, resulting in an increased ground area. Further, the shield case may reduce radiation noise and conduction noise generated during driving of a plurality of drive units provided in the display device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021311 | HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY - A head mount display includes a first frame, a display, a second frame, and a junction. The display is mountable on the first frame. The second frame is configured to be pivotably connected to the first frame and includes a circuit module. The circuit module includes a power circuit configured to supply power to the display. The junction is configured to electrically connect the display and the circuit module. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021312 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - A display device | 2013-01-24 |
20130021313 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR VOLTAGE REDUCTION FOR ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAYS USING VARIABILITY OF PIXEL DEVICE CAPACITANCE - Methods and devices for reducing the voltage required to update an array of display elements having variable capacitance are described herein. In one implementation, the method includes driving a display element to a first state using a reset drive line. The method further includes driving the display element to a second state using a column drive line. The capacitance of the display element is higher in the first state than in the second state | 2013-01-24 |
20130021314 | CHARGE RECYCLING DEVICE AND PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD USING THE SAME - A charge recycling device for a panel display apparatus is disclosed. The charge recycling device includes one or more storage capacitors, and one or more switch modules coupled to the one or more storage capacitors and coupled to a plurality of load capacitors via a plurality of source driving nodes, for controlling currents between the plurality of load capacitors and the one or more storage capacitors. During a charge recycling period, the one or more switch modules are arranged to recycle charges stored in the plurality of load capacitors to the one or more storage capacitors. During a charge reutilization period, the one or more switch modules are arranged to redistribute the recycled charges to the plurality of load capacitors. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021315 | LCD DEVICE AND SIGNAL DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an LCD device. The LCD device employs pre-charging within a frame accompanying high and low levels signal of array common lines. Each pixel is charged a high voltage before writing into a correct data signal, that is, the over driving is performed before the correct data signal is written into the pixel. The present invention also discloses a signal driving method for the LCD device. Compared with the prior art, the frame buffer is not required in the present invention on one hand; the over driving can be performed without complex timing functions on another hand; and the incorrect twist angles of the liquid crystals which are driven instantaneously can be significantly avoided when using the conventional over driving by a look-up table for comparing two sequential image signals. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021316 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance of pixels is suppressed. A light-emitting device includes at least a transistor, a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a capacitor, and a light-emitting element. The first wiring and a first electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other through the first switch. A second electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The second wiring and a gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the second switch. The first electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the third switch. The first terminal of the transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fourth switch. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021317 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECAYING RESIDUAL IMAGE THEREOF - By way of enabling a reset signal while turning off a liquid crystal display, a method for decaying residual image of the liquid crystal display is capable of setting the corresponding gate signal of each of a plurality of gate lines of the liquid crystal display based on the reset signal being enabled. Accordingly, enhanced discharging processes on all the storage units of the liquid crystal display for fast decaying residual image can be performed via the data switches of the liquid crystal display turned on by the gate signals being set. The reset operation for performing discharging processes in response to the reset signal can be carried out based on a reset circuit for setting all the gate signals to become high-level signals, or based on a charging/discharging module for furnishing a high-level voltage directly to all the gate lines. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021318 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - In display of an image on a plasma display panel, the contrast of the display image is enhanced. For this purpose, the voltage obtained by subtracting the voltage applied to the data electrode from the low-side voltage of the sustain pulses applied to the scan electrode in the sustain period is defined as a first voltage. The voltage obtained by subtracting the voltage applied to the data electrode from the high-side voltage of the sustain pulses applied to the scan electrode is defined as a second voltage. The voltage obtained by subtracting the low-side voltage of the address pulse applied to the data electrode from the low-side voltage of the scan pulse applied to the scan electrode in the address period is defined as a third voltage. Based on these definitions, the voltage applied to each electrode is set so as to satisfy the conditions that: the voltage obtained by subtracting the third voltage from the first voltage is equal to or higher than the discharge start voltage between the data electrode as an anode and the scan electrode as a cathode; and the voltage obtained by subtracting the third voltage from the second voltage is equal to or lower than the sum of the discharge start voltage between the data electrode as an anode and the scan electrode as a cathode and the discharge start voltage between the data electrode as a cathode and the scan electrode as an anode. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021319 | SWITCH CIRCUIT, PIXEL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A switch circuit, a pixel element and a display panel are provided. The switch circuit is for the pixel element, and includes switches. A switch is turned on to perform a sample operation on the pixel element. Another switch has a control terminal coupled to an image data storage capacitor of the pixel element via the switch, a data terminal to a corresponding source line, and another data terminal to the image data storage capacitor. During the sample operation, the second switch stores an image data of the image data storage capacitor in a parasitic gate capacitor existing on its control terminal. The parasitic gate capacitor maintains its stored data from the sample operation to a refresh operation in which the pixel element is refreshed. The second switch selectively electrically connects its two data terminals with each other according to stored image data in the parasitic gate capacitor. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021320 | PIXEL ELEMENT, DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A pixel element, a display panel, and a control method thereof are provided. The method includes a number of steps. An image data is stored in an image data storage capacitor of the display panel. A sample operation is performed to store the image data in a capacitive element. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021321 | LCD device and a related driving method - The present invention proposes a LCD device and a driving method thereof. Before required data voltage is applied on each pixel, each pixel is pre-charged to a high voltage level by adjusting outputted voltage level of a common line, thereby over-driving each pixel. The present invention also discloses a method of driving a LCD device. The present invention does not need the frame buffer such that the cost is reduced. Furthermore, a complicated timing function is not required to perform the over-driving operation. Moreover, the liquid crystal molecules of the pixels are not instantly driven to rotate through an incorrect angle if a prior art method of looking up tables to perform the over-driving operation. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021322 | VISUAL ONTOLOGICAL SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL COMMUNITY - The present invention relates to a system for storing and managing a comment on content in a social community, and enabling another user to retrieve content or a comment. In particular, the present invention may generate image comments for target content from users of a social community, and summarize the generated imaged comments. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021323 | Displaying Three-Dimensional Image Data - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for displaying three-dimensional image data. For example, the position of one or more markers can be tracked. Then, image may be displayed based at least in part on the position of the one or more markers. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021324 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY QUALITY - A method for improving three-dimensional (3D) display quality is provided. A first image data and a second image data for 3D display are associated with a single eye (left eye or right eye). A third state associated with both eyes is generated by analyzing a data difference between the first image data and the second image data. Thereby, the flickering problem can be resolved and image quality, brightness, and resolution can be improved. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021325 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND A DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) image display device including a display panel assembly including a display panel displaying an image and a timing controller, an integration controller transmitting an input image signal to the timing controller, a shutter member including a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter, a shutter timing determining unit receiving a shutter member control source signal from the integration controller or an outside source to generate shutter timing information, and a shutter timing controller receiving the shutter timing information to generate a shutter member control signal and transmitting the shutter member control signal to the shutter member, wherein an open time or a close time of the left eye shutter or the right eye shutter for a frame is based on the shutter timing information. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021326 | LED DRIVING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light emitting diode (LED) driving system driving a LED array of a display device includes a microcontroller, a control circuit, a pulse width modulator (PWM) controller, a first driving circuit, a second driving circuit, a first converter circuit and a second converter circuit. The microcontroller outputs a first signal when the display device is in a three dimension (3D) mode. The control circuit generates and output a 3D control signal upon receiving the first signal. The second converter circuit converts a direct current power into a second direct current voltage when the display device is in the 3D mode, and the second converter circuit stops working when the display device is in a two dimension mode. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021327 | IMAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - An image control device and an image displaying system comprising the same are provided. The image control device co-operates with a displaying device of the image displaying system. When a proximity sensor of the image control device senses proximity of a user, it generates a three-dimensional image activation signal for informing the displaying device to play a three-dimensional image so that the user can watch the three-dimensional image through three-dimensional image filter units of the image control device. When the proximity sensor of the image control device senses the leaving of the user, it generates a three-dimensional image ending signal for informing the displaying device to stop displaying the three-dimensional image. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021328 | LAYOUT METHOD OF SUB-PIXEL RENDERINGS - A layout method of sub-pixel renderings includes the following steps: providing an RGB pixel rendering, wherein each pixel of the RGB pixel rendering includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and the plurality of sub-pixels have different colors from each other; and when displaying a stereo image, dividing the RGB pixel rendering into a first sub-pixel rendering corresponding to a left-eye image and a second sub-pixel rendering corresponding to a right-eye image; wherein at least one of each row and each column of the first sub-pixel rendering includes R, G, and B sub-pixels, and at least one of each row and each column of the second sub-pixel rendering includes R, G, and B sub-pixels. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021329 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display unit respectively displaying respective pixel information of plural viewpoint images different from one another by arranging the pixel information in a circulating order in the plural viewpoint images on a display surface; and a barrier unit having plural liquid crystal barriers capable of being switched between an open state and a closed state, extending in a first direction as well as arranged side by side in a second direction intersecting the first direction, in which each barrier includes plural branch electrodes arranged side by side. A pitch “s” of the branch electrodes in the second direction satisfies the following expression (A). | 2013-01-24 |
20130021330 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH 3-D STRUCTURE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of a display apparatus is provided. The control method includes: obtaining at least one piece of identification information of a user and identification information of three-dimensional (3D) glasses; obtaining a disparity setting mapped to the identification information; and displaying a left eye image and a right eye image by determining a degree of disparity based on the disparity setting. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021331 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing system includes a stereoscopic display device and a control unit. The stereoscopic display device is configured to display a stereoscopic image viewed by an observer stereoscopically by displaying a predetermined parallax number of parallax images. The control unit is configured to perform control, when generating the predetermined parallax number of parallax images from volume data that is three-dimensional medical image data, so as to change a parallactic angle between parallax images based on the shape of a subject portion and to display a predetermined parallax number of parallax images at the parallactic angle thus changed on the stereoscopic display device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021332 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing method is provided that includes: acquiring an original image; and with respect to pixels in an area which is within the acquired original image and from which parallax information is not extracted or acquired, generating the parallax information of the pixels in the area in accordance with a magnitude relation of the parallax information of at least two pixels which are adjacent or close to the pixels in the area and which are included among pixels from which the parallax information is extracted or acquired. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021333 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus generates a plurality of viewpoint images from an input image signal formed by a two-dimensional image signal such that a signal difference between viewpoints is a predetermined value, and both of two viewpoint images where the signal difference between viewpoints is equal to twice the predetermined value form a left eye image and a right eye image for realizing three-dimensional stereoscopic vision. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021334 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In a liquid crystal display, black data is input to a portion of the pixel rows only during display of a | 2013-01-24 |
20130021335 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - In an image processing system according to an embodiment, an image processing device in the embodiment includes a receiving unit, a flat image generator, and an output unit. The receiving unit receives setting of a region of interest on parallax images of a subject that are displayed stereoscopically. The flat image generator generates a flat image of a cut surface of the subject that is generated by cutting the subject along a plane corresponding to the region of interest received by the receiving unit based on volume data of the subject stored in a predetermined storage device. The output unit outputs the flat image generated by the flat image generator. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021336 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a stereoscopic display device, a receiving unit, and a display controller. The stereoscopic display device displays a stereoscopic image that is capable of being viewed stereoscopically using a parallax image group as a plurality of parallax images generated by performing rendering processing on volume data as three-dimensional medical image data. The receiving unit receives a region of interest in the stereoscopic image. The display controller causes the stereoscopic display device to display the parallax image group that has been generated by performing the rendering processing on the volume data based on a plurality of viewpoint positions of which sight line directions intersect with one another at a position of the volume data that corresponds to the region of interest received by the receiving unit. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021337 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-BASED EVALUATION OF IMAGE DATASETS - A method is disclosed for computer-based evaluation of a basic image dataset including a number of image slices on an evaluation device. In at least one embodiment, at least one three-dimensional reconstruction dataset is determined from the basic image dataset by way of the evaluation device, wherein within the framework of an evaluation application of multiplanar reconstruction for a requested presentation of the reconstruction dataset in an original image layer plane, the corresponding unprocessed slice image of the basic image dataset is displayed and at least one image processing tool applied within the framework of the multiplanar reconstruction is applied to the three-dimensional reconstruction dataset. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021338 | MULTI-INSTANCE, MULTI-USER VIRTUAL REALITY SPACES - A mufti-instance, multi-user animation platform includes a plurality of modeled parallel dimensions in a computer memory. Each of the parallel dimensions may be an independent model of a physical, three-dimensional space having corresponding features such that the parallel dimensions are recognizable as counterparts to each other. Avatars are located within corresponding ones of the parallel dimensions so as to prevent over-population of any one of the parallel dimensions by avatars. Avatars are animated within different ones of the parallel dimensions using input from respective users to provide virtual-reality data. The virtual-reality data may be configured to cause remote clients to output an animated display of a corresponding one of the parallel dimensions and avatars therein. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021339 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON THE BASIS OF CALCULATED IMAGE ROTATIONS - Method for producing a three-dimensional image of an object, includes: providing a first image of an object, supplying image values associated with image elements of the first image to a processing device, calculating at least one image constructed from image elements and rotated around a rotation point through a rotation angle, dividing the rotated image into image lines, forming groups of corresponding image lines for at least two images, including the at least one rotated image, supplying the image values associated with image elements located along the image lines for the groups of corresponding image lines to an imaging device, and applying, with the imaging device, imaging intensities and/or colours corresponding to the image values onto a substrate under a pattern of linear lenses, so that the image intensities and/or colours of each group of corresponding image lines are applied under a linear lens associated with the group. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING LIGHTING INFORMATION AND MATERIAL INFORMATION IN IMAGE MODELING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for obtaining lighting information and material information in an image modeling system are provided. A material constant of a same material region and lighting information of the same material region may be extracted by applying color channel pixel values, depth values, and viewpoint information to a linear system in which a pixel value is defined by a material constant and a combination of a geometry component with a lighting component. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE 3D VOLUME-PANORAMA IMAGE BASED ON 3D VOLUME IMAGES - A method and apparatus to generate a volume-panorama image based on three-dimensional (3D) volume images is provided. A method of generating a volume-panorama image includes receiving pieces of image data of one or more volume images, extracting partial regions including one or more voxels from the volume images, determining a global conversion function representing a relationship of a conversion between a second volume image of the volume images and a first volume image of the volume images, the determined global conversion function being based on a conversion function representing a relationship of a conversion between one of the extracted partial regions of the second volume image and one of the extracted partial regions of the first volume image, and generating image data of a volume image to be combined with the first volume image from image data of the second volume image based on the determined global conversion function. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021342 | NOISE REDUCTION AND FOCUSING ALGORITHMS FOR GMAPD - An apparatus and method for processing of XYZ point clouds obtained from a GmAPD LADAR using low-pass filtering followed by high-pass filtering and deconvolution. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021343 | Translating Renderman Shading Language Code - The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for translating RenderMan shading language code. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021344 | System and Method for Comparing and Reviewing Documents - A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021345 | Multi-Channel Conversion Path Position Reporting - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving information regarding a plurality of conversion paths. Each conversion path includes one or more user interactions, corresponds to a user, and ends with a conversion interaction. A list of channel groups is received. Each channel group includes a name and one or more group rules that refer to the characteristics of one or more user interactions of the plurality of conversion paths. Each user interaction in the plurality of conversion paths is grouped based upon the list of channel groups. A selection of channels to visualize is received and for each of the selected channels to visualize the user interactions are aggregated based upon the channel group of the user interaction and a position of the user interaction within the conversion path. Information regarding the aggregated user interactions for each of the selected channels is provided. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021346 | Knowledge Acquisition Mulitplex Facilitates Concept Capture and Promotes Time on Task - Described herein is an interactive digital software program and hardware that enables rapid acquisition of textual or audio subject matter, its conversion to editable text and immediate compression into a user understandable summary. The software program maximizes “time on task” while minimizing the time-consuming steps of “concept capture” and “compression”. The instant invention provides an accurate condensate of textual subject matter in a fraction of the time it would take to prepare such a document by manual note taking. In a single step, mobile devices such as cameras, cameraphones, tablets, iPODs, scanners and the like rapidly capture textual images convert them to OCR and to a user understandable summary in a fraction of the time it takes to process such a document by manual note taking. With more study time available for repetitious practice of the lesson, the user improves preparedness and performance on tests and presentations. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING USING ANIMATION - CiFiCo (Cinematic Financial Concepts) simplifies finance concept by taking information and “cinematizing” it into fun, simple, engaging, moving visual representations (aka “movies”) accompanied by sound and touch control. Movies contain various assets, incomes, and insurance, as well as intergenerational timelines. CiFiCo can demonstrate the impact of asset accumulation, distribution, taxes, insurance, investments, intergenerational transfers, and other concepts. The tool allows individuals to gain a unique perspective on how the financial decisions they make (past, present and future) can impact their overall financial picture (movie). CiFiCo can illustrate and factor for contributions and distributions, as well as risks or attacks that may draw against one's financial stability (e.g., death, disabilities, long term care costs, lawsuits, natural disasters, market volatility, etc.). The application can illustrate a single financial concept, compare several financial strategies, or portray a fully integrated, multi-generational, financial plan. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021348 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMATION RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems and methods for generating recommendations for animations to apply to animate 3D characters in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes an animation server and a database containing metadata describing a plurality of animations and the compatibility of ordered pairs of the described animations. In addition, the animation server is configured to receive requests for animation recommendations identifying a first animation, generate a recommendation of at least one animation described in the database based upon the first animation, receive a selection of an animation described in the database, and concatenate at least the first animation and the selected animation. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021349 | DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a display region; a plurality of photosensors each configured to receive external light irradiating the display region of the display panel; and a graphic display controller in which a reference value is preset for light reception information obtained by the photosensors and which is configured to display, when one or more of values for the light reception information exceeding the reference value is obtained by the photosensors, a graphic image indicating predetermined information in the display region based on the light reception information. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021350 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECODING USING COEFFICIENT COMPRESSION - Methods and apparatus for utilizing coefficient compression in graphics decoding are provided. In one example, a computer processing unit (CPU) is interfaced with a graphic processing unit (GPU) where the CPU extracts coefficients and passes compressed coefficient data, preferably in uniformly sized data packets, to the GPU for decoding and coefficient processing. Preferably the extracted coefficients are inverse transform (iT) coefficients and CPU includes an encoder control component configured to adaptively select a coefficient encoding process for performing the iT coefficient data compression based on the data content of the iT coefficients such that data packets are generated that include data that indentifies the selected coefficient encoding process used for encoding the compressed iT coefficient data contained in the data packet. In such case, the GPU is configured to receive such data packets and decode the iT coefficient data within each packet using a coefficient decoding method complementary to the selected coefficient encoding process identified within the packet. The GPU preferably uses massively parallel coefficient decoding of such data packets. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MULTIMEDIA MONITOR - A method and a system for controlling a multimedia monitor are provided. The multimedia monitor has a central processing unit (CPU) and communicates with a computer system through a communication interface. The multimedia monitor displays images from the computer system when the multimedia monitor is in an external signal mode, and displays images generated by the CPU when the multimedia monitor is in a multimedia application mode. In the method, an input event is received by the computer system and an input command corresponding to the input event is transmitted to the multimedia monitor through the communication interface. After that, whether the input command belongs to a multimedia command set is determined by the multimedia monitor. If the input command belongs to the multimedia command set, an action corresponding to the input command under the multimedia application mode is executed by the multimedia monitor. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021352 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING BURST REFRESH OF A SELF-REFRESHING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method and apparatus for performing display image refresh in bursts to a display device. A buffered refresh controller includes capabilities to drive the display based on video signals generated from a local frame buffer at a first rate. The graphics controller may optimally be configured to burst a new frame of pixel data to the buffered refresh controller at a second rate to replace the previous frame of pixel data in the local frame buffer. The second rate is different than the first rate. Additionally, the graphics controller may send frames only when they contain new pixel data. By enabling the graphics controller to selectively transmit the new frame of pixel data at the second rate, higher than the first rate, the graphics controller may be placed in a power-saving state during at least a portion of each frame update. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021353 | Virtual GPU - Techniques and structures relating to virtual graphics processing units (VGPUs) are disclosed. A VGPU may appear to software as an independent hardware GPU. However, two or more VGPUs can be implemented on the same GPU through the use of control structures and by duplicating some (but not all) hardware elements of the GPU. For example, additional registers and storage space may be added in a GPU supporting multiple VGPUs. Different execution priorities may be set for tasks and threads that correspond to the different supported VGPUs. Memory address space for the VGPUs may also be managed, including use of virtual address space for different VGPUs. Halting and resuming execution of different VGPUs may allow for finer-grained execution control, and for better GPU efficiency. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021354 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING USING BUFFER SWAPPING - Methods and systems which may implement buffer swapping are provided. The methods include rendering, onto screen locations of a display screen, data from a memory having a first buffer and a second buffer, each buffer having respective buffer memory locations which correspond to the screen locations of the display screen. The methods can include: rendering first data from the first buffer onto the display screen; writing, to the second buffer, second data based on at least some of the first data from the first buffer by performing at least one of transforming at least some first data and changing corresponding screen locations of at least some first data from the first buffer, by writing at most once to each buffer memory location of the second buffer; and rendering the second data from the second buffer onto the display screen. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021355 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PROIRITIZED LIVE THUMBNAIL OF PROCESS GRAPHIC VIEWS - The system for displaying prioritized live thumbnail of process graphic views includes at least one real time data source | 2013-01-24 |
20130021356 | Full Framebuffer for Electronic Paper Displays - A system and a method are disclosed for updating a bi-stable display includes a framebuffer for storing waveforms for each pixel individually. The system includes determining a current state of a pixel of the bi-stable display; determining a desired state of the pixel of the bi-stable display; and updating the pixel by applying a determined control signal to the pixel to drive the pixel from the current state to the final state. Updating each pixel occurs independently of the other pixels of the bi-stable display. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021357 | TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL OF SELF REFRESH DISPLAY FUNCTIONALITY - Techniques are described to monitor a level of graphics processing activity and control power usage based on the level. When no graphics processing activity is detected for a period of time, then a timing controller for a display device is instructed to capture a current image and repeatedly display the captured image. The graphics processing devices can be powered down. When graphics processing activity is detected, the graphics processing devices are powered up and the components used to capture an image and display the captured image are powered down. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021358 | AREA-BASED RASTERIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR A GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM - This disclosure describes area-based rasterization techniques that can improve the performance of a graphics processor. The techniques may include selecting a rasterization mode for a graphics primitive from a set of at least two candidate rasterization modes based on a metric indicative of an area of the graphics primitive. The techniques may further include performing, with fixed function scan conversion hardware of the graphics processor, scan conversion for the graphics primitive when a first candidate rasterization mode is selected as the rasterization mode for the graphics primitive. The techniques may further include performing, with a programmable shader unit of the graphics processor, scan conversion for the graphics primitive when a second candidate rasterization mode is selected as the rasterization mode for the graphics primitive. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021359 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING OF VISUAL OBJECTS - A system, device, computer-readable instructions, and method are provided for mapping and filtering of visual objects to address bump mapping. For example, a system, device, computer-readable instructions, and method are provided as a unified shading model representing both bump orientation and bidirectional radiance distribution function (“BRDF”). The computer-readable instructions are non-transitory, and storable on a storage device, including a CDROM, flashdrive, cloud, processor memory, or other storage capability. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021360 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF SHADER OPERATION - The example techniques described in this disclosure may be directed to synchronization between producer shaders and consumer shaders. For example, a graphics processing unit (GPU) may execute a producer shader to produce graphics data. After the completion of the production of graphics data, the producer shader may store a value indicative of the amount of produced graphics data. The GPU may execute one or more consumer shaders, after the storage of the value indicative of the amount of produced graphics data, to consume the produced graphics data. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021361 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RENDERING USER INTERFACE FONT - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for rendering fonts of a user interface, both of which can establish a font cache table to cache fonts needed to be rendered, searches a font needed to be rendered in the font cache table and returns that font, and renders the founded font needed to be rendered. The method and the apparatus of the present invention pre-cache the fonts needed to be rendered by establishing the font cache table, so that the font rendering efficiency of the user interface can be improved significantly, especially the fluency of a dynamic user interface (such as sliding of user interface, dragging of icon) which contains plenty of font rendering is not reduced following the plenty of font rendering. In addition, the present invention further proposes a font supplementary scheme and a maintenance scheme of the font cache table, so as to make the present invention have more practical value. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021362 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes an input unit, a microphone, a control unit, and a voice recognition unit. The input unit is configured to receive a first type input and a second type input. The microphone is configured to receive an input sound signal. The control unit is configured to control a display to display feedback according to a type of input. The voice recognition unit is configured to perform recognition processing on the input sound signal. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021363 | MOVING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOVING IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - To provide a technology for performing brightness range expansion processing suitable for a scene change when a scene change occurs. If an expansion coefficient output mode determination module | 2013-01-24 |
20130021364 | Apparatuses and Methods Generating a Two-Dimensional Code with a Logo - A logo-added two-dimensional code creation device determines the color of a two-dimensional code to be superimposed on a logo image by adjusting the L value indicating the color lightness, whereby a logo-added two-dimensional code readable regardless of influence of post-printing processing and/or ambient light can be created. The logo-added two-dimensional code has smaller cells superimposed on the tiger character that can easily lose the design integrity than the cells superimposed on the background part, ensuring the design integrity of the logo image without impairing the readability of information. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021365 | COLOR ARRANGEMENT CHECKING DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A color arrangement checking device stores a full-color document in which elements of each color are placed on a page, detects at least a color and a size of the elements for each page of the document, adds up the size of the elements for the whole page by the color which is output as an occupancy ratio, and determines whether or not at least one of brightness and saturation exceeds a predetermined color threshold value for each color of the elements. The color arrangement checking device determines whether or not the occupancy ratio by the color of the elements, which assume the color, of which at least one of the brightness and the saturation is determined to exceed the color threshold value, as an attribute, exceeds a predetermined occupancy threshold value, and outputs the elements which assume the color, of which the occupancy ratio is determined to exceed the occupancy threshold value, as the attribute. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021366 | Audio Visual Player Apparatus and System and Method of Content Distribution Using the Same - A method and system are provided for delivering digital content. A first catalogued list of content is delivered from a user operated device to a media storage device, and attributes of the first catalogued list are determined. A second catalogued list of content is delivered from a content provider to the media storage device. The first catalogued list is modified based upon the second catalogued list and the attributes, and the modified first catalogued list is delivered to the user operated device. Content from the modified first catalogued list is delivered to the user operated device for storage and subsequent playback. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021367 | METHODS OF CONTROLLING WINDOW DISPLAY ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING COMBINATIONS OF EVENT GENERATORS - First and second events generated by respective ones of first and second event generators are detected and a particular type of window transformation is executed on a display of an electronic device based on the first event in a direction identified by the second event. The type of window transformation may be, for example, a position change or a size adjustment. | 2013-01-24 |