08th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160055750 | Optimal Warning Distance - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for determining an optimal warning distance for a vehicle. For example, the geographic location of the vehicle is received along with a reaction profile of the operator of the vehicle. Based on the geographic location, a roadway condition is determined. An optimal warning distance is then determined based on a braking distance of the vehicle and the reaction profile of the operator of the vehicle. The operator of the vehicle, or a navigation system of the vehicle itself, is alerted to the roadway condition when the vehicle is located at the optimal warning distance. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055751 | LANE DETECTION APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are a lane detection apparatus and an operating method for the same, and the operating method for the lane detection apparatus includes: detecting a plurality of edges in a driving image of a vehicle expressed by Cartesian coordinates; detecting a pattern of the plurality of edges; estimating a horizontal location of the vehicle in a driving lane based on the detected pattern; setting two regions of interest in the driving image based on the horizontal location; generating two Hough spaces corresponding two regions of interest, respectively, including a plurality of counting regions, and expressed by polar coordinates; calculating a polar coordinate value of each pixel included in the edge shown in each of two regions of interest among the plurality of edges by using Hough transform that transforms the Cartesian coordinates into the polar coordinates; accumulating the count of the counting region to which the polar coordinate value belongs, with respect to two respective Hough spaces; selecting a counting region having the highest count number among the plurality of counting regions with respect to two respective Hough spaces; transforming the counting region having the highest count number into two straight lines expressed by the Cartesian coordinates, with respect to two respective Hough spaces; and detecting two transformed straight lines as a left lane and a right lane of the driving lane. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055752 | DYNAMIC TURBULENCE ENGINE CONTROLLER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The DYNAMIC TURBULENCE ENGINE CONTROLLER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DTEC”) transform weather, terrain, and flight parameter data via DTEC components into turbulence avoidance optimized flight plans. In one implementation, the DTEC comprises a processor and a memory disposed in communication with the processor and storing processor-issuable instructions to receive anticipated flight plan parameter data, obtain terrain data based on the flight plan parameter data, obtain atmospheric data based on the flight plan parameter data, and determine a plurality of four-dimensional grid points based on the flight plan parameter data. The DTEC may then determine a non-dimensional mountain wave amplitude and mountain top wave drag, an upper level non-dimensional gravity wave amplitude, and a buoyant turbulent kinetic energy. The DTEC determines a boundary layer eddy dissipation rate, storm velocity, and eddy dissipation rate from updrafts, maximum updraft speed at grid point equilibrium level and storm divergence while the updraft speed is above the equilibrium level and identify storm top. The DTEC determines storm overshoot and storm drag, Doppler speed, eddy dissipation rate above the storm top, and determine eddy dissipation rate from downdrafts. The DTEC then determines the turbulent kinetic energy for each grid point and identifies an at least one flight plan based on the flight plan parameter data and the determined turbulent kinetic energy. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAXIMIZING DISPLAYING OF TRAJECTORY ELEMENTS IN AN EDIT AREA OF A NAVIGATIONAL DISPLAY OF A COCKPIT DISPLAY SYSTEM - A system and method for maximizing displaying of trajectory elements in an edit area of a navigational display are disclosed. In one embodiment, navigational display parameters are obtained from a cockpit display system. Further, flight plan information is obtained from a flight management system (FMS). Furthermore, a portion of the flight plan information which lies within the edit area of the navigation display is dynamically determined using the navigational display parameters. In addition, a display buffer is dynamically populated with only the determined portion of the flight plan information. Moreover, any needed data that is in the determined portion of the flight plan information is dynamically refreshed in the display buffer. Also, the flight plan information is dynamically displayed on the edit area of the navigation display using the refreshed and populated flight plan information and the needed data. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055754 | ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING CONTROL - An emergency landing control system for an aircraft includes a landing site data source, a performance margin data source, an engine health data source, an aircraft health data source, and a processor. The landing site data source determines, continuously and in real-time, available landing sites. The performance margin data source conducts, continuously and in real-time, continuous performance analysis of an engine. The engine health data source determines, continuously and in real-time, available engine power as a function of time. The aircraft health data source determines, continuously and in real-time, available aircraft life as a function of time. The processor receives data from these data sources and, based on these data, continuously generates landing paths to one or more of the available landing sites, and selectively and continuously adjusts maximum available engine power up to emergency power limits, as needed, during execution of a landing maneuver to a landing site. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055755 | SQUEEZABLE ALPHABET EDUCATIONAL TOY - A squeezable educational toy comprising a shaped housing, where the shaped housing includes an outer surface; a noise box within the housing, where the noise box is battery powered; an actuator button on the noise box; and a series of sounds created from the noise box, where the series of sounds are initiated by pressing the actuator button on the noise box, and where the series of sounds correspond to the shape of the housing. With the squeezable educational toy a user is able to learn both visually and auditorily about the alphabet. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055756 | Methods and Software for Motivating a User to Partake in an Activity Using an Electronic Motivational Learning Tool and Visual Motivational Stimulus - Methods and software that motivate one or more users to partake in an activity using an electronic motivational learning tool. This functionality can allow students to remain motivated to study even when the subject matter is dry, such as in the case of rote memorization of vocabulary or mathematical concepts. Various corresponding and related methods and software are described. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING METRICS FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - There is disclosed an apparatus comprising for measuring metrics for extracurricular activities comprising: a nontransitory storage medium storing a server system program having instructions which when executed by one or more processors will cause the processors to operate a computerized server system, the instructions of the server system program for managing availability of reservations of resources, receiving a request from a consumer to securely login to the system, the consumer viewing the details input by a provider for a training session, the consumer viewing the metrics for a child's participation in extracurricular activities. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055758 | DELIVERING TO A USER A BIOMETRIC DISPLAY THAT COMMUNICATES HEALTH AND FITNESS PERFORMANCE RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT THE USER - The instant application describes a method for delivering to a user a biometric display containing a graphic representation of the user that communicates health related information about the user. The method includes steps of receiving via a communication network information associated with physical characteristics of the user and health related information associated with the user and generating a biometric display of the user based on the received physical characteristics associated with the user. The biometric display represents a virtual persona of the user tailored toward the received physical characteristics associated with the user. The method also includes steps of generating health parameters based on the received health related information associated with the user and associating the health parameters with their respective body parts on the biometric display. The health parameters communicate to the user health related information regarding their respective body part on the biometric display. The method also includes a step of delivering to the user via the communication network the biometric display along with the associative health parameters. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055759 | Nasal Pinwheel For Assisting Children in Nose Blowing - Provided herein is a device (and associated method of using the device) to aid and educate a child in blowing their nose. The device comprises a pinwheel assembly, which is positioned under the child's nostrils such that air expelled from the nostrils will turn the blades of the pinwheel. The device optionally comprises a pacifier, which is configured such that when the nipple of the pacifier is in the child's mouth, the pinwheel assembly is positioned such that air expelled from the child's nostrils will turn the blades of the pinwheel assembly. Other configurations include cups, which encircle the child's mouth, and handles which aid in the proper positioning of the device. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HEALTH & LIFESTYLE OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL - A system and method is disclosed for generating health and lifestyle related observations and recommendations for a user, based on information collected from the user. The system and method of the present invention is configured to accept user inputs that include activity, physical, biological, environmental, subjective, goal, real-time and historical user information, inputted directly into the system, or via a third party integration. Invention references aggregated information across users and from additional sources, and generates relevant recommendations and observations, based on the system's computational methods applied to the user's inputs. The system and method considers the user's goals and system default goals in the generation of recommendations. The system and method allows for the data and generated observations and recommendations to be outputted within the system's user experience, or to a third party. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055761 | Embroidered Sticks - The invention relates to an embroidered stick for attaching to and displaying on an article. The embroidered stick comprises a hole for attaching it to an article. The embroidered sticks can be obtained by users as rewards, incentives, to promote certain behaviors, activities, events, messages, logos, mascots, achievements, campaigns, brands, products and/or services, companies, organizations, themes or the like. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055762 | METHODS FOR REPRESENTING NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION OF A FOOD PRODUCT TO GROCERY SHOPPERS - A method for representing nutritional information of a food product to grocery shoppers may use a product sign for display in the proximity of food items at the grocery store that associates the printed information with the food product by use of pictures and the name of the food product. Figures also relates the nutritional benefits or efficacy of consuming the food product and its components to the consumer age, physical condition and/or gender, in words, symbols or characterizations of people and color coding background of the media. It also relates the beneficial components of the food product without the need for reading the small print on product labels and thus, saves shopping time. The methods aid grocery shoppers to easily acquire and understand the efficacy and component information of the food product on the grocery store shelf. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055763 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PRONUNCIATION LEARNING SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display and a processor. The processor executes a process of displaying on the display a word which a user is prompted to pronounce; acquiring speech which the user uttered by pronouncing the displayed word; and analyzing a pronunciation of the acquired speech, determining a part of the word, with respect to which a pronunciation relating to the word is incorrect, acquiring, as a word for practice, word which includes the part of the incorrect pronunciation and is shorter than the displayed word, and displaying on the display the word which is acquired as the word for practice. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055764 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING DRIVER SAFETY, METHOD FOR MANAGING USER SAFETY AND METHOD FOR DEFINING A ROUTE - An enhancement for managing driver safety is presented. Using for example driver related information and/or information relating to circumstances surrounding a vehicle is stored in a driver mentoring application. The driver mentoring application executes visual demand algorithm using information relating at least to the driver and/or the surrounding circumstances. An application for tracking visual attention of the driver is launched and visual attention information is provided to the driver mentoring application. If the application detects that the visual attention is directed to something else than navigating the vehicle a timer is started to measure the time. Using a value received from the visual demand algorithm the driver mentoring application defines a threshold time for an intervention. If the measured time meets the defined threshold time mentoring is given to the driver to allocate more visual attention to navigating the vehicle. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055765 | INSTRUMENT TABLE PLACEMENT - An apparatus including a table cover configured to be placed over a surgical table; and the table cover including a plurality of symbols indicating a proper way to organize and use a plurality of surgical instruments. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055766 | Method for Representing and Solving Algebraic Equations with a Physical or Virtual Gear System - A method for representing and solving algebraic equations that allows a user to view and solve algebraic equations through a novel user-interface. The user-interface includes a primary cog and a plurality of secondary cogs as parts of a gear system. The primary cog represents a range of outcomes for the gear system and contains a plurality of teeth that is quantitatively greater than a numerical constant of the algebraic equation; amongst the teeth is a target tooth that represents the numerical constant. Each of the secondary cogs represent a term of the algebraic equation and includes a coefficient and a variable. Each of the secondary cogs contains a number of teeth equal to the coefficient. The equation is solved by rotating the secondary cogs until the target tooth is aligned with a fixed pointer where rotation of the secondary cog represents a value input for the variable of a term. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055767 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED MEDICAL SIMULATOR - A system and method for providing a medical simulation device that utilizes open software platforms and provides functionality in both software and hardware modules is disclosed. The medical simulation system facilitates plug and play operation with installed hardware and software modules that are automatically recognized by the system for compatibility and the system configures itself according to identification information of the hardware module. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055768 | Lung Compliance Simulation System and Associated Methods - A patient simulator system for teaching patient care is provided. The system includes a patient simulator. The patient simulator includes a patient body comprising one or more simulated body portions. The one or more simulated body portions include a lung compliance simulation system in some instances. In that regard, the lung compliance system is configured to be used with an external ventilator, including positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and assisted-control ventilation. In some instances, the lung compliance system includes a lung compartment, a simulated lung positioned within the lung compartment, where the lung compartment defines an available volume for the simulated lung to expand into and where the available volume for the simulated lung to expand into is adjustable to control a compliance of the simulated lung. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055769 | ORIENTATION ZOOM IN NAVIGATION MAPS WHEN DISPLAYED ON SMALL SCREENS - A method and an apparatus facilitate the orientation of a user in a virtual environment. This involves a user initiating a change between two views of the virtual environment. A first view provides a detailed representation of a destination and a second view is scaled such that both the destination and a reference point, such as a current position, are presented together. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055770 | CONVERTING DEVICE AND DISPLAYING SYSTEM - A converting device and a displaying system is described, which can include: a first transmitting module, a first detecting module, a second detecting module, a conversion module, a first security module, and a second transmission module. The first transmitting module receives first information; the first detecting module determines whether the first information is encrypted information; if the first information is not encrypted, the second detecting module determines whether the first information is in a preset format; if yes, the first security module encrypts the first information to obtain first encrypted data and sends the first encrypted data to the second transmission module; and if not, the converting module converts the first information into first converted information in the preset format, and the first security module encrypts the first conversion information to obtain first encrypted and converted data and sends the first encrypted and converted data to the second transmission module. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055771 | LEATHER AWARENESS DEVICE - An awareness device to display support for a cause comprising a looped structure, where the looped structure extends between a loop and a pair of ends, and where the looped structure is made from colored leather; a display portion on a first end of the pair of ends, where the display portion represents a cause symbolized by the looped structure; and a fastener attached to the loop, where the fastener enables removable attachment of the looped structure from an object. The awareness device enables a user to display the causes they support on a uniquely crafted awareness tool. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055772 | Wax Paper With Heat Transfer Stamps - Improved wax paper with thermal transfer stamps may allow for more effectively transferring detailed stamps onto objects. The wax paper may include a paper layer having a porosity of at least 3000 Gurley seconds and a wax layer with a thickness of at most six pounds per ream of the paper. Stamps may be printed face down on the wax layer, with the underside of the ink coated with heat-activated adhesive. By pressing the converted wax paper onto an object, applying a heating element to the paper side of the converted wax paper, and removing the object from contact with the converted wax paper, a stamp may more completely and reliably transfer onto the object with levels of detail not previously achievable, while cutting down on negative effects of wax bleed and paper tears. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055773 | Systems and Methods of Generating and Disposing Labels on Containers - Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to a label and a method of application of the label on a container that both protects confidential information and functions to allow for the placement of auxiliary labels even if an overall length of a label exceeds the perimeter of the container to which it is applied. The auxiliary labels are disposed in a fanned fashion, attached to a primary label portion by, for example, a micro perforation line, and where the auxiliary labels are separated from each other by micro perforation lines and where the adhesive back of each pair of auxiliary labels are attached to each other in order to form a plurality of protrusions. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055774 | TOOL IDENTIFICATION AND ORGANIZATION SYSTEM - A method and system for organizing and maintaining such organization of a plurality of uniquely-shaped objects, such as hand tools, in a work environment. Overlays of a thin, flexible material are cut from a sheet to resemble specific tools in size and shape. The overlays are then affixed (either permanently or temporarily) onto a display surface and retention members, such as hooks, pegs, or the like, may also be added to the surface, if needed. The retention members hold the uniquely-shaped objects, e.g., tools, onto the display surface for easy location and ready use. Tool IDs matching the coding of the overlays are adhered to the objects for a specific station, especially where multiple stations are involved. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055775 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - An apparatus for presenting a communication/displaying information is disclosed. The apparatus provides an improved configuration in which frame sections are attached to provide a frame for an insert/communication on a removable structure. The insert structure is installed through a slot and seated/retained in the frame. The insert structure may have a portion extending beyond the slot. The insert structure may comprise a flexible sheet, paper, card, rigid sheet, plastic sheet, etc. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055776 | ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE FOR TOWER APPLICATIONS - Signage structure for attachment an advertising or other display to an existing water tower or other vertical architectural structure. The signage has a support frame including mounting elements attachable to vertical tower supports of the water tower. The mounting elements include an upper mounting element having a first length and a lower mounting element having a second length that is less than the first length. The electronic display is supported on the support frame in a portrait configuration, and the electronic display is disposed at an angle to vertical upon attachment to the architectural structure due to the first length of the upper mounting element and the second length of the lower connection. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055777 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device and a method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels formed in a display area and a heat prevention circuit formed in a non-display area, wherein the heat prevention circuit is configured to selectively provide a data signal or a heat prevention voltage to a plurality of data lines. The display device further includes a data driver electrically connected to the data lines and configured to provide the data signal or the heat prevention voltage to the display panel, a scan driver configured to provide a scan signal to the display panel through a plurality of scan lines, and a timing controller configured to control the heat prevention circuit, the data driver, and the scan driver. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055778 | SELF-DIAGNOSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELF-DIAGNOSING OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - This disclosure discloses a self-diagnosing system and a method of self-diagnosing of a display device. A display device performing self-diagnosis by communicating with a server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an outputting unit configured to output content on a screen and to output On Screen Display (OSD) data respective to each color of RGB to a predetermined area therein, a controlling unit configured to transmit a sensing command directing an initiation of self-diagnosis to a sensor attached to an area of the display device, to acquire sensing data respective to each color in accordance with the sensing command transmission from the sensor, to compare the acquired sensing data respective to each color with the outputted OSD data respective to each color, and to generate self-diagnosis result data respective to the screen based upon the compared result and transmitting the generated data to a server, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated self-diagnosis data in accordance with the control of the controlling unit. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055779 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display device having a display area including a plurality of pixels and a non-quadrilateral shape, a first gate line in parallel with a first side of a virtual quadrilateral inscribed in the display area, a second gate line in parallel with a second side perpendicular to the first side of the virtual quadrilateral, a first data line in parallel with the first gate line; and a second data line in parallel with the second gate line. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055780 | PIXEL ARRAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a pixel array which comprises a plurality of pixel units, each of the plurality of pixel units comprises a plurality of sub-pixels having different colors, wherein, a horizontal-to-vertical ratio of each sub-pixel is in a range of 1:2 to 1:1. The present invention further provides a driving method of a pixel array, a display panel including the pixel array, and a display device including the display panel. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055781 | IMAGE DEVICE WITH IMRPOVED CHROMINANCE QUALITY - The invention provides an image device and a method for determining the ratio of the number of RGBW pixels to the number of RGBY pixels. The image device includes a plurality of RGBW pixels and a plurality of RGBY pixels. Each RGBW pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel. Each RGBY pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a yellow sub-pixel. Four sub-pixels arranged in a 2×2 matrix are formed the RGBW pixel or the RGBY pixel, the RGBW pixels and the RGBY pixels are mixed in the image device. The image device and the method of the present invention can solve the problem of dark yellow in the conventional RGBW display, and improve chrominance quality. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055782 | IMAGE DEVICE WITH IMRPOVED CHROMINANCE QUALITY - The invention provides an image device with improved chrominance quality. The image device includes a plurality of RGBW pixels, a plurality of RGBY pixels, and a plurality of RBGB pixels. Each RGBW pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel. Each RGBY pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a yellow sub-pixel. Each RBGB pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and two blue sub-pixels. The RGBW pixels, RGBY pixels, and RBGB pixels are mixed in the image device. The image device of the present invention can solve the problem of dark yellow in the conventional RGBW display while achieving a white balance status. As a result the chrominance quality is improved. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055783 | STRETCHABLE DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A stretchable display panel and display device having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display panel includes a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of pixels configured to receive a first signal through the first signal lines. The pixels are divided into a plurality of pixel groups each including a first pixel and second pixel that are adjacent to each other. Each of the first signal lines that are connected to the same pixel group are configured to be electrically connected to each other when the distance between the first and second pixels is less than or equal to a predetermined reference value. Each of the first signal lines that are connected to the same pixel group are further configured to be electrically insulated from each other when the distance between the first and second pixels is greater than the predetermined reference value. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055784 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel, the method including analyzing input image data, determining a driving method of the display panel as one of a progressive driving method and an interlace driving method, and rearranging the input image data according to the determined one of the progressive driving method and the interlace driving method. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055785 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD FOR IMAGE DATA SIGNAL - A transmission image data signal including: a coded data block obtained by performing an error correction coding on a sequence of pixel data pieces in input image data; and a representative pixel data pieces group containing three pixel data pieces corresponding to red, green, and blue, respectively, in the sequence of the pixel data pieces is transmitted to a driver in a display panel. The driver converts the sequence of the pixel data pieces obtained by performing an error correction on the transmission image data signal to pixel driving voltages and applies these voltages to the display panel. If pixels for one horizontal scanning line have an identical color, the driver performs no error correction. Instead, the driver converts the representative pixel data pieces group to pixel driving voltages and applies these voltages to the display panel. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055786 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR DETECTING A PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and media for detecting a presentation of media content on a display device are provided. In accordance with some implementations, methods for detecting a presentation of media content on a display device are provided, the methods comprising: detecting, using a light sensor, light levels in the light sensor's surroundings; generating a signal representing the light levels; detecting, using a hardware processor, at least one variation in light levels indicative of a presentation of a video scene based on the signal; detecting at least one variation in light levels indicative of a scene change subsequent to the video scene based on the signal; and determining that media content is being presented on a display device in response to detecting the variation in light levels indicative of the presentation of the video scene and the variation in light levels indicative of the scene change. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055787 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A device includes circuitry that determines a currently defined tone of a pixel, and that determines a voltage to be applied to the pixel to compensate for a change in tone of the pixel through elapsed time based on the currently defined tone of the pixel. The device then applies the voltage to the pixel. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055788 | DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IMAGES THEREON - A display includes pixels and a controller. The controller can cause the pixels to generate colors corresponding to an image frame. The controller can cause the display to display the image frame using sets of subframe images corresponding to contributing colors according to a field sequential color (FSC) image formation process. The contributing colors include component colors and at least one composite color, which is substantially a combination of at least two component colors. A greater number of subframe images corresponding to a first component color can be displayed relative to a number of subframe images corresponding to another component color. The display can be configured to output a given luminance of a contributing color for a first pixel by generating a first set of pixel states and output the same luminance of the contributing color for a second pixel by generating a second, different set of pixel states. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055789 | DISPLAY PAEL - A display panel comprises: a data driver unit; a first de-multiplexer unit; a plurality of first data lines connected between the data driver unit and an input terminal of the first de-multiplexer unit; and a plurality of second data lines connected to an output terminal of the first de-multiplexer unit. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055790 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD - Display panel includes: a power supply unit that generates first power supply voltage and variable second power supply voltage; and first and second power supply lines that transmit the first and second power supply voltages, respectively, to light emitting elements. The power supply unit (i) includes: first and second input terminals; a switching control unit; an inductor having first terminal connected to the second power supply line; a first switch element that switches conduction/non-conduction between a second terminal of the inductor and the first input terminal; a second switch element that switches conduction/non-conduction between the second terminal and the second input terminal; a capacitor having first electrode to which constant voltage is applied; and a third switch element that switches conduction/non-conduction between the second terminal and a second electrode of the capacitor, and (ii) collects, into the capacitor, and regenerates power from parasitic capacitance of the second power supply line. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055791 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE CURRENT DETECTION METHOD FOR SAME - A data line drive circuit provides a voltage according to a detection voltage and to a reference voltage, between the gate and source of a drive transistor in a pixel circuit, and detects a drive current having passed through the drive transistor and outputted external to the pixel circuit. A threshold voltage correction memory stores, for each pixel circuit, data representing a threshold voltage of the drive transistor. A display control circuit controls the reference voltage based on the data stored in the threshold voltage correction memory. By this, even if the threshold voltage of the drive transistor is changed, the drive current can be detected with a high accuracy. The threshold voltage correction memory may store, for each pixel circuit, data representing a difference between the threshold voltage of the drive transistor and the reference voltage. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055792 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY - A pixel and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display are disclosed. In one aspect, the pixel includes an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) configured to emit light based on a driving current. The OLED includes first and second electrodes. The pixel also includes a first transistor configured to generate the driving current. The first transistor includes a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The pixel further includes a capacitor transistor including a gate electrode configured to receive a gate turn-on voltage, a first electrode, a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode of the first transistor. The capacitor transistor further includes a channel located between the first and second electrodes of the capacitor transistor. The channel of the capacitor transistor is configured to be activated by the gate turn-on voltage. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055793 | COMPOSITE SHEET AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a composite sheet includes a shock mitigating layer including an elastic member and a graphite layer accommodated in the elastic member, a first heat dissipation sheet configured to be attached to one surface of the shock mitigating layer, and a second heat dissipation sheet configured to be attached to another surface of the shock mitigating layer. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055794 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY PANEL AND TRANSPARENT ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A transparent display panel includes first through (N)-th vertical constant voltage lines (N is a natural number), first through (M)-th horizontal constant voltage line groups (M is a natural number), and a plurality of transparent pixels. The transparent pixels are disposed within a grid defined by the first through (N)-th vertical constant voltage lines and the first through (M)-th horizontal constant voltage line groups. The transparent pixels operate based on constant voltages transferred through the first through (N)-th vertical constant voltage lines and the first through (M)-th horizontal constant voltage line groups. The first through (N)-th vertical constant voltage lines include first vertical constant voltage lines and second vertical constant voltage lines. Each of the first through (M)-th horizontal constant voltage line groups includes a first horizontal constant voltage line and a second horizontal constant voltage line. The constant voltages include a first constant voltage and a second constant voltage. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055795 | DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT INCLUDING AN OUTPUT TERMINAL - A display drive circuit formed in a chip manufactured by a chip on glass implementation, which is connected to lead lines formed on a glass substrate, includes a rectangularly-shaped substrate, a power supply line formed on the substrate, the line being elongated along the longer side of the rectangular shaped substrate, a plurality of output terminals formed on the rectangular shaped substrate, the output terminal being disposed along the power supply line, a plurality of bump electrodes, each of which connects one of the output terminal to one of the lead lines, switches disposed along the power supply line, each of which is connected between the one of the output terminals and the power supply line, a single power supply terminal, which is disposed near the middle of the power supply line, being connected to the power supply line. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055796 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A first storage capacitor is provided with respect to a data line. A pixel circuit includes a first transistor supplying current according to a voltage between a gate and a source, a light emitting element emitting light corresponding to current supplied by the first transistor, and a second transistor which is turned on or off between the data lines and the gate node. In a first period, an initial potential is supplied to the data line by turning on the second transistor, and in a second period, a data signal of a potential corresponding to a gradation level is supplied to the other end of the first storage capacitor by turning on the second transistor. After the second period, the second transistor is turned off. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055797 | AMOLED PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE - There are disclosed an AMOLED pixel driving circuit and driving method thereof, and array substrate. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit comprises a driving thin film transistor (T | 2016-02-25 |
20160055798 | EMISSION DRIVER, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An emission driver, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display including the same, and electronic device are disclosed. In one aspect, the emission driver includes first through (n)th emission circuits configured to output a plurality of emission control signals. The emission circuits are connected to a display panel of an OLED display via emission-lines. The emission driver also includes a plurality of first switches configured to electrically connect the emission circuits in series when the first switches are turned on and a plurality of second switches configured to electrically connect the emission circuits in parallel when the second switches are turned on. The second switches are further configured to be turned off when the first switches are turned on and the second switches are further configured to be turned on when the first switches are turned off. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055799 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of operating the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of pixels each including a pixel circuit and produces grayscale values by adjusting an emission duty based at least in part on image data. The method comprises calculating a voltage drop of a power supply voltage at each of the pixel circuits based at least in part on the image data and extracting a luminance decrement corresponding to the voltage drop for each pixel circuit based at least in part on a voltage-luminance characteristic of the pixels. The method also comprises increasing the emission duty for each pixel based at least in part on the luminance decrement, and driving the pixels based at least in part on the increased emission duty. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055800 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device has first and second pixel columns and at least one third pixel column. The first pixel column includes first pixels to emit light of a first color and a second pixels to emit light of a second color alternately arranged in a first direction. The second pixel column includes the first pixels and the second pixels arranged in the first direction in a reverse order from the first pixel column. The at least one third pixel column includes third pixels to emit light of a third color and arranged in the first direction. The first and second pixel columns are alternately arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. The third pixel column is between the first and second pixel columns. The second pixel of the first pixel column and the second pixel of the second pixel column are connected to a same data line. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055801 | ACOUSTO-OPTIC ELEMENT ARRAY, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING AN ACOUSTO-OPTIC ELEMENT ARRAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING AN ACOUSTO-OPTIC ELEMENT ARRAY - An acousto-optic element array includes: acousto-optic elements each including an acousto-optic generator, a light supply, and a wave transducer; a gate driver that selects an acousto-optic element to be driven from among the acousto-optic elements; an electrical data driver that is connected to an electrical wire and transmits electrical data to an electro-optic modulator configured to control the acousto-optic generator of the selected acousto-optic element; and a wave data driver that is connected to a waveguide and transmits wave data to the wave transducer of the selected acousto-optic element. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055802 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a data driver configured to apply a data signal to the display panel in one of two-dimensional (2D) and stereoscopic display modes. The display also includes a controller configured to convert an image signal to 2D image data for the pixels at each of N×k sub-fields in the 2D display mode and convert the image signal to stereoscopic image data for the pixels at each of N sub-fields in the stereoscopic display mode, where N and k are integers greater than 1. The display further includes a frame memory configured to store the 2D image data in the 2D display mode and the stereoscopic image data in the stereoscopic display mode. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055803 | Data Driver and Display Device Including the Same - A data driver and a display device including the same. The data driver includes a DA converting circuit converting a digital signal into an analog signal and an output circuit disposed downstream of the DA converting circuit. The output circuit outputs two selected color data signals and one black voltage based on the data state of one reference data signal, and outputs one fixed color data signal. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055804 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a first pixel circuit provided so as to correspond to a first data line, a second pixel circuit provided so as to correspond to a second data line, a first storage capacitor of which one end is connected to the first data line and the other end is potential-shifted according to a current to be supplied to a light emitting element of the first pixel circuit, a second storage capacitor of which one end is connected to the second data line and the other end is potential-shifted according to a current to be supplied to a light emitting element of the second pixel circuit, and a constant potential line provided between the first storage capacitor and the second storage capacitor in plan view. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055805 | LIGHTING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device includes a plurality of light sources corresponding to a plurality of areas of a screen, and a control unit configured to control at least one of a duty ratio between a lighting period and an light-out period and a drive current amount of each of the light sources based on input image data. The control unit controls lighting timings of the light sources in accordance with the drive current amounts of the light sources such that a fluctuation of the total of the drive current amounts of the light sources is suppressed. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055806 | SCREEN BRIGHTNESS CONTROL FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A method, system, and device for controlling screen brightness of a mobile terminal are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile terminal comprises a display unit, a sensing unit, and a controller configured to maintain a brightness of the display unit at a reduced level of screen brightness during a non-active state of the mobile terminal, and restore the brightness of the display unit to a normal level of screen brightness after a short timeout subsequent to a detection of an event configured to activate the mobile terminal via the sensing unit. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055807 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus with improved aperture ratio and light transmittance is presented. The apparatus has a pixel group that includes a first pixel including first and second sub-regions, a second pixel including third and fourth sub-regions, and a third pixel including fifth and sixth sub-regions. The first, second, and third pixels are sequentially arranged in a first direction and at least two sub-regions of the first, third, and fifth sub-regions have different widths in the first direction. The second, fourth, and sixth sub-regions are sequentially arranged in the first direction, and at least one sub-region of the second, fourth, and sixth sub-regions expands toward an adjacent sub-region in the first direction and has a width greater than a width of the other sub-regions of the second, fourth, and sixth sub-regions in the same pixel group. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055808 | Driving Method of Pixel Array, Driving Module of Pixel Array and Display Device - The present invention provides a driving method of a pixel array, wherein the driving method includes: step 1, obtaining a theoretical brightness value of each sub-pixel for an image to be displayed; step 2, calculating an actual brightness value of each sub-pixel, the actual brightness value of a sub-pixel to be calculated is a sum of a part of the theoretical brightness value of the sub-pixel to be calculated and a part of the theoretical brightness values of a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels corresponding to the sub-pixel to be calculated; and step 3, outputting a signal to each sub-pixel so that the brightness value of each sub-pixel reaches the actual brightness value thereof which is obtained in the step 2. The present invention further provides a driving module of a pixel array and a display device. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055809 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a substrate and pixels arranged on the substrate in a matrix form. The substrate includes a display area in which the pixels are arranged and a non-display area disposed adjacent to a side of the display area. Each pixel includes a cover layer that extends in a row direction that includes a sidewall portion connected to the substrate and a cover portion spaced apart from the substrate and connected to the sidewall portion to define a tunnel-shaped cavity on the substrate. A width of the sidewall portion between adjacent pixels is less than a width of the sidewall portion disposed at an outermost position, and the cover layer seals one side of the tunnel-shaped cavity in the pixels arranged in a first row and a last row. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055810 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SHARED COLUMN LINES - A display device having at least a plurality of pixel circuits, connected to signal lines to which data signals in accordance with luminance information are supplied, arranged in a matrix, wherein pixel circuits of odd number columns and even number columns adjacent sandwiching an axis in a column direction parallel to an arrangement direction of the signal lines have a mirror type circuit arrangement symmetric about the axis of the column direction, and there are lines different from the signal lines between signal lines of adjacent pixel circuits. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055811 | GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT, ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate drive circuit including cascaded gate drive units, an array substrate and a display device are provided. In each gate drive unit, a first phase inverter module is connected with first and second driving modules and an intermediate signal generation module, and is used for inverting a clock signal received by a clock signal input terminal; the intermediate signal generation module is connected with first and second signal input terminals, a clock signal input terminal, first and second signal output terminals and an output terminal of the first phase inverter module, and generates an intermediate signal under the control of control signals received by the first and the second signal input terminals, the clock signal and the inverted clock signal; the first and the second driving modules scan the respective gate lines connected thereto under the control of the inverted clock signal and the intermediate signal. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055812 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device that performs intermittent driving involving a driving period and an idle period includes a gray scale level control unit that generates, from an input image signal, an image signal for display and an image signal for correction. A signal line control unit writes the image signal for correction to the plurality of signal lines before writing the image signal for display during a driving period. An LUT stores a correction gray scale value associated with a gray scale value of at least a current frame. An adding circuit corrects the input image signal based on the correction gray scale value read from the LUT. The subtracting circuit specifies, in a pixel region, a regular image pattern including at least a first pixel and a second pixel and changes an output from the adding circuit for the first image by a predetermined gray scale width. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055813 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate where a pixel electrode is formed; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a driving device connected with the first substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a pixel area where pixels emit light, and a load storage area provided between the pixel area and the driving device and constantly maintaining a load applied to the pixels in the pixel area. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055814 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a field of display technology. Provided are a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register unit includes an input module, a pull-up module, a pull-down control module and a pull-down module. The turn-on duty ratio of transistors in the shift register unit may be reduced, and the power consumption of the display device product may be reduced. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055815 | GOA CIRCUIT STRUCTURE - A GOA circuit structure includes multiple twined GOA units cascaded with each other. Each twined GOA unit includes a (2N−1)-level GOA unit and a 2N-level GOA unit, which has a first pull-down holding circuit, a second pull-down holding circuit, a third pull-down holding circuit, and a fourth pull-down holding circuit connected with the (2N−1)-level gate signal point (Q(2N−1)) and the 2N-level gate signal point (Q(2N)). Through inputting a first clock signal, a second clock signal, a third clock signal, and a fourth clock signal, the first pull-down holding circuit, the second pull-down holding circuit, the third pull-down holding circuit, and the fourth pull-down holding circuit are made working alternately. The GOA circuit structure makes each portion work for ¼ time and take rest for ¾ time by sharing the pull-down holding circuit, which can reduce the TFT stress of the pull-down holding circuit. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055816 | Active Matrix Display Device - A display driving circuit having a shift register is formed on the display panel. The shift register includes a first stage having first and second transistors and a second stage having a third and fourth transistor. A voltage of a control electrode of the first transistor is boosted by a voltage of a first pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the second transistor connects the control electrode of the first transistor and a constant voltage line. A voltage of a control electrode of the third transistor is boosted by a voltage of a second pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the fourth transistor connects the control electrode of the third transistor and a constant voltage line. The fourth transistor is switched on by a signal from the first stage. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055817 | PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT, BOOSTER CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL PIXEL DATA AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A booster circuit for liquid crystal pixel data includes first, second and third signal control switches and a first storage capacitor. The first signal control switch is ON through a driving of a first control pulse and electrically coupled to a data voltage. The second signal control switch is ON through a driving of the first control pulse and electrically coupled to a reference voltage. The third signal control switch is ON through a driving of a second control pulse and electrically coupled to the data voltage. The first storage capacitor includes two terminals. The first storage capacitor has its first terminal electrically coupled to the reference voltage through the second signal control switch and electrically coupled to the data voltage through the third signal control switch and its second terminal electrically coupled to the data voltage through the first signal control switch and for providing an output voltage. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055818 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a plurality of gate lines; and a gate driver including a plurality of stages which transmits a gate voltage to the gate lines, where first to fourth clock signals and first to fourth inverted clock signals having phases opposite to phases of the first to fourth clock signals, respectively, are sequentially input to each repetition unit of the stages, where each repetition unit is defined by eight consecutive stages, a carry signal output by a j-th stage is transmitted to a (j+4)th stage, and a carry signal output by the (j+4)th stage is transmitted to the j-th stage, where j is a natural number. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055819 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a set control circuit configured to generate a plurality of transmission signals and transmitting the transmission signals through a transmitting interface, a display control circuit configured to receive the transmission signals through a receiving interface and to drive a display panel based on the transmission signals, and a transmission channel connecting the transmitting interface and the receiving interface, and configured to transfer the transmission signals. The display control circuit is configured to transmit and receive a transmission signal with the set control circuit through the transmission channel, and to control the set control circuit to determine a signal level of the transmission signal into an optimal signal level being a receivable signal level for the display control circuit. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055820 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel, an image signal input unit, and a sub-pixel rendering (SPR) unit. The display panel includes a plurality of repeating units. Each repeating unit includes at least eight sub-pixels. These sub-pixels include two first color sub-pixels, two second color sub-pixels, two third color sub-pixels, at least one first white sub-pixel, and at least one second white sub-pixel. The first and the second white sub-pixels have different chromaticity and the first and the second white sub-pixels are located in different rows. The image signal input unit serves to receive image signals. The sub-pixel rendering unit is used for performing sub-pixel rendering processes to the image signals, so that the above sub-pixels of the display panel produce performance values. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055821 | IMAGE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED CHROMINANCE QUALITY - An image device with improved chrominance quality includes a plurality of RGBW pixels, a plurality of RGBY pixels, and a plurality of RBGB pixels. Each RGBW pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel. Each RGBY pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a yellow sub-pixel. Each RBGB pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and two blue sub-pixels. At least one row or at least one column comprises sub-pixels of having a same first color. The RGBW pixels, RGBY pixels, and RBGB pixels are mixed in the image device. The image device can solve the problem of dark yellow in the conventional RGBW display while achieving a white balance status. As a result the chrominance quality is improved. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055822 | Dimming Module For Augmented And Virtual Reality - The technology provides a dimming module for a near-eye display (NED) device that controls an amount of ambient light that passes through the transmissive near-eye display to a user. The dimming module includes at least one electrochromic cell that enables variable density dimming so that the NED device may be used in an augmented reality (AR) and/or virtual reality (VR) application. The electrochromic cell may be a monochrome electrochromic cell having stacked layers of, a monochrome electrochromic compound layer and insulator sandwiched between a pair of transparent substrates and conductors. A current may be applied to the conductor layers to control the amount of dimming in response to a dimming value. A NED device having a dimming module may be included in a visor, or other type of head-mounted display (HMD). The dimming module may be flat and supported by a flat waveguide mount in the user's field of view. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055823 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MULTI-WINDOW DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a display device and a processing unit. The display device includes a display panel, a backlight module with a light source unit for providing light to the display panel, and a driver circuit. The light source unit has a plurality of light emitting regions each being independently controlled by the driver circuit. The processing unit may split a display screen of the display panel into a plurality of windows, and, in response to occurrence of a predefined event corresponding to at least one of the windows, controls the driver circuit to disable light emission of a part of the light emitting regions that corresponds to that window. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055824 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device capable of displaying a standby screen on a display panel with various colors in a standby mode, and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including pixels, gate lines and data lines connected to the pixels and a common line connected to the pixels, a gate switching unit for connecting the gate lines in response to an external standby mode signal, a data switching unit for grouping the data lines in response to the standby mode signal and connecting the data lines belonging to the same group, and a standby mode driving unit for driving the gate lines in response to the standby mode signal and driving the data lines of at least one group and the common line so as to generate a potential difference between the data lines of the group and the common line. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055825 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING USER INTERFACE THEREOF - An electronic device includes a control unit, an environment sensor unit configured to detect working environment of the electronic device to get a detected environment information, a storage unit configured to store a preset environment threshold, and a display unit. The control unit is configured to compare the detected environment information with the preset environment threshold, determine a type of the working environment of the electronic device, and controls the display unit to adjust user interface or interaction mode of the electronic device, according to the type of the working environment of the electronic device. A method of adjusting a user interface of an electronic device is also provided. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055826 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display system in which a terminal and a plurality of image display apparatuses are connected to each other via a network, includes a first sending unit configured to send an identifier that identifies each of the plurality of image display apparatuses, to the terminal; a determining unit configured to determine at least one of the plurality of image display apparatuses based on the received identifier; a second sending unit configured to send a content from the terminal to the at least one of the plurality of image display apparatuses that has been determined; and a first display unit configured to display the received content on a screen of the at least one of the plurality of image display apparatuses. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055827 | DISPLAY METHOD - A display device having, in a single display screen, a first display area which requires power for displaying information, and a second display area, having a smaller dimension than the first display area and which requires power for displaying information. The display of each of the first and second display areas being selectively in an off-state or an on-state. The display device is configured to display, in the second display area, a display content relevant to an operation of a user or to information necessary for the user, in a case where the display of the first display area is in the on-state. In addition, the display device is configured to rotate an orientation of the display content as suitable for an orientation of the display device. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055828 | DISPLAY DEVICES AND DRIVING CIRCUIT - A display device includes a controller chip and a storage circuit. The controller chip includes a clock generating circuit configured to generate a clock signal. The storage circuit is coupled to the clock generating circuit and includes a first electronic component. In a falling edge of the clock signal, a voltage of the clock signal falls in multiple steps from a system high voltage to a first target voltage and then to a system low voltage, and in a rising edge of the clock signal, the voltage of the clock signal rises in multiple steps from the system low voltage to the first target voltage and then to the system high voltage. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055829 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a display area first and second gate line driving circuits. The display area includes a plurality of pixels is configured to determine how to process a data transmitted on a data line according to first and second control signals transmitted on first and second gate lines respectively and a second control signal transmitted on a second gate line and determine when to emit light according to a light emitting control signal transmitted on a light emitting control line. The first gate line driving circuit is coupled to the first gate line and for providing the first control signal thereto. The second gate line driving circuit is coupled to the second gate line and the light emitting control line and configured to provide the second control signal and the light emitting control signal thereto, respectively. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055830 | HOST AND MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A system on chip (SoC) for transmitting data packets to a display driver integrated circuit (IC) controlling a plurality of displays is provided. The SoC includes a first register, and a central processing unit (CPU) configured to set first values in the first register to adjust a frame rate of each of the displays. A tearing effect (TE) signal detection circuit is configured to detect a TE signal output from the display driver IC. A data transmission circuit is configured to generate a plurality of frame rate adjustment signals using the detected TE signal and the first values and to control transmission timings of the data packets transmitted to the displays using the frame rate adjustment signals. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055831 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device includes: a panel having sections and blocks, pixels included in the blocks to control an amount of current flowing from a first power source to a second power source via organic light emitting diodes; a data driver to receive data, and generate the data signals; a sensing unit connected to the power supply unit, and to detect an amount of current flowing in each of the blocks; and a timing controller to generate a correction value to adjust the data in view of the amount of current. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055832 | COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR OVERLYING INFORMATION BEARING HEXAGONS ON A MAP DISPLAY - The disclosure relates to a computer implemented method and component defining a plurality of data structures, each data structure having a plurality of data elements. The method and component associate the plurality of data structures with a geographic area wherein each data structure of the plurality corresponds to its own unique sub-part of the geographic area. Each data structure of the plurality is rendered as a corresponding one of a plurality of adjacent, non-overlapping, mathematically regular hexagonal shapes. Each data structure is configured for programmatic loading of the plurality of data elements and display characteristics of each hexagon are specified based on data stored in the data elements of the data structure corresponding to each hexagon. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055833 | HIGH-SPEED LOW-POWER ACCESS TO REGISTER FILES - Embodiments of a unified shading controller are disclosed. The embodiments may provide a first functional unit configured to send a write request to a second functional unit. The write request may include data and the data may include one or more control bits. Upon receiving the write request, the second functional unit may check the one or more control bits, and hold the data in a given queue dependent upon the control bits. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055834 | FULLY TEMPERED DUPLEX SCALE - Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatus for improving pianos and like musical instruments. For example, in certain embodiments, the improvements are in the structures of the piano (or like musical instruments) that affect the vibratory relationships between the struck string and other segments of said string. The improvements affect how these vibratory relationships of the string segments interact with the bridge, soundboard, the plate of a piano, the string rests, and/or the string terminations. For example, in embodiments of the disclosed technology, the vibratory relationships of the string segments involve transient transverse (T) and longitudinal (L) frequencies as well as sustained transverse, longitudinal, and horizontal (H) modes carried by said string segments and their support structures. Embodiments of the disclosed technology also affect how these relationships are defined across the compass of the standard piano keyboard. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055835 | ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENT WITH NECK THROUGH BODY - An acoustic string instrument is provided that includes a headstock formed at a distal end of a neck. The headstock and the neck are formed with a plurality of laminated material strips. A heel is formed at the proximal end of the neck. The heel is fixedly attached to a hollow body having a bottom surface joined to a top surface by a sidewall defining an inner volume. A pair of opposing outer strips from the plurality of laminated material extend past the heel to form an “A” brace in the inner volume, where the “A” brace has a plurality of apertures and an integrated bridge post that extends between the bottom surface and an inner side of the top surface of the hollow body. One or more transverse braces are fixedly attached to the inner side of the top surface, where each of the one or more transverse braces crosses through the plurality of apertures of the “A” brace without touching the “A” brace. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055836 | Visual Sound Tower - A device for visually indicating the ambient noise level is provided. The device includes an elongated cylinder having a plurality of sections. The plurality of sections are in a stacked configuration and includes a lower section, a middle section, and an upper section. A plurality of lights are disposed in each section of the elongated cylinder. The plurality of sections are configured to illuminate at each section of the elongated cylinder corresponding to a predetermined noise level. A control box is in electrical communication with the lights disposed in the elongated cylinder. The control box includes a microphone, a power source and a control circuit. The elongated cylinder provides a visual indication of the sound level via the illuminated sections which correspond to the noise level detected by the microphone. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055837 | Music yielder with conformance to requisites - There is disclosed a music yielding system including a controller, an outlet, a tracer, and a portal. The outlet may yield one or more sets of musical notes conforming to one or more requisites. The controller may cause one or more criteria to be set determining conformance of one or more of the sets of musical notes to one or more of the requisites. The tracer may calculate and transmit one or more correlations within one or more of the sets of musical notes. The portal may transfer one or more of the sets of musical note between one or more origins and one or more destinations. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTING TEXTUAL MESSAGES TO MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS - A method for converting textual messages to musical messages comprising receiving a text input and receiving a musical input selection. The method includes analyzing the text input to determine text characteristics and analyzing a musical input corresponding to the musical input selection to determine musical characteristics. Based on the text characteristic and the musical characteristic, the method includes correlating the text input with the musical input to generate a synthesizer input, and sending the synthesizer input to a voice synthesizer. The method includes receiving a vocal rendering of the text input from the voice synthesizer, generating a musical message from the vocal rendering and the musical input, and outputting the musical message. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055839 | SOUND PREVIEW DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Provided is a sound preview device including, in an electronic musical instrument which includes a keyboard | 2016-02-25 |
20160055840 | Methods and Devices for Determining Media Files Based on Activity Levels - Example methods and systems for determining media files based on activity levels are described. An example method includes receiving information indicative of a first speed of the computing device, and receiving information indicative of a geography of a location of the computing device. The method further includes determining, from a plurality of media files tagged with respective tempo identifiers, a first media file based on the geography of the location of the computing device and also having a tempo that substantially matches to the first speed of the computing device. The method includes providing an indication of the first media file to a media player, and based on a change in the first speed of the computing device to a second speed, determining from the plurality of media files tagged with respective tempo identifiers, a second media file having a tempo that substantially matches to the second speed. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055841 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A passive noise reduction device may be used with an instrument having at least one electromagnetic pickup. The device may include a device coil wound so as to form at least one free-shaped ring, a first terminal for connection to the pickup coil, and a second terminal for connection to ground. The device coil is responsive to the one or more stimuli so as to produce a noise electrical signal component in the device coil. The pickup coil and the device coil are in substantially the same plane. The noise reduction device coil is wound such that the pickup noise electrical signal component is substantially 180° out of phase with respect to the device noise electrical signal component, and such that the device noise electrical signal component destructively interferes with the pickup noise electrical signal component so as to reduce noise in a resultant electrical signal into the output circuit. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055842 | SMART PILLOWS AND PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION AND BIOFEEDBACK - A smart pillow unit and processes for providing active noise cancellation and biofeedback. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055843 | System and Method for Enhancing Locative Response Abilities of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Agents - A computer system and method according to the present invention can receive multi-modal inputs such as natural language, gesture, text, sketch and other inputs in order to simplify and improve locative question answering in virtual worlds, among other tasks. The components of an agent as provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention can include one or more sensors, actuators, and cognition elements, such as interpreters, executive function elements, working memory, long term memory and reasoners for responses to locative queries, for example. Further, the present invention provides, in part, a locative question answering algorithm, along with the command structure, vocabulary, and the dialog that an agent is designed to support in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055844 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF TARGET AND NON-TARGET USERS USING MULTI-SESSION INFORMATION - Systems and methods for maintaining speaker recognition performance are provided. A method for maintaining speaker recognition performance, comprises training a plurality of models respectively corresponding to speaker recognition scores from a plurality of speakers over a plurality of sessions, and using the plurality of models to conclude whether a speaker seeking access to an environment is a non-ideal target speaker or a non-ideal non-target speaker. Using the plurality of models to conclude comprises calculating a first probability that the speaker seeking access is the non-ideal target speaker, calculating a second probability that the speaker seeking access is the non-ideal non-target speaker, and determining whether the first probability, the second probability or a sum of the first probability and the second probability is above a probability threshold. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055845 | GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR DISAMBIGUATION - A method for generating training data for disambiguation of an entity comprising a word or word string related to a topic to be analyzed includes acquiring sent messages by a user, each including at least one entity in a set of entities; organizing the messages and acquiring sets, each containing messages sent by each user; identifying a set of messages including different entities, greater than or equal to a first threshold value, and identifying a user corresponding to the identified set as a hot user; receiving an instruction indicating an object entity to be disambiguated; determining a likelihood of co-occurrence of each keyword and the object entity in sets of messages sent by hot users; and determining training data for the object entity on the basis of the likelihood of co-occurrence of each keyword and the object entity in the sets of messages sent by the hot users. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055846 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION USING UNCERTAINTY IN NOISY ENVIRONMENT - A method for speech recognition in accordance with the present invention includes: extracting a speech feature from an inputted speech signal; estimating a noise component of the speech signal; compensating the extracted speech feature by use of the estimated noise component; transforming a given acoustic model based on the extracted speech feature, the compensated speech feature, and the noise component; and performing speech recognition by use of the compensated speech feature and the transformed acoustic model. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEECH VALIDATION - A system and method for validating a wake-up-word. Embodiments of the present disclosure may include receiving, at a first computing device, an audio signal from a second computing device, the audio signal being identified as possibly including a wake-up-word. Embodiments may further include rewinding the audio signal to a starting point of the wake-up-word, to generate a rewound audio signal. Embodiments may also include determining if the rewound audio signal includes the wake-up-word. Embodiments may further include transmitting feedback to the second computing device, wherein the feedback includes at least one of a go-back-to-sleep directive and an accepted detection directive. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055848 | SPEECH ENABLED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A speech-enabled management system is described herein. One system includes a grammar building tool configured to create a set of grammar keys based on ontology analytics corresponding to data received from a digital video manager (DVM) server, a speech recognition engine configured to recognize a speech command from a set of grammar files, a command translator configured to translate the recognized speech command to an executable command, and a processor configured to execute the speech command based on a particular grammar key from the set of grammar keys. | 2016-02-25 |
20160055849 | RESPONSE GENERATION METHOD, RESPONSE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND RESPONSE GENERATION PROGRAM - A response generation method includes a step of recognizing a voice of a user, a step of analyzing a structure of the recognized voice, a step of generating a free response sentence in response to the voice of the user based on the analyzed voice structure and outputting the generated free response sentence, a step of generating the recognized voice of the user as a repeat response sentence, and a step of outputting the generated repeat response sentence before outputting the free response sentence based on the voice structure. | 2016-02-25 |