13th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150084904 | Mobile Device - Disclosed is a mobile device comprising an acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration relative to the device; a condition identification unit; and a power supply controller which determines, from a combination of the output of the acceleration detection unit and the output of the condition identification unit, whether or not to begin to supply power to the device. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084905 | MOTION SENSOR DATA PROCESSING AND INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - A motion sensor comprises a touch screen, and a motion indictor proximate to the touch screen, the touch screen displaying: an adjusting bar indicating a threshold at which motion is detected, and a level bar indicating an amount of currently measured motion. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084906 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING DATA ON A TOUCH SCREEN - An information processing apparatus that detects touch input at a touch panel disposed on or formed integrally with a display, extracts one or more character strings from a plurality of character strings displayed on the display based on the detected touch input, prioritizes the extracted one or more character strings, and controls the display to display the extracted one or more character strings in order based on the prioritizing. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084907 | MICRO-WIRE TOUCH SCREEN WITH UNPATTERNED CONDUCTIVE LAYER - A touch-screen device is disclosed having a touch-sensitive area that includes a plurality of patterned driver electrodes, each having a plurality of patterned conductive electrically connected driver micro-wires. An unpatterned conductive layer that is unpatterned in the touch-sensitive area is in electrical contact with the driver micro-wires of the driver electrodes. A plurality of patterned sensor electrodes each includes a plurality of patterned conductive electrically connected sensor micro-wires. A dielectric layer is located between the driver electrodes and the sensor electrodes. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084908 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DISPLAY AND TOUCH CONTROLLER WITH HOST POLLING - Devices, systems, and methods are provided for coordinating the interaction between a touch screen controller and a display controller in an electronic device of the type including a host processor, a touch screen controller configured to acquire capacitive measurements from a touch screen, and a display controller configured to update a display at a refresh frequency and phase. The method includes: sharing a synchronization signal between the display controller and the host processor, the synchronization signal indicative of the refresh frequency and phase; polling the touch screen controller, by the host processor, based on the synchronization signal; and in response to the polling, acquiring the capacitive measurements by the touch screen controller at a sampling rate and phase determined by the refresh frequency and phase. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084909 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RESISTIVE FORCE SENSING AND PROXIMITY SENSING - Methods, systems and devices are described for operating input device for an electronic system including a pliable component having an input surface and a first plurality of sensor electrodes configured to sense input objects in a sensing region of the input device. The input device also includes a support substrate including at least one second sensor electrode spaced apart from the pliable component, and a patterned force sensitive resistance (FSR) layer disposed between the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the at least one second sensor electrode. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084910 | PIVOTING CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSE ASSEMBLY - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with providing use input are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a capacitive touch sense module having a center region and a plurality of arms extending away from the center region in a plurality of directions. The arms may include a first arm extending away from the center region in a first direction, and a second arm extending away from the center region in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The apparatus may further include one or more pairs of springs, including a first pair of springs disposed at respective edges of an undersurface of the first and second arms to allow the capacitive touch sense module to pivot between the first and second directions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084911 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCTION OF DISPLAY TO TOUCH CROSSTALK - Devices and methods for reducing display-to-touch crosstalk are provided. In or more examples, an electronic display panel may include a pixel. The pixel may include a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a first transistor having a first source coupled to a data line, a first gate coupled to a gate line, and a first drain coupled to the pixel electrode. The first transistor may be configured to pass a data signal from the data line to the pixel electrode upon receipt of an activation signal from the gate line. The pixel may also include a second transistor having a second source coupled to the common electrode, a second gate coupled to the gate line, and a second drain coupled to a common voltage source. The second transistor may be configured to cause a parasitic capacitance between the gate line and the second drain of the second transistor instead of between the gate line and the first drain of the first transistor. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084912 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN - A display device with an integrated touch screen includes a panel divided into a display area and a non-display area and including m (m is a natural number) driving electrodes, m signal lines and dummy electrodes; a display driver IC applying a common voltage or a touch scan signal to the m driving electrodes through the m signal lines; and a touch IC generating the touch scan signal and providing the touch scan signal to the display driver IC, wherein the m driving electrodes are disposed in the display area and the dummy electrodes are disposed in the non-display area, and wherein the dummy electrodes are adjacent to the driving electrodes in a peripheral region of the display area. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084913 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device includes: a display having a display surface disposed to face upward; an image-displaying unit being configured to display an object image on the display surface; a pointed position detector being configured to detect pointed positions that are positions where three or more fingers are brought into contact or almost into contact with the display surface; an image identifier being configured to identify the object image that is displayed at the pointed positions; an estimating unit being configured to estimate a position where an operator, who has the fingers, is present based on a position relationship of the pointed positions of the three or more fingers; and a display changer being configured to change a display state of the object image such that the object image is set in a predetermined orientation in accordance with the estimated position of the operator. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084914 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A touch panel apparatus is provided with a strain gauge sensor ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150084915 | SCREEN WITH MAGNETIC OBJECT LOCATING - A screen comprising a transparent panel and a photon-generating layer in order to form each luminous pixel visible through the transparent panel, this layer being housed behind the transparent panel. There is a human/machine interface able to control the photon-generating layer in order to modify the display of an image by the screen. The interface includes a localizing device for localizing a movable permanent magnet able to be moved directly by hand by a human being in front of the panel, this device comprising for this purpose. The interface also includes a network of magnetometers comprising N tri-axis magnetometers mechanically connected to one another with no degree of freedom in order to maintain a known distance between each of these magnetometers, where N is a whole number higher than or equal to five. There is an electronic processing unit able to determine the position and/or orientation of the permanent magnet from the measurements of the magnetometers of this network and a unit able to control the photon-generating layer in order to modify the display depending on the position and/or orientation determined by the device for localizing. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084916 | CAPACITIVE SENSING CIRCUIT FOR MULTI-TOUCH PANEL, AND MULTI-TOUCH SENSING DEVICE HAVING SAME - A capacitive sensing circuit for a multi-touch panel includes a transmitting circuit configured to supply a transmitting signal to a transmitting line; and a receiving circuit part configured to detect a difference of a capacitance between the transmitting line and a receiving line. A control signal generator in the capacitive sensing circuit is configured to output first and second integral control signals respectively having an opposite phase to and the same phase as the transmitting signal in a first phase mode, and to output the first and second integral control signals respectively having the same phase as and an opposite phase to the transmitting signal in a second phase mode. The first and second integral control signals are mutually opposite to each other. A touch determining part is configured to determine whether a touch is generated based on capacitance values detected in the first and second phase modes. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084917 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a touch panel. The touch panel includes a cover substrate comprising an active area and an inactive area, a sensing electrode on the active area, and a wire electrode on the inactive area. The wire electrode includes a material the same as a material constituting the sensing electrode. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084918 | HIGH RESOLUTION CAPACITANCE TO CODE CONVERTER - An integration circuit including a first capacitor is operatively coupled to a comparator. The comparator is configured to compare a first capacitor voltage of the first capacitor to a reference voltage and produce a first comparator output based on the comparison. A current generator is operatively coupled with the integration circuit and configured to balance charge on the first capacitor. A control unit is operatively coupled to the comparator and the current generator and configured to balance charge on the first capacitor by sensing the first comparator output and controlling the current generator based on the first comparator output. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084919 | Information Input Device - An information input device having a sensor portion and a processor. The sensor portion generates an output corresponding to a position of a writing tool inside a predetermined detection area. The processor acquires position information based on an output of the sensor portion and stores trajectory information in a storage medium. The processor determines whether the position of the writing tool corresponding to the acquired position information is included in a second area obtained by excluding a first area from the detection area. The first area is an area of a predetermined width along an outer edge of the detection area. The processor prohibits processing that adds the acquired position information to the trajectory information and stores the updated trajectory information, when it is determined that the position of the writing tool corresponding to the acquired position information is not included in the second area. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084920 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive circuit of an in cell type touch panel includes a thin film transistor that controls whether to pass a signal to drive a counter electrode when a finger touches and a thin film transistor that controls whether to pass a counter electrode voltage in display. The drive circuit raises a gate voltage applied to the thin film transistor when the drive signal is passed more than a gate voltage applied to the thin film transistor when the counter electrode voltage is passed. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084921 | FLOATING TOUCH METHOD AND TOUCH DEVICE - A floating touch method and a touch device are provided. The touch device includes a capacitive touch panel and a sensor circuit. At first, the sensor circuit controls the capacitive touch panel to sense a control object within different sensing ranges at different time points to determine a distance value between the control object and the capacitive touch panel. Then, the sensor circuit controls the capacitive touch panel to detect a floating touch action of the control object based on the distance value. Subsequently, the sensor circuit issues a control signal corresponding to the floating touch action to enable the touch device or the capacitive touch panel to perform a specific function. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084922 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL HAVING COMPENSATION PATTERNS - A touch screen panel includes a substrate having active and non-active areas, a plurality of first sensing electrodes in the active area, a plurality of second sensing electrodes in the active area, a plurality of row outer lines in the non-active area, a plurality of column outer lines in the non-active area, and first compensation patterns in the non-active area. The plurality of first sensing electrodes may be arranged in rows, each row line having a first end and a second end. The plurality of second sensing electrodes may be arranged in columns, each column having a first end and a second end. The plurality of row outer lines may be connected to respective first row line end. The plurality of column outer lines may be connected to respective first column line ends. The first compensation patterns may be connected respectively to the second row line ends. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084923 | TOUCH SCREEN DRIVING DEVICE - A touch screen driving device includes a touch screen including Tx channels, Rx channels, and sensor nodes formed at crossings of the Tx channels and the Rx channels, a Tx driving circuit supplying a Tx driving pulse to the Tx channels, sensing units sampling voltages of the sensor nodes supplied through the Rx channels, a multiplexer (mux) array including mux switches, each of which is cross-coupled with output terminals of the sensing units adjacent to each mux switch, an analog-to-digital converter converting an analog sampling signal received from the mux array into digital data, an average unit which averages the digital data and removes noise included in the digital data, and a touch controller which analyzes the digital data, in which the noise is removed, using a touch recognition algorithm and outputs touch data including coordinate information of a touch position. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084924 | POSITION DETERMINATION TECHNIQUES IN RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods to determine locations for dual touch operations performed on a four-wire resistive touch screen. The systems and methods may include measuring signals from pairs of electrodes on each of a first and second resistive sheet of the resistive touch screen in two phases of operation. The systems and methods may further include determining touch screen segment resistances from the signal measurements. The systems and methods may determine locations corresponding to the dual touch operations from the resistances. The systems and methods may also determine locations from the signal measurements. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084925 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal is provided. By dynamically selecting or setting a specific function of a mobile terminal according to a change in pressure or contact areas sensed by a plurality of touch sensors which cover the mobile terminal, a user can easily select or set a specific function of the mobile terminal according to his or her intention, and easily recognize information displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084926 | SCAN SEQUENCE GENERATOR - A sensor panel device that can generate and use a stimulus signal having multiple different waveforms for detecting events on or near the sensor panel is disclosed. Among other things, such a stimulus signal can be used to reject environmental noise present in the device. In some embodiments, the stimulus signal has multiple waveforms having different frequencies. Logic circuitry can generate representative values from output of the different waveforms applied to one or more sensing nodes in the sensor panel device. From the representative values, a final value can be generated that represents whether an event occurred at or near the one or more sensing nodes. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084927 | INTEGRATION OF A LIGHT COLLECTION LIGHT-GUIDE WITH A FIELD SEQUENTIAL COLOR DISPLAY - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for touch and gesture recognition, using a field sequential color display. The display includes a processor, a lighting system, and an arrangement for spatial light modulation that includes an array of light modulators. Each light modulator is switchable between an open position that permits transmittance of light from the lighting system through a respective aperture and a shut position that blocks light transmission through the respective aperture. The processor switches the light modulators in accordance with a first modulation scheme to render an image and in accordance with a second modulation scheme to selectively pass object illuminating light through at least one of the respective apertures. A light sensor receives light resulting from interaction of the object illuminating with an object and outputs a signal to the processor. The processor recognizes, from the output of the light sensor, a characteristic of the object. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084928 | TOUCH-ENABLED FIELD SEQUENTIAL COLOR DISPLAY USING IN-CELL LIGHT SENSORS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for touch and gesture recognition, using a field sequential color display. The display includes a processor, a lighting system, and an arrangement for spatial light modulation that includes an array of light modulators. Each light modulator is switchable between an open position that permits transmittance of light from the lighting system through a respective aperture and a shut position that blocks light transmission through the respective aperture. The processor switches the light modulators in accordance with a first modulation scheme to render an image and in accordance with a second modulation scheme to selectively pass object illuminating light through at least one of the respective apertures. A light sensor receives light resulting from interaction of the object illuminating with an object and outputs a signal to the processor. The processor recognizes, from the output of the light sensor, a characteristic of the object. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084929 | CURVED TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND METHOD THEREOF - A curved touch display apparatus for providing tactile feedback is provided. The curved touch display comprises a curved screen, in which an image is displayed; and a projector including an infrared irradiator for irradiating infrared rays to the curved screen. An infrared camera photographs an infrared image reflected from the curved screen. An ultrasonic wave array module includes a plurality of ultrasonic wave generators which generate airborne ultrasonic waves. A controller determines a touched point on the curved screen based on the infrared image, and controls an operation of the ultrasonic wave array module to generate airborne ultrasonic waves directed to the touched point. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084930 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes: a detector; a vector calculator; a determiner. The detector detects an object existing over a plurality of detection ranges set at distances different from one another from a reference surface and acquires representative points of the object based on detected position in the detection ranges. The vector calculator acquires a three-dimensional vector based on the representative points. The determiner determines an input operation by the object based on the three-dimensional vector. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084931 | TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT HAVING A PROJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT HAVING A PROJECTION DEVICE - A telecommunication unit is provided, having a projection device for projecting image information onto a projection area located outside the telecommunication unit, the telecommunication unit being configured so that the projection device projects the image information in various first directions of a projection direction range onto the projection area, starting from the telecommunication unit. The telecommunication unit has an input detection device next to the projection device; the telecommunication unit being further configured so that, using the input detection device, a user input undertaken using a movement of a body part of a user is detectable; the user input taking place, starting from the telecommunication unit, in a detection direction range located outside the projection direction range; the user input being contactless with respect to the telecommunication unit. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084932 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE SWITCH DEVICE AND ARRAY - An LED switch device and a matrix thereof are disclosed. There is an electroluminescent semiconductor element with a first polarity contact and a second polarity contact. There is also a first polarity LED lead frame, to which the electroluminescent semiconductor element is mounted. The first polarity contact of the electroluminescent semiconductor element is electrically connected to the first polarity LED lead frame. The LED switch device has a second polarity LED lead frame electrically connected to the second polarity contact of the electroluminescent semiconductor element. The LED switch device also has a touch sensor lead frame that is electrically connected to a touch sensor lead. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084933 | EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC STYLUS - An extendable electronic stylus is provided. In general, the extendable electronic stylus can be configured to provide an electronic input to an electronic device and can be configured to be removably and replaceably disposed in the electronic device. In one exemplary embodiment, an extendable electronic stylus can be configured to be movable between a first configuration in which the stylus has a first longitudinal length and a second configuration in which the stylus has a second longitudinal length that is greater than the first longitudinal length. The stylus can be configured to be stored in an electronic device in the first configuration. The stylus can include a movement mechanism configured to move the stylus between the first and second configurations. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084934 | ELECTROMAGNETIC AND CAPACITIVE POINTER - An electromagnetic and capacitive pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic and capacitive pointer comprises a tube assembly and a conductive tube assembly, a ferrite core, an non-magnetic and conductive pin, a control circuit board, a conductive pin holder, a conductive elastomer, a holder and a power source. The non-magnetic and conductive pin, the conductive pin holder, the conductive elastomer, the control circuit board and the conductive tube assembly constitute a conductive path. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084935 | ELECTROMAGNETIC AND CAPACITIVE POINTER - An electromagnetic and capacitive pointer is disclosed. The electromagnetic and capacitive pointer comprises a tube assembly and a conductive tube assembly, a first and a second ferrite cores, an non-magnetic and conductive pin, a control circuit board, a conductive pin holder and a holder. The non-magnetic and conductive pin, the conductive pin holder, the holder, the control circuit board and the conductive tube assembly constitute a conductive path. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A method of drawing a three-dimensional (3D) object on a user terminal is provided. The method includes displaying a 3D space including a two-dimensional (2D) or 3D object on the user terminal, obtaining vector information regarding a depthwise direction in the 3D space based on a user's gesture performed across a body of an electronic pen, and performing a 3D drawing function on the 2D or 3D object, based on the vector information. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084937 | ELECTRONIC TERMINAL, INPUT CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that includes a first sensor that receives a first signal; a second sensor that receives a second signal; and circuitry that calculates a position of a source from which the first signal and the second signal are transmitted based on a first time at which the first signal is received at the first sensor and a second time at which the second signal is received at the second sensor, and controls a display to display an image corresponding to a path obtained based on calculated changes in position of the source. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084938 | MICRO DISPLAY APPATATUS - A micro display apparatus reduces weight and volume of a head-mounted display (HMD) terminal and simplify components used in the HMD terminal by embedding HMD terminal devices such as a differential signal receiver, a light source control unit on a driving substrate (backplane) for HMD display in the form of a head-mounted display. The apparatus includes a terminal control unit for receiving a video signal from outside, converting the video signal into a video data and a video control signal for displaying an image, storing the video data and the video control signal, converting the converted video data and video control signal into differential signals and outputting the differential signals; and a HMD terminal unit worn by a user, for receiving the differential signals from the terminal control unit, converting the video data and the video control signal into TTL or LVCMOS signals and displaying the video data. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084939 | METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method for reducing power consumption of a liquid crystal display system includes: a timing controller receiving an image signal of a frame; the timing controller generating a gate control signal and a source control signal according to the image signal; a gate driving circuit driving odd scan lines of a plurality of scan lines in turn and then driving even scan lines of the plurality of scan lines in turn according to the gate control signal; and a source driving circuit charging a plurality of sub pixels included in a liquid crystal panel through a plurality of data lines according to the source control signal, driving sequence of the plurality of scan lines, and data voltages corresponding to the image signal. Voltages of the plurality of data lines are switched one time at most, and a common voltage of the liquid crystal panel is a direct current voltage. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084940 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed in a matrix; a driving wiring line to which the pixel circuits are connected; and a plurality of signal lines wired so as to cross with the driving wiring line and having the pixel circuits connected; the signal lines being wired in parallel to each other. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084941 | POLARITY INVERSION DRIVING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, DRIVING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a technical field of liquid crystal display, and particularly, to a polarity inversion driving method for a liquid crystal display panel, a driving apparatus and a display device. In the method, each of frames is divided into M polarity arrangement units in a same way, and every 2×M×N frames form one inversion driving period; in each of half inversion driving periods, there exists x, 02015-03-26 | |
20150084942 | CONTROL METHOD - An electrowetting element includes a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid, as well as a surface, wherein display effects depend on an extent that the first and second fluids adjoin the surface, in dependence on applied voltage. Operation includes receiving data representing a first display effect for display; receiving data representing a subsequent display effect for display after display of the first display effect; comparing data representing the first display effect with data representing said subsequent display effect to determine a difference indicative of a change of the extent the second fluid adjoins the surface between display of the first display effect and display of the subsequent display effect; and depending on said difference, selectively outputting data for driving the electrowetting element to display a different display effect, instead of the subsequent display effect, consecutively after displaying the first display effect. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084943 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIGHT APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit that sequentially drive a plurality of series-coupled LED groups comprising at least one LED is provided. The LED driving circuit includes a plurality of mid nodes coupled to terminals of the plurality of the LED groups, a common node with a reference voltage, a switch unit configured to form a plurality of current movement paths between the common node and the plurality of the mid nodes and configured to select a current movement path based on a control signal, a current measuring unit configured to detect a current flow through the common node, and a current control unit configured to generate the control signal based on the detected current flow. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084944 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel and a driving voltage generator. The driving voltage generator generates a first quarter power voltage and a second quarter power voltage. The first quarter power voltage has a level between a power voltage and a half power voltage. The second quarter power voltage has a level between the half power voltage and a ground voltage. A data driver alternately outputs the first quarter power voltage or the second quarter power voltage and a data voltage to the data line. A signal controller controls the driving voltage generator and the data driver. The signal controller includes a pattern recognition unit determining an image pattern of an image based on an input image signal. The signal controller controls the driving voltage generator to adjust the levels of the first quarter power voltage and the second quarter power voltage, based on the determined image pattern. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084945 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A liquid crystal optical device of an embodiment includes: a first substrate unit; a second substrate unit; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate unit and the second substrate unit. The liquid crystal molecules on a side of a first alignment layer of the first substrate unit is aligned perpendicularly to a first principal surface of the first substrate unit while the liquid crystal molecules on a side of a second alignment layer of the second substrate unit are aligned horizontally along a second direction. The opposing electrode includes: a first region and a second region, the first region has N first openings, and the second region includes M second openings, N being an integer of 0 or greater, M being an integer of 1 or greater, M being greater than N. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084946 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, which are respectively formed in a plurality of pixel areas defined by crossings of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, a plurality of sensing lines, and a plurality of second gate voltage lines connected to the plurality of pixels, a panel driver to drive the display panel in a display mode or a sensing mode, to sense a threshold voltage of at least one transistor to generate a sensing data in the sensing mode, and generate a second gate voltage data in the display mode, and a voltage supply unit to generate a second gate electrode voltage corresponding to the second gate voltage data, and apply a second gate electrode voltage to a second gate electrode of the transistor. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084947 | SOURCE DRIVER AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A source driver includes a first drive channel circuit, a voltage controller and a first programmable voltage buffer unit. The first drive channel circuit receives a first pixel data and a first reference voltage group, for driving the display device. The voltage controller receives a voltage command during a line data transmitting period, a horizontal blanking period or a vertical blanking period for generating a first reference voltage configuration data. The first programmable voltage buffer unit is coupled to the voltage controller and the first drive channel circuit, and receives the first reference voltage configuration data for applying the first reference voltage group to the first drive channel circuit. Furthermore, a method for driving a display device is also provided. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084948 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CHARGING/DISCHARGING PIXELS OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a source driving circuit, a timing controller, and a gate driving circuit. The source driving circuit converts frame data into a plurality of data voltages, and charges/discharges a first data line according to a data voltage of the plurality of data voltages. The gate driving circuit enables a gate line corresponding to the data voltage. The timing controller sequentially enables a plurality of switch enable lines corresponding to the gate line. A plurality of pixel switches are turned on according to the enabled gate line. A data line switch is turned on according to an enabled switch enable line. The data voltage charges/discharges a corresponding pixel through the turned-on data line switch and one of the turned-on pixel switches. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084949 | STEREOSCOPIC RENDERING USING VERTIX SHADER INSTANCING - Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to generate stereoscopic views of a scene for purposes of providing an illusion of depth to the scene. An apparatus for stereoscopic rendering includes a processor component; a vertex shader to generate a plurality of vertices corresponding to primitives that are a representation of the scene to be displayed, the vertex shader transforming a first instance of the plurality of vertices to a first projected space in a first portion of a two-dimensional (2D) area and transforming a second instance of the plurality of vertices to a second projected space in the 2D area, the first portion of the 2D area corresponding to a first stereoscopic view of the scene and the second portion of the 2D area corresponding to a second stereoscopic view of the scene. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084950 | REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE CAPTURE WITH ON-THE-FLY CORRECTIVES - Techniques for facial performance capture using an adaptive model are provided herein. For example, a computer-implemented method may include obtaining a three-dimensional scan of a subject and a generating customized digital model including a set of blendshapes using the three-dimensional scan, each of one or more blendshapes of the set of blendshapes representing at least a portion of a characteristic of the subject. The method may further include receiving input data of the subject, the input data including video data and depth data, tracking body deformations of the subject by fitting the input data using one or more of the blendshapes of the set, and fitting a refined linear model onto the input data using one or more adaptive principal component analysis shapes. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084951 | SYSTEM FOR MIXING OR COMPOSITING IN REAL-TIME, COMPUTER GENERATED 3D OBJECTS AND A VIDEO FEED FROM A FILM CAMERA - A method of mixing or compositing in real-time, computer generated 3D objects and a video feed from a film camera in which the body of the film camera can be moved in 3D and sensors in or attached to the camera provide real-time positioning data defining the 3D position and 3D orientation of the camera, or enabling the 3D position to be calculated. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084952 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RENDERING A SCREEN-ALIGNED RECTANGLE PRIMITIVE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for processing a screen-aligned rectangle within a processing pipeline. The method includes the steps of determining coordinates for a screen-aligned rectangle by projecting a specification line onto a screen-space plane, computing a plane equation associated with the specification line, and rasterizing the screen-aligned rectangle that is within the screen-space plane based on the coordinates and the plane equation. The specification line is within a three-dimensional (3D) space. The plane equation is associated with a rendering parameter for the screen-aligned rectangle. The plane equation may be evaluated by a pixel shader in conjunction with processing the screen-aligned rectangle. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING ERROR METRICS FOR MULTI-COMPONENT 3D MODELS - To calculate an error metric between two 3D multi-components models, the facets of 3D components of the first 3D model are uniformly sampled. Between each sampling point in the first 3D model and the surface of the second 3D model, a point-to-surface error is calculated. The point-to-surface errors are then processed to generate the error metric between the first and second 3D models. To speed up computation, the second 3D model can be partitioned into cells, and only the closet cell to a particular sampling point in the first 3D model is used to calculate the point-to-surface error, when computing error or metrics for individual 3D components in the 3D models, the same uniform sampling and cell partition are employed. Consequently, the error of the whole 3D model is substantially a weighted average of the errors computed for the individual components. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084954 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPETITIVE STRUCTURE DISCOVERY BASED 3D MODEL COMPRESSION - A 3D model can be modeled using “pattern-instance” representation, wherein an instance component may be represented as transformation (for example, rotation, translation, and scaling) of a pattern. To improve compression efficiency, the quantization parameters for the rotation part and translation part for transformation of an instance can be determined based on the quantization parameter used for encoding a corresponding pattern. Specifically, the quantization parameter for the rotation part may depend on the size of the instance, and the quantization parameter for the translation part may depend on the scale of translation. That is, a larger instance may use a finer quantization parameter for the rotation part. The quantization parameters are so determined that quantization errors caused by compressing the patterns, the translation part of transformation, and the rotation part of transformation are at similar levels. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084955 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING 3D CLOTHING MODEL BASED ON A SINGLE IMAGE - A method of constructing 3D clothing model based on single image, estimating a 3D model of human body of an inputted image and constructing 3D clothing plane according to the clothing silhouette of the inputted image. The method includes utilizing the 3D clothing plane and the 3D model of human body to generate a smooth 3D clothing model through a deformation algorithm. A decomposition algorithm of intrinsic image is utilized along with a shape-from-shading algorithm to acquire a set of detail information of clothing from the inputted image. A weighted Laplace editing algorithm is utilized to shift the acquired detail information of clothing to the smooth 3D clothing model to yield a final 3D clothing model. A 3D clothing model is used to generate the surface geometry details including folds, wrinkles. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084956 | Single Action Three-Dimensional Model Printing Methods - Methods and techniques of using 3D printers to create physical models from image data are discussed. Geometric representations of different physical models are described and complex data conversion processes that convert input image data into geometric representations compatible with third party 3D printers are disclosed. Printing templates are used to encapsulate complex geometric representations and complicated data conversion processes from users for fast and simple 3D physical model printing applications. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084957 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING DATA AND RECONFIGURING RENDERING UNIT - Provided are method and apparatuses for routing and reconfiguring rendering data, the method for routing including identifying, at a processor, a group of input data, transmitting the input data based on a routing path designated for the identified group, and updating the routing path based on a feedback signal regarding the transmitted data. The method for reconfiguring rendering units including measuring, at a processor, workloads of the rendering units used in rendering a previous frame, and reconfiguring the rendering units during rendering a current frame based on the workloads. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING MULTI-RESOLUTION DYNAMIC AMBIENT OCCLUSION - A system and method for generating a three-dimensional image is provided. An embodiment of the present invention includes calculating the ambient occlusion at a vertex in multiple, independent stages. Determining the global AO at the vertex may be performed using a first technique. Determining the local AO at the vertex may be performed using a second technique. The total AO can be found as a function of the local AO and global AO. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084959 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller. The controller generates a plurality of candidates for a first cross-sectional image from three-dimensional image data obtained by taking images of a heart. The controller generates, from the three-dimensional image data, one or more second cross-sectional images each of which intersects the candidates for the first cross-sectional image. The controller displays in parallel on a display, the candidates for the first cross-sectional image, as well as the second cross-sectional images on each of which information is superimposed. The information indicates positional relationships between the candidates for the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084960 | Occlusion Reduction and Magnification for Multidimensional Data Presentations - A method in a computer system for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, the original image being a collection of polygons having polygons defined by three or more shared edges joined at vertex points, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification decreases, the focal and shoulder regions having respective perimeters; subdividing polygons in the collection of polygons proximate to at least one of the perimeters, as projected with the polygons onto a base plane, by inserting one or more additional vertex points and additional edges into the polygons to be subdivided; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation by displacing the vertex points onto the lens and perspectively projecting the displacing onto a view plane in a direction aligned with a viewpoint for the region-of-interest. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084961 | MAP PERFORMANCE BY DYNAMICALLY REDUCING MAP DETAIL - Example embodiments dynamically generate lower resolution maps from high precision vector for use on desktops. Lower resolution maps are dynamically generated on the client side by decreasing coordinate and path precision. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084962 | DEPICTION ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a depiction arrangement for security papers, value documents, electronic display devices or other data carriers, having a grid image arrangement for depicting a target image ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150084963 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A PARAMETER - A method of displaying a parameter that can be modeled by an algorithm having multiple variables on a display to provide an understanding of an impact of the variables on the parameter, the method includes displaying on a first portion of the display a plot of the parameter for a first period and simultaneously with the display of the plot of the parameter, displaying on a second portion of the display, different from the first portion, a plot related to the parameter. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084964 | DIMENSION REDUCING VISUAL REPRESENTATION METHOD - In a data visualization system, a method of arranging, in n dimensions, data points representing n or more variables, the method including the steps of: a data point ranking module ranking a set of data points with respect to a first axis of a visual representation using a first variable; and based on a second variable, a data point distribution module distributing the set of data points along the first axis while retaining information relating to the ranking of data points determined in step i). | 2015-03-26 |
20150084965 | CONNECTING METHOD FOR DRAWING - A connecting method for drawing includes the steps of selecting a first target and moving a cursor; calculating a distance between the cursor and a second target; determining whether the distance is less than a predetermined value; and prompting/displaying a connecting shortcut if the distance is less than the predetermined value. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084966 | FONT RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Examples described herein include a computing device that enables users to provide input to affect a particular manner in which a particular font is displayed. In particular, the user input can after a line weight and/or sharpness of a selected font. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084967 | DEPTH MAP MOVEMENT TRACKING VIA OPTICAL FLOW AND VELOCITY PREDICTION - Techniques for efficiently tracking points on a depth map using an optical flow are disclosed. In order to optimize the use of optical flow, isolated regions of the depth map may be tracked. The sampling regions may comprise a 3-dimensional box (width, height and depth). Each region may be “colored” as a function of depth information to generate a “zebra” pattern as a function of depth data for each sample. The disclosed techniques may provide for handling optical flow tracking when occlusion occurs by utilizing a weighting process for application of optical flow vs. velocity prediction to stabilize tracking. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084968 | NEIGHBOR CONTEXT CACHING IN BLOCK PROCESSING PIPELINES - Methods and apparatus for caching neighbor data in a block processing pipeline that processes blocks in knight's order with quadrow constraints. Stages of the pipeline may maintain two local buffers that contain data from neighbor blocks of a current block. A first buffer contains data from the last C blocks processed at the stage. A second buffer contains data from neighbor blocks on the last row of a previous quadrow. Data for blocks on the bottom row of a quadrow are stored to an external memory at the end of the pipeline. When a block on the top row of a quadrow is input to the pipeline, neighbor data from the bottom row of the previous quadrow is read from the external memory and passed down the pipeline, each stage storing the data in its second buffer and using the neighbor data in the second buffer when processing the block. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084969 | NEIGHBOR CONTEXT PROCESSING IN BLOCK PROCESSING PIPELINES - A block processing pipeline in which blocks are input to and processed according to row groups so that adjacent blocks on a row are not concurrently at adjacent stages of the pipeline. A stage of the pipeline may process a current block according to neighbor pixels from one or more neighbor blocks. Since adjacent blocks are not concurrently at adjacent stages, the left neighbor of the current block is at least two stages downstream from the stage. Thus, processed pixels from the left neighbor can be passed back to the stage for use in processing the current block without the need to wait for the left neighbor to complete processing at a next stage of the pipeline. In addition, the neighbor blocks may include blocks from the row above the current block. Information from these neighbor blocks may be passed to the stage from an upstream stage of the pipeline. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084970 | REFERENCE FRAME DATA PREFETCHING IN BLOCK PROCESSING PIPELINES - Block processing pipeline methods and apparatus in which pixel data from a reference frame is prefetched into a search window memory. The search window may include two or more overlapping regions of pixels from the reference frame corresponding to blocks from the rows in the input frame that are currently being processed in the pipeline. Thus, the pipeline may process blocks from multiple rows of an input frame using one set of pixel data from a reference frame that is stored in a shared search window memory. The search window may be advanced by one column of blocks by initiating a prefetch for a next column of reference data from a memory. The pipeline may also include a reference data cache that may be used to cache a portion of a reference frame and from which at least a portion of a prefetch for the search window may be satisfied. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING AN APPLICATION USER INTERFACE - A system and method for forwarding an application user interface from a first computing platform to a second computing platform. The application user interface is generated using source content. The application user interface is encoded into two or more encoded content streams where the two or more encoded content streams contain source content representable as the application user interface and composition metadata associated with the application user interface. The two or more encoded content stream are sent to the second computing platform. The two or more encoded content streams may be received at the second computing platform where the two or more encoded content streams contain information decodable and reproducible as the application user interface. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084972 | CONTACTLESS DATA COMMUNICATION USING IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments described herein are related to contactless data communication. Related systems and methods for contactless data communication are disclosed herein. For example, a magnetic field-based contactless transmitter is disclosed that includes a substrate, a pair of dipole coils disposed on the substrate, and a drive circuit electrically coupled to the pair of dipole coils. To transmit data to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) receiver disposed on a second substrate, the drive circuit is configured to drive the pair of dipole coils so as to generate a magnetic field in-plane to the MTJ receiver. Data can be transmitted from the magnetic field-based contactless transmitter to the MTJ receiver using the magnetic field. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084973 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INDICATING ACTIVE FRAME STARTS - Devices and methods for providing an indication of an active frame start, while reducing a number of line buffers utilized by conventional systems are provided herein. By way of example, an electronic display panel may include a host device (e.g., a processor) that provides an indication of a pending active frame start. The indication may be provided at a predetermined and fixed time/line interval before the active frame start. Next, a timing controller of the display circuitry may generate a vertical start pulse during vertical blanking based upon the indication and the fixed time/line interval. The vertical start pulse may be used to drive multi-clock integrated row driver circuits. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084974 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTERLEAVING SURFACES - One embodiment sets forth a method for allocating memory to surfaces. A software application specifies surface data, including interleaving state data. Based on the interleaving state data, a surface access unit bloats addressees derived from discrete coordinates associated with the surface, creating a bloated virtual address space with a predictable pattern of addresses that do not correspond to data. Advantageously, by creating predictable regions of addresses that do not correspond to data, the software application program may configure the surface to share physical memory space with one or more other surfaces. In particular, the software application may map the virtual address space together with one or more virtual address spaces corresponding to complementary data patterns to the same physical base address. And, by overlapping the virtual address spaces onto the same pages in physical address space, the physical memory may be more densely packed than by using prior-art allocation techniques. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084975 | LOAD/STORE OPERATIONS IN TEXTURE HARDWARE - Approaches are disclosed for performing memory access operations in a texture processing pipeline having a first portion configured to process texture memory access operations and a second portion configured to process non-texture memory access operations. A texture unit receives a memory access request. The texture unit determines whether the memory access request includes a texture memory access operation. If the memory access request includes a texture memory access operation, then the texture unit processes the memory access request via at least the first portion of the texture processing pipeline, otherwise, the texture unit processes the memory access request via at least the second portion of the texture processing pipeline. One advantage of the disclosed approach is that the same processing and cache memory may be used for both texture operations and load/store operations to various other address spaces, leading to reduced surface area and power consumption. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084976 | Display Device Settings - Display device settings are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a display device and a display settings control module. The display device has a plurality of display settings, at least one of the display settings is adjustable to one of a plurality of different display setting levels. The display setting control module is implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to expose functionality having a plurality of different user selectable levels, the user selectable levels arranged in a plurality of intervals in which, user selectable levels in a corresponding said interval are successively spaced apart from each other at increasing amounts, one to another. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084977 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image display system includes a network server. The network server is configured to operate with a plurality of mobile devices and is configured to split a predetermined image into a plurality of sub-images corresponding in quantity to the plurality of mobile devices and respectively transmit each of the sub-images to one of the mobile devices that occupies a predetermined display position of a predetermined display region. Each of the mobile devices is configured to correspondingly display a sub-Image transmitted thereto, and the plurality of sub-images displayed by the plurality of mobile devices collectively re-compose the predetermined image. An image display method is also provided. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084978 | LOCAL DEFINITION OF GLOBAL IMAGE TRANSFORMATIONS - A global image adjustment, such as dynamic range adjustment is established based on image characteristics. The image adjustment is based more heavily on pixel values in image areas identified as being important by one or more saliency mapping algorithms. In one application to dynamic range adjustment, a saliency map is applied to create a weighed histogram and a transformation is determined from the weighted histogram. Artifacts typical of local adjustment schemes may be avoided. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING DISPLAY PERFORMANCE OF A REMOTE APPLICATION - This disclosure describes a performance-monitoring system that computes a display performance metric of a remote application. During operation, the system performs a sequence of input events, and receives information which updates a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI displays a sequence of frames rendered by a remote application in response to the input events. The system then samples colors at a number of pivot points on the GUI, and matches the a respective frame to a previously performed input event based on the sampled colors. The system subsequently computes a display performance metric for the remote application based on the frames and the corresponding input events. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084980 | CONSTRAINED COLOR PALETTE FOR MULTI-PRIMARY DISPLAY DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for displaying high bit-depth images using temporal modulation on display devices including display elements that have multiple primary colors. In order to reduce visual artifacts produced by angular metamerism, the display elements are configured to display only those combinations of the different primary colors that satisfy certain constraints. Color combinations of the multiple primary colors that satisfy these constraints are included in a constrained color palette that includes fewer than all the possible colors that can be provided by all combinations of the primary colors. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084981 | Anti-Aliasing for Graphics Hardware - Visibility may be analytically resolved rather than using point-sampling, thereby entirely avoiding geometric aliasing and the need to store multiple samples per pixel. By relying on existing techniques for shading, i.e., by shading once per fragment and focusing on visibility, visual results may be equivalent to multi-sampled anti-aliasing (MSAA) using an infinite sampling rate in some embodiments. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN OUTPUT SURFACE FROM ONE OR MORE INPUT SURFACES IN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - In a data processing system, an output surface, such as frame to be displayed, is generated as a plurality of respective regions with each respective region of the output surface being generated from a respective region or regions of one or more input surfaces. When a new version of the output surface is to be generated | 2015-03-26 |
20150084983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN OUTPUT SURFACE FROM ONE OR MORE INPUT SURFACES IN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - In a data processing system, an output surface, such as frame to be displayed, is generated as a plurality of respective regions with each respective region of the output surface being generated from a respective region or regions of one or more input surfaces. When a new version of the output surface is to be generated | 2015-03-26 |
20150084984 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To improve the usability of an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first camera provided to a main unit, a second camera provided to the main unit at a different location form the first camera, a first orientation detection sensor configured to detect an orientation of the main unit, and a control unit configured to carry out image capturing by the first and second cameras depending on a detection result of the first orientation detection sensor. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084985 | SEAT ADJUSTMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention concerns a method for adjusting a seat for a motor vehicle on the basis of measurements of a user, wherein said measurements are taken from a touch screen ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150084986 | COMPOSITOR, SYSTEM-ON-CHIP HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING SYSTEM-ON-CHIP - A compositor selects a subset of image layers from a plurality of image layers with which to form an intermediate image. The compositor forms a resultant image from an intermediate image and one or more remaining image layers. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084987 | IMAGE OVERLAYING AND COMPARISON FOR INVENTORY DISPLAY AUDITING - Example methods disclosed herein include overlaying a semi-transparent version of a reference image over a sequence of captured images as respective ones of the captured images are displayed on a display of a portable device. Such disclosed example methods also include determining a directional difference between a first one of the captured images and the reference image. Such disclosed example methods further include presenting a directional prompt to indicate a direction to move the portable device to cause a subsequent second one of the captured images to coincide with the reference image. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084988 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE USING AUGMENTED REALITY - A head-up display device for a vehicle using augmented reality includes a distance detector configured to detect a distance between a driver's vehicle and a front vehicle in front of the driver's vehicle to output distance information. A navigator is configured to output a position of the driver's vehicle and information about a road on which the driver's vehicle drives, as driving information. An image controller is configured to calculate a transverse position of the front vehicle according to the distance information and the driving information, and generate image information corresponding to the front vehicle by using the transverse position. The image controller corrects the transverse position according to whether any one of the driver's vehicle and the front vehicle enters a junction between a curved road and a straight road. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084989 | PORTABLE AUGMENTED REALITY - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method for augmenting reality that may be applied to repairs performed on a composite structure. An image may be recorded of a first layer of a composite component. The image may relate to a first repair performed at a first time. Physical data may be captured for the composite component from a surface layer of the composite component using a number of portable devices. A multi-dimensional representation of a combined augmented reality of the composite component including a display of various layers of the composite component selected by a user may be generated. A user selection may include a time restriction and a spatial restriction. The number of portable devices may display the multi-dimensional representation comprising physical data for an image of the surface of the composite component and digital data for an overlay of composite layers beyond the surface. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084990 | AUGMENTED REALITY MEDICAL PROCEDURE AID - An apparatus for aiding a medical practitioner in performance of a medical procedure, the apparatus comprising: a photosensor that registers light; optics that directs an image of a scene of the medical procedure onto the photosensor and a retina of the practitioner; a light projector; and a controller that controls the light projector to project light to form an augmenting virtual image (AVI) on the photosensor and the retina of the practitioner but not the scene, the AVI comprising a visual representation for use in the medical procedure and a plurality of markers corresponding to selected homologous features in the scene, wherein the controller configures the AVI responsive to the scene imaged on the photosensor and the AVI formed onto the photosensor so that the markers are substantially coincident with the corresponding homologous features. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084991 | POST-RENDER MOTION BLUR - A method of applying a post-render motion blur to an object may include receiving a first image of the object. The first image need not be motion blurred, and the first image may include a first pixel and rendered color information for the first pixel. The method may also include receiving a second image of the object. The second image may be motion blurred, and the second image may include a second pixel and a location of the second pixel before the second image was motion blurred. The method may additionally include locating the first pixel in the first image using the location of the second pixel before the second image was motion blurred. The method may further include coloring the second pixel using the rendered color information for the first pixel. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084992 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a projection surface on which a projection unit projects a target image, a storage unit configured to store first information indicating a first position, on the projection surface, of the target image projected on the projection surface by the projection unit in a first projection state, and a control unit configured to control a position, on the projection surface, of the target image to move from a second position on the projection surface where the target image is projected by the projection unit in a second projection state to the first position on the projection surface. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084993 | GEOREFERENCED BOOKMARK DATA - A method, apparatus, and program product manage georeferenced bookmarks. Responsive to receiving a request to store a bookmark for a visualization of geological and geophysical data, an affine transformation that maintains an aspect ratio of the visualization is determined. A georeferenced image for the visualization is generated based at least in part on the affine transformation, and a georeferenced bookmark including the georeferenced image is generated. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084994 | TOUCH-ENABLED FIELD-SEQUENTIAL COLOR (FSC) DISPLAY USING A LIGHT GUIDE WITH LIGHT TURNING FEATURES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for touch and gesture recognition, using a field sequential color display. The display includes a processor, a lighting system, and an arrangement for spatial light modulation that includes an array of light modulators. Each light modulator is switchable between an open position that permits transmittance of light from the lighting system through a respective aperture and a shut position that blocks light transmission through the respective aperture. The processor switches the light modulators in accordance with a first modulation scheme to render an image and in accordance with a second modulation scheme to selectively pass object illuminating light through at least one of the respective apertures. A light sensor receives light resulting from interaction of the object illuminating with an object and outputs a signal to the processor. The processor recognizes, from the output of the light sensor, a characteristic of the object. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084995 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Provided is a display device. The display device includes: a pixel including an emissive element circuit, a reflective element circuit, and a switch transistor selecting one of the emissive element circuit and the reflective element circuit; an illumination sensor generating an illumination information signal according to an illumination of an external light source by detecting the external light source; and a controller generating control signals for driving the pixel according to pixel data, wherein the controller generates a light signal controlling the switch transistor by referencing the illumination information signal. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084996 | DISPLAY CONTROL CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - In a liquid crystal display device that performs white balance adjustment, the difference between hues during still image display and hues during moving image display can be reduced. In a display control circuit used in the liquid crystal display device that performs white balance adjustment, an R overshoot LUT, a G overshoot LUT, and a B overshoot LUT are provided as tables for overshoot parameters. The overshoot parameters are determined for each color among red, green, and blue such that, the more the white balance parameter of a particular color has a maximum value corresponding to applied voltage to liquid crystal lowered by a white balance processing circuit, the more the signal time shift will be emphasized through correction by an overshoot driving circuit. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084997 | ADJUSTING LIGHT EMITTING PIXELS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for controlling a screen display in an electronic device. A signal from a light-receiving pixel on a display unit is detected. The display unit comprises light emitting pixels and light receiving pixels arranged in a pattern. The light emitting pixels are adjusted based at least partially on a brightness of light indicated by the signal from the light receiving pixels. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084998 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A DISPLAY - A method and system for reducing power consumption in a display includes driving a display comprising a plurality of display elements having selectable resolution, wherein the display device is configured to operate at a plurality of selectable operational modes. In a first operational mode, data at a first resolution is provided to the display at a first data rate, and in a second operational mode, data at a second resolution is provided to the display at a second data rate. | 2015-03-26 |
20150084999 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY PANELS - Various embodiments of the present invention provide for systems and apparatus directed toward using a contact lens and deflection optics to process display information and non-display information. In one embodiment of the invention, a display panel assembly is provided, comprising: a transparent substrate that permits light to pass through substantially undistorted; a reflector disposed on the transparent substrate; and a display panel aimed toward the reflector and substantially away from a human visual system, wherein the reflector reflects light emitted from the display panel toward the human visual system. The reflector may comprise a narrow band reflector or a polarization reflector. | 2015-03-26 |
20150085000 | METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for driving a display device. The display device comprises scanning lines, data lines, pixels, a first source driving circuit, and a second source driving circuit. The scanning lines are sequentially located in a first region, an intermediate region, and a second region. Each data line is divided into two electrically disconnected lines. The method comprises: turning on one scanning line in the first region and one scanning line in the second region simultaneously; the first and second source driving circuits providing data for each pixel electrically connected to the turn-on scanning lines in the first and second regions; turning on one scanning line in the intermediate region; and providing data by the first or second source driving circuits according to a position in which each data line is divided into the two electrically disconnected lines. | 2015-03-26 |
20150085001 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a 3D image display device, including: a display panel displaying an image; a lens panel positioned on the display panel and has layers formed of different materials, refractive indexes of the layers being varied according to a driving voltage supplied from the outside; and a lens panel driver supplying the driving voltage to the lens panel. | 2015-03-26 |
20150085002 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display processing apparatus is configured to process linearly polarized light emitted out from a display device. The display processing apparatus comprises a polarization conversion unit, wherein the polarization conversion unit is configured to convert the linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light in different rotation directions according to different display timings of the display device; the display timings include a first display time sequence point and at least one subsequent display time sequence point; a display signal corresponding to the first display time sequence point of the display device is a display signal of a first image, and a display signal corresponding to the subsequent display time sequence point is a display signal of a second image; and the polarization conversion unit converts linearly polarized light, emitted out from the display device during display at the first display time sequence point, into circularly polarized light in a first rotation direction, and convert linearly polarized light, emitted out from the display device during display at the subsequent display time sequence point, into circularly polarized light in a second rotation direction. A display system and a display method, which can greatly improve the confidential display effect, are further provided. | 2015-03-26 |
20150085003 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head including (i) an ejection opening portion, (ii) a supply flow passage, and (iii) an actuator, a first tank connected to the liquid ejection head to supply liquid to the supply flow passage; a pump for forcing the liquid in the first tank into the supply flow passage; and a controller. The controller executes: a first control for driving the actuator, or the actuator and the pump such that all the liquid in the first tank flows to the supply flow passage; and a second control for, after a completion of the first control, driving the actuator in a state in which the pump is stopped, to discharge the liquid in the supply flow passage from the ejection opening portion such that an amount of the liquid in the supply flow passage falls within a predetermined range. | 2015-03-26 |