16th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120092269 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANIPULATING ONSCREEN DATA - A computer-implemented method for operating content of an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes displaying content on a touch-sensitive display. A touch path is received from the display. A selection path and a command initiation path from the touch path are identified. Operating content from the associated file with a selection path is selected. A command mode is entered according to the command initiation path. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092270 | TOUCH SENSOR WITH SECONDARY SENSOR AND GROUND SHIELD - A touch sensor pattern with a secondary sensor formed substantially as part of the touch sensor pattern is provided. By forming the secondary sensor substantially as part of the touch sensor pattern, where the secondary sensor can be held at a steady state or ground during a touch scan cycle of the touch sensor, an overall thickness of the stackup at the area of the touch sensor where the secondary sensor is formed can be significantly reduced. The reduction in the thickness can allow more space for other hardware such as a device battery, for example. Moreover, grounding the secondary sensor can shield the touch sensor pattern at the area of the touch sensor pattern where the secondary sensor is formed, during a touch scan cycle. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092271 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WITH EL PANEL AND TOUCH PAD - A computer input device includes a touch pad module comprising a flexible, rectangular, optically transmissive touch pad and a touch pad controller electrically interconnecting the touch pad and a microprocessor; a flexible, rectangular characters printing membrane disposed under the touch pad; and an EL module comprising at least one flexible, rectangular EL panel disposed under the characters printing membrane, and a programmable driver electrically interconnected the microprocessor and the at least one EL panel, the programmable driver being adapted to program to sequentially activate the at least one EL panel for controlling brightness, color, and overlap of a plurality of light emitting areas of the computer input device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092272 | Haptic Based User Interface for an Electronic Device - An electronics device including a haptic-based user interface, including a touch screen; an actuator coupled to the touch screen for selectively vibrating the touch screen responsive to the touch screen being depressed; and a visual display panel. The user interface further includes a plurality of suspension members disposed between the touch screen and the display panel and a plurality of seal members disposed between the suspension members such that the suspension members and the seal members define a volume between the touch panel and the visual display panel. The suspension and seal members may be formed from compressible material, such as foam materials. By separating the visual display panel from the touch panel with the suspension members in this way, vibrations from the actuator that are experienced by the visual display panel are reduced, thereby extending the useful life of the visual display panel. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092273 | TRACE BORDER ROUTING - The border routing of conductive traces in devices, such as displays, touch sensor panels, and touch screens, to improve border area space usage, thereby reducing device size, and to reduce trace resistance, thereby improving device operation, is disclosed. The conductive traces can form a staggered stair-step configuration in the device border area, in which the average widths of the traces can be different from each other and each trace can have segments with different widths. The conductive traces can be coupled to an active area of the device to transmit signals to and from the active area in accordance with a device operation. The varying widths can help improve the border area space usage, reduce trace resistance, and reduce the differences in resistance between traces. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092274 | TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen, including: a first transparent electrode formed on one surface of a first transparent substrate; a second transparent electrode formed on one surface of a second transparent substrate; a first adhesive layer configured to adhere the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate to each other; a window plate adhered to the first transparent substrate; and hardness dots formed on one surface of the window plate or the other surface of the first transparent substrate. The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a touch screen which can lower the operational load of a transparent electrode. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092275 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus including an input detecting portion capable of detecting a plurality of touched positions simultaneously and a display portion, while a plurality of candidate images to serve as candidates are displayed as a list on the display portion and a touch is being detected by the input detecting portion, a selection image is selected based on a touched position. When the selection image is then being selected for a predetermined time or more, candidate images other than the selection image are changed to be displayed. It is thereby possible to provide an information processing apparatus or the like which is highly convenient for a user by changing a display state of candidates which are not in a selection state when selecting an item. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092276 | TOUCH PANEL AND SUBSTRATE THEREOF - A substrate of a touch panel has a body, a dielectric layer and multiple wires. The dielectric layer is formed on the bottom surface of the body and has multiple sensing areas and a wiring area. The wiring area is formed around the sensing areas and has multiple rough surfaces formed on the wiring area and being identical to the sensing areas in number. The wires are identical to the sensing areas in number. Each wire is formed on one of the rough surfaces of the wiring area and is electrically connected with one of the sensing areas. The formation of the wires on the respective rough surfaces can enhance adhesion of the wires so that the wires do not easily come off or get fractured. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092277 | Touch Support for Remoted Applications - Touch, multi-touch, gesture, flick and stylus pen input may be supported for remoted applications. For example, a touch capable client device may receive touch input for a remoted application executing on a server. In such an instance, the touch input may be transmitted to the server for processing. The server may subsequently modify the application display or the application functionality and provide an output to the client device. In some arrangements, the output may correspond to instructions for modifying a display of the application while in other examples, the output may correspond to an image of the changed application display. Additionally or alternatively, determining a functionality associated with touch input may be performed based on user definitions, user preferences, server definitions (e.g., operating system on the server), client definitions (e.g., operating system on the client) and the like and/or combinations thereof. Aspects may also include resolving latency and enhancing user experience using various features. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092278 | Information Processing Apparatus, and Input Control Method and Program of Information Processing Apparatus - An apparatus is provided for modifying an input area, comprising a memory and a processor executing instructions stored in the memory. The processor executes instructions stored in the memory to display a first input area on a device. The processor further executes instructions stored in the memory to detect a user input in a second input area. The processor still further executes instructions stored in the memory to perform, if the user input comprises a first operation, an input function; and modify, if the user input comprises a second operation, the first input area. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092279 | TOUCH SENSOR WITH FORCE-ACTUATED SWITCHED CAPACITOR - This disclosure provides apparatus, systems and methods of fabricating force-sensitive switches. In some implementations, an array of force-sensitive switches and local capacitors of a combined sensor device may be used to connect the local capacitor into associated projected capacitive touch (PCT) detection circuitry. In some implementations, each capacitor may be formed with a thin dielectric layer to achieve a high capacitance increase when the force-sensitive switch is closed, e.g., by the pressing of a stylus or finger. In some implementations, the same PCT detection circuitry can be used to detect changes in mutual capacitance when touched with a finger (touch mode) and changes in sensel capacitance when the force-sensitive switch is depressed (stylus or fingerprint mode). | 2012-04-19 |
20120092280 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCREEN CONTROL PROGRAM - A mobile phone terminal (electronic device) includes a first touch panel and a second touch panel for displaying an object corresponding to an executable function and detect a touch on the object. The mobile phone terminal also includes a control unit that, in a state where the object is displayed on the first touch panel or the second touch panel, when the touch on the object is detected and then a movement of the touch is detected and if the first touch panel or the second touch panel is in a movement direction of the touch, displays a screen provided by a function corresponding to the object on the first touch panel or the second touch panel in the movement direction of the touch. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092281 | Currency Keeper - An electronic safe which incorporates consumer programmable buttons, along with an on-board central processing unit. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092282 | POSITIONING METHOD AND DRIVING APPARATUS OF TOUCH PANEL - A positioning method and a driving apparatus of a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes a conductive layer with anisotropic conductivity, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are respectively disposed on a first side and a second side of the conductive layer. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are sensed to obtain a plurality of sensing values. A first relative extreme portion at least having a relative extreme is defined among the first electrodes. A second relative extreme portion at least having a relative extreme is defined among the second electrodes. A ratio of sensing values is calculated according to the first relative extreme portion and the second relative extreme portion. A position of a touch point on the touch panel in a first axial direction is calculated with the ratio of sensing values. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092283 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a an operating tool detection unit that detects an indication direction of an operation tool in contact with a display panel and an operation identification unit that identifies a direction of an operation input by the operating tool, based on the detected indication direction of the operating tool. Thereby, the direction of the operation is detected based on the indication direction of the operating tool, so that an operation independent of an orientation of the display panel with respect to an operator becomes possible. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092284 | PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE INCLUDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH SCREEN - A portable computing device includes a three-dimensional (3D) touch screen and a core module. The 3D touch screen includes a two-dimensional (2D) touch screen section and a plurality of radio frequency (RF) radar modules. The core module is operable to determine whether the 3D touch screen is in a 3D mode or a 2D mode. When the 3D touch screen is in the 3D mode, the core module is further operable to receive one or more radar signals via one or more of the plurality of RF radar modules and interpret the one or more radar signals to produce a 3D input signal. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092285 | TOUCH SENSOR ARRAYS WITH INTEGRATED INTER-LAYER CONTACTS - Touch pad structures are provided that gather touch sensor data. The data may be used to control a computer or other electronic device. The touch pad structures may be integrated into a computer or other computing equipment or may be provided as a stand-alone accessory. The touch pad structures may include a touch sensor array. The touch sensor array may include rows and columns of touch sensor electrodes, interconnect lines, and other conductive structures. The conductive structures on the touch sensor array may be formed from patterned layers of ink. Interconnect line segments in different layer of ink may be connected in rectangular contact regions. The touch sensor array may have a tail. A layer of insulator may be removed from the substrate across a tip portion of the tail to allow the line segments to be connected. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092286 | Synthetic Gesture Trace Generator - A synthetic gesture trace generator is described. In an embodiment, a synthetic gesture trace is generated using a gesture synthesizer which may be implemented in software. The synthesizer receives a number of inputs, including parameters associated with a touch sensor to be used in the synthesis and a gesture defined in terms of gesture components. The synthesizer breaks each gesture component into a series of time-stamped contact co-ordinates at the frame rate of the sensor, with each time-stamped contact co-ordinate detailing the position of any touch events at a particular time. Sensor images are then generated from the time-stamped contact co-ordinates using a contact-to-sensor transformation function. Where there are multiple simultaneous contacts, there may be multiple sensor images generated having the same time-stamp and these are combined to form a single sensor image for each time-stamp. This sequence of sensor images is formatted to create the synthetic gesture trace. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092287 | RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL - A resistive touch panel has an upper module, a lower module and a spacer. The upper module has a substrate, an upper touch layer, a top insulation, two upper electrodes and two conductive layers. The two conductive layers are respectively mounted on the two sides of the upper touch layer between the two upper electrodes and the substrate. The lower module has a base, a lower touch layer, a bottom insulation layer and two lower electrodes. The spacer is mounted between the upper touch layer of the upper module and the lower touch layer of the lower module to space apart the upper touch layer of the upper module and the lower touch layer of the lower module. Based on the above structure, the conductive layers in the resistive touch panel are capable of properly sheltering electrodes to prevent the electrodes from being observed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092288 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN HAVING DYNAMIC CAPACITANCE CONTROL AND IMPROVED TOUCH-SENSING - Methods and apparatus for improving the sensing performance of a capacitive touch screen sensing device. The electrical potential of conductive structures proximate capacitive touch pads of the sensing device is altered to compensate for the effect of parasitic capacitance, based on external conditions such as water on the touch screen or an intervening user worn glove. The compensation for parasitic capacitance improves the signal to noise ratio and therefore the sensing performance of the device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092289 | Touch Panel Input Device and Gesture Detecting Method - Detection of complex input by two touched points are enabled to be detected by a resistive film type touch panel input device equipped with two resistive films facing each other with a minute gap therebetween; a first electrode pair; a second electrode pair extending in directions perpendicular to the first electrode pair; means for applying voltages between the first electrode pair and between the second electrode pair; means for measuring the voltage which is divided at two touch points with respect to the first electrode pair and the second electrode pair, when the resistive films are caused to contact each other by being touched at two points; means for measuring currents that flow between the first electrode pair and between the second electrode pairs when the touch occurs; and discriminating means, for discriminating the trajectories of the two touch points based on the values of the measured voltages and currents. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092290 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE LAMINATE AND TRANSPARENT TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a transparent electroconductive laminate having a combination of high transparency, small haze and sufficient lubricity; and a transparent touch panel comprising such a transparent electroconductive laminate. The transparent electroconductive laminate of the present invention comprises a transparent organic polymer substrate which has, on at least one surface thereof, a cured resin layer, and a transparent electroconductive layer in this order, and satisfies the following conditions (a) the cured resin layer contains a resin component and first ultrafine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 100 nm, (b) the resin component and the first ultrafine particles contain the same metal and/or metalloid element, and (c) in the cured resin layer, the content of the first ultrafine particles is from 0.01 to 3 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin component, and (d) the cured resin layer has a thickness of 0.01 to 2 μm. The transparent touch panel of the present invention comprises the transparent electroconductive laminate of the present invention. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092291 | MULTI-TOUCH RECOGNITION RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN FOR RECOGNIZING MULTI-TOUCH COORDINATES THROUGH CAPACITOR CHARGING TIME - The present invention relates to a resistive touchscreen for recognizing touch coordinates through a capacitor charging time constant, and more specifically, the invention comprises: an equal resistance line operating means for obtaining the same resistance line according to an (R | 2012-04-19 |
20120092292 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a display device having a touch panel including: a display panel; a capacitance-type touch panel arranged on the display panel; and a front panel arranged on the capacitance-type touch panel, wherein the capacitance-type touch panel includes a plurality of X-electrodes and Y-electrodes, the capacitance-type touch panel and the front panel are attached to each other at peripheral portions of the capacitance-type touch panel using adhesives, a conductive film that is provided so as to surround an effective touch area of the capacitance-type touch panel is provided on the uppermost layer of the capacitance-type touch panel, predetermined electric potential is supplied to the conductive film, and the conductive film overlaps peripheral portions of the effective touch area of the capacitance-type touch panel in planar view. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092293 | CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE FOR COMBINATION TOUCH, HANDWRITING AND FINGERPRINT SENSOR - A separate control system may be configured for a combined sensor device. Alternatively, at least part of the control system may be included in another device, such as a processor of a mobile device. Software for handwriting, touch and fingerprint detection may be included in the control system. Low, medium and high resolution may be obtained with a single combined sensor device by scanning a subset of the sensels, or by aggregating lines or columns. Power consumption may be reduced by aggregating sensor pixels (or rows or columns) electrically using the controller, so that they perform as a low power small array until higher resolution with a larger array is needed. Power consumption may be reduced by turning off portions or all of the sensor device, turning off parts of the control system, and/or employing first-level screening at a reduced frame rate. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092294 | COMBINATION TOUCH, HANDWRITING AND FINGERPRINT SENSOR - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus implementations of a display device with a cover glass apparatus that serves as a single or multi-touch sensor, as a handwriting (or note capture) input device, and in some configurations as a fingerprint sensor. Sensor functionality and resolution can be tailored to specific locations on the cover glass apparatus. In some such implementations, the area in which the fingerprint sensing elements are located may provide not only fingerprint detection, but also handwriting and touch functionality. In some other implementations, the fingerprint sensor may be segregated into a separate, high-resolution zone that only provides fingerprint functionality. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092295 | Touch-Sensitive Coordinate Input Apparatus, Touch Panel and Electronic Devices Having the Same - A touch-sensitive coordinate input apparatus includes a plurality of regions ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092296 | TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch sensor device includes: a touch panel on which a capacitance is formed with a pointer; a signal calculation unit calculating a signal output value based on a magnitude of the capacitance; a contact determination unit comparing the signal output value with a threshold and determining whether the pointer has been brought into contact with or separated from the touch panel; and a threshold calculation unit updating a first threshold used for determining whether the pointer has been brought into contact with the touch panel, if an increase of the signal output value is detected during a first unit time within a time period from a determination that the pointer has been brought into contact with the touch panel until a determination that the pointer has been separated from the touch panel. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092297 | MULTI-TOUCH PANEL CAPACITANCE SENSING CIRCUIT - Disclosed herein is a multi-touch panel capacitance sensing circuit. The multi-touch panel capacitance sensing circuit includes a touch panel, a transmission circuit unit, and a reception circuit unit. The touch panel includes transmission electrodes and reception electrodes. The transmission circuit unit applies a transmission signal, having a predetermined period, to the transmission electrodes in a time division manner. The reception circuit unit for detecting a difference in capacitance components, generated between the transmission electrode and the reception electrode, based on the reception electrode when a touch is generated by the human body of a user. The reception circuit unit includes a current mirror-based charge integration circuit, and detects whether a touch is generated or not. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092298 | TOUCH SENSOR - A sensor is disclosed. The sensor may be a touch sensor. The sensor may be incorporated into a water delivery system. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092299 | OPERATING APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An operating apparatus ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092300 | VIRTUAL TOUCH SYSTEM - A virtual touch system including a head-mounted see-through display device, a micro-image display, at least two micro image-capturing devices, and an image processing unit is provided. The head-mounted see-through display device has a holder and an optical lens group that allows an image light of a real scene to directly pass through and reach an observing location. The micro-image display disposed on the holder of the head-mounted see-through display device casts a display image to the observing location through the optical lens group to generate a virtual image plane, wherein the virtual image plane contains a digital information. The micro image-capturing devices disposed at the holder capture images of the real scene and a touch indicator. The image processing unit coupled to the head-mounted see-through display device recognizes the touch indicator and calculates a relative location of the touch indicator on the virtual image plane for the micro-image display. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092301 | TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a touch screen system including: a sensor module including a light emitting unit configured to generate a light signal and a photo detection sensor configured to receive the light signal; a display panel including the sensor module; a front case including a reflection area configured to reflect the light signal generated from the light emitting unit to the photo detection sensor; and a back case connected to the front case with the display panel positioned therebetween. The front case is fixed and connected to the back case and the reflection area is placed at a predetermined position on the display panel. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092302 | DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device equipped with a display panel that is provided with a photo-detection section with improved accuracy of detecting a touch position. A display panel ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092303 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH STYLUS HAVING A DEFORMABLE ELASTIC FIXING DEVICE - A stylus used in a computing device includes an elongated shaft, a tip, and a fixing device attached to the elongated shaft. The fixing device is designed to interact with a protrusion on the interior surface of a storage hole of a computing device where the stylus is to be stored. The fixing device can be formed of a deformable elastic material such as a memory foam. As the stylus is inserted into the storage hole of the computing device, the material of the fixing device deforms as it passes the fixing protrusion on the interior surface of the storage hole. Once the fixing device has been inserted past the protrusion, the elastic material of the fixing device resumes its original shape so that it will interfere with the protrusion to prevent the stylus from being accidentally removed from the storage hole. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTING USER COMMANDS TO A PROCESSOR - Provided is a system for inputting operation system (OS) commands to a data processing device. The system includes a video camera that captures images of a viewing space. A processor detects a predetermined object in the images using an object recognition algorithm not involving background information in an image. One or more image analysis parameters of the object are extracted from the images and one or more motion detection tests are applied. Each motion detection test has an associated OS command, and when a test succeeds, the OS command associated with the test is executed. By not relying on background information in an image, the described system may be used in devices that are moved in use, such as a palm plot, personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile telephone, a digital camera, and a mobile game machine. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092305 | RESOLUTION-INDEPENDENT VIRTUAL DISPLAY - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that drives a first display and a second display with a higher pixel density than the first display from a computer system. During operation, the system provides a set of backing stores for windows in the computer system. Next, the system enables a first set of clients to draw to the backing stores using a virtual coordinate system. Finally, the system uses the backing stores to drive the first and second displays so that a given distance in the virtual coordinate system is substantially the same size on the first and second displays. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092306 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND REPAIRING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A display device and a repairing method for the same are disclosed. The display device includes a substrate, a pixel array, at least one gate driver unit, at least one source driver unit, a first repair line, a second repair line, a first dummy line, and a second dummy line. The first repair line is disposed between the pixel array and the source driver unit. The second repair line is disposed opposite to the first repair line on the pixel array. The first dummy line and the second dummy line are respectively disposed at two sides of the pixel array and crossing the gate lines, the first repair line, and the second repair line. A signal transmission is not required to go around the outmost periphery of the gate driver unit in a repairing process. As a result, the signal attenuation can be decreased effectively. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092307 | LCD Device and Driving Method Thereof - An LCD device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD device includes a plurality of pixel units which are arranged in an array of rows, a plurality of first scan lines, a plurality of second scan lines and a plurality of switch units. The pixel units of each row are divided into a plurality of first pixel units and a plurality of second pixel units. The switch units are respectively electrically coupled to one end of each first scan line and one end of each second scan line for controlling conduction states of the first scan lines and the second scan lines, thereby controlling an order of updating the image signals for the first pixel units and the second pixel units. Thus, the scan lines are driven in the order according to whichever total sum of differences between gray values thereof is smaller, so that the power consumption of data chips is decreased. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092308 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel comprises a display area having a plurality of pixel units for displaying images; a driving circuit for driving the pixel units and being arranged outside the display area; a plurality of signal lines having unequal resistances, and being electrically connected between the display area and the driving circuit for transmitting signals; and a plurality of layer jumpers for compensating the resistances of the signal lines and being disposed on the signal lines so that each of the signal lines having a compensated resistance, wherein the layer jumpers are utilized for making the compensated resistances of the respective signal lines to match each other. The display panel is capable of improving image display quality and providing a higher efficiency of resistance compensation for a unit of layout space. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092309 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING IT - It is a main object of the invention to provide an image display device and an information processing device that can be incorporated in the computer main body of a notebook computer, etc., and can project an image at any desired angle when the image is projected onto a screen. To accomplish the object, the invention provides an image display device including a first unit for storing an optical system for displaying an image on a screen and a second unit for storing a control board for controlling the optical system, electrically connecting to the first unit, and holding the first unit for rotation. The first and second units are housed in a housing space formed in an information processing device. When the image is projected onto the screen, the first unit is completely exposed from the information processing device and at least a part of the second unit is stored in the information processing device. When the image is not projected onto the screen, the first unit and the second unit are stored in the information processing device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092310 | SOLAR PANEL POLE MOUNT WITH PROVISIONS FOR ADVERTISING GRAPHICS - A robust and low-cost design to add graphics panels to a sun tracking, solar panel mounting system that can be mounted on a wide range of light poles and power poles. This design uses the promotional value of the applied graphics to further improve the economics of the solar installation resource to help speed the adoption of this distributed power generation resource. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092311 | Shift Register, Display-Driving Circuit, Displaying Panel, And Displaying Device - Disclosed is a shift register for use in a display driving circuit that simultaneously selects signal lines, including, in a stage thereof: a flip-flop including an initialization terminal; and a signal generating circuit that receives a simultaneous selection signal and that generates an output signal of the stage by use of an output of the flip-flop, wherein: the output signal of the stage becomes active due to an activation of the simultaneous selection signal so as to be active during a period of the simultaneous selection; the output of the flip-flop is non-active while the initialization terminal, a set terminal, and a reset terminal of the flip-flop; and the initialization terminal of the flip-flop receives the simultaneous selection signal. This shift register makes it possible to downsize various drivers. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092312 | DRIVING METHOD FOR COMMON ELECTRODES, CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY THEREOF - A common electrode driving method, comprises: generating a first common electrode signal to be applied to a storage electrode line of each row of pixels on an array substrate, and a second common electrode signal to be applied to a common electrode forming a liquid crystal capacitance with pixel electrodes of each row of pixels on the array substrate, the first common electrode signal being opposite to a gate signal for gate electrodes applied to the corresponding row of pixels in terms of transition timing; and inputting the first common electrode signal to each row of pixels, and inputting the second common electrode signal to the common electrode. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092313 | Organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The OLED display includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a thin film transistor and a driving driver on the first substrate; an organic light emitting element including a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and a common electrode; a pixel defining layer; a thermal conductive layer covering the driving driver; and a first sealant along an outer edge of the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092314 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A gate-off voltage generator provides a gate-off voltage to a gate line of a display panel. The gate-off voltage generator includes a transistor having a base terminal, a collector terminal, and an emitter terminal, the emitter terminal configured to output the gate-off voltage to the gate line. A controller is connected to the base terminal. A feedback circuit is connected between the gate line and the controller, the feedback circuit configured to provide to the controller a feedback voltage based upon the gate-off voltage outputted from the emitter terminal. The gate-off voltage from the emitter terminal is compared with a desired gate-off voltage in the controller and the voltage at the base terminal is controlled by the controller to provide the desired gate-off voltage to gate line. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092315 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CONTROL SIGNAL - In a method for determining a control signal as a function of measured ambient light conditions for subsequent processing by at least one electrical component, in particular in order to control an imaging unit of an image output apparatus, the present light conditions are detected by means of a plurality of light sensors, measuring signals are output as a function of the intensity of the light conditions recorded by the light sensors, and the measuring signals of the individual light sensors are then combined into at least one control signal in accordance with at least one predefined ratio. The control signal is adjusted with consideration of the orientation of at least one of the light sensors and is then output. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092316 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and a driving display method thereof which firstly provides a first data signal; generates a driving control signal according to the first data signal that the driving control signal divides a first pixel to a N-th pixel of a pixel column into a first pixel group and a second pixel group according to the positive or negative polarity of each of pixel-voltages that are to be correspondingly received by the first pixel to the N-th pixel; orderly provides a scanning signal to the pixels of the first pixel group according to the driving control signal to activate the pixels of the first group one by one to input corresponding pixel-voltages thereto; and then orderly provides another scanning signal to the pixels of the second pixel group to activate the pixels of the second group one by one to input corresponding pixel-voltages thereto, so as to complete a frame of image display. The present invention not only uses polarity inversion to improve display quality, but also economizes power consumption. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092317 | Display Driving Circuit, Display Device And Display Driving Method - A display driving circuit which carries out CC driving is configured such that a polarity of a data signal to be supplied to a source line is reversed every two horizontal scanning periods and a signal electric potential written from the source line to a pixel electrode changes in a different direction every two adjacent rows. In at least one example embodiment, this allows, in a display device which carries out CC driving, enhancement of a display quality by removing lateral stripes that are produced in a display video while n-line reversal driving is being carried out. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092318 | SELECTIVE MONITOR CONTROL - Reducing energy usage by a monitor includes a map manager between a monitor interface and a processor that divides a display area of a monitor into areas and stores display information in a staging area. The map manager distinguishes an active window selected by a user from the remainder inactive, unselected areas of a display, and further determines a used subset of areas within the active window distinguished from the remainder unused areas as a function of a user preference. Accordingly, the map manager drives the monitor at each of the used area active window areas with the processor display information stored in the staging area at a normal luminance specified by the processor display information, and at each of the remainder unused, inactive and unselected areas of the total display area at a reduced luminance lower than the specified normal luminance. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092319 | Common Driving Of Displays - A display driving arrangement is described wherein, during a scan line driving phase, a column driver is controlled to provide a plurality of driving column voltages to the source terminals and the row driver is controlled to provide scanning row selection voltages to the gate terminals for sequentially updating the each pixel having an initial pixel state, voltages with said plurality of driving column voltages to attain, for each initial pixel state, an initial common pixel state. During a common driving phase the column driver is controlled to provide a uniform column voltage to the source terminals to update the plurality of pixel voltages with a uniform column voltage. In addition, the row driver is controlled to provide row select voltages with a gate swing that is lower during the common driving phase than during the row driving phase so as to drive the pixels from a respective the initial common state to a respective final common state. The pixel states may differ from each other at least during a part of the common driving phase or even during the entire common driving phase, so that initial and final common states and intermediate states may differ from pixel to pixel. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092320 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE FOR IMPROVING POWER ON DELAY, TIMING CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND RELATED METHOD - A liquid crystal display driving device for improving power on delay includes a gate driving circuit, a source driving circuit, and a timing control circuit. The timing control circuit is coupled to the gate driving circuit for transmitting a low-frequency frame rate lower than a normal frame rate of the liquid crystal display to operate the gate driving circuit for a predetermined number of clock cycles when a liquid crystal display powers on. Then, adjust the low-frequency frame rate to the normal frame rate of the liquid crystal display according to a trigger signal of the timing control circuit. And operate the liquid crystal display according to the normal frame rate. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092321 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An LCD includes a first pixel electrode coupled to a first scan line and a data line, and a second pixel electrode coupled to a second scan line and the data line. A first and a second storage capacitor electrode lines are at two sides of the data line and across the scan lines. A first storage capacitor electrode extension line is extended out of the first storage capacitor electrode line and toward the data line, and a second storage capacitor electrode extension line is extended out of the second storage capacitor electrode line and toward the data line. The first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode partly overlap the first and the second storage capacitor electrode extension lines, respectively. Since the storage capacitor electrode line and the scan line is formed on different metal layer, a gap between the storage capacitor electrode line and the scan line is shortened. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092322 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - A liquid crystal display drive circuit includes first and second buffer circuits, first to fourth switches, and a control signal generation circuit (CSGC). The first buffer circuit drives a first or second data line, and the second buffer circuit drives the second or first data line. Closing the first switch makes the first buffer circuit drive the first data line responsive to a first control signal. Closing the second switch makes the second buffer circuit drive the second data line. Closing the third switch makes the first buffer circuit drive the second data line in responsive to a second control signal. Closing the fourth switch is makes the second buffer circuit drive the first data line. The CSGC generates the first-third control signals for causing respective outputs of the first buffer circuit, and the second buffer circuit to be in high impedance state on the basis of a strobe signal. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092323 | Flip-Flop, Shift Register, Display Drive Circuit, Display Apparatus, And Display Panel - A flip-flop includes: a first, second, third, and fourth transistors; input terminals; and first and second output terminals, the first and second transistors constituting a first CMOS circuit such that gate terminals are connected and drain terminals are connected, the third and fourth transistors constituting a second CMOS circuit such that gate terminals are connected and drain terminals are connected, the first output terminal connected to a gate side of the first CMOS circuit and a drain side of the second CMOS circuit, the second output terminal connected to a gate side of the second CMOS circuit and a drain side of the first CMOS circuit, at least one input transistor included in the group of the first through fourth transistors, a source terminal of the input transistor being connected to one of the input terminals. This can provide a further compact flip-flop. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092324 | TOUCH, HANDWRITING AND FINGERPRINT SENSOR WITH ELASTOMERIC SPACER LAYER - Use of a compliant, elastomeric layer between upper and lower substrates of the combination sensor can increase the sensitivity to applied pressure or force from a stylus, while increasing the lateral resolution for a given sensel pitch. The elastomeric material may have an index of refraction that is substantially similar to that of the upper and lower substrates. The elastomeric material may include open regions for the inclusion of force-sensitive resistors. With careful selection of the elastomeric and FSR materials, the loss of transmissivity that can accompany air gaps can be minimized. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092325 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Program - A course CR is set in a virtual space SP along which a player character CH can move. The player character moves freely on the course, as long as it does not run off the course. In the course, a reference moving path is set indicating a standard moving path of the player character. A camera path of a virtual camera is set along the reference moving path. In the reference moving path, a object corresponding position (CP) is determined corresponding a position (CH(X,Y,Z)) of the player character in the virtual space. A position corresponding to the object corresponding position and a photographing condition are determined for the virtual camera. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092326 | Branded Location Referencing - A method and system for displaying a map that depicts landmarks with brand identity are disclosed. A map display application obtains the physical dimensions of a landmark, such as a building, and fills the footprint of the landmark with the brand identity of a company and/or a product associated with the landmark. The map display application can also render the landmark in 3D. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092327 | OVERLAYING GRAPHICAL ASSETS ONTO VIEWING PLANE OF 3D GLASSES PER METADATA ACCOMPANYING 3D IMAGE - Responsive to metadata sent with 3D signals from an audio video display device, 3D glasses overlay graphical assets onto the 3D visual plane. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092328 | FUSING VIRTUAL CONTENT INTO REAL CONTENT - A system that includes a head mounted display device and a processing unit connected to the head mounted display device is used to fuse virtual content into real content. In one embodiment, the processing unit is in communication with a hub computing device. The system creates a volumetric model of a space, segments the model into objects, identifies one or more of the objects including a first object, and displays a virtual image over the first object on a display (of the head mounted display) that allows actual direct viewing of at least a portion of the space through the display. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092329 | TEXT-BASED 3D AUGMENTED REALITY - A particular method includes receiving image data from an image capture device and detecting text within the image data. In response to detecting the text, augmented image data is generated that includes at least one augmented reality feature associated with the text. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092330 | CONTROL METHODS FOR A MULTI-FUNCTION CONTROLLER - In control methods for a multi-function controller, which includes a sensor having a ring operation region, the position of an object on the sensor is detected for generating a position information, and the force applied to the sensor by the object is detected for generating a force information. When the sensor detects multiple successive position information, which indicate that the object is circling along the ring operation region, a rotation information may be generated additionally. The position information, the force information and the rotation information are used to perform operation in various functional modes. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092331 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight that irradiates the liquid crystal display panel from a back surface; an image signal processing portion that processes an image signal; a driving control portion that drives and controls the liquid crystal display panel based on the output of the image signal processing portion; and a backlight control portion that controls the lighting of the backlight based on the output of the image signal processing portion, wherein the image signal processing portion controls a dynamic-range of a grayscale of the image signal depending on a change in grayscale between a left eye image and a right eye image when alternately inputting the image signal of the left eye image and the right eye image. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092332 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An input device includes a housing having a two dimensional detection surface, a first detection unit detecting a position coordinate of a detection object that travels on the detection surface and outputting a first signal to calculate a travel direction and an amount of travel of the detection object, a second detection unit detecting gradient of the detection surface relative to one reference plane in a spatial coordinate system to which a screen belongs and outputting a second signal to calculate a tilt angle of the detection surface relative to the reference plane, and a control unit generating a control signal to three dimensionally control a display of an image displayed on the screen based on the first signal and the second signal. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092333 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A configuration is provided in which data that is not displayed on a display is always observable as an virtual object. For example, in data processing using a PC, data that is not displayed on the display of the PC, such as data having been cut or copied, can be set as a virtual object and pasted on a finger of a hand of a user or the like to be always observable. According to this configuration, data that is not displayed on the display area of the PC can be pasted on a space other than the display area of the PC and displayed to be observable, which allows improving of the efficiency of data processing. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092334 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A REAL-TIME MULTI-VIEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONIC IMAGE USER INTERFACE FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic diagnosis system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for a real-time multi-view three-dimensional ultrasonic image user interface for an ultrasonic diagnosis system which can render three-dimensional volume data of an object obtained by three-dimensional ultrasonographic imaging into three-dimensional image data from each of a plurality of virtual viewpoints, and display the object from each of the viewpoints simultaneously on a real-time basis. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092335 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PORTABLE 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method and a 3D display apparatus for processing a stereoscopic image signal in high rate by software while using a least number of hardware components in a portable 3D display apparatus based on a mobile Android platform are provided. This method is suitable for a portable terminal apparatus equipped with a kernel layer directly controlling hardware means including a display panel, and an application/middleware layer controlling the kernel layer to display a motion picture through the hardware means. One or more plane image surfaces are first generated from the application/middleware layer and stored in a first frame buffer. An encoded image signal is decoded under the application/middleware layer to restore a YUV image signal representing a stereoscopic image pair. Subsequently, the YUV image signal is converted into an RGB image signal, and left and right images of the RGB image signal are mixed at the kernel layer. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092336 | 3D PLASMA DISPLAY - A 3D plasma display includes a plasma display panel and a driver which implements an image on a screen of the plasma display panel in a frame including a plurality of subfields and transmits an emitter signal to 3D glasses. A time difference between the emitter signal and a start time point of the frame when an average power level (APL) is a first level is different from a time difference between the emitter signal and a start time point of the frame when the APL is a second level different from the first level. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092337 | Projection Display System and Method with Multiple, Convertible Display Modes - This invention relates in general to methods and systems of a projection display that can be used in 4 display modes: (A) as a rear-projection 2D display, (B) as a volumetric 3D (V3D) display, (C) as an auto-stereoscopic 3D (as3D) display, or (D) as a projector. Conversion among the 4 display modes requires only 1 to 3 actions of adjustment by the user. The system can further contain an integrated touch pad for direct, barrier-free interaction with 2D, as3D or V3D images. The illumination and projection of the SLM is converted between a sub-panel mode and a full-panel mode. By using the sub-panel illumination/projection mode, the system can operate in V3D, 2D and as3D modes. By using the full-panel mode, the system can operate in 2D and projector modes. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092338 | IMAGE COMPOSITION APPARATUS, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - There is provided an image retrieval method including obtaining a parallax that exists in a material image which is viewed as an object in a three-dimensional manner, retrieving a three-dimensional image that satisfies a predetermined condition as a selectable candidate image from a plurality of three-dimensional images, each of which viewed in a three-dimensional manner, and executing image composition by superposing the material image on the three-dimensional image that is retrieved as the selectable candidate image in the retrieving of the three-dimensional image. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092339 | MULTI-VIEW AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic display device comprises a display panel ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092340 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR MANIPULATING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for manipulating graphical objects are provided. For example, a polygonal mesh may be modeled based on graphical object content, and then both a graphical object based on the graphical object content and a map of control points based on the polygonal mesh may be rendered on a display. A user may activate one or more of the displayed control points and may provide one or more user movements to reposition the activated control points. The polygonal mesh may be physically simulated in response to the user movements of the control points, and then the graphical object and the map of control points may be re-rendered based on the physical simulation of the polygonal mesh. The graphical object content may include multiple character glyphs of a text string, and the polygonal mesh for that content may include one or more intra-character polygons per character glyph. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092341 | Methods for 3D world simulator environment - A method of modeling of the visible world using full-surround image data includes steps for selecting a view point within a p-surface, selecting a direction of view within the p-surface, texture mapping full-surround image data onto the p-surface such that the resultant texture map is substantially equivalent to projecting full-surround image data onto the p-surface from the view point to thereby generate a texture mapped p-surface, and displaying a predetermined portion of the texture mapped p-surface. An apparatus for implementing the method is also described. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092342 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM OF GENERATING DISPLAY IMAGE - There is generated a display image of a state in which a three-dimensional virtual space, including a first model and a second model to which a predetermined texture is pasted, is imaged by a virtual camera, and the generated image is displayed on a display device. In the generated display image, there is rendered, at a front surface of the first model, a silhouette model which is a silhouette model that is present at a position corresponding to the second model present behind the first model with respect to a view direction of the virtual camera in the virtual space, and to which a silhouette image of the second model is pasted. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING COMMUNICATIONS DATA - A method of monitoring data on a first communication line. Data is received from the first communication line ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092344 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING GRAY DOT-MATRIX FONT FROM BINARY DOT-MATRIX FONT - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for transforming a binary dot-matrix font to a gray dot-matrix font. The method includes generally five steps. First, a binary dot-matrix outline shape is received, which is designed to render a binary dot-matrix character image on a binary dot-matrix display. The binary dot-matrix outline shape includes one or more curve segments. Second, the received dot-matrix outline shape and the binary dot-matrix character image that can be rendered based on the received outline shape are placed on a lattice coordinate system composed of a plurality of dots. Third, for each of the one or more curve segments, intersecting points at which the curve segment intersects with the plurality of dots in the lattice coordinate system are recorded. Fourth, an anti-aliasing operation is performed on the binary dot-matrix outline shape placed on the lattice coordinate system to obtain a target gray value for each of the dots that are intersected by the one or more curve segments. Fifth, a collection of the target gray values for all of the intersected dots are recorded as a gray dot-matrix image font. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING COMPLEX SCRIPTS WITH A CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE - A system and method for displaying complex scripts with a cloud computing architecture may include a client device and a cloud computing server. The client device accesses a web application via the internet and transmits a request containing complex scripts to the cloud computing server. The cloud computing server parses the text and breaks the text down to a sequence of characters of a particular script, and maps the Unicode of each character to a particular glyph to obtain a glyph ID for each character making a one to one relationship. The cloud computing server analyzes each character, assigns, and applies specific font related operations to each glyph. The cloud computing server optimizes and compresses the glyph ID and positioning data, and transmit the compressed data back to the client device to be rendered on the display of the client device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092346 | GROUPING ITEMS IN A FOLDER - User interface changes and file system operations related to grouping items in a destination folder are disclosed. A user can group multiple items displayed on a user interface into a destination folder using an input command. An animation can be presented in the user interface illustrating the creation of the destination folder and the movement of each selected item into the newly created folder. The movement of each selected item can be along a respective path starting from an initial location on the user interface and terminating at the destination folder, and initiation of the movement of each selected item can be asynchronous with respect to the other selected items. Implementations showing the animations in various types of user interfaces are also disclosed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092347 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WEATHER INFORMATION THEREON - An electronic device and method displays weather information by different location images processed using image effects. A location of the electronic device is detected then the electronic device receives weather information of the location from a server. Upon detecting that the weather information, the electronic device reads the image effects of the images from a storage unit. After the electronic device reads the images from the server according to the location information. The images processed using the image effects are then displayed on a display unit of the electronic device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092348 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION WITH AN IMMERSIVE IMAGE - A View Track accompanying an immersive movie provides an automatic method of directing the user's region of interest (ROI) during the playback process of an immersive movie. The user is free to assert manual control to look around, but when the user releases this manual control, the direction of the ROI returns gradually to the automatic directions in the View Track. The View Track can also change the apparent direction of the audio from a mix of directional audio sources in the immersive movie, and the display of any metadata associated with a particular direction. A multiplicity of View Tracks can be created to allow a choice of different playback results. The View Track can consist of a separate Stabilization Track to stabilize the spherical image, for improving the performance of a basic Navigation Track for looking around. The recording of the View Track is part of the post production process for making and distributing an immersive movie for improving the user experience. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092349 | PROGRAM EXECUTION SYSTEM, PROGRAM EXECUTION DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM AND COMPUTER EXECUTABLE PROGRAM THEREFOR - A program execution system, has a program execution device which has a controller operated by a user and a display on which images such as characters or players in a game are seen. In order to prevent an incorrect movement of a character on the display when a switching from one scene viewed from one camera viewpoint to another scene viewed from another camera viewpoint without additional steps by the user, the program execution system has a computer-readable and executable program stored on a recorded medium providing a character motion direction step by which, if along the motion of a character on the screen a switching is made from one scene to another, the direction of motion of the character in the second scene is maintained in coordination with the character's motion direction on a map in the first scene at least immediately before the switching. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092350 | WRAPAROUND ASSEMBLY FOR COMBINATION TOUCH, HANDWRITING AND FINGERPRINT SENSOR - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a combined sensor device. In some implementations, a combined sensor device includes a wrap-around configuration wherein an upper flexible substrate has patterned conductive material on an extended portion to allow routing of signal lines, electrical ground, and power. One or more integrated circuits or passive components, which may include connecting sockets, may be mounted onto the flexible layer to reduce cost and complexity. Such implementations may eliminate a flex cable and may allow a bezel-less configuration. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092351 | FACILITATING ATOMIC SWITCHING OF GRAPHICS-PROCESSING UNITS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that configures a computer system to switch between two graphics-processing units (GPUs). During operation, the system receives a request to switch from using a first GPU to using a second GPU to drive the display. In response to this request, the system executes a user thread that copies pixel values from a first framebuffer for the first GPU to a second framebuffer for the second GPU. Next, the user thread initiates a switch from the first framebuffer to the second framebuffer as a signal source for driving the display. Finally, the user thread sends an asynchronous notification of the switch to one or more applications, wherein the asynchronous notification allows the applications to transition from rendering graphics using the first GPU to rendering graphics using the second GPU. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING EVENT-MATCHING WITH A GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNIT - A computer-implemented method for event matching in a complex event processing system includes receiving, with a computer processing device, a stream of event data; receiving, with a computer processing device, an event list and an access predicate list, wherein the event list includes one or more event data pairs; and identifying, with a graphical processing device, patterns in the stream of event data. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092353 | Systems and Methods for Video Processing - A multi-shader system in a programmable graphics processing unit (GPU) for processing video data, includes a first shader stage configured to receive slice data from a frame buffer and perform variable length decoding (VLD), wherein the first shader stage outputs data to a first buffer within the frame buffer; a second shader stage configured to receive the output data from the first shader stage and perform transformation and motion compensation on the slice data, wherein the second shader stage outputs decoded slice data to a second buffer within the frame buffer; a third shader stage configured to receive the decoded slice data and perform in-loop deblocking filtering (IDF) on the frame buffer; a fourth shader stage configured to perform post-processing on the frame buffer; and a scheduler configured to schedule execution of the shader stages, the scheduler comprising a plurality of counter registers; wherein execution of the shader stages is synchronized utilizing the counter registers. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092354 | External Controller for an Implantable Medical Device with Dual Microcontrollers for Improved Graphics Rendering - An improved external controller with dual microcontrollers useable with an implantable medical device is disclosed. The external controller comprises a low speed (low frequency) microcontroller and a high speed (high frequency) microcontroller. The low speed microcontroller receives telemetry data from the medical device, converts data into graphical commands, and transmits commands to the high speed microcontroller. The high speed microcontroller interprets the graphical commands, retrieves images indicative of the commands from a storage device, and renders the images onto a display screen. The high speed microcontroller may also process more complicated data sent from the low speed microcontroller, and return the results to the low speed microcontroller to allow it to form the graphics command for the high speed microcontroller to execute. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which accepts one of a plurality of processes of different types in accordance with an operation instruction issued on a display screen, comprising: an input unit adapted to input the operation instruction issued on the display screen; an extraction unit adapted to extract an object of interest out of objects displayed on the display screen based on a position where the operation instruction has been input on the display screen; an obtaining unit adapted to obtain information indicating a display size of the object of interest extracted by the extraction unit; and a determination unit adapted to determine executable processing out of the processes of different types in accordance with the display size. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092356 | Systems and Methods for Performing Shared Memory Accesses - Various systems and methods are described for accessing a shared memory in a graphics processing unit (GPU). One embodiment comprises determining whether data to be read from a shared memory aligns to a boundary of the shared memory, wherein the data comprises a plurality of data blocks, and wherein the shared memory comprises a plurality of banks and a plurality of offsets. A swizzle pattern in which the data blocks are to be arranged for processing is determined. Based on whether the data aligns with a boundary of the shared memory and based on the determined swizzle pattern, an order for performing one or more wrapping functions is determined. The shared memory is accessed by performing the one or more wrapping functions and reading the data blocks to construct the data according to the swizzle pattern. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092357 | Region-Based Image Manipulation - Region-based image manipulation can include selecting and segmenting regions of a particular image. The regions are identified through the use of simplified brushstrokes over pixels of the regions. Identified regions can be manipulated or transformed accordingly. Certain implementations include filling in regions with other images or objects, and include performing a text query to search for such images or objects. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092358 | Noise-robust edge enhancement system and method for improved image sharpness - A system for edge enhancement includes an input unit to receive an input signal Yin, a vertical enhancement unit to perform a vertical enhancement of an edge of the input signal Yin to generate an output YEV, and a horizontal enhancement unit to perform a horizontal enhancement of the edge of the input signal Yin to generate an output YEH. The system also includes a local gradient analysis unit to generate a local gradient direction GradDir and a local gradient magnitude GradMag based at least partly upon the input signal Yin, and a mixer to generate an output Yout by mixing the output YEV with the output YEH using the local gradient direction GradDir. The system further includes an output unit to output the output Yout. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092359 | Extraction Of A Color Palette Model From An Image Of A Document - A system and method are provided for determining a color palette model from an image of a document. Pixel values of the image of the document are clustered to provide image clusters. Color layers of the image are determined, each color layer corresponding to an image cluster. Aspects of the color palette model can be determined using the color layers. Aspects of the color palette model include a foreground-background color pair for a content block in the document and a background-area color of the document. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092360 | Dual Modulation Using Concurrent Portions of Luminance Patterns in Temporal Fields - Embodiments of the invention facilitate high-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging by generating portions of spatial and/or temporal luminance patterns with different spectral power distributions substantially concurrent with, for example, the modulation of the light intensity associated with the portions of luminance patterns. The method can include predicting luminance patterns associated with multiple spectral power distributions. The method also can include distributing portions of the luminance patterns in one or more temporal fields. In some embodiments, distributing the portions of the luminance patterns can include interlacing those portions. Further, the method can include modulating light intensities of the luminance patterns to produce an age with other spectral power distributions. In some embodiments, the distribution of the luminance pattern portions can be substantially synchronous with modulating the light intensity of the luminance patterns. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092361 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Three colors of light-emitting elements ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120092362 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LIGHT INTENSITY IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method for testing the light intensity of the electronic device include setting a colorbar comprising a plurality of colors corresponding to different gray values. The testing method further includes read bitmap data of read image upon the condition that the read image is a gray image, and recording a pixel number corresponding to each gray value. The method further includes drawing a relationship curve between the plurality of gray values and corresponding pixel numbers and recoloring the gray image according to the plurality of colors in the colorbar corresponding to the gray values of each pixel in the gray image, and displaying the relationship curve and a recolored gray image on a display. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092363 | APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a flexible display to display an image; a bending measurement unit to measure a bending value of a portion of the flexible display; and a display control unit to correct an image based on the bending value and to control the flexible display to display the corrected image. In a method for displaying a corrected image, a bending value of a portion of a flexible display is measured, a bent shape of the flexible display is estimated using the bending value, an image is corrected based on the bent shape such that the image is viewed as a planar image of a virtual planar display arranged perpendicular to a viewing direction, and the corrected image is displayed. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092364 | PRESENTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELEMENTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL STEREO APPLICATIONS - Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices facilitate presenting two-dimensional elements over media content to provide three-dimensional effects of the two-dimensional elements relative to the media content. In embodiments, element attributes that indicate a position and/or a size of a two-dimensional element are referenced. Such element attributes are used, along with an eye distance and a visual depth, to calculate a modified position and/or modified size of the two-dimensional element. The two-dimensional element is overlaid relative to media content in accordance with the modified position and/or modified size of the two-dimensional object. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092365 | Map display system and method - Provided is a computer system and methods related to a map display. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map, the map illustrating one or more locations; determining a status associated with at least one of the one or more locations on the map, the status being a function of one or more location interaction rules associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map; and generating a signal related to indicating on the map the status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092366 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PROCEDURAL TEXTURE GENERATION MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatuses for scheduling and storing media creation are described. Methods and apparatuses for rendering a plurality of vector graphic objects on a display are also described. | 2012-04-19 |
20120092367 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM OF SYNTHESIZING IMAGES - A real world image captured by a real camera such as an outside right imaging unit | 2012-04-19 |
20120092368 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) INFORMATION - Provided are a server, a terminal, and a method of providing Augmented Reality (AR) using a mobile tag in the terminal which is accessible to the server through a wired/wireless communication network. The method includes writing content in response to a tag creation request to create a tag; setting location information of the tag; setting, if the tag is a mobile tag, the location information of the mobile tag to a variable state and setting movement information of the mobile tag; and transmitting information about the mobile tag including the content, the location information, and the movement setting information of the mobile tag to the server, and requesting the server to register the mobile tag. | 2012-04-19 |