22nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090135082 | ANTENNA CARRIER FOR SUPPORTING A RADIATOR AND DEVICE THEREOF - An antenna carrier includes a first carrier block and a second carrier block. A radiator of the antenna carrier includes a first radiation block and a second radiation block. The first carrier block is disposed at a position corresponding to the first radiation block of the radiator. The first carrier block is made of material having a first dielectric constant. The second carrier block is disposed at a position corresponding to the second radiation block of the radiator and is connected to the first carrier block. The second carrier block is made of material having a second dielectric constant. The second dielectric constant is different from the first dielectric constant. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135083 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR ANTENNA OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090135084 | Structure of dual symmetrical antennas - A structure of dual symmetrical antennas adopted on a broadband product to operate within 2.0 GHz˜5.8 GHz, comprises a PCB, two first trapezoid antennas symmetrically aligned with one of parallel sides thereof on a surface of a PCB, and two second trapezoid antennas symmetrically aligned with each other with one of parallel sides thereof on another surface of the PCB opposite to the first trapezoid antennas, wherein the first trapezoid antennas and the second trapezoid antennas simultaneously enable the broadband product to operate at both a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and the second frequency band overlaps a part of the first frequency band. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135085 | RHOMBIC SHAPED, MODULARLY EXPANDABLE PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA AND METHOD THEREFOR - A modularly expandable, phased array antenna having a rhombic shaped antenna aperture formed by a plurality of rhombic shaped subarrays. Each subarray has a rhombic shaped printed wiring board on which is formed a plurality of antenna elements, where the elements collectively form a rhombic shape in accordance with the printed wiring board. The rhombic shaped subarrays enable a modular aperture to be formed without producing any gaps between columns or rows of adjacently positioned subarrays. Thus, a uniform, consistent spacing is maintained between all the antenna elements on the subarrays. This improves antenna radiation and low observability performance for the antenna system, as well as reducing the overall size of the antenna aperture and its cost of construction. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135086 | RESOLUTION RADAR USING METAMATERIALS - A radar system includes at least one transmit array comprising a plurality of metamaterial elements. The radar system further includes at least one near-field stimulator for inputting electromagnetic signal to the transmit array so that a sub-wavelength target is illuminated with an electromagnetic wave. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135087 | Metamaterial Structures with Multilayer Metallization and Via - Techniques and apparatus based on metamaterial structures are provided for antenna and transmission line devices, including multilayer metallization metamaterial structures with one or more conductive vias connecting conductive parts in two different metallization layers. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135088 | Refractive boundary elements, devices, and materials - An optical device includes an interface between two or more media. The refractive indices, orientations of media, and alignment relative to a propagating wave define a refractive boundary at which reflections may be reduced or eliminated, and at which, for certain incident angles, rays may be refracted on the same side of the normal as the incident ray. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135089 | In-Vehicle Display Apparatus - The present invention provides an in-vehicle display apparatus including a switching button | 2009-05-28 |
20090135090 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3 DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus for processing a 3-dimensional (3D) are provided. The image apparatus includes a plurality of displays, an image processing unit which processes the 3D image by varying at least one of a resolution, clearness and position of the 3D image, and a control unit which controls the image processing unit to output the processed 3D image to at least one of the plurality of displays so that a 3-dimensional effect of the 3D image is varied. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135091 | Historic Information Presentation System - An information presentation system and process may create the impression in the mind of a person viewing a real scene that the real scene contains a feature that is not in the real scene at the time the real scene is being viewed by the person. The system may include a display configured to display visual images. The display may have a size that is viewable by a first eye of the person at close range without substantially blocking the view of the second eye of the person. The system may have a hooded magnifier that has an end coupled to the display and another end configured to rest against area around the first eye of the person without substantially blocking the view of the second eye of the person. The hooded magnifier may have an optical lens that is configured to comfortably allow the first eye of the person to focus on the images that are displayed by the display at close range and a hood that substantially blocks ambient light from reaching the first eye of the person when the other end of the magnifier is rested against the area around the first eye. The system may have an information storage system containing one or more images of at least a portion of the real scene with the feature in it. The system may have a processing system configured to read the one or more images from the information storage system and to cause the same to be delivered to the display. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135092 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An in-vehicle information display apparatus including a virtual image generator that projects a virtual image on a windshield of a vehicle. The virtual image generator projects the virtual image on a windshield in at least one of the following projection modes: a first projection mode and a second projection mode. In the first projection mode, the virtual image is projected on the windshield in such a way that the virtual image gradually becomes darker from bottom to top. In the second projection mode, the virtual image is projected on the windshield in such a way that the virtual image gradually becomes more lightly grayed from bottom to top. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135093 | EMERGENCY PROVISION WHEN USING A LARGE DISPLAY - The present embodiments relates to a large display for the representation of medical images. The large display comprises at least a first and a second zone which can be controlled and operated independently of each other. Furthermore, an image configuration is provided which describes the representation on the large display during normal operation. Also provided is an emergency image configuration which describes the representation in the second zone of the large display in the event of failure or fault of the representation in the first zone. In the event of a fault provision is made for switching over to an emergency operating mode in which the representation in the second zone is determined by the emergency configuration. The present embodiments have the advantage of providing protection against a failure of the large display, which failure would disrupt medical operation. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135094 | Plasma Display Device and Method of Driving the Same - A plasma display device capable of realizing an interlace drive in one line display and an interlace drive in two lines display by switching thereof without deteriorating display quality, is provided. The interlace drive in one line display and the interlace drive in two lines display are realized such that: the interlace drive in one line display is performed by applying a sustain pulse for even display lines or odd display lines within a plasma display panel in each frame; and the interlace drive in two lines display is performed by applying the sustain pulse while setting the even display lines and the odd display lines adjacent above and below as one set and writing an identical data thereto. In addition, the all-cell reset is performed once per unit time at the interlace drive in two lines display, and an increase of background luminance is prevented by suppressing the increase in the number of times of the all-cell reset in the two lines display. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135095 | Flat Display Device - Provided is a technology for improving heat dissipating performance in a mounting structure of a driver IC chip and a driver module in a flat display device. The plasma display device is provided with a panel (PDP) ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090135096 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel and a chassis base for supporting the plasma display panel, the chassis base having an edge. A printed circuit board assembly is on the chassis base, a flexible printed circuit electrically connects electrodes of the plasma display panel to the printed circuit board assembly and a driver integrated circuit is on the flexible printed circuit. A cover plate covers the flexible printed circuit and the driver integrated circuit and is mounted on the chassis base and a connector combines the edge of the chassis base to the cover plate to prevent relative movement between the chassis base and the cover plate. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135097 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DEVICE - The present invention relates to a plasma display panel device. In the plasma display panel device, a first electrode formed on an upper substrate of a plasma display panel is formed in a single layer, wherein the first electrode includes an electrode line and a protruding electrode extending from the electrode line, wherein the breadth of the lower end of the protruding electrode, located near the electrode line, is about 0.7 times to about 4.5 times the breadth of the upper end of the protruding electrode. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135098 | Plasma Display Panel and Driving Method Thereof - Disclosed is a PDP driving method having a misfiring erase period between reset and address periods. Large amounts of positive and negative charges are respectively formed on scan and sustain electrodes because of an unstable reset operation in the reset period. Because of the charges, discharging can occur between the scan and sustain electrodes in the sustain period even without addressing in the address period. In the misfiring erase period, a voltage is applied between the scan and sustain electrodes to generate discharging and respectively form negative and positive charges on the scan and sustain electrodes. An erase pulse is then applied to erase the negative and positive charges respectively formed on the scan and sustain electrodes. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135099 | Plasma display device and driving method thereof - A plasma display device and a driving method thereof includes a controller configured to receive an input image signal, to generate address, scan and sustain control signals, and to divide one frame into a plurality of sub-field. The controller checks sub-fields in which address power consumption exceeds a reference value among the plurality of sub-fields to generate a scan control signal of a scan mode such that the scan pulses are applied only odd-numbered scan electrodes or even-numbered scan electrodes among the scan electrodes with respect to the sub-fields in which the address power consumption exceeds the reference value, and to generate an address control signal of rearranging address data such that the address pluses are applied to the address electrodes in accordance with the scan mode of the scan electrodes. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135100 | Plasma display device and driving method thereof - A method of driving a frame of plasma display device having a first electrode, a second electrode, and an address electrode, the method including gradually decreasing a voltage of the second electrode from a second voltage to a third voltage and, while decreasing the voltage of the second electrode, supplying a vertical synchronization pulse and applying a first voltage to the first electrode, after the voltage of the second electrode reaches the third voltage, gradually increasing the voltage of the second electrode from a fifth voltage to a sixth voltage while a fourth voltage is applied to the first electrode, and, after the voltage of the second electrode reaches the sixth voltage, gradually decreasing the voltage of the second electrode from an eighth voltage to a ninth voltage while a seventh voltage is applied to the first electrode. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135101 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A shielding film is partially formed so as to shield light emission of a reset discharge, whereby it becomes possible to reduce a black luminance while keeping a display luminance by the reset discharge and a stability of driving. A plasma display panel includes a front-side substrate in which, by arranging a plurality of display electrodes in a predetermined direction, a discharge slit is formed between the display electrodes; and a back-side substrate in which a plurality of address electrodes are arranged in a direction to intersect with the display electrodes, the front-side substrate and the back-side substrate being disposed to face each other to allow intersecting portions between the display electrodes and the address electrodes to form cells, so that a reset discharge for an address preparation is generated with the discharge slit, and a sustain discharge for a display is generated in the addressed cells. A shielding film is disposed on a light-emission area by the reset discharge of the front-face substrate. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135102 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light emitting device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixels, with each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes an emission area, the emission area including a first electrode, a second electrode and an emitting layer. Scan, data, and power supply lines are provided to supply scan, data, and power signals to one or more corresponding sub-pixels. Additionally, a ratio of a distance between adjacent sub-pixels to a width of the power supply line lies in a predetermined range. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135103 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light emitting device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixels, with each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes an emission area that contains a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emitting layer. The emitting layer of at least one sub-pixel includes a phosphorescence material. In addition to these features, the device includes a scan line to provide a scan signal to a corresponding sub-pixel, a data line to supply data signal to a corresponding sub-pixel, and a power supply line configured to provide power to a corresponding sub-pixel. The resistance of the data line is lower than a resistance of the scan line. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135104 | Organic light emitting device - An organic light emitting device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes an emission area that has a first electrode, a second electrode and an emitting layer, with the emitting layer of at least one sub-pixel includes a phosphorescence material. In addition to these features, the device includes a scan line to provide scan signal to a corresponding sub-pixel, a data line configured to supply data signal to a corresponding sub-pixel, and a power supply line to provide power to a corresponding sub-pixel. The data line and power supply line have a single-layer structure, and a taper angle of each of the data line and the power supply line lies in a predetermined range. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135105 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light-emitting element comprises an auxiliary electrode provided on a substrate; an insulating layer provided on the auxiliary electrode; a first electrode supported by the insulating layer; a carrier injection layer made of an organic conductive material having carrier injecting property, and making contact with the first electrode; a light emission layer supported by the carrier injection layer; and a second electrode supported by the light emission layer, and a carrier dispersion layer having lower resistance than the carrier injection layer is provided between the carrier injection layer and the light emission layer. With this arrangement, a light-emitting element having good light emission characteristics in-a pixel is provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135106 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An organic light emitting display and a driving method for the same for preventing picture playback disruption during the playback of a moving picture. An organic light emitting display includes: a display region including a plurality of pixels for displaying an image; a frame memory for storing image signals of the image; a data driver for receiving the image signals to generate data signals; a scan driver for generating scan signals; and a controller for controlling the frame memory to store the image signals and to transfer the image signals stored in the frame memory to the data driver. The controller controls the frame memory to store the image signals for at least two horizontal synchronization periods before they are transferred to the data driver. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135107 | Organic light emitting display - A pixel circuit for an organic light emitting display is disclosed. The pixel uses both current and voltage driving methods. A voltage based on an input current and on an input voltage is stored, and current for an organic light emitting diode is generated based on the stored current. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135108 | Sample-and-Hold Display with Impulse Backlight - An apparatus includes a sample-and-hold display with a plurality of transmissive aperture holes, and an electroluminescent backlight source with a plurality of delimited emissive areas. A dedicated delimited emissive area is associated to each transmissive aperture hole of the sample-and-hold display. A display control component updates the sample-and-hold display with a predetermined refresh rate. A backlight control component activates different portions of the electroluminescent backlight source sequentially, each portion comprising a plurality of the emissive areas. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135109 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an organic EL element having a transparent conductive electrode and a cathode opposed to the transparent conductive electrode, the cathode includes a film of a rare earth element that can be sputtered. The film of the rare earth element having a low work function, for example, a LaB | 2009-05-28 |
20090135110 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A display apparatus includes: an image display unit including plural electro-optic elements and plural pixel drive circuits, which elements and circuits being arranged two-dimensionally in row and column directions; a first power supplying line for supplying first potential to the image display unit; plural data lines severally connected to columns of the image display unit for supplying data signals to the pixel circuits; plural scanning lines crossing the data lines; a data line drive circuit for driving the data lines; and a scanning line drive circuit for driving the scanning lines, wherein second potential is supplied to the scanning line drive circuit through a second power supplying line and the display apparatus is provided with elements severally for shifting potential of the scanning lines to first potential of the first electric power supplying line when the second potential is lower than the first potential. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135111 | Display apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a pixel array section including a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in a matrix and each including a driving transistor for producing driving current, a storage capacitor for storing information of a image signal amplitude, an electro-optical element connected to an output terminal side of the driving transistor, and a sampling transistor for writing information of the signal amplitude into the storage capacitor, the driving transistor being operable to produce driving current based on the information stored in the storage capacitor and supply the driving current to the electro-optical element to cause the electro-optical element to emit light; a driving signal fixing circuit for keeping the driving current fixed; and a light blocking layer provided on the light input side of a transistor which participates in the driving signal fixing function and for preventing appearance of leak current of the transistors arising from light irradiation. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135112 | Display apparatus and fabrication method and fabrication apparatus for the same - A display apparatus includes: a pixel array section including a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns and each including a driving transistor configured to produce driving current, a storage capacitor configured to store information in accordance with a signal amplitude of an image signal, an electro-optical element connected to an output terminal of the driving transistor, and a sampling transistor configured to write information in accordance with the signal amplitude into the storage capacitor, the driving transistor being operable to produce driving current based on the information stored in the storage capacitor and supply the driving current to the electro-optical element to cause the electro-optical element to emit light. The pixel circuit includes a pixel divided into a plurality of divisional pixels each of which independently includes the electro-optical element, the storage capacitor and the driving transistor. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135113 | Electro luminescent display panel and electronic apparatus - An EL display panel having a pixel structure corresponding to an active-matrix drive system, the EL display panel including a current supply line configured to be connected to a plurality of pixel circuits in common, line width of an intersection part of the current supply line with a signal line being smaller than line width of the other part of the current supply line. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135114 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY WITH INTERLEAVED 3T1C COMPENSATION - A method of compensating for changes in the characteristics of transistors and EL devices in an EL display, includes providing an EL display having a two-dimensional array of EL devices arranged in rows and columns, wherein each EL device is driven by a drive circuit in response to a drive signal; providing a first drive circuit for an EL device having three transistors and providing a second drive circuit for an EL device having only two transistors, and wherein a first column in the display includes at least one first drive circuit and an adjacent second column includes at least one second drive circuit; deriving a correction signal based on the characteristics of a transistor in a first drive circuit, or the EL device; and using the correction signal to adjust the drive signals applied to the first drive circuit and one or more adjacent second drive circuits. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135115 | Electronic Device - An electronic device is provided which can appropriately adjust the brightness of a display apparatus in accordance with the lightness of visible light by preventing UV-light from being incident upon an optical sensor. An electronic device having, in a housing, a display apparatus ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090135116 | GAMMA REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATING DEVICE AND GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATING DEVICE - A gamma reference voltage generating device and a gamma voltage generating device are provided herein. The gamma reference voltage generating device includes a reference voltage source and a selector. The reference voltage source has a first terminal and a second terminal respectively coupled to a first adjustable voltage and a second adjustable voltage for providing a plurality of reference voltages. The selector selectively outputs one of the reference voltages as a gamma reference voltage according to a selecting signal. By regulating the first and the second adjustable voltage, the range of the reference voltages provided by the reference voltage source can be adjusted so as to adjust the gamma reference voltage and the outputted voltage resolution. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135117 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - An array substrate of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method of manufacturing the array substrate area disclosed. An array substrate of an LCD device includes an insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a common electrode disposed at a pixel area, a pixel electrode overlapping with the common electrode, and a common line. The common line is connected to the common electrode and overlaps with a gap between the common electrode and the data line. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135118 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device having a pixel electrode in a shape of comb teeth, the pixel electrode including a plurality of comb tooth electrodes arranged in one direction, and having a reflective display section and a transmissive display section in each pixel, wherein the pixel electrode is formed such that width of the reflective display section is larger than width of the transmissive display section in a direction perpendicular to a direction of arrangement of the reflective display section and the transmissive display section, and the plurality of comb tooth electrodes are coupled to each other at only an end part. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135119 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A light emitting device and a display device using the light emitting device as a light source and including a panel assembly. The panel assembly has a gate lines for transferring gate signals, data lines for transferring data signals, and pixels at crossing regions of the gate lines and the data lines. The light emitting device provides a light source to the panel assembly. The light emitting device has a plurality of light emission pixels, and each light emission pixel corresponds to at least one of the pixels of the panel assembly. The display device has a brightness controller coupled to both the light emitting device and the panel assembly. The brightness controller generates and serializes light emission information signals for determining light emission levels of the light emission pixels and transmits the light emission information signals by differential signaling to the light emitting device. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135120 | COLOR FILTER INK, COLOR FILTER, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A color filter ink according to the first aspect is adapted to be used to manufacture a color filter by an inkjet method, the color filter ink comprising. The color filter ink includes a pigment, a solvent, a dispersing agent and a curable resin material. The dispersing agent includes an acid-value dispersing agent with a predetermined acid value and an amine-value dispersing agent with a predetermined amine value. The curable resin material includes a first polymer and a second polymer. The first polymer includes at least a first epoxy-containing vinyl monomer as a monomer component. The second polymer includes at least an alkoxysilyl-containing vinyl monomer represented by a prescribed chemical formula as a monomer component. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135121 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHOD OF A DISPLAY APPARATUS - A driving circuit includes a data driving circuit, including a plurality of driving circuit modules respectively corresponding to a plurality of channels; and a control unit, positioned in at least one circuit sub-module of each driving circuit module of the plurality of driving circuit module. When the control unit is enabled, the control unit controls the driving circuit modules output auxiliary display data having a predetermined gray value to drive the display apparatus. When the control unit is disabled, utilizing the driving circuit module to drive the display apparatus according to original display data. A related method of a display apparatus is also disclosed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135122 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND PRE-CHARGING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display and a pre-charging method thereof for pre-charging data lines using a ESD circuit to simplify a circuit configuration are provided. In the method, video lines receiving video signals are floated in a pre-charge interval of time. A pre-charge voltage is supplied to the video lines floated via a static electricity proof circuit connected to the video lines. The pre-charge voltage on the video line is pre-charged by a demultiplexer for making a time-divisional driving of the data lines in a video charge interval of time. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135123 | Method for Driving Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n−1) are outputted to pixels. When a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1≦m≦(n−2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m. Overdrive driving is performed with respect to a total of n types of gradation. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135124 | Liquid crystal display device - The liquid crystal display device | 2009-05-28 |
20090135125 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A LCD device adapted to reduce data lines and prevent the deterioration of picture quality characteristics. The LCD device includes: a substrate defined into a plurality of pixels; a plurality of data lines arranged in a first direction on the substrate to divide the pixels in twos; a plurality of gate lines arranged on the substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction; thin film transistors each disposed on the pixels to be electrically connected to the respective gate lines and data lines; pixel electrodes each disposed on the pixels, to be electrically connected to the respective thin film transistors; and compensation electrodes each overlapped with the pixel electrodes adjacent to the respective gate lines in the center of an insulation film, to reduce parasitic capacitances between the pixel electrodes and the gate lines. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135126 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - Provided are data lines, scanning lines crossing the data lines, and a switching element in vicinity of each intersection of the data lines and the scanning lines, the data lines being connected via the switching elements with pixel electrodes arranged in matrix. Direct-type backlights arranged in parallel with the scanning lines are provided, and a backlight turning-ON drive circuit for turning the direct-type backlights in order at a predetermined frequency in sync with a scanning signal is provided. In at least one embodiment, the backlight turning-ON drive circuit includes a controller for controlling the direct-type backlights to turn ON in order in sync with the scanning signal in such a manner that the direct-type backlights are turned ON discretely over frames being continuous based on a vertical sync signal. In at least one embodiment, this provides a liquid crystal display device, which adopts scanning-type backlights and in which the pseudo contour and the flickering can be prevented with a driving clock of 60 Hz, which is generally adopted in liquid crystal display devices. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135127 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device including: a panel assembly including a plurality of gate lines for transmitting a plurality of gate signals and a plurality of data lines for transmitting a plurality of data signals; a backlight unit including a plurality of scan lines for transmitting a plurality of scan signals and a plurality of column lines for transmitting a plurality of light-emitting data signals; and a signal controller configured to receive a vertical synchronization signal and to control a timing of the plurality of scan signals transmitted to the plurality of scan lines using the vertical synchronization signal. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135128 | BACKLIGHT UNIT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a backlight unit assembly is provided with a lamp and a light emitting diode (LED) periodically turned on and off, and a liquid crystal display having the backlight unit assembly. A light source is configured with both the lamp and the LED, and the LED is periodically turned on and off by applying a start signal, which are capable of removing image sticking on a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. This feature may reduce power consumption and increase contrast ratio. The backlight unit assembly and the LCD are capable of adjusting a chromaticity coordinate of the light source to a reference chromaticity coordinate. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135129 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-COLOR SEQUENTIAL LCD PANEL - A sequential color LCD device for displaying a color image using at least four different primary colors, with back illumination system comprising of at least three color LEDs. The device is capable of activating at least two color LEDs simultaneously, thus obtaining additional display colors. A method is disclosed for displaying more than three colors using an LCD device having three color LEDs, in which the LED back illumination system sequentially illuminates the LC array with only a first single LED color, a simultaneous operation of first and second LED colors, and then only the second LED color. The device may drive the LC cells from a first color data value directly to a subsequent color data value directly, without driving the LC cell to zero transmittance prior to loading of the subsequent color data value. The device may correct for color phase shift and for the dependency of apparent color intensity. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135130 | ELECTROPHORETIC SHEET, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an electrophoretic sheet includes forming a first adhesive layer on a first release sheet, forming a second adhesive layer on a second release sheet, forming an electrophoretic layer on one side of the first adhesive layer, and coupling the electrophoretic layer to the second adhesive layer. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135131 | DISPLAY - A display including a first substrate, a first electrode, a second substrate, a second electrode, and a mixed solution is provided. The first electrode is disposed on the first substrate, and the second electrode is disposed on the second substrate. In addition, the mixed solution is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Moreover, the mixed solution includes a solution and a plurality of first neutral micro-particles disposed in the solution. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135132 | Electronic display system to show large size visual content on a small size display device - A portable display system for an electronic device is invented, which consists of a portable display and a pair of eye glasses. The size of the display is small for easy carrying, for example, the display can fit in to a hand. The resolution of the display is changeable, for example, it can be lower than one hundred by one hundred for normal cell phone usage. It can be as high as thousands by thousands to show HDTV, movie, and web browsing. When the display is in its low resolution mode, naked eyes can see the display content without problem. When the display is in its high resolution mode, the pair of glasses, which enlarges the display content a few times, is needed. There may be, depending of application, multiple resolution modes between the lowest and the highest. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135133 | 3D Motion Control System and Method - There is disclosed a control system which may included a seat having a pelvis angle sensor to provide positional information indicative of an operator's pelvis angle in a frontal plane. The positional information provided by the pelvis angle sensor may be used to control, at least in part, a device. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135134 | EDUCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE USER INTERFACE - An education method and system including a user interface. The user interface may illustrate a portion of the human anatomy that may be viewed in three dimensions. The user interface and method may also provide for selecting training modules, inputting student names, access codes, and tracking pre- and/or post-training student knowledge via quizzes and tests, receive curriculum concurrence from school or government administrators, receive permission from parents or guardians to the actual training and/or provide general visiting users with a holistic overview of the user interface and method of providing the education. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135135 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a recording means for storing a plurality of images in groups; a display means for displaying images stored in the recording means; a detecting means for detecting a part of a human body or an object in a predetermined form; and a display switching means for switching images to be displayed on the display means in accordance with a form of a part of a human body or a form of an object detected by the detecting means. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135136 | Magnetic Re-Centering Mechanism for a Capacitive Input Device - Various embodiments provide an enhanced mobile computing experience by providing an input device in a mobile electronic device that is configured to accurately and quickly re-center a button or other user interface while providing a sensation of enhanced tactile feedback to a user. The biasing force of a magnetic re-centering mechanism is employed to overcome frictional forces acting on the button during its travel forwards and backwards and tilting to insure that the button is returned quickly and accurately to a resting position. The magnetic re-centering mechanism has a low profile, and permits the input device and the mobile electronic device within which the input device is disposed to have small form factors. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135137 | Data Input Method - The inventive method relates to information input means and can be used for inputting a wide data spectrum by using a handler. The invention makes it possible to increase the number of the handler displacement modes which are determined for ensuring a data input and correspond to the variants of the inputted information contents. The result is attained by repeatedly carrying out steps consisting in establishment of parameters values origin, in determining the parameter values, in comparing the values with sets of condition for choice of spatial domains from the set thereof comprising at least one condition of belonging of the parameter values corresponding to the handler displacements to the given spatial domain, in recording the sequence of the spatial domain selections, in comparing the record with the determined set of the sequences of the choice of spatial domains and in inputting data linked to the coincident sequence from the set of the data. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135138 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON AND INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device comprises a display screen and a pointing device for inputting corresponding 2-dimensional coordinates on the display screen. A 3-dimensional space is displayed on the display screen and the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device are detected. Next, shift amounts, per unit of time, of the detected 2-dimensional coordinates are calculated based on a predetermined calculation start condition. And the calculated shift amounts are converted to 3-dimensional coordinate shift amounts in the 3-dimensional space. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135139 | INTEGRATED INPUT AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A MOBILE COMPUTER - A device and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the device comprises a primary display unit, a base unit coupled to the primary display unit, and a touch-sensitive secondary display unit, coupled to the base unit, operable to receive input from a user and display information for the user. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135140 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCURATE LIFT-DETECTION OF AN INPUT DEVICE - Various systems and methods are employed for lift-detection. Beam triangulation can be used, and in one embodiment, an optical lift detection module is separate from the optical tracking module. In one embodiment, a capacitive lift detection technique is used. A capacitor is built into the bottom case of the mouse. When the mouse is resting on a surface, the surface material serves as a dielectric for the capacitor, while air serves as the dielectric when the mouse is lifted. This dielectric change leads to a change in the capacitance value, leading to detection of lift. In one embodiment, a capacitor with an easily compressable material inserted between the two electrodes is used. In another embodiment, a mechanical plunger with an elastic membrane is used for lift detection. Lift detection can be tunable and/or customizable. The actual height of the life can be detected, rather than simple on-off notifications. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135141 | Mouse with in-the-air positioning function and computer device using the same - A mouse with coordinate and suspension positioning functions, which receives a directional light produced by an external illuminator. A second image sensor receives and converts the directional light into an electrical signal, and accordingly produces a directional image corresponding to the directional light. A second memory stores the directional image. When an image captured by a first image sensor cannot be focused, a processor enables the second image sensor and the second memory in order to analyze the directional image and obtain a rotating angle of the directional light for further fulfilling a coordinate positioning. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135142 | DATA ENTRY DEVICE AND METHOD - A method of entering data into an electronic device ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090135143 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A character input method and an electronic device. According to the character input method, if a plurality of characters are input together by a user substantially simultaneously, the electronic device may recognize that the user desires to input a character other than the plurality of characters. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of keys required to input characters, so an electronic device requiring character keys can be greatly reduced in size. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135144 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INPUT MODULE THEREOF - An input module for an electronic device includes a key and a touch sensing unit. The touch sensing unit includes a substrate, a sensing circuit, and a conductive member protruding from the substrate. The conductive member has a connection portion and a sensing portion. The connection portion is electronically connected to the sensing circuit, and the sensing portion is movable with respect to the substrate and connected to the key for detecting a contact on the key. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135145 | TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a base and a touch screen display connected to the base and movable relative thereto. The touch screen display includes a display device and a touch-sensitive input surface overlying the display device. The electronic device includes a feedback mechanism including a switch moveable relative to the base for actuating in response to application of a force to the touch-sensitive input surface causing movement of the touch screen display. Operational components are connected to the touch screen display for operation of the electronic device. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135146 | Touch screen with resistive electrode - A touch screen includes a resistive layer made from conductive ink and overlying at least a portion of a substrate. The resistive layer has a sheet resistance of 1,000-5,000 Ω/ | 2009-05-28 |
20090135147 | INPUT METHOD AND CONTENT DISPLAYING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - In an input method and an input system for an electronic device, an electronic device having input functionality and content displaying functionality, and a content displaying method and a displaying system for an electronic device, the electronic device is provided with a sensing screen, and the input method includes the following steps: displaying a plurality of virtual keys; receiving an input signal; displaying a corresponding enlarged virtual key on the sensing screen; and detecting whether there is an input of a confirm input signal, and outputting a virtual key code corresponding to the confirm input signal if affirmative. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135148 | PROXIMITY SENSING BY ACTIVELY DRIVING INTERESTED OBJECTS - A touchpad that includes the ability to send a signal along an electrode to a user, wherein the user is then visible to the touchpad without having to touch the surface of the touchpad, and wherein different signals can be transmitted simultaneously to different users so that the different users are simultaneously visible and distinguishable to the proximity sensitive touchpad. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135149 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH COORDINATE INPUT UNIT - A display apparatus includes a touch panel provided overlapped on a display screen, a touch pen allowing switching of degree of smoothness of a pen tip portion in a plurality of levels and a controller causing, when the tip end of the touch pen touches the touch panel, a prescribed object image to be displayed on a position corresponding to the touched position. The controller includes a display manner selecting unit for selecting a manner of displaying the object image in accordance with the degree of smoothness of the tip end portion of the touch pen, and a display controller for displaying the object in the display manner selected by the display manner selecting unit at the position corresponding to the touched position. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135150 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE SHEET MEMBER, INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch-sensitive sheet member contains a first raw material member having predetermined hardness and a second raw material member that presents sense of touch. The second raw material member is disposed in the first raw material member. The second raw material member has hardness different from the hardness of the first raw material member. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135151 | HIGH TRANSMITTANCE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes: a transparent substrate; and a transparent multi-layered structure disposed on the substrate and including transparent inner and outer anti-reflection layers and a transparent touch control layer that is sandwiched between the inner and outer anti-reflection layers and that is made from an electrically conductive material. The inner anti-reflection layer has an anti-reflection film. At least one of the outer anti-reflection layer and the anti-reflection film has an optical thickness sufficient for generating destructive interference among reflections from the substrate, the outer anti-reflection layer, the anti-reflection film, and the touch control layer. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135152 | Gesture detection on a touchpad - A gesture detection on a touchpad includes detecting whether any object touches on the touchpad, and if any object is detected on the touchpad, further detecting whether more object touches on the touchpad, by which it may determine a gesture function to start a default function, such as drag an object, scroll a scrollbar, open a file, or zoom in a picture. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135153 | Display system, display device, and program - A display system having an input device that communicates with a display device. The input device being able to: detect a track of points of contact between the input device and the display surface; write the track data to a memory; and send the track data to the display device. The display device being able to: detect positions on the display surface contacted by the input device and generate a line formed by the detected positions; toggle between a position detection mode to a position non-detection mode; instruct the input device to detect the track it is in the position non-detection mode; request the track data from the input device when it toggles to the position detection mode; synthesize the track data from the input device and the drawing data to generate image data; and display the generated image data. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135154 | Handheld device and operating method thereof - The invention provides a handheld device comprising an electronic paper, a control module and a touch module. When the handheld device is under a first input mode, the control module controls the electronic paper to show a first input image. Additionally, when the handheld device is under a second input mode, the control module controls the electronic paper to show a second input image. The touch module positioned beneath the electronic paper is used to sense a touch pressure acted on the electronic paper, so as to generate an input signal to manipulate the handheld device. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135155 | Panel switch device - A panel switch device for use in a load control system, which includes the panel switch device serving to monitor a pressing operation of icons of loads having individual addresses allocated thereto and output to a signal line a transmission signal including operation information and address information obtained by the pressing operation of the icons of the loads, the control device serving to control each of the loads corresponding to the address information if the address information coincides with the address of each of the loads. The panel switch device includes a frame, a touch panel display unit for displaying setting items of the loads to be controlled and an output unit provided on a rear surface side of the display unit for outputting a setting content inputted through the display unit. The control device controls the loads based on the setting content outputted from the output unit. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135156 | TOUCH SENSOR FOR A DISPLAY SCREEN OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch sensor for mounting over a display screen of an electronic device is provided. The touch sensor includes: an elongate input pad formed in a layer of transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, the input pad tapering from a broad end to a narrow end to provide an input pad capacitance that varies with location of a touch over the input pad; and, a contact for coupling the input pad to a processor. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135157 | Capacitive Sensing Input Device with Reduced Sensitivity to Humidity and Condensation - A capacitive sensing input device particularly well adapted for use in electronic devices such as portable computers, PDA's, cell phones, MP3 players and the like is disclosed that has reduced sensitivity to humidity and condensation. One or more fixed potential or ground conductors are placed between a sense electrode and a drive electrode. The fixed potential or ground conductors are configured in respect of the sense and drive electrodes to intercept or block undesired electrical fields or signals resulting from condensation or humidity. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135158 | Touch Screen Apparatus - There is provided a touch screen apparatus capable of detecting the presence a touch action and a position in a touch region depending on a change in electrical energy of one node of a touch sensor. A touch screen apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels for displaying images and a plurality of touch sensors. Each of the plurality of touch sensors includes a first node being provided an electrical energy; a sensor capacitor for changing the electric potential energy of the first node depending on presence a touch action; a first switch for providing a sensing signal to the touch line controlled by the electrical energy of the first node; and a second switch for providing the electrical energy to the first node. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135159 | TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY - A touch panel assembly includes: a transparent front cover adapted to cover a screen of a display; and a touch control unit including a transparent multi-layered structure deposited on the transparent front cover. The multi-layered structure defines a plurality of transparent sensor areas, each of which is operable to sense an object when the object touches or closely approaches a location on the transparent front cover that corresponds to the respective one of the sensor areas. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135160 | CAPACITIVE TYPE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive type touch panel includes: a transparent substrate; and a transparent touch control unit disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of spaced apart transparent key pads that are made from a transparent electrically conductive material, and a transparent electrically conductive reference potential member that is associated operatively and electrically with the transparent key pads to generate a charge distribution between two adjacent ones of the transparent key pads, thereby forming virtual key pads among the transparent key pads. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135161 | Panel-type input device and electronic apparatus having the same - A panel-type input device including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and an intermediate layer fixing the first electrode plate to the second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive coat on the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive coat on the second substrate, the second conductive coat being formed by using a conducting polymer. The intermediate layer is provided along outer edges of mutually opposed first and second conductive coats and ensures a spacing distance therebetween. The first and second electrode plates have a frame area including a region in which the intermediate layer is provided, and an input-permissible area surrounded by the frame area. When the panel-type input device is attached to an object with the first electrode plate being laid on the object, the second electrode plate is disposed in such a manner that an outer peripheral portion of the input-permissible area, adjoining the frame area, is exposed so as to permit an input operation. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135162 | System and Method For Detecting the Location, Size and Shape of Multiple Objects That Interact With a Touch Screen Display - A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for detecting the location, size and shape of an object, or multiple objects, placed on a plane within the touch sensor boundaries of a touch screen ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090135163 | System For Digitizing Freehand Graphics On A Printed Surface - A system for digitizing a freehand graphic. The system comprises: a base including a surface; a position-coding pattern printed on the surface and detectable by an optical sensor; a first area of the surface; and a second area of the surface. The system further comprises a drawing device including an optical sensor for detecting a position in the position-coding pattern; and a transmitter for transmitting interaction data to a processor. The interaction data identifies the detected position. The processor is adapted to determine if the detected position is in the first area or the second area. If the detected position is in the first area of the surface, then the processor interprets the position as a point in the freehand graphic. If the detected position is in the second area of the surface, then the processor interprets the position as a selection of a property for the freehand graphic. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135164 | POINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK, AND HAPTIC INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a pointing apparatus capable of providing haptic feedback, and a haptic interaction system and method using the same. The pointing apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, a controller, and a haptic stimulator. The wireless communication unit receives an event including haptic output information through wireless communication with the outside. The controller generates a control signal for reproducing a haptic pattern corresponding to the haptic output information. The haptic stimulator reproduces the haptic pattern by means of the control signal. Thus, it is possible to increase the performance and usability of a user interface of a user terminal including a touch screen. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135165 | CURRENT DRIVER DEVICE - The present invention provides a current-driven driver device capable of current writing at high speed even when a parasitic capacitance exists in a circuit to be driven. Each of current driver circuits includes a first current source for supplying a data current of a current value corresponding to a data signal, and a second current source including a differentiation circuit generating a differential value of a voltage applied to each data line and for supplying a boost current of a current value corresponding to the differential value to the data line. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135166 | Display apparatus and fabrication method and fabrication apparatus for the same - A pixel array section includes a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in a matrix and each including a driving transistor, a storage capacitor, an electro-optical element, and a sampling transistor. Each pixel circuit includes a pixel divided into a plurality of divisional pixels for each of which an electro-optical element is provided, and a test transistor provided between the driving transistor and the electro-optical elements for carrying out on/off operations for specifying whether or not the electro-optical element is a dark spot element so that the electro-optical element of the dark spot can be specified. The number of the test transistors is smaller than the number of the divisional elements of the original one pixel. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135167 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display device including a first light sensor unit configured to include a light-receiving element and detect intensity of ambient light to a display area; a second light sensor unit configured to include a light-receiving element and be provided with an infrared filter disposed on an optical path to the light-receiving element; and a signal processor configured to execute difference processing for a detection signal of the first light sensor unit and a detection signal of the second light sensor unit, wherein the infrared filter is formed by stacking at least two kinds of color filters. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135168 | CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND CELLULAR PHONE - A light-emitting element driving circuit is installed on a second substrate, which is connected via a signal line to a first substrate, on which is mounted a CPU configured to generate an LED drive control signal. The light-emitting element driving circuit includes a pulse generation unit configured to start and stop an operation based on the LED drive control signal and output an LED drive signal when the pulse generation unit is in an active state, an LED oscillator configured to supply a reference pulse signal to the pulse generation unit, and an LED driver unit configured to cause a light-emitting element to perform a flickering operation based on the LED drive signal. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135169 | Driver for displaying display data and display device using the driver - A driver includes a plurality of output portions; and an output switching control portion. The plurality of output portions is synchronized with a shift pulse signal. The shift pulse signal indicates one specification shift pulse signal among a plurality of specification shift pulse signals. The plurality of specification shift pulse signals indicates a plurality of output numbers which are different from each other based on respective specifications of the plurality of specification shift pulse signals. The one specification shift pulse signal indicates a setting output number as one output number among the plurality of output numbers. The output switching control portion selects a group of output portions corresponding to the setting output number among the plurality of output portions based on the one specification shift pulse signal. The group of output portions loads display data in synchronization with the shift pulse signal, and outputs output grayscale voltages corresponding to the display data to a display portion. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135170 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of driving at low power consumption is provided. In a display device ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090135171 | VOLTAGE GENERATING SYSTEM - A voltage generating system applied to a display driving apparatus is disclosed, which is capable of changing a time point at which a signal of a pixel electrode and a signal of a common electrode perform polarity inversion, so as to adjust the frequency of an AC common voltage dynamically. Therefore, the noise frequency caused by the transition of the AC common voltage is dispersed, and the energy of audio-frequency noises and high-frequency noises is reduced. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135172 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA-DISPLAY-PANEL DRIVING METHOD - In a plasma-display-panel driving method, a field period is divided into a plurality of sub fields, each of which has an address period for allowing discharge cells to selectively generate an address discharge and a sustain period for allowing the discharge cells having generated the address discharge to generate a sustain discharge by a number of times corresponding to a brightness weight. In the sustain period, a period for setting display electrode pairs to the base potential is disposed between the sustain pulse for causing the final sustain discharge in the sustain period and the previous sustain pulse. In a time interval corresponding to the lighting ratio of the discharge cells in the sub field after applying to the display electrode pairs a voltage for generating the final sustain discharge, a voltage for reducing the potential difference between electrodes of the display electrode pairs is applied to the display electrode pairs. Accordingly, it is possible to generate a stable address discharge and thus to reduce a crosstalk without increasing the voltage for generating the address discharge. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135173 | Liquid crystal display and method of driving liquid crystal display - In a liquid crystal display that generates a drive voltage based on input image data corresponding to an image, and applies the drive voltage to a liquid crystal pixel, thereby displaying the image, a plurality of sub-frame data for displaying a plurality of sub-frames are generated. On this occasion, a sub-frame data generation section varies a gray-scale value of the sub-frame data so that luminance values of the sub-frame data are different from each other. Thus, the view angle characteristic can be improved, and the display quality can also be improved. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135174 | Display apparatus, driving method for display apparatus and electronic apparatus - The present invention provides a display apparatus, includes: a pixel array section; and a driving section; the pixel array section including a plurality of scanning lines extending along the direction of a row, a plurality of signal lines extending along the direction of a column, and a plurality of pixels disposed in rows and columns at places at which the scanning lines and the signal lines intersect with each other. The driving section including a write scanner and a signal selector. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135175 | VISUALIZATION OF A RENDERED MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATASET - A method of visualization of a multi-dimensional dataset of data-elements involves rendering process in which a display-value and an opacity value are assigned to individual data-elements. The display-values are determined on the basis of a histogram of the data-values of the multi-dimensional dataset. The histogram being is displayed in combination with a separate distribution of display-values. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135176 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING PERSONALIZED MEDIA CONTENT HAVING MULTIPLE CONTENT LAYERS - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating personalized media content having multiple content layers in “one-click” fashion by selecting a background media template or by using an end-user media composition tool to create or modify a template. For example, the personalized media content can include at least two separate layers, the data of each being stored independently of one another. The two layers may include a background layer including at least one background character and an intermediate layer including an individualized three-dimensional (3D) head model, alignment information, and lighting information. The personalized media content can be displayed by overlaying the background layer using the alignment intermediate layer using the alignment information and the lighting information. In certain examples, template data associated with the background media is created and subsequently used on multiple occasions in generating personalized media content with various 3D head models. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOICE PERSONALIZATION OF VIDEO CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for performing voice personalization of video content. The personalized media content may include a composition of a background scene having a character, head model data representing an individualized three-dimensional (3D) head model of a user, audio data simulating the user's voice, and a viseme track containing instructions for causing the individualized 3D head model to lip sync the words contained in the audio data. The audio data simulating the user's voice can be generated using a voice transformation process. In certain examples, the audio data is based on a text input or selected by the user (e.g., via a telephone or computer) or a textual dialogue of a background character. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135178 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING VIRTUAL SPACE - A system, method and computer program product for constructing virtual space. The system includes an image processing unit for processing images, a data receiving unit for receiving data over a network, an image acquisition unit for obtaining image information from an image database, a control unit for obtaining the image information, and a display unit for displaying the images rendered. The method and computer program product for processing images include the steps of receiving data over a network, acquiring image information from an image database, obtaining the image information and displaying the images rendered. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135179 | METHOD OF CODING AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ON A SCREEN A DIGITAL MOCK-UP OF AN OBJECT IN THE FORM OF A SYNTHESIS IMAGE - method of coding, in the form of a digital file of a three-dimensional synthesis image, a model of an object formed by a stream of image elements (FEI) in which elementary images which are subsets of image elements {EI | 2009-05-28 |
20090135180 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VOLUME RENDERING ON MULTIPLE GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS (GPUs) - A method for volume rendering a volumetric dataset with multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) coupled to a computer system, comprises building a block hierarchical structure of blocks for the volumetric dataset, the block hierarchy comprising a block sequence; partitioning the block sequence into a plurality of groups; determining a target work load for each GPU; allocating each group of the plurality to a respective GPU in accordance with the target load; rendering respective intermediate images by the respective GPUs; and compositing for a final image by blending the respective intermediate images. | 2009-05-28 |
20090135181 | METHOD FOR UNIFORMIZING SURFACE NORMALS OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A method for uniformizing surface normals of a three-dimensional model is provided. The method uniformizes the surface normals to surfaces in the three-dimensional model by determining intersection surfaces of each of the surfaces, and determining surfaces whose surface normals are to be reversed according to the intersection surfaces of each of the surfaces. The method may make surface normals consistent. | 2009-05-28 |