24th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110141016 | MOUSE FOR MEASURING CONSISTENCY OF BLOOD OXYGEN - A mouse for measuring consistency of blood oxygen includes a mouse case, on which two transmitters, a transmitting circuit, a receiver, a receiving feedback circuit, a filtrate amplifying circuit, and a calculating unit are disposed. The transmitting circuit serves to control the transmitters to alternately radiate a red glow and an infrared light to the receiver. The receiving feedback circuit applies to convert them into an electrical signal, and the filtrate amplifying circuit obviates any promiscuous frequency existing in the electrical signal and amplifies the electrical signal. The calculating unit accordingly computes the signal to obtain the value of consistency of blood oxygen, which would thence be outputted from a communication interface for informing users about the consistency of blood oxygen, so as to prevent the discomfort suffered by the occurrence of oxygen deficiency in blood. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141017 | Waterproof mouse - A waterproof mouse includes a casing assembly, a circuit board, two touch switches, and a capacitive touch panel. The casing assembly has a base and a cover that are assembled with each other. A soft ring is assembled between the base and the cover. An outer cover with an opening covers on the cover, forms two elastic pressing portions and provides two protruding posts penetrating the cover into the base. The circuit board is provided in the base. The touch switches are coupled to the circuit board respectively and correspond to the two protruding posts of the outer cover. The capacitive touch panel, coupled to the circuit board, is assembled with the cover and located in the opening of the outer cover. With the above structure, the liquid penetrated into the mouse can be prevented. Further, in virtue of the capacitive touch panel, the mouse has a unique practicability. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141018 | COMPUTER MOUSE - A computer mouse includes an upper shell, and a first button pivotably mounted to a side of the upper shell. The first button is operable of pivoting inwards relative to the shell to activate the function of a first key of a keyboard. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141019 | INPUT DEVICE MULTI-DIRECTION CONTROL PROCESSING METHOD - Used in an input device having a housing thereof sensor modules and a circuit substrate carrying a control module, a touch panel, a displacement sensor module, a transmission module and a power supply module to control a computer comprising a driver software, an input device multi-direction control processing method is to detect the location of the presence of an external object on the surface of the housing of the input device by the sensor modules so that the sensor modules provide location signals to the control module upon the presence of an external object at the surface of the housing, for enabling the control module to store the location signals and to further transmit the location signals and displacement coordinate signals received from the displacement sensor module to the driver software of the computer for calculating a new coordinate system and translating the new coordinate system into a track signal for cursor control. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141020 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE - A pointing device includes a light source which is detected to determine the motion of the pointing device. The pointing device further includes a sensor which is adapted to detect light from the light source in one type of operation to thereby determine the motion and which is adapted to detect ambient light in a second type of operation. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141021 | HIGH PRECISION OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE - A handheld optical navigation device may include a first radiation source configured to produce a first beam of radiation onto a surface below the device, a first sensor configured to receive a first image based upon reflected radiation from the surface below the device, and to identify movement of the device based upon the first image for providing a first control action, and a second sensor configured to receive a second image based upon reflected radiation from an object different from the surface below the device, and to identify movement of the object based upon the second image for providing a second control action. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141022 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TRACKING MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO A SURFACE - In an embodiment, a method of tracking movement relative to a surface involves comparing at least some data elements of a first array with at least some of data elements of a second array if it is determined, from an examination of the first array of data elements, that a characteristic condition does not exist in the first array of data elements, wherein the characteristic condition is related to the uniformity of at least a majority of the data elements of the first array. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141023 | INTRODUCED DISPOSITION IN OPTICAL MOUSE, WITH VOICE CAPTURE, TO SEND IN AUDIO FILES - The introduced disposition in optical mouse, with voice capture to send as audio file (FIGS. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141024 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes: a light-transmissive actuator having a dome-like shape; a conductive coating layer formed to be light-transmissive and formed at an inner side of the actuator; a light-transmissive base including a first light-transmissive electrode pattern and a second light-transmissive electrode pattern formed thereon, the first light-transmissive electrode pattern being configured to contact with the edge of the actuator, and the second light-transmissive electrode pattern being configured to contact with the central portion of the actuator when the actuator is pressed; and a display unit disposed under the light-transmissive base and configured such that visual information is seen thereon through the actuator, the coated layer and the base. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141025 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MOBILE DEVICE AND TOUCH-CONTROLLED MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention discloses a method for operating a mobile device. The mobile device includes a keyboard and a display module. The keyboard includes a touch sensor and a control module connected to the touch sensor and the display module. The display module is used for displaying a round display area. The round display area has predetermined icons disposed in a circular arrangement in the round display area. The method comprises the steps of: touching the keyboard to perform a slide on the keyboard; the touch sensor detecting the slide on the keyboard for generating movement information according to the slide; and the control module enabling selecting one of the icons in the round display area according to the movement information. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141026 | MULTICONTACT TOUCH-SENSITIVE SENSOR INCLUDING VARIABLE-SIZE AND VARIABLE-IMPEDANCE SPACING MEANS - A multi-contact tactile sensor including an elastically deformable interaction layer and a supporting layer, a lower surface of the interaction layer including an array of strip conductors and an upper surface of the supporting layer including an array of strip conductors that are not parallel to the array of strip conductors on the interaction layer. The interaction layer and the supporting layer are separated by a first series of rigid insulating spacers. A second series of conducting spacers is in contact with at least one of the two arrays of strip conductors. The impedance and dimensions of the spacers of the second series are determined to prevent contact at rest and enable local contact during deformation of the interaction layer between the spacers of the second series and the array of strip conductors of the layer opposite the spacers. A controller can control one such sensor, a multi-contact tactile screen can include one such sensor, and a keyboard including a set of discrete keys can be formed by one such sensor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141027 | DATA ENTRY SYSTEM - A data entry system including a plurality of first keys, a plurality of second keys, a display and a processor adapted to interpret a first type of user interaction with the first keys as entrance of one or more characters and to interpret a second type of interaction with the first keys as mode signals which change the meanings of at least three of the second keys. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141028 | SEAMLESS BUTTON ARRAY PANELS FOR HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A button array panel for a handheld communication device. The button array panel can include buttons and a continuous and seamless layer covering each button. Each button has an associated function and full recovery. A substrate layer can also be provided and can be interposed between the buttons and continuous and seamless layer. The button array panel can be a side button array panel or a keypad button array panel. The button array panel can prevent material, such as dust or liquid, from penetrating the handheld communication device. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141029 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUT OF IDEOGRAPHIC KOREAN SYLLABLES FROM REDUCED KEYBOARD - A method for input of text symbols into an electronic device having a reduced keyboard is disclosed. The reduced keyboard has keys representing a plurality of characters. The method comprises receiving character inputs from the reduced keyboard. The method also comprises identifying symbol variants based on the received character inputs. The method further comprises displaying a list of symbol variants. The method further comprises receiving a symbol selected from the list of symbol variants. The symbol is a syllable in a first language. The method further comprises identifying syllable variants in a second language corresponding to the syllable in the first language. The method further comprises receiving an input syllable selected from the syllable variants in the second language. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141030 | Touch Control Apparatus and Touch Point Detection Method - A touch control apparatus, having a touch pad receiving contact from at least one object is provided. Four edges form a rectangle that encircles the touch pad. All the edges are surfaced with geometric textures. A first camera is deposited on a corner of the first edge and the fourth edge of the rectangle, having a field of view sufficient to collect a first image including the second edge and third edge of the rectangle. A second camera is deposited on a corner of the second edge and the fourth edge of the rectangle, having a field of view sufficient to collect a second image including the first edge and third edge of the rectangle. A calculation unit performs a characteristic extraction process on the geometric textures of the first and second images to determine whether an object has touched the touch pad, and if so, coordinates thereof are determined. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141031 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Management and Manipulation of User Interface Elements - Context-sensitive, automated use of a magnification loupe is disclosed to facilitate management and manipulation of user interface content and small user interface elements via gestures on a touch-sensitive surface. In one embodiment, a magnifying loupe is displayed based on the context associated with a finger-based gesture on a touch-sensitive surface. For example, a magnification loupe is displayed when one or more user interface elements corresponding to the location of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface is smaller than a predefined size threshold, but the loupe is not displayed when the user interface elements corresponding to the location of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface are larger than the predefined size threshold. In another embodiment, the magnification power of the loupe varies based on the size of the one or more user interface elements corresponding to the location of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141032 | Electro-optic display and related driving method thereof - The present invention discloses an electro-phoretic display. The electro-phoretic display includes an electro-phoretic panel, a touch sensing module, for sensing a touch position, a column driver, a row driver, for selecting a row to be driven; and a controller, for determining an updating position according to the touch position; wherein, the column driver provides a data signal according to the updating position and the row driver provides a selecting signal according to the updating position such that a pixel corresponding to the updating position is updated. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141033 | Mulit-point touch screen and touch detection method - A multi-point touch screen suitable for a mobile apparatus is disclosed, which can output accurate touch images of a touch region by scanning, line by line, the touch region via an induction region positioned below the touch region. A method for detecting the occurrence of touch is characterized in that variations of rays are detected to determine the occurrence of touch, such variations are caused by the fact that media propagated by the rays response to variation of an electric field, and the variation of the electric field results from approaching of a conductor or an electrified body. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141034 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel having a transparent region and a peripheral region surrounding the transparent region is provided. The touch panel includes a transparent cover, a touch device, a light-shielding layer, a layer of conductive lines, and a touch chip. The transparent cover has a touch surface and a device mounting surface opposite thereto. The touch device is disposed on the device mounting surface and at least located at the transparent region. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the transparent cover and located inside the peripheral region. The layer of conductive lines is disposed on the device mounting surface, located inside the peripheral region, and electrically connected to the touch device. The touch chip is disposed on the layer of conductive lines through a chip-on-glass process. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141035 | TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensing display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate parallel to the first substrate, a plurality of scanning lines and sensing lines being disposed on the second substrate, and the scanning lines being interlaced with the sensing lines; a plurality of touch switches disposed on the second substrate, each touch switch being connected between one scanning line and one sensing line in series; and a plurality of spacers disposed on the first substrate corresponding to the touch switches, respectively, each spacer having a conductive layer disposed on a bottom side facing to the corresponding touch switch, and having isolating surfaces on the other sides, wherein each touch switch has a turned-on state and a turned-off state, and the conductive layer of the spacer corresponding thereto causes said touch switch to be changed from the turned-off state to the turned-on state when a touch event is received. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141036 | SUBSTRATE FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL - A substrate for a touch panel has a conductive layer, a wire-arranged area and multiple wires. The wire-arranged area is arranged on the substrate surrounding the conductive layer and has a rough surface. The wires are formed on the rough surface of the wire-arranged area and each wire has a rough bottom corresponding to the rough surface of the wire-arranged area. The rough surface of the wire-arranged area securely engages the wires and increases thickness of each wire, which decreases a width of each wire and reduces resistance. A touch panel with the substrate of the present invention has improved quality. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141037 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel to provide a type touch screen panel that can prevent or reduce a damage of the touch screen panel caused by electrostatic electricity, includes a plurality of first electrode patterns which are separated from each other, and connected by at least one of a plurality of first connection patterns that includes a first portion exposed through at least two first contact holes and a second portion exposed through at least two second contact holes. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141038 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING SUBSTRATE - A touch-sensing display panel including a display panel and a touch-sensing unit is provided. The touch-sensing unit includes a plurality of first sensing series and a plurality of second sensing series. The first sensing series are electrically insulated from one another. Each first sensing series includes first touch pads and first bridge lines. Two neighboring first touch pads disposed on a same first sensing series are electrically connected with each other through one of the first bridge lines. The second sensing series are electrically insulated from one another. Each second sensing series includes second touch pads and second bridge lines. Two neighboring second touch pads disposed on a same second sensing series are electrically connected with each other through two second bridge lines which are at least 140 micrometers apart. A touch-sensing substrate is also provided. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141039 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, and a plurality of sensing pads. The plurality of sensing pads are disposed on the substrate, wherein two adjacent sensing pads are correspondingly disposed in parallel, and each of the sensing pads includes a central part and a plurality of protrusion parts. The central part has a plurality of sides, and the plurality of protrusion parts extend outwardly from each side of the central part. The plurality of protrusion parts disposed between each side of the two adjacent sensing pads are staggeredly arranged in sequence. A gap between any two adjacent sensing pads is identical to each other. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141040 | TOUCH PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a substrate comprising divided regions; first electrodes, each of the first electrodes comprising first rhombus patterns spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other in a predetermined first direction and first connection patterns configured to connect the first rhombus patterns second electrodes, each of the second electrodes comprising second rhombus patterns spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other in the second direction and second connection patterns configured to connect the second rhombus patterns; third electrodes formed in border areas between the divided regions and outer areas of the divided regions; a touch controller formed in each of the divided regions correspondingly; and pad electrodes connected with the touch controller. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141041 | TOUCH SCREENS - A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen having first and second conductive layers arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen. A detection system is arranged to detect a contact position at which the screen is touched by monitoring electrical signals from at least one of the layers. The system further comprises an antenna, and the detection system includes a proximity sensing signal generator arranged to generate a proximity sensing signal to be transmitted between the antenna and the first layer via a user of the system. The detection system is further arranged to receive the transmitted proximity sensing signal and determine therefrom the distance between a part of the user and the touch screen. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141042 | TOUCH PANEL-INTEGRATED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, a seal pattern arranged in the edge provided between the first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes crossing each other and arranged in the seal pattern on an outer surface of the second substrate, a pad electrode for the touch panel partially overlapping the seal pattern on the outer surface of the second substrate, a pad electrode for the liquid crystal panel arranged at the outside of the seal pattern on the first substrate, a chip-on-film (COF) connected to the pad electrode for the liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board for driving the liquid crystal panel, connected to the chip-on-film, a routing line to connect the pad electrode for the touch panel to the first electrodes and the second electrodes on the outer surface of the second substrate, and a flexible printed cable connected to pad electrodes for the touch panel, to receive driving signals of the first and second electrodes, the flexible printed cable connected to the printed circuit board. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141043 | METHOD AND SYTEM FOR DUPLICATING AN OBJECT USING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - The invention is directed to a computer-implemented method for duplicating an object using a touch-sensitive display. The method comprises: (i) displaying a selected first object on the touch-sensitive display; (ii) detecting a first user interaction and a second user interaction on the selected first object; (iii) detecting a movement of the first user interaction outside the selected first object; (iv) displaying a second object which tracks the movement of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display, the second object being a duplication of the first object; and (v) positioning the second object according to a last detected location of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141044 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first touch panel and a second touch panel, a display device, a detection module, a setting module, a processor, and a display module. The detection module is configured to detect a predetermined operation on the first touch panel. The setting module is configured to set a process mode corresponding to the predetermined operation when the predetermined operation is detected by the detection module. The processor is configured to execute a process corresponding to the process mode in accordance with an operation on the second touch panel. The display module is configured to display on the display device a result of the process by the processor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141045 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE TOUCH PANELS AND OPERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having multiple touch panels and a touch panel operating method for the same are provided. A single touch controller is employed to control multiple touch panels. The mobile terminal includes a first touch panel disposed at one side and comprising at least one touch sensor, a second touch panel disposed at another side and comprising at least one touch sensor, and a touch controller having a plurality of ports, wherein at least one of the plurality of ports is connected to a touch sensor in the first touch panel and at least one of the plurality of ports other than the port connected to the first touch panel is connected to a touch sensor in the second touch panel, and wherein the touch controller conducts scanning on the first touch panel and second touch panel to recognize a touch. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141046 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH PANEL AND PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - Provided herein are a display apparatus with a touch panel to which a piezoelectric actuator may readily be mounted, and a piezoelectric actuator used in such a display apparatus with a touch panel. A support structure for supporting a piezoelectric actuator | 2011-06-16 |
20110141047 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - [Object] To provide an input device that allows a user to perceive readily individual virtual buttons without having to watch the virtual buttons carefully, thereby resulting in improved operability for the user. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141048 | OPTICAL FINGERPRINT NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH LIGHT GUIDE FILM - Embodiments of a finger navigation device are described. In one embodiment, the finger navigation device includes a light guide film (LGF), a light source, a sensor, and a navigation engine. At least a portion of the LGF exhibits total internal reflection (TIR) and the light source is in optical communication with the LGF and configured to inject light into the LGF. The sensor is configured to detect light that exits from the LGF after being reflected from a finger that is proximate the LGF and the navigation engine is configured to generate lateral movement information, which is indicative of lateral movement of the finger relative to the sensor, in response to light that is reflected from the finger and detected by the sensor. Other embodiments of the finger navigation device are also described. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141049 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an L-shaped printed circuit board is connected to the periphery of a film sensor at a plurality of connection portions. Long holes are each formed in the periphery of a film sensor at the center of a portion of the film sensor located between a corresponding pair of adjacent connection portions. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141050 | GESTURE INPUT OPERATION DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PORTABLE DEVICE - An operation is facilitated and an increase of processing load is suppressed by the input to the entire touch panel on a screen. A gesture operation input device for performing the input operation of information on a display screen via a pointing device is provided with a cell setting unit | 2011-06-16 |
20110141051 | TOUCH SENSING PANEL INCLUDING BIDIRECTIONAL ADJACENT ELECTRODES, AND TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a touch sensing panel and a touch sensing apparatus. The touch sensing panel according to the present invention includes a substrate, and a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged on the substrate and extended in one axial direction to generate a sensed signal in accordance with a contact, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensing electrodes is arranged such that the one sensing electrode is adjacent to another sensing electrode on both sides of the one axial direction. According to the present invention, provided is a touch sensing panel in which a plurality of sensing electrodes are arranged and extend in one axial direction to minimize a bezel area, and at least one of the plurality of sensing electrodes is arranged such that the one sensing electrode is adjacent to another sensing electrode at both sides of the one axial direction to accurately determine a plurality of touch inputs. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141052 | TOUCH PAD WITH FORCE SENSORS AND ACTUATOR FEEDBACK - Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INDIVIDUAL FORCE IN MULTI-OBJECT SENSING - An input device is provided that facilitates improved user interface functionality by determining force information for each of multiple objects in a sensing region. The input device includes a processing system, a sensor configured to sense objects in a sensing region proximate a surface, and a plurality of force sensors. The plurality of force sensors are coupled to the surface to provide a plurality of measures of force applied to the surface. The processing system is configured to determine positional information for each the multiple objects sensed by the sensor in the sensing region. Furthermore, the processing system is configured to determine force information for each of the multiple objects from the positional information and the plurality of measures of force applied to the surface. Thus, device and method provides the ability to determine both positional information and force information for each of multiple objects in a sensing region. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141054 | MULTIPLE FINGERS TOUCH SENSING METHOD USING MATCHING ALGORITHM - A touch sensing method for detecting positions of touching is disclosed. In the present invention, a reference touch profile is provided. A variable ideal combination profile indicating multiple touches is obtained by synthesizing a plurality of reference touch profiles at different positions. The variable ideal combination profile is matched with a sensing signal. Actual touch positions can be identified from the sensing signal when the matching of the variable ideal combination profile with the sensing signal is optimal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141055 | Projected Capacitive Touch Panel - A projected capacitive touch panel has a lower substrate, an upper substrate and an insulating adhesive layer. The lower substrate has a first-axial conductive area. The first-axial conductive area has multiple conductive strips arranged in parallel in a first axis. The upper substrate has a second-axial conductive area. The second-axial conductive area has multiple conductive strips arranged in parallel in a second axis different from the first axis. The insulating adhesive layer formed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate to adhere the lower substrate and the upper substrate. Two substrates respectively have conductive areas with different axes, so avoid formation of apexes and keep the substrates flat. Therefore, incident light of the projected capacitive touch panel is able to reflect evenly and avoid interference. The projected capacitive touch panel has stable quality and saves costs because no damage occurs during transportation. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141056 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an L-shaped printed circuit board is connected to the periphery of a film sensor at a plurality of connection portions. Long holes are each formed in the periphery of a film sensor at the center of a portion of the film sensor located between a corresponding pair of adjacent connection portions. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141057 | System and Method for Interacting with Information Systems - A touch film interface system and methods for manufacturing and using same. The touch film interface system includes a capacitive touch film layer and can be disposed at a user seat in the manner of a conventional food tray. The touch film layer can provide a user interface system, such as a keyboard, for interacting with a computer system or other type of information system. Advantageously, the touch film layer can support a wide range of diverse user interface systems, including user interface systems with various types, layouts, and/or languages. The touch film interface system, for example, can include multiple touch film layers that provide a variety of user interface systems and that can be used in the alternative. Alternatively, the touch film interface system can include a projection system for shining the selected user interface system onto the touch film layer. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141058 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate which are bonded by a frame-shaped seal member. One of a surface of the first transparent substrate and a surface of the second transparent substrate is a protrusion formation surface, and the other is a protrusion facing surface. On the protrusion formation surface, protrusions and a first resistive film are formed. The first resistive film includes first contact regions covering tops of the protrusions. On the protrusion facing surface, a second resistive film that includes second contact regions facing the first contact regions is formed. The protrusion formation surface or the protrusion facing surface includes a void region where the resistive film is not formed. Insulating spacers regulate a given distance between the first contact regions and the second contact regions. A space between the first and second transparent substrates contains an insulating liquid. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141059 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND TOUCH PANEL THEREWITH - A transparent conductive film includes: a transparent film substrate; a transparent conductor layer provided on one or both sides of the transparent film substrate; and at least one undercoat layer interposed between the transparent film substrate and the transparent conductor layer; wherein: the transparent conductor layer is patterned; and a non-patterned portion not having the transparent conductor layer has the at least one undercoat layer. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141060 | Optical touch panels and methods of driving the same - An optical touch panel may include a plurality of light-sensing areas. The plurality of light-sensing areas may be integrally formed with pixels in a display panel or may be formed on the display panel, in order to sense incident light from outside the optical touch panel. A method of driving an optical touch panel may include sensing a change in an output from a plurality of light-sensing areas between two time points and determining that there is an optical input when the change in the output is greater than or equal to a first reference value that is defined in advance. The light-sensing areas may be integrally formed with pixels in a display panel or formed on a surface of the display panel, for sensing incident light from outside the optical touch panel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141061 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM - Provided is a touch panel system. The touch panel system includes: a light emitting module disposed on a portion other than the same plane as a screen structure and emitting light on a screen recognizing surface; and a image pickup module sensing a touch signal of the screen structure, wherein the system further includes a reflective module having at least one reflective mirror to allow the emitted by the light emitting module to be emitted onto the screen recognizing surface of the screen structure. Therefore, it is possible to implement a system of a thinner touch panel while maintaining a touch recognizing efficiency. Further, it is possible to efficiently recognize positions of two or more multi touch objects which are simultaneously inputted. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141062 | OPTICAL SENSING UNIT, DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical sensing unit, a display module and a display device using the same, the optical sensing unit uses the surface of a flat display panel as a touch surface and includes an infrared sensor module provided at a corner of the flat display panel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141063 | Detection system for approach recognition - A detection system for the approach recognition of a hand or arm movement in the direction a display or control unit. The detection takes place in two stages by way of long-range detection and close-range detection. The first stage detects using at least one optical or acoustic sensor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141064 | Determining Touch Locations Using Disturbed Light - A system comprises a plurality of light sources configured to provide light beams to a waveguide layer of a touch-screen. At least one of the light beams is disturbed when an object touches the touch-screen at a touch point. The system also comprises a plurality of detectors, where at least one of the detectors is configured to detect the disturbed light. The system comprises control logic coupled to the at least one detector. The control logic determines a location of the touch point as a result of the at least one detector detecting the disturbed light. The plurality of light sources and plurality of detectors are contained within a source/detector layer. The source/detector layer is separated from the waveguide layer by a mirror layer comprising a plurality of mirrors that transfer light between the source/detector layer and the waveguide layer. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141065 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAMINATED BODY - A transparent conductive laminated body comprising: a transparent film substrate having a thickness of 2 to 200 μm, and a first transparent dielectric thin film, a second transparent dielectric thin film and a transparent conductive thin film that are formed on one side of the substrate in this order from the side of the substrate, wherein the first transparent dielectric thin film is formed by vacuum deposition, sputtering or ion plating and comprises a complex oxide containing 0 to 20 parts by weight of tin oxide and 10 to 40 parts by weight of cerium oxide relative to 100 parts by weight of indium oxide, and the relationship: n | 2011-06-16 |
20110141066 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device is comprised of a touch panel | 2011-06-16 |
20110141067 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC PEN - An information processing system includes an electronic pen, a position detection unit configured to detect the position of a pen tip of the electronic pen and to acquire positional information indicating the position of the pen tip of the electronic pen, a modification ID storage unit configured to store a modification ID for identifying modification of the position indicated by the positional information, a modification ID updating unit configured to update the modification ID, and a reception device including a storage unit and a registration processing unit configured to register the modification ID stored by the modification ID storage unit and the positional information acquired by the position detection unit in the storage unit as associated information. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141068 | ADVERTISING KIOSK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An advertising kiosk includes a detecting unit, a comparing unit, a display unit, a controlling unit. The detecting unit detects whether a person is within proximity of the advertising kiosk and generating a detecting signal. The comparing unit determines whether the detecting signal is at least a predetermined value. If it is determined that the detecting signal is less than the predetermined value, nobody is within proximity of the advertising kiosk, and the comparing unit generates a stopping signal. The display unit is used for displaying advertisements, and is capable of alternating between a display state and standby state. The controlling unit responds to the stopping signal to detect whether the display unit is in the display state, and disables the display unit to stop displaying advertisements when the display unit is in the display state. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141069 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a display device and a driving method of a display device in each of which power consumption can be sufficiently reduced even in the case of displaying a moving image. In the display device and the driving method of a display device, a display screen is divided into a plurality of sub-screens in a row direction (a direction of a gate line) and image data in sequential frame periods is compared for each of the sub-screens. Whether or not the image data is rewritten is controlled on the basis of results of the comparison. In other words, writing is performed only in a region of the screen where rewriting is needed. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141070 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display system includes: an image output apparatus and an image display apparatus, wherein the image output apparatus has: a display image generating unit which generates a display image which is an image which the image display apparatus is caused to display; a control image generating unit which generates a control image which is an image including control information for controlling the image display apparatus; and an image output unit which outputs the display image and control image to the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus has: a display unit which displays the input display image; a control information acquisition unit which acquires the control information included in the input control image; and a drive control unit which, based on the acquired control information, controls a drive of the image display apparatus. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141071 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - A display panel includes a plurality of display lines provided in each of blocks and extending in parallel with each other, a plurality of drive circuits provided outside a display region and connected to the display lines in the respective blocks, a plurality of first lines provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions closer to the drive circuits of the display lines in the respective blocks, the first lines being insulated from the display lines, and a second line provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions farther from the drive circuits of the display lines of all the blocks, the second line being insulated from the display lines. The second line is configured to intersect the first lines while being insulated from the first lines, and be supplied with a display signal from each of the drive circuits via an amplifier circuit. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141072 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a plasma display panel driving method and a plasma display device, each of which is capable of securing image quality and realizing an improvement of a drive margin and a reduction in power consumption even in the case of an ultra high definition panel. The present invention divides a plurality of display electrode pairs into a plurality of display electrode pair groups. For each of the display electrode pair groups, the present invention divides one field period into a plurality of sub-fields, each including an address period and a sustain period, such that the address periods with respect to the display electrode pair groups do not overlap one another, the address period being a period in which an address process of causing address discharge in the discharge cell which should emit light is carried out, the sustain period being a period in which first and second sustain pulses are applied to a scan electrode and a sustain electrode. The present invention provides the sub-field in which the cycle of each of the first and second sustain pulses is longer than 5.5 μs within such a range that a time of the sustain period does not exceed Tw×(N−1)/N, where N denotes the number of display electrode pair groups, and Tw denotes a time necessary for carrying out the address process with respect to the discharge cells corresponding to all the display electrode pairs. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141073 | PIXEL ARRAY - A pixel array which comprises a display area, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of drivers is provided. The display area has a first side, a second side in opposition to the first side and a plurality of pixels. The scan lines are electrically connected to the pixels, respectively. The drivers are electrically connected to the scan lines, respectively. The pixels are arranged along the first direction in sequence. The drivers are located on the first side and the second side of the display area, and are arranged along the second direction in sequence. The first direction is orthogonal to the second direction. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141074 | Display Panel - A display panel has an amorphous silicon gate driver. A variable capacitor is formed at one end of a gate line to prevent the deterioration of display quality due to high temperature noise. A predetermined level of capacitance is provided to the variable capacitor to the reduce ripple of gate voltage and eliminate the high temperature noise. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141075 | SHIFT REGISTER AND DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A shift register includes first and second shift register units. Two adjacent first shift register units respectively receive a first and second clock signal. Two adjacent second shift register units respectively receive a third and a fourth clock signal. Each first and second shift register unit includes a cascade data input terminal, a cascade data output terminal, an output terminal used to output a shift signal, a feedback terminal, and a reset terminal. The shift signals of the Mth second and Nth first shift register unit are respectively fed back to the feedback terminal of the (N+1)th first and Mth second shift register unit. The reset terminal and the cascade data output terminal of the Nth first and Mth second shift register unit are respectively connected to the output terminal and the cascade data input terminal of (N+1)th first and (M+1)th second shift register unit. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141076 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A technique is disclosed to stabilize the threshold voltage of a transistor having an active layer formed of a metal oxide. The transistor includes a first metal oxide layer, a second metal oxide layer that is greater in sheet resistance than the first metal oxide layer, a pair of an input electrode and an output electrode that are electrically connected to the first metal oxide layer, and a control electrode that controls an impedance between the input electrode and the output electrode. The control electrode, the first metal oxide layer, and the second metal oxide layer are arranged in the stated order. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141077 | DRIVING METHOD FOR LOCAL DIMMING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A driving method for local dimming of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device and an apparatus using the same are disclosed. The driving method includes measuring light intensities at a plurality of sampling points by driving a light source of a backlight unit and storing the light intensity measurements as light intensity data of the sampling points in a memory, determining a local dimming value of each block by analyzing input image data on a block basis, detecting a pixel position of current input data, selecting a plurality of sampling points adjacent to the current pixel and the light intensity data of the sampling points from the memory, detecting light intensity data of the current pixel by linearly interpolating the light intensity data of the sampling points individually, calculating a gain value by a light intensity analysis based on the light intensity data of the current pixel and the local dimming value of each block, compensating the current input data using the gain value, and controlling luminance of the backlight unit on a block basis using the local dimming value of each block. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141078 | AMBIENT LIGHT DETECTION - Ambient light is detected by a photodiode circuit by measuring the time taken for a digital output of the photodiode circuit to change state in response to exposure of a photodiode of the photodiode circuit to that ambient light. A nominal time for state change is calculated based on photodiode circuit characteristics. Furthermore, an effective time for the photodiode circuit digital output to change state is determined in a calibration mode where the photodiode has been disconnected and a reference current is applied to the circuit. An illumination value of the detected ambient light is then calculated as a function of: the measured time, the effective time and the nominal time. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141079 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A distribution of light amount sensor that measures a distribution of light amount during a display is installed in a boundary area of a front surface panel of a display screen. A display problem region detection unit detects a display problem region in the display screen based on an imbalance in the center location of the distribution of light amount obtained when a uniform image is displayed in the entirety of the display screen. Then, a correction unit corrects an image signal that is to be displayed in the display screen so as to suppress the influence of the display problem region on the display. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141080 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display control apparatus to drive a display panel to display an image and a control method of the display device. It is determined whether or not a number of different bits in a plurality of bits of display image signals that are to be continuously converted into analog signals are different from each other is equal to or more than a predetermined value. If it is determined that the number of different bits is equal to or more than the predetermined value, then the display image signal is modified so that the display panel is driven based on an analog signal converted from the modified display signal to display an image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141081 | DATA CONVERSION/OUTPUT APPARATUS FOR DIGITALIZING SENSOR DATA AND OUTPUTTING THROUGH A SENSOR ARRAY - A data conversion/output device includes a number of sensors, voltage-time conversion circuits that are arranged adjacent to respective sensors and change output levels upon the lapse of times corresponding to output voltage values from the sensors after a conversion operation start point in order to convert for voltage outputs of the sensors into times. The device also includes sensed data generation circuits outputting, as digital data, lapse times until the output levels of the voltage-time conversion circuits change after a conversion start point. The sensed data generation circuits include a counter for counting a clock signal. An operation start of the voltage-time conversion circuits and a start of count operation of the counter are staggered. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141082 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electrophoretic display device includes an electrophoretic element having an electrophoretic layer interposed between a plurality of pixel electrodes and a common electrode, a storage capacitor and a selection transistor provided corresponding to each of the pixel electrodes for each pixel, a capacity line connected to an electrode of the storage capacitor, and a control unit controlling potentials at the pixel electrodes, the common electrode, and the capacity lines, wherein the control unit performs a potential writing operation of writing a predetermined potential in the storage capacitor and the pixel electrode during an image display period when images are displayed on a display region where the pixels are arranged, and a potential changing operation of changing a potential at the capacity line from a first potential to a second potential after the selection transistor is turned off. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141083 | Cell Phone - A cell phone is disclosed. The cell phone includes a housing, an inner circuit, placed inside the housing, for providing communication functions, and a display, electrically connected to the inner circuit, for displaying communication information; a power supply, placed inside the housing. The housing includes a first bi-stable electro-phoretic display, on the outer of the housing, for displaying an image. The power supply is electrically connected to the display, the inner circuit, and the first bi-stable electro-phoretic display, for supplying power to the display, the inner circuit, and the first bi-stable electro-phoretic display. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141084 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A pixel circuit includes an organic EL element, a driving, and a switching provided between the gate and drain of the driving. Upon writing into the pixel circuit, an initial voltage is applied to the gate terminal of the driving, and the switching is temporarily controlled to a conducting state while the driving is in a conducting state, and a data voltage corrected using a gate terminal potential of the driving obtained at that time is applied to the gate terminal of the driving. In at least one embodiment, the human is sensitive to blue chromaticity differences but is insensitive to green chromaticity differences. An initial voltage that increases the accuracy of threshold correction is used for blue pixel circuits, and an initial voltage that reduces power consumption is used for green pixel circuits. By this, a current-driven type color display device with high image quality and low power consumption is provided. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141085 | INITIAL DRIVING CIRCUIT OF BACKLIGHT UNIT - Provided is an initial driving circuit of a backlight unit having a lamp unit provided with a plurality of lamps. In the initial driving circuit, an error amplifying unit | 2011-06-16 |
20110141086 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An electrophoretic display with threshold voltage drift compensation functionality includes a gate driving circuit, a data driving circuit, a controller and a pixel array. The gate driving circuit provides plural gate signals according to a scan control signal. The data driving circuit provides plural data signals according to a data control signal. The controller is employed to provide the scan control signal and the data control signal. The pixel array is utilized for displaying images according to the gate signals and the data signals. Each of the gate signals includes a writing enable pulse for enabling write operations of the data signals during a writing period. And during a compensation period, each of the gate signals includes a compensation pulse for performing threshold voltage drift compensation operations on the data switches of the pixel array, and the data signals are set to hold a common voltage. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141087 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a voltage application device that performs, with respect to a display medium including, a pair of substrates, plural types of particle groups disposed between the pair of substrates, a first electrode, plural second electrodes, and a third electrode, in succession after a first process, a second process of application of voltages to the display medium to the first through third electrodes such that the first particle group that has passed through the aperture in the third electrode due to the first process moves towards a downstream substrate of the pair of substrates disposed on the downstream side in the passing direction of the first particle group through the aperture, and the second particle group that has not passed through the aperture of the third electrode due to the first process moves towards the substrate on the side facing the downstream substrate. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141088 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a pixel, an image signal modification unit and a data driver. The image signal modification unit includes a still image detection unit which receives a previous image signal and a current image signal of two consecutive frames and determines whether the current image signal is for a still image, a first modification unit which receives the current image signal and outputs a first current modified image signal or the current image signal, and a second modification unit which receives the current image signal and outputs a second current modified image signal or the current image signal. The data driver changes the second current modified image signal or the current image signal into a data voltage and supplies the data voltage to the pixel. The first modification unit outputs the current image signal when the current image signal is determined to be for the still image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141089 | POWER DRIVER, SOURCE DRIVER, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DRIVERS - A power driver, a source driver, and a display apparatus including the drivers, may reduce standby mode power consumption. The power driver includes a plurality of boosters and a plurality of amplifiers. The power driver is configured to apply a voltage for driving a display apparatus. The power driver is configured to turn off all the plurality of amplifiers when the display apparatus is in a standby mode. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141090 | LOCAL DIMMING DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a local dimming driving method and device of an LCD device, which is capable of compensating for a luminance deviation between blocks. The local dimming driving method of the LCD device includes divisionally driving all of a plurality of blocks of a backlight unit using a maximum luminance signal and measuring luminance per block, setting one of the plurality of blocks as a reference block, detecting luminance deviations between the reference block and the residual blocks, and setting an offset value per block for compensating for the detected luminance deviations per block, analyzing an input image in units of blocks corresponding to the plurality of blocks of a backlight unit respectively, detecting a representative value per block, and determining a dimming value per block according to the representative value per block, correcting the dimming value per block using the offset value per block, and controlling the luminance of the backlight unit on a block-by-block basis using the corrected dimming value per block. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141091 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device that can reduce power and simplify a manufacturing process includes a display unit and a scan driver. The display unit includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels. The scan lines are configured to receive a plurality of scan signals. The scan driver is configured to receive a synchronization signal that is generated in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal, a first light emitting clock signal, a second light emitting clock signal representing the first light emitting clock signal shifted by a half cycle, a first initialization signal having a first phase delay relative to the second light emitting clock signal, and a second initialization signal having a second phase delay relative to the first light emitting clock signal. The scan driver is configured to generate a plurality of sequential driving signals and the plurality of scan signals. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141092 | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a signal generating circuit configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal; and a differential amplifier. The differential amplifier includes: a first differential pair of transistors configured to receive a differential input signal; a first constant current source connected with said first differential pair of transistors; and a first switch connected in parallel with said first constant current source and configured to increase current which flows through said first differential pair of transistors, in response to said first control signal which is active for a first time period in a level transition of said differential input signal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141093 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a light emitting device for preventing a cross-talk phenomenon and a pectinated pattern. The light emitting device includes data lines, scan lines, pixels and a discharging circuit. The data lines are disposed in a first direction, and the scan lines are disposed in a second direction different from the first direction. The pixels are formed in cross areas of the data lines and the scan lines. The discharging circuit discharges at least one data line to a first discharge voltage during a first sub-discharging time of a discharging time, and changes the first discharge voltage into a second discharge voltage during a second sub-discharging time of the discharging time. The light emitting device discharges data lines to discharge voltages corresponding to cathode voltage of pixels, and so cross-talk phenomenon and pectinated pattern is not occurred in the light emitting device. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141094 | 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 according to a first sequence, 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. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141095 | DISPLAY PANEL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display panel device includes: a luminescence element; a capacitor including first and second capacitor electrodes; a driver having a gate connected to the first capacitor electrode for allowing a drain current to flow through the luminescence element; a first switch switchably interconnecting a data line and the first capacitor electrode for supplying a signal voltage to the capacitor; a second switch switchably interconnecting a source of the driver and the second capacitor electrode; and a controller. The controller is configured to: turn ON the first switch while the second switch is ON to supply the signal voltage to the first capacitor electrode and flow a current between the source of the driver and the second capacitor electrode; and, after predetermined time period, turn OFF the second switch to cause non-conduction between the source of the driver and the second capacitor electrode. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141096 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: an active matrix substrate; a counter substrate; and a liquid crystal layer ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141097 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING VOLTAGE CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device is capable of post-correcting driving voltages for driving a panel of the display device after a manufacturing process of the display device has been completed. The display device includes: a display unit including pixels located at crossing regions of scan lines and data lines; a scan driver for supplying scan signals to the scan lines; a data driver for supplying data signals to the data lines; a timing controller for controlling the scan and data drivers; and a power supply for supplying driving voltage to the display unit, the scan and data drivers, and the timing controller. The power supply generates driving voltages for the display unit, the scan and data drivers, and the timing controller by using input power, corrects the driving voltages by accessing offset values stored during testing of the generation of the driving voltages, and outputs the corrected driving voltages. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141098 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVING APPARATUS - A voltage amplifier circuit ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141099 | DRIVING METHOD FOR PIXELS OF BISTABLE DISPLAY - A driving method for pixels of bistable display is adapted into a bistable display having a plurality of pixels. The driving method comprises: increasing predetermined driving forces of the pixels to increased driving forces in a predetermined period; employing the increased driving forces to drive the pixels in the predetermined period respectively; and employing the predetermined driving forces configured for driving the pixels to drive the pixels out of the predetermined period respectively. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141100 | Thin film transistor and method of forming the same - A thin film transistor (TFT) may include a channel layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a protective layer, a gate electrode, and/or a gate insulating layer. The channel layer may include an oxide semiconductor material. The source electrode and the drain electrode may face each other on the channel layer. The protective layer may be under the source electrode and the drain electrode and/or may cover the channel layer. The gate electrode may be configured to apply an electric field to the channel layer. The gate insulating layer may be interposed between the gate electrode and the channel layer. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141101 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAD APPARATUS - A method for producing a three-dimensional likeness of a real-life subject from a two-dimensional image. The method includes uploading a digital image including facial features of a real-life subject from local memory storage to storage in a remote server. A user of the method then selects a target image area from the digital image and matches peripheral features such as skin tone, hair style, and hair color to the real-life subject. The remote server processes the said target image area and the peripheral features together to produce a three-dimensional representation which may be previewed by the user. Once approved and purchased through an on-line e-commerce transaction, multiple two-dimensional sheets corresponding to the three-dimensional representation are generated and a tangible embodiment of the three-dimensional representation is formed from the two-dimensional sheets as a head apparatus for shipment to the user. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VISUALIZING FEATURES IN AN IMAGE - An imaging system includes a detector configured to receive data that can be reconstructed into a three-dimensional (3D) image of an object, and a computer programmed to obtain 3D image data of the object, the 3D image data including an internal structure of the object, define a longitudinal dimension of the internal structure from the 3D image data along a length of the structure, extract a first set of parameter-of-interest data related to the internal structure from the 3D image data along a first ray extending from a first location along the length of the structure and at a first angular orientation with respect to a base vector that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension, and plot the extracted first set of parameter-of-interest data at a pixel location of a two-dimensional (2D) plot that corresponds to the first location and corresponds to the first angular orientation. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141103 | Integrated Data Visualization for Multi-Dimensional Microscopy - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing an integrated data visualization interface for multi-dimensional microscopy image and measurement data are disclosed. The integrated data visualization interface utilizes the known dimensional relational relationships between the images to automatically provide synchronized and coordinated visualization and manipulations across multiple related images and measurement data in multiple dataset viewer components (e.g., image grids, browsable image strips, tables, and graphs). Other features of the dataset viewer components are also disclosed. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141104 | STEREOSCOPIC COLOR MANAGEMENT - Stereoscopic color management of images with plural views. Image data for each view is defined in a component input device color space. Image data in the component input device color spaces is converted to a nominal source color space using plural input transforms each corresponding to one of the plural views. A rendering transform is used to convert image data for each view in the nominal source color space to a nominal destination color space. The nominal source color space, nominal destination color space and rendering transform are the same for all views. The image data for each view in the nominal destination color space is ultimately converted to a component output device color space associated with a stereoscopic output device respective of the view using a respective output transform. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141105 | Facial Animation System and Production Method - A facial animation production method for producing 3-dimensional (3D) facial animation data in response to input video data includes the following steps. First, data positioning and character sorting processes are performed on the input video data to acquire first-layer character data, for indicating multiple first-layer character points, and first-layer model data. Next, first-layer model outline data and first-layer character outline data are respectively obtained according to the first-layer model data and the first-layer character data. Then, the first-layer character outline data is compared with the first-layer model outline data to judge whether a judgment condition is satisfied. If not, output character data are produced according to the first-layer character data, and fundamental facial-mesh transformation data are thus produced. Thereafter, the 3D facial animation data are displayed according to the fundamental facial-mesh transformation data. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SPEAKERS AND EMPHASIZING SELECTED OBJECTS IN PICTURE AND VIDEO MESSAGES - A method for emphasizing selected objects in digital data of at least one of pictures and video that is stored in digital messages, the messages including sender addresses and being stored in a memory system of a digital messaging system for a plurality of users, includes the step of identifying picture regions including at least one of faces and persons in the digital data of the messages on the digital messaging system having the same sender address. Sender-relevant picture regions in the identified picture regions that represent a sender of the message are determined based on at least one of: a) a comparison with a reference picture of the sender stored on the memory system; b) a comparison of speech data in the digital data with reference speech data using at least one of speaker recognition methods, speaker verification methods and speaker identification methods, taking into account picture data and speech data in the message; and c) a frequency of occurrence of the identified picture regions in the messages that have the same sender address. The digital data of the messages is then modified so as to emphasize the sender-relevant picture region. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141107 | Method for Producing an Autostereoscopic Display and System for an Autostereoscopic Display - The invention relates to a methods for producing an autostereoscopic display, that shows at least one object. An illustrative method in accordance with the invention comprises, with the help of a radiation image design in a virtual optical imaging system, comprising at least one object, an imaging lens that is disposed opposite the at least one object and images said object as an object image in an image plane, and a recording device recording the object image in the image plane, producing image data for a parallax panoramagram of the object image in the recording device, producing an image corresponding to the image data for the parallax panoramagram and producing an autostereoscopic display by disposing a transparent planar arrangement of imaging elements that corresponds to the imaging lens upstream of the parallax panoramagram. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141108 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING INSTRUCTED POSITION DURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - An instructed position, which includes an instruction area for receiving a predetermined instruction and is displayable two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally, on a display means where an instruction image is displayed is detected. Upon setting on the display means a control range corresponding to the instruction area displayed on the display means such that the control range is changed between during the two-dimensional display and during the three-dimensional display, information of a tentative instructed position is obtained by receiving an instruction directed to the instruction area during the three-dimensional display. A horizontal shift on the display means of the tentative instructed position during the three-dimensional display relative to a position of the instruction area during the two-dimensional display is calculated. The control range is changed based on the horizontal shift to make the control range coincide with a visually recognized instruction area through stereoscopic viewing during the three-dimensional display. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141109 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING IN A PRODUCT STRUCTURE OF A PRODUCT - The invention is directed to a method for navigating in a product structure of a product, the product comprising a set of three-dimensional modeled objects. The method comprises: (a) displaying a three-dimensional graphical representation of the product; (b) selecting a three-dimensional modeled object of the product; and (c) displaying a graphical representation of a number of levels of a hierarchy of the product structure of the product. The number of levels is determined according to levels identified in a simple path in the hierarchy of the product structure between the selected three-dimensional modeled object and a highest level of the hierarchy. The method selects a level among levels identified in the simple path in the hierarchy of the product structure of the product; and finds, in the set of three-dimensional modeled objects, a second set of three-dimensional modeled objects according to the selected level of the hierarchy. Display of the found second set of three-dimensional modeled objects is then emphasized in the screen view (i.e., user interface). | 2011-06-16 |
20110141110 | METHOD OF MESHING AND CALCULATING A VOLUME IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of automatically meshing a volume of an object in an ultrasound imaging system comprises the steps of: —acquiring image data of the object; —selecting a first surface of interest comprising a first slice of the object in the image data; —determining a main axis (AX) of the object; —defining a set of planes ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141111 | 3D RECONSTRUCTION FROM OVERSAMPLED 2D PROJECTIONS - A method is presented for generating a 3D image of an object using x-rays. The invention describes a method of generating an image of a slice through the object using a large number of detector elements as employed in commonly used x-ray scanners. The method described is a two step process, in the first step, Algebraic methods are used to solve a set of simultaneous linear equations to solve for the densities of the pixels representing the slice. The dimension of these pixels defining the slice is large in comparison to the size of detector elements, therefore a second step of backprojection is used to generated a slice image of higher resolution. The use of a second or a third source further allows the generation of higher resolution images. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141112 | Image processing techniques - Hierarchical culling can be used during shadow generation by using a stencil buffer generated from a light view of the eye-view depth buffer. The stencil buffer indicates which regions visible from an eye-view are also visible from a light view. A pixel shader can determine if any object could cast a shadow by comparing a proxy geometry for the object with visible regions in the stencil buffer. If the proxy geometry does not cast any shadow on a visible region in the stencil buffer, then the object corresponding to the proxy geometry is excluded from a list of objects for which shadows are to be rendered. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141113 | INTEGRATION OF GRAPHICAL APPLICATION CONTENT INTO THE GRAPHICAL SCENE OF ANOTHER APPLICATION - This application describes a system that captures 3D geometry commands from a first 3D graphics process and stores them in a shared memory. A second 3D environment process creates a 3D display environment using a display and display hardware. A third process obtains the 3D commands and supplies them to the hardware to place 3D objects in the 3D environment. The result is a fused display environment where 3D objects are displayed along with other display elements. Input events in the environment are analyzed and mapped to the 3D graphics process or the environment where they affect corresponding processing. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING VISUAL SETTING OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A display system for improving visual comfort and a method of adaptively adjusting resolution of a display device are provided. The display system includes a display device, a memory, an image sensor, a face recognition unit, a distance detection unit, and a controller. The memory is configured to store face representation data and user preference data. The image sensor is positioned with respect to the display device for capturing an image and converting the image into an electrical signal. The face recognition unit is configured to analyze the electrical signal to recognize a face image of a user and comparing the recognized face image with the face representation data to generate a first signal. The distance detection unit is configured to analyze the electrical signal to determine a distance between the display device and the user to generate a second signal. The controller, which is electrically connected to the face recognition unit and the distance detection unit, can generate a parameter based on the first signal and the second signal and adjust a display resolution of the display device based on the parameter. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141115 | INTERACTIVE METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INTEGRATED SCHEMATIC NETWORK PLANS AND GEOGRAPHIC MAPS - Embodiments relate to a computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for dynamically integrating a geographic map representation and a schematic map representation. The method can include providing a geographic map representation have one or more starting positions associated with one or more destinations in a schematic map representation, calculating an interpolating and continuous display function by applying a warping method in connection with a method for monitoring overlap to the starting positions and the destinations; and displaying a dynamic or interactive integrated map representation by dynamically applying the display function to the geographic map representation and/or the schematic map representation so that each map representation is distorted according to a selected distortion factor, wherein the integrated map representation represents at least elements and/or parts of both the geographic map representation and the schematic map representation, independent of the selected distortion factor. | 2011-06-16 |