26th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100164860 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100164861 | IMAGE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SWITCHING PROGRAMS CORRESPONDING TO A PLURALITY OF FRAMES PROJECTED FROM A MULTIPLE VIEW DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF - An image system includes a multiple view display for displaying a plurality of frames simultaneously. The plurality of frames only can be viewed at different visible ranges respectively. The image system further includes a executing program means for inputting an executing program command, and a control means coupled to the executing program means for executing a program corresponding to a frame of the plurality of frames according to the executing program command transmitted from the executing program means. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164862 | Visual and Physical Motion Sensing for Three-Dimensional Motion Capture - A system includes a visual data collector for collecting visual information from an image of one or more features of an object. The system also includes a physical data collector for collecting sensor information provided by at one or more sensors attached to the object. The system also includes a computer system that includes a motion data combiner for combining the visual information the sensor information. The motion data combiner is configured to determine the position of a representation of one or more of the feature in a virtual representation of the object from the combined visual information and sensor information. Various types of virtual representations may be provided from the combined information, for example, one or more poses (e.g., position and orientation) of the object may be represented. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164863 | Systems, Software, Apparatus and Methods for Managing Out-of -Home Displays - Systems, methods, apparatus, and software for monitoring and managing out-of-home (“OOH”) displays are provided. In one aspect, a system for monitoring an OOH display includes an OOH display device configure to display content to at least one subject. An interaction detector is configured to detect at least one interaction between the OOH display device and a subject, and provide data about such interaction. An input mechanism accepts input signals from the subject, and a display controller device accepts signals from the subject and OOH display device. A data processing and routing mechanism processes and exchanges the data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164864 | DIRECTION CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A direction controlling system and method of an electronic device provides a fingerprint identification device for a user to touch. The electronic device captures a fingerprint template image of a finger. When the finger moves on the fingerprint identification device, the electronic device captures a sequence of fingerprint images of the finger. Furthermore, the electronic device detects a directional movement of the fingerprint according to the sequence of fingerprint images and the fingerprint template image. A scroll bar of the electronic device is controlled to move according to the movement direction and a movement distance calculated by the electronic device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164865 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - An information providing system includes a display unit installed in a table and having on the table, a display screen that displays an image of a product; a detecting unit that detects placement of an object at the position of the displayed image; and a display control unit that causes content related to the product to be displayed on the display screen when placement of the object at the position of the image is detected by the detecting unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164866 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CURSOR POSITIONING SUB-SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING CURSOR SCALING CONTROL - A track ball cursor positioning sub-system is employed by a handheld electronic device including an operating system and a plurality of applications having a plurality of predetermined scaling values. The cursor positioning sub-system includes a track ball cursor positioning device adapted to output a plurality of device pulses, and a track ball cursor resolution controller adapted to repetitively input the device pulses and to responsively output to the operating system a plurality of cursor movement events. The cursor resolution controller is further adapted to be controlled by the operating system or by the applications to learn which one of the applications is active and to automatically scale a number of the cursor movement events for a corresponding number of the device pulses based upon a corresponding one of the predetermined scaling values of the active one of the applications. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164867 | MICROCONTROLLER HUMAN INTERFACE USING REMOTE PRINTF/SCANF - A first microcontroller running an application with input-output is coupled through a serial communication channel to a second microcontroller running a human interface display and keyboard. The aforementioned first microcontroller sends a C-language printf( )-like format string and raw binary data variables to the aforementioned second microcontroller, which converts this data into ASCII character strings, which it displays. This second microcontroller, responsive to keyboard activity, edits the ASCII character strings, and sends updated raw binary data over the serial communication channel to the aforementioned first microcontroller, which rewrites this raw binary data in its memory. This apparatus reduces the size of the application's program memory. It puts such program memory removed from this first microcontroller into this second microcontroller, to reduce this first microcontroller's design and implementation cost, and implementing this second microcontroller using a flexible human interface program that can be reused without being reprogrammed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164868 | Mouse with adjustable button activating pressure - A mouse with adjustable button activating pressure includes a body, two circuit boards, two switch sets and at least one adjusting means. The body is provided with two adjacent buttons. The two switch sets are provided in the body and electrically connected to the corresponding circuit board to correspond to the buttons of the body respectively. Each switch set includes a plurality of switches of different activating pressures. The adjusting means is adjustably assembled with the body and coupled to the switch set, thereby allowing the switch set to move with respect to the button of the body. Via the above arrangement of the present invention, the button activating pressure can be adjusted. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164869 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD STRUCTURE OF ELECTRIC DEVICE AND DATA INPUTTING METHOD THEREOF - A virtual keyboard structure of an electronic device includes a projection module, two vibration sensors, a storage module, and a processor. The projection module is used for projecting a virtual keyboard having virtual keys. The two vibration sensors are used for detecting a center of vibration when the virtual keyboard is knocked on the center to obtain data of two directions. The storage module is used for storing dimensions of a coordinate system, a plurality of press-key data, coordinates of the virtual keys, and two respective reference positions of the vibration sensors. Finally, the processor is used for computing a coordinate of the vibration center and for matching the coordinate of the vibration center in the coordinates of the virtual keys to obtain a target virtual key corresponding to the vibration center and outputting one of the press-key data corresponding to the target virtual key. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164870 | KEY SHEET - Provided is a key sheet which has a soft touch feeling and in which elaborate and highly visible display portions can be provided. In a key sheet including: a translucent base sheet; and a soft-feel layer which is laminated on a front surface side of the base sheet, includes a plurality of display portions representing key types such as letters, numerals, and symbols, and has a soft touch feeling, the soft-feel layer includes a translucent skin layer having the soft touch feeling and decorative portions which are provided on a back surface of the skin layer and are visible through the skin layer. Further, light emitted from an inside of a device transmits through the base sheet so as to reach the decorative portions, and hence it is possible to obtain an illumination-type key sheet excellent in illumination property and of wider variety. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164871 | Portable Electronic Apparatus and Control Method Thereof - Portable electronic apparatus includes a display unit (ELD); a first sensor element group (G | 2010-07-01 |
20100164872 | DUAL-MODE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A dual-mode mobile communication device is provided including a device housing having a front surface, a rear surface and a plurality of side surfaces coupling the front surface to the rear surface. The dual-mode device includes a transceiver for sending and receiving voice and data communications is integrated into the device housing, a display, mounted within the front surface of the device housing, for displaying information to a user of the device regarding voice and data communications, a QWERTY keyboard mounted below the display and within the front surface of the device housing, for generating data communications, and a microphone and a speaker for generating voice communications, wherein the microphone is mounted below the display within the front surface of the device housing and the speaker is mounted above the display within the front surface of the device housing. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164873 | Optoelectronic Device for Determining Relative Movements or Relative Positions of Two Objects - The present invention relates to an optoelectronic device ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100164874 | Backlight Module and Related Manufacturing Method and Operation Interface - A backlight module for an operation interface of a portable electronic device is disclosed. The operation interface includes at least one keypad. The backlight module includes a light guide film including at least one hole corresponding to the at least one keypad, a backlight board installed in the bottom of the light guide film for reflecting light, and a light emitting unit installed in a side of the light guide film for generating light source to inside of the light guide film, wherein the at least one hole of the light guide film is filled with a phosphor material. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164875 | PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH ASSEMBLY ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a push-button switch assembly arrangement, including a plurality of push-button switch assemblies with a base body, each of them having an OLED display connected via first wiring to a corresponding local control unit adapted for controlling the selective turning on/off of the OLED, the local control units being each connected via wiring to a single common two-way communication bus which links them to an electronic central control system. The invention is applicable to automatic dispensing or amusement machines with information via the OLED display relating to the function of the machine. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164876 | DATA INPUT DEVICE - A data input device comprising a data input interface comprising user selectable zones arranged to define one or more fixed points, each of the fixed points being a point around which three or more of the zones are arranged. The device is arranged to associate a sequential selection of zones with an input code. The sequential selection comprises a clockwise and/or anticlockwise consecutive selection of the zones around at least one of the fixed points. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164877 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A PERSONALIZABLE USER INTERFACE - An apparatus for providing a personalizable user interface may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a drawing input at a touch screen display, determine whether the drawing input corresponds to a stored graphic element that is associated with a function, and initiate the function in response to determining that the drawing input corresponds to the stored graphic element. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164878 | TOUCH-CLICK KEYPAD - A method includes detecting a short movement of a pointing device on a touch sensitive area of a display; presenting a menu of functions on the display and enabling at least one function on the menu for activation in response to detecting the short movement; and detecting a short press on the touch sensitive area to activate the enabled at least one function. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164879 | Portable electronic device and method of controlling same - A method of controlling a touch-sensitive display includes displaying a keyboard on the touch-sensitive display. A key of the keyboard is associated with at least two characters. Confirmation of selection is detected and a plurality of touch locations on the touch-sensitive display are detected. At least one of the plurality of touch locations is associated with the key. A direction is determined based on at least two of the plurality of touch locations and a first character of the at least two characters is selected based on the direction and confirmation of selection. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164880 | Method of converting touch pad into touch mode or number-key and/or hot-key input mode - The present invention is to provide a method for converting a touch pad into a touch mode or a number-key and/or hot-key input mode, which is applicable to a touch pad including a main control unit and at least one mode conversion key. The main control unit automatically turns on the touch pad and brings the touch pad into the touch mode. After the at least one mode conversion key is pressed, the main control unit converts the touch pad into the number-key and/or hot-key input mode. At this time, each position on the touch pad is defined by a set of absolute coordinates. The plural sets of absolute coordinates correspond respectively to a plurality of arrayed number and/or function blocks each having a unique key code value, thus allowing the touch pad to be used as a keyboard for inputting numbers and/or providing hot-key functions. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164881 | Touch Panel Structure - A touch panel structure is provided. The touch panel structure comprises a cover glass, a first transparent electrode and a light shielding element. The cover glass has a touch surface, a sensing surface corresponding to the touch surface, wherein the sensing surface is defined with a center area and a peripheral area surrounding the center area thereon. The first transparent electrode is formed on the cover glass, comes into contact with the sensing surface and is disposed in the center area correspondingly. The light shielding element is formed on the cover glass, comes into contact with the sensing surface and is disposed in the peripheral area correspondingly. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164882 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a hand-held electronic device and an operating method thereof. The hand-held electronic device includes a casing, a display module, a virtual keypad module, a sensing module, and a control module. The display module is disposed in the casing. The virtual keypad module is used for generating a virtual keypad capable of being displayed by the display module, wherein the whole area of the virtual keypad is larger than the area of the display module for displaying the virtual keypad. The sensing module is used for sensing an operation performed by a user on the casing or the display module to generate a sensing result. The control module is used for receiving the sensing result from the sensing module and controlling the display module to display a part of the virtual keypad according to the sensing result. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164883 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The touch panel display device and the driving method thereof sense illumination of external light using a photo-sensor formed on a touch panel, and control a PWM duty of a light source suited to each mode when the sensed illumination of external light corresponds to illumination in a gray zone to be a difference between the illumination of light created by the light source and that of external light, thereby improving touch recognition capability in a gray zone. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164884 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An LCD and a touch display panel that can be integrated in the LCD are provided. The touch display panel comprises an active device matrix substrate that includes multiple sensing lines disposed on multiple data lines correspondingly and arranged parallel thereto, and multiple sensing devices formed on multiple scan lines. When an external pressure is exerted, a current is generated in the sensing lines, and the X and Y coordinates of the touch point is determined from a slight leakage current generated in the scan lines. The conventional external touch screen LCD device is substantially improved in response accuracy of the touch coordinates, material costs, and mechanical thickness. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164885 | DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - In a touch panel display device, adhesive means is formed by a plurality of strip-shaped members, which are provided between a display device and a touch panel so as to extend along the peripheries thereof, and so that at least a pair of adjoining ones of the members are arranged with a gap being interposed therebetween, where the gap has a bent portion. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164886 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first pointing device and a second pointing device, a first detection module configured to detect a first operation of the first pointing device, a second detection module configured to detect a second operation of the second pointing device, and a controller configured to execute a control procedure determined in accordance with a combination of the first operation and the second operation. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164887 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch pad, a detection module configured to detect a plurality of positions which are pointed on the touch pad, a determination module configured to determine whether a specific function is assigned to a combination of the plurality of positions, and a execution module configured to execute the specific function when the determination module determines that the specific function is assigned to the combination of the plurality of positions. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164888 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a device with a part or a whole of a housing thereof having flexibility. The device includes a display unit; a detection unit that detects a bent portion of the display device; and a display switching unit that switches display content of the display unit according to a position and a bent level of the bent portion of the display device detected by the detection unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164889 | MULTIPLE ELECTRODE TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - Two different sets of electrodes in a touch sensitive device are formed to produce an electric field gradient from one end of the electrodes to the other end when opposite ends of the electrodes are driven with different voltages. A signal measuring cycle is performed by alternately driving the ends of one set of electrodes, while using the other set of electrodes to receive signals. The roles of the sets of electrodes are then reversed, such that the set that that was driven is now used to receive signals from the other set of electrodes. Reference signals may be obtained by driving both sides of one set of electrodes, and then both sides of the other set of electrodes. The signals obtained are then used to determine the touch position on the touch sensitive device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164890 | INPUT DEVICE FOR FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible input device having a bendability and an electrode that may be formed using a printing process is provided. The input device comprises a flexible and transparent substrate and a printed electrode on the substrate. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164891 | GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD AND TOUCH SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - A gesture recognition method includes detecting multiple pointers in close proximity to a touch surface to determine if the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture. When the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture, executing a command associated with the gesture. A touch system incorporating the gesture recognition method is also provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164892 | INPUTTING APPARATUS - An inputting apparatus including: a detecting portion which detects a movement of an input object; a first judging section which judges that the movement of the detected input object is a first-directional movement in which the input object is moved in a first direction, and that the movement of the input object is a second-directional movement in which the input object is moved in the first direction after being moved in a second direction; a first performing section which performs a processing according to the movement in the first direction where the movement of the input object is the first-directional movement; and a second performing section which regards the movement in the first direction in the second-directional movement as the movement in the second direction and performs a processing according to the movement in the second direction, where the movement of the input object is the second-directional movement. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164893 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PARTICULAR OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING DIFFERENT TOUCH ZONES - An electronic device has a graphical user interface (GUI) such as a touch screen and a physical user interface (PUI) such as a touch pad. A first touch zone in the GUI is disposed adjacently and symmetrically to a second touch zone in the PUI. The touch zones may receive continuous contacts that occur thereon. The continuous contacts may be accepted as a single gestural input, which is used to control a particular operation of the electronic device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164894 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A VIBRATION AND A PORTABLE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for generating a vibration and a portable terminal using the same. The method includes displaying a coordinate for generating a vibration pattern, displaying, on the coordinate, a line image according to an input of the portable terminal user, generating a vibration pattern corresponding to the displayed line image, and storing the generated vibration pattern. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164895 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SCROLL FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus is provided for performing a scroll function in a portable terminal, in which a touch screen displays a list divided into a plurality of sections, a memory stores a scroll function established for each of the plurality of sections, and a controller locates a focus on a particular item by performing a scroll function established for a particular section, when the section among the plurality of sections is touched and dragged. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164896 | Capacitive touch panel, manufacturing method therefor and liquid crystal display apparatus provided with the touch panel - A capacitive touch panel, which is capable of providing high quality display, without a problem of position detection, even in the case where a production process with lower cost and higher heat load is adopted, by application of a transparent conductive film with high heat resistance; a manufacturing method therefor, and a liquid crystal display apparatus. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164897 | VIRTUAL KEYPAD SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Accordingly, a virtual keypad system for inputting text is provided. A virtual keypad system includes a remote controller having at least one touchpad incorporated therein and divided into a plurality of touch zones. A display device is in data communication with the remote controller and is operable to display a user interface including a keypad, where each key of the keypad is mapped to a touch zone of the touchpad. A prediction module, in response to an operator pressing a given touch zone to select a particular character, performs one or more key prediction methods to predict one or more next plausible keys. A key mapping module remaps the touch zones of the touchpad to the keys of the keypad based on the one or more next plausible keys. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164898 | Channel Scan Logic - A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164899 | MATRIX RESISTIVE TOUCH DEVICE - A matrix resistive touch device includes a first substrate, a spacer layer, and a second substrate. The first substrate is used for detecting a position of an input point in a first direction. The second substrate is used for detecting the position of the input point in a second direction. The first substrate has a conductive layer. The conductive layer has a voltage difference in the first direction. The second substrate has a plurality of electrodes. The plurality of electrodes is perpendicular to the second direction. The spacer layer is located between the first substrate and the second substrate for separating the conductive layer and the plurality of electrodes. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164900 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSING ASSEMBLY - A capacitive touch sensing assembly is a plate body assembled by a first and second substrate glued by a gluing layer. The first and second substrates are insulated transparent thin plates, and the gluing layer is an insulated transparent adhesive. On an upper surface of the first substrate, a capacitive sensing layer including a plurality of transparent first and second axis traces intersecting to each other. Induction-spots formed on each first axis trace are connected one by one, and induction-spots formed on each second axis trace are formed separately with gaps. An inducting layer has a plurality of conducting wires formed along the direction of the second axis traces. Electrical joints formed on two ends of the conducting wires contact the two adjacent induction-spots of the second axis traces respectively so as to electrically connect all induction-spots on each second axis trace. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164901 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel with particular conductive pattern design reduces the mutual interference between the upper and lower electrode and perform three-dimensional capacitance detection and double-faced detection, and may be applied in large dimension touch panel with high sensitivity. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164902 | TOUCH PANEL WITH PARALLEL ELECTRODES - The disclosure discloses a touch panel with parallel electrodes. The parallel electrodes mainly include a pair of parallel electrodes in x-axis and a pair of parallel electrodes in y-axis, further forming a ring structure by means of a series connection of eight corner resistances. The ring structure is the improvement of the electrode design, and is formed on the conductive layer of touch panel with a chain of series resistances. The voltage support of the conductive layer of the ring structure is provided by the corner electrodes on the conductive layer for touch detection. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164903 | ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoresis display device adapted to prevent sensing errors and to reduce electric power consumption is disclosed. The electrophoresis display device includes a thin film transistor array substrate and an ink film. The thin film transistor array substrate includes a sensor configured to generate a sensing signal, and an output transistor configured to be connected to the sensor and to control the output of the sensing signal. The ink film includes a common electrode and an ink layer, which are formed on one side surface of a base film, and a floating electrode formed on the other side surface of the base film. The output transistor outputs the sensing signal when a touch current is generated on the floating electrode. The electrophoresis display device only outputs the sensing signal when a substantial touch occurs. Therefore, the electrophoresis display device can prevent sensing errors and reduce electric power consumption. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164904 | CONTROL SIGNAL INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD USING DUAL TOUCH SENSOR - A control signal input device and a control signal input method are provided. A control signal input device, includes a first touch sensor unit to output a first sensing signal in response to a first touch, a second touch sensor unit to output a second sensing signal in response to a second touch, and a control signal generation unit to generate an event control signal based on at least one of the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164905 | METHOD OF IMPROVED COMPUTATION OF TOUCH COORDINATES FOR FOUR-WIRE RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREENS - A method for calculating coordinates and touch pressure on a four-wire resistive touch screen includes applying a voltage gradient across a flexible resistive sheet in a touch screen and measuring the voltage where the screen comes in contact with another screen via analog to digital couplings to the other screen. The touch pressure is acquired by applying a higher voltage potential to one resistive sheet and a lower voltage potential to the other sheet so that current flows between the sheets at the point of contact between the sheets. A voltage on each sheet is then measured at the point of contact shared by the sheets. The measured voltages are used to calculate the touch pressure. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164906 | DISPLAY PANEL, MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display panel, ensuring high photo-detection accuracy in a region near a frame area, is provided. The display panel includes: image display elements disposed in an effective display area of a display screen; a light-shielding layer disposed in a frame area around the effective display area; and photo-detection elements disposed in the effective display area or in both of the effective display area and the frame area. The photo-detection elements detect the invisible light. The light-shielding layer transmits invisible light, while shields visible light. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164907 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A stylus includes a tube body, a touch end connected to the tube body, an inflatable balloon enwrapping the tube body such that the tube body and the balloon cooperatively define a sealed chamber, and an inflating mechanism for inserting gas into the sealed chamber to inflate the balloon and therefore, the size of the stylus is adjustable and convenient for using. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164908 | DUAL-MODE ROTATABLE INPUT DEVICE - Embodiments related to dual mode rotatable input devices that permit both resistive and non-resistive rotation are disclosed. One embodiment comprises a stationary hub, a rotatable member rotatable around the stationary hub, and a resistive rotation mechanism forming an interface between the stationary hub and the rotatable member. The resistive rotation mechanism comprises a resistive surface and a movable interface member configured to selectively contact the resistive surface, wherein the resistive surface and the movable interface member move relative to one another with rotation of the rotatable member. The resistive mechanism further comprises a biasing mechanism that urges the movable interface member into engagement with the resistive surface when a rotational velocity of the rotatable member is below a threshold velocity, and allows separation of the interface member and the resistive surface when the rotational velocity of the rotatable member is above the threshold velocity. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164909 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus including: a sensor; a motion pattern detector configured to detect a given motion pattern from a measurement result by the sensor; a controller configured to perform a control operation associated with the given motion pattern if the given motion pattern is detected by the motion pattern detector; and an application processor configured to perform an application operation including an application operation associated with the given motion pattern if the given motion pattern is detected by the motion pattern detector. The controller does not perform the control operation associated with the given motion pattern if the given motion pattern is detected during the application operation. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164910 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display device is provided with a display section ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100164911 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION FOR COLOR FILTERS FOR USE IN ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention relates to a photosensitive resist composition comprising a colorant. More specifically, it relates to a photosensitive resist composition which is advantageously used for the production of a color filter for use in electronic paper displays devices, color image pick-up elements and the like. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164912 | INFORMATION CODE READING APPARATUS AND READING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a method and device for reading an information code in which an information code displayed on a display can be read without increasing the circuit size of the display device. To read the information code displayed on the display in a predetermined area during each frame display interval, a synchronization signal synchronized with each of the frame display intervals is generated based on noise emitted from the display, and the information code is restored from a captured image signal obtained by capturing a screen of the display as an image in accordance with the synchronization signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164913 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BLACK INSERTION THEREOF - A display system, a source driving apparatus, and a method of black insertion are provided. The apparatus includes a data channel, a black-insertion-data line, a first and a second selector. In a first period, the first selector electrically connects the data channel to a first data line in a display panel, and the second selector electrically connects the black-insertion-data line to a second data line in the display panel. In a second period, the first selector electrically connects the data channel to the second data line, and the second selector electrically connects the black-insertion-data line to the first data line. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164914 | VOLTAGE FEEDBACK CIRCUIT FOR ACTIVE MATRIX REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention is a driving circuit for use with reflective display devices. In a preferred embodiment, the display device is a pixilated, active matrix electrochromic device. The inventive circuit includes a sampling capacitor and a plurality of inverters. The sampling circuit quickly stores a data voltage. Addressing of a plurality of electrochromic pixels in an active matrix is thereby accelerated. The inverters are coupled to a relatively high and low power source for quickly driving the electrochromic pixel to the stored data voltage. The circuit of the present invention permits rapid refreshing of electrochromic pixels in an active matrix and achieves color gradients without bleaching and recharging the electrochromic pixel. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164915 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT - A gate driving circuit includes a first shift register and a second shift register for driving odd gate lines. The first shift register includes a first plurality of cascade-connected stages that sequentially output a plurality of first gate signals. A first stage of the first shift register receives a first vertical start signal. The second shift register includes a second plurality of cascade-connected stages to sequentially output a plurality of second gate signals. The first stage of the second shift register receives an output signal of the first stage of the first shift register as its vertical start signal. A data charging rate may be improved by ensuring the timing margin of each gate signal, so that the driving reliability of the gate driving circuit may be improved. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164916 | SOURCE DRIVER OF DISPLAY - A source driver of a display including a timing controller, the source driver and a display panel may include a digital-to-analog converter configured to output an analog value corresponding to a digital data signal supplied from the timing controller of the display panel. An amplification unit is configured to amplify the analog value in a switched capacitor mode to produce an amplified result, and to output the amplified result as a driving signal for driving a unit column line of the display panel. Therefore, since area and power consumption can be further reduced compared with a related source driver, costs can be reduced and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) can be improved by the reduction of power consumption. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164917 | DISPLAY PANELS - Display panels capable of eliminating reliability issues due to high switching frequency. The display panel comprises a data driver outputting first, second, third and fourth data signals in sequence through a data line, a scan driver outputting first and second scan signals in sequence through first and second scan lines and an auxiliary driver generates first and second auxiliary signals in sequence, and first and second display cells commonly receives the first scan signal through the first scan line and receives the first and the second data signal through the data line, and a first switch is coupled to the data line and the second display cell, turning on and off in sequence according to the first auxiliary signal when the first scan signal is applied thereto such that the second and the first display cells receive the first and the second data signals in sequence. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164918 | ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, CURRENT CONTROL DEVICE, ARITHMETIC DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A disclosed electronic element includes: a substrate; a first electrode layer formed on a portion of the substrate; an insulating layer formed on the first electrode layer; a conductive layer formed on the insulating layer formed on an area where the first electrode layer is formed; a second electrode layer formed on one area where the first electrode layer on the substrate is not formed; a third electrode layer formed on the other area where neither the first electrode layer on the substrate nor the second electrode layer is formed; and a semiconductor layer formed so as to cover between the conductive layer and the second electrode layer and to cover between the conductive layer and the third electrode layer. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164919 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device capable of performing image display with more adequate white level, during an operation of displaying an image which requires emphasizing white. A backlight illuminator for illuminating a liquid crystal display panel comprises a white light source adapted to generate white light, in addition to a laser source adapted to generate red light, blue light and green light. When an image to be displayed on a liquid crystal display panel requires emphasizing white, white light from the white light source is emitted to a liquid crystal display panel, in addition to red light, blue light and green light from the laser source. This makes it possible to display the image which requires emphasizing white, in the form of an image with more natural image quality. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164920 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to the invention, an information processing apparatus includes: a main body having a top face; a keyboard provided on the top face; an auxiliary illumination module provided on the top face not to overlap with the keyboard; a display unit connected to the main body by a hinge so as to be movable between a closed state and a open state, the display unit having a display face facing the top face at the open state; a display module provided on the display face; a plurality of imaging modules provided on the display face; a plurality of illuminating modules provided on the display face; a receiving module configured to receive video data via a network, the receiving module being housed in the main body; a display control module configured to let the display module display video based on the video data and local video based on local video data taken by at least one of the imaging devices. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164921 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Improvement of the image quality and position detection accuracy is implemented. Operation of a backlight | 2010-07-01 |
20100164922 | Backlight brightness control for panel display device - A display device is provided with a display panel; a backlight which illuminates the display panel; and a backlight brightness controller controlling a brightness of the backlight so that the brightness of the brightness is variable in the middle of each frame period. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164923 | Driving system for display device - A driving system of the present invention for use in a displaying device is provided with a pseudo bit-depth extension section. In the pseudo bit-depth extension section, a noise pattern is added to upper-n-bit data of an input signal D | 2010-07-01 |
20100164924 | Bias control circuit, source driver, and liquid crystal display device - A bias control circuit includes a counter unit, a decoder, a level shifter, and a bias block. The bias control circuit provides plurality bits of first signal indicating information on a plurality of groups based on a number of scanning lines and a number of groups. The decoder decodes the first signal to provide plurality bits of second signal. The level shifter shifts a voltage level of the second signal to provide a bias resistor selection signal. The bias block provides respective bias voltages to the corresponding respective groups by respective resistances being selected in response to the bias resistor selection signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164925 | SOURCE DRIVER, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD OF SOURCE DRIVER - A source driver, a display device and a driving method of the source driver are disclosed. The source driver adapted to a display panel includes a plurality of driving channels, wherein the display panel includes N pixel cells on each of a plurality of scan lines. The 1 | 2010-07-01 |
20100164926 | SOURCE DRIVER - A source driver adapted to drive a plurality of data lines on a display panel is disclosed. The source driver includes a first output buffer, a second output buffer, a multiplexer, and a first regulating unit. The first and the second output buffers respectively enhance transmission intensities of a first and a second pixel signals. The first regulating unit regulates a slew rate of the first pixel signal outputted from the first output buffer to match a slew rate of the second pixel signal outputted from the second output buffer. The multiplexer coupled to the regulating unit selectively transmits the first and the second pixel signals to one of the odd data lines and one of the even data line, or to the one of the even data lines or the one of the odd data lines, according to a control signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164927 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device includes a scan electrode drive circuit including a sustain pulse generating circuit, which includes an electric power recovery capacitor, a first recovery switch and a first recovery inductor connected in series so as to form an electric current passage in which an electric current is allowed to flow from the electric power recovery capacitor to a scan electrode, a second recovery switch and a second recovery inductor connected in series so as to form an electric current passage in which an electric current is allowed to flow from the scan electrode to the electric power recovery capacitor, a first damper capacitor connected to a node between a diode of the first recovery switch and the first recovery inductor, and a second damper capacitor connected to a node between a diode of the second recovery switch and the second recovery inductor. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164928 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME - Embodiments of the present invention operate at least two microshutter electrodes with different voltages from each other for displaying grays. Also, a data voltage is applied to the microshutter electrodes after an initialization voltage when the display device has hysteresis characteristics such that erroneous operation due to the hysteresis characteristics is eliminated. As described herein, the display device including the microshutter electrodes may display subdivided grays. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164929 | SOURCE DRIVER - The invention discloses a source driver. The source driver comprises a plurality of channels and a control module. Each of the plurality of channels comprises an output buffer, an output pad, a driving switch, and a charge sharing switch. The control module is used to control a gate signal of the driving switch or the charge sharing switch in each channel to be changed linearly. By doing so, a peak current generated by the source driver can be lowered to reduce the electromagnetic interference (EMI). | 2010-07-01 |
20100164930 | DRIVE CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING BRIGHTNESS OF DISPLAY - A drive circuit of a displayer for driving at least a pixel, including: an output stage coupled to the pixel and controlled by a pixel signal to switch an output voltage on the pixel; a calibration device coupled between the output stage and the pixel and including an input end controlled by a bias voltage further calibrating the brightness of the pixel; a stabilizing device coupled between the input end of the calibration device and the pixel signal for stabilizing the voltage on the input end of the calibration device to be at the level of the bias voltage after a variation; and a accelerating device coupled between the stabilizing device and a voltage source for generating the bias voltage and accelerating the speed stabilizing the voltage on the input end of the calibration device to be at the level of the bias voltage. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164931 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A PIXEL - A pixel circuit adaptable for a pixel array including a first scan line and a second scan line is provided. An illumination unit is coupled to a first node, including a light emitting diode that illuminates based on a voltage level of the first node. A first circuit is coupled to the first node, the first scan line and a data signal. A second circuit including one or more transistors, is coupled to the first node, the second scan line and a reference voltage. The second scan line has a scan order before that of the first scan line by one or more lines. When the first scan line is activated, the first circuit passes the data signal to the first node. When the second scan line is activated, the second circuit passes the reference voltage to the first node. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164932 | Address Driving Circuit and Plasma Display Device Having the Same - An address driving circuit includes a driving device unit and an energy recovery circuit. The driving device unit drives an address electrode to an address voltage or a reference voltage in response to driving control signals during an address period. The energy recovery circuit recovers a voltage charged to the address electrode in response to switching control signals such that a voltage of the address electrode transitions to the address voltage or the reference voltage via at least two intermediate voltages including first and second intermediate voltages during the address period. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164933 | LCD SOURCE DRIVER - An LCD source driver may include a digital-to-analog converter including a sampling capacitor to sample, according to a signal, at least one of a first voltage and a second voltage. The LCD source driver may also include a reconstruction filter in which capacitance applied from the sampling capacitor according to the signal and capacitance of an integral capacitor for holding a previous output voltage are connected in parallel. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164934 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING LOW VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL AT DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a skew compensating type data receiving unit for delaying clocks received in response to a program signal, comparing the clocks delayed thus to compensating clocks, setting an internal delay amount according to a result of the comparison, and delaying and forwarding a low voltage differential signals according to the delay amount set thus, a clock receiving unit for delaying the clock received thus by a fixed delay amount and forwarding the clock delayed thus as a compensating clock, a clock generating unit for generating a data restoring clock by using the clock delayed thus, and a data restoring logic for restoring the low voltage differential signal delayed at the data receiving unit in synchronization with the data restoring clock, thereby compensating for an internal skew taking place at the data channel which receives a low voltage differential signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164935 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD - In a display apparatus having a display zone and a light-shielding zone, the light-shielding zone includes an electrically controlled material having a controllable light shielding rate and being controlled to change its light shielding rate in accordance with a control signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164936 | DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALLING SERIAL INTERFACE CIRCUIT - A differential signaling serial interface circuit includes a receiver including a voltage comparator having input terminals with a termination resistor R | 2010-07-01 |
20100164937 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A method and device for controlling power of an active matrix organic light-emitting diode are provided. The method for controlling power of an active matrix organic light-emitting diode includes: calculating a frame data rate, which is a ratio of a light emitting pixel quantity representing a specific color in an image data to be displayed; determining a luminance reducing amount mapped to the frame data rate; and controlling and displaying an entire luminance of an image according to the luminance reducing amount. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164938 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Power consumption required for charging and discharging a source signal line is reduced in an active matrix EL display device. A bipolar transistor (Bi | 2010-07-01 |
20100164939 | DISPLAY AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - A display includes a timing controller and a source driver. The timing controller reflects a rule making a frame recognizable on a signal different from a gate start pulse (GSP) informing of a start of the frame and transmits the rule-reflected signal. The source driver receives the rule-reflected signal transmitted from the timing controller and checks the rule reflected on the rule-reflected signal to thereby recognize the frame. The rule is reflected on the signal different from the GSP to inform of frame start or frame change and the rule-reflected signal is transmitted to the source driver. Using the rule, the source driver can recognize frame start or frame change. Accordingly, there is an effect of eliminating a necessity of a change in hardware resources or provision of an additional hardware resource in the source driver for the recognition of frame start or frame change. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164940 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines crossing the data lines, and pixels arranged in m×n matrix; a register for defining polarity pattern information, frame rotation information, and line rotation information to determine a polarity of a data voltage charged in N lines, wherein N is a positive integer less than n; a timing controller for generating a polarity control signal to control polarities of data voltages charged in n lines of the liquid crystal display panel based on the information read from the register; and source drive ICs for converting the polarities of the data voltages supplied to the data lines in response to the polarity control signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164941 | SPREAD SPECTRUM CLOCKING INTERFACE APPARATUS OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A spread spectrum clocking interface apparatus of a flat panel display for compensating for a frequency difference between a first clock signal externally supplied to a timing controller and a second clock signal generated from a spread spectrum clocking unit. The spread spectrum clocking interface apparatus includes a storage unit, first and second counters, and a delay unit. The storage unit stores input data to be supplied to the flat panel display in a first-in/first-out (FIFO) manner in accordance with a write address and outputs the stored input data in the FIFO manner in accordance with a read-out address. The first counter counts the first clock signal in response to a display enable signal and outputs a result of the counting as the write address. The delay unit delays the display enable signal while the second counter counts the second clock signal in response to the delayed display enable signal and outputs a result of the counting of the second counter as the read-out address. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164942 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LINE REPAIR AMPLIFIER - A circuit and method for driving a line repair amplifier includes a line repair amplifier which can be driven by using a single side input which can use an amplifier which drives a gray high side only and an amplifier which drives a gray low side only separately in a liquid crystal display device which uses a line repair amplifier. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164943 | GATE LINE CIRCUIT APPLIED TO DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display panel includes a gate line circuit. The gate line circuit includes a gate driver, a control circuit and a gate line. The gate driver generates a first driving signal with alternate high and low levels. The first driving signal has a first rising edge and a first falling edge. The control circuit receives the first driving signal and generates a second driving signal. The second driving signal has a second rising edge and a second falling edge. The second rising edge and the second falling edge are respectively smoother than the first rising edge and the first falling edge. The control circuit includes at least one capacitor. The capacitor is charged in a first direction in response to the first rising edge of the first driving signal. The capacitor is charged in a second direction in response to the first falling edge of the first driving signal. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164944 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system includes a display device, a driving circuit, a flexible printed circuit (FPC), a charge pump circuit and a control circuit. The driving circuit is disposed on the display device, and utilized for driving the display device. The FPC is externally coupled to the display device. The charge pump circuit is disposed on the FPC, and utilized for generating at least an output voltage to the driving circuit. The control circuit is disposed on the display device and coupled to the driving circuit, and utilized for generating a control signal to control the charge pump circuit. The charge pump circuit has a control pin coupled to the control circuit for receiving the control signal generated from the control circuit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164945 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PHOTOS IN DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A digital photo frame includes a display control module configured for displaying a two-dimensional first image and a two-dimensional second image having a horizontal parallax with the first image. The display photo frame is capable of displaying the first image at a first angle, and displaying the second image at a second angle. The first image and the second image alternately displayed at a definite interval time produce a three-dimensional appearance based on the first image and the second image. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164946 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Control of an Avatar in a Three Dimensional Computer-Generated Virtual Environment - A method and apparatus for enhancing control of an Avatar in a three dimensional computer-generated virtual environment is provided. In one embodiment, a user can control one or more controllable aspects of an Avatar directly via interacting with a touch sensitive user input device such as a touchpad or touch sensitive screen. Interaction with the touch sensitive user input device enables more precise control and more direct control to be implemented over the action of the Avatar in the virtual environment. Multiple aspects of the Avatar may be controlled, such as the Avatar's forward motion, orientation, arm movements, and grasping of objects. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164947 | PRE-FETCHING VIRTUAL CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An invention that pre-fetches virtual content in a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is a pre-fetching tool, including a ranking component configured to rank each of a plurality of members belonging to a social network of an avatar according to predefined ranking criteria. The pre-fetching tool further includes a pre-fetching component configured to pre-fetch a virtual content within a proximity of each of the plurality of members belonging to the social network of the avatar based on the ranking. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164948 | Apparatus and method of enhancing ray tracing speed - A method and an apparatus of enhancing a ray tracing speed. The method of enhancing a ray tracing speed may group a secondary ray based on a direction of the secondary ray in a 3D space, and may perform packet tracing based on the grouped secondary ray. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164949 | System and method of rendering 3D graphics - A system and method of rendering three-dimensional (3D) graphics. The system for rendering 3D graphics may include a plurality of cores including a scratch pad memory, a first memory to perform a control flow, a second memory for loop acceleration, and a shared memory to interpolate with the plurality of cores. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164950 | EFFICIENT 3-D TELESTRATION FOR LOCAL ROBOTIC PROCTORING - An apparatus is configured to show telestration in 3-D to a surgeon in real time. A proctor is shown one side of a stereo image pair, such that the proctor can draw a telestration line on the one side with an input device. Points of interest are identified for matching to the other side of the stereo image pair. In response to the identified points of interest, regions and features are identified and used to match the points of interest to the other side. Regions can be used to match the points of interest. Features of the first image can be matched to the second image and used to match the points of interest to the second image, for example when the confidence scores for the regions are below a threshold value. Constraints can be used to evaluate the matched points of interest, for example by excluding bad points. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORIENTATING SCAN CLOUD DATA RELATIVE TO BASE REFERENCE DATA - A system for orientating scan cloud data of a surface relative to base reference data is provided. The orientating system includes an input source generator adapted to provide the scan cloud data, a tilt-correction means for orientating the point cloud data relative to the base reference data, and a data editing means for filtering spurious point data from the accumulated point cloud data, wherein the base reference data represents at least geometrical parameters of a base reference, the base reference being substantially distinct from the target surface. A system for identifying features in scan could data of a surface is also provided. The identifying system includes an input source generator adapted to provide the scan cloud data, and a partitioning means for partitioning the point cloud data into discrete segments corresponding to different geometric sections of the surface. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164952 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PRODUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A stereoscopic image production method and system produces left and right eye images from a two dimensional image. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164953 | Systems and methods for transporting physical objects from real physical life into virtual worlds - Systems and methods for transporting physical objects from real physical life into virtual worlds. Briefly stated, the method includes receiving characteristic and structure data from an object constructed in the real world. The characteristic and structure data is obtained from the object using a plurality of sensors placed in the vicinity of the object to sense the characteristics and structure of the object. The characteristic and structure data of the object is used to produce code necessary to create an equivalent representation of the object in a virtual world. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164954 | Tessellator Whose Tessellation Time Grows Linearly with the Amount of Tessellation - In accordance with some embodiments, a tessellator may experience only a linear increase in tessellation time with increasing edge levels of detail. Conventionally, tessellators experience a non-linear or quadratic increase in tessellation time with increasing levels of detail. In some embodiments, the intervals and the triangulation of the inner tessellation may be pre-computed. Then at run time, the pre-computed values may be looked up for the applicable edge level of detail. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164955 | Image forming techniques - In some embodiments, the intervals and the triangulation of an inner tessellation of a patch may be pre-computed. Even factor tessellations are arranged in a co-centric manner so that lower number factors are inside tessellations with higher number factors. Similarly, odd factor tessellations are arranged in a co-centric manner so that lower number factors are inside tessellations with higher number factors. Domain points of even factor tessellations are stored in a first table whereas domain points of odd factor tessellations are stored in a second table. At run time, the pre-computed values may be looked up for the applicable edge level of detail. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164956 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring User Attention with a Computer-Generated Virtual Environment - Avatars focal points are monitored as the Avatars move within a virtual environment to determine, statistically, where users are looking at in the virtual environment. The Avatar's focal point may be used to control a virtual brush that may paint the virtual environment in an attention monitoring function. A statistical distribution about the focal point is used to affect the coloration, and other known information about the virtual environment may be used to affect the statistics. As attention records from multiple users are collected, they may be overlaid to obtain a very accurate picture of how users are interacting with the virtual environment and with objects in the virtual environment. The attention monitoring function may generate a thermal overlay to the virtual environment to visually show where users tend to focus within the virtual environment. Users' attention on three dimensional and graphic objects may be monitored as well. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164957 | DISPLAYING DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF MEMBERS DISCUSSING TOPICS IN A FORUM - Users in public forums often mention certain topics in the course of their discussions. Member's comments in messages to other members are analyzed to obtain terms that co-occur with topics. Frequencies of co-occurrence of a term with topics are normalized based on frequency of the term in a random sample of message. The terms are ranked by their normalized frequency of co-occurrence with a topic in messages. The top terms are selected based on their rank. Analysis of demographic information associated with members that mentioned top terms associated with a topic is displayed in graphical format that highlights the relationship between the age, gender, and usage of the top terms over time. The demographic information presented includes average age of members that mentioned a top term or their gender information within a selected time interval. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164958 | DISPLAY METHOD OF ON SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) AND DISPLAY SYSTEM THEREOF - A display method of an OSD and a display system are provided herein. In the display method, a plurality of symbols are respectively compressed into a plurality of codewords according to an encoding process, and the codewords are stored in a memory module. A plurality of index values respectively corresponding to the symbols are established in a codebook and the codebook is stored in the memory module, wherein the index values are address information of storing the codewords in the memory module. The index value corresponding to a designation symbol of the symbols is searched out from the codebook according to an input command corresponding to the designation symbol, and a decoding process is performed on the codeword corresponding to the designation symbol from the memory module for displaying the designation symbol on the display. Therefore, a storage space of the memory module is reduced by compressing the symbols. | 2010-07-01 |
20100164959 | RENDERING A VIRTUAL INPUT DEVICE UPON DETECTION OF A FINGER MOVEMENT ACROSS A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method comprises a processor detecting a person's finger moving across an unrendered portion of a touch-sensitive display. As a result of detecting the finger moving, the method further comprises the processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual keyboard image on the display. | 2010-07-01 |