31st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090189817 | HOUSING, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE HOUSING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A housing for a wireless communication device includes a decorative film, an antenna pattern formed on the decorative film, and a substrate moldingly attached to the decorative film and the antenna pattern. The antenna is made of a metal coating. The antenna pattern is sandwiched between the decorative film and the substrate. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189818 | HOUSING, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE HOUSING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A housing for a wireless communication device includes a decorative film having an antenna pattern formed thereon, a protective coating covering the antenna pattern, and a substrate moldingly attached to the decorative film and the protective coating. The antenna pattern is a conductive ink coating. The antenna pattern and the protective coating are sandwiched between the decorative film and the substrate. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189819 | HOUSING, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE HOUSING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A housing for a wireless communication device includes a substrate and an antenna pattern formed on the substrate. The antenna pattern is a conductive paint coating. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189820 | Wireless UWB Connection for Rotating RF Antenna Array - A movable portion of an array of antenna elements receives RF signals. A movable ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitter is connected to each antenna element, via a RF to UWB converter. A fixed portion of the antenna array is separated from the movable portion by an air gap. The fixed portion includes one fixed UWB receiver for each movable UWB transmitter. An application system is connected to the fixed UWB receivers. The UWB signals from the movable transmitter are sent across the air gap to the fixed UWB receivers to be processed by the application system as the movable portion rotates. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189821 | TRI-COLUMN ADJUSTABLE AZIMUTH BEAM WIDTH ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS NETWORK - A tri-column antenna array architecture, containing a plurality of active radiating elements that are spatially arranged on a modified reflector structure is disclosed. Radiating elements disposed along (P | 2009-07-30 |
20090189822 | Antenna Designs for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for antenna designs for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are described. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189823 | Electronically Steered Phased Array Blade Antenna Assembly - An antenna design, having two symmetrical phased array blade antenna elements which provide improved lateral target coverage with an increased effective radiated power and exhibits smooth null-free unidirectional antenna patterns. The direction of the unidirectional antenna pattern is dictated by a switching command under control of a user. Each blade antenna element is coupled to a 90-degree hybrid coupler and an RF switching device by a semi-rigid RF cable. Each blade antenna element is also connected to a sub-resonant choke balun for improved impedance matching and resultant distortion-less antenna patterns. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189824 | Portable Wireless Device - A portable wireless device in which, in various states where the user uses the portable wireless device, the correlation coefficient between antennas can be reduced, and high-speed and high-capacity communication can be ensured is provided. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189825 | ULTRA WIDE BAND ANTENNA WITH A SPLINE CURVE RADIATING ELEMENT - The present application relates to microstrip-fed printed planar antennas and in particular to the geometry of same. More particularly an antenna is provided with a radiating or ground plane element having a generally continuous curved shape and being symmetrical about the longitudinal axis and non-symmetrical about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189826 | Phase Shifter And Antenna Including Phase Shifter - A phase shifter includes two or more conductive strips, an input line and a wiper coupled to both the input line and the conductive strips. Rotation of the wiper about a pivot point alters the path lengths between the input line and output ports or antenna elements connected to the conductive strips. The wiper is a multi-bladed wiper. Phase errors in multi-bladed wiper-type phase shifters are reduced. Arrangements for reduction of phase shifter size or increase in phase shift range are described. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189827 | HOUSING, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE HOUSING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A housing for a wireless communication device includes a substrate and an antenna circuit pattern formed on the substrate. The antenna circuit pattern is an electroplated metal coating. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189828 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF RECEIVING MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of multiple-input-multiple-output wireless communication. Some embodiments include an apparatus having a wireless receiver to receive a multiple-input-multiple-output wireless transmission, the receiver including a set of antenna elements having different polarizations to receive a respective set of wireless signals of the multiple-input-multiple-output wireless transmission over a respective set of different communication channels, wherein the set of antenna elements includes a first number of antenna elements; a radio-frequency module to handle a second number of wireless received signals, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number; and a selector to selectively provide the radio-frequency module with a subset of the set of wireless signals including the second number of signals according to at least one selection criterion. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189829 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a main unit having a flat boxed shape; a first display device that displays contents; a connecting portion that is configured to detachably attach and fix the main unit to another apparatus; a connection interface that communicates with the another apparatus; and a controller that operates to: determine whether the main unit is fixed to the another apparatus by the connecting portion in a manner covering a second display device that is provided in the another apparatus and that the main unit is positioned in a facing state where the first display device faces a user; control, when determined that the main unit covers the second display device of the another apparatus and that the main unit is positioned in the facing state, the another apparatus through the connection interface; and control the first display device to display given contents. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189830 | Eye Mounted Displays - A display device is mounted on and/or inside the eye. The eye mounted display contains multiple sub-displays, each of which projects light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display. The projected light propagates through the pupil but does not fill the entire pupil. In this way, multiple sub-displays can project their light onto the relevant portion of the retina. Moving from the pupil to the cornea, the projection of the pupil onto the cornea will be referred to as the corneal aperture. The projected light propagates through less than the full corneal aperture. The sub-displays use spatial multiplexing at the corneal surface. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189831 | AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELD DISPLAY - An improved automobile. An exemplary automobile includes an engine, a set of wheels connected to the engine, a chassis connected to the engine, and an electrochromatic windshield connected to the chassis. The electrochromatic windshield is operable to darken and un-darken the electrochromatic windshield. A video projection system is also connected to the chassis. The video projection system is operable by a driver to project an overlay image on the electrochromatic windshield. The electrochromatic windshield can be darkened by activation of the video projection system and un-darkened by deactivation of the video projection system. The video projection system can be used to project a map onto the electrochromatic windshield. The video projection system can then be used to project a relative position of the driver's vehicle, other vehicles and obstructions on the map, as well as highlighting and tracking, via graphical markings, these objects as they enter the windshield's projection plane. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189832 | Filter for a plasma display panel and plasma display device having the filter - A filter for a plasma display panel (PDP) is configured to provide a white balance of the PDP viewed through the filter in a negative region of a minimum perceptible color difference (MPCD). | 2009-07-30 |
20090189833 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL UNIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal panel unit, a display device, and a method of manufacturing the same, in which the display device includes: a display panel that includes a display region; a gate driver that applies a gate signal to the display region; a data driver that applies a data signal to the display region; a vertical synchronization signal line that transfers a vertical synchronization start signal to the gate driver; a data signal line that transfers the data signal to the data driver; and an isolation pattern that is arranged between the vertical synchronization signal line and the data signal line. The isolation pattern intercepts an electromagnetic field that is generated and prevents image degradation. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189834 | Display with multiple emission layers - A display has light emitting elements, a first driver, a power source, and a second driver. Each light emitting element includes “n” emission layers formed one over another to form a color dot in each pixel. The first driver drives the emission layers to emit light or no light. The power source passes a current through the first driver to the light emitting element. The second driver individually weights the n emission layers and makes the emission layers emit light so that each dot may express a gradation level. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189835 | Display Device - A display device according to one or more embodiments includes a display panel, a source driver part and a gate driver part. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. According to an embodiment, the first substrate includes a first side extending in a substantially straight line and having a first end and a second end, and a second side extending in a substantially round shape from the first end of the first side to the second end of the first side. A plurality of gate lines is substantially parallel with the first side. The second substrate has a shape corresponding to the first substrate. The source driver part is disposed at the first side, and the gate driver part is disposed at the second side. Thus, a display panel having various shapes besides a rectangular shape may be manufactured according to one or more embodiments. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189836 | IMPULSE-TYPE DRIVING METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An impulse-type driving method for a liquid crystal display (LCD) is used for driving a pixel array of an LCD panel. The method includes providing a set of impulse control signals to a source driver. The source driver, according to the set of impulse control signals, drives the pixel array. The set of impulse control signals includes a command signal. The command signal includes a field of determining data voltage polarity and a command field. According to a time sequence, the field of determining data voltage polarity provides a polarity data for determining a voltage polarity output by the source driver. The command field and the field of determining data voltage polarity are consecutively and alternatively output, in which the command field allows to add a dynamic command in accordance with a desired action. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189837 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel to which an image signal is applied, the liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal molecule, and the liquid crystal display displaying an image based on the image signal by performing an active matrix driving, wherein a frequency of an image display in a one field period is higher than 60 Hz, the one field period being a time required for displaying the image, and a rising response time of the liquid crystal molecule is shorter than a hold time of the image signal in the one field. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189838 | Display Apparatus and Method for Displaying an Image - A display apparatus and a method for displaying an image are provided. The display apparatus includes a pixel array, a polarity (POL) signal generator, and a drive circuit. The pixel array which includes a plurality of pixels is configured to display a plurality of frames of the image. The POL signal generator is configured to generate a plurality of POL signals. The drive circuit is configured to adjust the frames of the image according to the POL signals, and output the frames to the pixel array. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189839 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal display panel having a display area that displays an image in response to a gate signal and a data signal, and a peripheral area including first, second, third and fourth peripheral areas surrounding the display area; a plurality of gate drivers performing a scanning operating in response to a first control signal to output the gate signal, the gate drivers being arranged in the first peripheral area; a plurality of data drivers arranged in the second peripheral area adjacent to a gate driver that last performs the scanning operating among the gate drivers; and a signal transmission line connected to a gate driver that first performs the scanning operation among the gate drivers, and routed through the third and fourth peripheral areas opposite to the first and second peripheral areas, respectively, to provide the first control signal to the gate drivers. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189840 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a backlight assembly generating a light; a sensor sensing an amount of the light and color coordinates of the light to generate sensing information; a display panel receiving the light and displaying an image in response to a gray-scale voltage; a gray-scale compensation unit receiving M-bit source data and compensating a gray-scale of the source data in response to the sensing information to generate N-bit first compensation data; and a data driver converting the first compensation data into gray-scale voltage and proving the gray-scale voltage to the display panel. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189841 | Open-loop color management for light emitting diode backlight module - An open-loop color management system comprises an indicating means, a controller and an LED driver. The indicating means is for indicating the operation status of the LED backlight module. The controller is for generating a control signal based on the operation status by reference to a look-up table. The LED driver driving the LED backlight module based on the control signal, so the chromaticity of the LED backlight module may be substantially constant over time. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189842 | BACKLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS - A backlight control apparatus for controlling a backlight device for a liquid crystal display (LCD), the backlight device including a plurality of light-emitting components, the backlight control apparatus including: a synchronization unit to provide a synchronization signal; an image processing module to receive a video image signal representing a video image, the image processing module being configured to divide the video image into a plurality of block areas and generate a plurality of pulse-width modulation (PWM) data signals each corresponding to one of the plurality of block areas; a control module coupled to the synchronization unit and the image processing module, the control module being configured to generate a plurality of PWM signals based on the plurality of PWM data signals and the synchronization signal; and a driving module coupled to the control module, the driving module being configured to drive the backlight device based on the plurality of PWM signals. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189843 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DRIVE STATE OF BACKLIGHT IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is checking a drive state of a backlight lamp of a liquid crystal display device and notifying to an external entity whether it is normally driven in which level or is difficult to be normally driven. The apparatus for displaying a drive state of a backlight in a liquid crystal display device includes an inverter for converting an inputted DC voltage into an AC voltage of a certain level, and outputting the same to a backlight lamp; a drive voltage detecting unit for detecting a drive voltage supplied to the backlight lamp from the inverter and outputting a detected signal according to the detected drive voltage; a drive current detecting unit for detecting a tube current of the backlight lamp and outputting a detected signal according to the detected tube current; a drive voltage control/drive state signal output unit for checking a drive state of the backlight lamp based on the two detected signals, and controlling the drive voltage outputted from the inverter based on the checked result as well as outputting a drive state signal for indicating the drive state; and a lamp drive state indicating unit for indicating in which drive state the backlight lamp is driven according to the drive state signal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189844 | Back light system and liquid crystal display device using the back light system - A back light system and a liquid crystal display device, which can reduce the power consumption substantially, are provided. The power consumption can be substantially reduced by providing a plurality of light-emitting dividing parts to which area division of the light emitting surface which illuminates with light towards a liquid crystal panel is performed, and controlling the luminescent brightness in the light-emitting dividing parts according to the corresponding display image of a display area in the liquid crystal panel. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189845 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An image display device includes at least one light source that emits light; at least one display area that changes, for each pixel, a transmittance or a reflectance of the light emitted from the light source; a panel driving circuit that drives the display area on the basis of an image signal indicating the transmittance or the reflectance for each pixel; and a light source control unit that controls a proportion of a light emission time of the light source in a period that varies within a predetermined range. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189846 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having an LED drive circuit which can control a dimming control signal even with a pulse width of several tens μsec or less. The LED drive circuit includes a booster circuit, a first stage current mirror circuit generating a reference current, a second stage current mirror circuit generating a driving current from the reference current, a light-emitting diode column having a light-emitting diode supplied with the driving current, and a dimming control circuit controlling the turning on and off of the light-emitting diode based on a dimming control signal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189847 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cholesteric liquid crystal display device has a cell comprising a layer of cholesteric liquid crystal material and an active matrix addressing arrangement. The active matrix addressing arrangement is used to drive the liquid crystal material into the planar state and the homeotropic state. To achieve grey levels, the active matrix addressing arrangement is scanned with a plural number of scans ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189848 | METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHOTETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a method of driving an electrophoretic display device including electrophoretic elements including electrophoretic particles that is arranged between one pair of substrates, a display unit formed of a plurality of pixels each including a pixel electrode, a pixel switching element, a memory circuit that is connected between the pixel electrode and the pixel switching element, and a switching circuit that is connected between the pixel electrode and the memory circuit, and first and second control lines that are connected to the switching circuit. The method includes extracting a length of the boundary between pixel data of a first gray scale level and pixel data of a second gray scale level from image data transmitted to the display unit as a characteristic amount, determining whether an operation mode of an image displaying operation is to be switched based on the characteristic amount, and switching the operation mode based on the result of the determination acquired in the determining on whether an operation mode is to be switched. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189849 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A device includes: first and second substrates; an electrophoretic element between the substrates and including a dispersion medium containing electrophoretic particles; pixel electrodes on the first substrate; a common electrode opposite the pixel electrodes on the second substrate; a unit supplying an image signal having a first or second potentialthe second potential and a fourth potential2009-07-30 | |
20090189850 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoretic display device includes a pair of substrates, a pixel, a first electrode being formed on one of the substrates for the pixel, a second electrode being formed on the other of the substrates, and an electrophoretic element which is held between the first electrode and the second electrode. The pixel includes a pixel switching element which is connected to a scan line and a data line, a memory circuit which is connected to the pixel switching element, and a switch circuit which is interposed between the memory circuit and the first electrode. The memory circuit is connected with a first power source line and a second power source line, and the switch circuit is connected with a first control line and a second control line. The first power source line and the second power source line cross each other at a first position of the pixel, and the first control line and the second control line cross each other at a second position of the pixel. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189851 | Image Display Medium, Preparation Method Thereof - An image display medium is disclosed, which medium includes a pair of substrates each having an electrode and colored particles between the pair of substrates, and the colored particles have an absolute electric charge of 0.5 to 4.0 μC/g. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189852 | INDEX WHEEL HAVING NOTATIONS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An index wheel having notations adopted on an electronic device to be freely rotated to generate signal command output includes at least an inner axis layer and an operation layer encasing the inner axis layer in a coaxial manner and movable together at the same time. The operation layer is made from a ceramic material and formed integrally by molding and sintering. The operation layer also has a graphic notation zone on the surface that contains desired graphics or texts. Thus the profile of the index wheel is more versatile and provides a greater appeal to users. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189853 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - A character input device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes i) a base including an input region, ii) two input units disposed in the input region, wherein each of the input units is disposed to perform direction inputs of more than two steps that selects any one of a plurality of direction instruction locations that are radially spaced apart from each other from each of reference locations within the input region in each of the direction instruction locations, iii) a direction input detecting unit detecting whether the direction inputs and a multiple input are performed and iv) a controller discriminating and inputting a first character that is redundantly allocated at the corresponding direction instruction location according to the direction instruction location in which the direction inputs are performed and whether the multiple input is performed. The character input device having the construction described above includes two sets of input units that input more than one phoneme at an operation, thereby doubling input quantity and simultaneously inputting a character quickly and accurately. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189854 | USER INTERFACE CONTROLLER FOR A COMPUTER - User interface controller for controlling a computer comprising:
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20090189855 | COMPUTER CURSOR CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a computer cursor control system comprising a touchpad device and a cursor control program. The cursor control program displays a virtual pointer on a screen according to a finger's touch on the touchpad device and simultaneously moves a computer and the virtual pointer according to the finger's movement on the touch pad device. Finally, the compute cursor is moved to the virtual pointer's position responding to a switch signal generated by the touchpad device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189856 | System For Interaction With Computer System Using Printed Surface - A system for enabling interaction with a computer system is provided which is configured to receive, at the computer system, identity and movement data from a sensing device used to interact with a text field on a surface, determine information stored by the computer system which is associated with the identified text field, cause the computer system to perform an action associated with the determined information based on the received movement data, determine, at the computer system, a layout defining an arrangement of coded data indicative of the identity and information, and generate, at the computer system, print data indicative of the identity, layout and information. The sensing device senses coded data which encodes an identity of the text field and generates the identity data with the sensed identity and the movement data with movement of the sensing device by determining an orientation and position of the sensed coded data. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189857 | TOUCH SENSING FOR CURVED DISPLAYS - Described herein is an apparatus that includes a curved display surface that has an interior and an exterior. The curved display surface is configured to display images thereon. The apparatus also includes an emitter that emits light through the interior of the curved display surface. A detector component analyzes light reflected from the curved display surface to detect a position on the curved display surface where a first member is in physical contact with the exterior of the curved display surface. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189858 | Gesture Identification Using A Structured Light Pattern - In at least some embodiments, a computer system includes a processor. The computer system also includes a light source. The light source provides a structured light pattern. The computer system also includes a camera coupled to the processor. The camera captures images of the structured light pattern. The processor receives images of the structured light pattern from the camera and identifies a user gesture based on distortions to the structured light pattern. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189859 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WITH A CLIP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - In a number of embodiments, a computer input device includes: (a) an outer casing having; (1) a first surface; (2) a second surface; and (3) a cavity between the first surface and the second surface; (b) at least one button at the first surface; (c) a mechanism configured to detect movement of the outer casing and located at the second surface; and (d) a dip. In these embodiments, the mechanism and the at least one button are at least partially located within the cavity. Other embodiments are disclosed in the application. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189860 | METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF WIRELESS MOUSE - The present invention provides a method for reducing power consumption of a wireless mouse. At least two sets of mouse moving data are combined into a single packet to be transmitted to a wireless signal receiver. In the wireless signal receiver side, the single packet is divided into the at least two sets of mouse moving data. Since the frequency of transmitting these mouse moving data is reduced, the power consumption of operating the wireless mouse is reduced. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189861 | INPUT DEVICE INCLUDING A WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR SCROLLING AN IMAGE IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS - A computer input device having a housing and an engagable scroll wheel. The scroll wheel is rotatable about an axis to preferably cause vertical scrolling of an image on a display. The rotatable member is laterally movable relative to the housing. A sensor is preferably positioned within the housing for sensing lateral movement of the rotatable member. In response to sensed lateral movement of the rotatable member, the image is horizontally scrolled, preferably in the direction of the lateral movement. The scrolling speed can be affected relative to the amount of displacement of the rotatable member and/or the amount of time that the rotatable member is displaced a predetermined amount. The computer input device having the rotatable member may take the form of a keyboard, a mouse, a trackbal device, or another type of computer input device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189862 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICE FOR TEXT EDITING - The invention relates to a method for enabling a user to edit a text on a screen comprising the steps of: defining the text into at least one block, enabling the at least one block to be selected by the user, associating at least one function with the at least one block, and presenting the at least one block selected by a user and its associated function to the user on the screen upon selection of the at least one block. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189863 | COMBINATION CONSOLE MODULE FOR KVM SWITCH - A combination console module is described which enables a console to be used both as a local console for a local KVM switch and as a remote console for a remote network-enabled KVM (IKVM) switch. In a stand-alone configuration, the combination console module includes a control section, an analog-to-digital converter for converting analog video signals from the KVM switch to digital video signals, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for converting digital video signals from the network to analog signals, a video switch for applying either the input video signal form the KVM switch or video signals from the DAC to the console's display, and a network interface device. The keyboard/mouse signals from the console are processed by the control section and transmitted to either the KVM switch or the network. The combination console module can also be implemented by modifying a conventional IKVM switch by adding the DAC. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189864 | SELF-ADAPTING VIRTUAL SMALL KEYBOARD APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for implementing a virtual keyboard for use with small input devices. A circular keyboard can be graphically displayed, in response to a user input by a user via a small input device. A circular and centrally located key can be graphically located and displayed within the center of the circular keyboard, wherein character keys radiate outward from the centrally located key (i.e., the “central key”). Character keys that are most commonly utilized by the user are preferably located closed to the circular and centrally located key within the circular keyboard. Character keys least commonly utilized by the user are preferably located at the edges of the keyboard, thereby permitting the circular keyboard to function as a self-adapting virtual keyboard for use with small input devices based on the usage of the keyboard by the user. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189865 | Flexible user input device system - A flexible user input system, comprising a computing system having a display device and a flexible user input device with a touch screen display member, the flexible user input device configured to concurrently display at least two user input interface representations. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189866 | Apparatus and method for enabling user input - An apparatus including: a display including an array of picture elements which are configurable to provide information to a user; a first sensor for sensing force applied to the display by the user, the first sensor comprising a substantially transparent conductive member extending over at least a portion of the array of picture elements and configured to be deformable by the user, the first sensor being configured to provide an output associated with the deformation of the conductive member. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189867 | Auto Scanning for Multiple Frequency Stimulation Multi-Touch Sensor Panels - The use of multiple stimulation frequencies and phases is disclosed to detect touch events on a touch sensor panel in a low-power state. Simultaneously during every frame, a number of rows of the touch sensor panel can be driven with a positive phase of one or more stimulation signals, and the same number of different rows can be driven with the anti-phase of those same stimulation signals. Because the same number of rows are stimulated with the in-phase and anti-phase components of the one or more stimulation signals, the resulting charges injected into a given column cancel each other out. However, a touch event will create an imbalance, and a non-zero charge will be detected. The detection of the touch event can then trigger the system to wake up, activate a panel processor, and perform a full panel scan, where the location of the touch event can be identified. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189868 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE (UI) TO DETECT MULTIPOINT STROKE AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for providing a user interface (UI) and a multimedia apparatus using the same in which, if a multipoint stroke in which at least two strokes are concurrently input is detected on the touch screen, the touch screen performs a function corresponding to the multipoint stroke. A user can touch the touch screen to perform functions of various types using such a multipoint stroke. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189869 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE, MEDIA STORED CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel input device | 2009-07-30 |
20090189870 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - To provide a display input device including: a display controller for displaying a control frame on a display portion; a touch input detector for detecting a touch input to the touch panel portion; and a setup item displaying portion for superimposing setup items on the control frame in accordance with the position of the touch input while the touch input is being detected by the touch input detector. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189871 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF SENSING INPUT POINT USING MAGNETIC FLUID - A display device and method of sensing an input point using magnetic fluid the display device including: a touch panel part to receive a user input through a touch at an input point and to calculate a coordinate value of the input point; an electromagnet arrangement part comprising a plurality of electromagnets to generate a magnetic force on one or more electromagnets in a portion corresponding to the coordinate value; and a magnetic fluid part to obtain magnetism at the portion corresponding to the coordinate vale and to project in accordance with the generated magnetic force. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189872 | TOUCH PANEL - In a touch panel, a rear electrode provided at a rear end of an upper conductive layer is extended so as to surround the circumference of an upper substrate. Derivation sections for applying a voltage are formed at both ends of the rear electrode. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189873 | Projected Field Haptic Actuation - An electronic device includes a touch surface that can be physically engaged by a user. The touch surface is operably connected to an actuator arm which, in turn, is connected to an actuator array. Drive electronics sense a user's movement relative to the touch surface and, responsively, drive the actuator array effective to move the actuator arm and, in turn, provide haptic feedback to the user through the touch surface. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189874 | IMAGE CAPTURE AND HAPTIC INPUT DEVICE - The invention concerns an image capture and haptic input device. The device comprises at least one image sensor and haptic input means. The invention is characterized in that the image sensor is surrounded by the haptic input means. The latter can comprise discrete touch sensors distributed in a circle around the image sensor or in a matrix at the center of which the image sensor is positioned. The device can also comprise rows of touch sensors positioned offset from each other so that the touch sensors are staggered. In that case, the device comprises several image sensors positioned in interstices between the touch sensors. Instead of discrete touch sensors, the device can comprise a deformable sensitive membrane in the center of which an image sensor is positioned. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189875 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A touch screen display includes a display device, a resistive touch-sensitive overlay disposed on the display device and including a pair of touch-sensor layers separated by a gap, a resistive touch screen controller connected to each of the pair of touch-sensor layers for determining a position of a touch event on the touch-sensitive overlay and a capacitive controller connected to an outer one of the pair of touch-sensor layers for receiving input for determining changes resulting from capacitive coupling with the outer one of the pair of touch-sensor layers. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189876 | Control device for determining 4-wire or 5-wire resistive touch screen - The present invention provides A control device for determining 4-wire or 5-wire resistive touch screen, comprising: detecting means for respectively sending 4-wire control instruction and 5-wire control instruction in the period before sending control instructions of fetching X-axis and Y-axis coordinate position, so as to detect whether a 4-wire resistive touch screen or 5-wire resistive touch screen are being attached; control means, in accordance with the detected result of the detecting means, the control device is switched to 4-wire or 5-wire resistive touch screen so as to fetch the coordinate position. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189877 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE DEVICE - An analog touch panel device capable of utilizing a two-point touch on a touch panel as meaningful information input and a user interface device employing the analog touch panel device are provided. A decision is made as to whether two points are touched or not on a touch panel TP having resistive films which have electrode terminals at opposite end portions each and are superimposed top and bottom in such a manner that the electrode terminals become orthogonal, in which the top and bottom resistive films are brought into contact with each other by a push of a resistive film surface by touch input. The decision is made according to resistance values between the opposite terminals, and when a decision is made that the two points are touched, the distance between the two points touched is detected according to the resistance values between the opposite terminals. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189878 | LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SCREEN - A light-based touch screen, including a housing for a display screen, a plurality of infra-red light emitting diodes (LEDs), fastened on the housing, for generating light beams, at least one LED selector, fastened on the housing and connected with the plurality of LEDs, for controllably selecting and deselecting one or more of the plurality of LEDs, a plurality of photodiode (PD) receivers, fastened on the housing, for measuring light intensity, at least one PD selector, fastened on the housing and connected with the plurality of PD receivers, for controllably selecting and deselecting one or more of the plurality of PD receivers, an optical assembly, fastened on the housing, for projecting light beams emitted by the plurality of LEDs in substantially parallel planes over the housing, and a controller, fastened on the housing and coupled with the plurality of PD receivers, (i) for controlling the at least one LED selector, (ii) for controlling the at least one PD selector, and (iii) for determining therefrom position and velocity of an object crossing at least one of the substantially parallel planes, based on output currents of the plurality of PD receivers. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189879 | Synchronization of Plugins - A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to order when events occur and may be performing dynamic rendering prior to other steps. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189880 | SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT - A source driving circuit is provided. The source driving circuit includes a plurality of source drivers, first switches, and second switches. Each transmission line of each source driver is coupled to the first switch and the second switch. In a first period, the first switches are turned on, and the source drivers generate a first driving signal to drive pixels in odd columns of a display panel through the transmission lines and the first switches. In a second period, the second switches are turned on, and the source drivers generate a second driving signal to drive pixels in even columns of the display panel through the transmission lines and the second switches. Therefore, the problem of the prior art that each transmission line of the source driver drives pixels in only one column of the display panel is improved and the hardware cost is greatly decreased. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189881 | Display device - In the case where one horizontal period becomes shorter as a high frame rate drive of 120 Hz or higher is introduced or the resolution is increased, the time for the writing in of a voltage to the holding capacitor of pixels cannot be sufficiently secured. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189882 | Data driver circuit, method for driving same, and LCD device using same - An exemplary data driving circuit includes a data register, a counter, and a comparator. The data register is configured for receiving serial gray level signals in turn, and outputting the plurality of gray level signals in parallel. The counter is configured for outputting counting signals. The comparator is configured for receiving the gray level signals and the counting signals, and outputting pulse voltage signals according to the gray level signals and the counting signals. A variety of duty ratios of the pulse voltage signals correspond to a variety of gray levels. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189883 | Flat Display Apparatus and Control Circuit and Method for Controlling the same - In an exemplary flat display apparatus and control circuit and method for controlling the flat display apparatus, the flat display apparatus includes a plurality of gate driving units, each of which controls the operation of a scan line in the flat display apparatus. The flat display apparatus provides a first gate high level voltage signal and a second gate high level voltage signal to the gate driving units such that the first and second gate high level voltage signals are used as voltage signals transmitted to corresponding scan lines. The first and second gate high level voltage signals respectively include a falling edge with a slope. Duration time of the falling edge of the first gate high level voltage signal is longer than that of the falling edge of the second gate high level voltage signal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189884 | DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display device has a display unit including a plurality of pixels in which electrophoretic elements including electrophoretic particles are interposed between a pair of substrates, each pixel including a pixel electrode, a pixel switching element, a memory circuit connected between the pixel electrode and the pixel switching element, and a switch circuit connected between the pixel electrode and the memory circuit, and first and second control lines connected to the switch circuits. When a ratio of first-gray-scale pixel data in image data displayed on the display unit is 50% or more of the image data, an image display action is performed which includes: an image signal input period in which the pixel data is input as an image signal to the memory circuit of each pixel; a first image display period in which all the pixels are set to a first gray scale by inputting control signals having the same potential to the first and second control lines; and a second image display period in which a second-gray-scale image is displayed by inputting a potential to one control line of the first and second control lines connected to the pixel electrode of the pixel to which the image signal corresponding to a second gray scale other than the first gray scale is input and electrically disconnecting the other control line. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189885 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING THE SAME - In a plasma display panel, errors in a digital image signal due to over-current are prevented from being generated. A method of driving the plasma display panel is performed in a plasma display panel driving block constituted by a high power element and a low power element and includes determining the start point of high current generation in the high power element; stopping the signal transmission of the low power element; determining the end point of the high current generation in the high power element; and resuming the signal transmission of the low power element. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189886 | Liquid crystal display driving apparatus and method thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) driving apparatus and the method thereof is disclosed. The method receives a pixel and drives a pixel of the LCD according to the pixel value in a frame period, wherein the frame period is divided into a precharge field and a compensation field. Firstly, a precharge pixel value is decided according to the pixel and a reference value. A compensation pixel value is decided according to the precharge pixel. Next, a precharge driving voltage is determined according to the precharge pixel value. Afterwards, a compensation driving voltage is determined according to the compensation pixel value. Finally, the pixel is driven according to the precharge driving voltage and the compensation driving voltage respectively during the precharge field and the compensation field. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189887 | DIMENSIONS AND COMPUTER AIDED MODELING - An object to be dimensioned may have such a small dimension that the dimension text will not fit within a space defined by extension lines. A dimensioning method is provided that exaggerates extension lines ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189888 | Procedure and Device for the Texturizing of an Object of a Virtual Three-Dimensional Geometric Model - A procedure for texturing an object of a virtual three-dimensional geometric model represented by three-dimensional geometric model data comprised of a three-dimensional object data associated with the object. Facet data is created out of three-dimensional geometric model data representing object surfaces of an object and which will be assigned 3D object data. Texture data is created representing a surface texture of the object surfaces of each object and which is assigned facet data. The three-dimensional object data, facet data and texture data are used to create a textured, three-dimensional representation of the object. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189889 | Method and apparatus for visualizing 3D image data from tomographic imaging modalities - At least one embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for visualizing 3D image data from tomographic imaging modalities using a rendering technique in which every pixel is calculated by integrating or summing along respectively one ray through a volume surrounded by the 3D image data. In the method, a peeling function is additionally introduced into the integration or summation, by which, in the integration or summation, the 3D image data on the respective ray only contributes with its full data value to reducing the optical transparency beyond a prescribable value of an optical skin depth. The peeling function is selected such that, in a transition region before the prescribable value of the optical skin depth is reached, the 3D image data on the ray still contributes to reducing the optical transparency with a fraction of its full data value such that there is a smooth profile, generated by the peeling function, when an outer layer is peeled off. The method and the associated apparatus make it possible to avoid image artifacts such as pixel flickering during volume visualization. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189890 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING RESOURCE UTILIZATION BY DELAYING RENDERING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods and systems for improving resource utilization when remoting three dimensional graphics commands that are generated by an application executing on a local computing machine. An agent that executes on a local computing machine intercepts a first call to a drawing library. The application generates this first call to request information from the drawing library. The agent further transmits a first frame that is generated by the application, to a remote computing machine, and prevents a return of the first call to the requesting application until the agent receives a notification indicating either the first frame was transmitted to the remote computing device or the first frame was rendered. Upon receiving such a notification, the agent permits the return of the first call to the requesting application. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189891 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTING THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods and systems for providing three dimensional graphics to remote computing machines and appliances that include an agent executing on a local computing machine to intercept a plurality of graphics commands generated by a three dimensional application executing on a local computing machine. A first portion of the plurality of graphics commands are encoded by the agent using a first codec, while a second portion of the plurality of graphics commands are encoded by the agent using a second codec. The agent creates a frame comprising the first portion and the second portion of the plurality of graphics commands, compresses the frame, and transmits the frame to a remote computing machine. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189892 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A DIRTY REGION WITHIN A FRAME ENCOMPASSING THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods and systems for detecting a dirty region within a frame encompassing three dimensional graphics and three dimensional graphics primitives. The methods and systems include executing an application on a local computing machine, the application generating three dimensional graphics, and issuing at least one function call. An agent also executes on the local computing machine to intercept the issued function call; identify, in response to intercepting the function call, at least one location within a frame that contains three dimensional graphics commands generated by the application, where the identified location corresponding to a drawing region; determine a change in a portion of the three dimensional graphics commands associated with the identified location; and extract the changed portion. The agent may also identify a plurality of locations and a plurality of changed three dimensional graphics commands at those locations. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189893 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTING A HASH FROM A THREE DIMENSIONAL DATA SET LOADED INTO A RESOURCE - Methods and system for computing a hash from a three dimensional data set loaded into a three dimensional resource, these methods and systems first determining that an application, executing in a distributed computing environment, locked a three dimensional resource. A identification of a first three dimensional data set loaded into the three dimensional resource by the application is then made. The first three dimensional data set can have a size that is determined in part by a transaction carried out by the application. The performance of an operation on the three dimensional resource by the application is then detected, a first hash is computed on the loaded first set of three dimensional data using a hash function, and the first hash is stored in a repository. Prior to computing the first hash, a portion of the first three dimensional data set can be eliminated, where the portion of the three dimensional data set results from a repetitious transaction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189894 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING A REMOTING SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHERE TO RENDER THREE DIMENSIONAL DATA - Methods and systems for rendering three dimensional graphical data by intercepting a three dimensional graphics stream comprising three dimensional graphics commands generated by an application executing on a first computing machine, and then analyzing the characteristics associated with a remoting system to determine a location for rendering three dimensional data from the three dimensional graphics commands. The remoting system may comprise at least the first computing machine having a graphics rendering component, a second computing machine having a graphics rendering component and a network. Based on the analysis, a rendering location is determined and the application is induced to reinitialize a context for determining where to render three dimensional data. The three dimensional data is then rendered from the three dimensional graphics commands at the rendering location. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189895 | Rendering Unobstructed Views in a Gaming Environment - A system and method for rendering unobstructed views in a gaming environment are provided. The system includes a memory for storing a camera navigation/control model, a central processing unit for executing the camera navigation/control model to provide unobstructed and non-disorienting target character views, and a graphics processing unit configured to render the unobstructed views of the target in an image for display. In addition, the camera navigation/control model includes an object detection model, line-of-sight restoration models to restore a line-of-sight view of an obstructed target, and a camera navigation path model. A line-of-sight restoration method is used to move the camera to provide an unobstructed view of the target. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189896 | Graphics Processor having Unified Shader Unit - Graphics processing units (GPUs) are used, for example, to process data related to three-dimensional objects or scenes and to render the three-dimensional data onto a two-dimensional display screen. One embodiment, among others, of a GPU is disclosed herein, wherein the GPU includes a control device configured to receive vertex, geometry and pixel data. The GPU further includes a plurality of execution units connected in parallel, each execution unit configured to perform a plurality of graphics shading functions on the vertex, geometry and pixel data. The control device is further configured to allocate a portion of the vertex, geometry and pixel data to each execution unit in a manner to substantially balance the load among the execution units. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189897 | Dynamic Shader Generation - Some embodiments provide a method of performing several shading operations for a graphic object in a scene that is displayed on a device. The device includes several processing units. The method receives a set of criteria that can define a set of parameters that relate to the shading operations. The method determines an allocation of the shading operations to the processing units based on the received criteria. The method allocates the shading operations to the processing units based on the determined allocations. The method renders the graphic object based on several instructions that comprise the shading operations. In some embodiments, the set of criteria is received during execution of the operations. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189898 | SHALLOW BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHIES FOR ACCELERATED RAY TRACING - Methods, systems, devices, and computer program code (software) products enable acceleration of ray tracing by using acceleration data structures with high arity to enable processing of nodes using streaming SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) instructions with reduced memory requirements. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189899 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR CAUSING AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS TO EXECUTE AN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, when an output image generator generates an output image in which an individual image of each part of a product model is arranged around a parts assembly image of the entire product model with a specific part highlighted, a boundary information calculator calculates boundary information for each part highlighted. An individual image arrangement calculator obtains a center position of the highlighted part on the parts assembly image based on the boundary information, obtains a straight line dividing the parts assembly image to equally distribute the parts into respective areas, and calculates a position of arrangement of the individual image of each part corresponding to the highlighted part distributed in each of the areas. The output image generated by the output image generator includes a leading line extending from the individual image of each part to the corresponding part on the parts assembly image. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189900 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a high-resolution processing unit configured to restore, with respect to an image desired to be displayed, a frequency band higher than a frequency band of the recorded image, using one of one electronically recorded image and a plurality of electronically recorded images obtained by continuous shooting. The image processing apparatus further includes a local region designation unit configured to designate a region of the image desired to be displayed where the resolution is increased, and an estimation display unit configured to display, as a finish estimation image after high-resolution processing is applied to the image desired to be displayed, the result of the high-resolution processing applied to a local region, designated by the local region designation unit, by the high-resolution processing unit. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189901 | COORDINATE SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION - An example method for coordinate system identification that includes obtaining an attribute and a spatial entity of a region and identifying a number of information repositories using a business rule, the business rule identified using the attribute. The method further includes accessing the number of information repositories to identify a number of coordinate systems, each of the number of coordinate systems defined for the spatial entity. The method further includes selecting one of the number of coordinate systems, transforming spatial data for the region based on the one of the number of coordinate systems to generate a map, and displaying the map including the spatial data. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189902 | Generation of a Vector Graphic from a Hand-Drawn Diagram - A method and system for generating a vector graphic from a color/object coded hand-drawn diagram are provided. A digital image of the diagram is generated and the key to the color/object code used to code the diagram is obtained. The digital image is then filtered to create a color-filtered image for each color in the key. Each filtered image is analyzed to determine the object type of objects in the filtered image according to the key, and then data extracted from the analysis of the filtered images is combined into a vector graphic diagram. The use of coded color in the diagram enables the image to be filtered based on color, which in turn aids the automated recognition of components in the diagram and significantly reduces the complexity of identifying each type of shape. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189903 | Storage medium having stored thereon display control program and display control apparatus - In accordance with an operation content indicated by a user's operation data, an amount of scrolling is calculated, and a display range of a table to be displayed on a display apparatus is moved in the table in accordance with the amount of the scrolling. With respect to respective drawing areas, whether or not drawing start points, from which drawing character strings are to be drawn, stay within the display range is determined. When the drawing start point of a drawing area, among the drawing areas, falls outside the display range, the drawing start point of the drawing area is changed to a position which is in the drawing area and also which stays within the display range. The character strings are arranged in the respective drawing areas from the drawing start points set to the respective drawing areas, and the table in the display range is displayed on the display apparatus together with the arranged character strings. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189904 | TEXT-READING SUPPORT ON HANDHELD DEVICES AND DEVICES WITH SMALL DISPLAYS - One aspect of the invention relates to techniques for increasing the displayable font size while retaining a wide text line of information on small information displays. In one embodiment, the inventive technique leverages the wider diagonal (in device dimensions) for text viewing and combine this form of display with a horizontal (in text dimensions) scrolling feature i.e. scrolling text along the diagonal of the device's display. Vertical context (in text dimensions) is maintained by adding a constant-offset look-ahead and look-back line above the primary diagonal focus area. Another embodiment bends the text along two edges of the display area to leverage the fact that the lengths of the two sides are even longer than the length of the screen diagonal. In both configurations, one can retain a large font size without sacrificing the number of characters displayed per line. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189905 | Apparatus and method of generating personal fonts - An apparatus and method of generating personal fonts is provided, which can modify a trace of handwriting inputted by a user into an elegant one and generate diverse personal fonts in accordance with user's style of handwriting. The apparatus for generating personal fonts includes a character input unit to receive an input of a character trace from a user, a character recognition unit to recognize a representative character corresponding to an input character from the input character trace, a representative trace generation unit to generate a representative trace expressing a trace of the representative character, and a trace modification unit to modify the trace of the input character by combining a weight value of the generated representative trace with the trace of the input character. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189906 | SCRIPT CONTROL FOR GAIT ANIMATION IN A SCENE GENERATED BY A COMPUTER RENDERING ENGINE - A system for controlling a rendering engine by using specialized commands. The commands are used to generate a production, such as a television show, at an end-user's computer that executes the rendering engine. In one embodiment, the commands are sent over a network, such as the Internet, to achieve broadcasts of video programs at very high compression and efficiency. Commands for setting and moving camera viewpoints, animating characters, and defining or controlling scenes and sounds are described. At a fine level of control math models and coordinate systems can be used make specifications. At a coarse level of control the command language approaches the text format traditionally used in television or movie scripts. Simple names for objects within a scene are used to identify items, directions and paths. Commands are further simplified by having the rendering engine use defaults when specifications are left out. For example, when a camera direction is not specified, the system assumes that the viewpoint is to be the current action area. The system provides a hierarchy of detail levels. Movement commands can be defaulted or specified. Synchronized speech can be specified as digital audio or as text which is used to synthesize the speech. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189907 | MEDICAL SUPPORT CONTROL SYSTEM - A medical support control system that can control a medical device, comprising: a plurality of video interface cards that are detachable from the medical support control system and that are used for the medical support control system for converting, when a video signal is input from an external environment, the video signal input from the external environment into a common signal and vice versa, said common signal being different from any video signals input into and output from the plurality of video interface cards and said common signal being commonly used in the medical support control system, and for detecting a change in an information amount of the input video signal; and a switching control card for determining, when it is determined that the video signal was switched on the basis of the detection result, an output path for the common signal obtained by the conversion on the video signal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189908 | Display Balance / Metering - Method, apparatuses, and systems are presented for processing a sequence of images for display using a display device involving operating a plurality of graphics devices, including at least one first graphics device that processes certain ones of the sequence of images, including a first image, and at least one second graphics device that processes certain other ones of the sequence of images, including a second image, delaying processing of the second image by the at least one second graphics device, by a specified duration, relative to processing of the first image by the at least one first graphics device, to stagger pixel data output for the first image and pixel data output for the second image, and selectively providing output from the at least one first graphics device and the at least one second graphics device to the display device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189909 | Graphics Processor having Unified Cache System - Graphics processing units (GPUs) are used, for example, to process data related to three-dimensional objects or scenes and to render the three-dimensional data onto a two-dimensional display screen. One embodiment, among others, of a unified cache system used in a GPU comprises a data storage device and a storage device controller. The data storage device is configured to store graphics data processed by or to be processed by one or more shader units. The storage device controller is placed in communication with the data storage device. The storage device controller is configured to dynamically control a storage allocation of the graphics data within the data storage device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189910 | DELIVERING PIXELS RECEIVED AT A LOWER DATA TRANSFER RATE OVER AN INTERFACE THAT OPERATES AT A HIGHER DATA TRANSFER RATE - A number of pixels are received at a pixel rate that corresponds to a lower data transfer rate. The received pixels are delivered for display on a display device, over an interface that operates at a higher data transfer rate. These pixels are delivered as part of a stream that includes one or more codes that have been inserted between each adjacent pair of pixels so that the pixels in the stream are still delivered at the pixel rate. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189911 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a display device including an image content list holding section holding a list of a plurality of image contents, an image content obtaining section obtaining one or more image contents from the image content list held in the image content list holding section, a display screen creating section creating a display section including the one or more image contents obtained by the image content obtaining section, and a user selection request detecting section detecting a selection request from a user for an image content included in the display screen. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189912 | ANIMATION JUDDER COMPENSATION - Conventional concepts of signal processing have no specifically adapted judder compensation for combined streams of fields from graphics and further image signals and therefore show animation judder artifacts. Presently judder compensation is adapted for further image signals like a video only, and motion blur in a video image signal often hides judder artifacts. However, this is not the case for graphics objects like bitmaps. At an increased reference refresh rate (60 fps) the inventive concept provides a combined stream ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189913 | CREATING IMAGES FOR DISPLALYING OR PRINTING ON LOW-CONTRAST BACKGROUND - Techniques for automatically adding special effects to an image to be overlaid on a low-contrast background are presented. A stroke or an intervening layer of a color contrasting with the background color is automatically added to provide a contrasting color around the edges of visible image content in an image container of an electronic document. The technique may be applied to entire libraries of images to generate variant images that are visually perceptible when displayed or printed on low-contrast background colors. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189914 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of the table. Focal position information is acquired from Exit header information on image data of an image, and a location of one of the indexes in the table at which no image data is registered is searched in an ascending order of the indexes. According to the table, the images are arranged so that the focal position of each image differs from the unexposed part at the display position of the image. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189915 | Structured Display System with System Defined Transitions - A disclosed system (and method) is configured to receive an instruction to transition from a first view to a second view. The first view and the second view include two or more visual elements. The system receives data corresponding to visual elements in the first view and visual elements in the second view. The system groups the visual elements to include visual elements moved out between the first view and the second view, visual elements retained from the first view in the second view, and visual elements moved into the second view. The system retrieves a system defined transition style for rendering the visual elements between the first view and the second view. Using the groupings the system transitions the first view to render the second view through application of the transition style on the groups of visual elements. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189916 | IMAGE WARPING METHOD - An image warping method is disclosed, and comprises: providing a source polygon; providing a warping relationship; dividing the source polygon into a plurality of source triangles; sequentially performing a warping step on the source triangles one by one to generate a plurality of warped triangles; and combining the warped triangles to generate a warped polygon. | 2009-07-30 |