37th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130234956 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DATA TRANSMISSION - A terminal device (electronic device) includes a display which displays an image that specifies data, a touch panel which is disposed on the display and detects a contact of an object, a transmission operation detection unit which, when the display displays the image that specifies data, detects that a transmission operation has been performed with respect to the data if the touch panel detects a contact that continues over at least a predetermined distance and is in a predetermined direction, and a data transmission unit which, when the transmission operation detection unit detects the transmission operation, transmits the data to another electronic device. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234957 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an extraction section which extracts a first touch region and a second touch region, each satisfying a predetermined region extraction condition, from a plurality of touch positions detected by a touch panel, and a recognition section which recognizes an input event, based on a change in a distance between the first touch region and the second touch region. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234958 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus including: a communication unit which communicates with a peripheral device; an image processing unit which processes an image signal received from the peripheral device; a touch panel display unit which displays an image based on the image signal and comprises a touch sensing unit which detects touch input of a user; and a controller which controls a first mode and a second mode to operate according to a setting of the user, the first mode controlling the image processing unit so that the image based on the image signal received from the peripheral device is displayed on the touch panel display unit and the second mode controlling the image processing unit and the touch panel display unit so that a graphic user interface (GUI) is displayed on the touch panel display unit and the touch input for controlling the peripheral device is received using the GUI. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING AND CONTROLLING TERMINALS - A system for linking and controlling terminals is disclosed. The user terminal includes a decoding unit configured to decode image data received from a receiving terminal; a touch display unit configured to display the decoded image; and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit selection information for an event-executing entity included in the decoded image to the receiving terminal. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234960 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of recognizing a multi-touch operation acquires positions of a plurality of touch points that constitutes the multi-touch operation, acquires information indicating a distance between two touch points that constitute the multi-touch operation based on the acquired positions, and determines that the input multi-touch operation is an enlargement or reduction operation that causes a display unit to enlarge or reduce an image to be displayed thereon, if the distance between the two touch points indicated by the acquired information has been continuously enlarged or reduced. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234961 | DIGITIZER SYSTEM - A digitizer system includes a designated sensing area comprising a plurality of sensing lines for sensing an electromagnetic signal emitted by a stylus interacting with the digitizer system, circuitry for detecting output from the plurality of sensing lines and for determining an interacting position of the stylus in the designated sensing area based on the output detected and a peripheral area contiguous to the designated sensing area. The peripheral area includes a plurality of conductive elements for connecting the plurality of sensing lines to the circuitry and at least one auxiliary sensing line extending over the peripheral area in the vicinity of the plurality of conductive elements and connected to the circuitry. The at least one auxiliary sensing line is operable to sense the electromagnetic signal when it is emitted over the peripheral area and the circuitry is operable to detect output from the at least one auxiliary sensing line. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234962 | Method Of Identifying A To-Be-Identified Object And An Electronic Device Of The Same - A method of identifying a to-be-identified object is described. The to-be-identified object is independent of the electronic device and is placed within a predetermined distance from the electronic device. The method of identifying the to-be-identified object includes the electronic device acquiring status information of the to-be-identified object; the electronic device generating an operation instruction according to the status information of the to-be-identified object; and the electronic device operating according to the operation instruction. The identifying method and its electronic device are capable of enabling users to complete the executing of applications of the electronic device through operating the to-be-identified object, so as to improve experience and enjoyment of users. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234963 | FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING FILE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION - A computerized file management method for managing files of an electronic device, the electronic device includes a touch screen. A touch applied to an icon of a file is detected, and a determination made as to whether the touch is a held touch for more than a predetermined time. If the touch is held for more than the predetermined period, the direction in which the touch then slides is determined. A number of recognized directions in which a sliding touch can move are predetermined and a predetermined operation on the file is executed or a predetermined menu including a plurality of options is displayed on the touch screen, when the held touch slides along a recognized direction. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234964 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AREA OF INTEREST - An image editing apparatus and an image editing method for selecting an area of interest, in which a user more accurately selects an area desired to be selected using a finger by setting a position of a touch input as a selection start point for starting image selection if the user performs the touch input on a background image at the time of image editing, sets a trace generated by moving the background image or the selects start point as a selection image area, and selecting the set selection image area from the background image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234965 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a transceiving unit that transmits content data to a portable apparatus and receives temporal change information of a touch position from the portable apparatus, and a transmission control unit that establishes wireless communication between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus and causes the transceiving unit to transmit the content data to the portable apparatus when the temporal change information of the touch position received by the transceiving unit is substantially identical with preset setting information. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234966 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to an embodiment of the invention, an optical element is provided. The optical element includes: a substrate having a birefringence characteristic and having a first surface and a second surface; a first transflective optical film disposed on the first surface of the substrate; and a second transflective optical film disposed on the second surface of the substrate. According to an embodiment of the invention, a display system including the optical element is also provided. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234967 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE MULTI-TIP STYLUS FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREENS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus for interfacing with a capacitive touchscreen device. The stylus comprises a stylus bode and a plurality of arms extending from the stylus body via a coupling. Each of the plurality of arms can be coupled to a conductive tip at a first end of the arms for interfacing with the capacitive touchscreen device. The coupling can allow the plurality of tips to move relative to one another when pressure is applied to one or more of the plurality of arms by a user of the stylus. During use, the movement of the tips relative to one another can be indicative of an input to the capacitive touchscreen device. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234968 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided an input device including: means for performing zero point correction on the sensor outputs of the load sensors when an absolute value of an amount of output change of each load sensor is not more than a predetermined threshold a during a certain period of measurement time; means for calculating position data and calculating a total load Z of the load sensors by using the sensor outputs; means for determining that the calculation data pieces are normal when the absolute value |dZ/dt| of the amount of change in the total load Z is not more than the threshold β; means for determining that an input is present in the calculation data pieces when the absolute value |Z| of the total load is not less than the threshold γ; and means for removing a predetermined number of first and last data pieces in the calculation data pieces. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234969 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including a display panel and a touch panel is provided. The display panel includes a shielding pattern and a plurality of pixels separated by the shielding pattern and including multiple edge directions. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel and includes a plurality of first sensing series, a plurality of second sensing series and a plurality of dielectric patterns. Each dielectric pattern is disposed between each first sensing series and each second sensing series intersected therewith, and includes multiple edge direction non-parallel to the edge direction of the pixel. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234970 | USER INPUT USING PROXIMITY SENSING - A device is described which enables users to interact with software running on the device through gestures made in an area adjacent to the device. In an embodiment, a portable computing device has proximity sensors arranged on an area of its surface which is not a display, such as on the sides of the device. These proximity sensors define an area of interaction adjacent to the device. User gestures in this area of interaction are detected by creating sensing images from data received from each of the sensors and then analyzing sequences of these images to detect gestures. The detected gestures may be mapped to particular inputs to a software program running on the device and therefore a user can control the operation of the program through gestures. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234971 | Method and Device for Locking and Unlocking with Touch Graphic - A method and a device for locking and unlocking with a touch graphic are provided. The method includes: outputting a randomly changed graphic receiving interface; receiving a touch graphic input by a user by touching through the graphic receiving interface; and performing a locking or unlocking operation according to the touch graphic. The device includes: an interface outputting module configured to output a randomly changed graphic receiving interface; a receiving module configured to receive a touch graphic input by a user by touching through the graphic receiving interface; and a locking and unlocking module configured to perform a locking or unlocking operation according to the touch graphic. The present invention improves security of locking or unlocking with a touch graphic. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234972 | HAPTIC DEVICE WITH MULTITOUCH DISPLAY - A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product integrates one or more haptic devices with a multi-touch display. One or more haptic devices are placed upon a multi-touch display surface to form a set of identified haptic devices. The set of identified haptic devices is calibrated upon the multi-touch display surface, where calibration provides localized haptic interaction over subsets of the multi-touch display surface, thus enabling feedback to the identified haptic devices. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234973 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - The present invention relates to a touch screen panel and to an image display device including same. The touch screen panel comprises: a first sensing wire pattern layer in which a plurality of first sensing wire pattern lines are formed in a first diagonal direction; a second sensing wire pattern layer in which a plurality of second sensing wire pattern lines are formed in a second diagonal direction so as to form a preset angle with the first sensing wires; and an insulation layer for providing insulation between the 1st sensing wire pattern layer and the 2nd sensing wire pattern layer. Since capacitive touch sensing wire pattern lines are disposed diagonally with a certain angle therebetween, the number of wires arranged on the major axis of the bezel of the touch screen panel can be reduced when compared to the resolution of touch screen panels of prior art in which the arrangement is perpendicular. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234974 | Touch Sensor with Conductive Lines Having Portions with Different Widths - In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a first mesh of conductive material. The first mesh includes a plurality of conductive lines. A first one of the conductive lines has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is wider than the second portion. The first portion defines a first portion of a first outer edge of an electrode. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234975 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTO-CALIBRATION - The present invention is directed to a capacitive touch system and method with auto-calibration. A driving signal generator provides driving signals to first electrodes, thereby resulting in induced signals on second electrodes. An induced signal receiver receives and processes the induced signals. The induced signals associated with at least some no-touch points are measured and pre-stored in an initial value generator, which, at the beginning of a measuring period, generates initial induced signals of the second electrodes according to the pre-stored induced signals for initializing the induced signal generator. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234976 | Buffer-Reference Self-Capacitance Measurement - In one embodiment, a method includes modifying an amount of charge of a capacitance of a touch sensor resulting in a voltage at the capacitance being a reference voltage level. The method also includes modifying the amount of charge of the capacitance resulting in the voltage at the capacitance being a first pre-determined voltage level. The modified amount of charge of the capacitance induces a first amount of charge on an integration capacitor and the first amount of charge modifies the voltage at the integration capacitor from an integration-reference voltage level to a first charging voltage level. The method also includes modifying the amount of charge of the capacitance resulting in the voltage at the capacitance being a second pre-determined voltage level. The modified amount of charge of the capacitance inducing a second amount of charge on the integration capacitor. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234977 | CALIBRATION FOR PRESSURE EFFECTS ON TOUCH SENSOR PANELS - A touch sensor panel which has been calibrated to be insensitive to effects from an external force applied to the panel is provided. Touch sense circuitry settings are adjusted during a calibration procedure so that when a force is exerted on the device, no change in the touch signal DC level is seen. In this way, the ability of the touch sensor panel to detect touch or proximity events is not affected by a force being applied to the panel. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234978 | FALSE TOUCH FILTERING FOR CAPACITANCE SENSING SYSTEMS - Apparatuses and methods of false touch filtering are described. One device includes a controller and a capacitance sensing array including multiple sense elements (e.g., intersections of TX and RX electrodes). The controller includes a capacitance sensing circuit coupled to the capacitance sensing array, and a filter circuit coupled to the output of the capacitance sensing circuit. The controller is configured to receive, from the capacitance sensing circuit, data representing capacitances of the sense elements, process the data to identify activated sense elements, and filter the data to remove false touch events based on a spatial relationship of activated sense elements. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234979 | TOUCH CELL APPLIED TO CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND ASSOCIATED CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A touch cell applied to a capacitive touch panel includes a first electrode and a second electrode, where the first electrode is connected to a scan signal transmitting circuit of the capacitive touch panel, and is utilized for receiving a scan signal, and the second electrode is connected to a detecting circuit of the capacitive touch panel. In addition, the second electrode is not connected to the first electrode, the second electrode has a fish-bone pattern, and a width of a tail of branches of the fish-bone pattern is greater than a width of a head of the branches of the fish-bone pattern. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234980 | Touch Sensing Apparatus and Method - A touch sensing apparatus includes a touch sensing trace and a signal processing circuit. The touch sensing trace is configured to generate a sensing signal including a noise signal. A first input terminal of the signal processing circuit is configured to receive the sensing signal, and a second input terminal of the signal processing circuit is configured to receive a reference voltage signal and selectively coupled to at least one of first electrodes and second electrodes of the touch sensing trace, such that the second input terminal synchronously receives the reference voltage signal and the noise signal associated with the touch sensing trace. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234981 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A control system for a capacitive touch screen is provided. The control system comprises a touch detecting circuit, touch hard instruction, a storage module and a controller. The touch detecting circuit detects a capacitance variance to generate touch data. The touch hard instruction executes a touch computing function on the touch data. The storage module is connected to the touch detecting circuit and the at least one touch hard instruction, and records the touch data generated by the touch detecting circuit and the touch data computed by the touch hard instruction. The controller is connected to the touch detecting circuit, the at least one touch hard instruction, and the storage module, and assigns at least one touch task of a touch algorithm to the at least one touch hard instruction, so as to execute a corresponding touch computing function of the touch algorithm. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234982 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A method for controlling an active area includes detecting a touch input on a touch area of a display unit; determining validity of the touch input; converting at least a portion of the touch area corresponding to the first touch input to a virtual bezel area if the touch input is determined to be invalid; and performing a command based on the validity of the touch input. A mobile terminal includes a display unit including an active area; a touch input unit to detect a touch input on a touch area of the display unit; and a control unit to determine validity of the detected touch input, to convert at least a portion of the touch area corresponding to the first touch input to a virtual bezel area if the touch input is determined to be invalid, and to perform a command based on the validity of the touch input. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234983 | SYSTEM FOR LINKING AND CONTROLLING TERMINALS AND USER TERMINAL USED IN THE SAME - A system for linking and controlling terminals includes a user terminal that includes an image unit configured to output image data to be shared with a receiving terminal larger than the user terminal, and a signal unit configured to transmit an image signal and a control signal to the receiving terminal, the image signal having the image data outputted from the image unit, and the control signal including position information of a touch means near the user terminal. An image representing the position information of the touch means is displayed on the receiving terminal to enable a control of the user terminal by way of the receiving terminal viewed by a user of the user terminal. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234984 | SYSTEM FOR LINKING AND CONTROLLING TERMINALS AND USER TERMINAL USED IN THE SAME - A system for linking and controlling terminals is disclosed. A user terminal includes an image unit configured to output image data corresponding to a first image to be shared with a receiving terminal viewed by a user of the user terminal, and a signal unit configured to transmit the image data outputted from the image unit and position information of a touch means touching the user terminal to the receiving terminal. Here, the position information is position information of the touch means touching the user terminal at a preset pressure level or lower or with a preset contact area or smaller, and is displayed on the receiving terminal in an image form. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234985 | DRIVING FREQUENCY SELECTION METHOD FOR CAPACITIVE MULTI-TOUCH SYSTEM - A driving frequency selection method is used in a capacitive multi-touch system. When the system operates in an idle mode, an active driving frequency is selected randomly from N candidates, and a self-capacitance driving and sensing is used to detect touch points. When there are touch points, the capacitive multi-touch system is switched to an active mode to acquire an image raw data for finding the positions of touch points. In the active mode, noise is calculated from the image raw data. When the noise exceeds a predetermined value, the system is switched back to the idle mode, and the self-capacitance driving and sensing is applied to N−1 active driving frequencies other than the previously selected active driving frequency to acquire N−1 self-capacitance image raw data. The method determines one with a minimum noise and selects the corresponding frequency as a currently active driving frequency. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234986 | STYLUS ADAPTED FOR LOW RESOLUTION TOUCH SENSOR PANELS - Methods and apparatus adapted to ensure that contact from a stylus will be detected on a low resolution touch sensor panel irrespective of the location of the region of contact upon the touch surface. In some examples, a metallic or otherwise conductive disk may be attached to one end of the stylus. The disk may be sized so as to guarantee sufficient electrical interaction with at least one sensory element of the touch sensor panel. In some examples, the stylus may be powered so as to provide a stimulus signal to the capacitive elements. Optionally, one or more force and/or angle sensors disposed within the stylus can supply additional data to the touch panel. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234987 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING REFERENCE DATA OF CAPACITIVE MULTI-TOUCH SCREEN - A reference data updating method and system for a capacitive multi-touch screen are disclosed. The method includes the steps of step A: one-frame sampling touch detection nodes, calculating a difference between sampled data of each touch detection node and corresponding current reference data and saving the difference as detection data to obtain a current detection data frame; step B: judging whether the current detection data frame is a damaged detection data frame; and step C: executing a touch screen reference update processing procedure under abnormal condition if the current detection data frame is a damaged detection data frame; otherwise, executing a touch screen reference update processing procedure under normal condition. The disclosed method and system can be used in capacitive multi-touch screens fabricated with different materials in different processes and having difference specifications to timely and reliably update the reference data, thereby increasing the reliability of the capacitive multi-touch screens. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234988 | TOUCH-TYPE INPUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A piezoelectric sheet included in a touch panel is provided with a split electrode having a plurality of electrode parts. Lattice-shaped coordinates are set in the touch panel, and voltages generated in the respective electrode parts through pressing manipulations with a predetermined load on the respective lattice points are preliminarily stored in a storage portion as reference voltages. During actual use, actually-measured voltages induced in the respective electrode parts due to a pressing manipulation are detected by a detection portion. The ratios of the measured voltages to the reference voltages are calculated by an operation portion, and the average thereof and the standard deviation thereamong are determined. The coordinates of the pressed position are determined from the coordinates of four lattice points in the ascending order of standard deviations. The load is multiplied by the ratio to determine the pressing force of the lattice point having a minimum standard deviation. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234989 | TOUCH PANEL WITH DISCHARGING FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a touch panel with a discharging function, which comprises a scanning bus, a sensing bus, a control unit, and a discharging circuit. The scanning bus is used for scanning a touch frame. The sensing bus interleaves with the scanning bus, and senses at least a touched location on the touch frame. The control unit is coupled to the scanning bus and the sensing bus | 2013-09-12 |
20130234990 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive input system comprising: a pair of transparent panels separated in a parallel-spaced relationship defining a passage therebetween; a radiation structure directing radiation towards the pair of transparent panels, a first portion of the radiation redirected towards the passage in response to at least one pointer brought into proximity with a surface of one of the transparent panels, and a second portion of the first portion of radiation reflected by the other of the transparent panels back towards the passage; at least two imaging devices positioned adjacent to the pair of transparent panels, each of the at least two imaging devices having a field of view looking into the passage and capturing image frames thereof, the at least two imaging devices capturing the image frames from different vantages; and processing structure for processing the image frames to determine a location of the at least one pointer. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234991 | OPTIMIZED HEMI-ELLIPSOIDAL LED SHELL - A hemi-ellipsoidal light module that includes a substrate for placement on a printed circuit board, a light element mounted on the substrate, and a molded plastic shell encasing the light element and having a geometry of a partial semi-ellipse rotated through a semi-circle about an axis on the light element. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234992 | Touch Discrimination - In some implementations, a touch point on a surface of a touchscreen device may be determined. An image of a region of space above the surface and surrounding the touch point may be determined The image may include a brightness gradient that captures a brightness of objects above the surface. A binary image that includes one or more binary blobs may be created based on a brightness of portions of the image. A determination may be made as to which of the one more binary blobs are connected to each other to form portions of a particular user. A determination may be made that the particular user generated the touch point. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234993 | INFRARED TOUCH SCREEN MULTI-POINT RECOGNIZING METHOD AND INFRARED TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed are an infrared touch screen multipoint recognizing method and an infrared touch screen. The method comprises the following steps: driving infrared transmitting tubes and infrared receiving tubes to scan a touch detection area and saving scan data ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130234994 | ACOUSTIC TOUCH APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE THICKNESS SUBSTRATE - An acoustic touch apparatus that has a variable thickness glass substrate that permits the transfer of surface acoustic waves between the back and front surfaces, thus enabling transducers to be placed on the substrate surface opposite the desired touch input surface. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234995 | ACOUSTIC TOUCH APPARATUS WITH MULTI-TOUCH CAPABILITY - An acoustic touch apparatus that utilizes the transfer of surface acoustic waves from one surface, through the touch substrate, to another surface to enable multi-touch capabilities. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234996 | Layered Border for Touch Sensor Device - Multi-layered paint on a border of a surface acoustic wave touch device may reduce attenuation. The touch substrate has a front surface and a back surface where the front surface has a touch region. Multi-layered paint is formed on the back surface to form a border along the touch substrate. The multi-layered paint includes a minor layer and a color layer. The surface acoustic waves propagate over at least a portion of the border region such that the surface acoustic waves propagate on the multi-layered paint without excessive wave attenuation. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234997 | INPUT PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INPUT PROCESSING METHOD - An input processing apparatus includes a touch detector, a touch transition acquisition unit, and an input processor. The touch detector is configured to be capable of detecting multiple touches. The touch transition acquisition unit is configured to acquire from the touch detector a touch transition being a transition of a touch position coordinate from a touch start point. The input processor is configured to determine, based on a touch detection result by the touch detector, whether or not to recognize the touch transition as a touch gesture. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234998 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a conductive rod, a circuit board, and an antenna. The conductive rod has a first opening. The circuit board is disposed in the conductive rod and includes a ground portion, wherein the conductive rod is electrically connected to the ground portion. The antenna includes a radiating portion and a feeding portion. The feeding portion is electrically connected to the circuit board and extends to the outside of the conductive rod via the first opening. The radiating portion is disposed at the outside of the conductive rod and is electrically connected to the feeding portion. | 2013-09-12 |
20130234999 | INPUT PEN - An input pen is provided which enables a soft writing feeling and sliding of the pen tip that realizes favorable handwritten input of fine letters, fine line drawings, and the like during an input operation on a touch panel. This input pen has a structure in which the tip end portion of a pen tip member is formed by a resin material having the properties of rubber being impregnated into a base member composed of a porous rigid body, and is partially exposed on the surface of the tip end portion. As a result, a writing feeling (sensations such as flexibility and sense of friction) which is the same as or similar to that when writing letters, line drawings, and the like on paper using a pen is actualized when an input operation is performed on a touch panel using the input pen. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235000 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An electronic apparatus includes a user interface device to set and control a function of an electronic apparatus, including a display unit configured to display screens for option groups of the function, a knob configured to enable a manipulation by a user, a depth sensor unit configured to sense depth of the knob, and a control unit, if the function is selected, configured such that an option group transition of the selected function is performed based on depth information according to the manipulation by the user, and a screen of an option group to which the option group transition is made is displayed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235001 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR WITH AIRGAP - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems (EMS) piezoelectric resonator structures, transformers, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. In one aspect, a piezoelectric resonator structure includes a first conductive electrode layer, a second conductive electrode layer, and a piezoelectric layer arranged between the first and second conductive layers. In some implementations, the surface of the piezoelectric layer adjacent to the first conductive layer is separated from the first conductive layer by a first gap, and the surface of the piezoelectric layer adjacent to the second conductive layer is separated from the second conductive layer by a second gap. In some implementations, the resonator structure further includes an encapsulation layer arranged over the second conductive layer and providing physical support to the second conductive layer. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235002 | AUTO STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - An auto-stereoscopic display apparatus includes a liquid crystal lens array and a display panel. The liquid crystal lens array includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate has a plurality of first driving electrodes and a plurality of second driving electrodes. The second substrate is located opposite to the first substrate and has a common electrode. The liquid crystal layer is located between the first substrate and the common electrode of the second substrate. The display panel has a plurality of pixels arranged in array. These pixels are divided into first and second pixels. When the first driving electrodes are enabled, the first pixels display a first left-eye sub-frame, and the second pixels display a first right-eye sub-frame. When the second driving electrodes are enabled, the first pixels display a second right-eye sub-frame, and the second pixels display a second left-eye sub-frame. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235003 | GATE LINE DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY ELEMENT ARRAY - Gate line driver circuitry applies an output pulse to each of several gate lines for a display element array. The circuitry has a number of gate drivers each being coupled to drive a respective one of the gate lines. Each of the gate drivers has an output stage in which a high side transistor and a low side transistor are coupled to drive the respective gate line, responsive to at least one clock signal. A pull down transistor is coupled to discharge a control electrode of the output stage. A control circuit having a cascode amplifier is coupled to drive the pull down transistor as a function of a) at least one clock signal and b) feedback from the control electrode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235004 | GATE DRIVER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driver includes a plurality of driving units each including a first sub driving unit and a second sub driving unit, wherein output terminals of the first and second sub driving units are connected to first and second sub gate lines, respectively, and first and second sub outputs that are the outputs of the first and second sub driving units are respectively transferred to gate terminals of a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor formed in a pixel area of a display area, and wherein drain and source terminals of the first switching transistor are respectively connected to drain and source terminals of the second switching transistors. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235005 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a display apparatus and an electronic apparatus wherein appropriate stereoscopic display can be carried out irrespective of the viewpoint position. The display apparatus includes a display section configured to have a plurality of pixels and display a plurality of viewpoint images allocated to different ones of the pixels; a detection section configured to detect an observation angle of an observer; and a display controlling section configured to change displaying positions of the viewpoint images at the pixels in response to the observation angle. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235006 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - There is provided a method of driving a display panel. In the method, it is determined whether a driving mode is a two-dimensional image mode or a three-dimensional image mode. A first gate driving control signal and a second gate driving control signal are generated by converting an input control signal inputted in accordance with the driving mode. A first gate signal is outputted to an odd-numbered gate line connected to a first sub-pixel within a unit pixel of the display panel based on the first gate driving control signal. A second gate signal is outputted to an even-numbered gate line connected to a second sub-pixel within the unit pixel of the display panel based on the second gate driving control signal. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235007 | SOURCE DRIVER - A source driver applied in a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The source driver at least includes a first pair of channels, a second pair of channels, two P-type digital/analog converting modules, two N-type digital/analog converting modules, two multiplexers, two polarization multiplexers, and four amplifying and buffer modules. The first pair of channels includes a first channel and a second channel which are adjacent, and the second pair of channels includes a third channel and a four channel which are adjacent. The two P-type digital/analog converting modules correspond to a first set of gamma values, and the two N-type digital/analog converting modules correspond to a second set of gamma values. The first pair of channels shares the two P-type digital/analog converting modules and the second pair of channels shares the two N-type digital/analog converting modules to save the used chip area. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235008 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING ON FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - An apparatus and method for displaying on a portable terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a display unit configured to display information at a display location on a screen, a sensor configured to provide motion information of the portable terminal when the portable terminal is bent, and a controller configured to adjust the display location on the screen based on the motion information. A method comprises displaying information at a display location on a screen, providing motion information of the portable terminal when the portable terminal is bent and adjusting the display location on the screen based on the motion information provided. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235009 | ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF DISPLAYS - An adjusting apparatus includes a display, a host, and a luminance sensing device. The host includes a control module, a comparing module, and a storing module. The control module controls the display to display according to a first initial luminance value. The luminance sensing device senses brightness of the display and sends a first current luminance value, corresponding to the brightness, to the comparing module. The comparing module stores the first initial luminance value to the storing module after determining the first current luminance value to match with a first reference luminance value. The control module decreases the first initial luminance value to a second initial luminance value and controls the display to display according to the second initial luminance value. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235010 | DC-DC CONVERTER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are a direct current converter and an organic light emitting display including the converter. The converter includes a power supply generating an input power, a first power generator receiving the input power and a selected voltage from a selector and generating a first voltage, a first output terminal connected to the first power generator and outputting the first voltage; a second power generator receiving the input power and generating a second voltage, a second output terminal connected to the second power generator and outputting the second voltage, an external feedback wiring providing a feedback voltage, a feedback terminal connected to the external feedback wiring and inputting the feedback voltage to the selector, and the selector connected to and transferring the selected voltage to the first power generator, where the selected voltage is one of the feedback voltage and the voltage output from the first output terminal. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235011 | LCD Panel Driving Method, Display Drive Circuit, and LCD Device - The invention provides a method for driving an LCD panel, a display drive circuit, and an LCD device. The method for driving an LCD panel includes the following steps: A: obtaining a coordinate position of a pixel to be displayed on a current frame of the LCD panel and a ideal voltage required by the correspondingly displayed gray scale corresponding thereto; B: determining a compensating voltage for improving the uniformity of the LCD panel in accordance with the coordinate position of the current pixel on the LCD panel, and loading the compensating voltage onto the corresponding data line. The invention has the advantages that the charge time difference of all areas of the LCD panel caused by the charge resulting from waveform delay variation because of resistor and capacitor (RC delay) is improved, the display uniformity of LCD panels, in particular large LCD panels is improved, and the taste thereof is increased. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235012 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes an LCD panel, a circuit module, a driving module, and a signal transmitting module. The circuit module outputs electrical driving signals. The driving module is connected to the LCD panel and drives the LCD panel to display images according to the driving signals. The signal transmitting module includes a laser emitter, an optical waveguide, and a laser receiver. The laser emitter is connected between the circuit module and the optical waveguide and converts the electrical driving signals to optical signals. The laser receiver is connected between the optical waveguide and the driving module and recovers and reconverts the optical signals into driving signals. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235013 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING AN OLED PANEL - A method for driving an OLED panel includes the following steps. An image signal is inputted to a power control unit, wherein the power control unit includes a calculator and a power control look-up table. A display loading ratio is calculated by the calculator according to the image signal, wherein the power control unit can find an emitting time ratio by the power control look-up table corresponding to the display loading ratio, the emitting time ratio can be transformed to an emitting time signal, and the emitting time signal can be inputted to the OLED panel so as to control the power consumption of the OLED panel. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235014 | METHOD OF OPERATING DISPLAY DRIVER AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A method of operating a display driver and a display control system are provided. The method includes comparing cyclic redundancy checks (CRCs) of each of a plurality of first frame data, which are consecutively received, with each other; comparing a plurality of second frame data, which are consecutively received, with each other when the CRCs of each of the plurality of first frame data are equal to each other; and entering a panel self-refresh mode when the plurality of second frame data are equal to each other. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235015 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY-APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a driving method and display apparatus, the display apparatus including light emitting units, scan lines, data lines, a driving circuit provided for each of the light emitting units to serve as a circuit having a signal writing transistor, a device driving transistor, a capacitor and a first switch circuit, and a light emitting device. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235016 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display is provided. The organic light emitting display includes a display unit coupled to scan lines and data lines and including pixels configured to receive first and second power sources, and a DC-DC converter for generating the first and second power sources. The DC-DC converter includes first and second power source generating units for generating the first and second power sources from an input power source and for outputting the first and second power sources to first and second output ends, a controller for controlling driving of the first and second power source generating units, and first and second short sensing units for outputting first and second short sensing signals to the controller when voltages of the first and/or second output ends are greater than or equal to corresponding first and second reference voltages. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235017 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a power supply unit including a DC-DC converter including an output terminal and resistor coupling terminal and an external resistor coupled to the resistor coupling terminal, where the DC-DC converter includes a first power generation unit which outputs a predetermined current to the output terminal, and a sensing circuit unit that includes a sensing resistor located between the first power generation unit and the output terminal and stops an operation of the first power generation unit depending on a current value flowing in the sensing resistor. A power supply unit and an organic light emitting display including the power supply unit include a sensing circuit unit that stops operation of the power supply unit to prevent an additional damage when an abnormal current occurs. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235018 | ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electrophoresis display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a boost capacitor including a pixel electrode and a storage electrode a thin film transistor configured to apply a data voltage to the pixel electrode in response to a gate signal. A level of a storage voltage applied to the storage electrode of the boost capacitor is configured to be changed after the data voltage is applied to the pixel electrode, and a voltage level of the pixel electrode is configured to be boosted by the boost capacitor from a level of the data voltage to a boosted voltage by the change in the level of the storage voltage. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235019 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - The stereoscopic image display includes a control voltage generator and a control voltage compensator. The control voltage generator generates a discharge control voltage to be applied to a discharge control line at a slight-on level, which is higher than a gate low voltage and is lower than a gate high voltage, and periodically reduces the discharge control voltage to a level of the gate low voltage in the 3D mode. The control voltage compensator receives the discharge control voltage from the control voltage generator, amplifies a feedback discharge control voltage supplied from a first part of a display panel based on the received discharge control voltage, and applies the amplified feedback discharge control voltage, as a compensated discharge control voltage, to a second part opposite the first part of the display panel. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235020 | PIXEL INVERSION ARTIFACT REDUCTION - A system and device for driving high resolution monitors while reducing artifacts thereon. Utilization of Z-inversion polarity driving techniques to drive pixels in a display reduces power consumption of the display but tends to generate visible horizontal line artifacts caused by capacitances present between the pixels and data lines of the display. By introducing a physical shield between the pixel and data line elements, capacitance therebetween can be reduced, thus eliminating the cause of the horizontal line artifacts. The shield may be a common voltage line (Vcom) of the display. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235021 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Provided is an organic EL display device including an array of pixel circuits | 2013-09-12 |
20130235022 | SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A scan driving circuit includes a shift register unit and a logic circuit unit. The start of a start pulse of an output signal ST | 2013-09-12 |
20130235023 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AGING COMPENSATION IN AMOLED DISPLAYS - A voltage-programmed display system allows measurement of effects on pixels in a panel that includes both active pixels and reference pixels coupled to a supply line and a programming line. The reference pixels are controlled so that they are not subject to substantial changes due to aging and operating conditions over time. A readout circuit is coupled to the active pixels and the reference pixels for reading at least one of current, voltage or charge from the pixels when they are supplied with known input signals. The readout circuit is subject to changes due to aging and operating conditions over time, but the readout values from the reference pixels are used to adjust the readout values from the active pixels to compensate for the unwanted effects. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235024 | DISPLAY MODULE - A display module including a substrate having a plurality of pixels, a data line that supplies a data signal to a pixel, a current supply line that supplies electric current to the pixel, a data driving circuit that supplies a data signal to the data line, and a gate driving circuit thereon. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a display area of the substrate, and each of the plurality of pixels include a light emitting device, a first thin film transistor connected to the data line that supplies the data signal, a second thin film transistor connected to the current supply line, and a capacitor. The light emitting device includes a first electrode layer connected to the second thin film transistor, an organic layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the organic layer. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235025 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, SCAN SIGNAL DRIVE DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVE METHOD, SCAN SIGNAL DRIVE METHOD, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is disclosed in which a gate driver applies a gate-on pulse so that a second period is longer than a first period. Among gate-on pulses applied before the moment of polarity inversion of a data signal, the last end of the gate-on pulse nearest to the moment of the polarity inversion is earlier than the end time of the horizontal period during which the gate-on pulse is applied. The first period starts at the last end of the gate-on pulse and ends at the end time of the horizontal period during which the gate-on pulse is applied. The second period starts at the moment of the polarity inversion and ends at the moment of the application start of the gate-on pulse nearest to the moment of the polarity inversion among the gate-on pulses applied after the polarity inversion. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235026 | SCANNING SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - Provided is a monolithic gate driver capable of performing block-reversal driving without causing deterioration of display quality or an increase in power consumption. Gate bus lines are divided into z blocks. Agate driver ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130235027 | DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF CONTENT CONSUMPTION BY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - This disclosure relates to dynamic display of content consumption by geographic location. A recognition component recognizes content being consumed by a set of users, and identifies geographic locations of the consumption and a set of characteristics associated with the consumption. An aggregation component ranks the consumed content based on a subset of the characteristics associated with the consumption, and a display component generates a map displaying subsets of the consumed content as a function of respective rankings and geographic location. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235028 | Non-photorealistic Rendering of Geographic Features in a Map - Generating non-photorealistic renderings of geographic features for a map that emphasize one or more geographic features in the rendering while de-emphasizing other portions of the rendering. Three dimensional geographic model data is stored for a plurality of geographic features. Portions of the model data representing a geographic feature and its surrounding area are selected. A non-photorealistic rendering is generated from the model data. The geographic feature is rendered with greater visual emphasis than the portions of the data that surround the geographic feature, and the resulting rendering is output for display. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235029 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A SUB-SECTION OF A VIRTUAL MODEL - The invention generally relates to devices and methods for displaying a sub-section of a virtual model. In certain aspects, methods herein involve determining a portion of a virtual model within a user's field of view, determining a maximum load value that can be accommodated by the device, and displaying a sub-section of the virtual model based upon the portion that is within the user's field of view and the maximum load value accommodated by the device. In other aspects, devices herein include hardware and software that cause a CPU of the device to determine a portion of a virtual model within a user's field of view, determine a maximum load value that can be accommodated by the device, and display a sub-section of the virtual model based upon the portion that is within the user's field of view and the maximum load value accommodated by the device. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235030 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a block determiner, a flat area generator, and a depth information generator. The block determiner is configured to determine whether each block in an input image is a flat block or a non-flat block. The flat area generator is configured to generate a flat area having at least one flat block based on continuity of the flat block. The depth information generator is configured to generate depth information added to each flat block in the flat area. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235031 | FULLY PARALLEL IN-PLACE CONSTRUCTION OF 3D ACCELERATION STRUCTURES IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - A system and method for constructing binary radix trees in parallel, which are used for as a building block for constructing secondary trees. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer system to perform a method is disclosed. The method includes determining a plurality of primitives comprising a total number of primitive nodes that are indexed, wherein the plurality of primitives correspond to leaf nodes of a hierarchical tree. The method includes sorting the plurality of primitives. The method includes building the hierarchical tree in a manner requiring at most a linear amount of temporary storage with respect to the total number of primitive nodes. The method includes building an internal node of the hierarchical tree in parallel with one or more of its ancestor nodes. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235032 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method. The image processing method includes a data obtaining unit for obtaining volume data that contains a target image; a depth-data obtaining unit for obtaining depth data that indicates a depth to the surface of the target image from an image plane; an image processing unit for processing the volume data into a processed volume data based on the depth-data, and obtaining a rendered image based on the processed volume data; and a display unit for displaying the rendered image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235033 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MONTAGE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON TWO DIMENSIONAL SINGLE IMAGE - The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensional montage generation system and method based on a two-dimensional single image. An embodiment of the present disclosure may generate a three-dimensional montage in an easy, fast and accurate way by using a two-dimensional front face image data, and estimate face portions, which cannot be restored by using a single photograph, in a statistic way by using a previously prepared face database. Accordingly, an embodiment of the present disclosure may generate a three-dimensional personal model from a single two-dimensional front face photograph, and depth information such as nose height, lip protrusion and eye contour may be effectively estimated by means of statistical distribution and correlation of data. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235034 | COHERENT PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE REALITY AND INTERACTION MODELS - A method for navigating concurrently and from point-to-point through multiple reality models is described. The method includes: generating, at a processor, a first navigatable virtual view of a first location of interest, wherein the first location of interest is one of a first virtual location and a first non-virtual location; and concurrently with the generating the first navigatable virtual view of the first location of interest, generating, at the processor, a second navigatable virtual view corresponding to a current physical position of an object, such that real-time sight at the current physical position is enabled within the second navigatable virtual view. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235035 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, HOST APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF MAKING PROGRAM - An image processing system includes an image coding device serving as a host device that outputs image data, and an image decoding device serving as a client device and including a display part that displays an image based on image data transmitted from the image coding device. The image coding device includes an image quality controller that controls the image quality of an image displayed on the display part in accordance with an operation status A of the image processing system. When the operation status is a status under which a delay of displaying an image which is caused by transmission of image data from the image coding device to the image decoding device is allowed, the image quality controller increases the image quality of an image displayed on the display part. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235036 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - [Object] To realize a natural stereoscopic effect of a stereoscopic image even if the direction or the position of the stereoscopic image is changed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235037 | Detection Of Protected Subject Matter In Three Dimensional Print Media - A contemplated system analyzes files used to create 3D objects by first virtually constructing the 3D object, and then by examining the virtual construct in a variety of different ways to determine if the 3D object has protected content. The system could examine the virtualized object from a variety of different angles, read characters embossed or imprinted upon the 3D object, and could even play virtualized records and other virtualized video/audio tools to determine if the 3D object has protected content. If the system rules that the 3D object has a high probability of having protected content, an alert is sent to an appropriate authority. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235038 | Method for Preselecting Three-Dimensional Space for Triggering Automated Construction of a Three-Dimensional Structure - A system for constructing a virtual structure in three-dimensional space including an Internet-connected server and software executing on the server from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for presenting an interactive builder interface, a second function for enabling selection of a construction unit, a third function for defining parameters of the virtual structure or at least a portion thereof, and a fourth function for automatically rendering the virtual structure or portion thereof according to the defined parameters. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235039 | System and Method for Providing a Multi-Mode Embedded Display - An information handling system includes a display panel, a panel connector, and a source device. The display panel displays images at different resolutions. The enables display data signals to be sent to the display panel. The source device determines whether an auxiliary channel is present between the source device and the panel connector, operates in a first embedded display operation mode if the auxiliary channel is present, otherwise determines if an enable signal has been received, and operates in a second embedded display operation mode when the enable signal has been received. The source device also communicates the display data signals to the display panel through the panel connector via a same set of pins of the source device during both the first embedded display operation mode and the second embedded display operation mode. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235040 | AUTOMATED STRATIFICATION OF GRAPH DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for generating a graphical depiction of related data are provided. Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to identify a graph wherein a node represents a stored object having one or more application-specific attributes associated with a primary application, wherein the primary application includes other than a presentation of nodes in a graph drawing, and wherein edges represent stored relationships between said objects, which include a relevancy to the primary application. The computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to receive a selection formula wherein the selection formula is based on the one or more application-specific attributes of the objects, and wherein the formula classifies the objects based on at least one of predetermined and selectable values of the attributes; and depict a visual representation of the graph. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235041 | Method and Device for Supporting Fault Diagnosis of an Industrial Installation - For supporting fault diagnosis of an industrial installation having a plurality of installation components connected via a pipeline system, provision is made for assigning each installation component to one of a plurality of abstract component types, where a weighted directed component graph is in turn assigned to each component type. A piping and instrumentation flow diagram of the industrial installation is processed component by component proceeding from a start point along a pipeline system. Here, in the case of each installation component, the component graph of the installation component assigned according to the component type is accessed. The individual component graphs are joined together to form a system of weighted directed overall graphs of the industrial installation, the nodes of which are each assigned to a plurality of individual installation components. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FLAVOR ADVISEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT - A method and apparatus for generating a visual representation of a flavor or texture profile based on flavor or texture preferences of a user with respect to each of a plurality of flavor or texture categories or based on flavor or texture characteristic information representing flavor or texture characteristics of a product or recipe for each of a plurality of flavor or texture categories. The flavor or texture preferences of a user and the flavor or texture characteristics of a product or recipe with respect to each of a plurality of flavor or texture categories is determined by way of a method and apparatus for determining a flavor or texture profile for a user and a method and apparatus for determining a flavor or texture profile for a food element, respectively. Also described is a method and apparatus for providing food element recommendations based on flavor or texture. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235043 | Systems and Methods for Creating, Displaying, and Using Hierarchical Objects with Rigid Bodies - Methods involving the creation and use of rigid bodies with hierarchical objects are disclosed. For example, certain embodiments facilitate the creation, display, and/or editing of a rigid body of a hierarchical object. One embodiment displays a hierarchical object including a rigid body and allows inverse kinematics-based movement of the hierarchical object to control movement of the rigid body. For example, the position and/or rotation of a rigid body may be determined based on a bone having its base within the rigid body. As the bone is moved, the rigid body may move accordingly, for example by preserving a relationship between the rigid body and the bone. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235044 | MULTI-PURPOSE PROGRESS BAR - In addition to conveying a completion status of a task to a user, an improved progress bar can convey additional information about the task to the user. For example, some embodiments can present a type of animation in the progress bar conveying a rate at which the task is being completed. A different type of animation can represent performance of a task at a different rate. For example, a different animation may be displayed when a web page is loading at 5 Mb/s as opposed to when the web page is loading at 0.5 Gb/s. Further, in some embodiments, different types of animation can represent different types of tasks. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235045 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING MODIFIABLE ANIMATED VIDEO MESSAGES - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable collaborative creation, transmission, sharing, non-linear exploration, and modification of animated video messages. One embodiment includes a video camera, a processor, a network interface, and storage containing an animated message application, and a 3D character model. In addition, the animated message application configures the processor to: capture a video sequence using the video camera; detect a human face within a sequence of video frames; track changes in human facial expression of a human face detected within a sequence of video frames; map tracked changes in human facial expression to motion data, where the motion data is generated to animate the 3D character model; apply motion data to animate the 3D character model; render an animation of the 3D character model into a file as encoded video; and transmit the encoded video to a remote device via the network interface. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235046 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING ANIMATION WITH CONTEXTUAL RIGGING - There is described a method for applying a control rig to an animation of a character, the method comprising: receiving a state change for the character being in a first state; determining a second state for the character using the state change; retrieving an animation clip and a control rig both corresponding to the second state, the animation clip comprising a plurality of poses for the character each defining a configuration for a body of the character, the control rig being specific to the second state and corresponding to at least one constraint to be applied on the body of the character; applying the control rig to the animation clip, thereby obtaining a rigged animation clip; and outputting the rigged animation clip. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235047 | METHOD FOR ANIMATING CHARACTERS, WITH COLLISION AVOIDANCE BASED ON TRACING INFORMATION - A method for determining a moving direction or moving velocity for a character in a group comprises reading tracing information from a cell in a terrain map on which the character is located, determining if collision avoidance is needed, and if a collision avoiding manoeuvre is necessary then updating the tracing information in the current terrain cell. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235048 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ADJUSTING A REFRESH RATE OF A DISPLAY - A display refresh system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, at least one aspect of a display of content is identified by monitoring commands. Based on such identified aspect(s), a refresh rate of a display utilized for the display of the content may be adjusted. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235049 | FULLY PARALLEL IN-PLACE CONSTRUCTION OF 3D ACCELERATION STRUCTURES AND BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHIES IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer system to perform a method for constructing bounding volume hierarchies from binary trees is disclosed. The method includes providing a binary tree including a plurality of leaf nodes and a plurality of internal nodes. Each of the plurality of internal nodes is uniquely associated with two child nodes, wherein each child node comprises either an internal node or leaf node. The method also includes determining a plurality of bounding volumes for nodes in the binary tree by traversing the binary tree from the plurality of leaf nodes upwards toward a root node, wherein each parent node is processed once by a later arriving corresponding child node. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235050 | FULLY PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION OF K-D TREES, OCTREES, AND QUADTREES IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer system to perform a method for constructing k-d trees, octrees, and quadtrees from radix trees is disclosed. The method includes assigning a Morton code for each of a plurality of primitives corresponding to leaf nodes of a binary radix tree, and sorting the plurality of Morton codes. The method includes building a radix tree requiring at most a linear amount of temporary storage with respect to the leaf nodes, wherein an internal node is built in parallel with one or more of its ancestor nodes. The method includes, partitioning the plurality of Morton codes for each node of the radix tree into categories based on a corresponding highest differing bit to build a k-d tree. A number of octree or quadtree nodes is determined for each node of the k-d tree. A total number of nodes in the octree or quadtree is determined, allocated and output. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235051 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus transmits a picture acquisition request for getting picture information to an external image apparatus connected through a predetermined interface to the display apparatus from the external image apparatus at predetermined intervals and gets a plurality of pieces of picture information from the external image apparatus to be displayed. The plurality of pictures may be switched at predetermined intervals, for example, to be displayed, so that the plurality of pictures may be displayed in a so-called slide show manner. A plurality of pictures for thumbnail may be produced from the plurality of pieces of picture information and be arranged together to be displayed in one picture screen of a display device. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235052 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a control method thereof. The method of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a display apparatus includes: synchronizing clocks for communicating with the 3D glasses; generating drive timing information for driving shutters of the 3D glasses from the synchronized clocks and a frame sync signal of a displayed image; and transmitting a glasses control message, comprising the drive timing information, to the 3D glasses. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235053 | EXECUTION OF GRAPHICS AND NON-GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS ON A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - The techniques described in this disclosure are directed to efficient parallel execution of graphics and non-graphics application on a graphics processing unit (GPU). The GPU may include a plurality of shader cores within a shader processor. The techniques may reserve one or more shader cores to execute the graphics application and reserve one or more other shader cores to execute the non-graphics application. In this manner, the execution of the non-graphics application may not interfere with the execution of the graphics application, and vice-versa. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235054 | LCD MODULE, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a processor for providing encoding data and an LCD module coupled to the processor. The processor includes an encoder for encoding a frame data to generate the encoding data. The LCD module includes a driver and an LCD coupled to the driver. The driver includes a decoder for decoding the encoding data to obtain an image data. The LCD displays the image data. | 2013-09-12 |
20130235055 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PANEL SELF REFRESH OPERATION THEREOF - A display device includes a source unit; and a sink unit connected with the source unit via an embedded display port interface for signal transmission between the source and sink units and to enable a panel self refresh (PSR) mode for reducing power, wherein, for an input still image, the source unit applies power to a frame buffer of the sink unit and transmits the still image to the sink unit, wherein the sink unit determines whether the still image can be losslessly compressed and stored in the frame buffer, outputs a first control signal if the still image can be losslessly compressed and stored in the frame buffer, and outputs a second control signal if the still image cannot be losslessly compressed and stored, and wherein the source unit activates the PSR mode for the first control signal, and deactivates the PSR mode for the second control signal. | 2013-09-12 |