37th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120229352 | ANTENNA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, a number of fasteners and an antenna module. The circuit board is received within the housing and defines a number of through holes corresponding to the fasteners. The antenna module includes a base body defining tow mounting holes and an antenna. The fasteners are inserted and extend through the corresponding mounting holes, and are screwed into the corresponding through holes in turn, and are screwed in the housing, the base body and the circuit board are detachably assembled to each other and the housing together, and the circuit board is non-fixed electrically connected to the antenna. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229353 | Glass Antenna for Vehicle - A glass antenna includes hot-side and earth-side feeding points provided near an intermediate portion of an inside vertical or vertically-oblique edge of flange of a fixed window glass; a hot-side element; and an earth-side element. The hot-side element includes at least one first horizontal line extending from the hot-side feeding point in a horizontal direction, and at least one first vertical line extending from the hot-side feeding point in a direction away from the earth-side feeding point. The earth-side element includes at least one second horizontal line extending from the earth-side feeding point in the horizontal direction, and a third horizontal line extending from a tip of at least one second vertical line in the horizontal direction. The at least one second vertical line extends from the earth-side feeding point in a direction away from the hot-side feeding point. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229354 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR ANTENNAS, ANTENNA, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A magnetic material for antennas including: an M-type hexagonal ferrite represented by the following general formula (1) as a main phase, MA.Fe | 2012-09-13 |
20120229355 | Reconfigurable reflector for electromagnetic waves - A reconfigurable reflector for electromagnetic waves, comprising: a rigid support element ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229356 | HORIZONTAL RADIATION ANTENNA - This disclosure provides a horizontal radiation antenna. The antenna includes a back-surface-side grounded conductor plate on a back surface of a substrate, a radiation element to which a coplanar line is connected on the front surface of the substrate, and a passive element closer to an end portion side of the substrate than the radiation element. A front-surface-side grounded conductor plate is provided at a substantially same height as the radiation element with respect to a thickness direction of the substrate, and a conductive wall surface capable of reflecting a high-frequency signal radiated from the radiation element is provided between the front-surface-side grounded conductor plate and the back-surface-side grounded conductor plate. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229357 | ANTENNA DEVICE WITH CHOKE SLEEVE STRUCTURES - An unbalanced antenna includes a non-conductive substrate having one short edge, and two long edges connected respectively to two opposite ends of the short edge and parallel to each other, and an unbalanced antenna disposed proximate to the short edge of the non-conductive substrate and having a ground portion. A ground plane has side edges extending along the long edges of the non-conductive substrate, and is electrically coupled with the ground portion. The length of the ground plane is longer than a quarter of an equivalent wavelength corresponding to an operating frequency of the unbalanced antenna. A pair of choke sleeve structures are symmetrically disposed at opposite sides of the ground plane and spaced apart from the unbalanced antenna by a quarter of an equivalent wavelength corresponding to the operating frequency. Each choke sleeve structure has one end connected to the ground plane, and the other end extending in a direction away from the unbalanced antenna. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229358 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING BACKGROUND NOISE AND INCREASING RECEPTION SENSITIVITY - An antenna apparatus includes an electrically conductive section having peripheral edges, an antenna element coupled to the electrically conductive section, which transmits or receives electromagnetic signals, and an electromagnetic absorbing carbon material component. The carbon material component is generally disposed adjacent to the electrically conductive section, and includes a border region extending beyond the peripheral edges of the electrically conductive section. The carbon material component can be constructed of a carbon fiber fabric in which the carbon fibers are arranged to increase the effective signal to noise ratio of the antenna apparatus and enhance antenna performance without increasing the baseline power consumption level. The carbon fibers can be coated with silicone to insulate them externally while enhancing their lengthwise conductivity. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229359 | N PORT FEEDING SYSTEM USING A SLOW WAVE STRUCTURE FEEDING DEVICE INCLUDED IN THE SAME - A feeding system for feeding power using slow wave structure is disclosed. The feeding system includes a first substrate, a first pattern disposed on the first substrate, being a conductor, a second substrate separated from the first substrate, and a second pattern configured to locate on the second substrate, being a conductor. Here, the first pattern and the second pattern are connected electrically, and at least one of the first pattern and the second pattern has a slow wave structure. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229360 | INDIRECT FED ANTENNA - An indirect-fed antenna system is disclosed. In an embodiment, a coupler is electrically coupled to a feed. The coupler capacitively couples to a resonating element and the resonating element is electrically coupled to a ground plane. The system allows for improved band-width and also allows for an antenna design where the resonant frequency, the bandwidth of the antenna, the location of the curl on a Smith chart and the associated impendence matching network can be separately adjusted. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229361 | BROADBAND ANTENNA HAVING ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED FIRST AND SECOND ANTENNAS - A broadband antenna includes a first antenna element having first and second ends spaced apart by a surface thereof. A second antenna element is substantially co-planar with the first antenna element, the second antenna element having first and second ends spaced apart by a surface thereof. The first end of the second antenna element is spaced apart from the second end of the first antenna clement by a first air gap. A conductive structure is spaced apart from the first end of the first antenna element by a second air gap, the conductive structure being configured to provide for structural excitation of the antenna over a lower frequency range of an available broadband antenna bandwidth, such as may be a continuous operating bandwidth, | 2012-09-13 |
20120229362 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS - An antenna device includes transmitting units each of which includes elements arranged parallel to a baseline, wherein the transmitting units are arranged side-by-side in a first direction and stepwisedly with steps in a second direction in a first region and a second region, the first direction being perpendicular to the baseline, the second direction being parallel to the baseline, the first region and the second region being partitioned by the baseline, and transmitting units positioned more remotely from the baseline being positioned further in the second direction. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229363 | DIRECTIONAL PLANAR SPIRAL ANTENNA - Directional wide band antenna that may be utilized to enhance cell phone coverage within a building, and/or for signals intelligence collection (SIGINT). Includes a spiral antenna with feed-point configured to transfer energy to/from the antenna. Includes an energy absorbent backing and an energy absorbent siding coupled with the spiral antenna. Includes a cavity behind the log-spiral slot antenna and in front of the energy absorbent backing. Includes a cable connector coupled to a tapered microstrip line coupled to the feed-point wherein the tapered microstrip line is configured to transform the input impedance to the antenna impedance. Housed in a container configured to hold the above listed components. Energy absorbent siding, cavity and energy absorbent backing greatly reduces back lobes. Another embodiment has log-spiral shaped slots at an outer portion of the log-spiral slot antenna overlap with the energy absorbent siding and wherein the feed-point overlaps the cavity. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229364 | Antenna - The antenna includes a first ground plate, a first dielectric substrate formed on the first ground plate, a transmission line made of a conductive material formed on the first dielectric substrate, and a plurality of antenna elements electromagnetically coupled to the transmission line. The transmission line is constituted of at least one first line serving as a resonator having a resonator length equal to (2n−1)/2 times (n being a positive integer) a guide wavelength of the transmission line and a plurality of second lines each having an electrical length longer than half the guide wavelength, the first and second lines being disposed alternately at predetermined intervals. Each of the antenna elements is electromagnetically coupled to a corresponding one of the second lines. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229365 | CONNECTOR APPARATUS WITH TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS FUNCTION - A connector apparatus with transmitting and receiving signals function includes a base body, an antenna structure, and a wireless transceiver module. The base body includes a platform. The platform includes a assembling part. The assembling part includes a plurality of conductive pins. The conductive pins are extended to the outside of the platform to be electrically connected to a mainboard of an electronic device. The base body includes a side pillar which is at one side of the platform and connected to the antenna structure. The wireless transceiver module inserts into the assembling part of the base body. The antenna structure is in the outside of a housing of the electronic device. The angle between the side pillar and the antenna structure is adjustable to receive or transmit wireless signals. Moreover, the antenna structure is folded into the housing if the antenna structure is not used. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229366 | ANTENNA ARRAY FOR ULTRA WIDE BAND RADAR APPLICATIONS - A low profile antenna array for UWB radar antenna applications is disclosed. It may be used as a mid-range receiving antenna array (RXM) or as a mid-range transmitting antenna array (TXM). In some embodiments, the RXM or the TXM may include a plurality of radiation patch elements formed on a top layer of a printed circuit board (PCB), a distribution feeding network in the mid-layer of the PCB having a patch array, and a serial feeding arrangement from a λ/4 coupling slot to each feeding patch. This antenna may have a desirable large frequency bandwidth with relatively flat antenna gain over a frequency range from 22 GHz to 26.5 GHz. In addition, sidelobe levels for the elevation patterns may be below −20 dB. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229367 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a primarily reflective-based head mounted display device, for displaying and viewing visual content from a visual display source, including a frame, at least one optics housing connected to said frame, wherein the optics housing and frame are configured such that the optics housing may be positioned at least partially in front of an eye of a user, and wherein the optics housing includes a light-emitting visual source disposed within the optics housing for projecting visual content, and a plurality of reflective optical surfaces in optical communication with the light-emitting visual source that are configured to reflect a projection of the visual content into the eye of the user. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229368 | DISPLAY AND LABELED ARTICLE - A display includes a first optical effect layer including a first interface part, the first interface part being provided with recesses or protrusions arranged two-dimensionally at the minimum center-to-center distance of 200 nm to 500 nm, each of the recesses or protrusions having a forward-tapered shape, a reflective material layer covering at least a part of the first interface part, and a second optical effect layer including, at a position of a first portion of the first interface part that is covered with the reflective material layer, a portion that faces the reflective material layer with the first optical effect layer interposed therebetween or faces the first optical effect layer with the reflective material layer interposed therebetween, the second optical effect layer containing at least one of a cholesteric liquid crystal, a pearl pigment and a multilayer interference film. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229369 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND PIXEL UNIT THEREOF - The invention is to provide a pixel unit coupled to a data line, a first scan line, and a second scan line. The pixel unit comprises a first sub-pixel unit and a second sub-pixel unit. The first sub-pixel unit comprises a first switching device coupled to the data line, a first storage capacitor and a first liquid crystal capacitor coupled to the first switching device. The second sub-pixel unit comprises a second switching device coupled to the first switching device, a coupling capacitor, and a second storage capacitor and a second liquid crystal capacitor coupled to the second switching device. The coupling capacitor is coupled between the first and second input/output terminals of the second switching device. The control terminal of the first switching device is coupled to the first scan line. The control terminal of the second switching device is coupled to the second scan line. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229370 | System, Method and Device for Presenting Different Functional Displays When Orientation of the Device Changes - Different functional views for a mobile device are provided depending on orientation of the device. The mobile device includes an enclosure and a display disposed within the enclosure, wherein the display presents a functional view to a user when the device is positioned in a first orientation and a second functional view when the display is rotated to a second orientation. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229371 | Screen Rotation Lock Methods and Systems - Screen rotation lock methods and systems are provided. First, an angle between a specific plane of an electronic device and an absolute horizontal plane is detected using at least one sensor, and it is determined whether the angle equals to a specific angle. When the angle equals to the specific angle, a screen auto-rotation function of the electronic device is disabled. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229372 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Data which is output from an input device capable of allowing a body of a user to get thereon and is based on a load applied on the input device is usable. Data is acquired from the input device is processed. A center-of-gravity position of a load applied on the input device is repeatedly acquired based on data output from the input device. A user direction a stepping action made on the input device is calculated using the center-of-gravity position. Predetermined processing is performed based on the user direction. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229373 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE SHOOTING UNIT - An image display control apparatus includes a CPU performing face recognition within an image shot by a camera and detecting a gaze direction from a recognized face. The CPU then changes the image to a processed image at a predetermined rate in the case where at least one of the gazes of detected faces is directed to the displayed image. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229374 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and methods are disclosed. The electronic device comprises a plurality of display screens, an operation module, and a control module. The operation module is operable to be operated by a user, and the control module is electrically coupled to the display screens and the operation module, and comprises an operation display module. The operation display module is operable to display an active application from among a plurality of applications running on a first display screen from among the display screens. The operation display module is further operable to display operable information related to the active application on a second display screen, when the operation module is operated by the user. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229375 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - For a book data display device of the present invention, the user performs an operation similar to an action performed on a real book when searching for a supplement held between pages of the book. At this time, in the book data display device of the present invention, a movement detection section detects the movement of the display device, and a display control section displays the image of a supplement in a display section on the basis of the detection result of the movement detection section. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229376 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device displays a screen including character input buttons to each of which characters are assigned, and each of which specifies one character assigned thereto, as a character to be inputted, according to the number of times that a selection operation is performed thereon, and display area B in which a character to be inputted specified through a selection operation performed on the character input buttons is displayed in order on a display device, specifies candidate characters each of which can be inputted to follow a character string being inputted and displayed in the display area B from the character strings of words each including the character string being inputted, and, when a character to be inputted which is specified to follow the character string is not included in the candidate characters, tones down and displays the character to be inputted immediately after the character string. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229377 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a display device and a method for controlling the same. The display device comprises a display unit, and a controller configured to perform predetermined functions according to a distance with a external object in response to an identical gesture made by the external object. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229378 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO A USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN MOTION - Methods and systems are described for providing feedback to a user of a portable electronic device in motion. A detection is made that a portable electronic device is in motion. An interaction is detected between a user and the portable electronic device during the motion. Image data for a first object, captured by an image capture device, is received during the motion. In response to both detecting the interaction and detecting the motion, the image data is sent for presenting an image of the first object by a display device that is viewable to the user during the motion. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229379 | Cursor Transitions - Responsive to a trigger event, a first cursor state having a first visual appearance is transitioned into a second cursor state having a second visual appearance. A transition type and transition time can be specified so that the transition can be visually perceived by a user. The cursor states can be associated with different cursor types and/or cursor schemes. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229380 | Gyroscope control and input/output device selection in handheld mobile devices - A technique to provide a duplicate I/O device along an adjacent edge of a handheld mobile device to ensure that at least one I/O device is not obscured by a user when the user's hand grasps the handheld mobile device. Depending on which of the portrait or landscape orientation is relative to the user, a sensing device senses the orientation and sends a position signal to a control circuit. The control circuit controls a switching device that controls which of the I/O devices is to be activated depending on the orientation. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229381 | PUSH PERSONALIZATION OF INTERFACE CONTROLS - A computing system is configured to receive one or more depth images, from the depth camera, of a world space scene including a human target. The computing system translates a world space position of a hand of the human target to a screen space cursor position of the user interface using a virtual desktop transformation. The computing system also dynamically adjusts the virtual desktop transformation based on a history of button press actions executed by the human target. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229382 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A movement direction of an object arranged in a virtual world is set based on attitude data. Further, the object is moved in the movement direction in the virtual world in accordance with data based on a load applied to a load detection device. An image showing the virtual world including at least the object or an image showing the virtual world viewed from the object is displayed as a first image on a portable display device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229383 | GESTURE SUPPORT FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR OPERATING A MEDICAL DEVICE - The invention relates to a gesture support device ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229384 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LOCATION DETECTION FUNCTION AND INPUT LOCATION DETECTION SYSTEM - An input position detection system ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229385 | Gyro Mouse De-Drift and Hand Jitter Reduction - A gyroscope-based device uses a probability model to assign probability of the device being in an intended static state to each received sample of gyroscope data. A new drift error compensation offset and new hand jitter factor are computed for each sample of gyroscope data based on the assigned probability. In this manner, the magnitude of the hand jitter factor varies with the probability of the device being in an intended static state. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229386 | RETRACTABLE CABLE MOUSE - A retractable cable mouse includes a casing, a cable reel member, a connector and a sliding member. The connector is coupled with the cable reel member and in contact with the sliding member. When the sliding member is moved to a first position, the connector is accommodated within the casing. When the sliding member is moved to a second position, the connector is pushed by the sliding member to be exposed outside the casing. At the same time, a perforation of the casing is blocked by sliding member, so that the external dust or foreign material fails to be introduced into the internal portion of the casing. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229387 | COMPUTER INPUT APPARATUS - A computer input apparatus is disclosed which has improved safety control. Computer input devices with coherent light sources are popular. However, coherent light sources may cause serious and unrecoverable injuries to human eyes. Accordingly, there are several safety specifications defined by manufacturers and governments. Therefore, an improved device is disclosed that includes a calibration circuit and a fault detection circuit to control the operation current of a coherent light source to be within the safety specifications range, and to monitor for fault conditions. Furthermore, a computer input apparatus with coherent light source can be operated without the traditional optical lens. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING INCORRECT INPUT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - According to certain embodiments, a method and apparatus for preventing incorrect input in a portable terminal includes identifying an input character string and, among previously registered candidate words, searching among a plurality of candidate words recommended for the input character string, calculating a similarity between the input character string and each of the searched candidate words, and presenting one or more of the searched candidate words in order of descending similarity associated with the one or more searched candidate words. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229389 | ILLUMINATED KEYBOARD DEVICE - An illuminated keyboard device includes a keyboard unit having a plurality of pushbuttons with a light passing property and switches operating by pushing operation of the plurality of pushbuttons, a backlight unit emitting light toward the keyboard unit, and a sheet-shaped color changing part with a light passing property interposed between the keyboard unit and the backlight unit to change a color of light emitted from the backlight unit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229390 | MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device is disclosed. The mobile device includes a display, a touch panel, and a buffer structure. The touch panel is disposed on one side of the display. The buffer structure has a gas fluid layer and is disposed between the display and the touch panel. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229391 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INTERACTIVE DIGITAL BOOKS - A system and methods for creating interactive digital books utilizing a multi-touch input and display device to allow users or authors to create stories including embedded interactive effects in response to received multi-touch inputs from the reader. The system and method allows book authors to create interactive effects through author gesture inputs through the multi-touch display rather than through traditional coding methods. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229392 | INPUT PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a display control unit that controls a display to display a plurality of objects, and an input target recognition unit that iteratively calculates an input target on the display based on a plurality of positions corresponding to an input received from a start position of the input to a current position of the input. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229393 | DATA DISPLAY METHOD AND DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM - The coordinate system of the electronic data | 2012-09-13 |
20120229394 | DISPLAY TERMINAL - A display terminal for a tractor or other agricultural machine. The terminal has a touch sensitive screen in which the pressing of pre-determined areas of the screen designated as control areas initiates pre-determined actions in the operation of the terminal or machine. The terminal also has a control unit and a matrix of push buttons external to the screen the pressing of which duplicates the pressing of the touch sensitive screen areas. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229395 | Touch Screen Panel - A touch screen panel includes a plurality of first and second sensing electrodes crossing each other and a plurality of coupling pads. Each of the coupling pads is coupled to a respective end of a corresponding one of the first sensing electrodes or the second sensing electrodes. The touch screen panel further includes a repair wiring line and an insulating layer interposed between the coupling pads and the repair wiring line. A defect such as a short is repairable by the repair wiring line so that manufacturing cost may be reduced. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229396 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch input device includes a touch pad and a switch. The touch pad has opposite sides. On one side of the touch pad extends a connecting part, the connecting part is flexible and connected to a housing. The other side is suspended to act as a floating side. The floating side is capable of moving down to enable the switch to generate input commands when a pressure is exerted on the floating side. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING DESIRED CONTENTS ON READ TEXT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for easily setting desired contents within a text in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes determining a first position on a first row of the text, determining a second position on a second row of the text, and selecting contents located between the first position and the second position. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229398 | HUMAN USER INTERFACES UTILIZING INTERRUPTION OF THE EXECUTION OF A FIRST RECOGNIZED GESTURE WITH THE EXECUTION OF A RECOGNIZED SECOND GESTURE - A method is provided for a user interface recognizing the interruption of the execution of a first gesture with the execution of a second gesture. Measured information responsive to user interaction actions made by a user is received from a user interface sensor. At least one operation is applied to the measured information to produce a sequence of symbols or gestemes. The sequence of symbols is first used to determine that the user's execution of a first gesture has been interrupted. The sequence of symbols is used to determine that the user's execution of a second gesture has been started and completed resuming the first gesture. The sequence of symbols is used to determine that the user's execution a first gesture has been completed. Both the first and second gestures are recognized. Semantic content can be assigned to the existence of and various details regarding the interruption and gestures involved. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229399 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and methods are disclosed. The electronic device comprises a plurality of touch panels on a plurality of display screens respectively including a first touch panel on a first display screen and a second touch panel on the second display screen. If a predefined area on the first touch panel is moved from a first location to a second location in a direction toward the second touch panel, a notification is displayed in an area between the first location and the second location on the first display screen. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229400 | INTERACTIVITY MODEL FOR SHARED FEEDBACK ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system that produces a dynamic haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes a gesture signal and a real or virtual device sensor signal. The haptic effect is modified dynamically based on both the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal such as from an accelerometer or gyroscope, or by a signal created from processing data such as still images, video or sound. The haptic effect may optionally be modified dynamically by using the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal and a physical model, or may optionally be applied concurrently to multiple devices which are connected via a communication link. The haptic effect may optionally be encoded into a data file on a first device. The data file is then communicated to a second device and the haptic effect is read from the data file and applied to the second device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE DATA CHANNELS ON A SINGLE HAPTIC DISPLAY - A system that produces a haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes at least two haptic effect signals each having a priority level. The haptic effect is a combination of the haptic effect signals and priority levels. The haptic effect may optionally be a combination of the two haptic effect signals if the priority levels are the same, otherwise only the haptic effect signal with the highest priority is used. The frequency of haptic notifications may also be used to generate a drive signal using foreground and background haptic effect channels depending on whether the frequency ratio exceeds a foreground haptic effect threshold. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229402 | Multiple Actuation Handheld Device - A device includes a housing, a processor that is coupled to the housing, the processor is configured to process a software program stored in a memory. A touch screen is coupled to the housing and configured to display graphical objects, wherein a sensor signal associated with a user's interaction with the touch screen is provided to the processor. A first actuator is coupled to the touch screen and positioned within the housing. The first actuator is configured to output a first haptic effect to the touch screen upon receiving a first activating signal from the processor. A second actuator is coupled to the housing and configured to output a second haptic effect to the housing upon receiving a second activating signal from the processor. The first activating signal is associated with a foreground event and the second activating signal is associated with a background event occurring in the software program. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229403 | IMAGE DISPLAY THAT MOVES PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND CAUSES TACTILE SENSATION - An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229404 | IMAGE DISPLAY THAT MOVES PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND CAUSES TACTILE SENSATION - An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229405 | IMAGE DISPLAY THAT MOVES PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND CAUSES TACTILE SENSATION - An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229406 | Method and Device for Identifying and Unlocking with Contact Surface Model - Provided are a method and apparatus for identifying and unlocking with a contact surface model. The method includes: associating a predefined contact surface shape with a user interface state; and when a device detects that a contact surface shape formed by a user on a touch screen is the same as or similar to the predefined contact surface shape, switching the device to the user interface state corresponding to the predefined contact surface shape. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229407 | Touch Sensitive Device Employing Bending Wave Vibration Sensors That Detect Touch Location And Provide Haptic Feedback - A touch sensitive device comprising a touch sensitive display member capable of supporting bending wave vibration and having a user accessible display surface, an array of transducers coupled to the display member with the array of transducers comprising at least some transducers which are configured to both detect physical touching of the input surface by the user and to input impulses into the display member to produce a haptics sensation to the user in response to said detected touching of the display surface, and a signal processor to receive signals from at least some of transducers in the array of transducers and adapted to analyse the signals to determine the location of the physical touch on the display surface. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229408 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes detection sections each of which is arranged in an associated one of a plurality of pixels, and is configured to detect a pressed position; scan lines and detection lines formed on a first substrate; and a detection driver connected to the detection lines. When the first substrate or a second substrate is pressed, and the detection section in the pressed area is scanned with the scan line, the detection driver detects a voltage applied to the detection section via the detection line. An inspection line to which at least the scan lines or the detection lines are connected in parallel is further formed on the first substrate. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229409 | CONTACT OPERATION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, CONTACT OPERATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide a contact operation determination apparatus, a contact operation determination method, and a program that are capable of avoiding erroneous determination in an end portion of a contact detection area. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229410 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a remote control apparatus which includes a display panel, a control detecting part for detecting a swipe of a contact point by a continuous contact control to the display panel, a command generating part for finding a first direction from a positional relationship between a contact starting point and a first swipe point swiped from the contact starting point, generating a control command indicating start of a swipe in the first direction, finding a second direction from a positional relationship between the contact starting point and a second swipe point swiped from the first swipe point, and generating a control command indicating stop of the swipe in the first direction and start of a swipe in the second direction in the case where the second direction differs from the first direction, and a command transmitting part for transmitting the generated control command to a television. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229411 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device is provided that includes a display portion, a user recognition portion, a button selection portion, and a display control portion. The display portion displays at least one function button that is related to a function that the information processing device is capable of performing. The user recognition portion recognizes a user who is operating the information processing device. The button selection portion selects, from among the at least one function button that is displayed on the display portion, at least one function button that corresponds to the user who has been recognized by the user recognition portion. The display control portion moves the function button that has been selected by the button selection portion from an initial position on a display screen of the display portion such that the function button is close to a specified position on the display screen. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229412 | Touch Position Detection Method and Apparatus - A method comprising: a) concurrently selecting a group of rows in a sensor network; b) simultaneously reading at least one column of the sensor network to detect a sensing event; c) if a sensing event is not detected, eliminating the group of rows from further selection. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229413 | RESISTIVE MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCHED POINTS OF THE RESISTIVE MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE THEREOF - A resistive multi-touch device includes a touch panel, a matrix, a scanning circuit, a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, and a touch controller. The matrix includes m pairs of first electrodes forming m columns and n pairs of second electrodes forming n rows. The scanning circuit detects which column of first electrodes is touched to generate a first selecting signal and which row of second electrodes is touched to generate a second selecting signal according to a predetermined scanning mode. The first multiplexer selects a first signal of the touched first electrode from signals transmitted on the first electrodes according to first selecting signal. The second multiplexer selects a second signal of the touched second electrode from signals transmitted on the second electrodes according to second selecting signal. The touch controller calculates coordinate value of touched point according to first signal and second signal. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229414 | POSITION SENSING PANEL - A position sensing panel has an array of parallel electrodes each formed by a repeating pattern of hollow shapes connected in series. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INPUT AND INTERFERENCE ON AN INPUT DEVICE - The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved performance. In one embodiment, an input device comprises a processing system, a transmitter sensor electrode, and a receiver sensor electrode, where the transmitter sensor electrode and the receiver sensor electrode are capacitively coupled. The processing system is configured to receive a resulting signal from the receiver sensor electrode, where the resulting signal includes responses that correspond to the transmitter signal. The processing system is further configured to separately accumulate, for each cycle of the transmitter waveform, a first portion and a second portion of the resulting signal to respectively produce a first accumulation and a second accumulation, wherein the first accumulation is used for determining user input to the input device and the second accumulation is used for determining interference, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-coterminous. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229416 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SCREEN - An electrostatic capacity type touch screen included in an image display apparatus is provided. The electrostatic capacity type touch screen includes an active touch region on a screen divided into a plurality of regions and a plurality of conductive sensing patterns formed in the divided regions to detect capacitance. Coupling of the conductive sensing patterns among the divided regions is broken. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229417 | Two Prong Capacitive Sensor Pattern - One embodiment of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a first plurality of sensor elements and a second sensor element capacitively coupled with each of the first plurality of sensor elements. The second sensor element may further comprise a first main trace and a second main trace, where the first main trace and the second main trace intersect each of the first plurality of sensor elements, and where each of the main traces cross at least one of a plurality of unit cells associated with the second sensor element. The second sensor element may also comprise a connecting subtrace electrically coupled to both the first main trace and the second main trace, and within each unit cell, at least one primary subtrace branching away from the first main trace or the second main trace. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229418 | BASELINE MANAGEMENT FOR INPUT DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and system that is able to minimize or remove the affect of substantially non-random electrical interference on an input device's ability to reliably and accurately sense the position of an object. In one embodiment, the input device is configured to systematically correct for a cyclic variation in the electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by components within the electronic system, such as interference generated by the process of refreshing or updating an image on a display module that affects the capacitive sensing measurements acquired from a plurality of capacitive sensing elements. However, in some embodiments of the invention, the performance of an input device is improved by reducing the affect that external interference generated outside of the electronic system have on the position sensing data acquired by the input device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229419 | BASELINE MANAGEMENT FOR INPUT DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and system that is able to minimize or remove the affect of substantially non-random electrical interference on an input device's ability to reliably and accurately sense the position of an object. In one embodiment, the input device is configured to systematically correct for a cyclic variation in the electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by components within the electronic system, such as interference generated by the process of refreshing or updating an image on a display module that affects the capacitive sensing measurements acquired from a plurality of capacitive sensing elements. However, in some embodiments of the invention, the performance of an input device is improved by reducing the affect that external interference generated outside of the electronic system have on the position sensing data acquired by the input device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229420 | MEMS DISPLAY WITH TOUCH CONTROL FUNCTION - A display system using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is disclosed. The display system includes a first substrate, a touch control unit and a plurality of MEMS display units. The first substrate has a control array. The MEMS display units are disposed in the first substrate. The control array controls the MEMS display units. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229421 | TOUCH CONTROLLER HAVING INCREASED SENSING SENSITIVITY, AND DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM HAVING THE TOUCH CONTROLLER - A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229422 | LIGHT SENSING ASSEMBLY AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A light sensing assembly includes a first light guide plate (“LGP”), a light-emitting diode (“LED”) part, an infrared LED part, a second LGP and a first sensor array. The LED part is at a side portion of the first LGP and emits white lights of a displayed image. The infrared LED part emits infrared lights of a detected touch. The second LGP is below the first LGP. The second LGP guides a path of the infrared lights of the detected touch inputted in accordance with a touch operation. The first sensor array is at a side portion of the second LGP and senses the reflected infrared lights which are guided by the second LGP. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229423 | OPTICAL FILM AND TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel which prevents Newton ring formation and glare, shows high transmission image clarity, prevents haze and has high visibility, and an optical film which is applicable to such a touch panel. An optical film comprising an optically-transparent substrate and at least one hard coat layer (A) disposed on a surface of the optically-transparent substrate, wherein a surface of the hard coat layer (A), which is opposite to a surface where the optically-transparent substrate is present, has an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) defined in JIS B0601 (1994) of 0.025 to 0.05 μm, and has 10 to 250 convex portions each having a height of 0.3 to 3 μm in a 1.08 mm square area. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229424 | Apparatus - An apparatus comprising a first part configured to form at least part of the case of the apparatus, a second part configured to form at least part of the display for the apparatus, and a flexible membrane attached at a first area of contact to the first part and at a second area of contact to the second part and furthermore configured to connect the first part to second part. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229425 | Associating Information on a Whiteboard with a User - Techniques for associating strokes information generated at an interactive whiteboard system with a user identifier. The user identifier may, for example, be an image of a user who generated the strokes information. The associating may be performed based upon time stamps associated with the strokes information and the image. Information may be stored indicative of the association between the strokes information and the user identifier. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229426 | PEN-SHAPED INPUT APPARATUS - A pen-shaped input apparatus is disclosed in the disclosure. The pen-shaped input apparatus includes a body portion, a capturing module, a transparent spherical portion and a plurality of light sources. The body portion has a side surface. The capturing module is disposed within the body portion and adjacent to the side surface. The capturing module includes an optical sensor and a lens unit. The transparent spherical portion is disposed on the side surface. The transparent spherical portion, the lens unit and the optical sensor are lined on a capturing optical axis. The light sources are located between the side surface of the body portion and the transparent spherical portion. The light sources are symmetrically disposed around the capturing optical axis. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229427 | STYLUS - A stylus includes a stylus body, a stylus body and a rotation mechanism. The stylus body includes a first housing and a second housing. The stylus body defines an hole. The rotation mechanism includes two resilient elements respectively retained to the first housing and the second housing, and a shaft. Each resilient element defines an hole and a plurality of holes. A center portion of the shaft is rotatably retained in the hole, and two ends of the shaft are respectively retained in the holes. When the stylus body rotates about the shaft relative to the first housing and the second housing, the shaft is capable of making the resilient elements bend to provide a good pressing feel. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229428 | PORTABLE AND INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM - A collaborative presentation and documentation system disclosed herein allows a user to capture information from a projection surface to a document. The system includes a camera and a stylus wherein the camera that captures information from the projection surface and signals generated by a stylus. For example, the information captured from the projection surface includes the changes made with presentation system tools and an image of a document stored on a computer and projected as background. Various co-ordinate points of the projection surface are calibrated to points on the camera view. This allows the information from the captured image to be related to information on the document. The system also performs functions such as saving the captured image to the document, modifying the document, opening a new document, etc., based on signals generated by the stylus. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229429 | DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AS WELL AS BARRIER DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A display includes: a display section displaying an image; and a liquid-crystal barrier section having a plurality of liquid crystal barriers each allowed to switch between a light-transmitting state and a light-blocking state. The liquid-crystal barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first substrate and a second substrate configured to sandwich the liquid crystal layer, the second substrate having a common electrode formed on a first-substrate side thereof, and the first substrate including a first electrode formed at a position corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers, and a second electrode formed, between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer, at the position corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229430 | Projection Display Providing Additional Modulation and Related Methods - A projection display system includes a spatial modulator that is controlled to compensate for flare in a lens of the projector. The spatial modulator increases achievable intra-frame contrast and facilitates increased peak luminance without unacceptable black levels. Some embodiments provide 3D projection systems in which the spatial modulator is combined with a polarization control panel. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229431 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - In order to display 3D images by a parallax barrier method, a display screen and the eyes of a viewer need to have a specific positional relation. An object is to provide a display device with an extended area where the viewer can perceive 3D images with the naked eye. Attention is focused on the position of the viewer with respect to pixels provided in a display device and a mode of a parallax barrier provided between the viewer and the pixels. This leads to a structure in which the position of the viewer with respect to pixels is specified by using an ultrasonic wave to change a mode of a parallax barrier in accordance with the position of the viewer, thereby achieving the above object. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229432 | DRIVING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A first receiver receives a clock. A second receiver receives a differential type image signal. An image signal receiving unit performs sampling the differential type image signal by the clock, and generates an image signal driving an electro-optic device. A third receiver receives a time multiplexed control signal. A reception buffer performs sampling of the time multiplexed control signal by the clock and the stores the time multiplexed control signal. A driving control unit performs a driving control of the electro-optic device on the basis of the stored time multiplexed control signal. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229433 | DUAL FUNCTION CONTROL DEVICE - A display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a body including an integrated circuit card slot; and a remote device removably storable in the integrated circuit card slot in a docking position. The remote device may be operable to control the display device when in the docking position. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229434 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - In a plasma display apparatus, a stable address discharge is caused while unnecessary radiation, e.g. line radiation and housing radiation, is suppressed. For this purpose, the plasma display apparatus includes an image signal processing circuit and a data electrode driver circuit. The data electrode driver circuit generates an address pulse based on the image data, and applies the address pulse to a data electrode, using at least one output buffer having a predetermined current supply capability for applying the address pulse to the data electrode. Further, based on the image data, the data electrode driver circuit calculates the load capacitance of the data electrode. Based on the calculated load capacitance, the data electrode driver circuit changes the number of the output buffers to be used in the application of the address pulse to the data electrode. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229435 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device includes a display module including a display screen and displaying an image on the display screen; a chassis containing the display module, exposing the display screen, and holding the display screen so as to stand the display screen; a light receiving window disposed on a first part on the chassis, the first part being adjacent to a second part where the display screen is exposed, shifted toward a back side from a surface of the chassis on a periphery of the second part, and receiving incident light from outside of the chassis into the chassis; and an illumination sensor contained in the chassis, detecting illuminance of incident light through the light receiving window, and having an illuminance detection range having a center line extending in a direction inclined downward from a direction of a normal line of the display screen. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229436 | DRIVER FOR PAGE TRANSITIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC PAPER DEVICE - A system and a method for updating an electronic paper display are disclosed. A memory includes a waveform table and a transition matrix including multiple pixels, each representing a pixel of the electronic paper display. A page transition display system is coupled to the memory and identifies waveforms from the waveform table associated with multiple transition matrix pixels by processing multiple transition matrix pixels in parallel. For example, the page transition display system loads multiple transition matrix pixels into a register and accesses the waveform table using the contents of the register. Using the identified waveforms, the page transition display system generates control signals used to modify the electronic paper device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229437 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic light emitting display is disclosed. According to some aspects, the display includes a substrate having a display region and a peripheral region that surrounds the display region. The display further includes a pixel in the display region, and a contact unit in the peripheral region. The contact unit is configured to receive a common power signal from an external power source. A wiring line unit on the substrate provides a driving signal to the pixel. The pixel includes a first electrode provided on the substrate, an organic light emitting layer provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode that protrudes toward the contact unit on a plane to be electrically coupled to the contact unit. As a result, the area in which the second electrode overlaps the wiring line unit in the peripheral region is reduced and the parasitic capacitance that may be generated between the second electrode and the wiring line may be reduced. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229438 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a scanning line, a data line intersecting with each other, a pixel circuit which is provided corresponding to the intersection thereof, and a wire. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, one transistor which controls a current flowing to the light emitting element, and the other transistor of which conduction state is controlled according to a scanning signal which is supplied to the scanning line between a gate node of the one transistor and the data line. The wire is provided between the data line and the one transistor. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229439 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL - A thin film transistor array panel, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes a first data line, a second data line neighboring the first data line, a transistor disposed in a region between the first data line and the second data line, and a pixel electrode disposed close to the second data line among the first and second data lines. An extension of the pixel electrode may cross the second data line, thereby being connected to the transistor. Accordingly, it may not be necessary to use an additional connecting member between the pixel electrode and the data line such that the process may be shortened and the structure of the wiring may be simplified. Also, the spatial utility may be increased to improve the degree of integration. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229440 | E-PAPER BASED DIGITAL DOCUMENT DISPLAY DEVICE THAT RETRIEVES UPDATES AUTMATICALLY - A digital document display device capable of displaying a document, retrieving updates, sharing locally with other devices, managing document displays in other digital document display devices in proximity, etc. A e-paper based display unit of the digital document display device is configured to read and display the display image. A motion detector unit helps detect human motion, so that the digital document display device may be set to a low power mode, or powered off, etc. if no humans are detected in the vicinity. A renewable energy power unit is also provided. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229441 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of common electrode lines, a plurality of pixel units, and at least one voltage regulating chip. The pixel units are coupled to the corresponding scan lines, the corresponding data lines, and the corresponding common electrode lines, respectively. The voltage regulating chip is coupled to a regulated voltage and the common electrode lines, so as to provide a regulated current to each of the common electrode lines based on the regulated voltage, respectively. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229442 | DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AS WELL AS BARRIER DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A display includes: a display section displaying an image; and a liquid-crystal barrier section having a plurality of liquid crystal barriers each allowed to switch between a light-transmitting state and a light-blocking state. The liquid-crystal barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first substrate and a second substrate configured to sandwich the liquid crystal layer, the first substrate including a drive electrode formed at a position corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers, and the second substrate including a first common electrode, and a second common electrode formed between the first common electrode and the liquid crystal layer. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229443 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus system is provided. The electronic apparatus system includes a register, a display mode computation unit, a display device and a control circuit. The register stores image information having a data input refresh frequency. The display mode computation unit generates a display mode control signal by computation based on an image characteristic categorization of the image information. The display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixel units. The control circuit controls a display mode and a drive mode of the display panel according to the display mode control to signal to further adjust a display refresh frequency of the display panel. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229444 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of pixel each including a transistor, a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, and a reference electrode disposed so as to be opposite to the pixel electrode. The display device also includes data lines connected to the corresponding pixel circuits, a plurality of gate lines connected to the corresponding pixel circuits, gate circuits each of which sequentially outputs a gate signal, which is in a high voltage level during two or more horizontal periods in a first order or in a second order that is reverse to the first order, and a gate signal control circuit that controls each of the gate circuits and scans the gate lines. The gate signal control circuit controls each of the gate circuits to start to output the gate signals so as not to overlap periods when the gate signals are output to the adjacent gate lines. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REDUCING TRANSMISSION BANDWIDTH REQUIRED FOR VISIBILITY-EVENT STREAMING OF INTERACTIVE AND NON-INTERACTIVE CONTENT - In an exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method determines a set of mesh polygons or fragments of the mesh polygons visible from a navigation cell. The method includes determining a composite view frustum containing predetermined view frusta and determining mesh polygons contained in the composite view frustum. The method includes determining at least one supporting polygon between the navigation cell and the contained mesh polygons. The method further includes constructing at least one wedge from the at least one supporting polygon, the at least one wedge extending away from the navigation cell beyond at least the contained mesh polygons. The method includes determining one or more intersections of the at least one wedge with the contained mesh polygons. The method also includes determining the set of the contained mesh polygons or fragments of the contained mesh polygons visible from the navigation cell using the determined one or more intersections. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229446 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPIC BASED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND EXPERTISE DETECTION - A method and system for creating a topic-based 3D virtual environment. The inventive method and system provides a 3D virtual environment that includes images, scenery, and content that relate to the topic of discussion in the virtual environment. If the virtual “meeting” should be adjourned or ended, the system saves the data, discussions that occurred during the meeting, and all the scenery and content related to the virtual meeting so that the meeting can be continued with all of the content and imagery in place. A virtual environment template containing this information is loaded and used for subsequent virtual meetings discussing the same topic. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229447 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code and at least one memory being configured to, when run on the at least one processor, perform detection of physical tilting of a display. The display is configured to provide user visual output associated with at least one running application. The at least one running application also has a virtual keyboard associated therewith provided on the display. The computer program code and at least one memory are also configured to, when run on the at least one processor, provide, in response to detection of said physical tilting of said display, corresponding graphical tilting of an onscreen area of a display to reveal a previously off-screen area of the user visual output associated with the at least one running application. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229448 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - It is determined, based on attitude data, whether or not a direction of a predetermined axis set in a portable display device is within a first range. When the result of the determination is that the direction of the predetermined axis is within the first range, an action of a first object arranged in a virtual world is controlled based on the direction of the predetermined axis. When it is determined that the direction of the predetermined axis is outside the first range, at least an action of a second object arranged in the virtual world is controlled based on the direction of the predetermined axis. Then, a first image showing the virtual world including at least the first object and the second object is displayed on the portable display device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229449 | FILE STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT IN 3D AUTHORING SYSTEM - The present disclosure is directed to improved techniques for encoding 3D media objects in a 3D authoring system. In an exemplary embodiment, encoding involves having a plurality of virtual files each representative of different 3D media objects renderable by a computer, each virtual file having a data structure including (i) first data defining a first set properties of a 3D media object which during a rendering session are not impacted by a change to a second set of properties (ii) second data defining the second set of properties of the 3D media object; and (iii) linking data to link the virtual file, during the rendering session, to other virtual files of other 3D media objects having similar data structures. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229450 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND 3D OBJECT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a 3D object control method thereof for controlling the depth or rotation of a 3D object using a 3D manipulation portion displayed around the 3D object. According to the present invention, a circular- or ring-shaped 3D manipulation portion may be touched to intuitively control the rotation and enlargement/reduction of the 3D object, thereby providing usefulness and convenience for the user, capable of editing the 3D object while directly viewing the transformed form and depth of the 3D object. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229451 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY AND BROWSING OF E-BOOKS - An electronic reader device configured to receive at least one set of source data for processing in a manner so as to display at least one electronic reading material. The electronic reader device includes a processing portion and a display portion coupled to the processing portion. The processing portion can be configured to process at least one set of source data in a manner so as to produce graphic data. Graphic data can be communicated to the display portion which can be configured to display graphic data as display data in a stereoscopic display mode. The display data can correspond to a graphic representation. In the stereoscopic display mode, the graphic representation is associable with a three dimensional imaging based graphic representation such that the display data correspond to a graphic representation where at least one portion of the at least one electronic reading material is visually perceivable to be projecting from the display portion. | 2012-09-13 |