46th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090278732 | Method and apparatus for simultaneous synthetic aperture radar and moving target indication - Method and apparatus for simultaneous synthetic aperture radar and moving target detection. A plurality of independent radio frequency signals are generated and applied to separate radiating/receiving antenna elements. Signals are generated as basis functions, such that moving target detection and synthetic aperture radar signals are constructed from individual waveform components in space, time, frequency, and coding. Waveform components are sorted and combined at reception. Received data is simultaneously processed to extract synthetic aperture radar images and moving target indication detections. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278733 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING THE SOURCE OF AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL - A method of locating the source of an unknown signal comprises the steps of:
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20090278734 | Data Transfer - A portable electronic device comprises a controller and a display. The controller receives vector data on a position of a user of the portable device from a satellite positioning sensor associated with the user, and scalar data on movement of the user from at least one motion sensor associated with the user. The controller stores data based on the vector data and feeds a scalar parameter proportional to the scalar data to the display. The display displays the scalar parameter. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278735 | FREQUENCY AIDING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION SATELLITE RECEIVER WITH CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY HYSTERESIS - A method and apparatus for estimating oscillator signal variation due to temperature and for providing an estimated frequency to a GPS receiver in order to assist the GPS receiver to acquire the signals quickly is disclosed. A temperature sensor is closely thermally coupled with the crystal oscillator in the GPS receiver and during GPS tracking mode, when the error in the oscillator signal is known with precision, outer bounds of TCXO frequency at given temperatures are maintained, which may correspond to rising and falling temperature conditions. During acquisition mode, an estimated frequency value is provided to the GPS receiver based on a determined average of these bounds. Optionally, an uncertainty factor associated with the frequency estimated may also be provided. The two bounds take into account the hysteresis effects of the oscillator signal drift due to temperature so that a more accurate initial frequency estimate can be provided to the GPS receiver, thus reducing its average time to first fix. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELATIVE NAVIGATION USING REFLECTED GPS SIGNALS - A method and system to passively navigate an orbiting moving body towards an orbiting target using reflected GPS signals. A pair of antennas is employed to receive both direct signals from a plurality of GPS satellites and a second antenna to receive GPS signals reflected off an orbiting target. The direct and reflected signals are processed and compared to determine the relative distance and position of the orbiting moving body relative to the orbiting target. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278737 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TRACE-POSITION - A method of trace-position including following steps is provided. A tracing message is transferred to a second electronic device having a positioning function from a first electronic device, wherein the tracing message has a verifying code. The verifying code is verified by the second electronic device. The second electronic device enables the positioning function to generate positioned information and transfer the positioned information to the first electronic device if the verifying code is correct. Furthermore, the positioning function is disabled if the verifying code is incorrect. In addition, a system of trace-position is provided. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278738 | GPS POWER SAVINGS USING LOW POWER SENSORS - A position location system, apparatus, and method are disclosed. A wireless device includes a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver and position location processor. The SPS receiver detects the availability of positioning signals and the position location processor determines an initial position of the wireless device based upon the positioning signals. A controller generates power saving events when the positioning signals are detected as being available. The controller determines the timing and duration of the power saving events. During a power saving event, the SPS receiver is deactivated and/or processing of the positioning signals is suspended to reduce power consumption of the wireless device. The initial position is updated based upon relative positioning information from one or more sensors during the power saving event. The controller activates the SPS receiver and resumes processing of the positioning signals following the power saving event. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278739 | GPS Signal Data Converter for Providing GPS Signals to a Plurality of Connection Ports - A global positioning system (GPS) signal data converter device includes a plurality of output ports configured to connect with and transmit GPS information to devices connected with the output ports, and a processor configured to receive GPS information in a first format, convert the GPS information from the first format into a second format, and to transmit the GPS information to at least two output ports in the first and second formats. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278740 | HYBRID POSITIONING METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of determining the position of an aircraft by combining inertial data with range data between the aircraft and satellites, in which: a) the range is stored in a FIFO memory so as make delayed range data available at the output from the memory; b) the delayed range data is combined with inertial data to obtain an estimate of position data for the aircraft; and c) a watch is maintained for the appearance of a fault in the range data, and when such a fault is detected, at least some of the data stored in the FIFO memory is modifying so as to be neutralized. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278741 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING EPHEMERIS DATA - A navigation apparatus includes: an acquisition unit for receiving a satellite signal from satellites and demodulates the satellite signal to acquire ephemeris data; a storing unit for storing the ephemeris data; a time measuring unit for measuring a valid time of the ephemeris data from timing of acquisition of the ephemeris data; and a control unit for making the acquisition unit reacquire new ephemeris data before the valid time of the ephemeris data elapses in the time measuring unit. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278742 | Antenna Selection with Frequency-Hopped Sounding Reference Signals - The embodiments of the invention describe a method for antenna selection in a wireless communication network. The network includes a transceiver having a set of antennas. The transceiver is configured to transmit a frequency-hopped sounding reference signal (SRS) over a subband from a subset of antennas at a time. The transceiver transmits the frequency-hopped SRS from subsets of antennas in the set of antennas substantially alternately. In response to the transmitting, the transceiver receives information indicative of an optimal subset of antennas and transmits data from the optimal subset of antennas. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278743 | BEAM FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEAM FORMING - A beam forming method of a radio network controller includes receiving information related to beam forming, calculating a distance between the mobile terminal and a base station and velocity of the mobile terminal based on the information related to beam forming, determining whether to perform beam forming, and allocating second scrambling codes (SSCs) to sectors of a base station cell while performing beam forming. One SSC is allocated to only the sector in which the mobile terminal is located. A beam forming system to perform the method includes an information receiving unit to receive information related to beam forming, a position calculation unit to determine distance to and velocity of the mobile terminal, a beam forming determining unit, and a beam forming processing unit to allocate the SSCs to sectors while performing the beam forming. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278744 | PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA - There is provided a phased array antenna having variable phase shifters constituted by using a variable dielectric-constant dielectric substance whose dielectric constant varies according to an applied electric field, which antenna can dispense with a DC blocking element that causes mismatch, and reduce deformation of the beam shape even when beam tilt occurs, in the case where the variable phase shifters are divided into those for right-side tilt and those for left-side tilt and the phase shift amounts thereof are independently controlled. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278745 | DUAL-BAND INVERTED-F ANTENNA - A dual-band inverted-F antenna is described. After being fed in by a signal feed-in portion, a first band signal and a second band signal are wirelessly sent from a first radiation portion and a second radiation portion of a radiation element in one aspect, and transmitted to a ground element through a short-circuit pin in another aspect, so as to achieve the dual-band effect. Meanwhile, a bent structure is designed on the short-circuit pin, such that when the short-circuit pin is employed by the dual-band inverted-F antenna to transmit signals, the interference on the signal transmission/reception of the radiation element will be reduced. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278746 | Wideband or multiband various polarized antenna - A microstrip patch antenna wherein the half-power beamwidths of two orthogonal polarizations can be widened or narrowed in desired frequency bands around its center frequency. The result is a wideband or multiband antenna with desired beamwidth characteristics. In particular, the antenna can be arranged to be singly-polarized, dual-polarized or circularly-polarized. Using at least two parasitic patches on each of the two opposing sides of a primary radiating patch, both E-plane (electric field) and H-plane (magnetic field) parasitic couplings can be simultaneously achieved. By introducing uneven current distribution along the patch principal axis, some sub-bands of the antenna pattern can be beam steered. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278747 | RFID DEVICE WITH MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS - A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first microstrip antenna comprising a microstrip positioned towards a first side of the device, and a Radio Frequency- (RF-)reflective back plane spaced from the microstrip of the first microstrip antenna; a second microstrip antenna comprising a microstrip positioned farther from the first side of the device than the microstrip of the first microstrip antenna, and an RF-reflective back plane spaced from the microstrip of the second microstrip antenna; and circuitry for receiving signals from the first and second microstrip antennas, wherein the first and second microstrip antennas are each independently coupled to the circuitry. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278748 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - The antenna device comprises a ground substrate serving as ground, a feeder portion formed on the ground substrate, a first conductor connected to the feeder portion, and a second conductor being substantially equal to the first conductor in conductor length, which is connected to the ground substrate and disposed substantially parallel to the first conductor with a space therebetween. And, the first conductor and the second conductor are electrically connected to each other between each tip and a portion substantially at least ⅓ in conductor length of each conductor from each tip. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278749 | Decoration Structure with Loop Antenna - The present invention discloses a decoration structure with a loop antenna, wherein a loop antenna having superior electromagnetic radiation performance is used as the receiving antenna of a GPS device. Further, the present invention adorns and packages the loop antenna into a decorative strap and integrates the strap with the receiving device so as to reduce the receiving device size and convenience the user holding or wearing the receiving device. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278750 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SELECTIVE ANTENNA LOAD SWITCHING AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include at least two antennas having a different structure. The device may also include wireless transceivers, a load(s), signal processing circuitry, and a controller. The controller may be for selectively switching the signal processing circuitry to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, selectively switching a desired one of the antennas to the desired one of the wireless transceivers, and selectively switching a different one of the antennas to at least one of the loads. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278751 | Antenna Device and Portable Terminal Device - An antenna device and a portable terminal device bringing only part of an antenna conductor into contact with a board so as to keep loss due to a dielectric material to a minimum and to achieve smaller size and lighter weight, including a planar circuit board ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090278752 | Mobile terminal having antenna mounted in flexible PCB of side key - A mobile terminal wherein a second antenna is mounted in a flexible PCB of a side key positioned at a location separated from a first antenna is provided. The mobile terminal includes: a main body; the first antenna and a printed circuit board (PCB) positioned on the inside of the main body; a side key positioned at a side surface of the outside of the main body; and a flexible PCB of the side key positioned on the inside of the main body. The flexible PCB of the side key including the second antenna. Therefore, by mounting a second antenna in a flexible PCB of a side key positioned at a location separated from a first antenna, an emission and reception performance of the first antenna and the second antenna can be improved. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278753 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH ISOLATED ANTENNAS - Handheld electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry having at least first and second antennas. An antenna isolation element reduces signal interference between the antennas, so that the antennas may be used in close proximity to each other. A planar ground element may be used as a ground by the first and second antennas. The first antenna may be formed using a hybrid planar-inverted-F and slot arrangement in which a planar resonating element is located above a rectangular slot in the planar ground element. The second antenna may be formed from an L-shaped strip. The planar resonating element of the first antenna may have first and second arms. The first arm may resonate at a common frequency with the second antenna and may serve as the isolation element. The second arm may resonate at approximately the same frequency as the slot portion of the hybrid antenna. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278754 | ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNA - An electrically small antenna (ESA) for resolution of subwavelength features is disclosed. The ESA is on the order of meters and has an efficient transmit/receive capability. The ESA is 1/10 of the length of the equivalent dipole length, and may be scaled down to 1/10,000. The ESA includes a metamaterial shell. Such an antenna may include phase sensitive current injection in the metamaterial resonant structures for loss-compensation. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278755 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An antenna device includes: an antenna element that transmits or receives wireless signals in a predetermined first frequency band and in a second frequency band higher in frequency than the first frequency band; a feeding terminal portion; a first bandwidth adjustment circuit that includes a first capacitor for widening a bandwidth of the first frequency band to a predetermined bandwidth, the capacitance of the first capacitor being set at a predetermined value in accordance with the predetermined bandwidth; and a second bandwidth adjustment circuit that includes second and third capacitors and a first inductor for widening a bandwidth of the first frequency band to the predetermined bandwidth, the capacitance of each of the second and third capacitors and the inductance of the first inductor being respectively set at predetermined values in accordance with the predetermined bandwidth. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278756 | ACTIVE TUNED LOOP-COUPLED ANTENNA - An active tuned loop-coupled antenna capable of optimizing performance over incremental bandwidths and capable of tuning over a large total bandwidth to be used in wireless communications. The active loop is capable of serving as the radiating element or a radiating element can be coupled to this active loop. Multiple active tuned loops can be coupled together to extend the total bandwidth of the antenna. Active components can be incorporated into the antenna structure to provide yet additional extension of the bandwidth along with increased optimization of antenna performance over the frequency range of the antenna. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278757 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING METAL CASE AND ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A mobile terminal including a metal case and an antenna structure that can exhibit optimum radiation performance is provided. The antenna structure includes an antenna having a radiation unit for transmitting and for receiving electric waves, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) to which the antenna is mechanically coupled at one surface thereof and having a power supply unit electrically coupled to the radiation unit, and a case constructed using a metal material within which the PCB is disposed, wherein the case has at least one slot formed in a surface thereof opposite to the surface to which the PCB is fastened and adjacent to the radiation unit. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278758 | Dipole Antenna Capable of Supporting Multi-band Communications - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a dipole antenna capable of supporting multi-band communications, includes a first portion of the antenna in a folded structure, a second portion of the antenna that includes a first coupling pad and a second coupling pad physically separated by a distance, and a current path along the first portion of the antenna and the second portion of the antenna, wherein a first portion of the current path that includes the first coupling pad and the second coupling pad is configured to introduce a slow wave effect if electric current flows through the first portion of the current path. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278759 | Dual-Band Dual-Polarized Base Station Antenna for Mobile Communication - Disclosed is a dual-band dual-polarized antenna for a mobile communication base station, which includes: a reflection plate; a first radiation device module for transmitting and receiving two linear orthogonal polarizations for a first frequency band, the first radiation device module generally having a square shape, the first radiation device module including a plurality of dipoles arranged to form the square shape, each of the dipoles substantially having a transverse side and a vertical side; and a second radiation device module for a second frequency band which is arranged within the square shape of the first radiation device module, and includes a plurality of dipoles generally arranged to form a cross-shape. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278760 | WIRELESS IC DEVICE - A wireless IC device includes a wireless IC chip; a feeder circuit board which has the wireless IC chip located thereon, is magnetically coupled to a radiation plate, supplies electric power to the wireless IC chip, and relays signals between the wireless IC chip and the radiation plate; and a substrate on which the feeder circuit board is placed. On the substrate, there are formed a plurality of positioning markers indicating the boundaries of a plurality of positioning areas in which the feeder circuit board is selectively placed. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278761 | Beam adjusting device - The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the beam direction of a beam radiated from a stationary array of antenna elements, wherein at least two antenna element feed points are coupled to a common signal source via a feed line structure having a source connection terminal to be connected to said source and at least two feed connection terminals to be connected to said antenna element feed points, said feed line structure being at a distance from and in parallel to a fixed ground plane on at least one side of said feed line structure, wherein a movable element is located adjacent to said feed line structure so as to change the signal phase of signal components being transferred between said source connection terminal and the respective feed connection terminals, said movable element being movable for effecting a controlled phase shift of said signal components so as to adjust said beam direction. The device is provided with detection means for detecting the absolute position of the movable element. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278762 | Antenna Modular Sub-array Super Component - In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a method and system for an antenna modular sub-array super component is presented. The modular sub-array super component allows for multiple antenna product designs to utilize a common low cost aperture element assembly block, quantities of which may be scaled up or down to suit the physical, performance, and power requirements of a specific antenna system. More specifically, a method and system for connecting various components of an antenna modular sub-array using a bar with leads connector is discussed. The bar with leads may connect antenna subcomponents or subassemblies. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278763 | System Having Capability for Daisy-Chained Serial Distribution of Video Display Data - A serial display interface such as the VESA-Display Port interface is expanded to support daisy chained coupling of one display monitor to the next. Each daisy chain wise connectable display monitor has a local daisy chain transceiver device associated with it where the local transceiver device selectively picks off passing through video data streams in response to embedded MDID identification signals and forwards the selectively picked off data to the local monitor. The local transceiver device also relays the passing through video data streams on to more downstream devices of the daisy chain. In one embodiment, the daisy chain wise connectable display monitors are hot-pluggable and unpluggable. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278764 | Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus | 2009-11-12 |
20090278765 | IMAGE ADJUSTMENT AND PROCESSING FOR A HEAD UP DISPLAY OF A VEHICLE - A system and related methods for processing images in a head up display (HUD) system of a vehicle are provided. The images are processed by adjusting the image data in a manner that compensates for different shape and contour characteristics of the windshield of the vehicle. One processing method begins by providing a plurality of image compensation templates, each being applicable to alter display characteristics of image data. During operation of the HUD system the method selects one of the plurality of image compensation templates for use as a compensating template, adjusts original image data in accordance with the compensating template to obtain adjusted image data, and renders the adjusted image data on a HUD display source. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278766 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - An adequate display operation control in accordance with the external world situation is realized. For example, where a user wears the wearing unit of a spectacle-shaped or head-worn unit, the user is made to be able to view any type of image on the display section immediately in front of the eyes, and provided with taken images, reproduced images, and received images. At the point, a control relative to various display operations such as on/off of the display operation, display operation mode, and source change is carried out based on external world information. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278767 | Data Access Method for a Timing Controller of a Flat Panel Display and Related Device - A data access method for a timing controller of a flat panel display includes forming a line buffer including a plurality of memory cells in the timing controller, dividing the plurality of memory cells into a first section and a second section, wherein the number of memory cells in the first section is greater than the number of memory cells in the second section, writing a first number of pixel data into the first section, wherein the first number of pixel data is included in a plurality of pixel data corresponding to a row of a frame, writing a second number of pixel data into the second section, wherein the second number of pixel data is included in the plurality of pixel data, and the first number is equal to the second number, and reading the plurality of pixel data from the plurality of memory cells according to an order. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278768 | Method and apparatus for processing video data for display on a plasma display panel - A method and an apparatus for processing video data for display on a plasma display panel include dividing gray level values reverse gamma corrected with respect to input gray level values into an integer portion, an upper decimal fraction portion and a lower decimal fraction portion. The lower decimal fraction is then dithered, a first update value generated according to the lower decimal fraction dithering result is added to the upper decimal fraction portion, and the upper decimal fraction having the first update value added thereto is dithered. Finally, a second update value generated according to the upper decimal fraction dithering result is added to the integer portion. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278769 | Digital picture frame system - A digital picture frame system includes a storage unit, a display unit, a control unit, a first port, a first user interface and a power supply unit. The control unit is electrically connected with the storage unit and the display unit to access the storage unit and deliver a picture to the display unit to display. The first port electrically connected to the control unit is used for electrically connecting to an external electronic device. The first user interface electrically connected to the control unit is used for sensing motion of the digital picture frame system or voice to operate the digital picture frame system. The power supply unit electrically connected to the control unit is used for providing a power required for the operation of the digital picture frame system. The above-mentioned digital picture frame system is operated by shaking or voice activation, in a preferred embodiment, further can process picture with special efficacy, therefore there are increased interaction and interest. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278770 | Active matrix organic light emitting display (amoled) device - The present invention relates to an active matrix OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display) device. It comprises a matrix of luminous elements associated to different colour components (red, green, blue). According to the invention, the connection of the row driver and/or data driver to the luminous elements of the matrix is modified. Each output of the row driver is connected to luminous element associated to a same colour component (red or green or blue). | 2009-11-12 |
20090278771 | EL display panel, electronic instrument and panel driving method - Disclosed herein is an organic electro luminescence display panel provided with a pixel structure and a wiring structure which are adapted to an active matrix driving method; and driven by an electric potential asserted on each multi-consecutive-row bundle composed of adjacent power-supply lines, which are electrically tied to each other, each stretched in a horizontal direction and each used for supplying a driving current to an organic electro luminescence light emitting device employed in every pixel circuit of said organic electro luminescence display panel, to serve as an electric potential having two or more different magnitudes. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278772 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display and a method for driving the same. An organic light emitting display includes: a frame memory having a first portion configured to store a first portion of image signals that is the same in an n−1 | 2009-11-12 |
20090278773 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display and a driving method thereof, capable of increasing manufacturing yield by widening a range of gamma correction. An exemplary organic light emitting display includes a display region with pixels at crossings of data and scan lines; a gamma correction unit; a gamma correction circuit; a data driver; and a scan driver. The gamma correction unit includes first and second register units for storing first and second gamma correction signals, the second gamma correction signal comprising a corrected first gamma correction signal; a booster unit for correcting the second gamma correction signal to generate a third gamma correction signal; and a multiplexer for selecting the second gamma correction signal or the third gamma correction signal outputted from the booster unit, and for transferring it to the gamma correction circuit. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278774 | CONTENT-ADAPTIVE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A content-adaptive adjustment system and method for a light-emitting display is disclosed. An analysis unit analyzes, for example, the average data intensity/power consumption and the data distribution of the image data to be displayed. An adjustment unit then adjusts, for example, the pixel values of the image data or the drive levels of the light-emitting display according to the analyzed data distribution, such that the consumed power in the light-emitting display could be considerably reduced. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278775 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an image; and a signal controller which generates a first sub-frame having a mean brightness by calculating the mean brightness of an original frame input from an outside, generates at least one second sub-frame for compensating the first sub-frame on the basis of the first sub-frame and the original frame, and outputs the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame to be displayed on the display unit in sequence. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278776 | METHOD FOR DRIVING AN LCD DEVICE - A method for driving an LCD device having a plurality of sets of gate lines is disclosed. The method includes sequentially enabling odd gate lines of a first set of gate lines in ascending order for writing first-polarity data into corresponding pixels based on a first common voltage during a first interval, sequentially enabling even gate lines of the first set of gate lines in ascending order for writing second-polarity data into corresponding pixels based on a second common voltage during a second interval, sequentially enabling even gate lines of a second set of gate lines in descending order for writing second-polarity data into corresponding pixels based on the second common voltage during a third interval, and sequentially enabling odd gate lines of the second set of gate lines in descending order for writing first-polarity data into corresponding pixels based on the first common voltage during a fourth interval. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278777 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel circuit and a driving method thereof are provided. The pixel circuit includes a pixel capacitor, a storage capacitor, a first transistor and a second transistor. A common node is between the storage capacitor and the pixel capacitor. The first transistor is electrically connected between a data line and the common node, and a gate thereof is electrically connected to a first gate line. The second transistor is electrically connected between the common node and a gray level voltage, and a gate thereof is electrically connected to a second gate line. The first gate and the second gate line are adjacent. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278778 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is an electro-optical device including: a display unit including a plurality of display areas in which pixels are arranged; common electrodes provided in correspondence with the plurality of display areas; pixel electrodes provided in correspondence with the pixels and facing the common electrodes with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween; a driving control unit which controls writing of an image signal to the pixel electrode in each of the plurality of display areas; and a voltage applying control unit which controls applying of a predetermined voltage to the common electrode in each of the plurality of display areas; wherein the driving control unit is configured to stop the writing of the image signal to the pixel electrode during a predetermined period in a period close to at least one of a start time point or an end time point of the applying of the predetermined voltage, when the predetermined voltage is applied to the common electrode of the display area adjacent to one display area by the voltage applying control unit during a period in which the image signal is written to the pixel electrode in one of the plurality of display areas. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278779 | LCD DEVICE BASED ON DUAL SOURCE DRIVERS WITH DATA WRITING SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL MECHANISM AND RELATED DRIVING METHOD - An LCD device having dual source drivers and related driving method are disclosed for performing data signal driving operation by making use of a data writing synchronous control mechanism. The operation of the data writing synchronous control mechanism includes furnishing all image data signals to both the first and second source drivers, latching odd and even image data signals by the first and second source drivers respectively, performing a signal processing process on the odd image data signals for generating a first set of analog data signals by the first source driver, performing a signal processing process on the even image data signals for generating a second set of analog data signals by the second source driver, writing the first set of analog data signals into a plurality of first pixel units, and writing the second set of analog data signals into a plurality of second pixel units. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278780 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND SWITCHING VOLTAGE CONTROLLING CIRCUIT THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a switching voltage controlling circuit thereof are provided. The LCD includes a display panel and a number of gate drivers. The switching voltage controlling circuit includes a current-controlled switch, a transmission line, and a feedback circuit. A first terminal and a second terminal of the current-controlled switch are respectively coupled to a constant voltage and a first terminal of the transmission line. The transmission line is serially coupled to the gate drivers. Each of the gate drivers generates a switching voltage according to a voltage provided by the transmission line and controls pixel units of the display panel. The feedback circuit regulates an amount of a current passing through the current-controlled switch according to a voltage difference between the first terminal and a second terminal of the transmission line. Thereby, color errors occurring between blocks of the display panel can be reduced. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278781 | TUNABLE CURRENT DRIVER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A tunable current driver comprising a semiconductor memory device and a selective transistor is provided, in which one of the source/drain pair of the semiconductor memory device is electrically coupled with a lighting device, and one of the source/drain pair of the selective transistor is electrically coupled with the gate electrode of the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device not only acts as “drive transistor” to drive the lighting device, but also is capable of adjusting the threshold voltage thereof. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278782 | Gate Driving Waveform Control - A gate driver and associated method for a double gate liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. A gate driving signal generating circuit, such as coupled shift registers, generates the gate driving signals in response to horizontal synchronization signal. In one embodiment, a phase control circuit, such as logic AND gates, is coupled to receive the outputs of the shift registers for determining phase relationship between the outputs of the shift registers and the horizontal synchronization signal. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278783 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH SLIM BORDERS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a substrate, a display area, an ASIC disposed by a first edge of the display area for generating a number of P data voltage signals, a first shift register having a plurality of first shift register units disposed by a second edge of the display area, a second shift register having a plurality of second shift register units disposed by a third edge of the display area, a plurality of first switch unit and a plurality of second units. The first switch units sequentially outputs the first through the | 2009-11-12 |
20090278784 | ANALOG BUFFER CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF COMPENSATING THRESHOLD VOLTAGE VARIATION OF TRANSISTOR - A buffer circuit includes a driving circuit, a biasing circuit, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch, a sixth switch, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. Both the first and second switches are turned on in response to a high voltage level of a first switching signal. Both the third and fourth switches are turned on in response to a high voltage level of a second switching signal. Both the fifth and sixth switches are turned on in response to a high voltage level of a third switching signal. The first capacitor stores a voltage drop of the driving circuit when the first switching signal is at high voltage level, and the second capacitor stores the voltage drop of the driving circuit when the second switching signal is at high voltage level. Output of the buffer circuit is almost identical to input due to an offset of the voltage stored in the second capacitor when the third switching signal is at high voltage level. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278785 | DISPLAYS - A display includes a glass substrate, a source driver and a gate driver. The glass substrate includes multiple pixels. The source driver is used to drives the pixels, and the gate driver disposed on the glass substrate enables the pixels. The gate driver has (N+1) shift registers. The n | 2009-11-12 |
20090278786 | Methods and Apparatus of Dynamic Backlight Control - A method of adjusting image intensity to compensate backlight dimming in dynamic backlight control, the method including estimating distortion of an image that corresponds to different mapping index values | 2009-11-12 |
20090278787 | Merchandise Display Systems For Lighting Control Devices - Merchandise display systems for lighting control devices are disclosed. Such a display system may include one or more distinct lighting control devices, each having a respective user-manipulatable actuator, and a video display that presents a virtual lighting scene associated with a selected lighting control device. A lighting load may be connected to one or more of the lighting control devices. User manipulation of a selected actuator may simultaneously affect both the presentation of the virtual lighting scene and a light intensity level of the lighting load. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278788 | DISCHARGE TUBE, FERRULE, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a discharge tube, a conductive ferrule is provided on an end portion of a glass tube. The ferrule includes a body that is to be mounted to the outer circumference of the glass tube and has a contact portion to be electrically conductively fixed to a relay connector (or a bearing device). Further included is a conductive portion that extends from the body so as to have elastic contact with an outer lead. The outer lead will not be under load due to the weight of the discharge tube, but the conductive portion solely has elastic contact therewith. Thus, stress concentration on the outer lead can be prevented. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278789 | SCANNING BACKLIGHT COLOR CONTROL - A scanning backlight ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090278790 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BRIGHTNESS CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is an intelligent display device which has an adaptive backlight brightness control function of controlling the brightness of a backlight according to the gray scale level of an image data displayed by frame unit, and a method for controlling brightness of image in the display device. The display device includes a display panel having a pixel array and a backlight, a gate driving unit, a data driving unit, a brightness calculating unit, a brightness controlling unit, a backlight driving unit, and a contrast controlling unit. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278791 | MOTION TRACKING SYSTEM - A motion tracking system for tracking an object composed of object parts in a three-dimensional space. The system comprises a number of magnetic field transmitters; a number of field receivers for receiving the magnetic fields of the field transmitters; a number of inertial measurement units for recording a linear acceleration; a number of angular velocity transducers for recording angular velocities. The system further comprises a processor for controlling the transmitters and receiving signals coming from the field receivers and the inertial measurement unit; which processor contains a module for deriving orientation and/or position information of the constituent object parts of the object on the basis of the received signals. The processor is configured for intermittently controlling the transmitters transmit at a predetermined frequency, wherein the position and/or orientation information is derived by periodically calibrating the motion information coming from the inertial measurement unit with the motion information coming from the magnetic field receivers. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278792 | Identifying User by Measuring Pressure of Button Presses on User Input Device - In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a user identifier circuit, a button pressure signature specifying a sequence of button pressure values sampled while a corresponding identified button of a user input device is pressed by a user; the user identifier circuit identifying the user of the user input device based on the button pressure signature; and the user identifier circuit outputting a message identifying the identified button and the identified user. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278793 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a medium recording an information processing program that can be operated easily. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278794 | Interactive Input System With Controlled Lighting - An interactive input system comprises at least one imaging device capturing images of a region of interest, a plurality of radiation sources, each providing illumination to the region of interest and a controller coordinating the operation of the radiation sources and the at least one imaging device to allow separate image frames based on contributions from different radiation sources to be generated. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278795 | Interactive Input System And Illumination Assembly Therefor - An illumination assembly for an interactive input system comprises at least two proximate radiation sources directing radiation into a region of interest, each of the radiation sources having a different emission angle. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278796 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A determination device stores a plurality of pieces of reference data associated with a predetermined movement pattern of a controller, and determines whether or not output values that respectively have a given relationship with reference data have been output from an acceleration sensor in a predetermined order within an input reception period in which an input that moves the controller in the predetermined movement pattern is received. The determination device receives an input that moves the controller in the predetermined movement pattern and performs a game process when the determination device has determined that the output values that respectively have the given relationship with the reference data have been output from the acceleration sensor in the predetermined order within the input reception period. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278797 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING PERSONAL COMPUTER THROUGH MOTION RECOGNITION - A method and a system for operating a personal computer through motion recognition are described to enable the personal computer to perform corresponding operations in response to finger motions of a user. The system comprises of a plurality of colored finger cots respectively worn on different fingers of the user; an image capturing unit for capturing digital images of all the finger cots; an motion recognition procedure for recognizing relative positions and moving directions of all the finger cots in the digital images; and a command control procedure for generating a corresponding command to control the personal computer to perform relative operations according to a set motion-command conversion table and a result of the motion recognition. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278798 | Active Fingertip-Mounted Object Digitizer - A finger-mounted implement including a kinesthetic sensor, at least one tactile sensor, and means for securing the kinesthetic sensor and the at least one tactile sensor to a fingertip. The tactile sensor may be a thin-film force transducer, a piezoelectric accelerometer, or a combination thereof. An artificial fingernail may be connected to the accelerometer. The kinesthetic sensor may include a magnetic transducer and may sense an X-Y-Z position and an angular orientation of a fingertip to which the kinesthetic sensor is secured. The securing means may include at least one means selected from the group consisting of adhesive tape, an elastically deformable cover, and detachable adhesive. The implement can be further connected to a computer processing system for, amongst other things, the virtual representation of sensed objects. The implement can also be used as part of a method of haptic sensing of objects. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278799 | COMPUTER VISION-BASED MULTI-TOUCH SENSING USING INFRARED LASERS - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates detecting a plurality of inputs simultaneously. A laser component can be coupled to a line generating (LG) optic that can create a laser line from an infrared (IR) laser spot, wherein the laser component and line generating (LG) optic emit a plane of IR light. A camera device can capture a portion of imagery within an area covered by the plane of light. The camera device can be coupled to an IR-pass filter that can block visible light and pass IR light in order to detect a break in the emitted plane of IR light. An image processing component can ascertain a location of the break within the area covered by the emitted plane of IR light. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278800 | METHOD OF LOCATING AN OBJECT IN 3D - Methods and devices for calculating the position of a movable device are disclosed. The device may include multiple optical detectors (ODs) and the movable device may include light sources. Optics may be above the ODs. A controller may calculate the position of the light source based on data from the ODs and properties of the optics. The device may be a game console, and the light source may be a game controller. The roles of the OD and light sources may be interchanged. The rotation of the movable device may be determined using multiple light sources and/or multiple ODs on the movable device. The movable device may calculate its position and transmit it to a console. The light sources may be modulated by time or frequency to distinguish between the light sources. There may be two or more movable devices. There may be two or more consoles. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278801 | Method For Executing Command Associated With Mouse Gesture - A method for executing a predetermined command associated with a mouse gesture includes the steps of: (1) recording a motion track of the mouse; (2) calculating a distance of the motion track of the mouse; if the distance is less than a predetermined value, returning to step (1); (3) transforming the motion track from rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates represented by a distance and an angle, in which the polar coordinate system is divided into eight angle regions, determining which angle region the angle of the polar coordinates is located in, and executing a predetermined command corresponding to the region in which the angle is located, wherein the eight regions are defined as N×45°±22.5°, and N is one of integers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; (4) clearing the recorded mouse motion track, or subtracting the predetermined value from the recorded mouse motion track, and returning to step (1). | 2009-11-12 |
20090278802 | Mouse structure for generating encoding signals - A mouse structure for generating encoding signals includes a main body, a turntable unit and a signal encoder. The main body has a PCB disposed therein. The turntable unit has a turntable and a movable body connected to the turntable, the turntable unit is rotatably disposed on the main body, and the movable body is projected into the main body. The signal encoder is disposed in the main body and corresponds to the turntable. The signal encoder is electrically connected with the PCB, and the movable body passes through the signal encoder. Therefore, the signal encoder would generate encoding signal to control scrolling of screen on monitor of computer by rotating the turntable. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278803 | FACILITATING INPUT OF USER NAME AND PASSWORD FROM DEVICE HAVING KEYPAD LAYOUT DIFFERENT THAN KEYPAD LAYOUT OF DEVICE USED TO ESTABLISH USER NAME AND PASSWORD - If a user establishes a user name and password using a conventional telephone keypad and subsequently wishes to access the account using a PDA with a different key layout, the user is aided by displaying an image of the conventional telephone keypad on the PDA which the user can touch to input the user name and password and, thus, more easily access the account without having to remember anything more than the original numeric combination corresponding to the account information. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278804 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ENABLING TEXT INPUT IN A LANGUAGE EMPLOYING NON-ROMAN CHARACTERS - A handheld device includes a plurality of input members, a first set of which each have a Roman character assigned thereto, a least some of which have a first non-Roman and a second non-Roman character assigned thereto. In response to an actuation of a first one of the input members, a first one of the non-Roman characters that is assigned to the first one of the input members is displayed. Based on one or more rules which govern permissible character sequences in the subject language, the display of a second one of the non-Roman characters in response to an actuation of a second one of the input members having the second one of the non-Roman characters assigned thereto immediately following the actuation of said first one of the input members is prevented. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278805 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SWITCHABLE USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ACCESSIBLE TOUCH OPERATION - An electronic device with switchable user interface and an electronic device with accessible touch operation are provided. The electronic device with switchable user interface includes a display, a touch sensing means, a position detecting module and a processing module. The touch sensing means is used for sensing a touch of an input tool. The position detecting module is used for determining whether or not the touch is generated on a specific area of the touch sensing means. If the touch is generated on the specific area, the position detecting module determines whether the position of the touch is varied. The processing module coupled to the position detecting module is used for activating a user interface on the display if there is a position variation of the touch. Consequently, the convenience of operating the electronic device is improved. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278806 | EXTENDED TOUCH-SENSITIVE CONTROL AREA FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch-sensitive display screen is enhanced by a touch-sensitive control area that extends beyond the edges of the display screen. The touch-sensitive area outside the display screen, referred to as a “gesture area,” allows a user to activate commands using a gesture vocabulary. In one aspect, the present invention allows some commands to be activated by inputting a gesture within the gesture area. Other commands can be activated by directly manipulating on-screen objects. Yet other commands can be activated by beginning a gesture within the gesture area, and finishing it on the screen (or vice versa), and/or by performing input that involves contemporaneous contact with both the gesture area and the screen. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278807 | PASSWORD INPUT USING TOUCH DURATION CODE - On a device such as a music player that has no keypad with which to enter a password, the duration of each user touch on a touchscreen is noted, with different touch durations being correlated to respective code elements. A sequence of code elements may be correlated to a predetermined code word, and in turn a sequence of code words can establish a password to permit access to the content on the device. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278808 | Method for controlling pointing device, pointing device and computer-readable storage medium - An input mode is controlled in such a manner that a one-point input mode is set as an initial state, the one-point input mode is changed to a two-point input mode when both the first input point and the second input point are turned on and the two-point input mode is changed back to the one-point input mode when both the first input point and the second input point are turned off. A coordinate position of an indicated point is determined on the basis of an absolute position of the first input point in the one-point input mode and on the basis of a relative positional relationship between the first input point and the second input point in the two-point input mode. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278809 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game apparatus includes two LCDs, and a game screen is displayed on one LCD, and a touch panel is set on the other LCD. A game screen for teaching an input timing and an input kind that are set in advance is displayed, and music for teaching the input timing is output. A player performs a touch-on operation, a touch-off operation, a flipping operation and a rubbing operation on the touch panel by viewing the game screen, and listening to the music. The input timing and input kind that are performed by the player and the input timing and the input kind that are set in advance are compared to thereby produce a situation corresponding to the comparison result. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278810 | TOUCH PANEL AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A touch panel and a portable electronic device thereof are provided. The present invention can accurately determine a position touched by a user on the touch panel by judging whether or not a potential voltage value between a reference capacitor and a sensing capacitor of a pixel having a sensing area being changed, or to determine whether a switch of a pixel having the sensing area being conducted. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278811 | Touch-Sensitive Screen and a Touch-Sensitive Device Using the Same - A touch-sensitive screen and a resistance touch-sensitive device using the same, wherein said screen comprises: an insulating substrate, a rectangular conducting layer formed on said insulating substrate, a conducting layer electrode array formed on the four edges of said conducting layer, a conductive coat formed on said conducting layer, and a conductive coat electrode wherein, at least 3 pairs of the conducting layer electrodes are deployed in said conducting layer electrode array; each pair of the conducting layer electrodes are deployed on the parallel edges of the conducting layer symmetrically; and the conducting layer electrode is set on each edge of the conducting layer. As the conducting layer electrodes are deployed symmetrically on the parallel edges of the conducting layer, the electric filed lines tends to be evenly distributed when the voltage is loaded onto the edges of the conducting layer; thus the linearity of the equipotential lines is enhanced. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278812 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM OF A DISPLAY - A method for controlling multiple degrees of freedom of a display using a single contiguous sensing region of a sensing device is disclosed. The single contiguous sensing region is separate from the display. The method comprises: detecting a gesture in the single contiguous sensing region; causing rotation about a first axis of the display if the gesture is determined to comprise multiple input objects concurrently traveling along a second direction; causing rotation about a second axis of the display if the gesture is determined to comprise multiple input objects concurrently traveling along a first direction; and causing rotation about a third axis of the display if the gesture is determined to be a type of gesture that comprises multiple input objects. The first direction may be nonparallel to the second direction. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278813 | Touch Panel - The present invention provides a touch panel used in a display device. The touch panel of the present invention is configured to display images and to receive as well as to process instructions inputted by user's touches. A display substrate partially overlaps with an image driving circuit substrate of the touch panel. A touch sensing circuit is disposed on the inner side of the display substrate. A touch sensing processor is disposed on the inner side of a touch sensing circuit and is also electrically coupled to the touch sensing circuit. Consequently, the thickness of the touch panel as well as the overall thickness of the display device is reduced. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278814 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME - A touch panel and a touch display comprising the touch panel. The touch panel comprises: a top substrate comprising a communicating electrode formed thereon; a bottom substrate disposed on the top substrate, the bottom substrate being smaller than the top substrate so that a circumference of the top substrate overhangs a circumference of the bottom substrate; a plurality of dot spacers disposed between the bottom substrate and the top substrate; a conductive layer, extending from the communicating electrode on the top substrate to the circumference of the bottom substrate; and a flexible circuit board being electrically connected to one end of the conductive layer extending to the circumference of the bottom substrate. The touch display comprises the touch panel and a casing comprising a hollowed portion comprising a flange so that the touch panel is disposed in the hollowed portion. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278815 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode layer, a second substrate, a second electrode layer and an extrinsic spacing layer. The first electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate, and the second substrate is parallel to the first substrate. The second electrode layer is disposed on the second substrate, and the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are located between the first substrate and the second substrate. In addition, the extrinsic spacing layer is located between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein a plurality of conductive particles is scattered in the extrinsic spacing layer. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278816 | Systems and Methods For Resolving Multitouch Scenarios Using Software Filters - Software heuristics can be applied to determine which two points of a plurality of potential touch points are likely actual touch points based on a potential touch point's location relative to a predefined touch area and/or a characteristic of a hypothetical touch corresponding to the potential touch point. For instance, a software filter may determine if a potential touch point lies outside the touch area based on comparing coordinates of the potential touch point to boundaries of the predefined touch area. As another example, if the size of the hypothetical touch exceeds a threshold and is in a particular position (e.g., near an edge of the touch area), the potential touch point may be identified as a ghost touch point. As another example, a filter may evaluate whether a shape of the hypothetical touch exceeds a threshold for asymmetry; if so, the potential touch point may be identified as a ghost touch point. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278817 | Touch-Screen Apparatus and Image-Capturing System Thereof - A touch-screen apparatus provides input commands from touch or moving action of single point touch, multi points touch by a user for implement of image capture. The touch-screen apparatus is coupled with a control interface of image capture via wire or wireless method, which provides the user another selection to operate the process of image capture. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278818 | THUMB WORN TAP DEVICES AND STORAGE HOLDERS FOR USE WITH HANDHELD ELECTRONICS - A tap device for use when selecting icons or keying data into a touch screen hand-held electronic device includes a base and associated sleeve that is worn around the thumb. A conductive nib projects outwardly from an opposite side of the base at an angle to the axis of the user's thumb. A conductive post extends through an opening in the base and links the nib to a conductive seat portion that contacts the user's thumb. When not in use, the tap device may be snap-inserted onto an outwardly directed prong of a storage clip. The storage clip may be fastened over the hand-held electronic device. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278819 | Controlling Haptic Sensations For Vibrotactile Feedback Interface Devices - An apparatus comprises an actuator that includes an eccentric mass that is coupled to a rotatable shaft of the actuator which defines an axis of rotation. A circuit is coupled to the actuator, the circuit is configured to produce a control signal such that, when the control signal is received by the actuator. The actuator is configured to produce a force effect having a magnitude and a frequency by rotating the mass about the axis of rotation in a first direction. The magnitude of the vibration is based on a duty cycle of the control signal and independent of the frequency. An obstacle member is coupled to the actuator and includes a compliance portion configured to increase energy in the movement of the mass in a second direction opposite to the first direction when the mass comes into contact with the obstacle member. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278820 | METHOD FOR ENTERING COMMANDS AND/OR CHARACTERS FOR A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVIC EQUIPPED WITH A TILT SENFOR - Portable communication devices are disclosed. The devices each include a motion detector configured to measure a movement of the device relative to a neutral position of the device, an indicating unit configured to provide an indication that a current position of the device is to be set as the neutral position of the device, and a control unit configured to set the current position as the neutral position responsive to the indicating unit providing the indication. In an embodiment of the portable communication device, the control unit is further configured to associate the measured movement of the device relative to the neutral position of the device with an associated command and execute the associated command. In another embodiment of the portable communication device, the control unit is further configured to associate the measured movement of the device with an associated character and enter the associated character as an input character. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278821 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device includes an AD converter; a video signal processing circuit producing subfield data; a subfield processing circuit producing control signals of each of drive circuits; a plasma display panel having scan electrodes and sustain electrodes which are alternately arranged in n rows, and data electrodes in (k+m) columns arranged in a direction of intersecting with the scan and sustain electrodes; a scan-electrode drive circuit for driving scan electrodes; a sustain-electrode drive circuit for driving sustain electrodes; and a data-electrode drive circuit which has a first drive circuit for driving data electrodes and a second drive circuit for driving data electrodes, and applies writing pulse voltage in order from a data electrode group nearest to the scan-electrode drive circuit. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278822 | Plasma Display Device - A plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate faced to each other to form a discharge space therebetween. The front substrate includes a plurality of display electrodes, each made of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode. The rear substrate includes a plurality of data electrodes intersected with the display electrodes. Discharges cells are formed at the intersections of the display electrodes and the data electrodes. The data electrodes have a plurality of main electrode parts in portions faced to the display electrodes, and wiring parts connecting the main electrode parts together and narrower than the main electrode parts. Further, each main electrode part is disposed so that ends thereof in the longitudinal direction of the data electrode substantially correspond to the furthest separated long sides of the scan electrode and the sustain electrode in the discharge cell. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278823 | Image frame regulation system and image frame regulating method - An image frame regulation system includes a display module a timing controller and the timing converter. The timing controller is coupled to the display module. The timing controller outputs image data to the display module and outputs a timing control command. The timing control command includes a vertical sync signal, a horizontal sync signal and a pixel enabling signal. The timing converter is coupled between the timing controller and the display module to receive the timing control command and adjusts a period of the pixel enabling signal in the timing control command to output an adjustable timing control command to the display module, so as to control the display module to display an output image frame corresponding to the image data at a central area of a screen of the display module. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278824 | DRIVING A LIGHT SCANNER - Driving a light scanner at a resonant frequency of the light scanner using a phase delay compensated driving signal. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278825 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNALS - A method and system for processing video signals are applied to a video environment enabling a user to select the contents of a display screen and then processing the pixel of the selected screen contents for presentation to meet the demands of the user. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278826 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING EFFECT OF ROTATING CIRCULAR DISPLAY - An apparatus for producing the effect of a rotating circular display includes a plurality of display panels being connected into a polygonal array and respectively comprising a matrix of pixels and a driving circuit being electrically connected to the display panels and configured for selectively illuminating the pixels. The angle between the adjacent display panels in the array is generally equal to or less than about 20 degrees. The distance between adjacent pixels within the same display panel is generally equal to the distance between adjacent pixels across the adjacent display panels. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278827 | Power Consumption of Display Apparatus During Still Image Display Mode - A plurality of gate lines ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090278828 | Method and Apparatus for Automatic Brightness Adjustment on a Display of a Mobile Electronic Device - A system and method is provided for use in a mobile electronic device for adjusting brightness of a display on the mobile electronic device. The method comprises collecting a plurality of light sensor samples using an ambient light sensor of the mobile electronic device; calculating a representative value of the plurality of light sensor samples; comparing the representative value to at least one brightness threshold value; determining if a predetermined application is active on the mobile electronic device; determining whether to adjust the brightness of the display based on the comparison and based on whether predetermined application is active on the device; and adjusting the brightness of the display. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278829 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optic device includes pixels provided in correspondence with intersections between a number Rreal of plural scanning lines and plural data lines and turned on or off in accordance with data signals each supplied to the data lines when the scanning lines are selected. In the electro-optic device, one field is divided into a number Nsf of plural sub-fields and the number Nsf of sub-fields are classified into a first group having a period length formed by equally dividing one field into plural Ndiv and a second group having a period length corresponding to plural times of the sub-field of the first group. In the electro-optic device, gray scales are controlled in one field unit by turning on or off the pixels in each of the number Nsf of sub-fields. The electro-optic device includes: a scanning line driving circuit which, on the assumption of a number Rvir (where Rvir≧Rreal) of virtual scanning lines including the number Rreal of scanning lines, performs interlaced scanning on the number Rvir of virtual scanning lines by the number of lines according to a ratio of the period lengths of the sub-fields arranged in one field; and a data line driving circuit which supplies the data signals to the pixels located in selected scanning lines through the data lines. When two different values obtained as division number Ndiv of the one field are compared to each other, the division number Ndiv is selected such that a number Ys of reference interlaced scanning lines is smaller in the interlaced scanning and a selection period obtained by dividing the one field period by the product of the number Nsf of sub-fields and the number Rvir of virtual scanning lines is longer. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278830 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display control device equipped with a controller ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090278831 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a display device. In an embodiment, the display device includes a scanning signal line for transferring a scanning signal, a data line crossing the scanning signal line and transferring a data voltage, a switching transistor connected to the scanning signal line and the data line, a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor, a first transistor connected between the driving transistor and a driving voltage terminal, and a light-emitting element connected between the driving transistor and a common voltage terminal. The first transistor operates in a saturation region, and the driving transistor operates in a linear region. In this way, display characteristics may be improved by reducing deviation of a driving current due to deviation of characteristics of a driving transistor or a driving voltage. | 2009-11-12 |