51st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120319995 | Apparatus Using a Differential Analog-to-Digital Converter - Electronic apparatus and methods of operating the electronic apparatus include less than a frequency associated with a generated waveform. In various embodiments, an apparatus using a differential analog-to-digital converter can perform low frequency noise rejection that can be implemented in a variety of applications. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2012-12-20 |
20120319996 | MULTIPOINT TOUCH SURFACE CONTROLLER - A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware. | 2012-12-20 |
20120319997 | SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED/COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE PARADIGM FOR MULTI-USER INTERACTION WITH PROJECTION-BASED DISPLAY WALLS - A method of distributed/cooperative/collaborative gesture management may comprise queuing actions of gestures as the gestures move across a display, processing the actions of each of the gestures by a projector in which the projector's display is close to a gesture, sending an anticipatory action message that one of the gestures is predicted to enter a display region of a projector, processing the actions of one of the gestures by a projector in which the projector's display is close to the one of the gestures, and in response to the one of the gestures being in an overlapping display projected by overlapping projectors, the actions of the one of the gestures are processed by the overlapping projector with the smallest identifier. | 2012-12-20 |
20120319998 | REFLECTING SHEET AND OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE USING THE SAME - A reflecting sheet includes a base, a plurality of protruding structure and a plurality of reflecting micro structures. The base has a first surface. The protruding structures are disposed on the first surface of the base. The reflecting micro structures are disposed on the protruding structures. An optical touch device using the reflecting sheet is also provided. The reflecting sheet can effectively reflect incident light rays with different incident angles. The optical touch device has simple structure and is easily assembled. | 2012-12-20 |
20120319999 | SCREENS FOR USE AS DISPLAYS OF SMALL-SIZED DISPLAY DEVICES WITH TOUCH PANEL FUNCTIONS, AND SMALL-SIZED DISPLAY DEVICES WITH TOUCH PANEL FUNCTIONS COMPRISING SAID SCREENS - A display screen for a small-sized display device with a touch panel function includes: a Fresnel lens sheet including a Fresnel lens portion and configured to convert image light projected from an image light source into light substantially parallel to the substantial normal direction of a screen surface and emit the converted light; and a light control sheet located on the image light exiting side of the Fresnel lens sheet. The light control sheet includes: unit light transmissive portions constituting part of the image light exiting surface of the light control sheet, the unit light transmissive portions extending in the transverse direction of the screen; and unit light absorbing portions constituting part of the image light exiting surface of the light control sheet, the unit light absorbing portions extending in the transverse direction of the screen, the unit light transmissive portions and the unit light absorbing portions being alternately arranged. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320000 | ELECTRONIC TERMINAL, INPUT CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that includes a first sensor that receives a first type of signal; second and third sensors that receive a second type of signal; a control unit that calculates a position of a source from which a signal of the first type and a signal of the second type are transmitted based on a first time at which the signal of the first type is received at the first sensor, a second time at which the signal of the second type is received at the second sensor and a third time at which the signal of the second type is received at the third sensor; and a display that displays an image corresponding to a path obtained based on changes in position of the source calculated by the control unit. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320001 | ELECTRONIC PAPER WITH SEMICONDUCTING COATING - An electronic paper device includes a ground plane, a semi-conducting layer in electrical communication with the ground plane, and an active layer interposed between the ground plane and semiconducting layer. The active layer includes a plurality of microcapsules containing charged pigments. A method for writing to electronic paper is also presented. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320002 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a controlling chip and a circuit wire electrically connected to the controlling chip, both disposed on a printed circuit board, and N wire sets and 2 | 2012-12-20 |
20120320003 | COF, COF CARRIER TAPE AND DRIVE CIRCUIT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION - The present disclosure discloses a COF (Chip On Film), the plane shape of which is a non-orthogonal parallelogram. The present disclosure further discloses a COF carrier tape, which includes a COF tape formed by orderly connecting several COF and a carrier connected with said COF tape. The plane shape of said COF is a non-orthogonal parallelogram. Said COF includes two paralleled wiring edges, and the two adjacent wiring edges of said COF are mutually connected. The present disclosure also discloses a drive circuit for liquid crystal display television. With the COF wiring number increased, the wiring intervals of the present disclosure remain unchanged. When the wiring number of COF are no longer increased, the lengths of the wiring edges can be shortened if the intervals remain unchanged; as a result, the total area of COF can reduced so that the cost can be effectively lowered. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320004 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A switching circuit (semiconductor device) ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320005 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus, selection signals are supplied sequentially to scanning lines in each subframe period including a frame period for performing a display scan to write display data into pixel circuits. Selection signals are also supplied sequentially to scanning lines in at least two subframe periods including a frame period for performing an erase scan to write erase data into pixel circuits. There is an overlapping period between periods from a start to an end of the erase scan in the at least two subframe periods. During the overlapping period, selection signals for performing the erase scan are supplied simultaneously to the scanning lines. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320006 | Multi-Channel LED Sign Module - An electronic display includes a controller transmitting display data to a plurality of modules electrically connected to each other in series. A first module receives and transmits the display data to at least one intermediate module, which passes the display data along the series in a first direction. Each of the modules controls activation of a respective plurality of lighting elements based on the received display data. A last module transmits to the controller an acknowledgement of receipt of the display data. If the controller does not receive the acknowledgement, then the controller transmits the display data directly to the last module. The last module then transmits the display data to the at least one intermediate module, which passes the display data along the series connection in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320007 | INPUT SOURCE SEARCH SUPPORT METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR USING THE SEARCH SUPPORT METHOD - An image display apparatus for displaying an image produced by image signals on a display section includes: a plurality of input terminals for receiving each of the image signals supplied from a plurality of input sources; an input selector for selecting a predetermined input terminal from the plural input terminals; a judging section for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to the input terminal selected by the input selector; an operating section which receives requirement of search processing for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to each of the plural input terminals; an image signal correcting section which generates image signals for producing a source search screen indicating search status for each of the input source names corresponding to the input terminals; and a control section for displaying an image of the source search screen produced by the image signals at least on the display section. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320008 | SCANNING SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A bistable circuit includes an input terminal ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320009 | Driving Method and a Display Panel using the method - A driving method for a display is provided. This display includes a first driver, a second driver, a plurality of first signal lines coupling with the first driver, and a plurality of second signal lines coupling with the second driver. The first lines cross the second lines to form a pixel array with a plurality of pixels. The driving method includes the following steps. First, an image signal with a polarity is applied to the pixel array. The polarity is a first polarity or a second polarity opposite to the first polarity. Then, the image signal applied to at least one pixel of the pixel array is maintained in a same polarity during two successive frames. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320010 | BACKLIGHT UTILIZING DESICCANT LIGHT TURNING ARRAY - An interferometric display comprises a backlight with light extraction features formed from a desiccant material within the display. A light source is positioned at one or more edges or corners of the back glass, and the desiccant based features patterned in or on the back glass remove unwanted moisture and create uniform light extraction from the back glass. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320011 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - To suppress the increase in power consumption and suppress the decrease in display quality of a display device capable of displaying 3D images, whether each of optical shutters arranged in a matrix is brought into a light-transmitting state or a light-blocking state is selected in accordance with a voltage between a pair of electrodes (a first electrode and a second electrode) of the optical shutter. By control of the voltage between the pair of electrodes, a parallax barrier can be selectively formed in an intended region. Thus, a parallax barrier can be formed only in a region where 3D images are to be displayed. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320012 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a liquid crystal layer driven based on an image signal; a reflection layer reflecting ambient light to the liquid crystal layer, in which the ambient light enters the reflection layer through the liquid crystal layer; a retardation layer provided on a side of the liquid crystal layer from which the ambient light enters; a polarizer provided on the side of the liquid crystal layer from which the ambient light enters; and a modulation layer varying a color tone of image light depending on illuminance of the ambient light. The image light is reflected from the reflection layer and is emitted to outside through the liquid crystal layer, the retardation layer, and the polarizer. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320013 | SHARING OF EVENT MEDIA STREAMS - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to sharing media streams capturing different perspectives of an event. For example, one embodiment provides, on a computing device, a method including storing an event definition for an event, receiving from each capture device of a plurality of capture devices a request to share a media stream provided by the capture device, receiving a media stream from each capture device of the plurality of capture devices, and associating a subset of media streams from the plurality of capture devices with the event based upon the event definition. The method further includes receiving a request for transmission of a selected media stream associated with the event, and sending the selected media stream associated with the event to the requesting capture device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320014 | System and Method for Adjusting Display Based on Detected Environment - In one embodiment the present invention includes a method that adjusts a display device according to a display environment. The method includes sensing the display environment of the display device and generating environment data that corresponds to the display environment. The environment data includes color data. The method further includes adjusting a color appearance model according to the color data, generating a control signal according to the color appearance model having been adjusted, and controlling a backlight of the display device according to the control signal. In this manner, a viewer perceives the images displayed by the display device in the manner intended by the content creator, because the adjustments to the color appearance model compensate for the viewer's physiological response to the display environment. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320015 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM - In a plasma display apparatus usable as a 3D image display apparatus, crosstalk is reduced to the user who views a 3D image displayed on the plasma display panel through a pair of shutter glasses. For this purpose, in a plasma display system, in each of fields for the right eye and fields for the left eye, luminance weights are set such that the first subfield in the one field has the heaviest luminance weight and those thereafter have luminance weights sequentially decreasing. A pair of shutter glasses is controlled in the following manner. The right eye shutter opens before the sustain period of the subfield where an address operation is performed first in the field for the right eye. The left eye shutter opens before the sustain period of the subfield where an address operation is performed first in the field for the left eye. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320016 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320017 | DRIVING METHODS AND CIRCUIT FOR BI-STABLE DISPLAYS - The disclosure is directed toward driving methods and a driving circuit which are particularly suitable for bi-stable displays. In certain embodiments, methods provide the fastest and most pleasing appearance to the desired image while maintaining the optimal image quality over the life expectancy of an electrophoretic display device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320018 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVE METHOD AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320019 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a liquid crystal display for improving side visibility by calculating a representative value for image data and correcting at least one of a storage voltage Vcst, a reference voltage Vref, and a lookup table LUT according to the calculated representative value. Further, a histogram analysis block is formed inside or outside a signal controller and corrects at least one of the storage voltage Vcst, the reference voltage Vref, and the lookup table LUT based on the histogram analysis block. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320020 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY PANEL CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY PANEL CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a control module executes, after the electronic apparatus is powered on, a process of powering on a display panel, a process of receiving a hot-plug detection signal from the display panel, a link training process, and a process of transmitting a video signal to the display panel in the video signal transmission mode determined by the link training process. The control module stops the transmission of the video signal to the display panel in a state in which the display panel is kept in a power-on state, when a display OFF request event occurs, and transmits the video signal to the display panel in the determined video signal transmission mode, when a display ON request event occurs in a state in which the display panel is in the power-on state and the transmission of the video signal to the display panel is stopped. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320021 | DISPLAY PANEL AND GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD FOR GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT - An exemplary gate driving circuit is adapted for driving a display panel including multiple pixels and includes a first gate driving unit string and a second gate driving unit string. The first gate driving unit string includes multiple cascade-connected first gate driving units and receives a start pulse. The first gate driving units are for generating output pulses to drive the pixels. The second gate driving unit string includes multiple cascade-connected second gate driving units and receives the start pulse. The second gate driving units are for generating output pulses to drive the pixels. The output pulse generated from one of the second gate driving units is provided to one of first gate driving units to determine whether to disable the output pulse of the first gate driving unit which receives the output pulse generated from the second gate driving units. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320022 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device is disclosed. The LCD device comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in the form of a matrix. Each of the pixel units comprises: a scan line; a data line; a first storage capacitor; a liquid crystal capacitor; and a first TFT, having a source electrically connected to the data line, a gate electrically connected to the scan line, and a drain electrically connected to the first storage capacitor. Each of the pixel units further comprises a second TFT, having a gate, a source electrically connected to the drain of the first TFT, and a drain electrically connected to the liquid crystal capacitor. The gates of the second TFTs are electrically connected with each other to control the second TFTs to be turned on simultaneously so as to tilt the liquid crystal molecules. Because this shortens the time to wait for scanning of the gates is shortened and increases the time duration in which the backlight can emit light, the number of LEDs can be reduced to lower the cost. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320023 | LED DRIVING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light emitting diode (LED) driving system driving a LED array of a display device includes a converter circuit, a pulse width modulator (PWM) controller, a 2D parameter circuit, a 3D parameter circuit and a microcontroller. The 3D parameter circuit outputs 3D parameter control signals when the display device is in a 3D mode, and stops from generating the 3D parameter control signals when the display device is in a 2D mode. The PWM controller outputs PWM signals to control the converter circuit according to outputs of the 2D parameter circuit and the 3D parameter circuit. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320024 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to the present disclosure includes: a variable-voltage source which outputs a high-side output potential and a low-side output potential; an organic electroluminescence (EL) display unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged; a potential difference detecting circuit which detects a high-side potential of a first pixel and a low-side potential of a second pixel; and a signal processing circuit which regulates at least one of the high-side output potential and the low-side output potential outputted from the variable-voltage source such that a potential difference between the high-side potential of the first pixel and the low-side potential of the second pixel reaches a predetermined potential difference. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320025 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; and a driver circuit that drives the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, pixel electrodes provided in a region facing the liquid crystal layer and which apply a voltage thereto, and a phase difference layer and a polarizing plate each provided on a side, relative to the liquid crystal layer, which ambient light enters. Each of the pixel electrodes includes a plurality of partial electrodes, and the driver circuit selects one or more partial electrodes from the partial electrodes to which a constant voltage is to be applied in accordance with an image signal. The constant voltage causes the liquid crystal display panel to be in a white state. The driver circuit performs gray-scale display by modulating lighting area of each pixel at a frame rate of less than 60 Hz. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320026 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A color display pixel P | 2012-12-20 |
20120320027 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that can convert a bright spot easily into a black spot. The liquid crystal display device is provided with; a drive circuit board on which an IC chip ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320028 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND PIXEL STRUCTURE - A pixel structure of liquid crystal display includes a first and a second sub-pixel electrodes, a first and a second data lines, a gate line, and a first and a second transistors. The first and the second sub-pixel electrodes disposed in the first and second sub-pixel areas respectively include at least two display domains at left and right. The first data line is disposed under the interface between two domains of each of the first and second sub-pixel electrodes, and the second data line is disposed under the edges of the first and second sub-pixel electrodes. The gate line is disposed between the first and second sub-pixel areas. The first sub-pixel electrode is controlled by the gate line and the first data line through the first transistor. The second sub-pixel electrode is controlled by the gate line and the second data line through the second transistor. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320029 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device and method of driving an image display device with alternative repeating of an emission period during which the light emitting element is made to emit light and a non-emission period during which light emission of the light emitting element is stopped. The terminal voltage of a storage capacitor is set to the voltage of a signal line, whereby light emission luminance of the light emitting element in a next emission period is set. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320030 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - In display of a 3D image on a plasma display panel, the plasma display apparatus achieves excellent image display quality while reducing crosstalk. For this purpose, the plasma display apparatus includes a driver circuit and a control signal generation circuit. The driver circuit sets a subfield where an all-cell initializing operation is performed in the initializing period as the top subfield of one field. The control signal generation circuit sets both of the timing signal for the right eye and the timing signal for the left eye to OFF in the initializing period of the top subfield. The one field includes an auxiliary subfield where no address operation is performed in the discharge cells applied with a phosphor having a long afterglow time, and an identical address operation with that in the top subfield is performed in the discharge cells applied with a phosphor having a short afterglow time. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320031 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing terminal has a plurality of displays, each displaying an application screen, and control means which determines a display on which a new application is to be activated from the plurality of displays. If an application being executed competes with a first non-dependent condition that does not depend on a display requested by a new application, the control means ends the application being executed and determines a display on which the new application is to be activated by using a first dependent condition that depends on the display requested by the new application or a second non-dependent condition that does not depend on the display requested by the new application. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320032 | Computing Three-Dimensional Image Models in Parallel - This document describes techniques for creating three-dimensional models of image collections using a network-accessible (e.g., cloud-based) computation service, rather than a client computing device. In some instances described below, the computation service performs at least a portion of the operations for creating these models in parallel. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320033 | MOBILE PLATFORM FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A mobile image processing manager may include an image data receiving engine configured to obtain a first set of three-dimensional (3-D) image data associated with an observation environment. The mobile image processing manager may also include a navigational plan engine configured to determine a navigational plan based on the first set. A navigation manager may be configured to initiate a navigation event based on the navigational plan. A scene determination engine may be configured to determine a first group of one or more graphical images. An image projection engine may be configured to initiate a display of the first group on a first surface, the display based on a light source. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320034 | IMMERSIVE DIMENSIONAL VARIATION - A computing device is used for creating a dimensional model of at least a portion of a product, the dimensional model including a range of possible conditions with respect to at least one component in the product. The dimensional model is used to create a set of geometries for the product, a geometry being a representation of at least a portion of the product, wherein each of the geometries corresponds to one or more of the conditions. A display is provided of a first one of the geometries, and then, upon receiving an input requesting a second one of the geometries, a display is provided of the requested second one of the geometries. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320035 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF INFORMATION - A terminal includes a storage area to store a reference value, a screen to display a plurality of objects, and a controller to assign values to the objects based on the reference value and to control display of the objects on the screen using a three-dimensional (3D) effect. The objects are displayed in 3D differently based on the assigned values, and an area adjacent at least one of the objects on the screen is not displayed in 3D. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320036 | Stereoscopic Image Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A stereoscopic image display device includes an image divider unit for dividing a stereoscopic image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image, an image correction unit for correcting color temperature for the left-eye and right-eye images and correcting the brightness for the color-temperature-corrected left-eye and right-eye images, an image synthesis unit for synthesizing the left-eye and right-eye images, and an image display panel for displaying the stereoscopic image on the basis of the stereoscopic image outputted through the image synthesis unit. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320037 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a display control apparatus includes: a display controller configured to control display of stereoscopic display data that is based on pieces of image information which have a mutual parallax and an operation object that moves in accordance with a user's operation, in a screen; and a switch module configured to disable display of the operation object if the operation object moves to an area where the stereoscopic display data is displayed in the screen. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320038 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes a parallax distribution measurement unit that measures parallax distribution of a three-dimensional image configured by an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye at a center of a screen, a high-frequency parallax amount movement observation unit that observes movement of an amount of parallax whose frequency is high in the measured parallax distribution, and a depth control unit that judges a direction of movement of an image to be paid attention to on the basis of the movement of the amount of parallax whose frequency is high and that controls a depth of the three-dimensional image in accordance with the direction of the movement of the image to be paid attention to. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320039 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Image processing apparatus and method. A modeling unit may generate a three-dimensional (3D) model corresponding to an actual object from an input color image and an input depth image corresponding to the input color image. A calculator may perform photon-based rendering with respect to an input virtual object and the 3D model based on input light environment information, and may generate a difference image comprising color distortion information occurring by inserting the virtual object into the 3D model. A rendering unit may generate a result image comprising the virtual object by synthesizing the difference image and the input color image. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320040 | 3-D representation method and system - A method to represent a three-dimensional model with a plurality of joints where each one of these joints is automatically tagged with a number of IDs representing the name of its polygon, the position of the joint relative to a certain direction and the position of the joint relative to the other joints that surround it. This method enables the computer system to interpret the visual data of the 2D/3D model as usable information that can serve various fields and computer applications. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320041 | Stereoscopic Display Apparatus and Stereoscopic Display Method - A first image separation section separates an image signal of a slave screen into right eye and left eye slave screen images. A second image separation section separates an image signal of a master screen into right eye and left eye master screen images. A first image position adjustment section adjusts a display position of the right eye slave screen image such that the right eye slave screen image shifts left by a predetermined amount and adjusts a display position of the left eye slave screen image such that the left eye slave screen image shifts right by a predetermined amount. First and second image combination sections combine the right eye slave screen image and the right eye master screen image to generate a right eye image and combine the left eye slave screen image and the left eye master screen image to generate a left eye image. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR AND INTENSITY CALIBRATING OF A DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PRACTICAL USAGE - The invention provides a system and method that allows for the calibration of color and intensity in a display system in a manner that is practical for the user, and handling obscuring factors, giving the user the ability to make intelligent trade-offs, and making it possible to quickly and efficiently re-compute a correction. More generally, correction and adjustment of intensity and color non-uniformities, and using optical sensor feedback to detect and correct for those changes is contemplated. This includes, but is not limited to, showing very bright images and very dark images. This invention further provides methods for making a practical system for the user, including a method of calculating corrections, dealing with obscuring factors that can affect the calculation process, providing information to allow users to make decisions on how to make trade-offs on the quality factors of the display, and allowing fast re-calculation of intensity corrections when re-calibrating. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320043 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - In an image processing system according to an embodiment, to generate an arbitrary parallax number of multi-parallax images from each piece of continuous time-phase volume data, a first parallax image generation control unit performs control so as to generate a parallax image arranged at a predetermined position in arrangement of a parallax image group corresponding to the multi-parallax images with respect to a pixel on a display unit from every arbitrary time-phase volume data. A second parallax image generation control unit performs control so as to generate a parallax image arranged at a different position from the predetermined position in the arrangement from volume data of a different time phase from the time phase in which the parallax image arranged at the predetermined position is controlled to be generated. A display control unit displays a parallax image group controlled to be generated on the display unit in time-phase order. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320044 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus is cooperated with a shutter apparatus. The stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display module and an infrared emitting device. The display module has a viewable area and an optical sheet. The infrared emitting device is disposed in the display module. The light emitted from the infrared emitting device passes through the optical sheet and the viewable area and be received by the shutter apparatus to control it. The stereoscopic display apparatus can reduce the cost and make the appearance of the stereoscopic display apparatus have better integrity. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320045 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus Thereof - An image processing method includes receiving a two-dimensional (2D) input image; detecting an image of a block in the 2D image to generate depth information for the block; and determining a depth of a sub-block image within the block according to the depth information, accurately estimating block-based depth information according to image characteristics of the block and obtaining a depth of a given block/pixel according to the depth information to generate improved stereoscopic images. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320046 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including an imaged image input unit inputting an imaged image of a facility imaged in an imaging device to a display control unit, a measurement information input, unit inputting measurement information measured by a sensor provided in the facility from the sensor to a creation unit, a creation unit creating a virtual image representing a status of an outside or inside of the facility based on the measurement information input by the measurement information input unit, and a display control unit overlaying and displaying the virtual image created in the creation unit and the imaged image input by the imaged image input unit on a display device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320047 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC SHOOTING APPARATUS, DOMINANT EYE JUDGING METHOD AND DOMINANT EYE JUDGING PROGRAM FOR USE THEREIN, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A stereoscopic display apparatus comprising a judging part judging the dominant eye of the user inputting the position coordinates via the coordinate input part based on the reference coordinates of the dominant eye judgment image formed of the left viewpoint image and the right viewpoint image and the obtained position coordinates, depending on whether the obtained position coordinates are near the reference coordinates of the left viewpoint image or the reference coordinates of the right viewpoint image. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320048 | 3D IMAGING DEVICE AND 3D IMAGING METHOD - A 3D imaging device determines during imaging whether the captured images will be viewed three-dimensionally without causing fatigue while simulating actual human perception. In a 3D imaging device, a warning unit provides a warning to a photographer indicating that the captured images of the scene to be imaged will not be perceived as a 3D video having an appropriate 3D effect when a control unit determines that the captured images will not be perceived as such an appropriate 3D video. The 3D imaging device is prevented from obtaining an inappropriate 3D image (3D video) | 2012-12-20 |
20120320049 | MULTI-LAYER IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-layer image display device for realizing a multi-layered image with a depth by overlapping a plurality of two-dimensional images includes: a plurality of screens which are disposed to be overlapped in a forward-backward direction; and one or more projectors which are disposed behind the plurality of the screens to selectively project one or more two-dimensional images on the screens. By using a screen and a projector, the cross stripes of the display can be fundamentally removed so as to prevent the occurrence of the interference pattern (Moire phenomenon) due to the interference of different pixel patterns, and an additional diffuse layer can be omitted so that an assembling process of the multi-layer image display device can be simplified. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320050 | 3D-IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D-IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND 3D-IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: an image data acquiring unit which acquires two pieces of image data having horizontal parallax; a composition unit which generates display data by composing the two pieces of image data; a line image overlapping unit which overlaps two longitudinal line images with an image based on the display data, and independently moves the two longitudinal line images in a horizontal direction; a parallax information derivation unit which derives parallax information about parallax between the two longitudinal line images; a parallax information overlapping unit which additionally overlaps the parallax information with the image based on the display data; and a display unit which displays the images based on the display data, on which the longitudinal line images and the parallax information are overlapped, such that a producer may easily and accurately identify parallax of each subject image in the display data. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320051 | GENERAL PURPOSE SOFTWARE PARALLEL TASK ENGINE - A software engine for decomposing work to be done into tasks, and distributing the tasks to multiple, independent CPUs for execution is described. The engine utilizes dynamic code generation, with run-time specialization of variables, to achieve high performance. Problems are decomposed according to methods that enhance parallel CPU operation, and provide better opportunities for specialization and optimization of dynamically generated code. A specific application of this engine, a software three dimensional (3D) graphical image renderer, is described. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D SPACE-DIMENSION BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - An apparatus for 3D representation of image data, comprising: a structure identifier for identifying structures in motion within image data, and a skeleton insertion unit, which associates three-dimensional skeleton elements with the identified structures. The skeleton elements are able to move with the structures to provide a three-dimensional motion and structural understanding of said image data which can be projected back onto the input data. As well as individual elements, complex bodies can be modeled by complex skeletons having multiple elements. The skeleton elements themselves can be used to identify the complex objects. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320053 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - There is provided a method for accurately estimating a position and orientation of an object even if the object is more dispersive in shape than a three-dimensional geometric model with a standard shape. The statistic of deviation of a feature constituting a three-dimensional model representing a three-dimensional standard shape of an object is estimated to determine a reliability for each feature. The amount of deviation is calculated between the feature extracted from observation data obtained by an imaging apparatus and the feature in the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional position and orientation of the object is estimated based on the amount of deviation and the reliability related to each feature extracted from the three-dimensional model. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320054 | Apparatus, System, and Method for 3D Patch Compression - An apparatus, system, and method for creating, viewing and manipulating 3D patch compressed images. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320055 | PROBABILISTIC REFINEMENT OF MODEL-BASED SEGMENTATION - A system for segmenting current diagnostic images includes a workstation ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320056 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A three dimensional image display device includes a display panel and a backlight unit. The display panel displays a left eye image and a right eye image of an image inputted to the display panel, in sequence. The backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight blocks. In the three dimensional image display device, based on at least one of depth information from the objects of the left eye and right eye images, and edge information from the object the left eye image or the right eye image, brightness of the plurality of backlight blocks are independently controlled. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320057 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING DATA SERVER STORING 3D GEOSPATIAL MODEL AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO DISPLAY 2D IMAGES BASED UPON THE 3D GEOSPATIAL MODEL - A communications system includes an image data server configured to store a three dimensional (3D) geospatial model, and generate a series of two dimensional (2D) images corresponding to different vantage points for a given area of the 3D geospatial model. A mobile electronic device is configured to cooperate with the image data server and includes a display, and a processor coupled to the display. The processor is configured to present an initial image from the series of 2D images on the display corresponding to an initial vantage point, permit selection of a next vantage point, and display a next image of the series of 2D images on the display corresponding to the next vantage point. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320058 | FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for receiving CAD files and converting them into multiple correlated image files for interactive presentation on web-enabled browsers. Additionally disclosed are dynamic overlays showing supplier information related to those objects that allow for supplier information such as fire and safety equipment, security equipment, and the like to be dynamically overlaid with the facility information. The facility information may include a space such as a shop yard, a building, a building and its associated grounds and the like. GPS and online mapping information may be correlated with a building coordinates. A server coupled to supplier information allows for multiple users to share facility information to ensure that building regulations are adhered to. Image information may be coupled to online data sources such as Google Maps, vendor information and social networking sites to complement the image files. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320059 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF LARGE SCALE SDP PLATFORMS - Arrangements and methods for employing empirical evidence to estimate the performance of applications with very few data samples, in complex environments such as dynamic SDP environments, using one or more effective data-plotting models. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320060 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING USER GENERATED DIGITAL INFORMATION - A system and method for generating a virtual tour on a display device is described. The method comprises providing at least one map. The method further comprises providing a plurality of sequenced images, wherein each of the images is associated with at least one location by a geo-coding module configured to generate a geo-location object data sheet that associates sequential images with a corresponding location. The sequenced images are organized based on the location of each of the sequenced images and displayed on the map. The method is implemented by the system. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320061 | DRAWING METHOD - A drawing system and method is provided for drawing objects and maps in a virtual world editor. The drawing method performs object checking to determine if a particular object can be drawn in the virtual world editor. When drawing the object, if the drawing method for the object does not satisfy a specific condition, the method will not allow the object to “set.” If the object satisfies the specific condition, the method will allow the object to set and be drawn onto the terrain. If the object is obstructed as it is being drawn, the drawing system will adjust the object so it is appropriately drawn in the software environment. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320062 | FIGURE DRAWING DEVICE AND METHOD - A figure drawing device includes; a device | 2012-12-20 |
20120320063 | Vector graphics with controlled thin-plate splines - This patent relates to thin plate spline (TPS)-based interpolation techniques for representing free-flowing vector graphics (VG) images based on user-specified features, such as points and curves. One or more features can be identified in a pixel grid. A higher-order least squares interpolating function with a TPS smoothness objective can then be utilized to interpolate individual color values to individual pixels of the pixel grid. Smoothness terms of the function that impose smoothness penalties can be interrupted in certain regions of the pixel grid based on attributes of the user-specified features. For example, a curve attribute can specify a particular color value(s), add or remove a smoothness penalty, or anisotropically impose a first derivative constraint in a particular direction. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320064 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Character Selection During User Input - The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for displaying character selection during a user input process. A method of displaying character selection during a user input process comprises: determining a character entry area; receiving one or more original characters from a user via the character entry area; identifying a plurality of character choices corresponding to the one or more original characters; determining a character selection area based on an optimal viewpoint range centered around the character entry area; and displaying the character choices in the character selection area. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320065 | RENDERING STROKE PAIRS FOR GRAPHICAL OBJECTS - The principles of the present invention relate to rendering stroke pairs. A graphical object includes at least a first stroke and a second similarly oriented second stroke collectively representing a stroke pair. A calculated distance between the first stroke and the second stroke is constrained (e.g., to a center line between the strokes) to mitigate the possibility of rounding errors causing the represented stroke pair to be inappropriately rendered. After the stroke pair is constrained, controls points of the individual strokes can be adjusted so that the individual strokes are appropriately rendered at their respective constrained locations. The adjusted stroke pair is constrained between external reference points for appropriate rendering relative to other graphical objects. The graphical object, including the adjusted constrained stroke pair, is rendered at an output device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320066 | Modifying an Animation Having a Constraint - A computer-implemented method for handling a modification of an animation having a constraint includes detecting a user modification of an animation that involves at least first and second objects, the first object constrained to the second object during a constrained period and non-constrained to the second object during a non-constrained period. The method includes, based on the user modification, selecting one of at least first and second compensation adjustments for the animation based on a compensation policy; and adjusting the animation according to the selected compensation adjustment. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320067 | REAL TIME ON-CHIP TEXTURE DECOMPRESSION USING SHADER PROCESSORS - A processing unit, method, and medium for decompressing or generating textures within a graphics processing unit (GPU). The textures are compressed with a variable-rate compression scheme such as JPEG. The compressed textures are retrieved from system memory and transferred to local cache memory on the GPU without first being decompressed. A table is utilized by the cache to locate individual blocks within the compressed texture. A decompressing shader processor receives compressed blocks and then performs on-the-fly decompression of the blocks. The decompressed blocks are then processed as usual by a texture consuming shader processor of the GPU. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320068 | DYNAMIC CONTEXT SWITCHING BETWEEN ARCHITECTURALLY DISTINCT GRAPHICS PROCESSORS - Graphics processing in a computer graphics apparatus having architecturally dissimilar first and second graphics processing units (GPU) is disclosed. Graphics input is produced in a format having an architecture-neutral display list. One or more instructions in the architecture neutral display list are translated into GPU instructions in an architecture specific format for an active GPU of the first and second GPU. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TILE BASED RENDERING USING TILE-TO-TILE LOCALITY - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for performing tile-based rendering. A sequence of tiles to be processed may be determined based on a locality among the tiles. A tile dispatch unit selects a subsequent tile to be dispatched, based on the determined sequence. The tile dispatch unit may check whether an idle fragment processor exists among the plurality of fragment processors, and may dynamically dispatch the selected tile to an idle fragment processor | 2012-12-20 |
20120320070 | MEMORY SHARING IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - Aspects of this disclosure are directed to a method of processing data with a graphics processing unit (GPU). According to some aspects of the disclosure, the method comprises receiving input defining execution orders for a shader processor, wherein the execution orders comprise a plurality of kernel designations and a plurality of workgroup designations. The method may also include assigning workgroups of kernels identified in the plurality of workgroup designations and the plurality of kernel designations to the shader processor. The method may also include executing, by the shader processor, the workgroups of kernels identified in the plurality of workgroup designations and the plurality of kernel designations to process input data. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320071 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL THREAD GROUPING FOR MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - A method and an apparatus that determine a total number of threads to concurrently execute executable codes compiled from a single source for target processing units in response to an API (Application Programming Interface) request from an application running in a host processing unit are described. The target processing units include GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit) and CPUs (Central Processing Unit). Thread group sizes for the target processing units are determined to partition the total number of threads according to a multi-dimensional global thread number included in the API request. The executable codes are loaded to be executed in thread groups with the determined thread group sizes concurrently in the target processing units. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320072 | Data Access Method and Electronic Apparatus for Accessing Data - A data access method applicable to a storage apparatus for reducing or eliminating an image tearing effect includes defining at least one write check point; comparing an actual write speed for writing data into the storage apparatus with a predetermined write speed at the write check point; and adjusting the actual write speed when a difference between the actual write speed and the predetermined write speed is larger than a predetermined value, for adaptively reducing the difference to be smaller than or equal to the predetermined value. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320073 | Multiple Spatial Partitioning Algorithm Rendering Engine - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to rendering a large-scale two-dimensional workspace having embedded, potentially overlapping digital objects. The method entails dynamically creating a plurality of region models based on one or more spatial partitioning algorithms to determine first, what portions of the workspace intersect a globally-defined viewport, and second, to determine what portions of objects are occluded by other objects for efficient rendering. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYERED OVERVIEW IN VISUALIZATION OF LARGE ENTERPRISE IT ENVIRONMENT - A method for layered overview visualization of an IT environment having nodes and links related to the nodes, comprising initializing the layered overview visualization by establishing a number of hierarchical levels, combining the nodes and the links related to the nodes into a plurality of elements based on one of function and type, for each hierarchical level, assigning one or more of the plurality of elements to the level in accordance with one of the function and the type and determining overlap of the assigned elements. The method further comprises navigating the layered overview visualization by selecting a view, selecting a level of the hierarchical levels within the selected view, choosing the overlap of one or more of the assigned elements in the selected level and highlighting the chosen elements, and displaying on a screen the selected level and the highlighted chosen elements in the selected level. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320075 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING UNIFORM DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES - A system is provided for updating attributes of a display for rendering an image. The system includes a tool, a host device, and a monitor including the display. The tool is utilized by the user to define the desired display attributes and to create and export a configuration file which includes the attribute information. The tool allows for creation of the configuration file without requiring the user to have knowledge of the firmware associated with the display. The configuration file is received by the host device. During operation of the display and upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the host device provides updates to the memory addresses of a display controller to effectuate updates to the display attributes. The system includes a host agent and a display agent and provides the ability to update memory addresses of the display controller which are unassigned under the communications standard utilized. The bandwidth for communication between the host agent and the monitor is maximized through the use of profile triggered events. If desired, a single host agent is utilized to provide update dates to multiple displays. Additionally, the configuration file is received by multiple host devices to uniformly define the attributes of multiple displays. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING A PORTION OF AT LEAST ONE CONTENT ITEM TO BE HIGHLIGHTED RELATIVE TO ANOTHER PORTION OF THE AT LEAST ONE CONTENT ITEM DURING MOVEMENT OF THE CONTENT ITEM - A method is provided for causing a display of at least one content item and for enabling movement of the at least one content item. The method also causes a portion of the at least one content item to be highlighted relative to another portion of the at least one content item while the at least one content item is being moved. The portion of the at least one content item may be highlighted in various manners including by changing the brightness of the portion, applying a graphical effect to the portion and/or causing movement of the portion, such as by zooming the portion of the at least one content item. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320077 | COMMUNICATING STATUS AND EXPRESSION - There is provided a robot that includes a processor executing instructions that determine a desired image to be displayed. The processor issues control signals corresponding to the desired image to be displayed. The robot also comprises a display assembly including a plurality of light sources, and a display surface. Selected ones of the plurality of light sources are activated depending at least in part upon the control signals. The display assembly includes a plurality of first light-carrying members. Each of the first light-carrying members transfers light from a corresponding one of the light sources to a light-carrying member to produce the desired image to be displayed on the display surface. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320078 | IMAGE INTENSITY-BASED COLOR SEQUENCE REALLOCATION FOR SEQUENTIAL COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY - System and method for image-based color sequence reallocation in sequential color display systems. A method comprises generating a color signal from an image to be displayed, wherein the color signal contains light intensity information, computing percentages of the color sequence to be allocated to each color in a set of colors in a sequential color display system, wherein the computing is based on the light intensity information, allocating the color sequence based on the computed percentages, and displaying the image using the color sequence. The allocation of the color sequence based on the image allows for the elimination of color intensities that are greater than needed in displaying the image. Portions of the color sequence formerly used to display the eliminated color intensities may be used to display colors with usable intensities, thereby increasing the brightness of images. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320079 | CLOCK-WISE REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION - A system intuitively displays medical data of a patient. The system includes a display and one or more processors. The processors are programmed to receive medical data for the patient. The medical data includes one or more medical values for one or more parameters affecting the health or wellbeing of the patient. The processors are further programmed to display a clock-like face on the display and display the medical values on the display overlaid on the clock-like face. Time for a medical value is represented as a position around a center of the clock-like face, and magnitude for a medical value is represented as deviation from the center of the clock-like face. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320080 | MOTION BASED VIRTUAL OBJECT NAVIGATION - A system and method providing a human controlled user interface for navigating around a virtual object when a user is in a confined physical space. A virtual object comprising a representation of an exterior of a real world object is presented on a display. A set of interactive elements may be added to the physical object, the interactive elements providing additional information regarding the physical object when engaged by the user. User movements are tracked within the confined space adjacent to the display. The virtual perspective of the user is then altered about the physical object coincident with the user movement in the confined space. When a user selects an interactive element, additional information associated with the virtual object is provided. The information can include at least a different visual perspective of a second portion of the virtual object. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING MULTIPLE TASKS IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A multitasking system and method are provided. The system and method allows a mobile device with a limited amount of resources to execute applications in full and mini modes, thereby using a relatively small amount of resources and efficiently using the execution screens. The method includes detecting a first event for executing a first application, identifying the type of first execution event, executing the first application in at least one of a full mode and a mini mode according to the type of first execution event, and displaying an execution screen of the first application executed in the at least one mode. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320082 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - Disclosed is a display system capable of achieving a prompt drive-forced function even in an environment where, as in a remote UI, a delay occurs until a change by an information providing device is reflected in an information display device. This display system is provided with an information providing device ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320083 | MULTI-MODALITY MEDICAL IMAGE VIEWING - A medical imaging system ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320084 | Systems and Methods for Providing Content for Use in Multiple Environments - Systems and methods for using design and/or constraint information in selecting, editing, creating, and managing content for multiple operating environments. For example, an image editor feature of a content management system can receive constraints and/or design requirements identifying specific image sizes that are needed for offering a piece of content on one or more operating environments. This information may be used to guide or restrict a user to select appropriate image portions. A selection marquee, sized based on the constraint information, may be positioned on a displayed image to select an image portion to use for that particular image requirement. The marquee size enforces the image constraint. Design and constraint information may also be used to inform selection, editing, and creation of other constraints and other types of assets, including, but not limited to, text and video assets. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320085 | Display outputting image - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to display outputting a user interface. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320086 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device that overlaps and displays a visible-light image and a thermal image, comprising: a visible-light image acquiring unit that acquires a visible-light image of an object; a thermal image acquiring unit that acquires a thermal image specifying a temperature distribution of the object; and a display controller that uses the acquired visible-light image and the acquired thermal image and specifies a thermal image of a certain part whose temperature is different from another part surrounding the certain part of the object and controls to display the thermal image of the certain part to be displayed in a display state that is different from other parts of the object. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320087 | System and Methods for Parallelizing Polygon Overlay Computation in Multiprocessing Environment - In a system for parallelizing polygon overlay operations, a potential for intersection between polygons is determined by the bounding box of each polygon on a base layer in relation to the bounding box of each polygon on an overlay layer. The potential for intersection exists when a vertex of a bounding box around an overlay layer feature is within a bounding box around a base layer feature and vice versa. Calculations to determine the presence of vertices within bounding blocks are performed in parallel on multiple processors. Polygon overlay operations are performed only between features that have a potential to intersect. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320088 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including an imaged image input unit inputting an imaged image of a facility imaged in an imaging device to a display control unit, a measurement information input unit inputting measurement information measured by a sensor provided in the facility from the sensor to a creation unit, a creation unit creating a virtual image representing a status of an outside or inside of the facility based on the measurement information input by the measurement information input unit, and a display control unit overlaying and displaying the virtual image created in the creation unit and the imaged image input by the imaged image input unit on a display device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320089 | INFORMATION MAPPING APPROACHES - Methods, systems and applications for updating, enhancing, organizing, and utilizing geographic maps, for locating points of interest and places of businesses, or POI's. Embodiments provide a method for collecting geo-coordinate data on POIs by eliciting participation of the business owners or designated employees to identify the specific locations of POI's on a map; a map program which synchronizes to a centralized database where POI and other more frequently changing and time-dependent map information is downloaded to individual users; a map program, where in addition to the standard contact information, “qualitative” information and website links are included in an POI information box to aid in pre-qualifying a POI before selection and in booking a reservation; a method for locating markers on an Internet-based search engine map; and an improved contact management system that allows locations of contacts to be viewed on a map while minimizing address geocoding. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320090 | POLYGON DISSECTION IN A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - In general, the invention relates to a method for performing polygon dissections in a geographic information system. The method includes receiving a notification of a spatial update for a number of polygons, where each of the number of polygons overlaps at least one of a number of previously dissected polygons, determining that a dissection is required based on the spatial update, and obtaining an updated polygon, associated with the spatial update, and related polygons of the number of polygons, where each of the related polygons overlaps the updated polygon. The method further includes dissecting the updated polygon and the related polygons to obtain a number of dissected polygons and replacing at least one of the number of previously dissected polygons with the number of dissected polygons, where the at least one of the number of previously dissected polygons is invalid based on the spatial update. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320091 | Animated Video Overlays - A video server provides video content to a client via a network. At the instruction of the video server, a player at the client contacts an ad server and downloads one or more creatives and a controller file to the client. The controller file indicates how the creative manifests itself in play. The player displays the video content in a display area at the client. The controller file causes the creative to appear as an animated overlay over the video content. User interface elements indicate the point in the video when the creative appears, and allow the user to minimize and replay the creative. The player can also display other creatives, such as a static creative that is associated with the animated creative. A user can select the creative to view additional information about a product advertised by the creative. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING MIXED REALITY BASED ON PRINT MEDIUM - An apparatus for exhibiting mixed reality based on a print medium includes a command identification module and a content reproduction module. The command identification module identifies a hand gesture of a user performed on a printer matter in the print medium to recognize a user input command corresponding to the hand gesture. The content reproduction module provides a digital content corresponding to the printed matter onto a display area on the print medium. | 2012-12-20 |
20120320093 | MULTI-MODALITY MEDICAL IMAGE VIEWING - A medical imaging system ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120320094 | VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY - Computer implemented methods and data processing apparatus are described for displaying virtual slide images. Images of a plurality of slides are automatically displayed in a first region of a display device at a first magnification. The slides comprise all the slides including material from a same specimen. An image of at least one of the slides is displayed in a second region at a second magnification greater than the first magnification. At least the image displayed in the second region is changed responsive to receiving user input. Methods for automatically determining a slide layout pattern and methods for virtually melding glass slide images into a single image are also described. | 2012-12-20 |