14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140092043 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DYNAMIC POSITIONING OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENT - An electronic device includes a display and a touch input disposed over the display. The touch input receives touch inputs from a user and detects location of the user's hand relative to the display including location of the user's hand in front of and not touching the touch input. A controller controls the display of content, including determining an obstructed area of the display that is obstructed from viewing by the user's hand as indicated by the detection made by the touch input; determining that a default location for the display of a new graphical user interface (GUI) element that should be added to the display overlaps with the obstructed area by at least a predetermined amount, and changing a manner in which the new GUI element is displayed so that the new GUI element is not obstructed by the user's hand. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092044 | INTERACTION METHOD BETWEEN ELECTRONIC PAPERS, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC PAPER - A method and apparatus for performing interaction between electronic papers is provided. A first electronic paper recognizes installation of a binder on the first electronic paper. The first electronic paper sets an interaction mode according to the installation of the binder on the first electronic paper. The first electronic paper establishes a communication connection with a second electronic paper on which the binder is also installed. The first electronic paper performs data communication with the second electronic paper according to the interaction mode. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092045 | DETECTING AND HANDLING UNINTENTIONAL TOUCHING OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product detects and handles an unintentional touching of a touch screen in order to prevent unintentional inputs to the touch screen. An unintentional touching of touch screen, as determined by one or more predefined events, causes a predetermined region of the touch screen to be disabled. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092046 | TRIGGERING METHOD AND WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE - A triggering method and a wireless handheld device provided in embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of electronic technologies. The touchscreen triggering method includes: detecting an input combination that is of a click frequency and/or click intensity and is received when a touchscreen is in a locked state; and when it is detected that the input combination that is of the click frequency and/or the click intensity and is received when the touchscreen is in the locked state matches a pre-stored input combination of a click frequency and/or click intensity, wherein the pre-stored input combination of the click frequency and/or the click intensity is corresponding to an operation, executing the operation corresponding to the matched pre-stored input combination of the click frequency and/or the click intensity. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092047 | Information Terminal On-Board Information System, On-Board Device, and Information Terminal Program - A portable information terminal that is connected to an in-vehicle device comprises: a first display unit; a display control unit that generates a first screen image for display upon the first display unit, and a second screen image for display upon a second display unit that is comprised in the in-vehicle device; and a screen image output unit that outputs the second screen image to the in-vehicle device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092048 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM - The present invention is to allow change of the area in which information as a display target is not displayed in a display according to a detected position by a touch sensor disposed opposed to a touch sensor that is so disposed as to be overlapped on the display. An information processing device ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140092049 | Touch-Control Method, Device, And Electronic Device - The purpose of the invention is to provide a touch-control method, apparatus and an electronic device. The touch-control method is applied to an electronic device which has a touch surface and a sensor. The touch-control method includes determining a first contact-area and a second contact-area based on the data acquired by the sensor, the first contact-area and the second contact-area being the area of the contact regions of the touch surface in contact with a pointing object at different time moments; based on the first contact-area and the second contact-area, determining a first instruction-determination-parameter associated with an area-variation amount; based on a pre-stored first correspondence-relationship between an instruction-determination-parameter interval and an instruction-sequence, determining and executing a first instruction-sequence which corresponds to the instruction-determination-parameter interval where the first instruction-determination-parameter locates. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092050 | COMPENSATION FOR VARIATIONS IN A CAPACITIVE SENSE MATRIX - A readout device for a capacitive sense matrix includes a computer readable storage medium configured to store capacitance data. The capacitance data represents capacitance values of the capacitive sense matrix. The readout device also includes a readout circuit configured to receive a signal from the capacitive sense matrix, the readout circuit being configured based upon the capacitance data. Also described are a readout method and a method of compensating for variations in capacitance. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092051 | REDUCING ION-MIGRATION AND CORROSION IN ELECTRODES - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a processing system for an input device including a sensor module having sensor circuitry. The sensor module may be coupled to transmitter electrodes, receiver electrodes, and a shield electrode. The sensor module may be configured for transmitting transmitter signals with the transmitter electrodes, receiving resulting signals with the receiver electrodes, and transitioning the shield electrode from a first voltage to a second voltage during a non-sensing time period. The resulting signals may include effects which correspond to the transmitter signals. The input device may further include a determination module configured for determining positional information for an input object based at least in part on the resulting signals. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092052 | Frustrated Total Internal Reflection and Capacitive Sensing - Detecting force and touch using FTIR and capacitive location. FTIR determines applied force by the user's finger within infrared transmit lines on a touch device. A pattern of such lines determine optical coupling with the touch device. Capacitive sensing can determine (A) where the finger actually touches, so the touch device more accurately infers applied force; (B) whether finger touches shadow each other; (C) as a baseline for applied force; or (D) whether attenuated reflection is due to a current optical coupling, or is due to an earlier optical coupling, such as a smudge on the cover glass. If there is attenuated reflection without actual touching, the touch device can reset a baseline for applied force for the area in which that smudge remains. Infrared transmitters and receivers are positioned where they are not visible to a user, such as below a frame or mask for the cover glass. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092053 | INFORMATION DISPLAY ORIENTATION CONTROL USING PROXIMITY DETECTION - A display screen is configured to display information with a selectable one of many information display orientations. A touch screen panel of a touch screen system is positioned to overlie the display screen. The touch screen system operates to make a proximate touch detection, for example by a body part or stylus. A controller receives the proximate touch information from the capacitive touch screen system and interprets the proximate touch information to determine an indication from a user of a selection of an information display orientation for the display screen. The controller then controls the display screen to present information in accordance with the user selected information display orientation. The user selected information display orientation via the proximate touch detection will over-ride any other selected information display orientation such as a selection made in response to an orientation identified by an accelerometer or other gravity influenced sensor. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092054 | HYBRID STYLUS FOR USE IN TOUCH SCREEN APPLICATIONS - A touch screen system is configured to sense a proximate or actual touch made to a touch screen panel. In response thereto, an RF transmitter is actuated to emit RF energy. A stylus receives the emitted RF energy and includes an RF energy harvesting circuit that powers an enable circuit. The enable circuit generates an enable signal. The stylus responds to the enable signal by performing a sensing operation. The information collected in the sensing operation is then communicated over an RF communications link back to the touch screen system. The sensing operation preferably is a pressure sensing operation for detecting an applied pressure at an end of the stylus resulting from contact with the touch screen panel. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092055 | Apparatus and associated methods - An apparatus including a shaft configured to be gripped by a user to provide input to a touch input panel; and a tip located at an interacting end of the apparatus for interacting with the touch input panel, the tip including an electrically conductive element and an electrically insulating material, the electrically insulating material configured to capacitively decouple the electrically conductive element from the shaft and/or user, wherein the electrically conductive element is configured to couple capacitively to an electrotactile electrode of the touch input panel when the electrically conductive element is in proximity to the electrotactile electrode, capacitive coupling between the electrically conductive element and the electrotactile electrode creates vibrations in the tip to cause a variation in the frictional force between the tip and the touch input panel as perceived by a user gripping the shaft during relative lateral movement of the tip and touch input panel. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092056 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - The touch apparatus includes a touch panel, a signal generation unit for generating a driving signal, an inductor, and a detection unit. The touch panel has touch areas. The inductor is coupled between the touch panel and the signal generation unit and transmits the driving signal to the touch areas. The detection unit is coupled to the touch panel and the signal generation unit, receives touch signals from the touch areas, and calculates capacitance variances of the touch areas according to the touch signals and an output timing of the driving signal, so as to detect a touch point of the touch panel. A frequency of the driving signal is equal to a resonant frequency of a reference capacitance of the touch panel and an inductance of the inductor. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092057 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCROLL WHEEL - A multi-dimensional scroll wheel is disclosed. Scroll wheel circuitry is provided to detect input gestures that traverse the center of the scroll wheel and to detect multi-touch input. The scroll wheel can include a first plurality of sensor elements arranged in a first closed loop and a second plurality of sensor elements arranged in a second closed loop, the first and second closed loops being concentrically arranged about the center of the scroll wheel. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092058 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WIRELESS TOUCH PANEL APPLIED THERETO - An electronic device includes a main body and at least one wireless touch panel. Each wireless touch panel includes a touch-sensitive module, a processing module, a wireless energy receiving module, and a first wireless communication module. The wireless energy receiving module receives electromagnetic energy from the main body and converts the received electromagnetic energy into electric energy to power other function modules of the wireless touch panel. The touch-sensitive module produces touch signals in response to a user's touch operations, and the first wireless communication module sends the touch signals to the main body to activate corresponding functions of the electronic device. The first wireless communication module also receives wireless control signals from the main body, and the processing module activates functions of the wireless touch panel in response to the wireless control signals. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092059 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A touch sensing device capable of accurately detecting a touched position on a touch panel includes a touch panel and a calculation unit. The touch panel having a plurality of horizontal sensing lines and vertical sensing lines generates a plurality of horizontal and vertical sensing signals in response to a touch on the touch panel. The calculation unit determines a touched position on the touch panel according to the horizontal and vertical sensing signals. A touch sensing method is also provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092060 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a cover layer including a number of key areas, a circuit board, a touch-sensing layer arranged between the cover layer and the circuit board, and a number of button members corresponding to the key areas one by one. Each button member includes a post and a sensing portion. The touch-sensing layer generates a first signal to indicate a location of a user's touch when the touch panel is in a touch mode. The sensing portion generates a second signal when a corresponding key area is pressed when the touch panel is in a button mode. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092061 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It becomes possible to use drive pulses having different pulse widths for one kind of drive pulse signal period. Therefore, even if a voltage acting on a crossing part of drive and detection electrodes is periodically changed through a stray capacitance attributed to an external object such as a finger in an undesired manner, the pulse width of the drive pulse is never fixed with respect to the period, and the periodic buildup of a certain voltage on a detection signal, which would make appreciable noise, is suppressed. Thus, the reduction of detection signals can be suppressed in quantity without switching the pulse signal frequency of the drive pulse of a touch panel. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092062 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM USING MULTI-TOUCH FUNCTION - A driving device includes a base and a conductive pattern portion provided on a surface of the base. The conductive pattern portion has a finger touch portion, touching portions and conductive connecting portions connecting the finger touch portion and each of the touching portions. When a surface of the base is contacted with a multi-touch display of an information processor, each of the touching portions activates a corresponding touching area of the multi-touch display. Thus, a predetermined action is executed by the information processor. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092063 | SCAN SEQUENCE GENERATOR - A sensor panel device that can generate and use a stimulus signal having multiple different waveforms for detecting events on or near the sensor panel is disclosed. Among other things, such a stimulus signal can be used to reject environmental noise present in the device. In some embodiments, the stimulus signal has multiple waveforms having different frequencies. Logic circuitry can generate representative values from output of the different waveforms applied to one or more sensing nodes in the sensor panel device. From the representative values, a final value can be generated that represents whether an event occurred at or near the one or more sensing nodes. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092064 | Touch Pad with Force Sensors and Actuator Feedback - Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092065 | BULK RESISTIVE GLOVE - Gloves are disclosed that are worn by a user while manipulating an electronic device equipped with a capacitive touchscreen. The gloves allow the wearer to manipulate the capacitive touchscreen device without removing the gloves, which is very advantageous in cold environments. The gloves enable full hand functionality allowing the user to type, swipe, squeeze, pinch, and select on the capacitive touchscreen device as if they were using their bare hand. The gloves are made with a low resistant yarn knit or woven into a comfortable fabric that connects the body's bioelectricity through the glove to a capacitive touchscreen. Ordinary gloves will not work with a capacitive touchscreen. In the manufacturing process, the low resistant yarn is first twisted around at least one other yarn having a specific performance property, such as thermal resistance. This twisting assists in uniform knitting and improves the consistent resistivity of the finished glove. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092066 | ADVANCED RECEIVE CHANNEL ARCHITECTURE - This relates to an architecture of a receive channel circuit used during both a spectrum analysis phase and a touch panel detection phase. Various components of the receive channel can be used during both the spectrum analysis phase and the touch panel detection phase. For example, a plurality of digital signal mixers used in the receive channel circuit can be used to demodulate signals during both a spectrum analysis phase and a touch sensor panel detection phase. In addition, the number of digital mixers needed in the receive channel can be reduced by dividing groups of signals to be demodulated into multiple sets of signals and demodulating each set at different times. Furthermore, the size of a sine look-up table (LUT) used to generate sine waveforms can be reduced by taking advantage of the symmetry of the sine waveform. For example, a quarter of a sine waveform can be saved in the LUT and the remaining quadrants of the waveform can be derived based on the symmetry of the sine wave. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092067 | Information processing method and device for electronic device with touch screen - The disclosure discloses an information processing method for an electronic device with a touch screen. The method includes: touch with a touch screen is detected; an information pickup area is set on the touch screen according to the touch; and information in the information pickup area is picked up according to an information pickup command and the picked-up information is stored. In the disclosure, existing information, such as an image or a signature, is picked up via an information processing device, such as a stylus, on a touch screen of an electronic device; and a user can autonomously control its image, signature and other information to display on the touch screen of the electronic device when needed. Therefore, great convenience is brought to users using a portable electronic device such as a tablet PC and a smart phone, and their personalized application can also be met to a great extent. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092068 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL AND BRIGHTNESS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch panel includes a light source unit and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is for executing a brightness control method. The brightness control method includes steps below. The light source unit emits at a first intensity in a touch control mode. Responding to a switching condition, the touch panel is switched into a scan mode, and the light source unit emits at a second intensity in the scan mode. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092069 | Stylus Communication with Near-Field Coupling - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a device first data transmitted from a stylus by near-field communication. The device determines a hover distance of the stylus in reference to the device based at least in part on the first data. The device is operated based at least in part on the hover distance of the stylus. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092070 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and method of driving an LCD device are provided. The LCD device includes: a panel, including: a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines, an image-sticking removal apparatus configured to, when an interlaced input video is received from an external system: generate an FRC pattern to be added into the input video and a polarity pattern used to output the input video to form one group, and generate at least two or more the groups formed in parallel to the gate lines during one frame, and a data driver configured to: convert image data inputted from the image-sticking removal apparatus into data voltages, invert a polarity of each of the data voltages on the basis of the polarity pattern, and output the polarity-inverted data voltages to the respective data lines. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092071 | 3D TV DIMMING SYSTEM AND DIMMING METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) television (TV) dimming system includes a TV control board, a light bar load controlled by the TV control board, and a power board that supplies power to the light bar load. The TV control board is directly coupled with the power board, and the TV control board feeds back the 3D signal to the power board when the TV control board outputs a 3D signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092072 | BISTABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A bistable liquid crystal display (LCD) including a display panel, a plurality of column data drivers, and a plurality of row data drivers is provided. Each column data diver receives a plurality of phase control signals, a first high driving voltage, a first low driving voltage, and a display data, selects one of the phase control signals according to the display data, and alternately outputs the first high driving voltage and the first low driving voltage according to the selected phase control signal to form a column driving signal for the display panel. Each row data diver receives one of the phase control signals, a second high driving voltage, and a second low driving voltage and alternately outputs the second high driving voltage and the second low driving voltage according to the received phase control signal to form a row driving signal for the display panel. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092073 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel, and a driving unit that generates driving signals for driving the display panel. The display panel receives the driving signals and outputs the driving signals as test driving signals. The driving unit includes an analog-digital converter to which the test driving signals are input, and includes a register that stores signal levels detected by the analog-digital converter. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092074 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates disposed to face each other so as to hold a liquid crystal layer therebetween, and a gate potential creating circuit for outputting a selection potential and a non-selection potential, scanning lines, signal lines, thin film transistors formed so as to correspond to intersection portions between the scanning lines and the signal lines, respectively, pixel electrodes electrically connected to the thin film transistors, respectively, and a gate control circuit for switching the selection potential and the non-selection potential supplied from the gate potential creating circuit over to each other, thereby supplying one of the selection potential and the non-selection potential to corresponding ones of the thin film transistors through corresponding one of the scanning lines being formed on the first substrate, and a common electrode being formed either on the first substrate or the second substrate. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092075 | DC-DC CONVERTER CONTROL CIRCUIT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A DC-DC converter control circuit with enhanced driving efficiency while securing circuit stability during light-load driving of the DC-DC converter through variation of an on/off duty ratio of a burst mode according to load. The control circuit includes a detection unit for detecting an amount of current and a voltage at an output stage of a DC-DC converter, and generating and outputting a differential voltage according to a level of the detected voltage, a comparison unit for comparing the differential voltage with a reference voltage having a triangle or sawtooth waveform, thereby generating a duty signal, and a converter controller for generating an on/off control signal corresponding to a duty ratio of the duty signal, and supplying the on/off control signal to the DC-DC converter, to control on/off of the DC-DC converter. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092076 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed an organic light-emitting diode display device in which the number of signal lines is minimized by sharing a predetermined signal line between adjacent pixels in a display panel having a plurality of signal lines formed therein, thereby improving an aperture ratio. The organic light-emitting diode display device includes a display panel defining pixels, a gate driver, a data driver, a multiplexer (MUX) electrically connecting an output terminal of the data driver and the pixels into a 1:1, 1:N (N is a natural number) or N:N structure, and a timing controller. Accordingly, the MUX is provided between the data driver and the pixels, and each pixel and signal lines are selectively connected through the MUX, so that it is possible to reduce the number of Integrated chips (ICs) provided by allowing a compensation circuit built in the data driver. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092077 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - There is provided a driving method of a liquid crystal display device that is driven by an inversion method, including: calculating a total sum of changed amounts of data voltages between an (n−1)-th row line and an n-th row line, using image data of the (n−1)-th row line and image data of the n-th row line; generating common voltage data according to the total sum of the changed amounts of the data voltages; compensating for the common voltage data using a characteristic parameter of a liquid crystal panel; and generating a common voltage according to the compensated common voltage data, and outputting the common voltage to the liquid crystal panel. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092078 | Display Panel - A display device includes a display area including a gate line and a data line and a gate driver connected to an end of the gate line, the gate driver including at least one stages integrated on a substrate configured to output a gate voltage, in which the stage includes an inverter unit and an output unit, in which the output unit includes a first transistor and a first capacitor. The first transistor includes an input terminal applied with a clock signal, a control terminal connected to the node Q, and an output terminal connected to a gate voltage output terminal through which the gate voltage is output. An inverter voltage output from the inverter is lower than the low voltage of the gate voltage output by the output unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092079 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a Thin Film Transistor Array Substrate and a Liquid Crystal Display apparatus thereof, and relates to the technical field of liquid crystal displaying. The Thin Film Transistor Array Substrate of the present disclosure includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, wherein regions surrounded by the gate lines and the data lines are pixel regions, and wherein a high level common voltage line being used when signal on the data line is at a low level and a low level common voltage lines being used when signal on the data line is at a high level are also arranged in parallel to the gate lines in each of the pixel regions. With the Thin Film Transistor Array Substrate of the present disclosure, the Greenish phenomenon in the existing liquid crystal display apparatus may be effectively solved. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092080 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a transparent electrode, a reflective electrode, a drive circuit, and a controller. The controller is configured to switch a mode between a first mode for driving the drive circuit at a liquid-crystal inversion frequency of a first frequency so that screen display using light reflected by the reflective electrode is performed and a second mode for driving the drive circuit at a liquid-crystal inversion frequency of a second frequency higher than the first frequency so that screen display using light passing through the opening of the reflective electrode is performed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092081 | DRIVING METHOD OF LCD DEVICE AND DRIVING SYSTEM - A driving method of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a step A and a step B. In the step A, using frequency conversion on a received source image signal when a type of the received source image signal is different from a preset target frequency, and converting a display frequency of the received source image signal into a target frequency, generating a target image signal based on the target frequency. In the step B, performing an overvoltage drive output using an overvoltage driving table matching with the target frequency of the target image signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092082 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LCD device according to an embodiment includes a liquid crystal display panel in which n gate lines are formed; a timing controller to generate first to sixth clock signals; a first gate driver to apply a high gate voltage to one ends of the (2k−1)th gate lines in response to the first, third and fifth clock signals; a second gate driver to apply the high gate voltage to one ends of the (2k)th gate lines in response to the second, fourth and sixth clock signals; left discharge circuits each to apply a low gate voltage to the other end of the (2k−1)th gate line according to a voltage level on (2k+1)th gate line; and right discharge circuits each to apply the low gate voltage to the other end of the (2k)th gate line according to the voltage level on (2k+2)th gate line. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092083 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT A REMOTE TERMINAL UNIT NETWORK - Methods and apparatus to implement a remote terminal unit network are disclosed. An example method involves allocating, via a processor of a first remote terminal unit, a first time slot of a first frame of a first transmission schedule to the first remote terminal unit, the first remote terminal unit to be in communication with a second remote terminal unit in a network associated with a process control system and to be in communication with a host of the process control system, the first remote terminal unit to communicate first data over the network during the first time slot, and allocating, via the processor, a second time slot of the first frame to the second remote terminal unit, the second remote terminal unit to communicate second data over the network during the second time slot. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092084 | WEBPAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - Webpage display methods and apparatus are provided herein. In an exemplary method, a webpage to be displayed can be obtained. The webpage can be sectioned into a plurality of sub-blocks. Sub-blocks corresponding to a first current screen can be rendered and displayed. A render-display operation can be performed. The render-display operation includes rendering sub-blocks adjacent to the first current screen and storing the rendered sub-blocks adjacent to the first current screen in a buffer. The render-display operation also includes reading and displaying rendered sub-blocks in the buffer corresponding to a second current screen when a screen moves. The render-display operation can be repeatedly performed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092085 | Electronic Device Having 3-D Image Projection Mechanism and 3-D Image Projection Method of the Same - An electronic device having a 3-D image projection mechanism is provided. The electronic device comprises a display panel, a processing module, a projection screen and at least two micro projectors. The display panel is formed on a main body of the electronic device to display a 2-D display frame. The processing module determines whether a 3-D display request is received and generates a 3-D display command when the 3-D display request is received. The projection screen is formed according to the 3-D display command and is substantially vertical to the display panel, in which a light refractive rate of the projection screen is different from that of the air around the projection screen. The micro projectors are disposed in a circumference of the display panel and project image on the projection screen according to the 3-D display command such that a 3-D display frame is formed thereon. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092086 | MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A viewpoint position determination unit is configured to determine whether a viewpoint indicated by a viewpoint array signal is closer to a left-eye viewpoint or a right-eye viewpoint. A coefficient generation unit is configured to generate a coefficient based on the viewpoint array signal. A first selector is configured to select either a left-eye viewpoint image signal or a right-eye viewpoint image signal. A second selector is configured to select either a left-eye viewpoint depth value or a right-eye viewpoint depth value. A multiplier is configured to multiply the left-eye viewpoint depth value or the right-eye viewpoint depth value by the coefficient. A pixel shift unit is configured to carry out a pixel shift on the left-eye viewpoint image signal and the right-eye viewpoint image signal according to the depth value output from the multiplier, so as to generate a multi-viewpoint image signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092087 | ADAPTIVE LOAD BALANCING IN SOFTWARE EMULATION OF GPU HARDWARE - Aspects of the present disclosure describe a software based emulator of a graphics processing unit (GPU) that is configured to operate over a cloud-based network. A virtual image containing graphics primitives is divided into a plurality of tiles. A load balancer assigns tiles to rasterization threads in order to evenly distribute the processing load. The rasterization threads then rasterize their assigned tiles and deliver rendered pixels to a frame buffer. The frame buffer builds a frame from the rendered pixels and then delivers the frame over the network to a client device platform. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092088 | PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEW THAT INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MODELS - A three-dimensional view that includes a plurality of systems engineering models may be provided. A first systems engineering model and a second systems engineering model of the plurality of systems engineering models may be received. The three-dimensional view that includes the first systems engineering model and the second systems engineering model may be generated. The first systems engineering model may be projected onto a first plane of a three-dimensional coordinate system. The second systems engineering model may be projected onto a second plane of the three-dimensional coordinate system. The second plane is different than the first plane. The three-dimensional view may be displayed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092089 | OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - To reduce medical mistakes, for instance, a surgical site is mistaken for another part. An operation support system includes a model image forming unit which applies a mark to a surgery site of a corresponding surgical position in accordance with inputted surgery information including an operative procedure, a surgery on right side or left side and the surgical position to form a human body model image and a display control unit which displays the human body model image formed by the model image forming unit on a display unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092090 | MORPHOLOGICAL ATTRACTOR FOR CREATING CUSTOM ANCESTORS IN INHERITANCE-BASED CHARACTER GENERATION - Techniques are disclosed for creating and customizing graphical models. In one embodiment, a design application receives a morphological attractor created from the same mesh as one or more inheritance-based character generation ancestor models. Upon receiving the morphological attractor, the design application may use the attractor to align and transform the ancestor models to create a new set of ancestor models which resemble the attractor. The new set of ancestor models is referred to herein as being in the “genetic space” of the attractor. A user may then create child character models in this same genetic space by, globally or locally, blending two or more of the new ancestor models. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092091 | LOAD BALANCING AND MERGING OF TESSELLATION THREAD WORKLOADS - In one embodiment described herein, a graphics engine with shader unit thread load balancing functionality executes shader instructions from multiple execution threads in a smaller number of execution threads by combining instructions from multiple threads at runtime. In one embodiment, multiple shader unit threads containing less than a minimum number of instructions are combined to minimize the discrepancy between the shortest and longest thread. In one embodiment, threads are merged when they contain a common output register. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092092 | SHADER SERIALIZATION AND INSTANCE UNROLLING - A graphics engine with shader unit thread serializing and instance unrolling functionality that executes multi-threaded shader logic in a single hardware thread is described. Hardware accelerated tessellation functionality is implemented utilizing programmable pipeline stages that allow custom, runtime configuration of graphics hardware utilizing programs compiled from a high level shader language that are executed using one or more shader execution cores. In one embodiment, multiple shader unit program threads are serialized to run in one hardware thread to allow a greater number of instructions to be executed on the shader cores and preserve hardware threads for primitive processing by other shader units. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092093 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A system and device for controlling a display are disclosed. Data is examined, which correspond to an image to be shown with the display. Upon determining that said data comprise a critical item corresponding to an element of the image, the critical item is shown with an uncluttered view. Non-critical items corresponding to elements of the image are attempted to be shown as well, such that the critical item is not obscured and the image remains uncluttered. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092094 | GRAPH DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, GRAPH DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND GRAPH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A test data obtaining unit for obtaining pieces of medical test data used to generate a plurality of graphs; a reference test data specifying unit for specifying reference test data from among the pieces of medical test data; a similarity calculation unit for calculating similarity of variation of each of pieces of non-reference test data other than the reference test data to variation of the reference test data; and a display control unit for selecting pieces of non-reference test data to be separately displayed from the pieces of non-reference test data based on the similarity of each non-reference test data, displaying non-reference graphs based on the pieces of non-reference test data to be separately displayed respectively on independent coordinate axes, and displaying non-reference graphs based on the pieces of non-reference test data that are not selected to be separately displayed together on the same coordinate axes are provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092095 | TIMELINE DISPLAY TOOL - A system for displaying time-based events on a time line is described. A first timeline unit ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140092096 | PATTERN REPRESENTATION IMAGES FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DASHBOARD OBJECTS - Techniques are described for generating pattern representation images of business intelligence (BI) dashboard objects in a business intelligence (BI) dashboard. In one example, a method includes generating an image that represents a dashboard object in the business intelligence dashboard. The image may be based at least in part on one or more rules defined for metadata associated with the dashboard object. The method may include collecting the data from the dashboard object prior to generating the image. The metadata may include an indication of a type of display comprised in the dashboard object, and the method may further include generating the image with a theme associated with the type of the display. The theme may include one or more styles and one or more color schemes applied to the image. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092097 | Processing Combining-Character Sequences - Particular embodiments of a computing device receive an indication of a character encoding system and a combining-character sequence. The character encoding system may comprise one or more ranges of character elements. The combining-character sequence may comprise two or more character elements. The two or more character elements may comprise at least one base letter and one or more combining marks. A mapping code may be determined for the combining-character sequence. If no mapping code exists, a next-available mapping code may be determined, and the combining-character sequence may be stored in association with the next-available mapping code in a data store on the computing device. A corresponding glyph may be determined based on the mapping code—if no glyph exists, the glyph may be generated or retrieved from a server and stored in association with the mapping code in the data store. Information may be provided to display the glyph. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092098 | RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRESENTATION METHOD - When a French character is selected while an English character string candidate is presented, a mobile terminal presents English and French character string candidates by using an English/French mixed candidate dictionary. Furthermore, when a French character is selected while English and French character string candidates are presented by using the English/French mixed candidate dictionary, the mobile terminal presents a French character string candidate by using a French candidate dictionary. Moreover, when a character other than French is selected while a French character string candidate is presented by using the French candidate dictionary, the mobile terminal presents an English character string candidate by using an English candidate dictionary. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092099 | TRANSITIONING PERIPHERAL NOTIFICATIONS TO PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for transitioning from presentation of a peripheral notification on a first display to presentation of information on a second display. A method may include causing presentation of a peripheral notification on a first display. The method may further include receiving an indication of a selection associated with the peripheral notification. The method may further include causing presentation of a transition animation in response to receiving the indication. The transition animation indicates a transition from the presentation of the peripheral notification to presentation of information associated with the peripheral notification. The method may further include causing presentation of the information on a second display. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092100 | Dial Menu - A method for providing a user interface includes displaying a first screen with a dial menu. The dial menu is shown as an arch divided into sections that hold first menu options. In response to detecting a gesture to rotate the dial menu, the method includes displaying an animated rotation of the dial menu where at least one first menu option is rotated off the first screen and, when the number of the first menu options exceeds the number of the sections, at least another first menu option is rotated into the first screen. In response to detecting a selection of a first menu option, the method includes displaying a second screen having the dial menu now with the sections holding second menu options different from the first menu options. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092101 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANIMATED EMOTICON - An apparatus and method for producing an animated emoticon are provided. The method includes producing a plurality of frames that constitute the animated emoticon; inputting at least one object for each of the plurality of frames; producing object information for the input object; and producing structured animated emoticon data that include each of the plurality frames and the object information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092102 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CLOTH SIMULATION AND GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT EMPLOYING THE SAME - A system and method for solving a non-linear system of equations regarding particles representing a cloth and a graphics processing subsystem incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a linearization circuit configured to employ data representing a property of the particles to construct a linear system of constraints with respect to the property and (2) a solver circuit coupled to the linearization circuit and configured to compute for the particles correction components applicable to satisfy the linear system and thereby solve the non-linear system. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092103 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY ADJUSTING FRAMERATE OF GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING THEREOF - The invention provides a method for adaptively adjusting a framerate of a graphic processing unit (GPU). For example, when the GPU workload is high and the temperature of the GPU is close to high temperature, the framerate can be decreased to reduce the workload; when the GPU workload is low, the framerate can be permitted to increase to raise the workload. By the present invention, the GPU is permitted to operate at maximum temperature. The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving an execution parameter associated with at least one GPU; (b) comparing if the execution parameter is greater than a first reference value; and (c) in the event the execution parameter is greater than the first reference value, increasing a sleep time and power-gating the at least one GPU based on the sleep time to adjust the framerate. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092104 | BOOTING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A booting method for an electronic device having a display device is provided. The method includes steps of receiving a booting signal and, according to the booting signal, a booting procedure is performed. The booting procedure comprises activating a basic input/output system to read a graphic device variable. According to the graphic device variable, a system configuration of the electronic device is set so that the booting procedure is performed with a first graphic device corresponding to the graphic device variable. When the display device displays a booting frame, an operating system is activated. When there is no frame shown on the display device and a hot-key signal is received, the graphic device variable is rewritten according to the hot-key signal so that the graphic device variable corresponds to a second graphic device. A rebooting procedure is performed on the electronic device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092105 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR WITH MASKING-COMPARATORS - Described is a device comprising a spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of comparators for computing a respective drive for each pixel of a plurality of pixels. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092106 | CLAMPING OF DYNAMIC CAPACITANCE FOR GRAPHICS - Methods and apparatus relating to clamping or reducing of dynamic capacitance for graphics logic are described. In one embodiment, utilization values for a plurality of subsystems of a graphics logic are determined and a first capacitance value is in turn determined based on (e.g., a sum of products of) the determined utilization values (e.g., and one or more capacitance weight values). A second capacitance value (e.g., corresponding to a maximum dynamic capacitance or Cdyn_max corresponding to the graphics logic) is modified based on (e.g., a comparison of the first capacitance value and a (e.g., threshold) capacitance value. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092107 | SHARING A GRAPHICS-PROCESSING-UNIT DISPLAY PORT - An electronic device selectively couples a head with links in a graphics processing unit to a currently selected display port in a pair of display ports. During operation, control logic in the electronic device monitors a pair of configuration signals from the pair of display ports, where the pair of configuration signals correspond to physical connections to the pair of display ports. Then, the control logic determines a selection control signal based on the monitored pair of configuration signals, a policy setting and a default display port, where the selection control signal specifies the currently selected display port. Moreover, the control logic provides the selection control signal to a multiplexer in the electronic device. Next, the multiplexer selectively couples the head with the links in the graphics processing unit to the currently selected display port based on the selection control signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092108 | Dynamically Changeable Decorative-Protective Accessory for a Mobile Computing Device - A decorative-protective accessory includes a display that can be controlled by a mobile computing device to which the accessory is attached. A mount attaches the accessory to the device. A display is positioned on the mount such that the display is visible to the user when the accessory is attached to the device. An inter-device interface of the accessory receives display data from the device and display control circuitry in the accessory causes the display to shows an image defined by the received display data. The inter-device interface can implement a wireless data transport protocol. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092109 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GPU DRIVER-GENERATED INTERPOLATED FRAMES - The invention provides a method for driving a graphic processing unit (GPU). The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a plurality of requests for processing a first frame, a second frame and a third frame; (b) sequentially rendering the first frame and the third frame; (c) performing an interpolation to generate the second frame according to the rendered first frame and the rendered third frame; and, (d) sequentially displaying the rendered first frame, the second frame generated by interpolation and the rendered third frame. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092110 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS DEVICE WITH PROTRUSIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STABLE STATES - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for an electromechanical systems (EMS) device with one or more protrusions connected to a surface of the EMS device. In one aspect, the EMS device includes a substrate, a stationary electrode over the substrate, and a movable electrode over the stationary electrode. The movable electrode is configured to move to three or more positions across a gap by electrostatic actuation between the movable electrode and the stationary electrode. When the protrusions contact any surface of the EMS device at one of the positions across the gap, the protrusions change the stiffness of the EMS device. At least one of the surfaces in contact with the one or more protrusions is non-rigid. In some implementations, the protrusions have a height greater than about 20 nm. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092111 | METHOD OF AND CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE OF A PLURALITY OF IMAGES ON A DISPLAY - A method of displaying a plurality of picture files on a display of a portable wireless communication device is described. The method comprises receiving a plurality of picture files, wherein each picture file of the plurality of picture files has location data stored in a location field for the picture file and relationship data in a relationship field related to at least one other picture file; displaying a first image associated with a first picture file; and displaying a second image in response to a prompt for a next image. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092112 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VISUAL INFORMATION - An apparatus for processing visual information includes a controller to control display of information in an application window based on first visual information stored in a buffer and second visual information received from one or more sources. The controller outputs the first visual information for display in a first area of the application window and outputs the second visual information for simultaneous display in a second area of the application window. The first visual information is visual information that does not change between a first time and a second time, and the second visual information is visual information that changes between the first time and the second time. The controller may be different from a central processing unit of a host device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092113 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC DISPLAY REFRESH - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for a dynamic display refresh. In use, a state of a display device is identified in which an entirety of an image frame is currently displayed by the display device. In response to the identification of the state, it is determined whether an entirety of a next image frame to be displayed has been rendered to memory. The next image frame is transmitted to the display device for display thereof, when it is determined that the entirety of the next image frame to be displayed has been rendered to the memory. Further, a refresh of the display device is delayed, when it is determined that the entirety of the next image frame to be displayed has not been rendered to the memory. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEADLOCK-FREE PIPELINING - A system and method for facilitating increased graphics processing without deadlock. Embodiments of the present invention provide storage for execution unit pipeline results (e.g., texture pipeline results). The storage allows increased processing of multiple threads as a texture unit may be used to store information while corresponding locations of the register file are available for reallocation to other threads. Embodiments further provide for preventing deadlock by limiting the number of requests and ensuring that a set of requests is not issued unless there are resources available to complete each request of the set of requests. Embodiments of the present invention thus provide for deadlock free increased performance. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092115 | User Interface Display Composition with Device Sensor/State Based Graphical Effects - A method comprising receiving sensor data from a sensor, obtaining image data from a graphical effects shader based on the sensor data, blending the image data with a plurality of application surfaces to create a blended image, and transmitting the blended image to a display. Also disclosed is a mobile node (MN) comprising a sensor configured to generate sensor data, a display device, and a processor coupled to the sensor and the device display, wherein the processor is configured to receive the sensor data, obtain image data generated by a graphical effects shader based on the sensor data, blend the image data with an application surface associated with a plurality of applications to create a blended image, and transmit the blended image to the display. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092116 | WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE DISPLAY - Methods and systems for wide dynamic range display are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a Color Filter Array (CFA) pixel signal, computing, using image processing hardware, an adaptation factor for the CFA pixel signal, the adaptation factor having a global factor component and a local factor component, and computing, using the image processing hardware, an adapted pixel signal for the CFA pixel in response to a reverse exponential function featuring the adaptation factor. In one embodiment, computing the adapted pixel signal for the CFA pixel does not require frame memory. Also, the adaptation factor may have a value between 0 and 1, in certain embodiments. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092117 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING LUMINANCE UNEVENNESS PRODUCED BY IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus capable of providing a luminance unevenness correction capability that allows a user to readily visually grasp the correction is provided. An image display apparatus that includes an OSD display section that displays pattern images showing areas for luminance adjustment in an image, a pattern image selection operation section that accepts selection of any of the displayed pattern images, a luminance adjustment operation section that accepts operation of adjusting the luminance of the image, and a luminance correction section that adjusts the luminance of the image in the area for luminance adjustment corresponding to the selected pattern image. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092118 | GRAPH DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, GRAPH DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND GRAPH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A test data obtaining unit for obtaining pieces of medical test data used to generate a plurality of graphs; a reference test data specifying unit for specifying reference test data from among the pieces of medical test data; a similarity calculation unit for calculating similarity of variation of each of at least two pieces of non-reference test data among the pieces of medical test data other than the reference test data to variation of the reference test data; and a display control unit for displaying a reference graph based on the reference test data and non-reference graphs based on the at least two pieces of non-reference test data on the same coordinate axes are provided. The display control unit displays the at least two non-reference graphs with different levels of visibility depending on the similarity. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092119 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN BRIGHTNESS CORRESPONDING TO VARIATION OF ILLUMINATION - A method of controlling a screen brightness in a user device includes determining an illumination when a display unit is turned on, determining an optimal brightness according to the illumination and displaying according to the optimal brightness during an illumination change, determining an illumination when the current optimal brightness reaches a threshold, and determining an optimal brightness in the determined illumination and controlling a screen display according to the optimal brightness. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092120 | SYSTEM FOR ACCURATELY AND PRECISELY REPRESENTING IMAGE COLOR INFORMATION - A method and system for accurate and precise representation of color for still and moving images, particularly sequences of digitized color images. Spectral and/or extended dynamic range information is retained as images are captured, processed, and presented during color adjustment. Using this extra spectral information, various methodologies for further presenting or processing the color within these images can be optimized. Presentation-device independence is achieved not by attempting to discover a device-independent intermediate representation, but rather by deferring the binding and mapping of color representation onto a presentation device until its actual use. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092121 | SYSTEM WITH CONTENT DISPLAY MANAGEMENT - A method performed by a processing system with content display management includes identifying a first added content in a set of added contents that overlap and forming a display image to include the first added content such that a first portion of the first added content is partially transparent with respect to remote content captured by a remote system and a second portion of the first added content is opaque with respect to at least a portion of second added content in the set of added contents. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092122 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided an image display apparatus including: a setting unit, a correcting unit and a displaying unit. The setting unit sets an amount of correction value for at least one of lightness and chroma for each hues, wherein the amount of correction values are determined so that a relative relationship of evaluation values among the hues is kept from varying before and after correction, the evaluation values being values defined depending on lightness and chroma for the hues. The correcting unit obtains a corrected image by correcting at least one of the lightness and the chroma of the input image according to the amount of correction. The displaying unit displays the corrected image. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092123 | DRAWING CONTROL DEVICE - When receiving register setting information about a graphic on which a drawing process is carried out, a drawing control unit | 2014-04-03 |
20140092124 | First Image And A Second Image On A Display - A first image and a second image of the first image. A display to display the first image and the second image. A sensor to detect an input relative to the display. A processor to determine a task to perform based on the input relative to the first image or the second image on the display. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092125 | Filtering Documents Based on Device Orientation - In some implementations, document templates can be presented on a mobile device for selection by a user when the user is creating a document. In some implementations, document templates can be filtered based on the orientation of the mobile device. In some implementations, images (e.g., photographs, pictures, drawings, etc.) that match the current orientation of the mobile device are displayed on the mobile device for selection and addition to a document template. In some implementations, animations can be presented while the user is browsing document templates. In some implementations, document templates can be presented on a user interface of the mobile device. As the user scrolls through the document templates, the document templates can appear to move, shake, flutter, rock and/or expand in response to the scrolling movement. In some implementations, a preview of a document template can be displayed in response to a touch gesture. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092126 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING VISUAL SET OPERATIONS TO MODIFY AND GENERATE LISTS - A device, method and system or performing visual set operations to modify and generate lists, and methods thereof are provided. Provided at a display of a device, are: a first graphical representation indicative of a first list and a second graphical representation indicative of a second list, the first list and the second list comprising common elements, and a graphical intersection of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is indicative of the common elements. Via a processor of the device, the graphical intersection is separated from one or more of the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation, such that one or more additional lists are generated based on the separating, each of the one or more additional lists comprising a respective one of: the common elements the first list minus the common elements; and, the second list minus the common elements. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092127 | MEDIA ANNOTATIONS IN NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Technologies are generally described for allowing insertion of annotations on media and display of the annotations along with the media. For example, in some embodiments, the described technologies enable a user to insert annotations on media and enable viewers associated with the annotating user to view the annotations when viewing the media. The annotating user may be enabled to define who can view the annotations and/or when the annotations are to be displayed in reference to the media. A content provider hosting the media and/or a communication network intermediating request and transfer of the media may determine whether a requesting viewer has a relationship with the annotating user. If the viewer and annotating user are associated or the viewer has specifically requested the annotations from the annotating user, the annotated media may be provided to the requesting viewer. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092128 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image generating unit that generates an image by performing image combining by computer graphics, on the basis of complex data to be description data of a virtual space by the computer graphics and having a plurality of static statuses of the virtual space, a video output unit that outputs the generated image as a video signal, and a control unit that causes the image generating unit to perform the image combining while performing transition according to a progress rate from a first static status to a second static status, on the basis of an instruction of transition from the first static status to the second static status in the complex data. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092129 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PHYSICALLY MOVING A PORTABLE UNIT TO VIEW AN IMAGE OF A STATIONARY MAP - A background map remains stationary while a portable unit moves within a plane parallel to the screen of the portable unit. As the user moves the unit, images of the background map appear on the screen of the portable device. The user scans the stationary map presented on the screen of the portable unit. This has several benefits since now relative distances and angular displacements within the plane between objects that are outside of the range of the screen of the handheld unit can be immediately be located and placed into view on the screen of a portable unit. The handheld unit is like a Sliding Window which provides a view of this image of a stationary map lying in the background of the portable unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092130 | SELECTIVELY AUGMENTING COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED BY A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Technologies for selectively augmenting communications transmitted by a communication device include a communication device configured to acquire new user environment information relating to the environment of the user if such new user environment information becomes available. The communication device is further configured to create one or more user environment indicators based on the new user environment information, to display the one or more created user environment indicators via a display of the communication device and include the created user environment indicator in a communication to be transmitted by the communication device if the created user environment indicator is selected for inclusion in the communication. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092131 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR GENERATING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, an apparatus, and a terminal device for generating and processing information. The information generation method includes: generating gesture information according to an identified gesture path; detecting location information; and generating summary information according to the gesture information and the location information. The information processing method includes: receiving summary information, and extracting location information and gesture information in the summary information; and when detected current location information matches the location information obtaining a gesture path according to the gesture information in the summary information, and displaying on a viewing interface of the camera. By adopting the technical solutions provided by the present invention, a user can send gesture information when being at a certain location to a contact person, and the gesture information is displayed on a viewing interface of a camera of the contact person that arrives at the geographical location. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092132 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3D POSE ESTIMATION - The present system provides a tool to estimate the relative pose of a generic object with respect to a camera view-point by processing 2D images from a monocular camera in real-time. The capability of solving the pose estimation problem relies on the robust detection and matching in consecutive image frames of significant visual features belonging to an object of interest. To accomplish this, the system incorporates 3D modeling of the object of interest. In one embodiment, the shape of interest may be approximated by a parametric surface such as a cylinder, sphere, ellipsoid, or even complex non-parametric models. The system can restrain information retrieved at a 2D image level to estimate parameters about the pose. In operation, the accuracy of the 3D pose estimation of the object is a function of the degree of approximation of the selected model and the ability to select and track relevant features across consecutive image frames. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092133 | COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An example system causes a computer to function as: a display reference information updating unit which updates at least any of a position and a posture of a virtual object in a virtual space based on information obtained from a real space; an image generating unit which generates an image of a virtual space including the virtual object; a display control unit which causes a display device to display an image so that the image of the virtual space is superimposed on the real space so as to be viewed by a user; and an update interrupting unit which interrupts an update of at least any of a position and a posture of the virtual object in the virtual space when predetermined conditions are met. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092134 | VISUAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A visual guidance system includes an image display to present an image overlaid on a windshield in front of a driver of a vehicle, a processor to output image information on a virtual line to display visual guidance to the image display, and a steering input detector to detect a steering input. The processor presents an attention attracting indication about an object outside of the vehicle in synchronization with the virtual line in such a manner that the virtual line extends from above the driver along a course of the vehicle seen within the windshield, and a pointing end of the virtual line is overlaid on a road surface on the course seen within the windshield. The processor outputs image information for changing the attention attracting indication to be less conspicuous than the virtual line in accordance with a steering input signal given by the steering input detector. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092135 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SCENES ON A SINGLE DISPLAY - One variation of a method for dynamically displaying multiple virtual and augmented reality scenes on a single display includes determining a set of global transform parameters from a combination of user-defined inputs, user-measured inputs, and device orientation and position derived from sensor inputs; calculating a projection from a configurable function of the global transform parameters, context provided by the user and context specific to a virtual and augmented reality scene; rendering a virtual and augmented reality scene with the calculated projection on a subframe of the display; and repeating the previous two steps to render additional virtual and augmented reality scenes. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092136 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display control apparatus includes a division unit and a display controller. The division unit divides a rectangular display area into plural rectangular sub-areas in a direction in which one side of the display area extends. The display controller performs display control to enlarge or reduce rectangular images so that while aspect ratios of the images are maintained, a length of each of the sub-areas in the direction in which the one side of the display area extends is equal to or substantially equal to a length of each of the images in the direction in which the one side of the display area extends, and to display at least some of the enlarged or reduced images in the sub-areas. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092137 | METHOD OF VIDEO INFORMATION TRANSMISSION, AS WELL AS AN INFORMATION CARRIER, A DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND A DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO INFORMATION - Video information intended to be reproduced on a television screen often includes additional information such as graphics information or subtitles in addition to the main information such as film images. This additional information is transmitted separately, so that the user may choose whether the additional information is to be displayed or not. According to present embodiments, the transmitted video signal includes information relating to the duration for which the additional information is to remain on the display. The additional information can be displayed exactly for the duration of the desired time. When a video disc or tape is used for transferring video information, this is advantageous in trick modes, such as Fast Forward. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092138 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes an OSD processing section that displays a test pattern, which includes a plurality of index lines arranged in one of horizontal and vertical directions with respect to a pixel area of a liquid crystal light valve at regular intervals, in the pixel area, an input operation section that sets at least one of the plurality of index lines as a reference index line, and adjusts the intervals of the index lines of the test pattern so as to increase or decrease as a distance from the reference index line increases with respect to the direction of the arrangement of the index lines taking the reference index line as a reference, and an image correction section that corrects linearity of the image based on the intervals of the index lines adjusted by the input operation section. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092139 | ADJUSTING CONTENT DISPLAY ORIENTATION ON A SCREEN BASED ON USER ORIENTATION - A system for adjusting content display orientation on a screen is disclosed. The system may include a processor that may detect both eyes and a body part of a user that is proximal to one or more of the user's eyes. The system may then determine an eye gaze plane based on the positions of the first and second eyes of the user. The eye gaze plane may be determined by identifying a first line of sight extending from the first eye and a second line of sight extending from the second eye. Additionally, the eye gaze plane may bisect a center of the first eye and a center of the second eye of the user. Once the eye gaze plane is determined, the system may adjust the orientation of content displayed on a display device based on the eye gaze plane and on the position of the body part. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092140 | SCREEN RESIZE FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for dynamically managing power consumption of a device capable of operating on battery power, or other power. In particular, the size of the viewable area of the display may be dynamically controlled to reduce the number of activated pixels to reduce power consumption. The resizing of the viewable area of a screen may also reduce the number of applications running, thereby reducing power consumption. An indication of the amount of operation time, battery indicator, and/or energy left in the battery may be presented, based at least in part on the dynamic resize of the display. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092141 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller performs control to divide a display region of a display into divided regions arranged in a predetermined direction and to display images of determined attributes in the divided regions. The display includes a specifying unit that specifies a position in the display region and an operation on an image displayed in the display region. The second controller performs, in response to detection of specification of a predetermined operation on the displayed image subsequent to specification of a position in at least one divided region or in at least one boundary region between divided regions, enlargement control of enlarging or size reduction control of reducing the size of a target region (the divided region or a divided region adjacent to the boundary region) and an image displayed in the target region. | 2014-04-03 |
20140092142 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC VIEWING PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION - Devices and methods for improving viewing perspective of content displayed on the display screen of a computing device include determining one or more viewing angles relative to a viewer of the content, generating a content transformation to apply a corrective distortion to the content to improve the viewing perspective when viewed at the one or more viewing angles, and rendering the content as a function of the content transformation. The viewing angles relative to a viewer of the content may be determined automatically using viewer location sensors, or may be input manually by the viewer. The content transformation visually scales the content by an appropriate factor to compensate for visual distortion experienced by the viewer at one or more viewing angles. Content may be transformed as a function of a single approximate viewing angle or multiple viewing angles. | 2014-04-03 |