Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method of displaying a guidance symbol. The guidance symbol displaying system may include a distance difference calculator to calculate a distance difference between a user location and a guidance symbol location, and a symbol display controller to control display of the guidance symbol by calculating a size of the guidance symbol based on the distance difference.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having pixels each constituted by red, green, blue, and white subpixels and a backlight, further including: a grayscale ratio calculating section acquiring RGB data and calculating a ratio of the lowest to the highest of RGB grayscales in each pixel; a detection section detecting, from the RGB data, a ratio of the number of target pixels in one frame; a conversion coefficient calculating section acquiring, by using the detected ratio, a conversion coefficient for converting the RGB data into RGBW data; a RGB data conversion section converting the RGB data into the RGBW data per pixel by using the conversion coefficient; and a display control section generating, from the RGBW data, an image to be displayed on the display panel and causing the display panel to display the image.

Abstract: This disclosure includes a method for creating a database stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising: receiving a first plurality of images of variations of a first consumer product layer, each of the first plurality of images depicting a variation of the first consumer product layer, each of the variations comprising at least one surface. The method also includes receiving a second plurality of images of variations of a second consumer product layer, each of the second plurality of images depicting a variation of the first consumer product layer, each of the variations comprising at least one surface. The method further includes providing a first depth attribute to the first consumer product layer and a second depth attribute to the second consumer product layer. The method also includes storing the first plurality of images, the second plurality of images, the texture maps, and the plurality of textures in the database.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering a view-dependent texture in conjunction with a three-dimensional model of a geographic area are provided. A view-dependent texture can be rendered in conjunction with at least portions of the three-dimensional model. A base texture can be rendered for portions of the three-dimensional model in the same field of view that are viewed from a slightly different perspective than a reference direction associated with the view-dependent texture. For instance, a stretching factor can be determined for each portion of the three-dimensional model based on the reference direction and a viewpoint direction associated with the portion of the three-dimensional model. A base texture, a view-dependent texture, or a blended texture can be selected for rendering at the portion of the three-dimensional model based on the stretching factor.

Abstract: Provided is an image generating device for generating an image of an object including a plurality of elements connected to one another. The image generating device includes: a calculating section for iteratively calculating a motion of each element of the plurality of elements based on a physical constraint condition of the each element with respect to another connected element; a parent-child information acquiring section for acquiring parent-child information corresponding to a connection between the each element and the another element based on information indicating an element having a predetermined relationship with another object; a correcting section for correcting a position of a child element with respect to a parent element based on the parent-child information and the motion of the each element; and an image generating section for generating information on the image of the object based on the corrected position of the each element.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a virtual world. The apparatus for controlling a facial expression of an avatar in a virtual world using a facial expression of a user in a real world may include a receiving unit to receive sensed information that is sensed by an intelligent camera, the sensed information relating to a facial expression basis of the user, and a processing unit to generate facial expression data of the user for controlling the facial expression of the avatar, using initialization information representing a parameter for initializing the facial expression basis of the user, a 2-dimensional/3-dimensional (2D/3D) model defining a coding method for a face object of the avatar, and the sensed information.

Abstract: A computer-implemented process includes: receiving into a computer memory a response to a generic question not specifically related to handwriting style; converting the response into one or more tags representing handwriting characteristics; selecting a typeface having a handwriting characteristic of one of the tags; receiving a text string to display into a computer memory; and displaying the text string by rendering glyphs from a font file containing glyphs for the selected typeface, after applying random variations to simulate human handwriting variation.

Abstract: A display device has a set of picture elements, one active matrix and a display area, the display area including a first area and a non-overlapping second area, the first area comprising monochrome picture elements, and the second area comprising color picture elements.

Abstract: An exemplary apparatus at least partially displays a first object group on a first display portion, selects at least one first object from the first object group in response to an operation of a direction operation portion, changes a selected position in an order of alignment in a second object group in response to an operation of a first or second operation portion, displays at least one object included in the second object group and corresponding to the selected position on a second display portion, adds a new object corresponding to the selected first object at a position corresponding to the selected position in the second object group in response to an operation of a third operation portion, and displays at least one object included in the second object group on the second display portion.

Abstract: There is described a portable electronic device capable of managing screen orientation. The portable electronic device comprises a display, a motion sensor, an image sensor and a processor. The display provides an image at a first orientation. The motion sensor attempts to detect a rotation of the portable electronic device. The image sensor attempts to detect one or more body features. The processor determines a second orientation of the image at the display based on the rotation detected at the motion sensor and/or the body feature or features detected at the image sensor. The portable electronic device may determine an orientation of the image at the display in response to detecting the rotation at the motion sensor and/or the body feature or features at the image sensor.

Abstract: An image-displaying device includes an image data generation section, an information data acquisition section, and a display control section. The information data acquisition section is configured to acquire information data for causing predetermined information to be displayed on an information display region. The display control section is configured to control a display section to display an image of a subject in a subject image display region of the display section according to image data generated by processing for generating the image data, and to display the predetermined information in the information display region of the display section according to the information data. The display control section is configured to control the display section so that a predetermined unit display time taken to refresh a display in each of predetermined units in the information display region is shorter than the predetermined unit display time in the subject image display region.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal displays a group chat area for displaying a group message transmitted to or received from a plurality of another parties and a private chat area for displaying a private message transmitted to or received from one of the plurality of another parties within one chat window.

Abstract: Techniques are described for determining the pose of an object based on a 3D point set representing the object. The 3D point set is rotated into a 2D coordinate system and a model object contour is aligned with the contour of the rotated point set using an iterative process. The aligned model object contour is then rotated back into the original 3D coordinate system, where its pose is assumed to represent the pose of the object.

Abstract: A graphical user interface for interactively displaying large amounts of related data using a geometrical pattern is provided. The geometrical user interface permits users to view, navigate and interact with large amounts of related data in a single display window without going through multiple clicks, menus, drop-downs and scrolling events.

Abstract: The invention proposes a novel 2D/3D polarized display method, polarized display device and a 2D/3D television, applied to the polarization 3D technology; through compensation calculation on the original left-eye and right-eye image signals and alternate time domain display of the images, and through the addition of information on the compensation images in time and space, and in cooperation with control of the opening and closing of the polarization 3D glasses, while viewers wearing the polarization 3D glasses can experience good 3D effect, other viewers with naked eyes can view clear 2D images, so that the 3D viewers and the 2D viewers do not affect each other.

Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying patient-related data to a care provider are provided. Patient-related values are received. The quantity of values is greater than a graph overflow threshold indicative of an amount of display space of a graph. A set of visible values is defined based at least in part on the graph overflow threshold. Sets of hidden values and anomalous values are also defined. The values in the visible-value set are displayed within the display space of the graph. An anomaly indicator is provided for any value in both the visible-value set and the anomalous-value set, to notify a care provider of any visible anomalous patient-related value. An overflow identifier is displayed instead of any value in the hidden-values set. The overflow identifier indicates the number of values in the hidden-value set to inform the care provider as such.

Abstract: A system and method for visualizing a 3D scene using a flexible display are disclosed. The 3D scene reflects a model of graphics objects, where each graphics object is represented by 3D primitives such as vertices, lines, or surfaces. A display processor generates a 2D image of the 3D scene using various graphics rendering techniques such as non-linear ray-tracing algorithms. A sensor associated with the flexible display detects that a surface profile of the display has been altered, which causes the display processor to generate a new 2D image of the 3D scene. The effect is that flexing the display allows the user to view the 3D scene from a different perspective. In one embodiment, the different perspective is viewing the object from a different camera position. In another embodiment, the different perspective is provided by generating an exploded view of an assembly of graphics objects.

Abstract: Provided are a timing controller for converting RGB data to WRGB data, a driving method thereof, and an LCD device using the same. The timing controller according to an embodiment includes a reception unit to receive input RGB data from an external device; a converter to convert the input RGB data into input WRGB data composed of W, R, G and B data; an aligner to convert one of the W, R, G, and B data into 0 to generate conversion WRGB data, the conversion WRGB data having bits less than the total number of bits composing the W, R, G, and B data; a controller to transfer the conversion WRGB data to an external memory; and a re-aligner to convert the conversion WRGB data received from the external memory into digital WRGB data corresponding to the input WRGB data, and to output the digital WRGB data.

Abstract: A scrolling apparatus enables scrolling of display contents of a display unit and includes a load range determining unit that determines a load range of display data to be loaded from a primary storage unit to a secondary storage unit according to a movement starting position detected by a detecting unit; a loading unit that loads display data in the load range determined by the load range determining unit from the primary storage unit to the secondary storage unit; and a display control unit that displays on the display unit display data in a display range among the display data in the load range stored in the secondary storage unit.

Abstract: A tessellation pipeline includes an alpha phase and a beta phase. The alpha phase includes pre-tessellation processing stages, while the beta phase includes post-tessellation processing stages. A processing unit configured to implement a processing stage in the alpha phase stores input graphics data within a buffer and then copies over that buffer with output graphics data, thereby conserving memory resources. The processing unit may also copy output graphics data directly to a level 2 (L2) cache for beta phase processing by other tessellation pipelines, thereby avoiding the need for fixed function copy-out hardware.