Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid-crystal display device that is able to reduce EMI, current consumption, and so forth in an interchip transfer of display data, a timing signal, and so forth and to provide an appropriate timing margin. In an interchip transfer of display data, a timing signal, and so forth that uses a plurality of data drivers, a certain data driver is used as a data driver. When the data driver is used in a first stage, an internal receiver is made to function as an RSDS receiver by fixing the IFM terminal at the “H” level. The received RSDS signal constitutes a CMOS signal that has been divided into two by the receiver and is output by the transmitter. Here, a data inversion signal is generated and output by the transmitter. When the data driver is used in the second or subsequent stage, the internal receiver is made to function as a CMOS receiver by fixing the IFM terminal at the “L” level.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprising the feature that a backlight comprises a cold cathode ray tube disposed on a surface facing a liquid crystal display panel and a chassis for supporting the cold cathode ray tube, and the cold cathode ray tube is set so that a distance from the chassis at an end to which a high voltage is applied becomes larger than a distance from the chassis at an end to which a low voltage is applied.

Abstract: A scanning laser system has a scan position controller to control an X-Y beam translator and a beam power controller to control a light source. A processor has accessible a table having a matrix of elements representing regions having spatial coordinates in at least two dimensions. A plurality of regions is required to define a space approximately sized as a human head. Each element contains a beam power variable indicative of radiation exposure at a corresponding region. Software resident in the processor has code for receiving a value of beam power incident on each region being scanned, for incrementing a stored beam power variable for each region if the beam power value is above a predetermined threshold, and for outputting to at least one of the scan position and the beam power controller a signal indicative of each region at which the beam power variable is above a predetermined value.

Abstract: A transmitter includes an output module coupled to an output port for outputting an output signal to the output port according to a detection signal, and a detect module for detecting the output port to generate the detect signal.

Abstract: A display device comprising a light guide (12), a front plate (14), and an intermediate electromechanically operable foil (16). Two electrode layers (22, 23) are arranged on either side of the foil (16) to induce electrostatic forces on the foil (16) and to bring selected portions of the foil into contact with the light guide (12), thereby extracting light from the light guide (12). The second electrode layer (22) is arranged on the opposite side of the light guide (12) with reference to the foil (16), and separated from the light guide (12) by means of a refractive layer (28). As no electrode layer is required on the light guide itself, the light path of rays extracted from the light guide is cleaner, and the absorption of light is reduced. The light guide can have a thickness such that the light extracted from the light guide per unit length is sufficient to allow for line-at-a-time addressing.

Abstract: A controlling device using a source of energy, such as light energy, to provide the controlling device with a user interface having multiple, different visual appearances.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having rows of scanning lines and columns of data lines; and a matrix of display pixels near intersections of the scanning lines and the data line. A scanning driver circuit which selects display pixels of rows connected to some of the scanning lines, and a signal driver generates display data for each display pixel. The display panel has scanning line groups which constitute sets of scanning lines through which simultaneous selection is performed by the scanning driver circuit; a plurality of scanning signal lines connected to each of the scanning line groups; and a plurality of data line groups which constitute sets of the data lines corresponding to a line count of the display pixels of the rows connected to each of the scanning line groups within the data lines.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a calculation unit for calculating an average picture level of an input picture, a sub-field mapping unit for mapping data of the input picture to a first sub-field group and a second sub-field group, and a controller for controlling a time range between the data mapped to the first sub-field group and the data mapped to the second sub-field group according to the average picture level. If the average picture level is calculated at a first level, a generating time point of the data mapped to the second sub-field group is controlled to be at a first starting time point. If the average picture level is calculated at a second level higher than the first level, the generating time point of the data mapped to the second sub-field group is controlled to be at a second starting time point later than the first starting time point.

Abstract: A light-sensitive (i.e., touch-sensitive) display device that requires less circuitry than the currently available light-sensitive display devices is presented. Unlike the currently available devices, which require at least two switching elements and a capacitor to implement a photosensitive switch, the invention only requires one switching element. The device of the invention includes a substrate with a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of read-out lines, a power line, and an array of photosensitive switches formed thereon. The scan lines and the read-out lines extend in directions that are substantially perpendicular to each other, forming pixels. One photosensitive switch is formed in each pixel, and each photosensitive switch has one light-sensitive transistor. The transistor connects the power line to one of the read-out lines in response to sensing incident light.

Abstract: A command-inputting apparatus includes a display for displaying an operation menu; a position-detecting unit for detecting a three-dimensional position of a command object specifying a command on the operation menu; and a command-detecting unit for determining a command point on the operation menu, based on the detected three-dimensional position of the command object and the viewpoint of the user specifying the command.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch.

Abstract: A backlight intensity for a transflective display increases proportionately with increasing ambient light levels for a first range of ambient light levels and decreases proportionately with increasing ambient levels for a second range of ambient light levels to improve power efficiency. The second range of ambient light levels is higher than the first range of ambient light levels.

Abstract: One embodiment in accordance with the invention includes a capacitive sensor apparatus that includes a first sensing element having substantially constant width along its length and configured to have varying capacitive coupling to an object proximate to a capacitive sensing reference surface, along a first axis of the capacitive sensing reference surface. The length of the first sensing element is oriented along the first axis. The capacitive sensor apparatus can include a second sensing element having substantially constant width along its length and configured to have varying capacitive coupling to the object proximate to the capacitive sensing reference surface along the first axis. The length of the second sensing element is oriented along the first axis. The first and second sensing elements are conductive, and are configured to provide information corresponding to a spatial location of the object relative to the first axis of the capacitive sensing reference surface.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide virtual hover zones. When a user lowers a hovering stylus while remaining within a hover zone, cursor control is modified to be more easily controllable by the user. If the user pauses the stylus in mid-air before lowering the stylus, and if the stylus remains within the hover zone, then upon touchdown the cursor may be moved to the projection of the location where the stylus was paused. Any action that may be taken in response to the touch down may be sent to the projection location as well. Also provided are cursor control zones. A dampening zone may be used to provide dampened cursor movement feedback in response to movement input provided by a pointing device. Also, a dead zone may be used to prohibit cursor movement in response to movement input provided by the pointing device.

Abstract: A display capable of reducing the increase in the current consumption is disclosed. The display comprises a shift register circuit having a plurality of first circuit portions connected thereto. Each of the first circuit portions includes a first conductive type first transistor connected to a first voltage supply source, a first conductive type second transistor connected to a second voltage supply source, a first conductive type third transistor connected between the gate of the first transistor and the second potential, a first conductive type fourth transistor connected to the gate of the first transistor and turned on in response to a first signal, and a first conductive type fifth transistor connected between the fourth transistor and the first potential and turned off in response to a second signal when the first signal is for turning on the fourth transistor.

Abstract: A display device and a driving method thereof are provided, which reduces an instantaneous current generated with a charge and discharge of source signal lines and further reduces a load to a power supply line. According to the invention, source signal lines are divided into the first to the n-th groups so as to be charged or discharged according to the first to the n-th latch pulses which are inputted at different timing. Since the number of the source signal lines which start to be charged or discharged at the same time is reduced, an instantaneous current generated with the charge and discharge can be reduced, and a load to the power supply line can be reduced as well.

Abstract: A display driver which drives a data line connected to a pixel electrode through a switching element, the pixel electrode facing a common electrode with an electro-optical substance interposed, and a voltage being supplied to the common electrode based on a polarity reversal signal. The display driver includes: a polarity reversal signal generation circuit which generates the polarity reversal signal which specifies the timing at which the polarity of a voltage applied to the electro-optical substance is reversed; and a driver section which supplies a drive voltage based on display data to the data line so that the polarity of the voltage applied to the electro-optical substance is reversed in synchronization with the polarity reversal signal.

Abstract: An electric writable medium having islanded surface structures operationally configured to avoid tribocharging of the electric writable medium.

Abstract: A method of driving a liquid crystal display including a color filter array having a plurality of red, green, blue and white color filters includes applying first driving signals to first liquid crystal cells during one frame interval, the first liquid crystal cells being overlapped by the red, green and blue color filters, respectively, applying a second driving signal to a second liquid crystal cell during a partial period of the one frame interval, the second liquid crystal cell being overlapped by the white color filter, and applying a third driving signal different from the second driving signal to the second liquid crystal cell during a remaining period of the one frame interval.

Abstract: This invention refers to peripheral equipment of a computer and is a wireless and passive tablet for inputting to the computer that converts the track of handwriting to digital X, Y coordinates and then inputs it to the computer and then displays the track on screen of the computer. The characteristic of the wireless and passive tablet is using the coil of X, Y direction in transmitting and receiving. A square wave is generated and input to a transmitting circuit. A transmitted electromagnetic wave is inputted to a circuit of a pen to form resonance that will be outputted to a receiving circuit. The receiving circuit connects to an amplifying circuit to amplify the signal and input the amplified signal into a phase angle detecting circuit and an amplitude detecting circuit respectively to control the phase angle and amplitude. And then the signal is inputted to a primary CPU to realize the writing function of the wireless pen.