Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display including a panel using a liquid crystal material having spontaneous polarization, such as ferroelectroic liquid crystal (FLC), having a faster response time suitable to display dynamic images. The FLC has the disadvantage caused by the incomplete memory effect at during driving for displaying “black” in several frames, where the light transmittance is preferably desired zero. The panel in the display are driven signals so that the driving signals are applied across the picture element, where the signals are positively or negatively offset to reference voltage of the panel.

Abstract: An individual object constituting a graphical user interface (hereinafter called “GUI”) related with a variable and a method in a processing program for the object; and there is generated a GUI program in which a variable referencing procedure and a variable updating procedure are added to the processing program. Thus, it is unnecessary to modify the processing program with a change in screen layout, unless new objects are added to the screen layout of GUI, thereby improving the productivity of GUI programs.

Abstract: A phase plane correlation motion vector determination method identifies images areas in which motion took place. A reference image is shifted by the candidate motion vectors obtained from the phase plane correlation. The shifted reference image is correlated to determine similarity with the current image and to eliminate spurious motion vectors. Candidate motion vectors are validated to determine valid motion vectors and identify problem areas. In a preferred embodiment, a correlation resolution is set to a sub-block size. Sub-blocks of the reference image are shifted by candidate motion vectors for corresponding blocks. Shifted sub-blocks are correlated with sub-blocks of a current image using a sub-block neighborhood to determine valid vector assignments. Where an assignment proves invalid, global motion parameters are determined to assign motion vectors to sub-blocks where correlation fails.

Abstract: The invention relates to an information recording apparatus including a head that is disposed so as to face a recording medium, and records information in the recording medium and/or reproduces information therefrom, and a head actuator for moving the head toward and away from the recording medium. The apparatus further comprises a capacitor electrically charged by a power source; and a driving processor for driving the head actuator with electric charge accumulated in the capacitor in accordance with a voltage of the power source, and for retracting the head to a position away from the recording medium.