Abstract: First media content including text is presented on a display. User expressions of a user, including eye movement, are tracked by an image detector while the user is reading the text of the first media content. User expression data is generated based on the user expressions of the user. A determination can be made as to whether the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value. Responsive to determining that the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value, one or more actions can be automatically initiated. For example, an analysis of a plurality of reviews pertaining to at least a portion of the content can be presented on the display.

Abstract: First media content including text is presented on a display. User expressions of a user, including eye movement, are tracked by an image detector while the user is reading the text of the first media content. User expression data is generated based on the user expressions of the user. A determination can be made as to whether the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value. Responsive to determining that the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value, one or more actions can be automatically initiated. For example, additional media content that provides further explanation of the media content can be presented.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, pixels on the display panel, data and gate drivers, a timing controller which applies control signals respectively to the data and gate drivers, and a power management integrated circuit (“PMIC”) which applies a driving voltage to the data and gate drivers. The timing controller detects an operational condition of the display panel and selects one of stored power setting values to output the selected one of the power setting values to the PMIC. The PMIC includes, first and second storage banks, a controller which receives the power setting value from the timing controller, stores the power setting value in one of the first and second storage banks, and calls the stored power setting value to determine the driving voltage, and a power generator which applies the driving voltage based on the driving voltage determined by the controller.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to control devices configured for use with computing devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and devices for shortening wireless reconnection time by determining the presence of an object or body near a device. When the control device detects an object or body in proximity to the device, the control device may automatically establish a wireless connection with a host devices, such that when the control device receives any user interactions, the wireless connection has already been established, preventing loss of data.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel, a gate driving part and a data driving part. The display panel is configured to display an image, and includes a gate line and a data line. The gate driving part is configured to output a gate signal to the gate line. The data driving part is configured to output a data signal to the data line, and to change a transition time when the data signal transits from a low level to a high level, according to at least one of a change of an inversion method for driving the display panel, and a change of a frame frequency of the image.

Abstract: An input method and electronic device using a pen input device are provided. In an embodiment, status information of the pen input device is received, and contact information of a contact point between the pen input device and the terminal is generated, based on the received status information. Expressive effects of a pen input, such as line thickness, density and texture, are varied based on the contact information. Such input method and electronic device using the pen input device can simply and conveniently vary expressive effects of a pen-based input. In other embodiments, contact information is determined from actual contact points and expressive effects are varied as a function of the contact information or pen status information derived from the actual contact information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system which integrates unique lighting technologies, switching systems, mounting systems, information delivery systems and power supply systems within a support such as vehicular wheel to provide an advanced, high quality visual display apparatus in various surfaces of rotation. A displayed image may be three dimensional. These technologies, and their many unique applications, provide for a novel and useful series of video display devices that are small, lightweight, efficient and can have the capability of producing a clear, bright, high definition image that is equivalent to that of a modern day TV or high quality computer monitor.

Abstract: A display device that is driven with low power and a method for operating the display device are provided. The display device includes a host; a controller to which a first signal is supplied from the host; and a display panel to which a second signal is supplied from the controller. When the first signal includes image data, the first signal includes a command indicating the presence of the image data. When the controller detects the command, the controller supplies the image data as the second signal. When the controller does not detect the command, the controller stops supplying the second signal. After the controller stops supplying the second signal for a predetermined time, the controller resumes supplying the second signal regardless of whether or not the first signal includes the command.

Abstract: A touch drive unit and a driving method thereof, a touch drive circuit and a touch device are disclosed. The touch drive unit includes a shift register sub-unit, a gate sub-unit. The shift register sub-unit includes a shift signal output terminal and is configured to output a shift signal to the gate sub-unit by the shift signal output terminal; the gate sub-unit includes a first input circuit, a first pull-up circuit, a first pull-down control circuit, and a first pull-down circuit; the first pull-up circuit is electrically connected to a touch drive signal terminal, a first pull-up node and a touch signal output terminal, and is configured to output a touch drive signal that is input from the touch drive signal terminal to the touch signal output terminal under a control of an electrical potential of the first pull-up node.

Abstract: A display driver includes: a receiver configured to receive image data of each line of a display panel from an external device; a line latch circuit having a line latch configured to latch the image data of each line received by the receiver in response to a strobe signal; a driving circuit section which drives the display panel in response to the image data latched by the line latch; and a timing controller configured to generate the strobe signal. The receiver is configured to detect occurrence of transmission error in data transmission about each line. The timing controller is configured to generate the strobe signal in response to a detection result of the occurrence of transmission error.

Abstract: A navigation device including an image sensor, a processor and a memory is provided. The memory stores a lookup table of a plurality of moving speeds each corresponding to one frame period. The image sensor captures image frames successively. The processor calculates a current speed according to a current image frame and a previous image frame, reads a frame period from the lookup table according to the calculated current speed, wherein the read frame period is multiplied by a ratio, which is smaller than 1, when an acceleration is confirmed by the processor according to the captured image frames.

Abstract: An operation apparatus includes a detector that detects contact of a plurality of operating fingers on an operating surface, an area calculator that calculates an area of a detection region in the operating surface where the operating fingers have been detected, and a determiner that, after a state in which two operating fingers are detected has changed to a state in which one operating finger is detected, obtains a sum of areas of two detection regions where the two operating fingers are detected and an area of one detection region where the one operating finger is detected from the surface area calculator, and determines that an operation made by the two operating fingers is continuing when a continuation condition, in which the area of the one detection region is greater than or equal to the sum of the areas of the two detection regions, is established.

Abstract: Sensor circuitry is configured to perform, for a sensing frame, mutual capacitive sensing to obtain mutual capacitive measurements, and perform, for the sensing frame, first self-capacitive sensing to obtain first self-capacitive measurements, and perform second self-capacitive sensing to obtain a second self-capacitive measurements. Processing circuitry is connected to the sensor circuitry and is configured to detect an inconsistency between the mutual capacitive measurements and the first self-capacitive measurements, and halt, in response to detecting the inconsistency, a second sensing frame to trigger performing the second self-capacitive sensing. The second sensing frame is subsequent to the first sensing frame. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine intermittent interference using the first self-capacitive measurements and the second self-capacitive measurements.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for configuring a screen of an electronic device. A first object, corresponding to a left eye of a user of the electronic device, and a second object, corresponding to a right eye of the user, are displayed on the screen. A threshold distance is obtained, which is one of a minimum distance and a maximum distance between the first object and the second object at which an image, corresponding to the first object and the second object, is properly viewed by the user. An interpupillary distance (IPD) is determined between the first eye and the second eye based on the threshold distance.

Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of shift register units (10), a detecting unit (20), and a reset unit (30). The detecting unit (20) is connected to at least two of the plurality of shift register units (10) to detect output potentials of the two shift register units (10) and to send a detection result to the reset unit (30). The reset unit (30) is connected to at least one of the two shift register units (10) such that, upon detection of output potential of each of the at least two shift register units (10) connected to the detecting unit (20) over a predetermined value, the reset unit (30) resets output potentials of at least one of the two of shift register units (10) connected to the reset unit (30) based on a detection result.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for reducing power consumption of a liquid crystal display, which includes: a screen area acquisition module for acquiring a first screen area being viewed and a second screen area not being viewed while a viewer watches a screen of the liquid crystal display; and a dynamic backlight control module for performing a dynamic backlight control adjustment on the second screen area. The present disclosure also discloses a method for reducing power consumption of the power consumption reduction device and a liquid crystal display having device. The present disclosure realizes intelligently partitioning dynamic backlight control to the screen of the liquid crystal display and also reduces the power consumption.

Abstract: A circuit which detects an output current from a pixel and an output current from an input device, and converts the output current into data is provided. The current detection circuit includes an integrator circuit, a comparator, a counter, and a latch. The integrator circuit integrates the potential of a first signal during a period determined by a second signal and outputting it as a third signal. The comparator compares the potential of the third signal with a first potential and outputting a fourth signal. The counter outputs the number of pulses included in a fifth signal as a sixth signal during a period determined by the fourth signal. The latch holds the sixth signal. The integrator circuit preferably further includes an operational amplifier and some capacitors. The first signal is supplied from a pixel included in a display device or an input portion included in an input device.

Abstract: An in-cell touch panel and a display apparatus are provided. The in-cell touch panel includes a lower substrate (1) and an upper substrate (2) disposed oppositely, a number of self-capacitive electrodes (03) independently of each other and located between the lower substrate (1) and the upper substrate (2), a drive chip (3), and wires (04) being configured to connect the self-capacitive electrodes (03) to the drive chip (3). A number of sub-pixels (01) arranged regularly and data lines (02) located between adjacent twos of columns of sub-pixels (01) exist between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (1), each of the sub-pixels (1) is connected to the drive chip (3) through a data line (05) located on one side of it; two sub-pixels (01) adjacent to each other constitute one pixel, or three sub-pixels (01) adjacent to each other constitute two pixels, so that at least one sub-pixel (01) is shared by adjacent pixels.

Abstract: A TFT substrate defines a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The TFT substrate includes a substrate and a conductive layer on the substrate. The conductive layer includes a plurality of touch driving electrodes, a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and a plurality of common electrodes. The touch sensing electrodes are arranged in rows along a first direction and in columns along a second direction. Each touch driving electrode and each common electrode extend as strips along the first direction, the touch driving electrodes and the common electrodes are arranged in one column along the second direction. One common electrode and one row of the touch sensing electrodes are arranged at each side of each touch driving electrode along the second direction. The TFT substrate further includes a plurality of sensing lines.

Abstract: A display device may include a display panel, a window member provided above the display panel, a housing accommodating the display panel and the window member and including at least one protrusion on an inner surface thereof, and a pressure sensor including a first conductive layer provided on the at least one protrusion and a second conductive layer provided at a peripheral area of the first conductive layer to be spaced apart from the first conductive layer.