Abstract: An ergonomically designed gaming device for a user that includes a semi-flattened hemispherical ovoid base, that is contoured into a general hand imprint shape with finger and thumb grooves and fingertip provisions to accommodate the user's index finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger and thumb. A plurality of adjustment screws on the thumb side allows for tilting adjustments for the general hand imprint shape. A plurality of tactile buttons and dual rocker switches are provided in the fingertip recesses for the user to operate functions normally performed from a keyboard in a computer game.

Abstract: A tiled display may be formed by temporarily securing a plurality of modules to a substrate. Thereafter, the tiled array may be tested to insure that each module is functional. If each module is functional, the modules may be permanently secured to the substrate. If any modules are defective, they may be replaced and the tiled array may be retested.

Abstract: A plasma display driving method and apparatus for stabilizing an initialization upon selective erasing in a case of simultaneously performing a selective writing and a selective erasing is disclosed. In the method and apparatus, at least one selective writing sub-field for selecting on-cells using a writing discharge is arranged within a portion of one frame period, and at least one selective erasing sub-field for selecting off-cells from the on-cells using an erase discharge is arranged within the remaining interval of one frame period other than a time period arranged with the selective writing sub-field. A normal sustaining pulse is applied to the selected on-cells to sustain a discharge of the on-cells, and an initialization pulse having at least one of a pulse width and a voltage level set to be larger than the normal sustaining pulse is applied prior to said selective erasing sub-fields.

Abstract: A back substrate has a plurality of electron emission elements. A display substrate comprises an optically transparent substrate disposed opposite to the back substrate; an accelerating electrode formed on the inner face of the optically transparent substrate for accelerating electron beams emitted from the electron emission elements; and luminescent materials excited by the electron beams to emit light toward the outer face of the optically transparent substrate. A frame member supports the back substrate and display substrate on their peripheries. A vacuum chamber is defined by the back substrate, display substrate, and frame member. A conductor electrically connected to the accelerating electrode is drawn out to the outside of the vacuum chamber. A high voltage connector for supplying an accelerating voltage to the conductor is removably connected to the conductor.

Abstract: A field sequential liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal panel, a back light having multiple light sources (Red, Green and Blue) under the liquid crystal panel, and a signal processing circuit that controls the luminances of the light sources based on frame-based image signal data. The signal processing circuit decides luminance values (Ra, Ga, and Ba) to be displayed during sub-frames, and further decides the luminances of the light sources and/or the transmissivities of the liquid crystal during each sub-frame so as to produce the average illumination in the image signal data.

Abstract: A driving method for a plasma display panel (PDP). The odd pixels units are selected by the odd fields, and are discharged. The even pixels units are selected by the even fields, and are discharged. The pixel units are disposed in a triangular arrangement, so that the odd pixel units and adjacent even pixel units, being different in color, are arranged alternately. Thereby, the present invention can eliminate flicker. In addition, the different pixel units are controlled by different common electrodes and the present invention thereby reduces cross-talk.

Abstract: A plurality of images, in a layout based on a display protocol, is displayed with high efficiency. Display protocol sequences PS1, PS2 and PS3, in which multiple display protocols are lined up in a predetermined order, are remembered in a memory means of a workstation. The workstation is connected to an image server storing a plurality of image data, and by selecting a desired display protocol sequence and specifying to the image server to transmit image data, the layout is switched based on the display protocol sequence, and the images are laid out, etc. and displayed on a monitor.

Abstract: A system and method for efficient Asian character text input into a reduced keypad machine such as a word processor, telephone, hand-held computer, or personal computer is provided. The system comprises a data entry keypad associated with a monitor, and a disambiguation process supporting multiple keycap depression timespan range definitions and interpretations to produce accurate messaging with a reduced keypad.

Abstract: A photo device condenses the bright spot on the display to project the spot light onto the projection plane, thereby projecting it onto photo detectors the projection plane. A counter counts the time from the time of a vertical sync signal and supplies its output to AND gates. A correspondence detector brings bright spot display positions on the display at multiple times into correspondence with their projection positions on the photo device in accordance to recording time. An extrinsic parameter calculator calculates the 3-D translation and rotation of the photo device with respect to the bright spot scanning surface of the display from at least three sets of the bright spot display positions and their corresponding projection positions.

Abstract: A PDP driving method that reduces the reset voltage of the PDP driving waveforms to make it possible to use low-voltage elements and to achieve high contrasts is disclosed. Since conventional PDP waveforms require very high reset voltages, it causes a problem of intense background light emissions, low contrasts, use of high-voltage components, and increased circuit costs. According to the driving waveforms of the present invention, relative voltage differences between the address electrode and the X electrode and between the X electrode and the Y electrode are considered to design waveforms of low reset voltages, thereby providing high contrasts and low-cost circuit.

Abstract: A display pixel circuit having a data line loading circuit with a first capacitor, a first reset circuit coupled with the data line loading circuit, and a diode coupled to the data line loading circuit. The display pixel circuit also includes a second capacitor associated with the diode, and a second reset circuit coupled with the second capacitor. The first reset circuit is configured to reset the first capacitor. The second reset circuit is configured to reset the second capacitor, and the diode is driven by a constant current after resetting the first capacitor and the second capacitor.

Abstract: The present invention is a system that provides a pen based computer user with a graphical user interface tool, a pen-mouse, that looks like and functions like a mouse but that is controlled by a limited input device such as a pen or stylus of the pen based computer. The pen-mouse is a tracking menu that tracks the position of the pen. A pen cursor that corresponds to the pen is allowed to be moved about within the pen-mouse graphic by the pen and the pen-mouse remains stationary. The pen-mouse is moved when the location of the pen encounters a tracking boundary of the pen-mouse. The tracking boundary typically coincides with the graphic representing the mouse. While moving within the pen-mouse, the pen can select objects within the pen-mouse body, such as buttons, wheels, etc. The selection of a button or other virtual control causes a corresponding computer mouse button function to be executed.

Abstract: A backlight of an LCD device includes a protection circuit that permits leakage of a high voltage to a ground terminal. This high voltage is generated by insertion failures of connectors or other failures caused by damage. The backlight driving circuit includes a high-voltage part applying an A.C. high voltage to a first terminal of a plurality of fluorescent lamps, a low-voltage part applying a lower voltage than that of the high-voltage part to a second terminal of the plurality of fluorescent lamps, a connection part that connects the high-voltage part to the low-voltage part and the protection circuit between the low-voltage part and the connection part.

Abstract: A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive interactive graphical displays.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a notebook having a mechanism for combining a touch pad and a CD-ROM (or DVD-ROM) drive in which the CD-ROM (or DVD-ROM) drive disposed on the notebook is combined with the touch pad disposed on a top surface of the CD-ROM (or DVD-ROM) drive as a unit in order to eliminate the inconvenience of removing the cable and/or one or more peripheral devices in opening a CD-ROM (or DVD-ROM) drive in the notebook; save precious internal space of the housing of the notebook; and provide an aesthetic, circular touch pad assembly.

Abstract: An image-forming device having, in an envelope, an electron-emitting element, an image-forming member for forming an image by irradiation of an electron beam emitted from the electron-emitting element, and an electroconductive supporting member for supporting the envelope. The potential of the supporting member is controlled to not be higher than the maximum potential applied to the electron-emitting element. The electron-emitting element and the image-forming member can be placed in juxtaposition on the same substrate, an electro-conductive substrate can be additionally provided in opposition to the face of the substrate, and the supporting member can be connected electrically to one of the electrodes and also to the electro-conductive substrate.

Abstract: An HMI device for monitoring and control of a technical process, which has a processing module (VE) at least for computer generating dynamic process images (PA1) that have interactive regions (P10–P15). Further, at least one optical transmitter and receiver module (LPE1) is provided, which has a data link (DV1) to the processing module (VE). The module has a projector (LO1) for generating light images (PE) of the dynamic process images (PA1). Further, it has a detector (LD) for spatially detecting pointing actions of an operator (H) to interactive regions (P10–P15) in the light image (PE) of a dynamic process image (PA1).

Abstract: The invention provides an electro-optical device in which a voltage drop due to the wiring resistance of a cathode is reduced and therefore steady image signals are transmitted such that erroneous image display, such as low contrast, is reduced or prevented. The invention also provides an electronic apparatus including such an electro-optical device. An electro-optical device includes red, green, and blue luminescent power-supply lines to apply currents to light-emitting elements arranged in an actual display region in a matrix; and a cathode line disposed between the light-emitting elements and a cathode. The cathode line has a width larger than a width of red, green, and blue luminescent power-supply lines.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling a wireless terminal to access and operate ubiquitous devices (“UDs”), such as televisions, DVD players, etc. The system comprises a server coupled to access points and UDs via a LAN or a WLAN. Each access point is associated with both a map of an associated area and an overlay indicating the location of the UDs within that area. In response to wireless terminal requests relayed by an access point, the server retrieves the map and overlay associated with the access point, and transmits that data to the terminal for display. Alternatively, a list of UDs may be transmitted. Selection of a UD from the display causes an image of the UD's control panel to be displayed, from which the device may be remotely controlled by the user. A mechanism is also provided to permit users to display maps of areas other than the one in which the user is currently located to permit remote control of UDs in such areas.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display device includes a substrate and unit cells. Each of the unit cells has one display electrode, two collection electrodes and two types of charged particles differnt from each other in charged polarity and coloration, and has a driving means capable of forming a state in which each of the two types of charged particles have been collected respectively at each of the collection electrodes, a state in which one of the two types of charged particles have been disposed on the display electrode and the other type of charged particles have been collected at one of the collection electrodes, a state in which one of the two types of charged particles have been collected at one of the collection electrodes and the other type of charged particles have been disposed on the display electrode, and a state intermediate between these states.