Abstract: An interface device and method providing haptic sensations to a user. A user physically contacts a housing of the interface device, and a sensor device detects the manipulation of the interface device by the user. An actuator assembly includes an actuator that provides output forces to the user as haptic sensations. In one embodiment, the actuator outputs a rotary force, and a flexure coupled to the actuator moves an inertial mass and/or a contact member. The flexure can be a unitary member that includes flex joints allowing a portion of the flexure to be linearly moved. The flexure can converts rotary force output by the actuator to linear motion, where the linear motion causes a force that is transmitted to the user. In another embodiment, the actuator outputs a force, and a mechanism coupling the actuator to the device housing uses the force to move the actuator with respect to the device housing.

Abstract: A sustain voltage applying circuit includes a circuit having a sustain pulse generating circuit for generating a sustain pulse of a predetermined waveform and an offset pulse generating circuit for generating an offset pulse higher in peak value than the sustain pulse, the sustain pulse generating circuit and the offset pulse generating circuit being connected in parallel, the offset pulse generating circuit including a first voltage source, a first switching circuit, an inductance component for generating a resonance voltage for the offset pulse generation, and a forward diode for permitting a current supplied to the display electrodes to flow forward so that the resonance voltage is maintained at a higher voltage level than a voltage level of a sustain voltage for a predetermined period of time, the sustain pulse generating circuit including a second voltage and a second switching circuit.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: an insulating substrate; a first signal wire formed on the insulating substrate; a second signal wire formed on the insulating substrate and intersecting the first signal wire in an insulating manner; first and second pixel electrodes formed in a pixel area defined by the intersections of the first and the second signal wires and including a plurality of subareas partitioned by cutouts; a direction control electrode formed in the pixel area and including a portion overlapping at least one of the cutouts; and a first thin film transistor connected to the direction control electrode, the first signal wire, and the second signal wire.

Abstract: A portable, handheld communication device for rapid retrieval of computerized information, the device having a generally rectangular shape with a display screen on one side that has a frame with an ergonomic placement of finger controls including a pair of thumb controls on either side of the screen and a pair of finger controls on the top of the display with at least one of the finger controls being a cursor or pointer control.

Abstract: A dithering method and apparatus for a liquid crystal display is provided, wherein dithering with frame rate control and dithering without frame rate control can be selectively performed in accordance with the pattern characteristics of the input data to prevent the picture quality deterioration which can result from FRC dithering video data representing specific patterns. The pattern characteristic of the input video data is determined by a phase difference comparison between adjacent video data. A first dithering process is performed on the video data if pattern characteristic of the video data is determined to be a specific pattern, and a second dithering process utilizing a frame rate control is performed on the video data if the pattern characteristic is determined to be a general pattern.

Abstract: A system for a computing device of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that includes an image-capturing mechanism and a controller. The image-capturing mechanism is capable of capturing images. Each image includes at least one corner of a display communicatively coupled to the computing device. The controller is to determine at least one of positioning and relative movement for a graphical-user interface element displayed on the display, based on the images captured by the image-capturing mechanism.

Abstract: An image data processing circuit includes a first circuit for calculating an average picture level value of the image data, a multiplier for multiplying a coefficient by the image data, a second circuit for calculating a first coefficient for the multiplier based upon the average picture level value, and a third circuit for calculating a second coefficient for the multiplier. The second coefficient is calculated so that the result of multiplying (1) image data having a value over an input range of a circuit to which data from the multiplier is inputted, and (2) the second coefficient falls in the input range. In addition, a selection circuit selects the coefficient to be used in the multiplier from the first coefficient calculated by the second circuit and the second coefficient calculated by the third circuit.

Abstract: A method of driving a lamp includes receiving a source power output from a power source; generating a first control signal; adjusting at least one attribute of the received source power based on the first control signal to generate a first lamp-driving power, the first lamp-driving power inducing a first tube current having a first tube current value within the lamp; after generating the first control signal, generating a second control signal, different from the first control signal; and adjusting at least one attribute of the received source power based on the second control signal to generate a second lamp-driving power, the second lamp-driving power inducing a second tube current having a second tube current value within the lamp, wherein the second tube current value is different from the first tube current value.

Abstract: A fixed pixel display device has a construction such that the leading-edge and trailing-edge waveforms of a voltage to be applied to a data electrode can be made steep. The fixed pixel display device is provided with scanning electrodes, data electrodes connected to actuation drivers (50), and light-emitting regions. Each of the actuation drivers (50), includes a switching circuit, an output circuit (51), and a subtraction circuit (52). The switching circuit is equipped with a first switching circuit (53), a second switching circuit (54), and a comparator (55).

Abstract: An analog buffer circuit which has small input and output offsets and reduced power consumption even if it is formed on an insulating substrate by TFTs, a display device which uses the analog buffer circuit as a peripheral driving circuit for a display unit, and a portable terminal in which the display device is provided as a screen display unit are provided. By performing offset detection on a source follower in such a manner that, for example, two capacitors Cn1 and Cn2 are connected to the gate of a NMOS transistor Qn11 as a source follower, and conduction/nonconduction control of switches Sn1 to Sn5 are performed, if needed, and by sequentially canceling the detected offsets, a final offset voltage is sufficiently reduced and high precision offset cancellation is realized.

Abstract: A movement detection device includes a self-sustaining movement detection unit which is attached to an operator's body and detects a movement or a posture of an attached part of the operator's body. An image pickup section picks up a projected image from an optical system which simultaneously inputs a peripheral image. An image conversion section converts an all azimuth image picked up by the image pickup section into a cylindrical panorama image. An image recognition section includes cylindrical panorama images at different times. A camera posture estimation section acquires movement information of the image pickup section based on a comparison result of the image recognition section. A space sensor posture estimation section acquires a position/posture of the attached part in a space based on information of the self-sustaining movement detection unit and the camera posture estimation section.

Abstract: A portable electronic device. A main body includes a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. A display screen is disposed on the first surface and is electrically connected to the main body. A touchpad is disposed on the second surface and is electrically connected to the main body and display screen, providing a user to access or deal with data displayed on the display screen.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which can perform display of high visibility with the load on a power supply for supplying power to display elements. A display screen is provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in an array. Each pixel includes a display element and a driving circuit for supplying the display element with a current corresponding to a video signal. A display state detection circuit detects the display state of the display screen twice or more within a one-frame period. A dimming circuit varies a current supply time to supply a current from the driving circuit to the display element, in accordance with an output from the display state detection circuit, and performs dimming control twice or more within a one-frame period.

Abstract: A display device includes a dynamic ratio less shift register which is operated in a stable manner and can expand the degree of freedom of design. In the dynamic ratio less shift register which is provided with thin film transistors having semiconductor layers made of p-Si on a substrate surface, a node which becomes the floating state is connected to a fixed potential through a capacitance element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display panel, and more particularly, to a method of displaying the gray scale in a plasma display panel. According to the present invention, a method of displaying gray scales in a plasma display panel having an inverse gamma correction unit that operates using gamma tables includes the steps of allowing the inverse gamma correction unit to match picture signals, which corresponds to an n number of frames (n is a natural number) respectively, to an n number of previously stored gamma tables, allowing the inverse gamma correction unit to perform an inverse gamma process on the picture signals received according to the matched gamma tables to produce real gray scales every frame, and allowing the inverse gamma correction unit to divide the real gray scales every frame by n and then to produce last real gray scales. More fine gray scales can be represented by extending the number of real gray scales. It is thus possible to remove noise and provide a much smooth image.

Abstract: A capacitance type sensor includes a substrate, a group of electrodes fixed on an upper face of the substrate, a movable electrode plate having an electrode on its lower side and a gap between the group of fixed electrodes on the substrate and the electrode on the movable electrode plate. The gap is formed with a solder layer, a conductive elastomer layer, a conductive paint layer, or a conductive adhesive material layer provided on the substrate. The electrode on the movable electrode plate is made of conductive rubber plate or conductive elastomer plate.

Abstract: The LCD device includes a pixel circuit and a driving circuit. The pixel circuit comprises thin film transistors serving for driving pixels of the LCD The driving circuit is coupled to the pixel circuit, generating a driving signal for driving the transistors. The gate terminal driving signal of the pixel transistors has a high state and a low state, and the threshold voltage of the transistor is set at a level at zero volt, or depending on whether the transistor is n-type or p-type, between zero volt and the low or high states of the gate terminal driving signal, respectively.

Abstract: In a stylus attachment structure for an IT product, the attachment structure formed on an IT product, such as, a laptop, a tablet PC and a PDA, comprises an attachment slot, a push-out member, a retaining member and an elastic part, wherein the push-out member is arranged in the attachment slot and the retaining member is slidably mounted at one end of the attachment slot for selectively retaining or releasing the stylus. In this way, when the stylus is not in use for a while, it can be obliquely plugged to one end of the attachment slot, it is easy for the user to pick up the stylus; alternatively, the stylus can be fully received in the attachment socket and further secured in place with a retaining member, thereby enabling the stylus to be attached properly so that it doesn't become loose.

Abstract: A shift register having an amorphous silicon thin film transistor for decreasing a distortion of the output signal is disclosed. In the shift register having a plurality of stages for shifting an input signal using first and second driving voltages, first and second clock signals and a start pulse, each of said plurality of stages includes an output buffer for selectively applying any one of the first and second clock signals and the second driving voltage to an output line under control of first and second nodes; a pre-charger for pre-charging the first driving voltage into the first node in response to said start pulse; a second node controller for selectively supplying the first and second driving voltages to the second node in such a manner to be opposite to the first node using said start pulse and an output signal of the next stage; and a first node controller for supplying the second driving voltage to the first node in a time interval excluding the time interval for said pre-charging.

Abstract: Unit pixels in a color display device each include a first and a second subpixel. The second is provided with a color filter, and each has a medium changing optical properties (hue and brightness of transmitted light) depending on an applied voltage. A voltage is applied to the first subpixel to modulate those optical properties of the medium, and a voltage is applied to the second subpixel to modulate the brightness of light passing through the medium disposed at the second subpixel. When display of the color display device is switched, a correction voltage of the second subpixel is calculated from a voltage applied to the first subpixel before the display is switched and a voltage applied to the first subpixel after the display is switched, and the voltage applied to the second subpixel is set to a value obtained by superposing the correction voltage on a voltage determined by the display at the second subpixel in a predetermined period after the voltage applied to the first subpixel is switched.