Abstract: A visualization system provides graphics for presentation on displays of multiple users who may be wearing head-mounted displays (HMDs). In an embodiment, the system determines that a first gaze direction of a first user is directed toward a first display. The system determines user inputs performed by the first user. The user inputs may be hands-free such as gestures of a hand or finger or voice commands. The system generates a graphical annotation using the user inputs. The system provides the graphical annotation to a first HMD for presentation to the first user. The system determines a second display paired to the first display. The system provides the graphical annotation to a second HMD for presentation to a second user looking at the second display. The displays may include a physical display or a virtual display, for example, in an augmented reality environment.

Abstract: A smart device comprising a first interface configured to transmit a first input from a user, a second interface configured to transmit a second input from the user, a digitizer positioned between the first interface and the second interface, and wherein the digitizer is configured to receive the first input from the user through the first interface and the second input from the user through the second interface.

Abstract: The disclosed lockable beams for haptics applications may include a rib structure including a plurality of ribs, a linking structure connecting the ribs to each other, a tendon extending along the rib structure, a tensioner coupled to the tendon for applying tension to the tendon, and a locking mechanism configured to, when engaged, impede relative movement between the tendon and the rib structure in a manner that impedes bending of the lockable beam. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) device includes a substrate, an electronic circuit mounted on the substrate, a movable element mounted on the substrate whose movement is controlled by application of an operating voltage by the electronic circuit, a stopper mounted on the substrate that stops the movement of the movable element through mechanical contact of the stopper with the movable element, and an auto-inspection mechanism that applies a test voltage between the movable element and the stopper and determines whether or not a leak current is present. The auto-inspection mechanism is mounted, at least in part, on the substrate. The test voltage is lower than the operating voltage.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses may include technology that compresses a central region of an image to a central level of detail and compresses one or more peripheral regions of the image to one or more peripheral levels of detail that are less than the central level of detail, wherein the central region and the peripheral region(s) are fixed. Additionally, the technology may send the compressed central region and the compressed peripheral region(s) to a remote display. In one example, the central region and the peripheral region(s) are independent of eye movement with respect to the remote display.

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for providing a virtual control panel for a controlled device using a controller connected to the controlled device via a near-field communications (NFC) connection. The controlled device may include a transfer memory that is connected to a wireless (NFC) port and a wired port, the wired port being coupled to other internal memory of the controlled device. The controlled device may write parameter data to the transfer memory via the wired port, which is later transmitted to the controller via the NFC connection for presentation via a user interface. The controller may receive (e.g., while the controller is connected or disconnected from the controlled device) adjustments to configurable parameters of the parameter data and transmit the adjustments to the transfer memory via the wireless port for updating the internal memory of the controlled device and thereby adjusting operation of the controlled device.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes two cameras and detects a second point and a third point with respect to a first point from photographed video, the first point indicating a camera reference position, the second point indicating a user reference position, the third point indicating a position of a finger of the user; sets a virtual plane space to a fourth point in a space, the fourth point being positioned apart from the second point by a predetermined length in a first direction; determines a predetermined operation on a basis of a degree of entrance of the finger with respect to the virtual plane space; controls an operation of the display apparatus on a basis of operational input information; determines an adjusting operation against the virtual plane space by the user; and changes at least one of a position, a size, or inclination of the virtual plane space in real time.

Abstract: An electrophoretic medium includes a fluid, a plurality of light scattering charged particles having a first polarity, and a first, second, and third set of particles, each set having a color different from each other set. The first and second particles may have a second polarity opposite to the first polarity, and the mobility of the third set of particles is less than half of the mobility of the light scattering particles, the first set of charged particles, and the second set of charged particles.

Abstract: The present application discloses an overhaul method and a driving method for a display device and the display device. A display panel is provided with a first screen gate driving circuit and a second screen gate driving circuit which are respectively controlled by a first frame start signal L_STV and a second frame start signal R_STV which are independent of each other.

Abstract: A system including image capture eyewear, a processor, and a memory. The image capture eyewear includes a support structure, a selector connected to the support structure, a display system (e.g., LEDs or a display) connected to the support structure to distinctly display assignable recipient markers, and a camera connected to the support structure to capture an image of a scene. The processor executes programming in the memory to assign recipients to the assignable recipient markers, receive a captured image of the scene, receive an indicator associated with the assignable recipient markers distinctly displayed at the time the image of the scene was captured, and transmit the captured image to the recipient assigned to the distinctly displayed assignable recipient markers.

Abstract: Provided is a scan driving circuit including a plurality of unit scan driving circuits, at least one of the plurality of unit scan driving circuits including: a first transistor configured to receive a prior scan signal in synchronization with a first clock signal and to respond to an enable level of the prior scan signal to output a second clock signal as a corresponding scan signal during one cycle of the first clock signal; a second transistor coupled between the first transistor and a first voltage; and a third transistor coupled to a gate of the second transistor and configured to be turned on by a first signal. A width of a first wire configured to transfer the first clock signal and a width of a second wire configured to transfer the second clock signal are larger than that of a third wire configured to transfer the first signal.

Abstract: A display device provides pulse width modulation (PWM) control of pixels using comparator circuits within each pixel. The display device includes a display panel and a row driver connected to the display panel. The row driver includes a counter configured to generate count bit values for subframes of a pulse width modulation (PWM) frame. The display panel includes pixels, each pixel including a comparator circuit and a light emitting diode. The comparator circuit includes a dynamic comparison node. The comparator circuit is configured to generate comparison results at the dynamic comparison node by comparing the count bit values of the subframes and data bit values of a control word defining a brightness level of the pixel for the PWM frame. The LED is configured to turn on or off responsive to the comparison results at the dynamic comparison node.

Abstract: A mouse usable as a wheel input device is described. In an embodiment, a mouse may include: a top surface; a touch sensor coupled to the top surface; a controller coupled to the touch sensor; and a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the controller, cause the mouse to: in response to detection, by the touch sensor, of a force against the top surface: (a) identify a primary click if the force is equal to or greater than a first threshold and smaller than a second threshold, or (b) identify a secondary click if the force is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

Abstract: The present application provides an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes: a sub-pixel and a data line; a data signal transmission line; a test circuit, in the peripheral region and at a side, away from the display region, of the data signal transmission line, and including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion respectively comprise at least one test sub-circuit, and at least a part of the test sub-circuits are electrically connected to the data signal transmission line; a first signal access terminal group, at a side, away from the second portion, of the first portion; a second signal access terminal group, between the first portion and the second portion; and a third signal access terminal group, in the peripheral region and at a side, away from the first portion, of the second portion.

Abstract: A display device employs a patterned quantum rod layer having pixel elements driven by pixel splitting to generate a privacy viewing mode. The display device includes a patterned quantum rod layer having first pixel elements including first quantum rods wherein the first quantum rods are aligned in a first alignment direction, and second pixel elements including second quantum rods wherein the second quantum rods are aligned in a second alignment direction different from the first alignment direction. An electronic controller is configured to perform pixel splitting whereby the electronic controller drives the first pixel elements and the second pixel elements such that the patterned quantum rod layer has an off-axis luminance different from an on-axis luminance to generate a privacy viewing mode. The first alignment direction may be oriented 90° relative to the second alignment direction.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; multiple gate lines; and multiple data lines. The gate lines include regular gate lines and irregular gate lines. In the display region, the regular gate lines and the irregular gate lines are extended in a first direction, and a length of a part of the regular gate line in the display region is greater than a length of a part of the irregular gate line in the display region. The data lines include regular data lines and irregular data lines, and an extension direction of the regular data lines and the irregular data lines intersects with the first direction.

Abstract: A chip programming voltage detection circuit and a chip programming voltage detection method are disclosed. The chip programming voltage detection circuit comprises a detection subcircuit and a warning subcircuit. The detection subcircuit detects a voltage at a programming voltage output pin, and outputs a detection signal based on the voltage at the programming voltage output pin. The warning subcircuit is connected to a detection output terminal of the detection subcircuit, and is operated to issue a warning alarm in a case where the detection signal indicates that the voltage at the programming voltage output pin does not reach a voltage required for an IC chip programming.

Abstract: Provided herein is a circuit for ageing display panel, including an ageing signal input circuit, a power input circuit and a power output circuit, in which the ageing signal input circuit and the power input circuit are independently connected to the power output circuit, and the power output circuit is connected to a load; the ageing signal input circuit is configured to receive an ageing signal and output the ageing signal to the power output circuit; the power input circuit is configured to provide a supply voltage for the power output circuit; and the power output circuit is configured to output the received supply voltage to the load.

Abstract: An anti-noise signal modulation circuit, a modulation method, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The anti-noise signal modulation circuit includes a frequency-modulation control sub-circuit. An input end of the frequency modulation control sub-circuit is configured to receive an initial signal, and an output end of the frequency-modulation control sub-circuit is connected to a signal processing circuit that is preset; the frequency-modulation control sub-circuit is configured to frequency-modulate the initial signal by a switch signal that hops according to a preset period, and to output a modulation result to the signal processing circuit; and a frequency corresponding to the switch signal does not overlap with a noise frequency.

Abstract: A scan driving circuit includes a driving circuit which outputs a first node signal, a second node signal, and a third scan signal in response to clock signals and a carry signal, a first masking circuit which outputs a first scan signal in response to a first masking signal, the first node signal and the second node signal, and a second masking circuit which discharges the first node signal to a first voltage in response to a second masking signal and the second scan signal.