Abstract: Pixel electrode driver circuit is disclosed, which include a data signal line, a first latch circuit composed of a three-stage shift circuit, and a second latch circuit connected to each latch, and in which each output of the second latch circuit is connected to each of electrodes corresponding to pixels in respective colors of red, green, and blue to thereby drive every 2 to 32 electrodes in a time division manner. Further, the pixel electrode driver circuit has a positive power supply connected to a control line of the latch circuit for power supply, and two pairs of wirings extending in vertical and horizontal directions and consisting of a data signal line and one control line, and another control line and a GND line are used for connection to the pixel electrode substrate. Further, the pixel electrode driver circuits have a mirror-symmetry suitable for substrate formation by an FSA method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel. The method for driving a plasma display panel, the method including the steps of: tracing an average locus by using luminous centers existing at each gray scale; extracting gray scales corresponding to the luminous centers existing within a predetermined range of the average locus; and deducing non-extracted gray scales by using the extracted gray scales.

Abstract: When a voltage level of a pulse-cut first clock signal inputted to a first clock terminal is reversed in the state where a first transistor is turned on and a second transistor is turned off, an anti-reversal circuit including a seventh transistor and an eighth transistor supplies a high voltage VDD to a node n2. In this way, a floating state of the node n2 is avoided, and the voltage level of the node n2 is prevented from being reversed. Accordingly, the second transistor will not be turned on in the interval, whereby electric potential of an output signal is stably maintained.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels exhibiting a brightness change range with respect to an applied voltage and a hue change range with respect to the applied voltage, and a control portion where a color image signal is inputted therein and a display signal is outputted to the display panel. The control portion includes a signal generator for generating and outputting a brightness display signal in the brightness change range, a hue display signal in the hue change range, and a signal for indicating a mixing ratio between the brightness display signal and the hue display signal, from the inputted color image signal. The display panel effects display, on the basis of the signal for indicating the mixing ratio, at a plurality of pixels in which pixels displaying in the brightness change range and pixels displaying in the hue change range are mixed.

Abstract: A driving device of a display device includes: a data signal line driving circuit, provided with a shift register having a level shifter for boosting a source clock signal so as to apply the source clock signal to a flip-flop, which causes a sampling circuit to directly sample a multi-gradation data signal based on each output from the shift register so as to output the multi-gradation data signal to each of a plurality of data signal lines; a control circuit for switching a full-screen display mode in which a whole of the display screen performs display and a partial-screen display mode in which only a part of the display screen performs time-sharing display; a data generating section for generating a constant voltage data writing signal made of a constant voltage; and a control circuit for outputting a selection signal for causing a nondisplay portion to directly sample the constant voltage data writing signal from the constant voltage data writing signal generation means so as to output the constant voltag

Abstract: A method for adjusting a resolution and refresh rate of a display monitor (2) of a computer system includes the steps of: providing a portable recording device (3) recording an auto-run application; connecting the portable recording device to a computer (1); generating a matching resolution and refresh rate of the display monitor; and adjusting the current resolution and refresh rate of the computer system to the matching resolution and refresh rate. The portable recording device can be a floppy disk, a compact disk, or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) recorder.

Abstract: A driving device of a display device includes: a data signal line driving circuit including a shift register which has (i) multiple stages of flip-flops each of which operates in synchronism with a source clock signal and (ii) a level shifter for boosting the source clock signal whose amplitude is smaller than a driving voltage of each of the flip-flops so as to apply the driving voltage to the flip-flop, said data signal line driving circuit causing a sampling circuit to sample the image display data signal based on an output from the shift register so as to output the image display data signal to the data signal line; and control means for causing a frequency of the source clock signal in case of displaying an image to be higher than a frequency of the source clock signal in case of normal display in which multi-gradation display is performed in a full-color mode.

Abstract: A system and method for navigation and selection in an information space at least partly displayed on a display screen at a mobile terminal device. The information space contains selectable information objects properties. The terminal device has motion-sensing means for control of the displayed information and of object selection. An information object may represent an information space whereby object properties determine display, navigation, and selection characteristics. In particular, a terminal device motion along a predefined axis affects a type of projection for mapping the information onto a display screen and, simultaneously, a scale factor.

Abstract: A method for driving a display panel is disclosed. At the transitions of scan periods, common and pixel electrode are coupled together to receive one of the power supply voltage and the ground in one phase of a transition, and the common and pixel electrode are further coupled together to receive one of the power supply voltage and the ground in another phase of a consecutive transition, during which the common driver and the source driver of the display panel induce no power consumption.

Abstract: A system and method for small computing devices that present a single column of content such as a web page such that a user need only scroll vertically to see the content. A parser converts HTML to CSS as necessary, and a single column style sheet modifies content for a more-optimized viewing experience. To this end, tables and tables cells are rendered as blocks, with no padding/border/margins and any explicit widths and heights changed to automatic. Other table elements are rendered as block level elements, and horizontal margins are eliminated or re-enabled on some elements in a reduced manner. Spacer images are removed, as well as cell background images and small images. Content such as text is wrapped, and images are resized as necessary based on the screen display width. The result is a single content column that facilitates viewing and scrolling in only one direction.

Abstract: A differential amplifying circuit 11 includes a current mirror circuit having first and second current ends to which drains of MOS transistors M8 and M9 are respectively connected, and a pair of differential MOS transistors M1 and M2 having gates between which a switch SW1 is connected. A reference potential Vref is applied to the gate of the MOS transistors M9. A switch SW2 is connected between the output VO of an output buffer circuit 12 and the gate of a MOS transistor M1, and a switch SW3 is connected between the output VO and the gate of the MOS transistor M8. During the offset-cancel preparation period, the switches SW1 and SW3 are on and the switch SW2 is off. Next, the switches SW1 to SW3 are turned over, consequently outputting offset-canceled potential VO.

Abstract: A PDP driving method. A first sustain discharge pulse is applied to a Y electrode of the PDP during a sustain period, and a stabilization pulse is applied to the Y electrode before a second sustain discharge pulse is applied to the X electrode. Accordingly, amounts of wall charges and space charges after the first sustain discharge are controlled, and the second and subsequent sustain discharges are stably generated.

Abstract: Projector and camera arrangements are provided for use in electronic whiteboard systems. Specifically, the present invention provides projector and camera arrangements wherein the projector and camera share the same imaging optics. By sharing the same projection and camera optics, the distortions that affect the projection system are the same as those of the camera system. Thus, the calibration step required in conventional whiteboard systems where the projector and camera are separate, i.e., each having their own distinct optics and settings, is no longer needed. Further, the arrangements provided in accordance with the invention are self-aligning, even when lens distortions are large and even in the presence of strong perspective effects. The shared optics projector and camera arrangements of the invention also provide for dynamic zooming. In addition, various active and passive optical marker or lightpen designs are provided for use in electronic whiteboard systems.

Abstract: A method for driving a display panel including a first electrode, a second electrode and an address electrode crossed with the first and second electrodes to form a discharge cell. The method comprises, during a sustain period, alternately applying a voltage pulse to the first and second electrodes, and floating the first or the second electrode and maintaining it at a first voltage level while the voltage pulse is applied to the other electrode.

Abstract: A display device includes a transparent first boundary member having a display side, a second boundary member disposed at a predetermined distance from the first boundary member, and partition walls disposed between the first and second boundary members and forming an enclosed gap therebetween. Two types of charged particles and a dispersion medium are disposed in the gap between the first and second boundary members, with the two types of changing particles having different charging polarities and optical characteristics. Also included are first and second electrodes to which voltages are applied and which move the charged particles in the gap to form a display, with the first electrode disposed proximate to the first or second boundary members and the second electrode disposed proximate to the portion walls, and a light reflection member on the second boundary member for reflecting light to the first boundary member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communications system for distributing information to and from local and regional distribution centers as well as individual dial-up servers. The communications system contains an interactive, configurable interface. The first aspect of the invention employs a method and device for communicating information between computers, where a first computer unit, comprising a touch sensitive screen for displaying images, a processing unit and a communications port, connects to a telephone line. The second computer unit pushes data and images to be displayed on the first computer unit's touch sensitive screen with identifying codes associated with a definition of active areas. When an active area is selected, the first computer unit returns the code associated with the active area. In this way pushed data and interactive communications between the points are achieved.

Abstract: A image display device includes a light-emitting device that emits light with a luminance depending on an electric current flowing therethrough, a driver that includes at least a first terminal and a second terminal and that supplies an electric current whose value is defined based on a potential difference between the first terminal and the second terminal to the light-emitting device, a potential difference supply unit that supplies the potential difference between the first terminal and the second terminal, a potential adjusting unit that adjusts so that the potential of the second terminal becomes reference potential while the potential difference supply unit supplies the potential difference, and a capacitor that is arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal and that holds the potential difference supplied from the potential difference supply unit.

Abstract: A source-drain voltage of one of two transistors connected in series becomes quite small in a set operation (write signal), thus the set operation is performed to the other transistor. In an output operation, two transistors operate as a multi-gate transistor, therefore, a current value can be small in the output operation. In other words, a current can be large in the set operation. Therefore, the set operation can be performed rapidly without being easily influenced by an intersection capacitance and a wiring resistance which are parasitic on a wiring and the like. Further, an influence of variations between adjacent ones can be small as one same transistor is used in the set operation and the output operation.

Abstract: A driver circuit for driving a display device, and the driver circuit includes a control section, a driving section and a switch. The control section provides an image signal and a first control signal in response to a power signal. The driving section receives the first control signal and the image signal from the control section to output a scan signal or the image signal in response to the first control signal. The switch is coupled to the control section, and provides the control section with the power signal in response to a second control signal so that the power signal is selectively provided to the control section during a predetermined period. Therefore, the power consumption of the display device may be reduced.

Abstract: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP) and a driving method for driving the PDP. The PDP includes discharge cells that are formed by scan electrodes, sustain electrodes, and address electrodes. The driving method divides a frame of the plasma display panel into a plurality of subfields having respective weights in which gray scales are represented by a combination of the subfields. The plurality of subfields are divided into a first group and a second group. In an address period of a subfield of the first having a lowest weight subfield of the plurality of subfields, the method applies a scan voltage and an address voltage respectively to the scan electrode and the address electrode of a discharge cell to be selected from the discharge cells. The scan voltage is applied to the scan electrode and the scan electrode is floated.