Abstract: A plasma display device includes a plurality of discharge cells each having substrates, and at least two electrodes formed on the substrates, for generating a discharge therebetween, and a shielding electrode formed between the electrodes respectively positioned in the neighboring cells, for shielding crosstalk generated between the electrodes of the neighboring cells.

Abstract: A matrix type display apparatus includes a video signal voltage compensation circuit for suppressing distortion of a video signal produced on a video signal transmission bus mainly by the wiring resistance and a parasitic capacitance. The video signal voltage compensation circuit is connected to the input end of the video signal transmission bus to compensate waveform distortion of a video signal occurring on the video signal transmission bus while it is supplied to sample-hold circuits connected to the bus. The compensation circuit also includes a filter whose correction coefficient is varied in response to elapsed time from reception of a horizontal synchronizing signal.

Abstract: A device supporting a user interface includes a feedback module for presenting information related to a data structure and a processor for controlling the feedback module and the data structure. The device also has a detector for determining handedness of a user, allowing modification of the displayed data structure based on handedness of a user.

Abstract: A device supporting a manipulatable user interface includes a feedback module for presenting information related to a data structure, along with a processor for controlling the feedback module and the data structure. The feedback module can include non-visual tactile displays, auditory displays, or visual displays. A wide range of manipulatory actions, including morphemes such as folds, tears, twists, bends and various spatial or environmental transformations can be applied to a connected deformable piece. Since the deformable piece contacts at least one sensor that monitors positional changes within multiple subregions of the deformable piece, various commands can be given to the device through manipulation of the deformable piece.

Abstract: The present invention applies different common voltages to common electrodes corresponding to both end points of gate lines and data lines. At this time, the highest common voltage is applied to a common electrode point far away from both a data driver and a gate driver, the second highest common voltage is applied to a common electrode point close to the data driver and far away from the gate driver, the third highest common voltage is applied to a common electrode point far away from the data driver and close to the gate driver, and the lowest common voltage is applied to a common electrode close to both of the data driver and the gate driver.

Abstract: A video display device for displaying a wide range of video signals which allows the user to freely set the screen display width and position. A request for adjusting the horizontal display width, vertical display width, horizontal display position, and vertical display position is made through a key circuit, and a microcomputer determines the state of the key circuit. The microcomputer then recalculates the horizontal expansion rate and vertical expansion rate of a scan converter, and send recalculated data to the scan converter and a PLL circuit. The scan converter and the PLL circuit converts signals to the number of picture elements displayable on the video display device in response to a request for adjustment, and changes the phase of the enable signal which indicates a display period of the video display device to adjust horizontal and vertical display positions.

Abstract: A method and system in a data-processing system having a touch-sensitive display unit wherein touch-sensitive icons displayed within the touch-sensitive display unit may be calibrated according to physical characteristics associated with a particular user. Touch-sensitive icons are displayed within a touch-sensitive display unit, such that upon activation by a user, the touch-sensitive icons initiate data-processing operations. Thereafter, a user is prompted to enter a particular sequence of data utilizing the touch-sensitive icons. Physical characteristics associated with the user are then analyzed while the user is entering the particular sequence of data utilizing the touch-sensitive icons. Finally, in response to analyzing the physical characteristics, the touch-sensitive icons are configured such that the sensitivity of the touch-sensitive display may be raised or lowered according to the physical characteristics associated with the user. The touch-sensitive icons may be composed of touch-sensitive keys.

Abstract: A plasma addressed electro-optical display which is capable of uniforming coupled capacities of adjacent electrodes even if a drive substrate is connected to a display panel through a plurality of circuit boards so that a high-quality image is displayed. The plasma addressed electro-optical display according to the present invention has dummy electrodes formed on each of outermost electrodes of circuit boards disposed adjacent to connection portions so as to be connected to each of outermost electrodes of the other circuit boards adjacent to the connection portions.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) and a method for controlling a plurality of controllable devices (14, 16, 18 and 20). Preferably, the devices (14, 16, 18 and 20) are located within a vehicle. A touch pad (46) of the apparatus (10) has an array of manually touchable areas (48) and provides signals indicative of manual touches to the areas (48). The array of manually touchable areas (48) are arranged such that various swiping and non-swiping manual touch patterns to the array can be accomplished. The touch patterns include touch patterns which correspond to controllable aspects of the devices (14, 16, 18 and 20). The apparatus (10) includes a control module (52). A receiver function (60) of the control module (52) receives the signals provided by the touch pad (46). An interpreter function (64) of the control module (52) interprets information contained within the received signals to identify touch patterns to the touch pad (46).

Abstract: This invention is directed to improve visual effects on digital display devices that use time and space modulation methods to display grayscale values. A distributed line technique is utilized to provide grayscale capability. The grayscale display is illuminated by energizing pixels of a weighted grid of eight line addresses. The first grid line illuminates pixels based on the first selected bit of the grayscale value for those pixels, the second grid line pixels are illuminated based on the second selected bit of the grayscale value for those pixels, the third grid line pixels are base on the third selected bit of the grayscale value for those pixels, etc. until all pixels for all eight grid lines have been selected. Thereafter, a second set of grid lines is accessed during the second addressing period, a third set is accessed during the third addressing period, and so forth until all grid sets have been accessed. There are N grid sets where N is the number of time slots allocated per frame time.

Abstract: A portable information-processing apparatus comprising a housing having a first wall and a second wall opposing the first wall. A first manual operating member is provided on the first wall and exposed. A second manual operating member is provided on the second wall, is exposed, and facing away from the first manual operating member. In the housing there is provided a reinforcing plate for receiving the pressure which is generated when the first manual operating member is operated. The reinforcing member is located between the first and second operating members and supported by the first wall. The first and second manual operating members are supported by the first wall. The reinforcing plate is placed apart from the second manual operating member, forming a gap. The second wall has a projection which abuts on the reinforcing plate.

Abstract: An actuatable film type display device has a plurality of actuatable films. Each of the actuatable films is colored in a desired color and is put in or out of a gap between two white plates of adjacent pixels according to the driving control. The actuatable film is supported by a cantilever. An electrode (actuatable electrode) is attached to the cantilever. Further, two fixed electrodes are disposed to sandwich the cantilever. The actuatable electrode is moved closer to one of the fixed electrodes by a potential applied to the electrode on the cantilever, that is, the actuatable electrode and potentials applied to the fixed electrodes. The actuatable film, white plate, cantilever, and fixed electrodes are combined to constitute one pixel. A plurality of pixels thus formed are arranged in a matrix form to constitute a dot matrix display device.

Abstract: A display mode selection method for selecting one display mode with respect to an input display signal from a table which defines a horizontal scanning frequency, a vertical scanning frequency and a resolution for a plurality of display modes, includes the steps of storing the plurality of display modes in the table in a plurality of blocks so that display modes having mutually overlapping tolerable ranges of the horizontal scanning frequency are included in the same block, obtaining a block number with respect to the input display signal by substituting a horizontal scanning frequency of the input display signal into a calculation formula which describes the block number of the blocks as a function of the horizontal scanning frequency, and selecting a display mode with respect to the input display signal from a display mode of the obtained block number by making a reference to the table.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, an X-driver circuit and a Y-driver circuit are associated with each other to thin out image to be displayed in a display area, under the control of a control circuit. A common electrode drive circuit supplies a common electrode signal to a common electrode under the control of the control circuit. In a canceled scanning period, average-correction is performed to average a polarity inversion time of the common electrode signal for driving the common electrode.

Abstract: A method of driving a surface-discharge type plasma display panel, comprises: providing an address period for selecting picture elements to be lighted and picture elements not to be lighted in accordance with displaying data; providing a discharge maintaining period for alternatively applying discharge maintaining pulses to first and second maintaining electrodes so as to maintain the lighted picture elements and the not-lighted picture elements; applying two discharge maintaining pulses having different phases to every two second maintaining electrodes between which there is a first maintaining electrode serving as a common electrode for the two second maintaining electrodes.

Abstract: A touched state recognition apparatus for a matrix type touch panel and a control method thereof which are capable of correctly recognizing a touched state of a touch switch even when two touch switches are concurrently touched.

Abstract: In an active matrix display device integrated with a peripheral drive circuit using thin film transistors, when Vgr is a voltage required for one gradation, Ct is capacitance of all pixels, Cgd is capacitance between a gate and a drain, .DELTA.Vg is a difference between ON/OFF gate voltages, and .DELTA.Vs is a feedthrough voltage, the respective parameters satisfy an expression: .vertline.vgr.vertline.>.vertline.(1/Ct)[Cgd.multidot..DELTA.Vg-Ct.multido t..DELTA.Vs].vertline.. According to this, even if dispersion occurs in the characteristics of the thin film transistors arranged for a buffer circuit or an active matrix circuit, it is possible to prevent the dispersion from influencing the gradation display.