Abstract: A display device is provided with a display panel, and a source driver and a gate driver both for driving the display panel and includes a nonvolatile memory for storing a test sequence representing the procedures for a display test and testing patterns to be displayed in the display test and a control section for, in accordance with a test control signal supplied externally, controlling the source driver and the gate driver so as to display the testing patterns on the display panel in accordance with the test sequence. Since the test sequence and the testing patterns are stored in the nonvolatile memory of the display device, this eliminates the need for cumbersome and extensive tasks of preparing testing devices respectively corresponding to the models of the display device and a great number of complex data of the test sequence and the testing pattern which are respectively suitable for the models of the display device and storing them in the testing devices, respectively.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adjusting the brightness level of a display (LCD) can separately store index information corresponding to each brightness level of the LCD according to which of a plurality of types of power are being used. Further, when the type of power of the system is changed, the index information corresponding to the power being used (e.g., changed power) is preferably read in order to adjust the brightness level of the LCD. Therefore, it is possible to maintain a preadjusted brightness level of the LCD by a user in a corresponding power mode.

Abstract: A monochromatic flat panel image display system displaying in a color which falls within the region surrounded by points (0.174, 0), (0.28, 0.32) and (&agr;, 0.32) as represented by co-ordinates (x, y) on a CIE chromaticity diagram, where &agr; represents the x-coordinate of the intersection of a spectrum locus and a straight line of y equals 0.32.

Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines and data lines defining a plurality of pixels, a driving device in each of the pixels, a pixel electrode in each of the pixels and a common electrode completely overlapping a data line in width.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver IC formed on said base substrate, an input pattern formed on said base substrate that applies gate driving signals input from an external device to the gate driver IC, a first output pattern formed on said base substrate that outputs a first gate driving signal processed in said gate driver IC, and a second output pattern formed on said base substrate, that outputs a second gate driving signal bypassing the gate driver IC among the gate driving signals.

Abstract: A ferroelectric liquid crystal display and method of driving the same according to an impulse-type method improves a voltage holding ratio. The ferroelectric liquid crystal display and method of driving the same applies a scan pulse at least twice to each gate line of a liquid crystal display panel injected with ferroelectric liquid crystal material during one frame period of the liquid crystal display panel. Data voltages are applied to data lines of liquid crystal display panel in synchrony with the scan pulse.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chip-on-glass type liquid crystal display (LCD). The LCD is directed to provide a construction in a way that, while each wiring for supplying driver circuits with a driving voltage is directly formed on an LCD panel through application of COG (Chip-On-Glass) technology for producing TFT-LCD, even though the wirings are connected in series between the driver circuits, the driving voltage capable of normally operating the driver circuits is supplied to all driver circuits. To this end, in consideration of a voltage drop at the panel wiring, by increasing and outputting a driving voltage, the driving voltage inputted into an nth driver circuit is made to be equal to the driving voltage inputted into an (n+1)th driver circuit.

Abstract: In a case where a frame display is provided on a display screen of a liquid crystal panel, the prior art necessitates data for frame display to be directly written to all the display data or 2 screenful of data to be prepared and overwritten on each other. To overcome this problem, a liquid crystal display device of the invention has an arrangement wherein a segment electrode and a common electrode constituting a pixel to be driven for normal image display are applied with a driving waveform from a driver IC, and wherein a common electrode to be placed in a normally ON state is applied with a waveform exceeding a selection voltage of any segment signal waveform for liquid crystal selection while a segment electrode to be placed in a normally ON state is applied with a waveform exceeding a selection voltage of any common signal for liquid crystal selection. This permits a frame to be displayed on the display screen.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling a display device having a display scan line rate by storing incoming data in a buffer, the buffer having a usage level measure; comparing the usage level to the display scan line rate; and adjusting a width of a display scan line to avoid buffer overflow or underflow. The system avoids a costly external frame buffer and automatically handles uncertainties such as jitter in input and output clocks when the system operates in different environments.

Abstract: A scan driving circuit includes a first sub-circuit and a second sub-circuit. The first sub-circuit receives a driving signal and outputs the driving signal to a first scan line of the active matrix via a first output terminal after a predetermined time delay. The second sub-circuit is electrically connected to the first sub-circuit, receives the driving signal transferred from a second output terminal of the first sub-circuit, and outputs the driving signal to a second scan line of an active matrix after the predetermined time delay. Furthermore, the first sub-circuit includes a unidirectional conducting device electrically connected between the first output terminal and the second output terminal.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display and a method of manufacturing the electrophoretic display are provided. The electrophoretic display includes an lower electrode formed on an under layer, an lower electrode protection layer formed on the lower electrode, an insulating template formed on the lower electrode protection layer and having a plurality of holes of smaller size than the wavelength of visible rays region, a dielectric fluid filling the holes and having a color, a plurality of charged particles suspended in the dielectric fluid filling each of the plurality of holes having a color different from the color of the dielectric fluid, and an upper electrode formed on the insulating template in sequential order. Accordingly, a problem of agglomeration of the charged particles can be solved by the insulating template having holes of smaller size than the wavelength of visible rays region, and thus a reliable electrophoretic display emitting light of one color or natural colors is achieved.

Abstract: A universal input device is described. The universal input device provides a common user interface for a variety of different computing platforms including printed documents. Using the present system, one may use the universal input device to control various computing devices as well as capture handwritten electronic ink and have the electronic in be associated with new or stored documents.

Abstract: A system and process for determining the location of a captured image from a larger image is described. A non-repeating sequence may be folded into a non-repeating array in which the array is unique for every sub window of a given size. The image of the sub window may be captured and its location determined within the non-repeating array.

Abstract: A user interface device adapted to access at least one data item stored in an electronic data storage device has at least one actuating region for actuating a switch, and a surface portion having a mark printed thereon in a predetermined positional relationship with the actuating region, the mark being associated with a respective data item. The interface device is connectable with the data storage device and adapted to access data stored on the data storage device and to initiate communication with at least one user access device, to transmit a data item to the user access device. A method of operating the interface device includes associating user-operable switch actuating regions of the interface device with data items stored in a data storage device.

Abstract: An invention is provided for displaying two-dimensional data on small screen devices. The invention includes providing a first data set display section on a screen, which is capable of presenting a list of entries in a first data set. In addition, a second data set display section is provided on the screen. The second data set display section is capable of presenting a particular entry from a second data set associated with a selected entry from the first data set. In operation, a new entry from the second data set is presented in the second data set display section in response to receiving a navigation command related to the second data set. The new entry is associated with the selected entry from the first data set.

Abstract: The invention provides a means for manipulating a horizontal-vertical visual indicator on a PDA display via an one-hand manual horizontal-vertical visual indicator device.

Abstract: A reading section (10) reads information recorded in an optical disk and outputs a read signal. A DSP (20) detects the read signal, and make it reproducible. An operational instruction recognizing section (51) recognizes an instruction for a specified position of the information. Then a display control section (54) makes a cue point position display section of a display section (130) display an instructed position. Because of this feature, the specified instructed position can be recognized easily and accurately.

Abstract: A head mounted display system including a high resolution active matrix display which reduces center of gravity offset in a compact design. The active matrix display can be either a liquid crystal display or a light emitting display.

Abstract: The invention provides a spatial data management system comprising a memory in which is maintained a spatial database of position data representing the position of one or more objects; retrieval means arranged to retrieve the position data representing one or more objects from the spatial database; display means arranged to display to a user a graphical spatial representation of one or more objects generated from the position data; editor means arranged to enable the user to edit the graphical spatial representation displayed by the display means; and updating means arranged to store in the spatial database position data representing the edited spatial representation. The method also provides a method of spatial data management and a computer program for spatial data management.

Abstract: A method for operating a haptic interface unit (1) is provided wherein interaction feedback force data (IFFD) are generated to be representative for an interaction feedback force (IFF) which increases with a decreasing velocity (v) of at least one haptic device (20) and which decreases as the velocity (v) increases.

Abstract: A pivotal joystick base has a base bar (1) with a pivot end and a base end. The pivot end is pivotal horizontally on a base pivot (2) positioned on a chair attachment (3) that is fixable to a motorized chair (4). The base end is adapted to support a joystick assembly (5) for operating the motorized chair. The base pivot includes a pivot lock for locking the joystick base in a pivoted position laterally from the base pivot to prevent contact of the joystick assembly with tables, desks, workstations, walls and other approachable objects (17) selectively. The base end can include an assembly fastener (31) for rotating the joystick assembly to a forward position in compensation for rotational positioning of the joystick assembly by lateral pivoting of the joystick base. The joystick base can have a linear mount that includes a slot (32) for linear distancing of the joystick assembly from the base pivot selectively.

Abstract: An Enhanced Method and User Interface for Controlling Radio Communications Equipment by Utilizing a Wheel Mouse is disclosed. The user interface method of this invention utilizes a wheel mouse in concert with specialized software to intuitively control the radio device by addressing individual characters in a field, with downward independency and upward dependency. This invention provides the most efficient and unique radio equipment control interface today.

Abstract: A portable computer system is disclosed comprising a central processing unit, a keyboard input unit coupled with the central processing unit, a display system coupled with the central processing unit, means to turn the display system on and off, wherein normal operation of the keyboard does not turn the screen on once the display is turned off.

Abstract: This communicator makes it possible for the user to do telephone, facsimile, and data communication at any location. On a pen input device, a space eye 2, a telephone control system, a facsimile control system, and a data transmission system are mounted. All of them are operated by an input pen 55 or the space eye 2. The pen input device is connected to a wireless telephone equipment 7, and can be connected to a desired party through the public communication channel. In order to make the most of the equipment of a GPS user, the GPS user device 8 is connected to the pen input device 3. The current location of the GPS user is found through the GPS user device 8, and the data on the current location is transmitted to the party. Further, to make this communicator usable in any country, it is provided with means to connect it to a wireless telephone network of an individual service area of the country.

Abstract: A combined membrane switch and touchscreen employs a continuous front transparent sheet that directly supports a transparent electrode for the touchscreen and graphics for the membrane switch portion of the assembly. Improved transparency and reduced touch activation pressure is thereby obtained.

Abstract: A device and method for selecting functions based on intrinsic finger features that includes a finger features database storing finger features and corresponding functions. The device further includes a finger feature sensor, an identification engine and a response or actuation engine. The identification engine matches the feature with stored features. The response engine then identifies a function in the table corresponding to a matched feature. The response engine can then forward an instruction corresponding to the identified function to a device for execution. The device and method also provides for user identification and authorization of executing functions or commands.

Abstract: There is provided a means for allowing a computer to process modifications of entered contents such as deleting, adding, replacing, and emphasizing entered characters by maintaining the same work feeling as for ordinary writing using paper and a pen as much as possible when a tablet or an electronic pen is used as an entry means.

Abstract: A system and process for determining the location of a captured image from a larger image is described. Using a list of determined locations, the system is able to determine the best or most likely path of a pen tip.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display unit has a liquid crystal panel having a display screen consisting of a plurality of pixels, wherein an image is displayed on the display screen when the respective pixel is driven, and a plurality of driving circuits that takes charge of part of the display screen of the liquid crystal panel on a divisional basis into a plurality of divisional areas, and drives the respective pixels of the associated divisional areas thus shared. The liquid crystal display unit further has a driving circuit control section responsive to an effective area signal indicative of an area to be displayed in an image for supplying a power supply to the driving circuits taking charge of part of divisional areas associated with the area indicated by the effective area signal, of the plurality of driving circuits.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying video output with dynamically adjustable drop rate to control playback quality. The inventive apparatus includes a playback engine, a pre-fetch engine, a rendering engine, and a drawing engine. The playback engine sends a pre-fetch requirement and a playback requirement. The pre-fetch engine receives the pre-fetch requirement, obtains frame data according to the pre-fetch requirement, and stores it in a pre-fetch buffer. The pre-fetch engine also adjusts the drop rate of related conditions of the frame data. The rendering engine obtains frame data, decodes, and filters the frame data. The drawing engine outputs the frame data.

Abstract: A method for driving a plasma display panel is provided in which wasteful power consumption is reduced and ion bombardment that may deteriorate cells is suppressed for a long life of cells. A ratio of lighting that is a ratio of the number of cells to be lighted to a total number of cells is detected in accordance with display data that determine contents of addressing. In accordance with the detected ratio of lighting, a waveform of a voltage pulse that is applied in the sustaining step for displaying the corresponding display data is changed so that a gradient of the voltage change at a leading edge becomes smaller for a large value of the ratio of lighting than for a small value of the same.

Abstract: In an aging apparatus of a FED (field emission display) and a method thereof capable of reducing damage occurrable in applying of a direct current high voltage to an anode electrode of a FED to perform aging, increasing life span of the FED and reducing a time required for aging, the method includes converting a direct current high voltage into a first high voltage pulse having uniform frequency and duty cycle or a second high voltage pulse having a frequency and a duty cycle varied according to time; and applying the converted first high voltage pulse or the second high voltage pulse to an anode electrode of a panel.

Abstract: Disclosed are an aging apparatus of a field emission device and a method thereof. The apparatus comprises an aging operation controlling unit for converting a direct current high voltage applied to an anode electrode into a high voltage of a pulse form, gradually increasing the converted high voltage of a pulse form with a certain interval and thus applying to the anode electrode, and performing an aging operation by controlling a voltage applied to a scan driving unit. According to this, arc is prevented, an entire panel aging time is reduced, and energy consumption is reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the power of a monitor where the monitor can be automatically powered on and off according to the state of power of a PC. The apparatus includes a computer outputting a predetermined signal indicating whether the computer is powered on or off; and a monitor receiving the predetermined signal and powering on and off according to the predetermined signal.

Abstract: In a signal coordinating method and apparatus, a pulse generating circuit receives a VSYNC signal and generates a plurality of critical pulses that define critical time periods from fields can control edges of the VSYNC signal. A determining circuit receives an HSYNC signal and the critical pulses, and generates a trigger signal upon detecting that a line scan control edge of the HSYNC signal appears during one of the critical time periods. A time delay loop introduces a time delay into the VSYNC signal upon receipt of the trigger signal to cause the critical time period to appear after the line scan control edge of the HSYNC signal.

Abstract: A system and method for extracting and processing three-dimensional graphics data generated by OpenGL or other API-based graphics applications for conventional two-dimensional monitors so that the data can be used to display three-dimensional images on a three-dimensional volumetric display system, includes an interceptor module to intercept instructions sent to OpenGL and extraction of data based on the intercepted instructions for use by the volumetric display system.

Abstract: A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for designing geometric objects. The present invention interpolates and/or blends between such geometric objects sufficiently fast so that real time deformation of such objects occurs while deformation data is being input. Thus, a user designing with the present invention obtains immediate feedback to input modifications without separately entering a command for performing such deformations. The present invention utilizes novel computational techniques for blending between geometric objects, wherein weighted sums of points on the geometric objects are used in deriving a new blended geometric object. The present invention is particularly useful for designing the shape of surfaces. Thus, the present invention is applicable to various design domains such as the design of, e.g., bottles, vehicles, and watercraft.

Abstract: Tessellation triangles, which are used to model three-dimensional surfaces in computer-generated graphics, can be more efficiently calculated by retrieving tessellation triangle vertices and Bezier-function coefficients using a single, two-part address.

Abstract: An integrated graphics pipeline system is provided for graphics processing. Such system includes a tessellation module that is positioned on a single semiconductor platform for receiving data for tessellation purposes. Tessellation refers to the process of decomposing either a complex surface such as a sphere or surface patch into simpler primitives such as triangles or quadrilaterals, or a triangle into multiple smaller triangles. Also included on the single semiconductor platform is a transform module adapted to transform the tessellated data from a first space to a second space. Coupled to the transform module is a lighting module which is positioned on the single semiconductor platform for performing lighting operations on the data received from the transform module. Also included is a rasterizer coupled to the lighting module and positioned on the single semiconductor platform for rendering the data received from the lighting module.

Abstract: A method for rendering outlines of a 3D object. The object is modeled by polygons. The method comprises steps of identifying front- and back-facing polygons, storing edges of the back-facing polygons into a SE buffer when the edge to be stored is different from those previously stored in the SE buffer, otherwise, erasing from the SE buffer the matching edge, storing the edges of the front-facing polygons into a CE buffer when the edge to be stored is different from those previously stored in CE buffer, otherwise, erasing from the CE buffer the matching edge when an included angle between normals of their polygons is smaller than a threshold, constructing mesh on the edges stored in the two buffers, and rendering the outlines of the object by the mesh.

Abstract: A texture partition and transmission method for network progressive transmission and real-time rendering by using the Wavelet Coding Algorithm is disclosed. An image to be applied on a mesh is firstly partitioned into multiple image tiles. After that, each image tile is further converted by the use of Wavelet Coding Algorithm to a data string that can represent multiple resolution levels of the image. Further, the mesh is also divided into multiple tiles to respectively correspond to the partitioned image tiles. After the feature parameter of each mesh tile is obtained, the rendering resolution of the image tile, which is intended to be pasted on the mesh tile, can be determined by the feature parameter.

Abstract: A system and method of facilitating data visualization provides for receiving a user response to a data entry interface via a network, where the user response defines a first data set and a second data set. Data points in the first and second data sets include dependent variable values. A first chart is generated based on the first data set and a second chart is generated based on the second data set. An appearance of the second chart is modified if a user-selected area of the first chart corresponds to a first data point in the first data set and the first data point has a predetermined relationship with a second data point in the second data set.

Abstract: A system and method of facilitating data visualization provides for plotting a plurality of independent variable values along an axis of a web-based chart. The plurality of independent variable values corresponds to a plurality of data points. Notification of a user selection of an area of the chart is received and a dependent variable of a particular data point is animated as a speedometer reading if the selected area corresponds to an independent variable value of the particular data point.

Abstract: A method, performed by a server, generates graphics to output to an external application. The method includes receiving instructions originating from the external application, generating one of plural different types of graphics based on the instructions by combining elements from one or more graphics sources, and outputting the graphics to the external application.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying data categories. The apparatus comprises a display that is configured to produce a first visual presentation of a first data category of the data categories and a second visual presentation of a second data category of the data categories. The apparatus also comprises a processor that is configured to control the display during simultaneous production of the first visual presentation and the second visual presentation. The processor is configured to control the display such that the first visual presentation comprises a first line bordering at least a portion of a first object of the first data category.

Abstract: An animation image generating program is provided which allows animation images to be readily generated by CG without complicated setups, and more particularly the animation image generating program is suited to generate a plurality of types of face animation images by CG. The animation image generating program includes the steps of controlling selection of specific vertices of a standard model and a user model, providing control such that first target vertices are associated with second target vertices where the first target vertices are the selected specific vertices of the standard model and the second target vertices are the selected specific vertices of the user model, providing control by arithmetic means such that coordinates of the first target vertices approximate to those of the second target vertices, to generate fitting information, and animating the user model based on animation data of the standard model and on the fitting information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the architecture and use of a computer system optimized for the efficient modeling of graphics. The computer system has a primary processor and a graphics processor. The primary processor has two vector processor units within it, one which is closely connected to central processor unit. Simultaneously performing complex modeling calculations on the first vector processor and CPU, and geometry transformation calculations on the second vector processor, allows for efficient modeling of graphics. Furthermore, the graphics processor is optimized to rapidly switch between data flows from the two vector processors. In addition, the graphics processor is able to render many pixels simultaneously, and has a local memory on the graphics processor chip that acts as a frame buffer, texture buffer, and z buffer. This allows a high fill rate to the frame buffer.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing a BLT (BLock Transfer). In accordance with one embodiment, a method uses a texture-mapping subsystem to perform the BLT by configuring the texture-mapping subsystem with coordinate values corresponding to a block of pixels to be transferred. In accordance with another embodiment, an apparatus comprises logic for defining a texture map from a source segment of memory corresponding to a frame buffer, logic for configuring a texture-mapping subsystem with coordinate values corresponding to a first block of pixels on a display, logic for using a texture-mapping subsystem to apply the texture map defined by the configured coordinate values to a destination segment of memory corresponding to a second block of pixels on the graphic display, wherein the application of the texture map effects a BLT of the data from the first block of pixels to the second block of pixels.

Abstract: A method mines unknown content of a video by first selecting one or more low-level features of the video. For each selected feature, or combination of features, time series data is generated. The time series data is then self-correlated to identify similar segments of the video according to the low-level features. The similar segments are grouped into clusters to discover high-level patterns in the unknown content of video.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image-adjusting system and method, and more particularly, to a system and method for adjusting a facial image. By a set of adjusting parameters that by using a face-adjusting template stored in a database of face-adjusting template to adjust the image data of a facial image, wherein the database of face-adjusting template comprises plural data of face adjustment parameter generated by computer software or manual adjustment, such as skin texture, proportion of facial features, and variations of expression, etc., for improving the quality of a facial image, moreover, the arrangement and combination of the plural face adjustment parameters can further constitute different face-adjusting templates, so that the facial expression may be appropriately modified to generate the effect of different facial images.