Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display device having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), which can maintain a primary color which is desired to be expressed, and prevent an interference of other unwanted colors and a change of the primary color at the time of application of a light source of each light emitting diode. The image display device comprises: a first optical filter layer containing a violet wavelength-absorbing material having a wavelength range of from 380 nm to 450 nm such as Bi2O3 so as to prevent light having a wavelength ranging from 380 nm to 450 nm from being leaked out to an undesired region of an image display portion of the image display device; and a second optical filter layer such as a blue color filter layer so as to allow a white light to be expressed in a desired region of the image display portion.

Abstract: The touch panel of the present invention has a thermally color-changing portion in the vicinity of a connecting portion which is to be bonded by heat. It can be easily checked whether the heat press has been performed at a predetermined temperature when the wiring board is connected to the top and bottom substrates, based on the degree of coloring of the thermally color-changing portion. This allows the touch panel to be manufactured simply and to ensure reliable electrical contact and separation.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a slit, and a groove. The first substrate has a first conductive layer, and a plurality of first electrodes that extend from both ends of the first conductive layer and that have first electrode lead sections. The second substrate has a second conductive layer, and a plurality of second electrodes that extend form both ends of the second conductive layer and that have second electrode lead sections. The slit is provided in the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and has an intersection or a terminal section. The groove section is provided to surround the intersection or the terminal section. This structure provides the touch panel that can have stable electrical connection and separation by a simple structure.

Abstract: The present invention a touch signal recognition technology that is capable of filtering a touch signal due to an unintentional touch and effectively detecting a touch signal by an intentional touch to prevent the erroneous operation. A touch signal recognition apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of this invention includes a sensing unit sensing a touch signal having a predetermined movement trajectory; a strength recognizing unit recognizing a change in strength of the touch signal; an availability determining unit determining an availability of the touch signal on the basis of the recognized change of the strength; and a controller executing an instruction corresponding to the movement trajectory on the basis of the determined result.

Abstract: An input device comprising a base support, having a periphery and a plurality of apertures formed therein to define a circumscribed or circumscribing input pad configured to displace under the applied force; a plurality of isolated beam segments, defined by the plurality of apertures, and operable to receive resultant forces distributed to the isolated beam segments by the displacement of the input pad; at least two sensors, disposed along each isolated beam segment, and configured to measure the forces transmitted from the input pad to the periphery and to output a signal corresponding to the applied force. One or more processing means operable with the plurality of sensors may be utilized to receive the signal and to determine at least one of a location and/or magnitude of the applied force acting on the input pad.

Abstract: An image printing apparatus is provided. The image printing apparatus includes a touch screen panel, having a display screen to display an image, configured to acquire a locating instruction from a user for specifying a location on the display screen; and an image processing unit configured to perform predetermined image processing on a facial area containing a human face within a target image, the target image being targeted for printing by the image printing apparatus, wherein the image processing unit includes: a target image display control unit configured to display the target image on the display screen; and a processing area identifying unit configured to identify the facial area within the target image subject to the predetermined image processing based on the locating instruction, the locating instruction being acquired by the touch screen panel and specifying a location within an area on the display screen where the facial area is present.

Abstract: If a request of handle information to identify data existing in a recording medium is made to a digital camera by a PC, the digital camera collects the data existing in the recording medium by accessing a file system, generates unique handle information independent of the file system on the basis of a file path of the file system, and transmits it to the PC. When the request accompanied by the handle information is received from the PC, the digital camera executes a file path restoring process to the handle information, thereby restoring the file path which depends on the file system in the digital camera, retrieves the requested file by using the obtained file path, and transmits the data to the PC. According to this arrangement, installation costs can be suppressed by making an identification information management table unnecessary even while identification information which is independent of a logical data management system is used.

Abstract: A method for calibration of a capacitive touch digitizer system comprises detecting patterns of signals from a plurality of different events over a course of user interaction with the digitizer system, wherein the patterns of signals are outputs from a digitizer sensor of the system, determining a number of times that a pattern of signals is repeated over the different events, and defining a map of offset values as a pattern of signals that is repeated above a pre-defined repetition threshold.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel includes a display section having a plurality of pixels disposed therein and a peripheral section disposed so as to surround the display section. A display corresponding to a touch key is displayed on the display section at a boundary portion between the display section of the liquid crystal display panel and the peripheral section adjoining thereto. A photosensor for detecting light is disposed at a portion in the peripheral section near the display corresponding to the touch key. In this liquid crystal display device, the photosensor produces an output of a current value detected as a result of all or part of external light being shielded when a viewer touches the display corresponding to the touch key on the display section.

Abstract: A retractable contact-control pen with an inner rod having near its front end a position limiting area that is provided with two protrusions pressed by a compression spring to be normally pressed against the inner wall of a hollow outer rod, when the inner and the outer rods slide relative to each other, by pressing of the inner rod against the inner wall of the outer rod, the inner rod can keep its stable sliding; moreover, the outer rod has on its tailing end an opening with a reduced diameter; the inner rod has a first flange at the rear of the position limiting area and with a diameter larger than that of the opening; so that when the entire retractable contact-control pen is pulled to elongate for use, the first flange is pressed against the periphery of the opening and stops there, the entire retractable contact-control pen thus has a better strength.

Abstract: A mobile personal digital assistant (PDA) allows a user to enter information using both a touch screen and voice commands with a stylus. The stylus includes a microphone positioned at one end, and a transmitter for transmitting received voice signals to either a personal computer (PC) or the PDA. In one embodiment, a wireless stylus also includes a power supply and an activation control switch. The PC is used to translate the voice signals into translated voice data which is transmitted to the PDA for storage and display. If the user and the PDA, voice signals are stored in the PDA until a later time when the PC can translate the received voice signals. Where the PDA contains a processor to translate received voice signals, the stylus transmits directly to the PDA, and the PDA translates the received voice signals.

Abstract: A driver for driving a display panel and a method for reading/writing in a memory thereof and thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) using the same are provided. The method of the present invention is a reading timing of memory which different than the prior reading timing of memory, so that, if using the method of the present invention in the driver even having only one memory, the tearing effect of the prior TFT-LCD can be solved and the whole power consumption thereof can also be reduced.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an address generator and an output unit. The address generator is configured to output a plurality of addresses in response to a first number of most significant bits of a current pixel value including a first selection bit and a second number of most significant bits of a previous pixel value including a second selection bit. The output unit is configured to determine correction parameters which respectively correspond to the plurality of addresses, in response to the plurality of addresses, to select an index pattern from a plurality of index patterns in response to the first selection bit and the second selection bit, and to arrange the determined correction parameters into the selected index pattern to output arranged correction parameters. The index pattern is a pattern that can be generated according to positions of the determined correction parameters in a look-up table including the plurality of indexes.

Abstract: A differential signaling system and a flat panel display using the system, where a first wiring and a second wiring are connected between a sending end and a receiving end as a differential signal line. A termination resistor is connected between the first wiring and the second wiring in the receiving end side. A programmable compensation circuit is connected to the termination resistor in parallel. The programmable compensation circuits includes: n switches M1, M2, M3, . . . , Mn connected between a first power line and a second power line; first n resistors R11, R12, R13, . . . , R1n connected between a source electrode of each of the switches and the first wiring; and second n resistors R21, R22, R23, . . . , R2n connected between a drain electrode of each of the switches and the second wiring.

Abstract: A pixel circuit has a light emitting diode, a first driving transistor, a second driving transistor, a capacitor, and a switch unit. When a scan signal is asserted, the switch unit couples sources/drains of the second driving transistor respectively to a first and a second source/drain of the first driving transistor, and couples a gate and second source/drain of the first driving transistor together. When the scan signal is de-asserted, the switch unit decouples one of the sources/drains of the second driving transistor from the first/second source/drain of the first driving transistor, and decouples the gate from the second source/drain of the first driving transistor.

Abstract: A system and driving method are provided to accurately reproduce an input image using calibrated intensity profile. Extended dynamic range can be obtained according to the computation method. Improved structures for solid-state backlighting system suitable for such application are provided.

Abstract: A connector receives first and second differential signals. First and second signal lines are connected to the connector, and transmit the first and second differential signals, respectively. First and second differential capacitors have first and second end terminals to remove noise components of the first and second differential signals. Each of the first end terminals is connected to ground potential. The second end terminals are connected to the first and second differential lines, respectively. A differential resistor is connected to the first and second signal lines to remove the noise components of the first and second differential signals. A receiving part is connected to the first and second signal lines to receive the first and second differential signals through the differential resistor and the first and second differential capacitors.

Abstract: A plasma display includes a plasma display panel having a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, a plurality of third electrodes crossing the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells corresponding to electrode crossings, and a controller configured to control reset, address and sustain operations for a plurality of weighted subfields, and to control a misfire prevention operation, the misfire prevention operation occurring before a main reset operation in a subfield that includes the main reset operation.

Abstract: A data driver device and a display device, in which the data driver device includes a plurality of data lines; a plurality of first charge-share switches connected between a share line and the plurality of data lines, respectively; and a plurality of second charge-share switches each connected between two adjacent data lines among the plurality of data lines.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for implementing a screen saver for the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit; a communication unit which performs a video communication; a display processing unit which displays an image associated with the video communication on at least partial area of a screen of the display unit; and a control unit which activates a screen saver process for a remaining area except the at least partial area of the screen, if a preset event has occurred.

Abstract: The present invention provides a buffer and an organic light emitting display that employs the buffer. The buffer is installed in a scan driver or a data driver, which generates scan signals and data signals, respectively, to drive the organic light emitting display. The buffer of the present invention is configured of p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistors, and therefore the scan driver or data driver that includes the buffer can be mounted on a display panel. Various arrangements of the PMOS transistors are proposed for the buffer of the present invention. The buffer of the present invention effectively prevents leakage current that could be generated in the circuit of the buffer.

Abstract: A power saving device includes a first power connector adapted for connecting to a power source, a second power connector adapted for connecting to a power wire of a display, an infrared sensor, an infrared coupling circuit, a wave shaping circuit, and a switch circuit connected between the first and second power connectors. The infrared sensor senses user status and initiates a user status signal. The wave shaping circuit receives the user status signal via the infrared coupling circuit and converts the user status signal to a voltage signal. The switch circuit receives the voltage signal and converts the voltage signal to a control signal to control the connection between the first power connector and the second power connector.

Abstract: The invention provides a display system. The display system includes a display unit, a power unit, and a control unit. The display unit includes a panel and a light emitting module. The power unit is used for providing a current to the light emitting module. The control unit is used for providing a data signal to the panel and providing a control signal to the power unit for controlling the current. The data signal is synchronized with the control signal.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver, and a signal controller that receives digital input signals including an input control signal and an input image signal in series through two or less input terminals, and processes the input image signal and applies the processed input image signal to the data driver, wherein the signal controller includes a receiver receiving the input signals and a clock generator generating a clock signal based on the input control signal, the signal controller processing the input image signal in synchronization with the clock signal. Thus, the structure of the display device can be simplified while signal loss and noises can be reduced.

Abstract: A differential signaling system and a flat panel display using the same. The differential signaling system includes a first wiring and a second wiring connected to a sending end and a receiving end as a differential signal line; a termination resistor connected between the first wiring and the second wiring in the receiving end side; and a programmable compensation circuit connected to the termination resistor in parallel. The programmable compensation circuits includes n switches to receive each bit of an input digital control signal; first resistors connected between a source electrode of each of the switches and the first wiring; and second resistors connected between a drain electrode of each of the switches and the second wiring.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a timing controller generating a voltage compensation control pulse and a gate control signal, a voltage compensation signal generator generating a voltage compensation signal, the voltage level of which is gradually reduced during one frame period, in response to the voltage compensation control pulse, a power unit outputting a gate-on voltage to a plurality of gate lines by gradually increasing the level of the gate-on voltage in response to the voltage compensation signal, and a gate driver sequentially supplying the gate-on voltage to the plurality of gate lines in response to the gate control signal.

Abstract: When providing (101) a user a first interactive virtual reality experience via a first virtual setting and upon detecting (102) a need to transition the user to a second interactive virtual reality experience via a second virtual setting (that is different from the first virtual setting), one maintains (103) a reduced presence of the user in the first virtual setting and establishes (104) a full presence of the user in the second virtual setting. By one approach, these virtual settings can comprise, for example, virtual rooms such as, but not limited to, virtual incident command centers to facilitate the handling of public safety services of various kinds and types.

Abstract: A graphic rendering method includes: providing data primitive representing primitives of a scene; defining a plurality of three-dimensional cells of a scene view frustum; ordering the cells according to an order based on cell depths from a reference plane; associating each primitive to a cell; and processing data primitives according to the cell order to renderize the scene.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing method and apparatus for improving image quality and enhancing a three-dimensional effect. By extracting an interest feature index from an input image based on a depth sensation estimation cue existing in the image, calculating an interest feature index integration map based on the interest feature index and importance of interest of the depth sensation estimation cue, and performing discrimination processing of the image based on the interest feature index integration map, three-dimensional effect and true sensation enhancement processing can be performed based on the probability of the existence of a depth sensation estimation cue, without segmentation of an object of interest, correct depth information, or an object model.

Abstract: A display device which displays a list of data, including a date and time acquisition section which acquires the date and time associated with a piece of the data. The display device further includes: a three-dimensional display section which displays a three-dimensional space having axes respectively indicating the three kinds of time units, and arranges an icon indicating the piece of the data at a position corresponding to the date and time; and a two-dimensional display section which displays a two-dimensional space having axes indicating two kinds of time units including a first unit, which is the longest, among the three kinds of time units, and arranges a mark indicating that the data with which the date and time is associated exists at the position of the date and time acquired by the date and time acquisition section.

Abstract: The present invention models hairs by generating hairs by interpolation and then further modifying the interpolated hairs to form clumps. The modified hairs can be iteratively reprocessed to generate more hairs and thereby produce a greater level of detail in the resulting hairstyle. The invention can be used to model any tubular structures protruding from a surface, such as strands of fur protruding from an animal's skin and blades of grass or stems of plants protruding from the ground.

Abstract: A system provides a technology for generating a parts catalog of a desired part by using three-dimensional model data. A parts catalog is generated by combining a part image of a desired part, an assembly image, boundary data of a desired part, and parts configuration data. When three-dimensional model data of a part is not available, an image generating unit displays an image of a predetermined-shaped part in a corresponding position of the assembly image based on the boundary data of the part.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for modifying a spatial index in response to movements of a predictably dynamic object within a three-dimensional scene. According to one embodiment of the invention, in contrast to generating a new spatial index in response to movement of a predictably dynamic object, a portion of an existing spatial index may be modified in response to the movement of a predictably dynamic object. According to one embodiment of the invention, modification may include changing information defining the position of splitting planes along a splitting axis to correspond to the new position of the object within the three-dimensional scene. In contrast to generating a new spatial index, by modifying only a portion of an existing spatial index the amount of time required to perform ray tracing image processing may be reduced.

Abstract: An image display apparatus including: a memory unit which stores at least one predetermined pixel value range and a representative value corresponding to the predetermined pixel value range; an image processing unit which receives an image signal including a plurality of pixels, digitizes the received image signal if the received image signal is an analog signal, substitutes the representative value for a pixel value of one of the digitized image signal and the received image signal if the pixel value of the one of the digitized image signal and the received image signal is included within the predetermined pixel value range, and generates a substituted pixel value which corresponds to the substituted representative value; and a display unit which displays an image based on the substituted pixel value generated by the image processing unit.

Abstract: A system analysis apparatus acquires time series data representing information on a series of processes executed in a computer system in a time-serial manner. A run table shows the ratio of the number of runs of each process to the total number of processes executed in a predetermined unit time in a time-serial manner. A first graph is displayed representing ratios of a series of processes which has been executed in a time-serial manner by collecting the ratio of each process stored in the run table. A moving average of the ratio of each process is calculated by referring to the run table when a parameter change for the first graph is accepted. A second graph is displayed representing the ratios of the series of processes executed by collecting the moving average of each process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a map depiction displaying street courses to travel through, for example in navigation, toll ticketing depiction or in precision applications such as automatic driving. For this purpose a street course consists of stringing together geometrical elements, for example, one or several circle arcs or one or several straight lines, wherein clothoids connect circle arcs and/or straight lines without sharp bends. The clothoids are calculated according to a required resolution from the arc of circle elements approximately approached by values or simply omitted, thereby making it possible to obtain a map depiction particularly reliably and optimal in terms of memory allocations.

Abstract: A display controller includes a character display unit for displaying character information on a display unit; a keyword detecting unit for detecting a predetermined keyword from the character information displayed by the character display unit; an image information detecting unit for detecting image information including additional information corresponding to the keyword detected by the keyword detecting unit, from image information including predetermined additional information and stored in a storing unit; and a thumbnail image displaying unit for displaying on the display unit a thumbnail image(s) of the image information detected by the image information detecting unit.

Abstract: A system is discussed herein that that stretches or squashes the target body parts based on a relative size difference between a source and the target. The angular configuration of the source is matched exactly in the destination. The system allows a squash or stretch of a part to be determined from a goal determined by the source actor.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes transferring motion information from one or more motion meshes to an animation mesh. The motion mesh represents the motion of surface features of an object. A shape mesh provides a portion of the shape of the object to the animation mesh.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes comparing one or more surface features to a motion model. The surface feature or surface features represent a portion of an object in an image. The method also includes identifying a representation of the object from the motion model, based upon the comparison.

Abstract: A method of performing spatial binning of particles is described which can be performed on a graphics processing unit. A stencil buffer is primed with a pattern which controls the writing of data to a framebuffer. A first shader is used to calculate the co-ordinates of the bin in which a particle is located and a second shader is used to write the particle's ID to a location representative of that bin in the framebuffer. The pattern in the stencil buffer ensures that particle data within a bin is not overwritten and the stencil buffer also maintains a record of the number of entries within each bin.

Abstract: A parallelization permission and prohibition management unit of a processor manages the permission or prohibition of the parallelization for each combination of partial spaces in cooperation with another parallelization permission and prohibition management unit of a different processor. Specifically, when any given object is present across the boundary between a first partial space and a second partial space, the parallelization is prohibited between the collision process to be performed by any given processor on the virtual objects in the first partial space and the collision process to be performed by another processor on the virtual object in the second partial space.

Abstract: A bidirectional data transmission system and the transmitting method thereof are disclosed. A video graphics array interface or an interface including a display data channel is utilized in the bidirectional data transmission to transmit data in bi-direction.

Abstract: A graphics engine and related method of operation are disclosed in which a pixel distributor distributes pixel data across a plurality of pixel shaders using a first approach when the presence of one or more rendering features is indicated, else using a second approach different from the first approach.

Abstract: Embodiments of efficient memory implementations for novel display system are herein disclosed. One embodiment comprises a display system comprising a display, said display comprising a plurality of logical pixels wherein said logical pixels further comprise a first number of center-subpixels and a memory, said memory storing said image data to be rendered by said display; wherein said memory is mapped such that said center-subpixels are stored in addressable memory cells.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays related information of information displayed in a region when the region is selected from regions displaying predetermined information and is displayed in an enlarged size, and does not display the related information when the selected region is displayed in a reduced size. The apparatus includes a selection unit for selecting the region to be either enlarged or reduced, a display unit for dynamically enlarging or reducing the region selected by the region selection unit, and a control unit for controlling an amount of the related information to be displayed based on an area of the region either enlarged or reduced by the display unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a controller for controlling strings of LEDs in a liquid crystal display. The hybrid controller uses both analog and digital circuit components. Error amplifiers are used to compare analog feedback signals received from the LED strings with reference signals. The results of those comparisons are converted to digital data and processed by a digital signal processor (DSP). The DSP calculates the drive voltages for the LED strings based on the deviation between the actual current flows (represented by feedback signals) and the desired current flows (represented by reference signals) through the LED strings. Analog drivers provide the drive voltages to the LED strings.

Abstract: (a) The luminance levels of the optical black part pixels included in the output signal of an image sensor are detected and digitized, (b) the digitized luminance levels of the optical black part pixels are averaged, (c) the number of pixels on which averaging is performed is counted, (d) a control signal is generated when the count value of the number of pixels reaches a predetermined value, (e) the black level of the output signal of the image sensor is determined from the averaged luminance level in response to the control signal, and (f) the luminance levels of the effective part pixels included in the output signal of the image sensor whose black level is determined are detected and digitized.

Abstract: A display driver and display driving method process display data received from a central processing unit (CPU) and output display data voltages. The display driver includes a synchronization controller that sends a reference synchronization signal to the CPU, and controls the CPU to synchronize a write clock with the reference synchronization signal and to send the write clock. A write clock detector detects whether the write clock is received from the CPU and outputs a selection signal in response. A frame memory receives and stores display data of a current frame synchronized with the write clock. A gray-level compensator generates gray-level compensated display data based on the display data of a current frame and display data of a previous frame previously stored in the frame memory. A selector outputs one of the gray-level compensated display data or the display data previously stored in the frame memory as scan data in response to the selection signal.

Abstract: A method for causing ink to be ejected from an ink chamber of an ink jet printer includes causing a first bolus of ink to be extruded from the ink chamber; and following lapse of a selected interval, causing a second bolus of ink to be extruded from the ink chamber. The interval is selected to be greater than the reciprocal of the fundamental resonant frequency of the chamber, and such that the first bolus remains in contact with ink in the ink chamber at the time that the second bolus is extruded.