Abstract: Systems, devices, features, and methods for constructing a graphic model of a geographic object, such as a road sign or features thereof, from an image, such as, for example, to develop a navigation database are disclosed. For example, one method comprises receiving a plurality of images of regions, such as of roads or paths. An image of the plurality of images is identified. A process to determine scale-invariant components of a geographic object in the identified image may be performed. Other processes, such as generating a dictionary to facilitate optical character recognition may be performed. A graphic model of the geographic object is generated based on the scale-invariant components and/or the optical character recognition. The generated graphic model may be associated with a navigation or map database.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, user interface and computer program product include the ability to determine a brightness characteristic of a display, use the brightness characteristic to determine a minimum and optimum font size for information displayed on the display, and automatically adjust the displayed information such that a size of a smallest font of the information is not smaller than the minimum font size and that a size of a main font of the information is not smaller that the optimum font size.

Abstract: An image display device is constructed by a display memory, a sprite attribute table, a sprite rendering processor and an animation execution engine. The display memory stores image data to be displayed on a display. The sprite attribute table stores attribute data representing a display attribute of a sprite which is a component of the image data. The sprite rendering processor executes a drawing process for reflecting image data of the sprite to the image data stored in the display memory according to the attribute data stored in the sprite attribute table. The animation execution engine reads an animation execution program including both attribute data to be transferred and a table write command of the attribute data from an external memory, and executes the animation execution program to transfer the attribute data to the sprite attribute table according to the table write command.

Abstract: A positional data acquisition unit of an action detector acquires positional data indicating the position of an image of a light-emitting part of a light-emitting device held by a user in an image frame at each time step, and also acquires curve data for the head contour at each time step estimated as a result of visual tracking by a tracking processor. A history storage unit stores a history of the positional data for an image of a light-emitting part and the curved data for the head contour. A determination criteria storage unit stores the criteria for determining that a predefined action is performed by referring to the time-dependent change in the relative position of the image of the light-emitting part in relation to the curve representing the head contour. An action determination unit determines whether the action is performed based on the actual data.

Abstract: A patient information hub (PIH) system used in a healthcare system for the management of data documents of a patient has an implanted medical device, and a portable non-implanted unit having the capability for communicating with the IMD. The PIH system stores and manages a document list containing information of data documents of the patient and information of in which data depositories of the healthcare system the documents are stored and can be retrieved from. The retrieval of the document list from the PIH system for display on a screen of the communicating unit or transmission to an external requesting unit is made dependent on a communication operation involving the IMD and the non-implanted unit.

Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for the analysis of graphics applications. For instance, an apparatus may include a graphics application program interface (API), a graphics engine, and a graphics analysis tool. The graphics analysis tool may receive multiple draw calls issued to the graphics API, and arrange the draw calls into multiple sequences, each sequence corresponding to a particular render target. From this information various analysis tasks may be performed. For instance, overdraw images may be generated. Such overdraw images may be enhanced to improve their dynamic range. Also, pixel histories may be generated based on corresponding pixel selections. The effect of draw calls on selected pixels may also be determined. Further, such tasks may be performed on a per render target basis.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing block, a plurality of control blocks, and a plurality of register sets. The image processing block carries out a specific process based on input setting data. Each of the plurality of control blocks controls the specific process of the image processing block independently. The plurality of register sets are used in data communication between each of the plurality of control blocks and the image processing block. When any one of the plurality of control blocks is controlling the specific process of the image processing block, each of the remaining control blocks performs data communication with the image processing block using the corresponding register set.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to enable switching of graphics processing unit (GPU) resources based on different factors. Embodiments include a virtual graphics driver as an interface between GPU drivers and the applications or graphics framework executing on an electronic device. The virtual graphics driver may switch GPU resources from a first GPU to a second GPU by routing function calls to the first GPU or the second GPU. The switching of GPU resources may be based on power management, system events such as hot-plug events, load management, user requests, any other factor, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, a virtual frame buffer driver is provided that interfaces with the frame buffer of the GPU and provides a virtual view of the frame buffer to manage additional system application programming interfaces (APIs) during the switch.

Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques for the analysis of graphics applications. For instance, an apparatus may include a graphics application program interface (API), a graphics engine, and a graphics analysis tool. The graphics analysis tool may receive multiple draw calls issued to the graphics API, and arrange the draw calls into multiple sequences, each sequence corresponding to a particular render target. From this information various analysis tasks may be performed. For instance, overdraw images may be generated. Such overdraw images may be enhanced to improve their dynamic range. Also, pixel histories may be generated based on corresponding pixel selections. The effect of draw calls on selected pixels may also be determined. Further, such tasks may be performed on a per render target basis.

Abstract: An automated method of quantifying a set of processing resources used by an image transform operation is described. The method receives a set of image processing instructions for performing the transform operation, and, for the set of image processing instructions, generates data that estimates the amount of processing resources required to perform the set of image processing instructions. The method associates the data with the set of image processing instructions, the association allowing evaluation of the data at run-time to facilitate execution of the set of image processing instructions on a particular processing unit having a particular set of processing resources. In addition, an automated method of concatenating a plurality of image processing instruction sets, where each image processing instruction set includes data representing an estimate of processing resources required by the image processing instruction set is described.

Abstract: A method for compiling image processing instructions is described. The method receives multiple image processing instruction sets. The method, for each received image processing instruction set, produces several image processing instruction sets, where two different produced image processing instruction sets that are associated with a same received image processing instruction set are for processing by at least two different processing units.

Abstract: An automated method of rendering image data using a multithread central processing unit (“CPU”) is described. The method retrieves a set of image processing instructions. The method determines an image section size to be processed by the CPU using the set of image processing instructions. The method iteratively: (i) retrieves a section of the image data that matches the image section size, and (ii) sends the section of the image data to a particular thread of the multithread CPU for processing using the processing instructions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated, composite hybrid electric device in which various devices are formed as a single unit on one flexible substrate, and a fabrication method thereof. More particularly, the present invention a hybrid electric device in which a display device, a vibration-generating (or vibration-sensing) device, and a non-volatile memory device are formed on a single flexible piezoelectric polymer substrate into a single unit by using a flexible piezoelectric polymer substrate whose both surfaces are thinly deposited with a patterned transparent oxidation electrode, and a fabrication method thereof.

Abstract: Incoming video data is processed. According to an example embodiment, video data as presented in rows of pixels is stored in terms of blocks of pixels of corresponding images making up the video. When a particular pixel is read from memory, the block of pixels is retrieved (e.g., with a single read), facilitating (simultaneous) access to pixels in adjacent rows or columns, without necessarily accessing entire rows and columns to do so.

Abstract: According to an aspect of embodiment, a memory controller for controlling a memory having areas of data unit of K bits, includes a data mapping unit dividing N bits of data, where N is not a multiple of K, into K bits and (N?K) bits, and in regard to L pieces of the data, arranging L K-bit data into L data units, and arranging L (N?K)-bit data into M (M=L×(N?K)/K) data units by packing; and an access control unit access-controlling the memory to access the L K-bit data as L data units, and access-controlling the memory to access the packed L (N?K)-bit data as M data units.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises video memories each corresponding to each of the display devices, a determination module configured to determine whether an access that satisfies conditions preset with respect to display of the display devices exists in at least one of the video memories, and a changing module configured to change, when the determination module determines that the access that satisfies conditions preset with respect to display of the display devices does not exist in at least one of the video memories, an operation state of a display device corresponding to the at least one of the video memories determined that an access does not exist, from a first operation state to a second operation state having a power consumption lower than a power consumption of the first operation state.

Abstract: A system for reducing memory access bandwidth in video decoding includes a video decoder, a storage device and a compressor. The video decoder receives a compressed video bitstream and decodes the bitstream to generate decoded I, P and B frames. The storage device has first and second storage areas and is connected to the video decoder. The compressor is connected to the video decoder and the storage device and performs a compression operation on the decoded I, P and B frames to generate compressed decoded I, P and B frames respectively. The decoded I frames and the decoded P frames are stored in the first storage area, and the compressed decoded I frames, the compressed decoded P frames and the compressed decoded B frames are stored in the second storage area.

Abstract: In some embodiments one or more areas of interest to a user of a display screen are determined. Portions of the display screen other than the one or more areas of interest are dimmed. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Message sends may be implemented in a graphics pipeline using biased graph coloring. Registers may be allocated by shaders for message sends using biased graph coloring.

Abstract: An original design image is processed to create a modified design image for blending with an image of a product to create a combined image representing the result of printing the design image onto the product. To create a modified design image, both the alpha value and color of pixels in the original design image are modified. The modified alpha value and the modified color of a pixel are determined as a function of the amount of gray in the original color of the pixel. The modified pixel color is calculated by subtracting the level of gray in the original pixel color from each of the three original component color values and increasing any remaining color component values as a function of the modified alpha value of the pixel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal display wall and method for controlling the same. An LCD wall according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a display array and a control device, wherein the display array comprises a display panel and a backlight device, and the control device comprises a backlight controller configured to control the backlight device in the display array, and a display controller configured to receive image data and control the display of the image data on the display panel, wherein the display controller is further configured to perform adjustment in grey-scale on the image data corresponding to a backlight brightness of the backlight device. According to the embodiments of the invention, the LCD wall can perform dynamic backlight control, and can output grey-scales with a good uniformity.

Abstract: A plurality of closed regions constituting a line drawing image are extracted and displayed on a display means. A desired closed region included among the plurality of displayed closed regions is extracted as an image layer by specifying the desired closed region by means of a manipulation means. At this time, a closed region display screen for displaying the extracted closed regions thereon and an image layer display screen for displaying the extracted image layer thereon are displayed in side by side relation on the display means. Thus, whether an appropriate closed region is converted to the image layer or not is easily determined. Also, when a plurality of closed regions are specified, the plurality of specified closed regions are extracted as an image layer. Thus, the plurality of closed regions are treated together as the single image layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brightness controllable LED illumination device using a tactile sensor sensing the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure. The brightness controllable LED illumination device includes at least one LED emitting light based on electric field formed between first and second electrodes; a tactile sensor sensing the intensity of force or pressure applied by a predetermined contact object and generating an output signal corresponding to the sensed intensity; and a controller connected to the tactile sensor and adjusting a variation in the electric field based on the output signal of the tactile sensor to control the brightness of the light emitted from the at least one LED.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight unit generating light, a display panel including a plurality of pixels controlling transmittance of the light based upon pixel data, a timing controller compensating the pixel data, and a data driver driving the display panel based upon the compensated pixel data. The display panel includes a first area to which the light having a first brightness is supplied and a second area to which the light having a second brightness lower than the first brightness is supplied. The timing controller compensates for the pixel data supplied to at least one area of the first and second areas using a predetermined compensation value to reduce a brightness difference between the first and second areas.

Abstract: An image processing device including an input section, an image storage section, a storage area reserving section, a controller, and an output section is provided. The storage area reserving section reserves, when description data input via the input section indicates that a partial image including a transmission image is to be stored, a partial image area and an entire image area at the image storage section. The color space converter performs conversion using a first output color space conversion function that converts a description color space of the description data into an output color space that includes an entire image plane and a partial image plane. The controller converts the color-space converted partial image into an output image format and writes it in the partial image area, and converts the color-space converted entire image into an output image format and writes it in the entire image area.

Abstract: In order to preserve the discontinuities of an actual gamut surface and/or the discontinuities of its curvature, notably through a smoothing operation, in this method, when at least a vertex of any elementary polygon, the network of which represents an actual gamut boundary, belongs either to a line or a point of discontinuity of this actual gamut boundary, either to a line or a point of discontinuity of curvature of said actual gamut boundary, or both, metadata related to this belongings are added to the definition of the elementary polygons.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a system and a method for transforming a set of particles in an output set of particles representing a set of words suitable for use in an information retrieval system. The method generates, for each particle in the set of particles, combinations of parts of a particle, and replaces the particle in the set of particles with the parts of a combination maximizing a total minimum edit distance (MED) of the set of particles. For example, the method determines a MED of each particle in the set of particles, determines the total MED of the set of particles as summations of the MED of each particle, and then determines the combination maximizing the total MED of the set of particles.

Abstract: There is provided an image signal processing device for receiving an image signal using a first color signal, and converting the image signal to image data using a second color signal to output the image data, the image signal processing device including an image signal input unit for receiving the image signal using the first color signal; a clip determination unit for determining whether or not the first color signal is a domain end of the relevant signal or a neighboring color of a specific color gamut end; a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance to a closest pixel that is not clipped with respect to a pixel determined as the signal domain end or the neighboring color of the specific color gamut end; an adjustment amount determination unit for determining a color signal adjustment amount with respect to a color signal in each pixel; a color signal adjustment unit for adjusting the color signal in each pixel by the color signal adjustment amount to obtain the second color signal; and an image

Abstract: An approach is provided for an augmented reality user interface. An image representing a physical environment is received. Data relating to a horizon within the physical environment is retrieved. A section of the image to overlay location information based on the horizon data is determined. Presenting of the location information within the determined section to a user equipment is initiated.

Abstract: A method for image comparison includes reading from a memory in a computerized image processor a source image and a target image. The source and target images are segmented, using the image processor, into respective pluralities of source and target arrays, respectively including source and target array elements, each array element including a matrix of one or more pixels from a respective image, each of the source arrays having a respective position in the source image, and each of the target arrays corresponding respectively to one of the source arrays based on the respective position. An asymmetric warping process is applied between each of the source arrays and each of the respectively corresponding target arrays so as to compute respective array similarity scores. The respective array similarity scores are combined so as to compute an image similarity score of the target image with respect to the source image.

Abstract: To render graphics on multiple display devices, multiple computing platforms are networked and each computing platform separately executes an application rendering the graphics for a subset of the multiple display devices. A server including a first display device and a first computing platform generates a world space and renders from the generated world space a first viewing frustum for display on the first display device and a client coupled to the server receives a transmission of the world space position and renders a second viewing frustum for display on a second display device.

Abstract: Upon receipt of operation entry for processing and editing a currently displayed slide, an operation information generating section generates operation information corresponding to this entry. An operation information reflecting section performs editing on the basis of the operation information and stores the operation information regarding the editing in a storage section. Upon receipt of slide data from the server device, the operation information reflecting section reads operation information of the past regarding this slide data, and generates a display screen in such a manner that editing corresponding to the read operation information is reflected in the received slide data. This makes it possible to display slide data stored in the server device on an image display device in a manner that a user wants, without increasing load on the server device.

Abstract: To provide a mobile terminal apparatus for displaying an image by selecting the optimum display screen without adding a special process to a program operating on the mobile terminal apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus 100 includes a program execution unit 102 for executing a desired program and output display information, a direction detection unit 103 for detecting the direction of a display screen 106, a display information conversion unit 104 for converting display information on the basis of the direction of the display screen 106, the size of the display information, etc., and a display processing unit 105 for displaying the display information on the display screen 106.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an image fitting system to fit an image to identify characters of the image and graphics of the image in the electronic device. Operations of fitting the image by the image fitting system includes generation of a standard character database to fit characters of the image, generation of character fitting results by fitting each character of the image according to the standard character database, and generation of graphic fitting results by fitting each graphic of the image according to a standard graphic that is defined by a graphic equation.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a bifocal display device includes a database that manages at least distant and nearby viewpoint images as data files, an image processing circuit that obtains a far viewpoint image and a nearby viewpoint image from the data base, blurs contours of the far viewpoint image, emphasizes contours of the nearby viewpoint image, and performs an image processing of superimposing the blurred far viewpoint image and the emphasized nearby viewpoint image on each other, and a display that displays a result of the image processing.

Abstract: A user interface including a display screen and an input device. The input device is for example a touchscreen, a touch pad, and one or more proximity sensors. The input device detects an input event, more specifically a pointing object placed in proximity therewith. Parameters of the input event include distance of the pointing object from the input device, speed of displacement of the pointing object towards the input device, direction of displacement of the pointing object towards the input device, and direction of displacement of the pointing object relative a plane of the input device. The display screen effects output events or magnification events. A field of view on the display screen (i.e. an area on the display screen) is magnified. At least one of scale of magnification, size of field of view to be magnified and size of resultant magnified field of view is dependent on at least one of the parameters of the input event.

Abstract: A method for image processing includes receiving in a computerized image processor a source image having a source size and a definition of a target size that is different from the source size, and defining a plurality of different sequences of two or more different image retargeting operations that when applied to the source image, generates respective target images of the target size. The different sequences are automatically tested, using the image processor, by measuring respective similarities of the respective target images to the source image. One of the sequences is selected responsively to the similarities, and the selected one of the sequences is applied to the source image, using the image processor, in order to generate a target image.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of displaying an image on a display of a computing device, includes the steps of: (a) displaying an image on the display of the computing device; (b) receiving a user input for drawing a mark on the image indicative of a desired operation to be performed on the image; (c) displaying the mark on the image; (d) determining an operation to be performed on the image based on the mark; and (e) preparing and displaying an image as modified or generated by the operation.

Abstract: To render graphics on multiple display devices, multiple computing platforms are networked and each computing platform separately executes an application to render graphics for a display device. A client computing platform adds an orientation offset to view state information received from a server computing platform to coordinate the graphics rendered by the server and client into a representation of the same world scene.

Abstract: A display device is provided with a plurality of cold cathode tubes (light sources) (16a, 16b) according to the number of information display images that are simultaneously displayable in a plurality of display directions from a display surface, and a control section (4) for controlling the drive of the cold cathode tubes (16a, 16b). The control section (4) changes the light intensity of each, cold cathode tube (16a, 16b) based on the corresponding information display image.

Abstract: Image display which accesses an image containing multispectral data and a spectral device model for a reflective display. The reflective display renders the image by modulation of an ambient illuminant and is driven by color primary signals for corresponding color primaries. A spectral power distribution of a direct irradiance of a current ambient illuminant is cyclically and repetitively estimated by using a measurement of the spectral power distribution of the direct irradiance of the current ambient illuminant. Color primary signals are determined by using the estimation of the spectral power distribution of the direct irradiance of the current ambient illuminant, the spectral device model, and the multispectral image data. The reflective display is driven by the determined color primary signals, such that the multispectral image data rendered on the reflective display simulates the appearance of the multispectral image data calorimetrically under the current ambient illuminant.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a drive circuit for controlling an output voltage of display data supplied to a liquid crystal display panel includes a hold circuit that holds a gradient of the display data, a bit detection circuit that compares the gradient of the display data with a last gradient held in the hold circuit to thereby detect a comparison result, a current capability selection circuit that selects any of a plurality of current capabilities in synchronization with a bit comparison signal based on the detected comparison result, and an output circuit that converts the display data into a voltage according to the gradient thereof using the selected current capability and outputs the converted voltage.

Abstract: A driver circuit according to the present invention includes a grayscale circuit, an amplifier circuit, a comparison circuit, and a sampling timing adjusting circuit. The grayscale circuit generates a grayscale voltage from grayscale data. The amplifier circuit generates a video output from the grayscale voltage. The comparison circuit compares the grayscale voltage with the video output and outputs a comparison result. The sampling timing adjusting circuit adjusts a sampling timing signal for sampling the video signal based on the comparison result to generate an adjusted sampling timing signal.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display unit having luminescence elements that individually becomes luminous depending on a current amount. The luminescence elements are arranged in a matrix pattern. The display device comprises a luminescence amount regulator for setting a reference duty for regulating a luminescence amount per unit time for each of the luminescence elements, according to picture information of an input picture signal, and also comprises an adjuster for adjusting, based on the reference duty, an effective duty regulating a luminous time for which the luminescence elements become luminous within a unit time, so that the effective duty is within a predetermined range, and for adjusting a gain of the picture signal, so that a luminescence amount regulated with the effective duty and with the gain of the picture signal equals to the luminescence amount regulated with the reference duty.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes color filters, a display signal voltage application circuit, a common voltage application circuit, and a polarity inversion circuit. Each color filter corresponds to one of sub-pixels arranged two-dimensionally in a display section. The display signal voltage application circuit applies a display signal voltage to a pixel electrode of each of the sub-pixels. The common voltage application circuit applies a common voltage to a common electrode of each of the sub-pixels. The polarity inversion circuit inverts a polarity indicating a magnitude relationship between a pixel electrode voltage and the common voltage that is applied to the common electrode. The polarity inversion circuit makes the polarity of at least one of the sub-pixels arranged in a row of the display section different from the polarity of another sub-pixel of the same color arranged in the same row of the display section.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a brightness controller and a display module. The brightness controller is configured to be capable of controlling a brightness of a backlight, which is configured to light sources, in units of a predetermined area corresponding to at least one light source, and configured to control at a first brightness at least one light source constituting a first light source area corresponding to a selected area on a display area, and configured to control at a second brightness at least one light source constituting a second light source area corresponding to a non-selected area on the display area. The display module is configured to display the selected area in accordance with the control at the first brightness by the brightness controller, and configured to display the non-selected area in accordance with the control at the second brightness by the brightness controller.

Abstract: A backlight apparatus, a light guide plate, and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. A backlight apparatus includes a light guide plate (LGP) on which a plurality of grooves are formed to cut off movement of light, and a light emitting unit which emits the light onto the LGP. Accordingly, an edge-type backlight apparatus can support local dimming using a single LGP which is optically divided.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display device having a display screen being divided into a plurality of divisional areas, each of which being controlled to have individual luminance; a target area determining module configured to determine, as a target area, a group of divisional areas to which a drawing region where at least one of an active window and a cursor is drawn belongs; and a luminance controller configured to control luminance of the respective divisional areas of the display screen independently so that the target area has a first luminance and the other divisional areas have a second luminance that is lower than the first luminance.

Abstract: A method of driving a light emitting device in a first light emitting period, supplying electric charge to the light emitting element of a target pixel circuit of the plurality of pixel circuits. In this case, the electric charge has been generated by supplying the gradation potential to the signal line. In a charging period after the first light emitting period, in order for a reverse bias to be applied to light emitting elements of control pixel circuits other than the target pixel circuit of the plurality of pixel circuits, the method further includes changing potentials of the potential lines corresponding to the control pixel circuits. In a second light emitting period after the charging period, the method further includes supplying electric charge generated in the charging period to the light emitting element of the target pixel circuit.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a light emitting element, a source which supplies a current to the light emitting element from a drain; a capacitor one end of which is connected to a gate of the transistor; a gate voltage setting circuit detachably connected to the gate of the transistor, the gate voltage setting circuit setting the gate voltage of the transistor to an initial voltage; and a capacitor terminal voltage setting circuit which is connected to another end of the capacitor, and which sets the voltage of the another end of the capacitor to any of data voltage corresponding to image information and constant reference voltage which does not depend on the image information, wherein a range, in which a current flowing through the light emitting element varies depending on the data voltage, is adjusted by changing one of the initial voltage and the reference voltage.