Abstract: Disclosed is a touch pen that is configured such that an indication point, which is indicated on a touch panel when the touch pen slantingly contacts the touch panel, is corrected to a contact point of the touch pen.

Abstract: The invention provides an LCD driving module, an LCD device, and a driving method. The LCD driving module of an LCD panel includes a data driving module(s), and a TCON; the data driving module is provided with a data interface connected with the TCON, the data driving module is internally integrated with a digital Vcom submodule, the input end of the digital Vcom submodule is connected to the data interface, and the output end of the digital Vcom submodule is connected to a common line. In the invention, a digital Vcom IC is not required to be arranged on the PCB, thereby reducing circuits, and saving PCB space. The integrated Vcom submodule is digitally regulated by the TCON, thereby obtaining high adjusting accuracy.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus to perform a screen process on color image data using threshold matrices includes an address calculation section, threshold processor and shift section. The address calculation section calculates an address in the threshold matrix. The threshold processor acquires a threshold by the address, and performs an n-valued process (n?2) on a pixel value using the threshold. The shift section divides the image data into blocks in units of the threshold matrix, determines shift amounts for each block, and shifts the address. The threshold processor acquires a threshold by an address after the shift for at least one color, and performs the n-valued process using the threshold. The threshold matrix for a color for which the address is shifted has a screen ruling with a lower number of lines than the address is not shifted.

Abstract: A system includes a display, a video capturing device mounted on the display, and a brightness controller. The video capturing device captures N number of consecutive images during a time period. The brightness controller includes an object detecting unit for selecting one of the N number of images as a reference image and processing the other n?1 number of images relative to the reference image to detect any user of the display, a position determining unit for detecting a position of the user and determining any movement vector of the user of the N?1 images, a state determining unit for determining if the user is or is not using the display according to any movement vector of the user, and a brightness adjusting unit for adjusting a brightness of the display accordingly.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a display control unit configured to cause the liquid crystal panel to display a right eye image and a left eye image in an alternating manner; and a polarity control unit configured to cause the polarity of the drive voltage for the liquid crystal panel to be reversed. The polarity control unit causes the polarity of the drive voltage to be reversed such that, in one cycle including a number of display frames for right and left eye images, the number being a multiple of 8, the combination of polarities for image display in one pair of display frames composed of right and left eye images is one of four combinations and a number of occurrences of each of the four combinations is equal.

Abstract: A circuit with power saving function connected to a LCD includes a display signal output module, to output a display control signal; a boosting circuit; a Content Adaptive Backlight Control (CABC) control module, to output a CABC signal; and a combining circuit, connected between the display signal output module and the CABC control module, to combine the display control signal outputted by the display signal output module and the CABC signal outputted by the CABC control module, then output a combined signal to an input port of the boosting circuit. The boosting circuit is configured to boost the combined signal and output a boosted combined signal to the LCD, thereby changing the backlighting of the LCD to save energy.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus and a method of easily inspecting the apparatus to determine whether an electrical failure occurs are disclosed. The organic light emitting display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer including an organic emission layer, and an opposite electrode, pluralities of scan lines and data lines corresponding to the plurality of pixels, first power supply lines connected to the plurality of pixels and extending in a first direction; second power supply lines connected to the first power supply lines, and a controller that simultaneously supplies control signals to the plurality of pixels, and includes a plurality of control lines and a common line. The common line is connected to a first end of each of the plurality of control lines and is separated from a second, opposing end of each of the plurality of control lines.

Abstract: A data driver includes a holding latch unit including a plurality of holding latches that store data, a signal generator including a plurality of digital-analog converters (DAC) for receiving the data to generate data signals, and a switching unit coupled between the signal generator and data lines to couple the plurality of DACs to the data lines or to commonly couple one of the plurality of DACs to the data lines.

Abstract: An LCD device and a method of driving the same are provided. The LCD device includes a panel, one or more gate driver IC, a timing controller, and a source driver IC. The gate driver IC sequentially drives a plurality of gate lines formed in the panel. The timing controller controls the gate driver IC. The source driver IC simultaneously transfers image data from a first latch to a second latch according to a latch signal, converts the image data transferred from the second latch into data voltages, and outputs the data voltages to the panel at a falling time of a source output enable signal.

Abstract: A driving apparatus of a display is disclosed. The driving apparatus includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit, an output buffer circuit and a pre-charge circuit. The DAC circuit receives a display data with a digital format for generating a gray level voltage. The output buffer circuit is coupled to the DAC circuit, and receives the gray level voltage. The output buffer circuit has an output terminal to output a driving output signal. The pre-charge circuit is coupled to the output buffer circuit, and generates a pre-charge output signal according to the gray level voltage and a pre-charge enable signal, and outputs the pre-charge output signal to the output terminal of the output buffer circuit.

Abstract: A 2-dimensional (2D)/3-dimensional (3D) image display device generates 2D or 3D image data according to an input image signal and displays them on a display unit. The display unit includes a display panel for displaying an image in response to the 2D or 3D image data and an optical element layer operative during first and second driving modes in accordance with the 3D and 2D image data. A controller converts the optical element layer to be in the first driving mode in a first period before a 3D image signal is displayed when the input image signal changes from a 2D image signal to the 3D image signal, and converts the optical element layer to be in the second driving mode in a second period after the 2D image signal is displayed when the input image signal changes from the 3D image signal to the 2D image signal.

Abstract: A display device in which low power consumption is realized without lowering an aperture ratio is provided. A liquid crystal capacitive element Clc is sandwiched between a pixel electrode 20 and an opposite electrode 80. The pixel electrode 20, one end of a first switch circuit 22, one end of a second switch circuit 23 and a first terminal of a second transistor T2 form an internal node N1. The other terminals of the first switch circuit 22 and the second switch circuit 23 are connected to a source line SL. The second switch circuit 23 is a series circuit composed of a first transistor T1 and a diode D1. A control terminal of the first transistor T1, a second terminal of the second transistor T2 and one end of a boost capacitive element Cbst form an output node N2. The other end of the boost capacitive element Cbst and the control terminal of the second transistor T2 are connected to a boost line BST and a reference line REF, respectively.

Abstract: A driving apparatus applied in a liquid crystal display is disclosed. The driving apparatus at least includes a first latch, a second latch, an output buffer, and a slew rate enhancing module. The first latch is used to store a second data signal. The second latch is used to store a first data signal. The first data signal is previous to the second data signal. The slew rate enhancing module is used to compare the first data signal and the second data signal to generate a compared result, and correspondingly output a control signal to the output buffer according to the compared result to control a driving current of the output buffer.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes pixels, gate lines and data lines, a gate driver driving the gate lines, a data driver driving the data lines, and a timing controller controlling the gate and data drivers and applying a resolution control signal to the data driver. The data driver applies a first line data signal to the pixels connected to a first gate line of the gate lines from image data and a second line data signal to a second gate line of the gate lines based on the first line data signal in response to a shift start pulse signal when the resolution control signal indicates an up-scaling mode.

Abstract: Technology is described for displaying a collision between objects by an augmented reality display device system. A collision between a real object and a virtual object is identified based on three dimensional space position data of the objects. At least one effect on at least one physical property of the real object is determined based on physical properties of the real object, like a change in surface shape, and physical interaction characteristics of the collision. Simulation image data is generated and displayed simulating the effect on the real object by the augmented reality display. Virtual objects under control of different executing applications can also interact with one another in collisions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a three-dimensional display device and drive method thereof. The three-dimensional display device comprises: a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix, gate driver and source driver; wherein the source driver supplies a constant drive voltage to keep the fourth sub-pixel area stay in dark state during the scanning. In this manner, the effect of the technique is equivalent to increasing the width of the black matrix without sacrificing the aperture ratio so as to improve the vertical view angle of the three-dimensional display device.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an image processing unit, an over-driving unit, and an up-sampler. The image processing unit receives a full-resolution 3D input image and outputs a half-resolution 3D image to a memory. The over-driving unit is coupled to the image processing unit and the memory for over-driving a current half-resolution 3D image outputted from the image processing unit according to a previous half-resolution 3D image stored in the memory. The up-sampler is selectively coupled to the over-driving unit for up-sampling an over-driven half-resolution 3D image outputted from the over-driving unit to output a full-resolution 3D output image.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for formatting a stereoscopic image in an electronic device rotating a left image and a right image of a 2-D image by first rotation degrees in a reference direction, storing the images in the first buffer, alternately arranging the left image and the right image stored in the first buffer based on a reference size, and formatting the stereoscopic image by rotating the left image and the right image alternately arranged based on the reference size, by second rotation degrees in the reference direction.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a graphic stream. The method may include determining whether a graphic picture is reproducible as a three-dimensional (3D) image by assigning different depth values according to graphic objects or by assigning the same depth value to the graphic picture, using 3D capability information.

Abstract: Techniques for multiple pass rendering include receiving vertex data for one or more objects to be enhanced. Parameters in a display list may be determined using the vertex data. Multiple pixel rendering passes may be run using the parameters in the display list. An enhanced depiction of the one or more objects may be rendered based on the multiple pixel rendering passes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Provided are a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for a three-dimensional stereo display. The method comprises capturing images of an object for the three-dimensional stereo display, calculating a disparity level of the object by comparing the captured images, adjusting a disparity level of an identification element to be the same as that of the object, and displaying the identification element along with the object in a same depth in the three-dimensional stereo display. Due to being in the same depth of the display, the 3D image displayed in this manner is more natural, vivid and clear and it is easier for the objects in such 3D image to be identified. Thereby, a viewer would enjoy a better user experience in the 3D stereo display.

Abstract: An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes: shifting an object displayed in a reference image according to depth information; determining a stretching area of a variable size by using an energy value of a background area of the shifted object; and inserting a pixel of the stretching area into a hole area generated by shifting the object to generate a target image. This results in prevention of the phenomenon of image quality deterioration.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to generating three dimensional (3D) models from range sensor data. According to an aspect, multiple 3D point clouds, which are captured using one or more 3D cameras, are obtained. At least two of the 3D point clouds correspond to different positions of a body relative to at least a single one of the one or more 3D cameras. Two or more of the 3D point clouds are identified as corresponding to two or more predefined poses, and a segmented representation of the body is generated, in accordance with a 3D part-based volumetric model including cylindrical representations, based on the two 3D point clouds identified as corresponding to the two predefined pose.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for segmenting an object in an image, comprising a first adapter (110) for adapting a first model for segmenting the object to the image, an analyzer (115) for extracting a feature from the image based on the adapted first model, a selector (120) for selecting a second model for segmenting the object from a plurality of models for segmenting the object, based on the feature extracted from the image, wherein the second model comprises additional detail of the object, an initializer (125) for initializing the second model based on the adapted first model and/or the feature extracted from the image, and a second adapter (130) for adapting the initialized second model to the image. The features extracted from the image based on the adapted first model help the system (100) to select the second model for segmenting the object from a plurality of models for segmenting the object.

Abstract: A jewelry configurator is disclosed which permits a consumer or end user to begin with a catalog of jewelry pieces that he is able to then customize and alter in various ways to tailor the piece to his taste, view a rendering of said piece, get a price quote for the piece, and send same directly to manufacture for production.

Abstract: A method for providing optimal correction to depth mapping between captured and displayed stereoscopic content. The solution is derived in a continuous form that can be implemented through CGI scaling techniques compatible with image rendering techniques. Similar correction can be implemented with variable depth-dependent camera separation and disparity re-mapping. The latter is applicable to correcting existing stereoscopic content.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device generates a three-dimensional image to be displayed on a display unit. The display unit includes a display element unit that has pixels each containing a plurality of sub-pixels arranged thereon and a ray control element unit that controls emission directions of rays emitted from the sub-pixels. The image processing device includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire three-dimensional data for generating the three-dimensional image; and a generating unit configured to calculate, for each of the sub-pixels, a luminance value of the sub-pixel on the basis of an emission direction of a ray emitted from the sub-pixel through the ray control element unit and the three-dimensional data to generate the three-dimensional image.

Abstract: A moving 2D image is made up of a series of still images referred to as current frame (K), previous frame (K-1) and so on. The method generates depth maps that allow converting 2D images to 3D. To do so, the method comprises a first step in which a pyramid of scaled versions of the current frame and the previous frame are generated, a second step in which the optical flow between the current and previous pyramids is calculated, a third step in which the image-point-oriented depth map is calculated, a fourth step in which image segments in the current frame are generated, a fifth step in which the segment-oriented depth map focused on said segments is calculated, obtaining a segment-oriented depth map, and a sixth step in which the segment-oriented maps relating to the current and previous frames are integrated, obtaining the final map for the current frame.

Abstract: There is disclosed apparatus and a computer implemented method for processing a digital image. The method comprises maintaining ordered cached digital images arranged in a predetermined order. The ordered cached digital images comprise a base digital image and a subsequent plurality of modified cached digital images. Each modified cached digital image is associated with an image modification category. Each subsequent modified cached digital image is generated by performing image modification operations relating to its respective image modification category on the immediately preceding cached image in accordance with the predetermined order.

Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, mapping image pixels of media content to a first portion of display pixels of a display to create mapped pairs having a mapped image pixel and a mapped display pixel, where the display has at least one of a greater number of horizontal or vertical pixels than the media content and for each mapped pair, one or more values associated with the mapped image pixel are assigned to the mapped display pixel, assigning blended mapped values to unmapped display pixels in a second portion of the display pixels, where, for each unmapped display pixel, the blended mapped value is a statistical compilation of one or more values assigned to the mapped display pixels that are adjacent to the unmapped display pixels, and presenting the mapped and unmapped display pixels at the display. The method includes other embodiments.

Abstract: A method includes initializing a software program configured to determine a display height and a display width on a display, receiving input dimensions of a standard sized object into the software program, determining the display height and the display width based on the input dimensions of a standard sized object, and outputting the display height and the display width from the software program.

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing graphs and/or physical bodies are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods determine one or more scaling factors that may be subsequently used to extract data from a graph/body under consideration. The systems and methods may also enable data extraction from multiple graphs, providing avenues to simultaneously optimize multiple variables at the same time.

Abstract: An information display device includes a display unit for displaying, on a display screen, a first range and a second range having a display reference position same as that of the first range and being adjacent to the first range in a display area. The device also includes a controller for setting different scales for the first range and the second range and for performing a control to display perimeter information of the device in the display area having the first and second ranges to correspond to a position of the perimeter information.

Abstract: A user interface and method for identifying related information displayed in an ultrasound system are provided. A medical image display of the ultrasound system includes a first region configured to display a medical image having color coded portions and a second region configured to display non-image data related to the medical image displayed in the first region. The non-image data is color coded to associate the non-image data with the color coded portions of the medical image.

Abstract: A computerized font size adjustment method of an electronic device, the electronic device includes an image capturing device. Images of a user are captured using the image capturing device at intervals. A smallest rectangle framing an eye portion of a current image of the user and a ratio of a length to a width of the smallest rectangle are calculated. Then the ratio is compared with a predetermined value range, and the font size of the electronic device is adjusted according to the comparison.

Abstract: A sprite sheet generation mechanism includes providing a sprite sheet generation engine host, which may be an authoring application. The host loads code that describes sprite sheet format information and a set of ordered images into the sprite sheet generation engine. The code is from code resources may be plug-ins created by a user and managed by a plug-in type manager. The sprite sheet generation engine is operated using the sprite sheet format information and the set of ordered images to generate a sprite sheet.

Abstract: Power gating a portion of a graphics processor may be used to improve performance or to achieve a power budget. A processor granularity, such as a slice or subslice, may be gated.

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to conversion of a graphics signal to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) signal to be outputted to a USB visual presentation device or display device. The graphics signal is received via a graphics port. The graphics signal is converted to a USB signal. The USB signal is output to the USB visual presentation device or display device.

Abstract: A method of operating an address generator configured to map an image onto a plurality of memories via an interleaving includes detecting information associated with the image and the interleaving; selecting an address mapping scheme according to the detection result; and mapping the image onto the plurality of memories according to the selected address mapping scheme.

Abstract: An apparatus having a first memory and a circuit is disclosed. The first memory may be configured to store a list having a plurality of read requests. The read requests generally (i) correspond to a plurality of blocks of a reference picture and (ii) are used to decode a current picture in a bitstream carrying video. The circuit may be configured to (i) rearrange the read requests in the list based on at least one of (a) a size of a buffer in a second memory and (b) a width of a data bus of the second memory and (ii) copy a portion of the reference picture from the second memory to a third memory using one or more direct memory access transfers in response to the list.

Abstract: Methods are described for determining an optimal path for creating a scheme for dividing a text line of Chinese, Japanese or Korean (CJK) characters into character cells prior to applying classifiers and recognizing characters. Gaps between characters are found as a window is moved down the text line. Finding gaps may involve finding 4-connected paths. A histogram is built based on distances from start of window to a respective gap. The window is moved to the end of each gap after each gap is found and distances measured. Process is repeated until window reaches the end of the text line and all gaps found. A linear division graph (LDG) is constructed according to detected gaps. Penalties for certain distances are applied. An optimum path is one with a minimal penalty sum and can be used as a scheme for dividing text lines into character cells.

Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregation of textures at multiple resolution levels are described herein. An embodiment includes a preprocessing system that aggregates textures associated with objects of interest at multiple resolution levels. Individual textures may have a “pyramid” of resolution levels, and aggregated textures may be combined into a “tree” or a “forest”. Additionally, a texture forest may also be organized spatially and in resolution using the nodes of a quadtree, based on the 3D coordinates of the geometric primitives using each texture. A client identifies a resolution level for each object of interest in an image frame, groups objects based on resolution levels. The client may then test one texture coordinate per object at the beginning of a texture tree, recursively towards each child node of the tree, accumulating texture replacement transforms as a texture matrix. The client may then draw all the textures with the appropriate transform.

Abstract: The invention provides devices and methods that process images. The invention processes a received signal representing information of texture and information of an image, which has the texture removed from at least one region. The image information is encoded to obtain encoded information of the image. An output signal is generated representing the texture information and the encoded image information. In another embodiment, the invention synthesizes texture based on the received texture information, decodes received image information, which is encoded, to obtain a decoded image, and then maps the synthesized texture onto the decoded image.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, system and stylus for drawing tool selection. One or more drawing tool settings, each defined by user-selectable drawing tool attributes, are formed by user interaction with a user interface. A user-activated control on a stylus signals a host electronic device to select a drawing tool setting. The settings may be selected in cyclic order. When a selected drawing tool setting includes color, the host electronic device may signal the selected color to the stylus for display using a color indicator on the stylus.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for compressing via a pixel shader color information associated with a line of pixels. An intermediary representation of an uncompressed stream of color information is first generated that indicates, for each pixel, whether a previous adjacent pixel shares color information with the pixel. A set of cascading buffers is then generated based on intermediary representation, where each cascading buffer represents a number of unique color codes across different groups of pixels. Finally, a compressed output stream that specifies the unique color codes as well as the number of pixels that share each unique color code is generated based on the set of cascading buffers.

Abstract: A method for generating display data comprises detecting user input via an input interface. A processor is in communication with the input interface to generate display data comprising a display object for display by a display device. The display object is representative of an action that will subsequently be performed by the processor on continuation of the user input. The display data on the display device is output whilst the user input is being detected. Alternatively, the display object is caused to appear on the display device over time as the user input is being performed, wherein the rate at which the display object appears is different to the rate of performance of the user input. A device and executable computer program for performing the steps of the method is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing a makeup avatar is disclosed. The apparatus may include a spectrum information metadata generating unit to generate spectrum information metadata, based on skin spectrum information of a user and cosmetics spectrum information related to makeup, a makeup information generating unit to receive, from the user, a makeup avatar to which makeup is applied through a user terminal, and to generate makeup information of the makeup avatar, a control information determining unit to determine control information for controlling a makeup status of the makeup avatar, based on the makeup information and the spectrum information metadata, and a makeup avatar metadata generating unit to generate makeup avatar metadata, based on spectrum information metadata corresponding to the control information and the makeup information.

Abstract: Techniques for displaying images of different dynamic ranges in a display system are provided. In some embodiments, images that have a number of dynamic ranges may be normalized to a configured dynamic range that corresponds to the full intensity reproduction capability of the device. The configured dynamic range may be wider, greater, or deeper than the relatively limited dynamic range.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments enable selection and overlaid display of the expression of one or more biomarkers and/or one or more DNA sequences in a field-of-view of a biological tissue. The expressions of the biomarkers and/or DNA sequences are represented in one or more user-selected colors. The color settings are stored in associated with the biomarkers and/or DNA sequences such that a first user-selected color associated with a first biomarker in the saved color settings is automatically selected in response to receiving user input selecting the first biomarker. Similarly, a second user-selected color associated with a first DNA sequence in the saved color settings is automatically selected in response to receiving user input selecting the first DNA sequence.

Abstract: Unevenly spaced data records are received over time. A smoothed graphical visualization has a plurality of discrete rings to allow for detection of periodical patterns in the data records, where the discrete rings correspond to plural time periods and contain pixels representing values of an attribute of the data records. Visual indicators are assigned to the corresponding pixels, where a first of a visual indicators for a first time interval that is missing a data record is based on aggregating values of the attribute of neighboring data records, and where a second of the visual indicators for a second time interval having multiple data records is based on aggregating values of the attribute of the multiple data records.