Abstract: Aspects include a pixel source that produces data for a rendered surface divided into regions. A mapping identifies memory segments storing pixel data for each region of the surface. The mapping can identify memory segments storing pixel data from a prior rendered surface, for regions that were unchanged during rendering the rendering. Such changed/unchanged status is tracked on a region by region basis. A counter can be maintained for each memory segments to track how many surfaces use pixel data stored therein. A pool of free memory segments can be maintained. Reading a surface, such as to display a rendered surface by a display controller, includes identifying and reading the mapping to identify each memory segment storing pixel data for regions of the surface, reading such, and updating the counters for the memory segments that were read.

Abstract: In an example method and system, image data to an image processing module. Image data is read from memory into a down-scaler, which down-scales the image data to a first resolution, which is stored in a first buffer. A region of image data which the image processing module will request is predicted, and image data corresponding to at least part of the predicted region of image data is stored in a first buffer, in a second resolution, higher than the first. When a request for image data is received, it is then determined whether image data corresponding to the requested image data is in the second buffer, and if so, then image data is provided to the image processing module from the second buffer. If not, then image data from the first buffer is up-scaled, and the up-scaled image data is provided to the image processing module.

Abstract: A frame data shrinking method is disclosed. The method is to divide frame data into data of target pixel and neighbor pixels, and select one data combination set from a plurality of data combination sets provided from the data neighbor pixels as encoded data of the target pixel; and the data combination set are to be compressed and recovered as decoded data of the target pixel of the current frame for being used to be compared with the decoded data of a target pixel of a previous frame; and then the data of the neighbor pixels are compressed and stored along with the selection information about the target pixel in a memory. Because the usage of memory is relatively lower, the cost of driving chips can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit is provided which includes a first line buffer which receives first pixel data of an odd lane in response to an external clock and outputs the first pixel data in response to an internal clock; a second line buffer which receives second pixel data of an even lane in response to the external clock and outputs the second pixel data in response to the internal clock; a line buffer controller which receives display data by the two pixel data to output the first and second pixel data; a data merger which merges the first pixel data output from the first line buffer and second pixel data output from the second line buffer; and an image data processing block which processes the merged pixel data, wherein a frequency of the internal clock is lower than a frequency of the external clock.

Abstract: A method of and device for providing image frames is provided. The method includes outputting portions of a first frame that have changed relative to the one or more other frames without outputting portions of the first frame that have not changed relative to the one or more other frames. Each of the portions are determined to be changed if a rendering engine has written to a frame buffer for a location within boundaries of the portion. This outputting is done in response to one or more portions of a first frame having changed relative to one or more other frames.

Abstract: An image display apparatus is coupled to a nonvolatile memory section, and includes an image processing part configured to display an image on a display device, an initial setting circuit, and a control register configured to control respective parts in the image display apparatus. At power-on or start-up of the image display apparatus, the initial setting circuit reads initialization data from the nonvolatile memory section and sets communication mode for communicating with the nonvolatile memory section to the control register. The communication mode is specified by the initialization data. After the initial setting circuit sets the communication mode to the control register, the image processing part reads image data from the nonvolatile memory section by using the communication mode set in the control register and displays an initial image relating to the image data on the display device.

Abstract: An image processing method for an image processing device is disclosed. The image processing method includes receiving a setting value and a display data; calculating and converting a plurality of input pixel values of the display data according to the setting value, to obtain a plurality of target output pixel values of the display data; and adjusting a plurality of output pixel values of the display data to the plurality of target output pixel values in a plurality of frames gradually.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a display method, a computer program for performing steps of the display method and a display system. The display system (1) comprising: display means (2) comprising: a physical display unit (13)operable to display flight data, a display processing device (11), a graphics driver and a graphics processing device, fault detection means arranged to detect at least one fault condition associated to the display means (2). The display processing device is arranged to process a first task set associated to a normal operation mode and in parallel process a second task set associated to an emergency operation mode, wherein said display processing device is arranged to transmit information provided from the second task set to the graphics processing device in response to the detected at least one fault condition.

Abstract: A surface of a product is divided into a plurality of patches and a polygon mesh is formed. Sequences of vertexes on borderlines between the adjacent patches are allowed to correspond to each other, and then, a texture is mapped on each of patch units. The vertexes of the polygon mesh displaced in accordance with the mapped texture are connected together to form crimp applied polygon data for each of the patch units. In each of processing stages, since data to be processed can be limited to data of the two adjacent patches at the maximum, a practicable range of a computer is not exceeded due to the restriction of capacity of an operation memory.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting a color space of a display. In one embodiment, the method for adjusting the color space of the display may include receiving image data to be rendered on the display and receiving an indication of an amount of ambient light impinging on the display. The method may then include rendering the image data in a first color space when the amount of ambient light is less than a threshold. Alternatively, the method may include rendering the image data in an expanded color space when the amount of ambient light is not less than the threshold. As such, the expanded color space may compensate for one or more color shifts in the image data caused by the ambient light.

Abstract: Light sources of a backlight are configured to customize the shape of light emitted from the clusters. The clusters are activated as a unit and modulated as to brightness, but of the customized shape. All clusters can have a similar customized PSF, or the customization of each cluster may be varied in real time. Real time changes of a clusters PSF may be based, for example, an image or a region of the image to be displayed using the clusters.

Abstract: A device includes converters for converting first image data of an RGB-type into second image data of a YCbCr-type, into third image data of the YCbCr-type, and into fourth image data of the RGB-type, wherein a CbCr-coordinate system has six regions defined by coordinates of a reference color and of six primary colors, and when coordinates of the second image data are located in a region defined by coordinates of the reference color, a first primary color, and a second primary color, the coordinates of the second image data are determined by the coordinates of the reference color, the first primary color, the second primary color, coordinates of a target reference color corresponding to those of the reference color, coordinates of a first target primary color corresponding to those of the first primary color, and coordinates of a second target primary color corresponding to those of the second primary color.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating and providing display error indications. In one aspect, a method includes accessing data defining display areas and, for each display area: respective display area borders that are different from display area borders of other display areas; and display data for each of a plurality of objects that are rendered in the display area, the display data defining, for each object: a display position of the object; display dimensions of the object; and content data defining content of the object; wherein each object in each display area corresponds to a respective object in each other display area; receiving user input specifying a change in the display data of a first object in a first display area and, in response, determining whether the change causes a display error; and for each display area for which the change causes a display error, generating an error indication.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for transmitting opacity data for a plurality of pixel values. In use, opacity data is identified for a plurality of pixel values in a first format. Additionally, the opacity data for the plurality of pixel values is stored in a second format. Further, the opacity data for the plurality of pixel values is transmitted, utilizing the second format.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a priority information database (DB) that stores display priority of a plurality of additional images to be displayed on a map image, and a control unit configured to adjust opacity of the additional images according to the display priority when an overlap between the additional images is detected. Accordingly, a display unit displays the additional images having the adjusted opacity.

Abstract: A device and a method for displaying and adjusting image information are disclosed. The method at least includes steps of: controlling an LCD unit to be transparent, so that an environmental scene is visible, and an image information is displayed on the LCD unit according to a display instruction; executing a first automatic adjustment procedure. The first automatic adjustment procedure includes steps of: detecting the light intensity of the environment by the light-detecting unit to correspondingly generate a first detection value; comparing the first detection value with a determination range of light intensity by the processor to generate an automatic adjustment instruction according to the operation status of the active light source module; automatically adjusting the operation status of the active light source module according to the automatic adjustment instruction to adjust the brightness of the image information and correspondingly adjust the transparency of the LCD unit.

Abstract: A device and method for adjusting the transparency of a display used for packaging a product are provided. The method includes: receiving a user input on the transparent display that encloses the product; adjusting the transparency of the transparent display based on the user input; and displaying information related to the product, which is enclosed by the transparent display, on the transparent display whose transparency has been adjusted. A transparent display with adjustable transparency includes a display configured to display product information provided by a product; a sensor configured to detect a user input on the transparent display; and a controller configured to adjust, based on the detected user input, the transparency of at least a portion of the transparent display determined by a device connected to the transparent display, and wherein the controller is configured to adjust the transparency of the determined portion according to control information received from the device.

Abstract: For an image editing application, a tool in a graphical user interface (GUI) for generating a duotone version of a subject image is provided. The tool includes several aligned thumbnail images in a slider, each thumbnail image occupying a spatial position in the slider that represents a unique range of colors. Each thumbnail image is a miniature version of the subject image that is generated based on a color within the unique range of colors represented by the spatial position of the thumbnail image. The tool determines a first color selection based on a position of a selector in the slider and a second color selection based on a complementary color of the first color selection. The tool then uses the determined color selections to generate a duotone version of the subject image.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing visual accessibility indicators on mobile devices. A computerized method of presenting a visual accessibility indicator relating to a target file includes detecting, using a mobile device, an active network connection of the mobile device to be used to transfer the target file, retrieving a connection profile for the active network connection, the connection profile including attributes relating to the active network connection, projecting accessibility of the target file at least partially based on the connection profile, and displaying, on the mobile device, a visual accessibility indicator representing the projected accessibility, wherein the visual accessibility indicator contains an icon illustrating the accessibility.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for using electronic diffusers to implement message indicators are described. A segment of a diffuser attached to an electronic device is configured to indicate an informational message in response to signals that result in a change to an optical property. A set of information to be displayed using the segment is determined, and a signal is transmitted to the segment to display the information.

Abstract: A machine-implemented method includes obtaining input data and generating output data. The status of at least one contextual factor is determined and compared with a standard. If the status meets the standard, a transformation is applied to the output data. The output data is then outputted to the viewer. Through design and/or selection of contextual factors, standards, and transformations, output data may be selectively outputted to viewers in a context-suitable fashion, e.g. on a head mounted display the viewer's central vision may be left unobstructed while the viewer walks, drives, etc. An apparatus includes at least one sensor that senses a contextual factor. A processor determines the status of the contextual factor, determines if the status meets a standard, generates output data, and applies a transformation to the output data if the status meets the standard. A display outputs the output data to the viewer.

Abstract: A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container. The social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and a first subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget. The social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The method further includes displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to the first social media application and the second social media application in a linear configuration and displaying a first image corresponding to the first social media widget. The first image is adjacent to a second image of the plurality of images corresponding to the first social media application.

Abstract: A transparent display apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image, a front camera, a rear camera, and a timing controller. The front camera is disposed on a front surface of the display panel and takes a picture of a user to generate a user data. The rear camera is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and takes a picture of a background to generate a whole background data. The timing controller receives an image data, the user data, and the whole background data, generates a background data on the basis of the user data and the whole background data, and merges the image data and the background data to generate a modulation data. The user perceives the image obtained by merging the image data with the background data.

Abstract: A mobile terminal for displaying a contact item and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to display a plurality of contact items; a controller configured to designate a selected contact item as a representative contact item when any one of the contact items is selected, and designate a selected different contact item as a subordinate contact item when the different contact item is selected from among the contact items, and merge contact information corresponding to the subordinate contact item into contact information corresponding to the representative contact item when a control command for merging contact information is detected, wherein the controller disposes the subordinate contact item such that it is adjacent to the representative contact item.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece has a control interface based on a connected external device type.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece has a user interface and control interface based on a connected external device type.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, apparatuses, methods and computer program products for virtually and interactively fitting at least one wearable item on a user.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code may be configured to receive data corresponding to a first media content from a user captured by a first media capturing device. The apparatus may be configured to determine at least one media capturing parameter of the first media content to be changed. The apparatus may be configured to cause information regarding the media capturing parameter of the first media content to be changed to be transmitted to at least the first media capturing device. The apparatus may be configured to receive a second media content from a user captured by the first media capturing device, wherein the second media content differs from the first media content by at least the media capturing parameter to be changed. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a map view that compliments an augmented reality view while a user navigates and interacts within a scene. A mapping platform determines a virtual floor surface of at least one presentation of a perspective-based display of location information. A mapping platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of a partial map view on the virtual floor surface, wherein the partial map view provides an alternate view of the location information.

Abstract: An interactive augmented reality system includes an interactive object and a portable communication device. The communication device includes a control module, an image capture module and a communication module. The control module controls and operates the portable communication device and the interactive object. The image capture module is connected with the control module to capture an image of the interactive object. The communication module is connected with the control module to exchange information with interactive object. The control module computes and rebuilds the image, and then overlays the image on a virtual scene generated by the control module. As a result, an augmented reality image is generated, and an action signal is transmitted to the interactive object by the portable communication device, such that the interactive object executes a preset action according to the action signal. The system attracts users, reduces the operation difficulty, and enhances the user experiences.

Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing intuitive, functional, and convenient ways of enabling a user of a head-mounted display unit or another augmented reality enabled device to interact with various user interfaces and other features provided by such a unit or device are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device, such as a head-mounted display unit, may receive camera input of a scene. Subsequently, the computing device may identify at least one reference object in the scene, for example, based on detecting one or more rectangles in the received camera input. The computing device then may receive input that defines a surface segment relative to the at least one reference object. Thereafter, the computing device may render the surface segment.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of an item in a virtual augmented space is provided. The method includes determining a first angle between a viewer and a first display device, determining a second angle between the first display device and a second display device and determining a third angle, based on the first and second angle that can be used to determine a relative viewing angle between the viewer and the second display device.

Abstract: A machine-implemented method includes obtaining input data and generating output data. The status of at least one contextual factor is determined and compared with a standard. If the status meets the standard, a transformation is applied to the output data. The output data is then outputted to the viewer. Through design and/or selection of contextual factors, standards, and transformations, output data may be selectively outputted to viewers in a context-suitable fashion, e.g. on a head mounted display the viewer's central vision may be left unobstructed while the viewer walks, drives, etc. An apparatus includes at least one sensor that senses a contextual factor. A processor determines the status of the contextual factor, determines if the status meets a standard, generates output data, and applies a transformation to the output data if the status meets the standard. A display outputs the output data to the viewer.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described to allow a user of a computing device to augment a captured image of a design space, such as a photograph or a video of an interior room, with an image of a design element, such as a photograph. The disclosure provides systems and methods that enable users of computing devices to capture images from the design space, calibrate the size of a virtual image of a design element to the captured image of the design space, overlay the calibrated virtual image onto the captured image, and adjust the virtual image.

Abstract: A method of providing information about a predetermined external vehicle on a transparent display of an information providing vehicle, the method including: acquiring status information of the external vehicle; determining a display mode for displaying an object corresponding to the external vehicle based on the acquired status information; and displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle on the transparent display in the determined display mode, wherein the display mode may include an augmented reality mode displaying an image obtained by overlaying a virtual image on an actual image of the external vehicle that is observed through the transparent display, and a map mode displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle after mapping the object to a map.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including virtual object management section (104) that manages virtual object management information of the information processing apparatus thereof on a virtual object disposed in an augmented real space shared by a group to which this information processing apparatus belongs. Communication section (107) receives virtual object management information of another information processing apparatus from this other information processing apparatus belonging to another group, the information regarding a virtual object disposed in an augmented real space shared in the other group. Reference point setting section (103) sets a common reference point based on the virtual object management information of the information processing apparatus and the virtual object management information of the other information processing apparatus, the common reference point being commonly used by the other group and the group to which the information processing apparatus belongs.

Abstract: A method and device which provide and manage an image to be displayed on display screens of a portable device and a separate image output device, when the separate image output device is connected to the portable device is provided. Accordingly, an image frame is generated by excluding a specific surface from image frames to be output in the portable device, to the image output device, or constitutes and provides an image frame including a surface to be displayed on the image output device, to the image output device.

Abstract: A method for an electronic device having a keyboard and a display, including, receiving an input reflecting selection of one or more of the keys, displaying, at a location on the display, one or more characters associated with the one or more selected keys, wherein the location corresponds to a region of the keyboard determined based on a subsequent candidate input character that is based on the one or more characters associated with the one or more selected keys, and detecting a swipe input associated with the determined region. An electronic device including a display, a keyboard, a memory, and a processor, the processor being configured to execute the method. The keyboard also includes a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, and a plurality of sensors configured to detect one or more gestures along the plurality of keys.

Abstract: A method includes defining, through a graphics driver component of a graphics processor of a computing device, a custom mode of displaying pixel data from the graphics processor on a display communicatively coupled to the computing device, and receiving, as an input through the custom mode, dimensional parameters of the display through the graphics processor. The custom mode is interpretable through an operating system executing on the computing device. The method also includes providing a virtual representation of the display through the operating system based on the received dimensional parameters of the display, and scaling, through the graphics processor, the pixel data corresponding to a scanout of the graphics processor to fit within the virtual representation of the display to provide a one-on-one mapping between a virtual display canvas corresponding to the scanout of the graphics processor and dimensions of the display.

Abstract: During downscaling of an image, a scaler may generate a specified number ‘M’ output lines of an output frame for each specified number ‘N’ input lines of an input frame, and store the output lines in a buffer. The scaler may keep the output horizontal line durations consistent throughout the active line period, with a horizontal line duration ratio of M/N between input and output frame streams. ‘M’ threshold values may be stored in a lookup table, and for each output line the relative position of the output line within the output frame may be used to look up a corresponding threshold value in the lookup table, and the timing generator may wait until the buffer occupancy reaches the corresponding threshold value before outputting the output line from the buffer. To guarantee even line widths, the threshold values may be assigned values that depend on the scaling ratio used.

Abstract: In a computer system having a display screen configured to display visual content, a plurality of techniques may be identified to be considered for enhancing visual accessibility of a particular collection of visual content to be displayed to an end user on the display screen. For each technique, an algorithm may be applied to compute one or more measures of health of the display of the particular collection of visual content resulting from applying the respective technique to enhance the visual accessibility of the particular collection of visual content. Based at least in part on the computed measures of health, one or more best techniques may be selected and applied to enhance the visual accessibility of the particular collection of visual content. The enhanced particular collection of visual content may be displayed to the end user on the display screen.

Abstract: In a computer system having originating software configured to provide visual content for display on a display screen and enhancement software configured to apply enhancements to the visual content for display on the display screen, the visual content may be magnified, via the enhancement software, to a magnification level different from a size at which the visual content is provided by the originating software. In response to an instruction to change the magnification level, the magnification level to which the visual content is magnified via the enhancement software may be changed, and one or more enhancements, other than magnification, applied to the visual content via the enhancement software may also be changed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display processing unit, a setting unit, and an automatic shifting unit. The display processing unit is configured to display, on a display unit, at least a part of a pathological image as a display area. The setting unit is configured to receive, as information necessary to move the display area so as to scan the pathological image, at least information on a position of the display area in the pathological image and information on a method of moving the display area, which are set by a user. The automatic shifting unit is configured to sequentially move the display area based on the set information.

Abstract: In a method for controlling movement of scalable vector graphics (SVG) images which allows display and examination of all parts of an SVG image even when zoomed in, an image display area and an event detection area for the SVG image are determined on a display device. An updated position of the image display area is determined according to current coordinates of a cursor of a mouse on the display device when a mouse event is detected in the event detection area. The SVG image is displayed at an updated position of the image display area, to generate a drag operation of the SVG image on the display device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally systems and methods for controlling current provided to display devices. A method for controlling the current may include receiving drive current values associated with subpixels in a display and receiving information that corresponds to an application type being rendered on the display and/or an indication of image data being rendered on the display. The method may then include reducing at least some of the drive current values based at least in part on the application type. Alternatively, the method may include reducing the at least a portion of the image data corresponding to the at least some of the drive current values has substantially similar luminance and color values. The method may then include supplying the subpixels with drive currents that correspond to the drive current values.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a display panel whose luminance changes from a start luminance to a target luminance lower than the start luminance and which displays an image, wherein the image comprises a start frame having the start luminance and a start gamma, a target frame having the target luminance and a target gamma, and a plurality of intermediate frames sequentially placed between the start frame and the target frame, where a difference in the luminance of the display panel between adjacent frames is reduced.

Abstract: A driving method of pixels of a display panel is provided, which is adapted to drive a pixel of the display panel corresponding to a target grey-level of a display frame. In this method, a first pixel voltage is applied to the pixel during a first display period. At least one second pixel voltage is applied to the pixel during a second display period. The first and second display periods correspond to the display frame, and an enabling duration of the second display period is longer than the enabling duration of the first display period. When the target grey-level is not equal to a limit grey-level, the grey-level corresponding to the pixel voltage is different from the grey-level corresponding to the second pixel voltages. A sum of optical effects of the pixel during the first and second display periods is equal to the optical effect of the target grey-level.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, an automultiscopic display device includes (1) one or more spatially addressable, light attenuating layers, and (2) a controller which is configured to perform calculations to control the device. In these calculations, tensors provide sparse, memory-efficient representations of a light field. The calculations include using weighted nonnegative tensor factorization (NTF) to solve an optimization problem. The NTF calculations can be sufficiently efficient to achieve interactive refresh rates. Either a directional backlight or a uniform backlight may be used. For example, the device may have (1) a high resolution LCD in front, and (2) a low resolution directional backlight. Or, for example, the device may have a uniform backlight and three or more LCD panels. In these examples, all of the LCDs and the directional backlight (if applicable) may be time-multiplexed.

Abstract: A method of controlling a dimming operation is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes determining the brightness of an input image frame based on input image data, determining an input dimming value based on the brightness of the input image frame, selectively performing the dimming operation is based on a comparison of an absolute value of a difference between the input dimming value and a current output dimming value against a predetermined threshold value, where a value generated by adjusting the current output dimming value by a predetermined adjustment value is output as a next output dimming value when performing the dimming operation, and the input dimming value is output as the next output dimming value when not performing the dimming operation.

Abstract: A method of gamma correction for an organic light emitting display device includes calculating a high-power voltage to be supplied in an emission period of the organic light emitting display device based on a gray-level range of an input image data for each frame, generating a gamma correction curve for the calculated high-power voltage based on a predetermined minimum gamma correction curve and a predetermined maximum gamma correction curve, performing a gamma correction on image data based on the gamma correction curve to generate gamma-corrected image data, and displaying the gamma-corrected image data on the organic light emitting display device.