Abstract: A sensor includes a linear array of sensitive photodetectors each forming part of an associated pixel circuit. The pixel circuits accumulate photo-generated charge from their photodetectors simultaneously but with different gains for different pixels. Each pixel circuit comprises an operational amplifier arranged to integrate a photocurrent received from the photodetector over a sampling interval that is substantially the same for all pixels. The gain of each pixel circuit is made variable over time by switching one or more capacitors in and out of the integrating circuit. In one embodiment a gain selection signal is written into each pixel circuit during a data read-out cycle. In another embodiment, the gain of each pixel varies automatically in response to data obtained from the pixel in a previous cycle. Several similar sensors are used to detect touch positions in a touch screen input device.

Abstract: An electronic stylus is configured for writing on an electronic white board. A color of a surface of the electronic stylus is corresponding with a writing color of the electronic stylus. The electronic stylus comprises a sensing hole, an optical sensing module, and a signal output module. The sensing hole is defined through a side wall of the electronic stylus. The optical sensing module and the signal output module are arranged in the electronic stylus and face the sensing hole. The optical sensing module is configured for generating a blocking signal representing the writing color of the electronic stylus when the first sensing hole is blocked. The signal output module is configured for sending out the blocking signal. The present disclosure also relates to an electronic white board system and a writing method.

Abstract: An optical scanner is configured to scan multiple print portions of a body part such as a finger. The optical scanner identifies a first one of the print portions in an area of an optical surface. An event such as launching an application is generated based on identifying the first print portion in the area of the optical surface. In addition, various events can be generated based on different combinations of print portions in different areas of the optical surface. In a second embodiment, a property detector is configured to identify different properties of a sleeve in different areas of a surface. An event is generated based on the detection of a property of the sleeve in an area of the surface.

Abstract: A stylus detecting device detects a pointed position which is a position pointed to by a stylus, and includes a first camera; a second camera; and a control unit including an axis detecting unit that detects a three-dimensional position and attitude of an axis of the stylus by using two images captured respectively by the first and second cameras, and a pointed position detecting unit that calculates as the pointed position a point of intersection between a straight line indicated by the axis of the stylus whose three-dimensional position and attitude have been detected by the axis detecting unit and a target plane having a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the first and second cameras.

Abstract: A display device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. More specifically, a three-foldable display device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, wherein the three-foldable display device has two cameras at previously set locations with different resolutions different from each other and controls a location for providing a preview interface in accordance with an activated one of the two cameras.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus using the image processing method are provided. The apparatus comprises a processor configured to scale color values of input image data, thereby simulating the optical characteristics of paper. The simulation takes into consideration varying ambient light conditions around the display to imitate the optical characteristics of physical paper in the same ambient light conditions.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including a first and second substrates, the second substrate including data signal lines, gate signal lines, pixel electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes that extend in one of a column direction and a row direction, and a plurality of shield electrodes overlapping at least one of the data signal lines or the gate signal lines, the plurality of common electrodes including a first common electrode to which a first voltage is supplied and a second common electrode to which a second voltage is supplied, the first common electrode and the second common electrode being alternately arranged in one of the row direction and the column direction, in which, in plan view, each of the plurality of shield electrodes is formed to overlap at least a gap formed between the first common electrode and the second common electrode that are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: In a refresh period, a voltage for alternatingly inverting a memory display element between a first gray level and a second gray level is applied. The number of inversions in the refresh period when the temperature of the memory display element is low is lower than the number of inversions in the refresh period when the temperature of the memory display element is high.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including, a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels disposed in rows and columns, and a number of power supply lines and scanning lines equal to the number of the rows of the pixels, each of the power supply lines being wired commonly to those of the pixels which are juxtaposed in a direction of a row.

Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-functional integrated circuit and a source driver having the same. The integrated circuit (IC) chip includes: a first high-voltage transistor configured to precharge a storage node in response to a first control signal; a decoding unit configured to decode a plurality of input signals to output the decoded signal to the storage node; and a second high-voltage transistor configured to transfer an output of the decoding unit to the storage node in response to a second control signal.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for developing contents which may direct motions of a robot according to time and synchronize motions of a robot with a media. The apparatus for developing robot contents outputs an interface including an editing area and a motion event track and includes a drawer configured to implement and provide a three-dimensional robot model in the editing area, and a motion editor which generates a robot motion event according to a motional manipulation with respect to the robot model of the editing area and providing the robot motion event on the motion event track according to time.

Abstract: provided is an image processing apparatus, including, a memory unit that stores an input image and read the input image as first image second images, an acquiring unit that acquires an up-conversion line that is a line of pixels used for up conversion from the first and second images, an up-converting unit that performs up conversion using pixels of the up-conversion line, and generate first and second up-converted images obtained by up converting the first and second images, and a generating unit that writes the first and second up-converted images in first and second memory blocks, reads pixels of the first and second up-converted images written in the first and second memory blocks in a certain order decided according to a scan method of a display device configured to display an output image obtained by up converting the input image, and generates the output image according to the scan method.

Abstract: Provided are a system and method of simultaneously providing stereoscopic images to multiple users. The system includes at least one glasses unit, a stereoscopic image generating device configured to calculate spatial information of the at least one glasses unit, and generate the stereoscopic image corresponding to the spatial information of the at least one glasses unit, and a stereoscopic image providing device configured to project the stereoscopic image corresponding to the spatial information of the at least one glasses unit to provide the projected stereoscopic image to the at least one glasses unit. Thus, through lightweight glasses constituted of only simple optical elements without a separate electronic device such as a micro panel, stereoscopic information such as through an existing HMD may be provided to multiple users.

Abstract: A method for processing two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) images on a same display area is provided. The method includes receiving image data containing both 2D and 3D images and creating a plurality of image containers including at least one top level image container and at least one sub-level image container, where each image container is provided with a display dimension identity and a coverage area identity. The method also includes determining display positions, dimensions, and occlusion relationships of the 2D and 3D images based on the plurality of image containers. Further, the method includes displaying images in the image containers with corresponding display dimension identities and coverage area identities with the display positions, dimensions, and occlusion relationships, where the display dimension identities include a 2D display and a 3D display.

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating a 3-dimensional (3D) panorama. A method includes receiving images of a 3D scene. The method includes reconstructing geometry of a plurality of 3D bubble-views from the images. Reconstructing includes using a structure from motion framework for camera localization, generating a 3D surface mesh model of the scene using multi-view stereo via cylindrical surface sweeping for each bubble-view, and registering multiple 3D bubble-views in a common coordinate system. The method includes displaying the surface mesh model.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a bitstream representative of a 3D model, and a method and an apparatus for processing the same. A 3D model is modeled by using a using a ‘pattern-instance’ representation, wherein a pattern is a representative geometry of a repetitive structure, and the connected components belonging to the repetitive structure is call an instance of the corresponding pattern. After discovery of the repetitive structures and their transformations and properties, the present embodiments provide for generating a bitstream in either a first format or a second format. In the first format, the pattern ID and its associated transformation and property information are grouped together in the bitstream, and in the second format the pattern ID, transformation property and property information are grouped together according to information type.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for compressing a bounding volume hierarchy is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a bounding volume hierarchy and encoding the bounding volume hierarchy to generate an encoded bounding volume hierarchy, wherein each node in the encoded bounding volume hierarchy indicates whether the node inherits zero or more values from a parent node. The bounding volume hierarchy includes a plurality of nodes, each node in the plurality of nodes is associated with a bounding volume.

Abstract: According to an example, an original image is divided into image blocks according to a preset size, at least one pixel is overlapped between adjacent image blocks, a target image block is obtained after performing reduction processing for each of the image blocks according to a reduction factor, coordinates of the target image block are obtained according to the reduction factor and coordinates of the image block; and the target image blocks are combined according to the coordinates of the target image blocks.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of displaying a virtual patient chart. The method includes receiving data relating to a patient and generating, using a processor, a graphic representing at least one attribute related to a characteristic of the patient, wherein the generating uses a plurality of consistent visual modification rules that convey additional information to the graphic. The method also includes displaying the graphic on a virtual patient chart.

Abstract: A display control device that provides a display that supports and empowers body weight reduction includes a receiver configured to receive measurement data and zone data, the measurement data including a measured physical status value of a user and a corresponding measurement date, the zone data representing an upper limit value and a lower limit value of a physical status value for target achievement of the weight reduction, and a display unit configured to display an image. The display unit is configured to display a graph and a zone image in a same screen in association with each other, the graph representing a time-series change in the measured physical status value from the measurement data, the zone image representing a time-series change in the upper and lower limit values from the zone data.

Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system includes a processor configured to: receive a path in an artwork, the path having at least one corner; receive a selection of a patterned tile to apply to the path; and automatically generate a patterned corner tile corresponding to the selected patterned tile at least in part by mapping a side patterned tile to a corner patterned tile; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

Abstract: A method of showing the time of day by displaying a mathematical expression. A display capable of showing numbers, letters, and other characters is used. A plurality of numbers in conjunction with one or more mathematical symbols is displayed to create a mathematical expression which changes at regular intervals. Evaluating the expression according to mathematical conventions yields a number that represents the current time of day. Such a device will serve to stimulate the mind by providing a different mental exercise at regular intervals, with the built-in reward for success being the ability to determine the time of day. Expressions can be easy or difficult to evaluate, geared to any number of different types and abilities of viewers.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a text output method thereof are provided. The text output method of a display apparatus acquires character information, determines character correction information for character information according to at least one of a characteristic of the display apparatus and a characteristic of an input character, generates a contour line of the character based on the character information and the character correction information to perform rendering, and outputs the rendered character.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a font by using a glyph is provided. The method includes: generating a first basic glyph as a basic shape of a character or a grapheme; generating second through ath (wherein a is an integer greater than or equal to 2) basic glyphs to which at least one of a transversely expanded shape of the basic shape and a longitudinally expanded shape of the basic shape is applied; performing an interpolation operation by using at least two of the first through ath basic glyphs to generate an interpolation glyph having a different shape from the first through ath basic glyphs; and generating a font by using the first through ath basic glyphs and the interpolation glyph.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for performing spatial and temporal compression of deformable mesh based representations of 3D character motion allowing the visualization of high-resolution 3D character animations in real time. In a number of embodiments, the deformable mesh based representation of the 3D character motion is used to automatically generate an interconnected graph based representation of the same 3D character motion. The interconnected graph based representation can include an interconnected graph that is used to drive mesh clusters during the rendering of a 3D character animation. The interconnected graph based representation provides spatial compression of the deformable mesh based representation, and further compression can be achieved by applying temporal compression processes to the time-varying behavior of the mesh clusters.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein facilitate processing or rendering desktop graphics for remote desktop display in, for example, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), by decreasing the amount of data being transferred from a graphics processing unit (GPU). More specifically, the embodiments described herein include a host for hosting virtual machines within a VDI, the host includes a GPU that is configured to access a reference frame associated with desktop graphics. The GPU is further configured to generate a current frame associated with desktop graphics. The GPU is also configured to compare the reference frame with the current frame to identify one or more changed portions of the current frame relative to the reference frame, wherein the changed portions are used for the generation of an encoded frame that is configured to be displayed.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a first display unit, a second display unit having an e-paper display panel, a sensor unit configured to detect an input signal and transmit the detected input signal to a processor, a power unit configured to supply power. The processor is further configured to detect a first time prior to a predetermined period from a second time at which the power of the mobile terminal is turned off, disable a detection of the input signal for the mobile terminal and control a content currently displayed on the first display unit to be displayed on the second display unit between the first time and the second time, and switch a state of the mobile terminal to a power-off state.

Abstract: One device generates a first screen by executing some processes including a first process of rendering processing of the screen to be displayed in accordance with the information required to determine the rendered contents. On the other hand, devices except for the one device generates a second screen by executing some processes, which do not include the first process but include a second process different from the first process, of the rendering processing of the screen to be displayed in accordance with that information, and sends the second screen to the one device. Then, the one device receives the second screens generated by the respective devices except for the one device, and generates the screen to be displayed by compositing the first and second screens.

Abstract: A processing unit includes multiple execution pipelines, each of which is coupled to a first input section for receiving input data for pixel processing and a second input section for receiving input data for vertex processing and to a first output section for storing processed pixel data and a second output section for storing processed vertex data. The processed vertex data is rasterized and scan converted into pixel data that is used as the input data for pixel processing. The processed pixel data is output to a raster analyzer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a fragment that controls processing of a fragment during a graphic rendering process. The method of controlling the fragment includes determining whether to process a second fragment, based on flag data representing a processing state of a first fragment, and updating the flag data based on a processing state of at least one of the first fragment and the second fragment, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment refer to fragments representing an identical spatial location among fragments included in differing primitives in a frame.

Abstract: A system encodes an image for a remote client. A graphics processor unit (GPU) renders an image in response to graphics commands received from a central processing unit (CPU) virtual machine. Image attributes are determined by display requirements from the remote client. A display encoder is associated with the GPU, encodes the image, and operates independent of the rendering of the image. A network interface may be associated with the CPU, GPU or display encoder and may transmit the encoded image across a network to the remote client.

Abstract: In an image display method that performs a plurality of types of processing operations a plurality of times in total, each an arbitrary number of times and order, on an image and each time a processing operation is performed once, stores a history of the processing operation in a storage unit, thereby allowing a switching display of an image in reverse of the order of the processing operations performed the plurality of times based on the stored history, when performing the switching display, if an instruction to display a next image is given from the state in which an image immediately after the performance of a specific processing operation is displayed, an image immediately before the performance of the specific processing operation is not displayed and an image immediately before the performance of a different processing operation performed immediately before the specific processing operation is displayed.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to a controllable display apparatus and applications thereof. The controllable display storage includes a storage having a storage space therein and an opening exposing the storage space to an outer environment, a transparent display panel disposed at the opening, configured to display information thereon, a control device disposed between a part of the storage space and the transparent display panel, where at least a part of the control device is switchable between a transparent mode and an opaque mode, such that the information displayed on the transparent display panel is viewable when the control device is in the opaque mode, and an item displayed in the storage space is viewable through the transparent display panel when the control device is in the transparent mode, and at least one light source disposed in the storage space to provide light to the storage space.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiver, a write controller, and a transmission controller. The receiver is configured to receive image data which forms an image to be displayed on a display apparatus. The write controller is configured to control to divide the image data into a plurality of regions and write compressed image data obtained by compressing the image data for each region, to a frame memory. The transmission controller is configured to control to transmit, to the display apparatus, original image data, which is restored by reading the compressed image data from the frame memory and decompressing the compressed image data for each region. Each of the regions has an overlap portion which is overlapped by a part of an adjacent region.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are described below for rendering a graphical user interface by selectively compositing display contents. In general for each of one or more content producers, where each content producer is associated with content storage containing display content, display content for output is identified depending on the content consumer to which the graphical user interface is being rendered.

Abstract: A display control device for displaying content, the representation form of which is changeable by a user's operation on a display screen, on a display screen is provided. The display control device includes an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire a change instruction to change the representation form of the content and an image changing unit configured to distort the representation form of the content, in response to a change instruction which instructs to change the representation form of the content beyond a threshold value, to be different from the representation form as instructed. Thus, the display control device facilitates the user to recognize the threshold for change when the representation form of the content is changed by zooming in, zooming out, scrolling the content and the like.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment involves a computer-implemented method that comprises rendering, by a processor, an interface comprising a synopsis node and a plurality of configurable component nodes, each of the component odes corresponding to a respective color, and the synopsis node having a color that is a combination of the colors of the synopsis node. The method additionally includes, receiving, by the processor, input changing an influence of a first component node and determining, by the processor, a change in the color of the synopsis node based on the received input, wherein the change represents a combination of the colors of the component nodes. Additionally, the method includes rendering, by the processor, the changed synopsis node color in the synopsis node.

Abstract: A later generation display device may be connected to the video output port of an older electronic device which utilized an earlier generation display such as a dot matrix display. The early generation display is replaced with the later generation display. The display device includes software which receives graphic data through the video output port and identifies which frame is currently being streamed. The display device matches the frame being streamed to a stored graphic frame having a higher resolution and/or color. The matched frame is delivered to the later generation device so that the user can experience a higher quality visual effect by retrofitting the older electronic device with the later generation display.

Abstract: This invention is to provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a display in which both of a secret image and a public image can be efficiently displayed with high picture quality without reducing contrast of the public image. One of output images is a secret image which displays an input secret image as one of input images in a partial area of a screen, all the output images including the secret image have a relationship to become, when a luminance value of each pixel thereof is totaled, an input public image as one of the input images; and during a period in which at least the secret image is being outputted, shutter glasses disposed between a display to which the image signals are inputted and user's eyes are set to a light transmission state.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display unit having a plurality of pixels each composed of subpixels and being configured to display an image based on image data by causing light from a light source to transmit through the subpixels at a transmittance set for each subpixel, a setting unit configured to set the transmittance of each subpixel according to a pixel value of each pixel of the image data, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the brightness of the light having transmitted through each pixel, wherein the setting unit corrects the transmittance of each subpixel in such a manner that with respect to a pixel of which the brightness of the transmitted light is equal to or greater than a threshold value, a difference between the color of the transmitted light and a target color based on the pixel value thereof becomes small.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and methods for presenting alternate visual presentations of physical objects on display devices are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a device may discover a set of objects present in an environment, each object in the set supporting at least one alternate visual presentation of the object. The device, or the user of the device, may then choose an object from the set of discovered objects, and choose at least one alternate visual presentation associated with the chosen object. The device may then display to the user the chosen alternate visual presentations of the chosen object.

Abstract: A target animation includes a blend of two or more animations from a plurality of predetermined animations. The blend includes a weighted combination of the two or more animations based on respective blend weights. In a method of generating a target animation of a virtual object, an input identifying a first point, specifying the target animation, in a control parameter space is received. A second point corresponding to the first point is determined using a predetermined displacement function. A barycentric coordinate for the second point in the control parameter space is determined. The barycentric coordinate is defined relative to predetermined points in the control parameter space, each predetermined point corresponding either to a respective one of the two or more animations or a respective blend of the two or more animations. The blend weights for the two or more animations are based on the barycentric coordinate for the second point.

Abstract: An example of an information processing system presents information together with a virtual space such that the information is associated with a position within the virtual space. The information processing system displays some of pieces of presentation information associated with positions within the virtual space, in a first display region. The presentation information displayed in the first display region is changed in accordance with an input by a user. The information processing system selects some of the plurality of pieces of presentation information. In this case, the presentation information to be selected is changed in accordance with change of a display of the presentation information in the first display region. The information processing system displays, in a second display region different from the first display region, the selected presentation information together with the virtual space such that the selected presentation information is associated with positions within the virtual space.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image reception unit configured to receive an image with markers including a sub image and marker pixels each indicating, using a pixel value, a combining ratio of a main image and the sub image that is combined with the main image, a combining ratio acquisition unit configured to acquire the combining ratio indicated by a pixel value of the marker pixel in the image with markers, and a combining unit configured to combine the main image and the sub image based on the acquired combining ratio.

Abstract: A live image and a previously acquired or generated image are superimposed or composited to represented a virtual vantage point for flying, driving or navigating a plane, vehicle or vessel.

Abstract: A display device includes: an input unit configured to receive a content selection command; a storage unit configured to store an image of a user; a controller configured to extract skeleton information of the user from the user image, search for data of an action of an actor related to a content selected by the content selection command, and extract skeleton information of the actor from an image of the actor included in the searched action data; and a display unit, wherein the controller is further configured to generate new action data including the actor image replaced with the user image by mapping the user skeleton information on the actor skeleton information, and control the display unit to display the new action data.

Abstract: To provide a function of easily preventing burn-in at low cost without disturbing mixed reality being experienced by a user, a mixed reality presenting system includes a display control unit configured to display a confirmation image on a display unit when a first time period has elapsed since the display control unit had performed control to start display on the display unit, and to control display on the display unit in response to an operation performed on the confirmation image by a user of the mixed reality presenting system.

Abstract: An approach is provided for local synchronization of information for augmented reality objects. A mixed reality platform determines at least one augmented reality object of at least one augmented reality information space associated with at least one device. The mixed reality platform determines local information associated with the at least one device, one or more other devices proximate to the at least one device, or a combination based, at least in part, on a relevancy of the local information to the at least one augmented reality object. The mixed reality platform then causes, at least in part, a presentation of the local information as one or more layers of an augmented reality user interface depicting the at least one augmented reality object.

Abstract: A wearable display device using an augmented reality interface is disclosed. The disclosed device includes: a sensor unit configured to acquire image information; a watch recognition part configured to recognize a watch worn by a user from the acquired image information; an interface image generator part configured to generate a graphic interface image using the recognized watch as a reference and to show the graphic interface image in the acquired image; a control command recognition part configured to recognize a control command using the graphic interface image; and a processor configured to execute the recognized control command. The device provides the advantage of supporting various interface commands without requiring a separate interface device.

Abstract: In an information display system, an information apparatus includes a target information storage section that stores target information to be published by the information apparatus and an extraction section that extracts the target information from the target information storage section on the basis of user information that is information regarding a user of a head mounted display device, and the head mounted display device includes an information generating section that generates information for additional presentation for providing the augmented reality to the user using the target information acquired from the information apparatus and an image display section that enables the user to view the generated information for additional presentation as a virtual image.