Abstract: A method of selecting content using a pen-based computing system. Gestures generated by a user with a smart pen on a writing surface are captured and used to select content. The content can be written or audio content. Optionally additional content linked to the selected content is also selected.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods and systems for correcting position and orientation displacement for a freehand user input device. Systems and methods include measuring the position and orientation of a freehand user input device over a period of time, determining the position and orientation as related to a specific time point at activation of a button, applying a temporal offset to the time point of the activation of the button to determine a button press start time, determining the position and orientation in the virtual space associated with the button press start time and associating the button press to the position and orientation in the virtual space.

Abstract: The present disclose provides a mobile terminal, including a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface, a front display unit disposed on the front surface and configured to output visual information thereon, and a rear input unit disposed on the rear surface and configured to be manipulated to input a control command, wherein the rear input unit includes a frame installed on a case of the terminal body to be manipulated in a pressing manner, and having a mounting portion, and a rear display mounted onto the mounting portion, and configured to output visual information toward the rear surface, the visual information being related to an event generated in the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A detection learning module is used for enabling and/or disabling real-time compression detection by maintaining a history of real-time compression detection success for sampled data. The enabling or disabling of the real-time compression detection is based on a detection benefit function derived from a set of calculated heuristics indicating the real-time compression detection success on input streams.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display and a method for driving the same are presented. The display and the method enable display of images at a substantially constant luminance level over time, even when degradation of the organic light emitting diode occurs. Components are used to compensate for the degradation of an organic light emitting diode and a difference in the threshold voltage/mobility of a driving transistor.

Abstract: A wide viewing angle holographic image display method and apparatus are disclosed. The wide viewing angle holographic image display apparatus includes a scan line unit and a control unit. The scan line unit includes a plurality of lateral scan lines that represent different angles, respectively. The control unit performs control so that different data are output at the respective different angles, represented by the lateral scan lines, using the plurality of lateral scan lines.

Abstract: In order to enable suitable timing control of a display operation while simplifying a circuit configuration, a display device includes: an oscillation circuit 207 that oscillates a clock signal; a non-volatile memory 206 that stores values setting forth display operation timing of the display device in accordance with the clock signal; and a timing signal output circuit 209 that outputs timing signals controlling the display operation timing on the basis of pulse counts of the clock signal and the values stored in the non-volatile memory 206. The values stored in the non-volatile memory 206 correspond to deviations in oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit 207 and deviations in delay of display operation from respective targets.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel, a data line, a scan line, a data driver, and a scan driver. The pixel is configured to display an image. The data line is configured to transmit data voltages to the pixel. The scan line is configured to transmit a scan signal to the pixel. The data driver is configured to: float the data line during a first period of a frame, apply, after the first period, a first data voltage to the data line during a second period of the frame, and apply, after the second period, a voltage waveform to the data line that varies the applied voltage from the first data voltage to a target voltage during a third period of the frame. The scan driver is configured to selectively apply the scan signal to the scan line.

Abstract: A display driving method including the following steps is provided. A common voltage is provided to define a reference voltage of a display. The reference voltage is sequentially switched between a plurality of AC voltage swings, between a plurality of DC voltage levels, or between one or more AC voltage swings and one or more DC voltage levels. Each of the plurality of AC voltage swings is provided for a time length of one or more frames. The step of providing the common voltage is repeated one or more times. A display driving circuit using the same is also provided.

Abstract: A transistor connected to a power source for driving a light-emitting element driving transistor and a transistor setting to a predetermined voltage a source voltage of the light-emitting element driving transistor are commonly controlled by a control signal that takes one of three levels.

Abstract: The invention provides a pixel circuit that can cancel the influence of the mobility of a drive transistor. A drive transistor supplies a light-emitting element with an output current dependent upon an input voltage. The light-emitting element emits light with a luminance dependent upon a video signal in response to the output current supplied from the drive transistor. The pixel circuit includes a correction unit that corrects the input voltage held by a capacitive part in order to cancel the dependence of the output current on the carrier mobility.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power control device for a display device, including: a current scaling factor calculation unit calculating a current scaling factor according to an input data signal and a load of the input data signal; a data scaling unit generating a data scaling factor based on the current scaling factor and scaling a data signal corresponding to light emitting gradation of a pixel; and a gamma scaling unit generating a gamma scaling factor based on the current scaling factor and scaling a gamma value for gamma correction of a data signal.

Abstract: A system performs a method for detecting display driver error. The method includes sending a first command signal to a display driver to operate according to a first operating state that includes the display driver sending a synchronization signal, and monitoring for the synchronization signal during a first time period after sending the first command signal. The method further includes sending a second command signal to the display driver to operate according to a second operating state that includes the display driver withholding sending the synchronization signal, and monitoring for the synchronization signal during a second time period after sending the second command signal. In addition, the method includes detecting a display driver error based on results of the monitoring during at least one of the first or the second time periods.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which includes a display panel; a gate driver configured to drive a plurality of gate lines, a data driver configured to drive a plurality of data lines, a level shifter configured to generate a gate on voltage corresponding to an atmospheric temperature and to generate a gate clock signal, the gate on voltage becoming higher depending on a decrease in an atmospheric temperature, and a timing controller configured to control the gate driver and the data driver and to generate agate pulse signal having a pulse width corresponding to a voltage level of the gate on voltage.

Abstract: A level shifter circuit has a plurality of channels for providing signals to a capacitive load and has circuits for sharing charge stored in the capacitive load between the channels. A first pair of channel clock generating circuits are coupled respectively to a first pair of channels. A second pair of channel clock generating circuits are coupled respectively to a second pair of channels. A pair of switches couple the first pair of channels together and the second pair of channels together, respectively, for sharing charge between the channels. A single resistor is coupled in circuit with all of the channels for controlling a slope of charge sharing between channels.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a power supply of a display device that includes a driving circuit and a display panel that displays an image according to an output data voltage transmitted from the driving circuit. The power supply includes a first booster and a second booster provided in the driving circuit, the first booster generates a first output voltage supplied to an Op-amp of a source output circuit of the driving circuit, and the second booster generates a second output voltage supplied to buffers of the source output circuit of the driving circuit.

Abstract: A display device includes gate lines which transmits a plurality of gate signals, data lines which transmits a plurality of data signals, and pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines; a signal controller which generates image data, a data control signal and a gate control signal based on an input video signal and an input control signal; a timing setter including connection pads connected to a voltage of a first level or a voltage of a second level; and a gate driver which generates timing information based on tuning signals transmitted from the timing setter through the connection pads and generates gate signals using the gate control signal and the timing information, where the gate control signal includes a scan start reference signal, which instructs a scan start, and a clock control reference signal, which controls each pulse width of the gate signal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a circuit includes: a synchronous driver configured to generate a control signal in synchronization with an output pulse of an AC/DC converter; and an LED current controller configured to start to control a current of an LED in response to the control signal, and configured to output a stop signal for stopping the control signal when a predetermined LED current is detected; wherein the synchronous driver is caused to stop the control signal by the stop signal.

Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit includes a gate driving unit configured to control voltages of a plurality of gate lines connected to a display panel, a voltage boosting unit configured to supply a gate voltage to the gate driving unit, and a control logic, unit configured to receive data, a horizontal synchronization signal, and a vertical synchronization signal, generate a gate control signal based on the data, the horizontal synchronization signal, and the vertical synchronization signal, and transfer the gate control signal to the gate driving unit and the voltage boosting unit. The voltage boosting unit adjusts a level of the gate voltage based on the gate control signal.

Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode and a pixel control circuit. The pixel control circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor. The first transistor controls an amount of current to the organic light emitting diode from a first power source based on a voltage applied to a first node. The second transistor is coupled between the first node and a data line and turns on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line. The third transistor is coupled between the first power source and a second node that is a common terminal of first and second capacitors, which are coupled in series between the first node and the first power source. In operation, the third transistor turns on when a first control signal is supplied to a first control line.

Abstract: Each of image-signal-line drive circuits includes a timing controller that generates a control signal controlling itself and other image-signal-line drive circuit, and a master/slave selection circuit that sets itself as a master mode image-signal-line drive circuit or a slave mode image-signal-line drive circuit based on a selection signal to be given from outside. From among the plurality of image-signal-line drive circuits, the master mode image-signal-line drive circuit gives the control signal to the slave mode image-signal-line drive circuit.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a display panel includes a substrate and a gate driver disposed on the substrate. The gate driver comprises a wiring unit which receives signals and a circuit unit which outputs driving signals in response to the signals received from the wiring unit. The circuit unit comprises a shift register and a shift register wiring connected to the shift register. The wiring unit comprises first through n-th signal lines (n is a natural number greater than two) arranged sequentially adjacent to the shift register. The first line is located farthest from the shift register and the n-th signal line is closest from the shift register. Further, the first signal line is electrically connected to the shift register by a first connection line that comprises a first contact portion connected to the first signal line and a second contact portion connected to the shift resistor wiring.

Abstract: An image processing method for generating 3D images is disclosed. The image processing method comprises: capturing a first image of a first resolution and a second image of a second resolution, the first image and the second corresponding to a same scene; scaling the first image to a third image in the second resolution; analyzing the third image and the second image to determine an image offset between the third image and the second image; duplicating the first image; applying the image offset to the duplicated first image; and providing the first image and the duplicated first image for displaying on a 3D display unit; wherein the first resolution is higher than the second resolution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a block matching apparatus, and more particularly, to a block matching apparatus, in which a normal driving power and a low driving power are alternately applied to an absolute difference calculation unit for calculating an absolute difference between a pixel of a first image frame and a pixel of a second image frame corresponding thereto among two stereo image frames, and a low absolute difference of corresponding pixels calculated using the low driving power is compensated with a high absolute difference of adjacent corresponding pixels calculated using the normal driving power, so that since a separate estimation unit does not need to be provided, the block matching apparatus can be lightly manufactured in terms of hardware and can reduce power consumption.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems for processing, rendering and displaying plenoptic images are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method comprising storing a plenoptic image in a non-transitory computer readable memory associated with a processor, receiving at the processor a viewing position information, processing the plenoptic image and the viewing position information to render a visual output based upon information of the plenoptic image and the viewing position information, performing a blending or smoothing function on information of the plenoptic image including weighting each of a plurality of pixels of the plenoptic image based upon a first color value associated with each pixel and a set of second color values associated with a plurality of neighboring pixels, and displaying the visual output on a display device. The visual output displayed on the display device varies as a function of the viewing position information.

Abstract: A method, system, and program product are provided for overlaying structures from volumetric modalities onto video of an uncalibrated endoscope. The method comprises: determining correspondence (310) of a plurality of point pairs between a structure on a 3D preoperative image and the structure on a 2D endoscope video image; deriving a projection matrix for translation (320) from the 3D image to the 2D image using assumed camera parameters and the corresponding point pairs; rendering a 2D projection (330) of the structure from the 3D image onto the 2D endoscope image using the derived projection matrix; determining a homography matrix; and warping the rendered structure projection (340), using the homography matrix.

Abstract: Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for displaying a sequence of multiple images to provide an appearance of a three-dimensional (30) effect. A data processing device or system can identify multiple images to be displayed. The data processing device or system can divide a two-dimensional (20) display area into multiple display portions. The data processing device or system can display a sequence of the identified images on the display portions so as to provide an appearance of a three-dimensional (30) effect.

Abstract: A ray tracing core comprises a ray tracing unit (RTU), a control unit, and a tree build unit (TBU). The tree build unit (TBU) builds one selected of a plurality of spatial expression data structures. The ray tracing unit (RTU) performs ray tracing based on the spatial expression data structure which is selected. The control unit selects one of a plurality of spatial expression data by calculating an execution complexity of the ray tracing unit and the tree build unit.

Abstract: A method for determining a mated portion of an object can include receiving design data defining a three-dimensional object having a first member mated with a second member. Each member can be represented by a plurality of triangles. The method can include determining an outer layer of the three-dimensional object and a mated surface of the three-dimensional object. The mated surface may be determined by utilizing a recursive process to analyze each specific triangle of the plurality of triangles. The recursive process can classify a triangle as: (i) on the outer layer when all of its vertices are on the outer layer, and (ii) in the mated surface when none of its vertices are on the outer layer. When a triangle has at least one but not all of its vertices on the outer layer, the triangle can be subdivided into sub-triangles, which are then analyzed individually.

Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) is provided. The GPU includes a tiling unit and a rasterizer. The tiling unit is configured to determines primitives touching a corresponding tile in tiles in an image frame, to determine at least one representative primitive of the primitives using a depth value of each of the primitives, and to generate visible primitives of the primitives for the corresponding tile using a depth value of the at least one representative primitive. The rasterizer is configured to rasterize the at least one representative and the visible primitives.

Abstract: Methods of characterizing the topography of a surface of a creped material, devices for characterizing surface topography of a creped material, computer systems for characterizing surface topography of a creped material, and the like, are disclosed.

Abstract: A cache-efficient processor and method for rendering indirect illumination using interleaving and sub-image blur. One embodiment of the processor is configured to render an indirect illumination image and includes: (1) a buffer restructurer configured to organize a reflective shadow map (RSM), rendered with respect to a reference point, into a plurality of unique sub-RSMs, each having sub-RSM pixels, (2) an indirect illumination computer configured to employ interleaved sampling on the plurality of unique sub-RSMs to generate a plurality of indirect illumination sub-images, and (3) a filter operable to smooth accumulated light values of the indirect illumination sub-images for subsequent interleaving into the indirect illumination image.

Abstract: A method for multi-dimensional visualization of data performed in a data display apparatus, includes: collecting data obtained by scanning at least one part of a sample, from at least one sensor; and comparing a resolution of 3-dimensional light emitting apparatus and a resolution of the scanned data. Further, the method includes adjusting the resolution of the scanned data to be matched with the resolution of the 3-dimensional light emitting apparatus, when the resolution of 3-dimensional light emitting apparatus is not identical to the resolution of the scanned data; and displaying the data corresponding to the sample in the adjusted resolution by driving the 3-dimensional light emitting apparatus.

Abstract: 3D light field display methods and apparatus with improved viewing angle, depth and resolution are introduced. The methods can be used to create a high quality 3D light field display of any size from smaller than a postage stamp to larger than a three story building.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for rendering 3D images or video without significantly losing resolution or increasing the resolution. The systems and methods for 3D rendering technology can work with different types of 3D data frames that include left eye image and right eye image sub-frames. The 3D data frames render 3D imagery with side-by-side (SXS), top-and-bottom (TB), and frame packing (FP), as well as others such as full high definition 3D (FHD3D), frame sequential 3D, passive 3D rendering or the like. System and methods are provided for creating inverse pixel strips, and preparing 3D images that include the inverse pixel strips. Systems and methods are provided for expanding images in a plane without significant loss of resolution.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, processing power is applied based on the user's detected level of interest. In one embodiment, the user's detected level of interest in particular regions within a frame may be determined using an eye gaze detector or eye tracking apparatus. Those frame regions or areas that the user spends more of his or her attention on may be processed faster, at higher resolution or otherwise to enhance their depiction.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a novel method and apparatus for displaying and managing relationships between data elements of a database, including, without limitation, relationships between data elements representing or associated with members of a social network in a social network database. In one or more embodiments, attributes or values of data elements of a database are interpreted as unique locations in a multidimensional environment. Data elements are graphically displayed from the perspective of a point within the multidimensional environment. Attributes and relationships between data elements are displayed by visual characteristics of the displayed data elements (e.g. location, color, shape, animation) and by graphical elements connecting related displayed elements (e.g. similar colors, shapes, or connecting lines or areas).

Abstract: Systems and methods construct a 2 dimensional (2D) gas concentration map (image) from data from one or more laser based absorption projection paths. Embodiments use a Bayesian approach to construct a 2D gas concentration map of a combustion region cross section plane by modeling the 2D map as a Gaussian Process (GP). The GP models the global correlation among all pixels in the 2D map. Data from one or more projection paths is propagated to all pixels in the map instead of just local pixels. The correlation among map pixels is used to propagate projection path data from map pixels traversed by a projection path to other map pixels.

Abstract: Provided is a sleep display program, a sleep display method, and a sleep display device for visualizing an internal clock regarding sleep. The sleep display program is a program for displaying, in a display unit, sleep state data of a user that has been measured and recorded by a sleep evaluation device, the data including at least a wakeup time TW and a bedtime TZ, and the program including a step of obtaining the data from the sleep evaluation device, a step of displaying, in the display unit, a 24-hour circular time display image divided into time periods that each indicate a predetermined span of time, and a step of plotting, on the time periods in the time display image, a set number of days' worth of records of the wakeup times TW and the bedtimes TZ included in the data.

Abstract: A display processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive registration of a symbol by associating the symbol with a plurality of data selected from a group of data when each data included in the group of data is disposed and displayed on a different area among display areas by a display device; and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display the symbol registered by being associated with the plurality of selected data, by associating the symbol with the designated data, when the designated data is included in the plurality of data, in a case where any one data included in the group of data is designated.

Abstract: A method of operation of a navigation system includes: aggregating context information for capturing a current context of a user; and modifying a navigation avatar based on the context information for displaying on a device.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments disclose a method and device for displaying a changed shape of a page. The method includes: receiving a user touch input on the page; calculating a virtual touch force which acts on a first node on the page based on the user touch input; calculating a virtual spring force which acts on the first node by at least one virtual spring which is connected to the first node based on the calculated virtual touch force; calculating a virtual rod force which acts on the first node by at least one virtual rod which is connected to the first node based on the calculated virtual touch force; and moving the first node based on the virtual touch force, the virtual spring force and the virtual rod force.

Abstract: An information processing device, method and computer program product provide mechanisms for making a moving photograph. The information processing apparatus includes a moving area detector configured to detect a moving area in images of a processing target image group. The processing target image group includes a base image and a plurality of reference images. A display controller causes the base image to be displayed along with each of the plurality of reference images in succession.

Abstract: A system has a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) that includes one or more registers. The GPU can change a resource descriptor in one of the GPU's registers. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating load balancing between central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs). A request is obtained to execute a first application in one or more computing devices. In one embodiment, a second application associated with the first application is assigned to be executed in GPUs of the one or more computing devices instead of CPUs of the one or more computing devices when a resource usage profile associated with the first application indicates that the first application imposes a greater CPU load than GPU load. Conversely, the second application is assigned to be executed in the CPUs instead of the GPUs when the resource usage profile indicates that the first application imposes a greater GPU load than CPU load.

Abstract: There are provided a method of generating a terrain model and a device using the same. The method of generating a terrain model includes dividing a primitive terrain model into a plurality of partial terrain sections based on a predetermined criterion, assigning the plurality of partial terrain sections to a multiprocessor, and generating a final terrain model by performing a terrain transformation simulation of the plurality of partial terrain sections through parallel processing based on the multiprocessor. Therefore, it is possible to rapidly generate a realistic terrain model.

Abstract: This image processing circuit performs, with reduced power consumption, pipeline processing of image data. This image processing circuit has an image processing unit which performs pipeline processing of image data having N-bit pixel data. The image processing unit has a pipeline register (400) having upper bit flip-flop circuits (401), lower-order bit flip-flop circuits (402), a comparison circuit (403) which determines whether the input values and the output values of the upper bit flip-flop circuits (401) are the same, and a clock gating control circuit (404) which controls supply of the clock signal such that, when the aforementioned input and output values are the same, the clock signal is not supplied to the upper bit flip-flop circuits (401). The pipeline register (400) does not have a circuit for controlling supply of the clock signal to the lower 1-bit flip-flop circuits (402), and holds pixel data or calculation results during pipeline processing.

Abstract: A method for processing graphics for a GPU program, translating instructions from a shading language into an intermediate language with a front end of a GPU compiler; translating the instructions from the intermediate language into a GPU object language with a back end of the GPU compiler; wherein the instructions in the shading language include instructions defining a layout of resources for the GPU program.

Abstract: A graphics server and method for managing streaming parameters. One embodiment of the graphics server includes: (1) a real-time bandwidth estimator (RBE) configured to generate a bandwidth estimate for a network over which a rendered scene is transmittable, (2) a quality-of-service (QoS) manager configured to generate streaming parameters based on the bandwidth estimate, and (3) a graphics processing unit (GPU) configured to employ the streaming parameters to at least partially prepare the rendered scene for transmission.

Abstract: A global composition system is described. In one or more implementations, the global composition system may be configured to perform rendering for a plurality of applications. For example, the global composition system may be configured to expose one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) that are accessible to the applications. The APIs may then be used to cause a single composition engine to perform the rendering for the plurality of applications. The use of a single composition engine may be used to support a variety of different functionality, such as to perform efficient rendering by knowing what elements are provided by each of the applications and how those items relate for rendering to a display device.