Abstract: The invention discloses a system and method for assisting a user in assembling a meal combination according to available ingredients. The system is comprised of a personal computing device configured to communicate. The system displays information according to the available ingredients of the meals. This invention is a search engine, linked to the Internet, and includes a prompt for a user to submit at least one prompt for available ingredient information.

Abstract: This device is a universal weighing and bodily information device that calculates the weight and bodily information of a subject(s) in food preparation, storage and consumption areas. The device is made to be used with any food related areas but not limited to those areas. I propose a universal weighing/bodily information device which varies in size and shape, flat to flexible, varying in depth and height depending on application, with a display capable of placement inside refrigerator, cabinet, pantry or any other desired area, and a power source including but not limited to battery, direct wire, tether, or photovoltaic. The system can be used with a single or multiple power sources depending on the application The display can be used with refrigerators, cabinets, food preparation areas, dining areas, seating areas, pantries or any other desired area. The base can be placed in desired areas with or without the use of filler panels.

Abstract: A visual oral airflow feedback speech apparatus and method for obtaining visual feedback of oral airflow in speech therapy. The visual oral airflow feedback apparatus includes a bridge, a plurality of handles, and a plurality of movable filaments which may be detachable. The apparatus is placed over a user's philtrum where the movable filaments cover a user's mouth. The movable filaments move if air is produced in user's mouth while making various pressure sounds.

Abstract: An approach to notifying a person who is hard of hearing of audible events based on a configurable device. The device has microphones and associated buttons mounted on its surface. The user programs the device by depressing a selected button longer than a preconfigured time to place the device in listen mode. The user generates the desired audible event and the device records the audible event. The selected button is depressed again to instruct the device to associate the audible event with a visual alarm indicator of colored/flashing lights and/or a text projection. The device listens for the audible event and activates the visual alarm indicator when the device detects the audible event.

Abstract: Embodiments of flexible ultrasound simulation devices, methods, and systems described herein may facilitate various medical procedure training by rendering realistic ultrasound images in accordance with the end user interaction with an anatomy model, an ultrasound probe replica and a medical tool. An ultrasound probe replica may be adapted with a low friction tip, such as a roller ball. A data processing unit may compute and display an accurate Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality (VR/AR) model and an ultrasound image in accordance with the position and orientation tracking of the VR/AR ultrasound simulator elements. The VR/AR ultrasound simulator may be adapted to realistically render the VR/AR model and the ultrasound image as a function of the user interaction with the VR/AR simulator elements.

Abstract: A three-dimensional rib for a crash test dummy includes at least two layers of a band material and a layer of damping material sandwiched in between the at least two layers of the band material.

Abstract: A magnetic cardette for removably holding a card or sign. The cardette includes a stem insertable into a floral arrangement container. The top of the stem includes a plate of material that is attractable to the card, in turn, having a magnet thereon removably holding the card to the stem.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an identifier for a mobile phone charger cord or other electrical cord. The identifier comprises a snap-on device that is designed to be easily snapped on and snapped off of a cord. In one embodiment, the identifier includes a face, a back and a flexible connecting hinge, as well as a fastening structure for securing the face and back in a closed position around the cord.

Abstract: A preassembled display system is assembled at a first location by attaching a plurality of display panels to a frame. The preassembled display system is loaded onto a transportation vehicle. Next, the preassembled display system is moved to a second location in a transportation vehicle. The display unit is installed at the second location by attaching the preassembled display system to a mounting unit. A receiver box for providing media to display at the plurality of display panels is attached. The attaching of the receiver box may be performed at the first location and/or at the second location. The plurality of display panels are electrically connected to the receiver box. Again, the electrically connecting may be performed at the first location and/or at the second location.

Abstract: A video display module comprises a circuit board having a front face, a plurality of light-emitting elements electrically coupled to the front face of the circuit board, and a polymer encapsulating member adhered to the front face of the circuit board, the polymer encapsulating member substantially covering at least a portion of the circuit board and a portion of the plurality of light-emitting elements, the polymer encapsulating member substantially sealing the portion of the circuit board and the portion of the plurality of light-emitting elements.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light absorbent after-glow multilayered coating apparatus comprising a transparent light absorbent member composed of a fabric and a chemical compound incorporated therein, having a front and a back surface. In a preferred embodiment, the invention discloses a luminous paper apparatus to be placed on said items, such as advertising signboards, menu cards, or the like, to enhance the visibility and the readability of the items without utilizing any electrical power or other power sources.

Abstract: The No Flip Flag Clip is a clip that prevents flags from wrapping around, or becoming entangled with, a flag pole. The No Flip Flag Clip slides over the flag pole and on both sides of a flag to stabilize the flag relative to the flag and prevents the flag from wrapping around the flag pole, or from becoming entangled with the flag pole. The No Flip Flag Clip is made of a transparent plastic material that does not affect the appearance of the flag.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit connected to another circuit via differential transmission lines of N channels (where N is a natural number), the circuit includes: N pairs of differential output pins each of which is connected to a differential transmission line of a corresponding channel; N differential transmitters each of which is configured to drive a differential transmission line of a corresponding channel; and an abnormality detection circuit configured to detect abnormality in the differential transmission lines. The abnormality detection circuit includes: N amplifiers configured to detect a potential difference between differential transmission lines of corresponding channels; N first comparators each of which is configured to compare an output voltage of a corresponding amplifier with a first threshold voltage; and a logic circuit configured to detect abnormality of a first mode in a differential transmission line of a corresponding channel based on an output from each of the N first comparators.

Abstract: A display panel comprises an open area, a data driver, a first de-multiplexer having an input terminal and a plurality of output terminals, a second de-multiplexer having a input terminal and a plurality of output terminals, a first data line, a second data line, and a third data line. The first de-multiplexer and the second de-multiplexer are located at opposite side of the open area, the first de-multiplexer and the second de-multiplexer are connected to the data driver through a first data output terminal of the data driver, and the first de-multiplexer is located between the data driver and the open area. The first data line is connected to one of the output terminals of the first de-multiplexer, the second data line is connected to one of the output terminals of the second de-multiplexer, and the third data line is connected to the input terminal of the second de-multiplexer.

Abstract: A display device and a method for driving the display device are provided, which pertain to the technical field of display, and can reduce the negative influence of data lines in a RGBW display device on the light transmittance. The display device comprises a display panel having a plurality of pixel units arranged as an array. Each of the pixel units comprises three adjacent pixels located in the same column, and each of the pixels comprises a first color sub pixel, a second color sub pixel, a third color sub pixel, and a fourth color sub pixel. In each of the pixel units, the three fourth color sub pixels each share a corresponding data line with a first color sub pixel, a second color sub pixel and a third color sub pixel respectively of different pixels. The present disclosure can be applied to display devices, such as liquid crystal television, liquid crystal display device, mobile phone, and tablet PC, etc.

Abstract: A field sequential display panel, a field sequential display device and a driving method are provided. The field sequential display panel includes: a lower substrate, including a base substrate and a plurality of pixel units disposed on the base substrate, each of the plurality of pixel units including a thin film transistor; an upper substrate; and a liquid crystal layer, located between the lower substrate and the upper substrate; an OLED light source, disposed on a side of the base substrate away from the thin film transistor, which is configured for providing trichromatic light for each of the plurality of pixel units, the OLED light source including: a plurality of trichromatic light source units, each trichromatic light source unit including a sub-light-source of a first color, a sub-light-source of a second color and a sub-light-source of a third color, the first color, the second color and the third color are colors different from each other.

Abstract: A signal processing circuit includes an input gamma adjuster configured to adjust gamma characteristics of an image signal and to output a gamma adjustment image signal, an image signal processor configured to generate a scaling signal corresponding to image characteristics of the gamma adjustment image signal and to convert the gamma adjustment image signal into an intermediate data signal in response to the scaling signal, and an output gamma adjuster configured to convert the intermediate data signal into a data signal on a basis of a first lookup table corresponding to a first gamma curve, a second lookup table corresponding to a second gamma curve, and the scaling signal.

Abstract: A method of controlling the display of images in the form of a pixel array, includes for a pixel of the array, asynchronous information representing events concerning the pixel is received, a first activation of the pixel is actuated at an activation time determined by a first event of the asynchronous information, and at least a second activation of the pixel is actuated in order to repeat the first activation of the pixel at respective times defined by a refresh sequence.

Abstract: A method of driving a pixel array includes providing a ramp signal to one or more columns of the pixel array. For each cycle of the ramp signal, the method further includes providing a first row driving signal to at least a first row of the pixel array and a second row driving signal to a second row of the pixel array. A pixel array driver may include a ramp signal generator configured to produce a ramp signal, a first amplifier configured to receive the ramp signal and produce a first amplified ramp signal, and a second amplifier configured to receive the ramp signal and produce a second amplified ramp signal. The first amplified ramp signal may be electrically connected to a first set of pixels of a pixel array, and the second amplified ramp signal may be electrically connected to a second set of pixels of the pixel array.

Abstract: A displaying system having a function of sensing displaying properties includes a displaying panel, a controlling module, and an optical sensor. The displaying panel has a displaying surface which includes a presentation area and a function area. The function area is at a side of the displaying panel. The function area has a length in pixels longer than that of the presentation area. The controlling module is electrically connected to the displaying panel and the optical sensor and controls the displaying panel to display a presentation image displayed on the displaying area and an image for inspection on the function area. The optical sensor is disposed corresponding to the function area and senses the image for inspection to generate an inspection signal relative to the image for inspection. Thereby, the controlling module can further adjust displaying parameters of the displaying panel.

Abstract: A pixel includes a pixel circuit and a storage circuit. The pixel circuit provides a driving current corresponding to a data signal to an organic light emitting diode. The storage circuit provides the data signal to the pixel circuit. The storage circuit includes a storage capacitor to store the data signal and a control transistor to transmit a data signal supplied from a data output line to the storage capacitor when the control transistor is turned on.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate and an active layer disposed on the substrate. The active layer includes a source region, a drain region, and a channel region disposed between the source region and the drain region. A gate electrode overlaps the channel region. An auxiliary gate electrode is disposed between the gate electrode and the channel region. A first voltage is applied to the auxiliary gate electrode. A first thin-film transistor includes the active layer, the auxiliary gate electrode, and the gate electrode.

Abstract: A stage of a gate driver includes a carry generate block configured to output an (N)-th carry signal based on an input signal and to provide the (N)-th carry signal to an (N+1)-th stage; a first output block configured to output an (N)-th gate initialization signal based on the input signal, an input enable signal, and an input disable signal, wherein the input disable signal is inverted with respect to the input enable signal; and a second output block configured to receive the (N)-th gate initialization signal and to output an (N)-th gate signal according to the output of the (N)-th gate initialization signal; the (N)-th gate signal being delayed one horizontal period from the (N)-th gate initialization signal, wherein the gate signals and the gate initialization signals of the stages are selectively output based on the input enable signal and the input disable signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a display device including one or more methods for modifying the display brightness by automatically adapting to ambient lighting conditions.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel circuit, a display panel comprising the pixel circuit, and a display device comprising the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a fifth transistor. The lifetime of the circuit can be prolonged by the pixel circuit with threshold voltage compensation function of the present disclosure. The pixel circuit can not only be used in large sized display device driven through SE mode, but also be used in medium or small sized display device driven through PE mode.

Abstract: A pixel circuit able to prevent a spread of the terminal voltages of drive transistors inside a panel and in turn able to reliably prevent deterioration of uniformity, wherein a source of a TFT serving as a drive transistor is connected to an anode of a light emitting element, a drain is connected to a power source potential, a capacitor is connected between a gate and source of the TFT, and a source potential of the TFT is connected to a fixed potential through a TFT serving as a switch transistor and wherein pixel circuit lines are connected by an upper line and bottom line and are arranged in parallel with pixel circuit power source voltage lines so as not to have intersecting parts.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method of a pixel circuit and an organic light-emitting display device are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and related devices. The pixel circuit comprises: a reset compensation module, a data writing module, a storage module and a driving transistor. With the cooperation of each module, the pixel circuit can compensate shift of a threshold voltage for a driving transistor by storing the threshold voltage for the driving transistor in the storage module. Therefore, when the source of the driving transistor in the pixel circuit is connected with a light emitting device for driving it to emit light for display, the driving current of the driving transistor for driving the light emitting device to emit light will be only associated with the voltage of the data signal, but not the threshold voltage for the driving transistor. In this way, influence of the threshold voltage of the driving transistor on the light emitting device will be avoided.

Abstract: The embodiment of present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit and a driving method thereof and a display device, which can improve the undesirable phenomena of uneven display luminance of a display caused by a threshold voltage. The pixel driving circuit comprises a light emitting unit and at least one driving unit. The driving unit comprises a driving module, a compensation module and an initialization module.

Abstract: A data driver includes a first and second data voltage generator and a third data voltage generator. The first and second data voltage generator generates a first data voltage corresponding to a first grayscale value and a second data voltage corresponding to a second grayscale value lower than the first grayscale value based on a reference voltage. The third data voltage generator generates a third data voltage corresponding to a third grayscale value lower than the second grayscale value based on a voltage level difference between the first data voltage and the second data voltage.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode pixel circuit addresses problems associated with power consumption of a conventional 3D image display using two displayed adjacent frames of image signals that are spaced by a black picture. The pixel circuit includes a signal pre-storage module for storing a signal in a current frame of image signal, when the voltage of a first drive signal is higher than the voltage of a second drive signal and a gate line connected with the pixel is enabled; and a drive module for driving a drive transistor when the voltage of the first drive signal is higher than the voltage of the second drive signal; and to generate a current drive signal from the signal stored in the signal pre-storage module in the current frame of image signal, when the voltage of the first drive signal is not higher than the voltage of the second drive signal.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, an illuminance sensor to measure illuminance, and a display controller which includes a processor a brightness controllers. The processor calculates an external illuminance value with reference to a signal from the illuminance sensor. The brightness controller turns off at least one of the pixels and controls the brightness of the display panel when the calculated external illuminance value is in a first region. The first region may be, for example, in a mesopic region.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, its controlling method and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of gate scanning lines arranged on a display substrate and a plurality of data lines arranged on the display substrate and crossing the gate scanning lines. Each pixel unit includes a data writing module, a driving module and a light-emitting element. The data writing module is configured to apply a data voltage to the driving module under the control of a current-level gate scanning signal, and the driving module is configured to drive the light-emitting element to emit light in accordance with the data voltage. The data writing modules of N adjacent pixel units in an identical row are connected to an identical data line, and N is an integer greater than 1. The data voltage across the data line is applied to the data writing modules of the N adjacent pixel units in a time-division manner under the control of the current-level gate scanning signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods of color data driving for light emissive visual display technology, and particularly to systems and methods for driving pixels with more than three primary color subpixels. Only a subset of the total number of subpixels per pixel are driven at any one time reducing the number of decoders/DACs. The decoders/DACs are coupled by a color decoder only to the active subpixels using a switching fabric.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a liquid crystal TV set, and a method and apparatus for adjusting backlight driving voltage thereof, and the method for adjusting backlight driving voltage includes: comparing backlight driving current with reference driving current to obtain voltage feedback data, while a backlight source is being driven; making overvoltage adjustment to the voltage feedback data to generate overvoltage feedback data; and adjusting backlight driving voltage using the overvoltage feedback data to overvoltage-drive the backlight source by the adjusted backlight driving voltage. The liquid crystal TV set, and the method and apparatus for adjusting backlight driving voltage thereof according to this disclosure can improve the response speed of backlight in the liquid crystal TV set while the backlight source is being driven.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight, a liquid crystal driving unit and a backlight driving unit. In each area, when the brightness level calculated based on the video signal is greater than or equal to a first threshold level, the backlight driving unit fixes a driving current supplied to the light emitting elements in one frame period and controls a lighting time according to the calculated brightness level. In each area, when the brightness level is less than the first threshold level, the backlight driving unit fixes the lighting time of the light emitting elements in one frame period and controls the driving current according to the calculated brightness level.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling liquid crystal display brightness, and a liquid crystal display device, and relates to the field of liquid crystal display technologies, where the method includes: determining grayscale values of all pixels in a zone image data block under a predetermined rule according to a received image signal, and pre-obtaining a zone backlight value corresponding to the zone image data block according to the grayscale values; multiplying the pre-obtained zone backlight value with a backlight value gain coefficient to obtain a backlight value of a backlight zone corresponding to the zone image data block to which a gain is applied, wherein the backlight value gain coefficient is more than 1; and outputting the backlight value of the backlight zone to a driver circuit of backlight source in the backlight zone to control the brightness of the backlight source in the backlight zone as a result of driving, thus improving the effect of contrast quality of pictures

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method, and a liquid crystal display device, and relates to the field of liquid crystal display technologies, where the method includes: determining grayscale values of pixels in zone image data block under a predetermined rule according to a received image signal, and pre-obtaining a zone backlight value corresponding to the zone image data block according to the grayscale values in the zone image data block; determining a backlight gain coefficient according to a backlight value gain variable and an ambient luminance revision variable, and multiplying the zone backlight value with the backlight gain coefficient to obtain backlight values of a backlight zone corresponding to the zone image data block to which a gain is applied, wherein the backlight value gain variable is determined by the grayscale values, and the ambient luminance revision variable is determined by ambient luminance; and outputting the backlight value of the backlight zone to a driver circuit of backlight source

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device comprising: at least one processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores therein computer readable instructions, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer readable instructions to: if an input image signal is received, adjust refresh frequency of the display device to the frequency of the input image signal, and generate an output image signal and a field sync signal according to the input image signal, wherein the filed sync signal and the input image signal are in sync with each other and have the same frequency; output a backlight driving signal at a rising edge of the field sync signal acting as a trigger edge, so that backlighting of the display device is synchronized with image display of the display device; and perform the image display according to the output image signal and provide the backlighting according to the backlight driving signal.

Abstract: A source driver IC chip, designed to prevent flicker in images displayed on a display panel while suppressing power consumption and heat generation, includes: a reference gradation voltage generating part (220) configured to generate a reference gradation voltage based on a first or second gamma characteristic of the display panel, using first and second power supply voltages (VH) and (VL) inputted through first and second external terminals (PA2, PA3); and a third external terminal (PA4) for externally outputting said reference gradation voltage. The source driver IC chip further includes first and second gradation voltage generating parts configured to generate first and second gradation voltages respectively, using a reference gradation voltage based on a first gamma characteristic inputted through a fourth external terminal and a reference gradation voltage having a second gamma characteristic inputted through a fifth external terminal respectively.

Abstract: There is provided a backlight unit including a backlight configured to generate light, and a backlight driving circuit configured to drive the backlight in a dimming mode on a basis of a dimming signal, the backlight driving circuit including a first comparator configured to detect a frequency of the dimming signal and to compare the frequency of the dimming signal with a reference frequency to determine a compared result, and a driver configured to selectively drive the backlight, based on the compared result, in an analog dimming mode in which a driving current of the backlight is controlled, or a mixed dimming mode by mixing the analog dimming mode and a digital dimming mode in which an on state and an off state of the backlight is controlled.

Abstract: A method of reducing power consumption in computing devices with a back light display while maintaining image quality and user's experience includes reducing the native backlight intensity and increasing native pixel values. The reduction of the backlight intensity and the increase of native pixel values is adjusted so that the observed pixel value to the user is substantially the same as the native backlight intensity and the native pixel values.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes light-emitting units, a liquid crystal panel, a representative luminance acquisition unit for acquiring luminance values of the light-emitting units, an HPF processing unit for acquiring HPF luminance values of the light-emitting units by increasing the luminance value of a target light-emitting unit, which is greater than that of a neighboring light-emitting unit, according to a difference of the luminance value of the target light-emitting unit and that of the neighboring light-emitting unit, a smoothing processing unit for acquiring correction luminance values of the light-emitting units by increasing the HPF luminance value of a target light-emitting unit, which is smaller than that of a neighboring light-emitting unit, according to a difference of the HPF luminance value of the target light-emitting unit and that of the neighboring light-emitting unit, and a light-emission control unit for controlling light emission of the light-emitting units using the correction luminance v

Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a setting unit configured to perform setting related to display brightness of the image display apparatus; and a correcting unit configured to reduce saturation of an input color and increase lightness of an input color, wherein the correcting unit determines an amount of increasing the lightness of the input color based on the display brightness, which has been set by the setting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a first pixel including three sub-pixels for displaying three primary colors respectively; and a second pixel including three sub-pixels for displaying two colors selected among the three primary colors and a predetermined color other than the three primary colors, wherein, in the first pixel, the size of the display surface of a sub-pixel for displaying a specific color included in the three primary colors as a specific color missing from the second pixel is larger than each of the sizes of the display surfaces of the two other sub-pixels for displaying the two other primary colors respectively.

Abstract: A display device has a display panel. The display panel comprises multiple pixels arranged in a matrix. A TFT corresponding to the pixels is driven by AC voltage. Each pixel includes a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel and a third color sub-pixel arranged in sequence along a first direction. The first color sub-pixel includes a first sub-sub pixel and a second sub-sub pixel arranged along a second direction. The second color sub-pixel includes a third sub-sub pixel and a fourth sub-sub pixel arranged along the second direction. The third color sub-pixel includes a fifth sub-sub pixel and a sixth sub-sub pixel arranged along the second direction. The adjacent sub-sub pixels are supplied different voltages with opposite polarities. The sum of the brightness of the two sub-sub pixels of each sub-pixel are the same before and after the polarity of the voltage is changed.

Abstract: An array substrate and a method for driving the array substrate are provided. The array substrate comprises a plurality of scan lines formed on a substrate in parallel, a plurality of data lines, which are formed on the substrate in a direction perpendicular to the respective scan lines, but disposed in a different layer from the scan lines, a plurality of pixel units respectively disposed in areas formed by the scan lines and the data lines, each pixel unit comprising at least one pixel electrode and at least two TFT switches, wherein a first TFT switch is used for pre-charging the pixel electrode, and a second TFT switch is used for charging the pixel electrode with gray scale voltage. A scan signal of at least one scan line enables the first TFT switches of the pixel units on in a line, and at the same time enables the second TFT switches of the pixel units on in another line. The present disclosure further comprises a method for driving the array substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gate driver circuit, which includes a startup unit, a pull-up unit, a pull-down unit and an output unit. Said startup unit is used to output control signal during forward or reverse scanning. Said pull-up unit includes a first node, when said first control signal is high, said first node receives high voltage signal. Said pull-down unit includes a second node, said pull-down unit is also connected with the first node of said pull-up unit. Said output unit includes a third node and a fourth node, said third node is connected with the output terminal of said pull-up unit, said fourth node is the output terminal of said gate driver circuit, which is used to output a driving signal. The present disclosure also provides a display device which applies said gate driver circuit.

Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes: a plurality of stages to provide gate signals to gate lines of a display panel, a k-th stage, where k is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, from among the plurality of stages being configured: to receive a clock signal, a (k?1)th carry signal from a (k?1)th stage, a (k+1)th carry signal from a (k+1)th stage, a (k+2)th carry signal from a (k+2)th stage, a first voltage, and a second voltage, the clock signal being a pulse signal in which a high voltage and a third voltage appear periodically, and the third voltage having a lower voltage level than those of the first voltage and the second voltage; and to output a k-th gate signal and a k-th carry signal.

Abstract: A gate-line drive circuit is driven by three clock signals of different phases, and includes a plurality of cascade-connected unit shift registers. In a normal operation, activation periods of the three clock signals do not overlap one another. However, the two clock signals of them are simultaneously activated at the beginning of a frame period. A unit shift register of the first stage is adapted to activate an output signal in accordance with the simultaneous activation of the two clock signals.