Abstract: Provided is a drive integrated circuit package including: bumps configured to be coupled to test pads on a display panel to form coupling portions; a drive integrated circuit including a constant current source configured to provide a constant current to each of the coupling portions; and a voltage measurer configured to measure a voltage difference between terminals of each of the coupling portions.

Abstract: A display panel includes scan lines, data lines, organic light emitting diodes, pixel circuits configured to supply drive currents, and electrically coupled to the scan lines and the data lines, repair pixel circuits configured to generate repair drive currents when there is a malfunctioning pixel circuit, repair lines, and repair data lines, wherein a corresponding repair pixel circuit corresponds to the malfunctioning pixel circuit, and is configured to generate the repair drive current based on a repair data voltage from a corresponding repair data line, wherein the repair drive current is configured to be supplied to a corresponding organic light emitting diode that corresponds to the malfunctioning pixel circuit through a corresponding repair line that corresponds to the malfunctioning pixel circuit, and wherein a portion of the repair data lines that extends in the first direction is longer than a portion that does not extend in the first direction.

Abstract: A switched equalizer for equalizing the frequency response of a channel with high-frequency attenuation. In one embodiment the differential input of the equalizer is fed to a switch that interchanges the complementary signals at the differential input, changing the sign of the received signal, at each transition of a clock at the Nyquist frequency. The switched signal is filtered by a low-pass filter with positive feedback enhancement at DC gain and digitized by a sense amplifier, and the digital output of the sense amplifier is inverted during every half-cycle of clock at the Nyquist frequency, restoring the sign of the input signal.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a pixel array, a data line and a data driver. The pixel array has adjacent first and second pixels disposed in different rows. The data line transmits first and second pixel voltages to be written into the first and second pixels respectively. The first and second pixel voltages are employed to illustrate a same frame. The data driver is utilized for generating the first and second pixel voltages furnished to the data line based on input image data. The data driver includes a voltage analysis unit and a voltage setting unit. The voltage analysis unit is used for calculating a voltage difference between the first and second pixel voltages, and for comparing the voltage difference with a preset value so as to generate a control signal. The voltage setting unit is utilized for setting the voltage of the data line according to the control signal.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a display panel. In one example, the display panel includes an array of subpixels in a first, a second, and a third colors. Subpixels in the first, second, and third colors are alternatively arranged in every three adjacent rows of the array of subpixels. Every two adjacent rows of the array of subpixels are staggered with each other. A first subpixel in one of the first, second, and third colors and a second subpixel in a same color as the first subpixel are offset by 3 units in the horizontal axis and 4 units in the vertical axis. The first and second subpixels have a minimum distance among subpixels in the same color.

Abstract: A shift register and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit, and display apparatus are provided. The shift register comprises: first input module configured to pull up potential of first node under the effect of signal received by input terminal; output module configured to pull up potential of output terminal under the effect of the potential of the first node; reset module configured to pull down the potential of the first node under the effect of signal received by reset terminal; and output pulling-down module configured to pull down the potential of the output terminal under the effect of first clock signal, wherein the above identified modules are connected to the first node; and second input module configured to connect the input terminal to the first node within operation time of the first input module and the output pulling-down module under the effect of the first clock signal.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided in which photodetectors disposed throughout a display are used to control the display brightness. The photodetectors are to be used for ambient light sensing, proximity sensing, or to compensate for aging OLEDs. In some embodiments, photodiodes are fabricated with OLEDs during the TFT fabrication process. In some embodiments, the photodetectors may be disposed throughout the display in zones containing OLEDs. The photodetectors are used to control the display brightness and color for the OLEDs in areas around each photodetector based on ambient light, aging, and/or nearby objects. A controller makes driving strength adjustments to the OLEDs in each zone independent of other zones. Photodetectors disposed throughout the display may improve proximity sensing and provide additional functionality to the device.

Abstract: An inverting circuit is disclosed. The inverting circuit includes a pull-up unit including first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal receives a first control signal, and the third terminal is connected to a signal output terminal and outputs a first level signal. The inverting circuit also includes a pull-down unit including fourth, fifth, and sixth terminals. The fourth terminal is connected to the second terminal of the pull-up unit, and the fifth terminal receives a second control signal. In addition, the sixth terminal is connected to the signal output terminal and outputs a second level signal. The inverting circuit also includes a first capacitor, connected to the second terminal of the pull-up unit and the fourth terminal of the pull-down unit, and to the third terminal of the pull-up unit and the sixth terminal of the pull-down unit.

Abstract: A Light-Emitting Diode (LED) driving circuit and a control system includes: a driving control circuit and a constant current channel group circuit, wherein the driving control circuit includes: a logic control circuit and a clock delay circuit; the logic control circuit is connected with the constant current channel group circuit, and is configured to control the ordered switching-on or switching-off of the constant current channel group circuit by virtue of a data control signal; and the clock delay circuit is connected with the logic control circuit, configured to acquire a timing control signal synchronous with the data control signal and output the timing control signal and integrated in the LED driving circuit.

Abstract: A pixel of an organic light emitting display includes first through fourth transistors and a capacitor. The first transistor operates based on a scan signal and is connected between a data line and a first node. The capacitor is connected between the first node and a second node. The second transistor operates based on a gate signal and is connected between a first power voltage and a third node. The third transistor operates based on compensation control line signal and is connected between the second node and the third node. The fourth transistor operates based on sensing control line signal and is connected between the data line and the third node. The organic light emitting element is connected between the third node and a second power voltage.

Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first organic light emitting diode (OLED), a second OLED, a storage unit coupled to a data line, the storage unit including a first capacitor configured to store at least one of a first data signal and a second data signal received via the data line, a first driver including a second capacitor configured to store the first data signal received via the storage unit, and a first transistor configured to control an amount of a current supplied to the first OLED in response to a voltage stored in the second capacitor, and a second driver including a third capacitor configured to store the second data signal received via the storage unit, and a second transistor configured to control an amount of a current supplied to the second OLED in response to a voltage stored in the third capacitor.

Abstract: A display device includes a display unit in which a plurality of pixel circuits are disposed, each of the pixel circuits includes: a first switching element; a second switching element; and a control line which is connected to a gate electrode of the first switching element, and transmits a first control signal which controls switching ON and OFF of the first switching element, and the display device comprises: a first capacitive electrode that is part of the control line; and a second capacitive electrode which is opposite to the first capacitive electrode and is connected to a gate electrode of the second switching element, wherein a first capacitor is formed between the first capacitive electrode and the second capacitive electrode.

Abstract: At least one of the two rectangular conducting planes, provided to apply a voltage across the terminals of each pixel of a matrix, is supplied via two adjacent edges from individual voltage sources distributed along each of the edges. The voltage sources have different values of voltage, preferably but not necessarily varying in a monotonically increasing manner between a lower value at the end near the junction between the two edges and a higher value at the other end of each of the edges. The two edges through which the first conducting plane is mainly supplied are cut out to form electrical contact points locally isolated from one another and regularly spaced, each supplied by a respective individual voltage source. The other conducting plane may be supplied in the same way.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a method of producing the same and a display apparatus. The array substrate comprises: N rows of scan lines, N being a natural number; M columns of data lines, which are arranged to cross with the N rows of scan lines, M being a natural number; a display array comprising N×M pixel units defined by the N rows of scan lines and the M columns of data lines; and N columns of leading wires electrically connected to the N rows of scan lines respectively and led out in parallel to the M columns of data lines. It may narrow the frame of the display apparatus.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first pixel circuit provided so as to correspond to a first data line, a second pixel circuit provided so as to correspond to a second data line, a first storage capacitor of which one end is connected to the first data line and the other end is potential-shifted according to a current to be supplied to a light emitting element of the first pixel circuit, a second storage capacitor of which one end is connected to the second data line and the other end is potential-shifted according to a current to be supplied to a light emitting element of the second pixel circuit, and a constant potential line provided between the first storage capacitor and the second storage capacitor in plan view.

Abstract: A lighting system uses a multi-pixel lighting matrix, for example, having an n by m pixel matrix of light emitters, to provide illumination from a ceiling or wall. Instead of using an actual image or video, which may be distracting, the examples in this case manipulate a frequency domain representation, for example, in Fourier transform space. The representation is transformed to real time image space, to drive the matrix of the lighting device. Manipulation in the frequency domain can maintain image characteristics suitable to an intended illumination application yet produce an output illumination image on the matrix that is less obviously an image of an object and less likely to draw unnecessary attention from an occupant of the illuminated space.

Abstract: A controller for a persistent display device has an overall table of waveform data corresponding to different transitions of pixels from all pixel states to all others for differing operating parameters. A hardware LUT module receives input values containing new and current pixel state data and indexes to identify update requests, stores in LUT table memory space mapping values that are segments of waveform data generated in run time according to the operating parameters of each update request, and places segments of waveform data corresponding to the update requests into LUT output memory space. A SIMD module transposes waveform data of the update requests from the LUT output memory space, and places the transposed waveform data in respective frame scan buffers. An interface receives the transposed waveform data for the display device to update an image displayed on the panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gate driving circuit including a multiple of gate driving units. Each of the gate driving units comprises a pull-up control part, a pull-up part, a transfer part, a key pull-down part, a pull-down holding part and a boost part. In this case, the key pull-down part and the transfer part are configured, respectively, to pull potential on a gete signal output end down to and hold potentials on the control ends of the pull-up part and the transfer part at a potential of the first power supply or the second power supply, and also to pull potential on the output end of the transfer part ransfer signal down to and/or hold at a potential of the second power supply, wherein the potential of the second power supply is lower than that of the first power supply.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a support unit for a display device and a display device, which relate to the technical field of a liquid crystal display device. The present disclosure is created to solve the problem of complicated assembling and disassembly of the support unit of the display device in the prior art. The present disclosure provides a support unit for the display device, which includes a pedestal and a bracket, wherein one end of the bracket is connected to a display panel, the other end of the bracket is insert-connected with the pedestal through an insert-connecting structure and is locked by a snap structure. The insert-connecting structure includes a first insert-connecting portion disposed at the pedestal and a second insert-connecting portion disposed at the bracket. The snap structure includes a first snap portion disposed at the pedestal and a second snap portion disposed at the bracket.

Abstract: A display system and a method of displaying a separate image on each one of at least two N-bit screens simultaneously, are hereby presented. The display system comprises at least two data processing units arranged for controlling the display of pixels on the corresponding N-bit screen, and a single merger block arranged for receiving pixel data from each respective data processing unit and for transmitting said pixel data to the corresponding N-bit screen. The merger block comprises a multiplexer unit arranged for selectively coupling one of the data processing units to an output of the merger block, a selection unit arranged for driving the multiplexer unit, and a clock generating unit adapted for generating at least one clock signal and for shifting the at least one generated clock signal compared to a main clock signal, the main clock signal and the generated clock signal being used to clock one of the N-bit screens, respectively.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including data lines and scan lines coupled, a data driver configured to supply data voltages to the data lines based on digital video data, a scan driver configured to supply scan signals to the scan lines, a timing controller configured to select one of a normal mode and a self-refresh mode based on a panel self-refresh enable signal, where the data and scan drivers are driven by a first frame frequency in the normal mode and by a second frame frequency lower than the first frame frequency in the self-refresh mode, and a power supply source configured to supply driving voltages to the data and scan drivers and the timing controller and to transmits a direct current power voltage to an outside thereof, where a transmission of the direct current power voltage is blocked during a blank period in the self-refresh mode.

Abstract: A shift register unit provides a gate voltage to a nth pixel of a liquid crystal display and includes first to third N-type transistors. Gates of the first and second N-type transistors respectively receive gate voltages of n-2th and n-2th pixels. First ends of the first and second N-type transistors respectively receive first and second input signals. Second ends of the first and second N-type transistors are coupled to a gate of the third N-type transistor The gate voltages of the n-2th and n-2th pixels respectively control conduction of the first and second N-type transistors so as to allow the first and second input signals to selectively conduct on the third N-type transistor. A first end of the third N-type transistor is coupled to a first or second clock signal, and a second end is a voltage output end coupled to the nth pixel.

Abstract: In a display device including a driver that drives a load line of an electro-optical panel through capacitor charge redistribution, a data voltage will change in the case where an electro-optical panel-side capacitance changes, even when tone data is the same. Accordingly, by detecting a voltage at a data voltage output terminal, a connection state and outputs between the data voltage output terminal and the electro-optical panel can be detected.

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

Abstract: A correcting method for a display apparatus is provided. For N original grayscale combinations, color performances of the display apparatus are respectively measured to generate N measurement results. A set of color blending equations are utilized for M original grayscale combinations according to the N measurement results to generate M blended results. From the N measurement results and the M blended results, P color performances respectively most approximate to P target performances are identified. The P target color performances correspond to P target grayscale combinations. The P color performances correspond to P original grayscale combinations in the (N+M) original grayscale combinations. A look-up table for correcting the display apparatus is established according to the P target grayscale combinations and the P corresponding original grayscale combinations.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described that recommend images, items, and/or metadata based at least in part on a reference color palette or reference color name. A color name can be converted into a representation of the color name in a color space. The reference color can be used to identify images that contain the reference color. The identified images and associated metadata can be analyzed, sorted and provided as an ordered list of items. Systems and methods are also described that identify items that contain colors affiliated with the reference color. Systems and methods are also described that validate color identifier information in metadata associated with an image. Systems and methods are also described that identify non-color specific keywords associated with the reference color.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: an illumination light setter which sets illumination light for illuminating an illumination area which includes at least one of a space or an object; an image light setter which sets image light for projecting a projection image which includes at least one of a graphic or a character; and a light projector which emits the illumination light set by the illumination light setter, and projects the image light set by the image light setter.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display including an emission unit, a light sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of ambient light level, a memory in which filtering instructions and emission control instructions are stored, and a processor configured to implement the filtering instructions to generate at least one filtered representation of the ambient light level in accordance with the signal. The processor is further configured to implement the emission control instructions to determine whether the ambient light level is increasing or decreasing, and to generate a control signal that, based on the at least one filtered representation, increases a brightness level of the emission unit at a first rate if the ambient light level is increasing and that decreases the brightness level at a second rate if the ambient light level is decreasing. The first rate is greater than the second rate.

Abstract: A display device includes a conversion section which generate a data conversion signal including a first number of bits from an input signal, an error dispersion section which generates a display control signal including a second number of bits that is smaller than the first number of bits from the data conversion signal and which spatially disperses errors that occur at the time of generating the display control signal, and a display panel section which displays an image on the basis of the display control signal.

Abstract: A light emitting apparatus including: one or a plurality of light emitting devices each having a plurality of electrodes and each emitting light from the upper surface of the light emitting device; a plurality of terminal electrodes provided on the lower side of the light emitting devices in a positional relation with the light emitting devices and electrically connected to the electrodes of the light emitting devices; a first metal line brought into contact with the upper surfaces of the light emitting devices and one of the terminal electrodes, provided at a location separated away from side surfaces of the light emitting devices and created in a film creation process; and an insulator in which the light emitting devices and the first metal line are embedded.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bit expansion process portion that expands p bits, which a resolution of a brightness value of a digital input picture has, to q bits (where q>p). When a brightness value of an attention pixel of the digital input picture is bit-expanded, the bit expansion process portion applies a weight to the brightness value of the attention pixel according to a magnitude relation of the brightness value of the attention pixel and brightness values of a plurality of surrounding pixels, which are located surrounding the attention pixel, and conducts a gain compensation for the brightness value of the attention pixel after the weight is applied, thereby performing a bit expansion process from the p bits to the q bits.

Abstract: A wearable eye display device allows a user to use the touch interface of their touch display device while enjoying a personal view of the touch display device's display interface. During use the display screen of the touch display device is deactivated while the touch interface remains active. The wearable eye display device enables the touch display device to be used with greater privacy since the display screen is not observable to others while deactivated. In addition, power consumption is reduced since the touch display device consumes less power when viewing the display interface on the wearable eye display device instead of on the touch display device's larger display area.

Abstract: A system and corresponding methodology for displaying in real-time geographical and situational details on-site underneath a conveyed or preselected region displayed on a web mapping service, wherein these geographical and situational details include information that is overlaid over top the conveyed or preselected region on the web map. The system can be used to formulate and implement incident/emergency response by providing knowledge under a plume, and/or can also be used to display entity information under a selected region for audit/maintenance purposes.

Abstract: A method of writing image data to a pixel array includes decoding an address and activating, based on the decoded address, two or more row selection signals. The address may be a ternary address having at least one trit. The method further includes providing the two or more row selection signals to the pixel array to select two or more rows of the pixel array, the activation of which writes the image data to pixels in the two or more rows of the pixel array.

Abstract: A display system and a method of displaying an image are hereby presented. The display system is arranged to display an image on a screen which has at least one useful screen area which is intended to be seen by a user and at least one non-useful screen area which the user cannot see. The display device comprises a bandwidth saver unit arranged to determine a location on the screen of a current pixel to be displayed. If the pixel is located in a non-useful screen area of the screen, then the fetching from a data memory of a pixel value is inhibited by the bandwidth saver unit with respect to this pixel, and a replacement, fixed pixel value is passed to a data processing unit for further processing.

Abstract: According to embodiments herein, a circular, semi-circular, or generally rounded piano keyboard is shown and described. In particular, in an illustrative embodiment, the piano keyboard is a fully to nearly-fully circular stage piano keyboard that surrounds a keyboardist, allowing for up to 360 degrees of key-play. Other, e.g., wearable, embodiments of the circular piano keyboard are also described, such as a curved keytar or a curvaceous “keydress.

Abstract: A musical instrument having a plurality of strings is provided, the strings extending along a longitudinal dimension. The instrument includes a concave fingerboard extending along the longitudinal dimension and spaced from the plurality of strings to define the action, wherein a portion of the concave fingerboard is below an adjacent surface of a body of the musical instrument.

Abstract: A bow includes: a stick, a bow head at a front end of the stick, a frog at a tail end of the stick; and a bow hair tightly connected between the bow head and the frog. The bow further includes: a first hair binding terminal and a second hair binding terminal, respectively for mounting two ends of the bow hair; a locking screw, for fixing the first hair binding terminal at the bow head by rotating tight, and releasing the fixed first hair binding terminal by rotating loose; and a cover, slidably provided on the frog, wherein the cover slides back and forth to detachably fix the second hair binding terminal in the frog.

Abstract: A drum hoop fastening device and a drum having the same are provided. The drum hoop fastening device is disposed on a drum. A drum shell has a connecting portion, and a drum hoop has a first through hole along an axial direction. The drum hoop fastening device includes a bearing member which is positioned within the first through hole has a second through hole along the axial direction and a fastening member which is disposed through the second through hole and screwed with the connecting portion; and one of a wall of the second through hole and the fastening member has a first engaging portion extending radially, and the other of a wall of the second through hole and the fastening member radially interferes with the first engaging portion.

Abstract: Vibratory motors are used to generate a haptic language for music or other sound that is integrated into wearable technology. The disclosed system enables the creation of a family of devices that allow people with hearing impairments to experience sounds such as music or other auditory input to the system. For example, a “sound vest” transforms musical input to haptic signals so that users can experience their favorite music in a unique way, and can also recognize auditory cues in the user's everyday environment and convey this information to the user using haptic signals.

Abstract: Systems and methods for re-arranging a musical composition using augmented reality are disclosed. A user can be provided with one or more physical image markers representative of at least one of a musical entity and a musical style in which a musical track has been pre-recorded. Upon capturing a visual scene in which one or more of these physical image markers are included, an augmented reality version of the visual scene is displayed along with audio corresponding to the musical style(s) and/or entities represented by the one or more physical image markers.

Abstract: A string instrument that includes a bendable electronic display associated with an electronic device that is bent into a bowed shape. There are external strings that extend across the bow, a camera and a non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions to: form a plurality of virtual strings embedded in the bendable electronic display and associated with the plurality of external strings; receive input from the camera to identify a resting position of each of the external strings and identify a movement of each of the external strings from the resting position; responsive to input received from the camera, map the movement in the external strings to a corresponding movement of the virtual strings; and output the corresponding movement of the virtual strings to produce a sound.

Abstract: The position of an elongate member, such as a string of a musical instrument, e.g. a stand-up bass, is detected by creating a radial magnetic field at a spot along the elongate member in which the magnetic field approximates a disk shape with radial field lines that decay as 1/R. R is the distance from the center of the elongate member along a radial field line perpendicular to the axis of the elongate member. Then the position of the spot is detected using magnetic field sensors that are positioned proximal to and on opposite sides of the spot along the elongate member. Electrically amplifying the outputs of the sensors and detecting magnitude and direction of the motion of the spot from the physical orientation of the sensors do this.

Abstract: A pickup device for an electric instrument may include at least one permanent magnet to detect vibrations from the electric instrument's strings. The pickup device may further include at least one coil within a magnetic field of the permanent magnet. The coil may be coupled to one or more of a plurality of selectable filters. The pickup device may be an integrated assembly and fittable within a standard-sized pickup cavity on the electric instrument.

Abstract: There is disclosed a noise reducing headphone including a headphone housing, a microphone generate an ambient audio signal representative of ambient noise, a processor to generate an anti-sound signal based on the ambient audio signal. A first speaker is disposed within the headphone housing to convert the anti-sound signal into anti-sound. A second speaker is disposed within the headphone housing to convert an audio input signal into high fidelity sound. At least one characteristic of the second speaker is different from a corresponding characteristic of the first speaker.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing harmonic noise caused by two or more noise sources by causing one or more loudspeakers to produce sounds that are at about the same frequencies as the noise and of substantially opposite phase. There is a noise canceller associated with each noise source. Each noise canceller includes a harmonic sine wave generator that generates an output sine wave. Each noise canceller also has an adaptive filter that uses a sine wave to create a noise reduction signal that is used to drive one or more transducers with their outputs directed to reduce noise caused by the noise sources. There is an overlap detector that compares the harmonic frequencies and, based on their proximity, alters the operation of one or more adaptive filters.

Abstract: A conversation-sentence generation device according to the invention of this application receives, as input information, a conversation sentence given from a user to an agent, first clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the agent is estimated, and second clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the user is estimated, stores the physical and psychological state of the agent as an agent state, stores the physical and psychological state of the user as a user state, estimates a new agent state based on the input information and the agent state, estimates a new user state based on the input information and the user state, generates, based on the input information, the agent state, and the user state, an utterance intention directed from the agent to the user, and generates and outputs, based on the input information, the agent state, the user state, and the utterance intention, a conversation sentence given from the agent to the user.

Abstract: A system may determine text for inclusion in a voice corpus for use in text-to-speech (TTS) processing using an interface that allows multiple entities to connect and review potential text segments concurrently. The interface may allow networked communication with the system. Individual text segments may be approved or rejected by reviewing entities, such as proofreaders. The system may prioritize text segments to send to reviewers and may re-prioritize text segments based on a linguistic coverage of previously accepted text segments.

Abstract: A method for measuring speech signal quality by an electronic device is described. The method includes obtaining a modified single-channel speech signal. The method also includes estimating multiple objective distortions based on the modified single-channel speech signal. The multiple objective distortions include at least one foreground distortion and at least one background distortion. The method further includes estimating a foreground quality and a background quality based on the multiple objective distortions. The method additionally includes estimating an overall quality based on the foreground quality and the background quality.

Abstract: A system and method are presented for selectively biased linear discriminant analysis in automatic speech recognition systems. Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) may be used to improve the discrimination between the hidden Markov model (HMM) tied-states in the acoustic feature space. The between-class and within-class covariance matrices may be biased based on the observed recognition errors of the tied-states, such as shared HMM states of the context dependent tri-phone acoustic model. The recognition errors may be obtained from a trained maximum-likelihood acoustic model utilizing the tied-states which may then be used as classes in the analysis.