Abstract: A common driver 200 includes a voltage output circuit 160 that outputs an inspection voltage that is different between a first period and a second period to an inspection voltage output line Ld, and outputs a first voltage Va1 to a first segment electrode and a second voltage Va2 to a second segment electrode SE2 in the first period and the second period, a signal output circuit 140 that outputs, to a signal voltage output line Ls, a voltage of a first signal in the first period, and a voltage of a second signal in the second period, and an inspection circuit 170 that inspects whether or not an anomaly is present based on the voltage of the inspection voltage output line Ld and the voltage of the signal voltage output line Ls.

Abstract: When an external object approaches or touches a touch sensor, predicted locations of the external object can be generated by detected locations according to signals from the touch sensor. The latest predicted location is shifted backwards towards the latest reported location for a portion of the distance between the predicted location and the latest reported location to generate a new reported location, whereby jittering of the reported locations caused by noise in the signals of the touch sensor can be reduced or filtered.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: presenting, on an input and display device, one or more input fields for an underlying application; detecting, using the input and display device, one or more handwriting input strokes provided to an input field overlay application; determining, using a processor, an input field targeting characteristic based on the one or more handwriting input strokes; selecting one of the one or more input fields as a target input field based on the input field targeting characteristic; and inserting a converted form of the one or more handwriting input strokes into the target input field. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, a user-interface device generates graphics data that control the display such that a graphical object is displayed in which a display content is shown in a specific scale, and one pixel of the display is selected with the aid of an input device, and a line is drawn on the display starting from this pixel. The scale of the display content is altered as a function of the length of the line. A display device for a motor vehicle can implement the method.

Abstract: Identifying anchors for fields using optical character recognition data is described. A collection of characters is identified. The collection of characters includes a first set of characters at a first position relative to a first field in a first document and a second set of characters at a second position relative to the first field in the first document. The first set of characters is associated with a first word, and the second set of characters is associated with a second word. An anchor is created based on the collection of characters, wherein the anchor is at a third relative position to the first field in the first document. A second field is identified in a second document by identifying the anchor in the second document.

Abstract: A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module dividing data into a plurality of data segments, encoding a data segment using a dispersed storage error encoding function to produce a set of encoded data slices, and generating slice names for each encoded data slice to produce a plurality of slice names. When a subset of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices is to be encrypted, the method continues with the DS processing module generating a master key, selecting a portion of the slice names for the subset of encoded data slices to produce a subset of selected slice name portions, generating a subset of encryption keys, encrypting the subset of encoded data slices using the subset of encryption keys to produce a subset of encrypted encoded data slices, and outputting the subset of encrypted encoded data slices to a dispersed storage network (DSN).

Abstract: An information processing device configured to play a game based on battle parameters generated from pictures includes an input unit inputting a picture drawn by a user; a display unit displaying on a left or right side of a display area of the display unit the input picture drawn by the user by arranging the input picture input by the input unit; a picture reverse unit processing the picture input by the input unit by mirror-reversal of the input picture; a generating unit for generating battle parameters being used for the game using a feature value of the picture input by the input unit; and an executing unit executing the game based on the battle parameters generated by the generating unit, wherein the picture to be displayed on the left side of the display area of the display unit is processed by mirror-reversal by the picture reverse unit.

Abstract: An input device includes an operating unit that a user grasps and operates in a three-dimensional free space in order to remotely operate an information processing device; and a transmitting unit to transmit a signal for a first gesture in the free space of the operating unit to set a mode, and a signal for a second gesture in the free space of the operating unit which differs from the first gesture to execute processing in the mode set based on the first gesture.

Abstract: A renderer allows for a flexible and temporally coherent ordering of strokes in the context of stroke-based animation. The relative order of the strokes is specified by the artist or inferred from geometric properties of the scene, such as occlusion, for each frame of a sequence, as a set of stroke pair-wise constraints. Using the received constraints, the strokes are partially ordered for each of the frames. Based on these partial orderings, for each frame, a permutation of the strokes is selected amongst the ones consistent with the frame's partial order, so as to globally improve the perceived temporal coherence of the animation. The sequence of frames can then, for instance, be rendered by ordering the strokes according to the selected set of permutations for the sequence of frames.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for processing character data is provided, which selects a format of the character data to be used for generating print data. When a user instruction for printing character data according to character command data specifying the output of the character data is received, the format of the character data is selected based on the character command data.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an on-line identifying method of hand-written Arabic letter. The advantage of the present invention is that the multilayer coarse classification algorithm based on the local characteristic of Arabic letter fully utilize the various local characteristics of Arabic letter, obtain the first candidate letter aggregation matching with the inputted hand-written Arabic letter according to the first level coarse classification formed by the stroke number of letter, and then obtain the second candidate letter aggregation matching with inputted hand-written Arabic letter according to the other local characteristics and the first candidate letter aggregation. The application of the algorithm enables that the inputted hand-written Arabic letter only need to match with the standard letter stored in the predetermined letter library and the corresponding standard letters of the second candidate letter aggregation.

Abstract: A novel symbollogy derived from the lower-case cursive English alphabet (which is compatible with Latin alphabet derived languages), and a multi-step identification program designed to invoke the strengths of the XY Cartesian coordinate mapping system and a specific multi-step identification criteria designed to work in concert so as to allow absolute identification of each symbol. Each symbol is written onto an electronic tablet capable of identifying and distinguishing each individual symbol from a range of possible stroke patterns and then outputting or storing the symbol's assigned English alphabet counterpart. The combination of this symbollogy and recognition program allows high writing speed with the highest possible recognition potential.

Abstract: A renderer allows for a flexible and temporally coherent ordering of strokes in the context of stroke-based animation. The relative order of the strokes is specified by the artist or inferred from geometric properties of the scene, such as occlusion, for each frame of a sequence, as a set of stroke pair-wise constraints. Using the received constraints, the strokes are partially ordered for each of the frames. Based on these partial orderings, for each frame, a permutation of the strokes is selected amongst the ones consistent with the frame's partial order, so as to globally improve the perceived temporal coherence of the animation. The sequence of frames can then, for instance, be rendered by ordering the strokes according to the selected set of permutations for the sequence of frames.

Abstract: A photographing method using a multi-input scheme through touch and key manipulation includes receiving a touch and a key manipulation from a user and changing a display status of an touched area according to the key manipulation. Accordingly, a complex function is performed by simply manipulation while maintaining existing button usability.

Abstract: A new unistroke text entry method for handheld or wearable devices is designed to provide high accuracy and stability of motion. The user makes characters by traversing the edges and diagonals of a geometric pattern, e.g. a square, imposed over the usual text input area. Gesture recognition is accomplished not through pattern recognition but through the sequence of corners that are hit. This means that the full stroke path is unimportant and the recognition is highly deterministic, enabling better accuracy than other gestural alphabets. This input technique works well using a template with a square hole placed over a touch-sensitive surface, such as on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and with a square boundary surrounding a joystick, which might be used on a cell-phone or game controller. Another feature of the input technique is that capital letters are made by ending the stroke in a particular corner, rather than through a mode change as in other gestural input techniques.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus holds a compressed image without being subjected to edging, or holds an edged image of the image after the image is subjected to edging, depending on predetermined conditions. The image processing apparatus creates an image on the basis of an edged image created from the compressed image held by a holding unit or on the basis of the held edged image held by the holding unit. Therefore, an optimal performance suitable for the capability of the image processing apparatus is realized.

Abstract: A method and system for cleaning handwriting for redisplay of the handwriting or for improved recognition accuracy is provided. The cleanup system receives handwriting that has been digitized. The cleanup system then analyzes the handwriting to identify strokes that satisfy a cleanup criterion. When a stroke has been identified as satisfying some cleanup criteria, the cleanup system cleans up the handwriting based on the detected criteria. In this way, the cleanup system generates handwriting that may have a more visually pleasing appearance to the reader.

Abstract: A system and method for performing ink related operations in a tree-based presentation system is described. Ink-related programmatical interfaces may relate to interactions with a stroke object, a stroke collection object, and ink input elements.

Abstract: Methods for rendering electronic ink with highlighting attributes include: (a) receiving data representing at least one electronic ink stroke including a highlighting attribute; (b) rendering a first highlighting stroke in a first dimension and in a first highlighting color and/or pattern; and (c) rendering an ink color stroke in an ink color and/or pattern and in a second dimension that is smaller than the first dimension to produce a composite stroke that has a highlighted appearance. When the highlighted stroke is selected, this stroke may be rendered with a third, inner layer that is narrower than the ink colored layer, in a highlight color and/or pattern. This invention also relates to systems and computer-readable media for performing these methods, and to data structures that include a highlight attribute with electronic ink data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a font-based sparkline, the sparkline being composed of two or more than two glyphs, said glyphs comprising one or more lines or consisting of one or more lines, which lines have two margins defining the thickness of the lines, the method comprising the step of providing at least one shaping element having a contour which at least in part is rounded and locating said shaping element at a position at which neighboring lines of two adjoining glyphs terminate, wherein said shaping element is located so that at least a portion of said contour is in alignment or in approximate alignment with at least one of the margins of one or both of said neighboring lines.

Abstract: A stroke data editing device, for editing stroke data, indicating at least one stroke of a coordinate input device, comprising, a stroke data storage unit that stores stroke data, each piece of the stroke data corresponding to one stroke of a coordinate input device, a stroke data retrieving unit that retrieves, according to a predetermined condition, at least one piece of the stroke data from the stroke data storage unit so that the retrieved stroke data corresponds to at least one stroke included in a predetermined area, and a stroke data editing unit that edits at least one piece of the stroke data retrieved by the stroke retrieving unit on a stroke basis.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a color wheel with filter sectors is disclosed. A resist film formed on a disk-like substrate of the color wheel is shaped into a mask pattern by photo processing, a metal mask which has openings configured similar to the filter sectors but having a slightly larger area than those is set on the substrate, and optical interference filters of a dielectric multi-layer film are formed by an evaporation method or a sputtering method, whereby the optical interference filters are formed so as to cover very limited portions of the mask pattern so that at lift-off process, resist remover can penetrate into the mask pattern from most portions of the mask pattern thus enabling the mask pattern to be removed easily and quickly.

Abstract: A system for counting a key-in operation has a keyboard, input key judging unit for judging an input key keyed-in by the keyboard to be an effective key, an ineffective key or a command key, input key counting unit for counting the number of inputs of each input key, count result storing unit for storing the number of inputs of each input key, count result detecting unit for detecting the number of inputs of each input key, character display control unit for generating a prescribed character according to a count result of each input key which is employed in displaying the count result, display for displaying the prescribed character generated by character display control unit, and mouse for controlling a movement of a pointer on a screen and for inputting a click signal.

Abstract: A method for recognizing handwritten Chinese characters based on stroke recognition comprises steps of: recognizing handwritten strokes, updating stroke code sequences; retrieving in dictionaries/lexicons at least one corresponding character/phrase entry so as to obtain at least one candidate Chinese character/phrase; dynamically displaying the at least one candidate Chinese character/phrase; jumping to the step of recognizing strokes if it is judged that a next stroke is being written; inputting a displayed Chinese character/phrase into computers as the result of recognition if this character/phase is selected by the user.

Abstract: An apparatus for converting analog stroke display signals representing electron beam generated stroke traces into raster display information for producing a raster-scan image display. The apparatus includes a sampling circuit for sampling the analog stroke display signals to produce pixel data representing sub-pixel locations covered by the stroke traces. A frame buffer is coupled to the sampling circuit to temporarily store pixel data. A filter is coupled to the frame buffer for calculating brightness of pixels based upon the amount of coverage of the pixels by a stroke trace. In addition, a raster-scan display device is coupled to the filter for receiving the pixel data from the filter to produce a raster-scan image.

Abstract: A handwriting stroke information encoder capable of reducing costs resulting from communication and storage of encoded data by reducing the amount of the encoded data. The handwriting stroke information encoder is provided with a processor which calculates forecast coordinates from sampled coordinates to be encoded and coordinates sampled before the sampling of the sampled coordinates, and an encoder which encodes the differences between the forecast coordinates and sampled coordinates of an actual input. The coordinates are forecast as; e.g., coordinates that are in line with the extension of vector, which are connecting together the previously-sampled coordinates and coordinates sampled prior to the previously-sampled coordinates, and are spaced the magnitude of the vector away from the previously-sampled coordinates.

Abstract: A method of compressing a bitmap of a symbol includes dividing up the symbol into one or more strokes which include a number of parallel, laterally adjacent, continuous line segments, run-length encoding each stroke to form a stream of line codes for that stroke, where the stream of line codes provides absolute values for position and length of one line segment and relative values of position and length for the other line segments; and then presenting the streams of the line codes in sequence, as a set representing the symbol.

Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus includes a liquid crystal device having a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes intersecting each other to form an electrode matrix, and a chiral smectic liquid crystal having a threshold voltage varying depending on a voltage pulse width disposed so as to form a picture element at each intersection of the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes.

Abstract: A method for entering data into a computer generated form including field areas of preselected height and width includes the steps of converting handwritten characters of arbitrary height which may be greater than the preselected height formed on the screen to computer generated characters and displaying the computer generated characters within a field area. Additionally, handwritten characters to be entered into several field areas are grouped, converted, and displayed in selected field areas.

Abstract: An image drawing apparatus wherein the processing time and the memory capacity are reduced and jaggy is reduced to improve the image quality. A command received at an image data inputting section is sent to a vector production section, in which, when the command is a font, it is converted into vector data using data stored in a font data storage section. A graphic edge list production section produces, from the vector data, an edge list processed in the magnification of n times. The edge list is referred to in units of n scanning lines by a gray scale processing section, by which a new edge list with which a portion determined to be an edge of a figure is to be drawn in a half tone when necessary is produced. The second edge list is successively processed by a clipping processing section and an edge list merging section and then converted into raster data, which are outputted to an outputting apparatus such as a printer.

Abstract: A character pattern forming apparatus has a ROM, a RAM, and a CPU. The ROM includes a first memory area for storing a plurality of segment data respectively designating different segments of a character each segment having one or more dots arranged in a row and column of a pattern. The first memory also stores predetermined arrangement forms for forming line patterns. A second memory area of the ROM stores a plurality of character fonts each having a plurality of line pattern data which respectively specify a type segment forming a basis for each line pattern, and a dimension and an arrangement of said line patterns. The RAM includes a third memory area in which line patterns for at least one character are stored. The CPU reads from the second memory area a character font of a character to be formed, reads from the first memory area segment data specified by each of the line pattern data for the character font.

Abstract: A character generator and method which requires reduced storage memory space for a character memory by virtue of generating bit fill patterns that fill character borders. The borders are, in turn, generated from partial borders that are local to the starting, ending, and any middle coordinate points of an imaginary baseline roughly drawn along the centerlines of strokes making up the character. As especially applied to Japanese and Chinese character sets, the character generator and method further improve on memory storage savings by separating basic characters from compound characters. The compound characters are then generated in terms of reshaped and repositioned basic characters, thus eliminating the redundancies that would otherwise exist.