Abstract: The invention relates to a method for updating a digital map of a mobile navigation system, in particular a navigation system of a motor vehicle, wherein the updating of map data is improved with respect to the availability of current map data and the minimization of the data volume to be transferred (and thus also the avoidance of the updating of map data that are not required at all). For this purpose, a geographic region comprised by the digital map is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein map data of the digital map represent respective regions, wherein at least one of the regions has a first boundary line directly surrounding the region, wherein the region has an additional boundary line, which surrounds the region with greater distance than the first boundary line at least in some sections.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) for display on an electronic device. The first GUI comprises data indicative of at least one professional service available for selection. The method comprises receiving, from the electronic device, a request to initiate a professional service selected from the first GUI. The method further comprises generating a second GUI for display on the electronic device. The second GUI comprises a customized questionnaire for collecting information relevant to the professional service selected. The method further comprises receiving, from the electronic device, user responses to the customized questionnaire, and initiating an analysis of the user responses. A communication indicative of the analysis is forwarded to the electronic device.

Abstract: The present technology pertains to visualization of maps used for autonomous vehicle applications. These maps include many layers of dense information. Each layer can be stored in a vector format and small portions, called tiles, of a map can be requested by a users web browser. The web browser can filter for desired layers and render all desired map layers at once to provide visualization of map and layers of interest.

Abstract: A method and system for positioning, viewing, and sharing virtual content is provided. The method includes determining a geospatial position of the mobile device capable of determining its geospatial location. Once the geospatial position is determined content within range of the geospatial location of the mobile device is requested from a content store. A content thumbnail corresponding to the content from the content store is retrieved and then presented on the mobile device.

Abstract: A head-mounted display, a display control method, and a program that facilitate a user to understand proximity between the user and an object around the user are provided. A display block (36) is arranged in front of the eyes of the user wearing a HMD (12). In accordance with proximity between the user and an object around the user, the HMD (12) controls the display block (36) so as to have the user visually recognize a forward direction of the display block (36).

Abstract: An image processing method includes determining, based on a coordinate position of a to-be-interpolated sample in a target image, a first coordinate position of the to-be-interpolated sample in a source image, determining m reference samples based on the first coordinate position, determining an interpolation weight of each of the m reference samples for the to-be-interpolated sample based on a spherical distance between a coordinate position of each of the m reference samples and the first coordinate position, and determining a pixel value of the to-be-interpolated sample based on a pixel value corresponding to each of the m reference samples and the interpolation weight of each of the m reference samples for the to-be-interpolated sample to obtain the target image.

Abstract: An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display unit, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage unit, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle controlling apparatus for controlling a vehicle having a display. The vehicle controlling apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with the display; and a processor configured to set at least one region among an entire region of the display as a display region, based on a sight line range changed according to a position of a passenger who got on the vehicle, and configured to control the communication unit so that visual information is displayed on the display region.

Abstract: Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming “in” and “out.” These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures.

Abstract: A display control device includes: a circle setting unit that sets a reference circle that serves as the reference for a scale mark layout; a scale mark position determining unit that determines the position of a scale mark on the reference circle; a rectangle setting unit that sets a number display rectangle of the size corresponding to the number of digits of the indication number indicating the value corresponding to the scale mark; a rectangle position determining unit that determines the layout position of the number display rectangle from the position of the scale mark, using a calculating formula that has been set on the basis of the size of the reference circle and the size of the number display rectangle; and a number display unit that displays a number in the number display rectangle, and the calculating formula is designed so that, in a case where a straight line extending through the center of the reference circle on a display screen is set as a symmetrical axis, number display rectangles for disp

Abstract: A cross reality system enables any of multiple devices to efficiently render shared location-based content. The cross reality system may include a cloud-based service that responds to requests from devices to localize with respect to a stored map. The service may return to the device information that localizes the device with respect to the stored map. In conjunction with localization information, the service may provide information about locations in the physical world proximate the device for which virtual content has been provided. Based on information received from the service, the device may render, or stop rendering, virtual content to each of multiple users based on the user's location and specified locations for the virtual content.

Abstract: Disclosed are a near-eye display apparatus. The near-eye display apparatus comprises: a display screen; a polarization converter; an imaging lens group; a semi-transparent and semi-reflective layer arranged between the polarization converter and the first lens; a reflective polarized layer arranged on the side, facing away from the polarization converter, of the semi-transparent and semi-reflective layer, the polarization direction of the first linearly polarized light is vertical to the polarization direction of the second linearly polarized light; and a liquid crystal lens arranged between the semi-transparent and semi-reflective layer and the reflective polarized layer. When the liquid crystal lens is switched between the first phase retardation amount and the second phase retardation amount, the light path of light in the near-eye display apparatus changes, so that the near-eye display apparatus can image at two focal lengths.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing and a second housing that overlaps the first housing. The electronic device includes a display with a first region and a second region. The electronic device includes a processor configured to control the display to display at least one content. The processor is configured to determine a first content and a second content. The processor is configured to identify that a region of the display is extended. In response to identifying that the region of the display is extended, the processor is configured to change a resolution of the first content to correspond to a size of the extended region of the display while the display is being extended. The processor is configured to change a resolution of the second content to correspond to the size of the extended region of the display after the extension of the display is completed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating an estimation result of movement of a predetermined target object in accordance with a history of chronological detection results of positions of the target object and a recognition result of a surrounding environment of the target object, and a control unit that causes display information to be presented in a display mode corresponding to the estimation result.

Abstract: A device for providing a touch-based user interface is disclosed. The device comprises a screen, a camera, and a processor. The camera images a reflection of the screen by a cornea of a user of the device. The processor displays at least one user-interface element on the screen, detects that a finger of a hand touches or is about to touch the screen, estimates a trajectory of the finger, and determines an intended location of touch of the finger on the screen. The trajectory of the finger is estimated by analyzing a sequence of images of the reflection. The intended location of touch is determined based on the estimated trajectory of the finger.

Abstract: Techniques described herein address the issue of inadequate view of areas of a crop rectangle for a user while cropping an image. The inadequate view may be due to the magnification of the image in the graphical user interface, the selection tool (e.g., the user's finger) blocking a portion of the image, or the like. The solution of zoom-loupes provide a view of the area around a specified point the user selects on the crop rectangle that may be magnified to assist the user to set the crop rectangle area precisely. The zoom-loupe is generated based on the location (e.g., corner or edge of the crop rectangle) of the specified point and is associated with the specified point using connector lines. The zoom-loupe is placed on the graphical user interface to avoid obstructing other views for the user and avoid collisions with other zoom-loupes.

Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for displaying projection picture and a method for rotating projection picture, comprising following steps: A: using a main control chip of a display to receive a picture signal parameter of a handheld terminal; B: the main control chip determining the black edge and calculating the starting position of a display picture by detecting the intensity of display signal inputted from the handheld terminal; C: obtaining the width of the display picture by calculation, and at the same time, directly obtaining the height of the display signal by signal detection of the main control chip; and D: using the function calculation provided by a control unit to enlarge the picture to a proportional or full-screen output with the handheld terminal. After adopting the above method, the display provides a picture with “full screen without having black edges” or “small black edges” to enhance the visual experience.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image display method applied to a splice display screen included by splicing multiple screen bodies along a first direction, and a video processing device. The image display method may include: an output size in the first direction, of the splice display screen is determined according to resolutions and dot spacings in the first direction, of the multiple screen bodies; an input size in the first direction, of an input source is determined according to a resolution in the first direction, of the input source; an image scaling ratio in the first direction of the splice display screen is determined according to the input size and the output size; and display control parameters in the first direction, of the each screen body are determined according to the image scaling ratio.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to method and system for image scaling. The method includes determining a nature of image scaling required to be performed on an input image based on a vertical scaling ratio and a horizontal scaling ratio and includes determining if the image scaling is an upscaling or a downscaling, a symmetric scaling or an asymmetric scaling. The method further includes determining an overall scaling ratio based on a lower or an equal of the vertical scaling ratio and the horizontal scaling ratio. The method further includes scaling an input image to a target image using a polyphase finite impulse response (FIR) scaling filter based on the nature of the image scaling, the overall scaling ratio, and a structure of the polyphase FIR scaling filter. The scaling includes dynamically performing at least one of duplication of lines, addition of filler lines, duplication of pixels, and addition of filler pixels.

Abstract: A system is provided having a computer, a user device, an audiovisual data source, a virtual distance assigned to the audiovisual data source received by the user device, video data from the audiovisual data source received by the user device, the user device displaying the video data at a first size, wherein when the virtual distance is changed, the size at which the video data is displayed changes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to for displaying a set of images based on captured image data. In some embodiments, a system displays a first set of images corresponding to a first perspective in a virtual reality (VR) (or mixed reality (MR)) environment. The system receives a request while displaying the first set of images. The system captures image data corresponding to a second perspective in the VR (or MR) environment in response to receiving the request. The system displays a second set of images based on the captured image data.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives an input specifying a location field of a dataset. In response to the input, the program further retrieves a set of geographical hierarchy definitions. The program also retrieves, from the data source specified for a level in the geographical hierarchy defined by a geographical hierarchy definition in the set of geographical hierarchy definitions, a subset of a set of geometries representing a set of geographical regions belonging to the level in the geographical hierarchy. For each geometry in the subset of the set of geometries, at least one record in the dataset has a spatial point in a location field that falls within the geometry. The program further provides the subset of the set of geometries in a view of a map.

Abstract: Provided are a display driving method, a display panel and a display device. The display driving method includes acquiring a to-be-displayed image; the to-be-displayed image is displayed by display pixels, and a vertical projection of each touch electrode on a plane in which the display pixels are located covers a plurality of display pixels; determining whether an area in which touch electrodes are located is in a display dark area according to the to-be-displayed image; and in response to determining that the area in which the touch electrodes are located is in the display dark area, stopping providing a touch driving signal for at least part of the touch electrodes disposed in the display dark area.

Abstract: A system and method for displaying a virtual three-dimensional environment, including: displaying at least a portion of the virtual three-dimensional environment in a head-mounted display, where the head-mounted display includes a retinal tracking device; enabling a user to interact with the virtual three-dimensional environment; displaying a virtual representation of a written work within the virtual three-dimensional environment in the head-mounted display; enabling the user to interact with the virtual representation of the written work; tracking the user's reading position in the representation of the written work via the retinal tracking device; determining the content of the representation of the written book at the user's reading position; and modifying the virtual three-dimensional environment based at least in part on the content at the user's reading position.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for scaling tables having differing column types in collaborative network systems in tablature are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve maintaining a zoomable table having a plurality of columns, at least some of which display differently depending on zoom level; storing for a first column, a first column template associated with a first zoom range, wherein the first column template is configured to display information in a first format configured to scale within the first zoom range; storing for the first column, a second column template associated with a second zoom range different from the first zoom range, wherein the second column template is configured to display information in a second format different from the first format.

Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) includes an image list associated with a display component of a display device. The image list has an index of logical images, where each of the logical images has a fixed pixel size. The GUI further includes an image container connected to the image list, where the image container comprises a plurality of different size versions of at least some of the logical images. The GUI further includes one or more control objects, where each of the control objects is configured to draw a corresponding image from the index of logical images of the image list. The GUI is configured to update the index of logical images of the image list with the different size versions sourced from the image container in response to a scale change of the display component.

Abstract: A first communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a second communication apparatus, an image processing unit, and a control unit. The control unit generates the first image data from the RAW image data received from the second communication apparatus. In a case where the control unit determines that a performance of the second communication apparatus is equal to or higher than a predetermined performance, the control unit transmits the first image data to the second communication apparatus. In a case where the control unit determines that a performance of the second communication apparatus is lower than the predetermined performance, the control unit generates the second image data from the first image data, and transmits the generated second image data to the second communication apparatus.

Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel and an adsorption layer including at least one rigid plane and the flexible display panel is adsorbed on the rigid plane to maintain flatness of the flexible display plane.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for controlling information utilized to present content using a public display device are provided. In some implementations a method for presenting content on a public display device is provided, the method comprising: (a) initiating communication with one or more display devices; (b) selecting a display device; (c) establishing a communication channel with the selected display device; (d) receiving information related to an area of a screen allocated for use by the user device; (e) identifying content that is to be presented using the selected display device; (f) generating formatted content based on the area of the screen allocated for use by the user device; (g) transmitting the formatted content to the display device using the communication channel; and repeating at least (e) to (g) until (h) determining that presentation of content using the selected display device is to be inhibited.

Abstract: An image resolution processing method includes: obtaining motion information of a display apparatus; determining a motion direction and rate information of the display apparatus according to the motion information; determining, according to the motion direction, a target object that is at least one of a horizontal resolution and a vertical resolution; determining a target value according to the rate information and a standard resolution of the display apparatus; and generating a to-be-displayed image, a value of the target object in an image resolution of the to-be-displayed image being equal to the target value.

Abstract: A touch display device comprises a touch panel including a plurality of touch electrodes; and a touch driving circuit configured to sense one or more of the plurality of touch electrodes, wherein the touch driving circuit has an operation period including a plurality of touch intervals that includes a first sensing interval and a second sensing interval, and the first sensing interval includes at least a first time division sensing interval and the second sensing interval includes at least a second time division sensing interval, and wherein the touch driving circuit is configured to detect a pen signal output from a first pen through one or more touch electrodes of the plurality of touch electrodes during the first time division sensing interval, and detect a pen signal output from a second pen through one or more touch electrodes of the plurality of touch electrodes during the second time division sensing interval.

Abstract: An encoding device and methods for point cloud encoding are disclosed. The method for encoding includes generating, using a processor of an encoder, a first frame and a second frame that include patches representing a cluster of points of three-dimensional (3D) point cloud; identifying a patch to segment in the patches of the first frame and the second frame; determining, in response to identifying the patch, a path representing a boundary between segmented regions within the patch; segmenting the patch along the path into two patches for the first frame and the second frame; encoding the first frame and the second frame to generate a compressed bitstream; and transmitting, using a communication interface operably coupled to the processor, the compressed bitstream.

Abstract: An image presentation method includes obtaining a first image captured by a first image sensor and a second image captured by a second image sensor; size-processing the first image according to at least one of a target resolution, an aspect ratio of the first image, or an aspect ratio of the second image to generate a size-processed first image having the target resolution; and generating a presenting image at least by combining the size-processed first image and the second image. The presenting image has a preset resolution that is not less than a sum of the target resolution and a resolution of the second image.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of retrieving a predefined image from a storage, encoding data attributes to be stored on a blockchain into one or more image layers of the predefined image to generate an encoded image, generating a data block comprising the encoded image including the data attributes which are encoded into the one or more image layers, and storing the data block via a hash-linked chain of data blocks on a distributed ledger.

Abstract: A display device includes: a switching element connected to a gate line and a data line; a liquid crystal capacitor including a pixel electrode that is connected to the switching element and a common electrode to which a common voltage is applied; and a storage capacitor including a first electrode that is connected to the switching element and a second electrode to which a storage voltage is applied. The display device is operable at a variable frame frequency between a maximum frame frequency and a minimum frame frequency. Capacitance of the storage capacitor is set according to a difference between the maximum frame frequency and the minimum frame frequency, and the storage voltage is greater than the common voltage by more than a predetermined level.

Abstract: Examples provide for intelligent navigation of hierarchical groups of items. A current level of items being viewed by a user is automatically detected in response to a context change. The context change includes, for example, a zoom-in, zoom-out, or scroll associated with an item in the hierarchical group of items. A transient user interface control including a contextual breadcrumb list representing a path from a root node to the current level is automatically generated for presentation to the user. An action including, for example, a search, filter, or sort of items within the detected current group of items is performed based on input received from the user via the presented transient user interface control. A result of the performed action is presented for display.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus (2) for analyzing a body fluid sample from a sampler, the apparatus (2) comprising: a sampler bed (4) comprising a plurality of slots (10), each slot being configured to receive a sampler containing a body fluid sample; an analyzing unit configured to analyze body fluid samples; at least one inlet (6) configured to withdraw a body fluid sample from a sampler from any of the slots (10) for provision of the withdrawn body fluid sample to the analyzing unit; and at least one display unit comprising at least one display area (8); the apparatus being configured to display graphical information simultaneously within a plurality of primary zones (12) of the at least one display area, wherein the plurality of primary zones comprises a primary zone for each slot (10), and wherein each of the primary zones (12) individually faces a respective slot (10), and wherein the graphical information comprises a respective primary graphical information part within each primary zone, and wh

Abstract: A display system includes a display module and a controller. The display module is configured to display a first frame including a part image, wherein the part image is located in a first region of the first frame. The controller is configured on the display module and is configured to capture the part image of the first frame and displays the part image in a second region different from the first region. The controller responds to an operation for one of the first region and the second region, the same operation for the other of the first region and the second region is performed.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for image capture, analysis and transmission are provided. A link aggregation method involves identifying controller network ports to a source connected to the same subnetwork; producing packets associating corresponding controller network ports selected by the source CPU for substantially uniform selection; and transmitting the packets to their corresponding network ports. An image analysis method involves producing by a camera an indication whether a region of an image differs by a threshold extent from a corresponding region of a reference image; transmitting the indication and image data to a controller via a communications network; and storing at the controller the image data and the indication in association therewith. The controller may perform operations according to positive indications.

Abstract: A multi-window user interface (UI) on a control device such as a tablet computer communicates commands to a display controller, which may be implemented by a game console. The controller controls presentation on a large screen display according to the commands. The control device may always present a multi-window UI which the control device can command to have mimicked on the display, with the UI also being configured to cause a single video to be presented whole screen on the display while the multi-window UI remains presented on the control device. The video feeds that populate the multi-window UI are of the same content but of lower resolution than those which are presented on the display. A movable window on the control device can be dragged and dropped to cause a corresponding magnifying focus on the display over the corresponding portion of video in focus on the control device.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to be receivable a user operation of designating a position on a display target displayed on a display and moving the designated position; and a control unit, wherein in a case where the display target is displayed at a second magnification that is higher than a first magnification at which an entire display target is displayed, the control unit performs, in response to a movement of the designated position within an edge region of a display range of the display target caused by the user operation, control to change a position of the display range in a direction corresponding to the designated position and to lower a display magnification of the display target to a magnification higher than the first magnification and lower than the second magnification.

Abstract: A method for displaying a virtual object includes: acquiring first spatial position information of a marker relative to a terminal device; acquiring second spatial position information of the marker relative to a target region of a physical object; determining, third spatial position information of the terminal device relative to the target region based on the first spatial position information and the second spatial position information; and displaying, based on the third spatial position information, the virtual object on the target region of the physical object.

Abstract: A method may include receiving image data representative of cash acquired via one or more image sensors, identifying a first currency depicted in the cash based on a plurality of images associated with a plurality of currencies, and determining a currency conversion rate between the first currency and a second currency. The method may also include generating a visualization representative of a currency value of the cash in the second currency based on the currency conversion rate and overlaying the visualization on the image data.

Abstract: Techniques described herein address the issue of inadequate view of areas of a crop rectangle for a user while cropping an image. The inadequate view may be due to the user zooming, panning, or rotating the image such that some or all of the crop rectangle may no longer be within view in the graphical user interface. The solution of zoom-loupes provide a view of the corners and user selected points on the edge of the crop rectangle that may be magnified to assist the user to set the crop rectangle area precisely. Additionally, a second crop rectangle can be generated when the entire first/original crop rectangle is unavailable because it is outside the view in the graphical user interface. Using the second crop rectangle, the user may use the second crop rectangle to complete pixel perfect cropping.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a collaboration engine is configured to display shared digital assets consistently across displays. The collaboration engine receives container metadata generated based on a first location and first size of a digital asset within a first scaled workspace displayed on a first display. In response, the collaboration engine computes a second location and second size of the digital asset based on the container metadata and the size of a second scaled workspace. Finally, the collaboration engine configures the second device to display the digital asset within the second scaled workspace based on the second location and the second size. Notably, the container metadata correlates to the appearance of the digital asset on the first display, and the appearance of the digital asset on the second display correlates to the container metadata. Consequently, the appearance of the digital asset is consistent across the displays.

Abstract: A digital image of a check may be divided into segments. The segments may be processed to determine the edges between the background data and the check data in the segments of the digital image. A histogram of each segment may be determined and used to determine the edges of the check image portions in the segments and thus the edges of the check. The data outside the edges of the check image portions in the segments may be considered to be background data and may be identified and/or removed. The segments, with the background data removed, may be recombined into an image of the check and provided into a digital image file that may be transmitted to an institution system for deposit of the check in an account.

Abstract: Small virtual screen text editing is improved by a dynamic keyboard with far fewer, but far larger keys, each key representing a predictive partial word completion. The normally static keyboard becomes a keyboard menu, augmenting traditional word completion menus. A reduced key set displays only the most relevant keys, while retaining familiar structural patterns of standard layouts like QWERTY. Condensed layouts can include circular or alternating row menus and alphabetical formats. The apparatus continuously adjusts the number of keys, key sizes/shapes, predictive values and variable layouts to provide the most ergonomic, minimalist keyboard possible at any moment. Keys display normal default values concatenated with supplemental predictive characters; each key represents the longest common building block of likely intended, predicted words derivable from the key's normal default value.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for text entry that exploit mathematical mappings of symbol strings of arbitrary length onto finite-sized geometric regions. Embodiments of the invention enable input of text into devices with pan/zoom capabilities. An embodiment enables text entry for small hand-held devices such as smart-phones and tablets, comprising multi-touch capabilities.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the system captures a video data stream of a scene and contextual data streams associated with the video data stream. The contextual data streams comprise a sensor data stream or a computed data stream. The system renders an artificial reality effect based on the contextual data streams for display with the video data stream. The system generates a serialized data stream by serializing data chunks of the video data stream and the contextual data streams. The system stores the serialized data stream into a storage. The system extracts the video data stream and one or more of the contextual data streams from the serialized data stream by deserializing the data chunks in the serialized data stream. The system renders the same or another artificial reality effect for display with the extracted video data stream based on the extracted contextual data streams.