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USPTO Class 345 | Browse by Industry: Previous - Next | All 01/2006 | Recent | 08: Feb | Jan | | 07: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan | | 06: Dec | Nov | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan | Computer graphics processing, operator interface processing, and selective visual display systems inventions 01/06Recently published patent applications awaiting approval from the USPTO. Recent week's RSS XML file available below.Listing format for abstract view: USPTO application #, Title, Abstract excerpt,Patent Agent. Listing format for list view: USPTO National Class full category number, title of the patent application. 01/26/2006 > 102 patent applications in 47 patent subcategories. 20060017652 - Control apparatus of display device, control method and electronic apparatus: A control apparatus for controlling a display device for displaying information on a screen by repeating a scan period when a signal scans the screen and a non-scan period from the end of the scan period to the start of the next scan period. The control apparatus includes a processor... 20060017653 - Active screen volumetric 3d display: The volumetric 3D display system of this invention applies a moving display panel that sweeps a display space. The full volume swept by the active screen is used as display space. A 3D image to be displayed is first processed into slices of image data based on an orthogonal 3D... 20060017655 - Scanned beam system and method using a plurality of display zones: A scan assembly includes an emitter array containing a plurality of optical emitters. Each optical emitter generates a corresponding image beam and the scan assembly scans the image beams in a plurality of overlapping display zones. The overlap of adjacent image display zones forms blending zones and the scan assembly... 20060017654 - Virtual reality interactivity system and method: A virtual reality interactivity system and method of operation includes a plurality of position indicators that indicates a plurality of positions in a physical coordinate system each being associated with one of plurality of objects located within the physical environment mapped by the physical coordinate system. The system also includes... 20060017656 - Image intensity control in overland night vision systems: A near-infrared night vision system includes an infrared source that emits a near-infrared beam toward an object. The infrared beam is reflected from the object as a reflected beam. A camera receives the reflected beam and generates an image signal in response to the reflected beam. An image processor receives... 20060017657 - Information display system: An information display system according to the present invention includes a head-mounted unit for displaying images by projecting display data on eyes of an observer so that the images can be observed as virtual images and a main unit having a hard disk or a record memory for storing display... 20060017659 - Electronic paper display system: An electronic paper display system that communication is made with display apparatus 2 having an electronic paper and wireless tag from transfer apparatus 1 capable of accessing a PC or a network, to perform a personal identification, based on which display information is transferred. Meanwhile, by transfer apparatuses 1 arranged... 20060017658 - Rapid dispatch emergency signs: An illuminated sign includes a plurality of sections. Each section includes a mesh of conductors having illuminating pixels located at conductor intersections. The mesh is surrounded by a frame connected to the frame of another section. Once frame sections of the display are unfolded, the display can be supported by... 20060017660 - Pdp data driver, pdp driving method, plasma display device, and control method for the same: A PDP data driver is provided in which input and output terminals are divided into a plurality of groups and a given group can be selected so as to output a high level. The PDP data driver is formed by a plurality of data driver ICs that are arranged. In... 20060017661 - Method for driving plasma display panel: Disclosed is a method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, and discharge cells defined with areas in which the electrodes... 20060017662 - Method for improving the perceived resolution of a colour matrix display: This invention relates to a method for improving the perceived resolution of a colour matrix display with at least one pixel, comprising the steps of subdividing an incident colour channel signal (R) to said pixel into a first and second signal component (R1, R2), applying a gain factor (CR) to... 20060017663 - Display module, drive method of display panel and display device: A display device includes a display panel in which column direction wirings 15 and row direction wirings 16 are formed perpendicularly to each other and the column direction wirings 15 are divided into N sets (N is an integer of 2 or more) in the vertical direction of a screen,... 20060017664 - Current output type driver circuit and display device: A circuit having a plurality of driver IC's 101-1 to 101-n provided corresponding to divided areas of a display panel 102, each driver having an output circuit for outputting a supplied reference current IREF as a drive current to corresponding divided areas DRVA1 to DRVAn of the display panel 102... 20060017668 - Drive device and a display device: A display device includes a display panel having rows of scanning lines and columns of data lines; and a matrix of display pixels near intersections of the scanning lines and the data line. A scanning driver circuit which selects display pixels of rows connected to some of the scanning lines,... 20060017667 - Drive device and drive method of self light emitting display panel and electronic equipment equipped with the drive device: A drive device of a self light emitting display panel which is equipped with a plurality of organic EL elements 14 arranged at intersection positions between a plurality of data lines and plurality of scan lines comprises a first gradation control means for time-dividing a frame period into a plurality... 20060017666 - Multi-panel display device and method of driving the same: The present invention relates to a multi-panel display device and method of driving the same that is adaptive of having a multi-panel and simplifying a driving circuit thereof. A multi-panel display device according to the present invention includes: a plurality of display panels to which data lines are commonly connected;... 20060017665 - Organic light emitting display device: An OLED includes a display panel, a printed circuit board, a signal transmission member and a voltage transmission member. The display panel has a display region and peripheral regions. The display panel displays an image by an organic light emitting element within the display region. The printed circuit board applies... 20060017671 - Display device and electronic apparatus: A display device includes a display region, and the display region has a first display region that is composed of a first pixel group displaying a first light-emitting wavelength range; and a second display region that is composed of a second pixel group displaying a second light-emitting wavelength range different... 20060017672 - Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of unit circuits that are arranged in an element forming region on a substrate, each unit circuit having a light-emitting element that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a transistor that controls a current flowing in the light-emitting element, a plurality... 20060017669 - Method and apparatus for uniformity and brightness correction in an oled display: A system for the correction of brightness and uniformity variations in OLED displays is described, comprising: a) an OLED display including a plurality of light-emitting elements; b) a non-volatile memory having uniformity correction information for the OLED display stored therein and permanently associated with and physically attached to the OLED... 20060017670 - Organic el drive circuit and organic el display device using the same organic el drive circuit: A first input terminal and a second input terminal of an organic EL drive circuit IC are arranged on both sides of the organic EL drive circuit IC, which are contiguous to sides of a plurality of IC's having identical circuit constructions to the organic EL drive circuit IC and... 20060017673 - Flexible display device: The present invention provides a display device, comprising: an input unit, for inputting a data; a storage unit, for storing the input data; an output unit, for displaying the data; a control unit, electrically connected to the input unit, the output unit and the storage unit for controlling the same;... 20060017676 - Large substrate flat panel inspection system: Methods and apparatus are described for large substrate flat panel inspection systems. A method includes inspecting an object using a machine that includes an imaging device having an electronic shutter: scanning the imaging device across a surface of the object between a first location and a second location; strobing at... 20060017675 - Liquid crystal display device: In a liquid crystal display device performing multi-picture element driving, gate OFF timing of a switching element connected between each sub picture element and a signal line is matched with phase timing when all the subsidiary capacity wires are at the same potential. This prevents the occurrence of uneven luminance... 20060017677 - Liquid crystal display device and its drive method: A MVA type liquid crystal panel is slow in a response speed when a black state at a drive voltage about 1V is switched to a low brightness halftone state at the drive voltage about 2 to 3V. According to the present invention, in a liquid crystal display device for... 20060017674 - Liquid crystal display device, method for repairing liquid crystal display device, and method for driving liquid crystal display device: The liquid crystal display device comprises: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, adjacent to each other row-wise and column-wise; a plurality of first bus lines extended row-wise and connected to the pixels arranged row-wise; a plurality of second bus lines extended column-wise and connected to the pixels arranged... 20060017678 - Driver device for liquid crystal display, computer program and storage medium, and liquid crystal display: There is provided a motion-adaptive grayscale level converter section between a video signal source and a pixel array. The pixel array includes a liquid crystal cell of normally black and vertically aligned mode. The motion-adaptive grayscale level converter section determines based on information from a decoder section whether the pixels... 20060017679 - Driving method of active matrix display device: In a liquid crystal display device of the in-plane switching mode (IPS mode), the potential of data that is output from a data driver is set at values between potentials that are given to common lines. Two levels, i.e., high and low levels, are prepared for the potential to be... 20060017680 - Data driving system and method for eliminating offset: The present invention relates to a data driving system and method for driving a panel. The data driving system comprises: a gamma voltage supply and a D/A converter. The gamma voltage supply produces a plurality of gamma voltages. The D/A converter receives the gamma voltages, a first pixel value and... 20060017683 - Display device, method for driving the same, and portable terminal apparatus using the same: A selection-addressing-type liquid crystal display selectively addresses a signal line of a pixel unit using groups of three selectors of a selector circuit in a time-division manner. A level converter level shifts selector pulses having a voltage swing corresponding to the external-circuit power supply to selector pulses having a voltage... 20060017682 - Display panel driving device and flat display device: A display panel driving device for an OCB-mode liquid crystal display panel comprises gate and source drivers which are connected to the liquid crystal display panel, and a voltage supply circuit which supplies video signal reference voltages and black insertion reference voltages to the source driver. In particular, the voltage... 20060017681 - Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same: An LCD device is disclosed, to minimize the signal distortion by decreasing the instability of voltage in a—Si:H TFT of a gate driving signal output unit, which includes a signal controller for outputting first and second control signals Q and /Q; a pull-up transistor between a clock signal terminal CLK... 20060017686 - Display device: A display device includes pixels, each including a switching element; a shift register comprising stages coupled with the switching elements and sequentially generating output signals; clock signal lines transmitting clock signals; at least a control signal line transmitting a control signal; and terminal lines connecting the clock signal lines and... 20060017684 - Display driver and driving method reducing amount of data transferred to display driver: A column driver (16) includes a basis function generator (32) internally within the column driver (16), and combination units (34) for combining the outputs of the basis function generator with coded transform image data input on input (28). Accumulator (36) accumulates decoded image data and driver circuitry (22), (24), (26)... 20060017685 - Single clock driven shift register and driving method for same: A single clock driven shift register comprising multiple stages is provided. The (M)th stage comprises a latch unit, a logic unit, and a non-overlap buffer. The latch unit latches an input signal from the (M−1)th stage according to a clock signal. The logic unit connecting to an output terminal of... 20060017688 - Electro-optical display: An electro-optical display includes a graphics controller and an illuminating device for illuminating a display field of the electro-optical display. A plurality of sensors record actual operating data which are delivered to a control unit and compared with setpoint operating data. If the actual operating data deviate from the setpoint... 20060017687 - Liquid crystal display device: In a liquid crystal display device, in the vicinity of one end surface of a light guiding plate, a plurality of light sources are disposed. On a main surface of the light guiding plate facing a liquid crystal display panel, a light diffusing plate is disposed. On the light diffusing... 20060017689 - Light modulator with concentric control-electrode structure: An electronic device for at least partially displaying a pixel of an image, the device comprising first and second reflectors defining an optical cavity therebetween, the optical cavity being selective of an electromagnetic wavelength at an intensity by optical interference, the device having a concentric control structure comprising at least... 20060017690 - Apparatus and method for motion detection in three dimensions: Apparatus and method are disclosed for sensing a desired cursor position by detecting disturbance due to acceleration in each of three piezoelectric crystals located in a user movable housing. Crystals corresponding to X, Y, and Z dimensions are connected to means for converting disturbance due to acceleration into a voltage... 20060017693 - Key sheet and key sheet manufacturing method: Disclosed is a key sheet having a base sheet equipped with a hard resin plate and a key sheet manufacturing method, wherein a reduction is achieved in the thickness of the base sheet and in the effort and cost for the molding. Further, accurate depressing operation is realized without impairing... 20060017692 - Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer: Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, an accelerometer attached to a portable device detects a movement of the portable device. In response, a machine executable code is executed within the portable device to perform one... 20060017691 - System and method for controlling audio output associated with haptic effects: An apparatus, a processor-readable medium, and a method are provided that are configured to cause a haptic effect and an audio effect to be output substantially concurrently. The haptic effect has a frequency and the audio effect has a frequency different from the frequency of the haptic effect. At least... 20060017694 - Information processing device and information processing method: An information processing device and method which are capable, when an attitude of a device differs from an attitude thereof at times of usual use and a previously specified allocation of functions to a plurality of operation buttons is changed, of improving operability of the operation buttons. In a digital... 20060017695 - Static free device for a computer mouse: A static free device for a computer mouse having a cover and a connection line extending out from the computer mouse for connection with a computer includes a metallic conductor adapted for mounting on the cover and a ground line having a protection device thereon and provided with a first... 20060017699 - Electronic information display apparatus: An electronic information display apparatus specifically configured for use in a motor vehicle comprises a self-contained visual display unit and a self-contained information processing unit. The self-contained visual display unit includes a wireless receiver device configured for receiving display information data signals and at least one suction device enabling the... 20060017696 - Input device with a zoom apparatus: An input is disclosed that includes a zoom apparatus for increasing or decreasing the size of an image rendered on a display screen. The zoom apparatus has an actuator that is movable in a first direction to induce the image to zoom in. The actuator is also movable in a... 20060017697 - Keyboard with chassis structure: A keyboard apparatus includes a group of switches, a key having a corresponding group of plungers, and a chassis structure including a panel and a post. The post projects upward from the panel to support the key for manual movement pivotally into multiple actuated positions in which the plungers actuate... 20060017698 - Multiposition multilevel user interface system: A multipositional, multilevel user interface system including a keyboard over a base surface for a pointing device such as a mouse. The keyboard and base may be at a fixed angle or rotate relative to each other about a hinge axis to reveal the surface, providing a portable keyboard and... 20060017700 - Opening and closing of a user interface element: The invention relates to an electronic device that comprises a body part, a sliding cover attached to it by a slide mechanism, and a user interface element, such as a keyboard or a display. The user interface element is attached to both the body part and the sliding cover by... 20060017701 - Data acquistion from capacitive touch pad: A Circuit (in FIG. 1) and an Algorithm for Data Acquisition from Capacitive Touch Pad Sensor employs charge transfer to sense capacitance. The circuit has high degree of noise rejection from both system and externally generated noises; it is resistant to the effects of ESD; utilizes a general purpose “off... 20060017704 - Device for controlling touch panel: Disclosed herein is a device including a differential amplification unit for supplying current to the touch panel; a signal amplification unit for amplifying the output voltage of the differential amplification unit; an analog-digital conversion unit for converting the analog output signal of the signal amplification unit into a digital signal;... 20060017706 - Display for stylus input displays: Improvements to computer displays particular displays for tablet PCs to: increase their clarity, contrast ratio and viewability in high ambient light conditions such as sunlight; cooler operation; and more rugged structure.... 20060017711 - Form factor for portable device: A form factor for a portable device is disclosed. A first face of the portable device may house a display screen and three linear input devices (e.g., touch-sensitive strips), one on each of three sides of the display screen, for providing user input. On a second, opposite face of the... 20060017703 - Input apparatus: An input apparatus includes a touch panel upper member for outputting a detection signal corresponding to an input position at which an input operation is executed, a moveable lower member disposed with respect to the touch panel upper member, an operation unit for executing the input operation, and an operation... 20060017708 - Input device: An input device is provided by piling up a plurality of touch panels in which an upper conductive layer of an upper substrate and a lower conductive layer of a lower substrate are disposed to oppose each other with a predetermined distance therebetween. Thus, inputting operations such as selection of... 20060017710 - Liquid crystal display device including sensing element: A liquid crystal display includes a first panel, a second panel facing the first panel and spaced apart from the first panel, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a variable capacitor having a capacitance that varies by a touch and generating a control... 20060017702 - Touch control type character input method and control module thereof: A touch control type character input method is to utilize a control module for identifying moving loci created by an object moving on a hand writing board so as to be used during subsequent input. A plurality of vectors, which move in different directions, are combined and a parameter data... 20060017707 - Touch panel: The invention relates to touch panels for use in a variety of electronic apparatuses, and designed to prevent separation of a lower substrate and an antireflection layer, and to ensure reliable operation. An undercoat layer (9) made of any of silicon oxide and a compound having a principal ingredient of... 20060017709 - Touch panel apparatus, method of detecting touch area, and computer product: A touch panel apparatus includes a touch panel provided on a display; a touch-area detecting unit that detects a touch area when an object touches on a surface of the touch panel; and a determining unit that compares, when the touch-area detecting unit detects two touch areas, dimensions of the... 20060017705 - Touch panel input device: The present invention provides a touch panel input device that reliably prevents degradation of a piezoelectric substrate. During inactive periods in which a touch panel input device is not used, the connection between a set of output terminals of an AC power supply circuit and a set of associated drive... 20060017717 - Controlling apparatus and method, recording medium, program, and inputting/outputting apparatus: An apparatus and method wherein a high detection sensitivity to light irradiated from the outside can be assured, in which each pixel of an I/O display apparatus can perform a light emitting action for displaying an image and a light receiving action for detecting light irradiated from the outside. In... 20060017715 - Display device, display driver, and data transfer method: A display device includes a display unit and a plurality of display drivers. Each of the display drivers has a digital operation unit and a drive unit. The digital operation unit of each display driver has a signal determination unit for determining whether or not a destination of an input... 20060017716 - Driving circuit for electro-optical panel and driving method thereof, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus having electro-optical device: A driving circuit for an electro-optical panel, in which a plurality of pixel portions are provided in an image display region, has a plurality of power supply lines that are respectively supplied with a plurality of power supplies having different potentials from a power supply circuit, a shift register that... 20060017713 - Driving circuit of liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same: A driving circuit of an LCD device contains a driving circuit. The driving circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter that outputs a first data signal by converting a digital data signal to an analog data signal; a modulator that outputs a second data signal by modulating the amplitude and pulse width... 20060017718 - Image display apparatus: There is here provided an image display apparatus that adjusts a change of a drive condition resulting from an electrical resistance of a matrix wiring of a display panel scarcely using a hardware. The apparatus has an adjusted image data calculation unit that generates adjusted image data that is the... 20060017712 - Information processing apparatus and display control method: A graphics controller 114 generates a video signal for forming a display image to be displayed on the display device. A high quality video engine 115 performs a high quality video process on the video signal generated by the graphics controller 114. When a user performs a luminance change operation... 20060017714 - Solid-state imaging apparatus and sampling circuit: A solid-state imaging apparatus which prevents fixed pattern noise from occurring is provided, the fixed pattern noise having a correlation in a column direction (or a row direction) caused by non-uniformity of a sampling circuit itself. The solid state imaging apparatus comprises a sampling circuit in which a signal from... 20060017719 - Apparatus and method of driving memory for display device: A display driver having Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) cells and a method of controlling the timing of the display driver are disclosed. The display driver includes memory cells each of which is implemented using a DRAM cell having a single transistor and a single capacitor. The display driver includes... 20060017724 - Data rendering method for volumetric 3d displays: The fundamental concept of expressing brightness level of a geometric primitive is to control the number of rendered display elements, representing desired brightness level, in the geometric primitive as a fraction of the maximum number of display elements, representing the maximum brightness level, that can be placed in it. There... 20060017723 - Deformation of a computer-generated model: Deforming a three-dimensional computer-generated model to cause a change of shape of the three-dimensional model includes representing a surface of the model using a surface representation initially comprised of an original surface definition, deriving smooth three-dimensional mapping functions where each mapping function defines a deformation to the surface and at... 20060017726 - Image processing unit, image processing method and medium, and game machine: The invention provides an image processing unit for a shooting game in which suitable images can be displayed according to a given situation, and in which more exciting and easy-to-manipulate images are displayed. Coordinate values for objects in three-dimensional virtual space are established on the basis of prerecorded object shape... 20060017725 - Information processing method and information processing apparatus: This invention relates to an information processing method and information processing apparatus, which facilitate selection of components which form a geometric model. Of a plurality of components which form a three-dimensional geometric mode, components which satisfy predetermined geometrical search criteria are searched for. The obtained components are set in a... 20060017721 - Reduction of a mesh with preservation of flow lines: To preserve flow line characteristics in a reduced mesh, the mesh is reduced by identifying one or more flow lines in the mesh and removing a plurality of edges associated with the one or more flow lines. Such a reduction may be achieved by identifying a set of connecting edges... 20060017720 - System and method for 3d measurement and surface reconstruction: A system and method for measuring and surface reconstruction of a 3D image of an object comprises a projector arranged to project a pattern onto a surface of an object to be imaged; and a processor stage arranged to examine distortion or distortions produced in the pattern by the surface.... 20060017722 - Texture data compression and rendering in 3d computer graphics: View-dependent texture images and view-independent texture data for a 3D computer model are processed to compress each view-dependent texture image by subtracting the view-dependent data and view-independent data in a common 2D image space to generate a difference image, and compression encoding the difference image. The difference images, 3D computer... 20060017727 - Methods of displaying volumetric 3d images: This invention describes methods of displaying both physiological and psychological depth cues in a volumetric image display. This added psychological visual depth can display a background image of infinite depth. The basic concept is to combine a skewed coordinate system with a 2D image plane and display the V3D object... 20060017728 - Methods and apparatus for rendering or preparing digital objects or portions thereof for subsequent processing: Methods and apparatus for rendering images of digital objects or for preparing digital objects for subsequent processing. The method includes sorting data representative of the positions of at least three vertices of at least one polygon of a digital object, then determining whether the orientation of the vertices of each... 20060017729 - Method to improve photorealistic 3d rendering of dynamic viewing angle by embedding shading results into the model surface representation: The present invention provides for rendering photorealistic 3D viewing angles. Lighting values are approximated across selected viewing angles. In fixed lighting situations, approximating across viewing angles allows rendering of a high order lighting detail with complex surfaces. A polynomial equation representing the surfaces will be solved for the coefficients to... 20060017730 - Stepless 3d texture mapping in computer graphics: Spatial transformation of an input image array of first sampled signals to an output image array of second sampled signals is executed by for each second sampled signal accumulating a finite set of products that are each generated by implementing a filter transform function value, times the various applicable ones... 20060017731 - Font representations: Methods for rendering font objects include: receiving input identifying an object to be rendered; selecting a data set for rendering the object from: (a) a first data set including font object data in a first format (e.g., trajectory data), and (b) a second data set including font object data in... 20060017732 - Font representations: Methods for rendering font objects include: receiving input identifying an object to be rendered; selecting a data set for rendering the object from: (a) a first data set including font object data in a first format (e.g., trajectory data), and (b) a second data set including font object data in... 20060017733 - Font representations: Methods for rendering font objects include: receiving input identifying an object to be rendered; selecting a data set for rendering the object from: (a) a first data set including font object data in a first format (e.g., trajectory data), and (b) a second data set including font object data in... 20060017734 - Animation on object user interface: A system and method for graphically showing the animation order of animated elements in a presentation program or other software. The invention consists of a User Interface (UI) widget which shows the order of the animation in the presentation. This UI employs an animation On Object User Interface (OOUI), or... 20060017736 - Animation packager for an on-line book: A system for creating an on-line book with an animated cover. The system includes an animation program for inserting an animation sequence at the beginning of an on-line book which is compiled into the M14 format. The animation program includes: a user interface module configured to receive input from a... 20060017735 - Display of images and image transitions: The present invention consists of a method comprising the steps of displaying an image representing a source value; displaying an image representing a destination value; and displaying a transition image; wherein the transition image is a function of the source value and the destination value. Additionally, the present invention consists... 20060017737 - System and method for efficiently performing automatic frame transfers of image data: A system and method for performing automatic frame transfers of image data includes a display controller with controller logic and an automatic transfer module. The controller logic detects a transfer trigger event in the display controller for initiating an automatic frame transfer operation of on-screen data from a video memory... 20060017738 - System and method for detecting memory writes to initiate image data transfers: A system and method for detecting memory writes to initiate image data transfers includes a display controller device with a write detector module and controller logic. The write detector module detects write operations from a host central-processing unit to on-screen data in a video memory of the display controller. The... 20060017740 - Diurnal variation of geo-specific terrain temperatures in real-time infrared sensor simulation: A shader for dynamically providing diurnal variation in radiance-based imagery is operable to load a virtual texture comprising a plurality of texels, each texel storing a plurality of analogical parameters. The shader is further operable load a thermal lookup table indexed by the plurality of analogical parameters and to dynamically... 20060017739 - Methods and systems for image modification: A method of the invention includes the steps of selecting at least a portion of an image on which to superimpose a texture and segmenting that portion of the image into a plurality of clusters. Each of the clusters is then parameterized with texture coordinates, and texture is assigned to... 20060017741 - Multi-dimensional texture mapping apparatus, method and program: Multi-dimensional texture mapping apparatus includes compression unit configured to compress texture image data including texture images by sampling the texture images in accordance with feature of material, the texture images acquired or created under different conditions, converter to convert the compressed texture image data into first multi-dimensional texture, the first... 20060017743 - Display intensity filter: Provided is a method and apparatus for adjusting intensity values of a frame of image data. Specifically, individual pixels of the frame of image data are processed by logic of a device to produce affected color values corresponding to the color values of the individual pixels. The affected color values... 20060017742 - Method of one point color tracking: A method of one point color tracking is for the color tracking of the screen panel that executes the tracking operation of the chromatic coordinates for the measured values of screen color parameter by using of the specific parameter values of the chromatic coordinates to get the screen color parameter... 20060017744 - Image displaying method and image display: An image display method and image display apparatus reduce dynamic false contours with sufficient gradations maintained even in a portion where large dynamic false contours occur. The image display method and image display apparatus convert a gradation level of a non-target pixel to a display-use gradation level to display. For... 20060017745 - Apparatus and method for rendering image, and computer-readable recording media for storing computer program controlling the apparatus: An image rendering apparatus and method, and a computer-readable recording medium for storing a computer program controlling the apparatus, the image rendering apparatus including: a tristimulus value converter converting pixel values of each of the input pixels included in an input image with a desired resolution to converted tristimulus values... 20060017746 - Method and device for processing video data by combining error diffusion and another dithering: For improving the grey scale portrayal, several dithering methods are used: Cell-based dithering, multi-mask dithering or error diffusion. Each of them has specific disadvantages. A simple combination of them does not bring expected advantages. However, an improvement is obtained if the result of the multi-mask dithering is used for controlling... 20060017747 - Copy protection arrangement: A video apparatus consistent with certain embodiments has a receiver that receives a data stream containing video data and video overlay data, wherein the video data includes a censored region having boundaries. A video plane receives the video data in order to render a video frame for display, the video... 20060017748 - Apparatus for displaying cross-sectional image and computer product: In a cross-sectional image displayed on a display screen, a region of interest is designated by a user. In the designated region of interest, a two-dimensional projected image that three-dimensionally represents the cross-sectional image inside the region of interest is displayed. Particularly, a two-dimensional projected image of a tumor three-dimensionally... 20060017749 - Brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods: This document discusses, among other things, brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods, such as for deep brain stimulation (DBS) or other electrical stimulation. A model computes a volume of influence region for a simulated electrical stimulation using certain stimulation parameters, such as amplitude, pulsewidth, frequency, pulse morphology, electrode contact... 20060017750 - Display apparatus and image forming apparatus: A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels exhibiting a brightness change range with respect to an applied voltage and a hue change range with respect to the applied voltage, and a control portion where a color image signal is inputted therein and a display signal... 20060017752 - Image resizing for optical character recognition in portable reading machine: A reading machine that operates in various modes includes image correction processing is described. The reading device pre-processes an image for optical character recognition by receiving the image and determining whether text in the image is too large or small for optical character recognition processing by determining that text height... 20060017751 - System and method for dynamically establishing extended display identification data: Preferred format parameters including timing that is contained in an extended display information data (EDID) EEPROM in a digital video display system can be dynamically established by a user. In this way, when the video display system engages a source of video in a “plug and play” context, instead of... 20060017753 - Computer laptop flip and lift apparatus: The laptop flip and lift apparatus enables the screen of a laptop computer to be positioned at a height similar to that of a desktop computer. This is accomplished by providing a set of legs that can be extended from the body of the laptop. In addition, the hinge of... 01/19/2006 > 78 patent applications in 41 patent subcategories.20060012539 - Display device: With a double-sided display module having a main panel and a sub-panel sharing drive signals, the image quality of the main panel is improved. When the display devices uses the same driver IC to drive the main panel and the sub-panel, the contrast is uneven at the border area between... 20060012540 - Method and apparatus for image processing: The present application relates to a method of at least substantially synchronising data output from at least first and second graphics cards (1, 2). A synchronisation difference between the first graphics card (1) and the second graphics card (2) is determined and a correction signal (41) generated based on the... 20060012541 - Method and device for generating spatial images: The invention is related to methods and devices for generating spatial images. The method comprises forming at least two directional radiation beams in a selected viewer's plane, each of the at least two directional radiation beams having a power from 0.05 to 10 of a human eye differential threshold for... 20060012542 - Multiple program and 3d display screen and variable resolution apparatus and process: In a first preferred embodiment, this invention provides a low cost means for reliably producing an auto-stereoscopic 3D front project display screen. The screen is engineered to distribute discrete portions of light across a range of discrete horizontal on and off axis viewing angles corresponding with perspective correct 3D images.... 20060012543 - Display device and electronic apparatus using the same: A light-detecting element, an analog-to-digital converter circuit, and a parallel-serial converter circuit are mounted on a substrate, using a thin film transistor, of an active matrix-type display device, and when a circuit is selected by an external chip-select signal, the luminance is adjusted by transmitting a signal of the light-detecting... 20060012544 - Apparatus and method for driving plasma display panel: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for driving a plasma display panel, and more particularly, to a scan drive apparatus and method of a plasma display panel. The present invention includes a data conversion unit converting video data to converted video data suitable for the PDP, a... 20060012545 - Drive circuit: There is provided a drive circuit of a display device using a capacitive load which includes a clamp circuit connected to a power source potential and clamping a potential of the capacitive load to the power source potential such that an electric power is supplied to the capacitive load in... 20060012546 - Plasma display apparatus and image processing method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus, and more particularly, to a plasma display apparatus for representing gray levels and image processing method thereof. According to the present invention, the plasma display apparatus includes an object division unit for detecting an edge from a received m-bit image signal... 20060012548 - Method and device for driving display panel: A driving method comprises the steps of: (a) when a display cell is lit at a brightness of (α+k×n)th grayscale level, turning ON display cells not only in a sub-field period in which a display cell is lit at a brightness of (α+K×(n−1))th grayscale level, but also in other sub-field... 20060012547 - Plasma display device and image processing method thereof: A plasma display device and image processing method thereof. A scan method of one-frame video signal data is determined in advance. Data to be compared are selected from among the video signal data according to the determination. It is determined as to whether the one-frame video signal data have high... 20060012549 - Semiconductor device, display apparatus, and display apparatus driving method: Each of pixels arranged in a matrix comprises an element to be driven, a switching TFT, an element driving TFT, and a storage capacitor, and a potential shifting capacitor. The storage capacitor is connected between the gate and a source of the element driving TFT. Before a data signal is... 20060012551 - Liquid crystal display with an image flicker eliminaiton function applied when power-on and an operation method of the same: A liquid crystal display (LCD) with an image flicker eliminating function applied when power-on comprising an LCD panel, a panel power supplier, an image control unit, and a timing control unit is provided. The panel power supplier offers the power needed for starting the LCD panel. The image control unit... 20060012552 - Liquid crystal display with image flicker and shadow elimination functions applied when power-off and an operation method of the same: A liquid crystal display (LCD) with flicker and shadow elimination functions when power-off comprising a LCD panel, a panel power supplier, an image control unit, and a timing control unit is provided. The panel power supplier offers the power needed for starting the LCD panel. The image control unit controls... 20060012550 - Liquid crystal display, driver chip and driving method thereof: A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof. The LCD includes a timing controller, a plurality of driver chips and a display panel. The driver chips are cascaded together for driving the display panel to display frames. A driver chip includes a differential receiver, a single-ended receiver, a shift... 20060012553 - Display device: A display device for displaying images based on signals of different standards is disclosed. In a display device of the active matrix type, write control circuits as provided in a source side driver circuit and a gate line side driver circuit are operable to selectively supply output signals of shift... 20060012554 - Liquid-crystal display driving device: Disclosed is a method for driving an active matrix type liquid crystal display device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second electrodes, and the liquid crystal layer having a larger polarization when a voltage of a first polarity... 20060012555 - Driving circuit for electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: A driving circuit for an electro-optical device, that drives an electro-optical device having a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines extending so as to cross each other and a plurality of pixel units connected to the scanning lines and the data lines to form a display... 20060012556 - Liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display driven by interlace scanning and/or sequential scanning: A display device which has a liquid crystal display which has a plurality liquid crystal pixels arranged in a matrix and which writes an image thereon after resetting the liquid crystal. The method of writing on the liquid crystal display can be selected from driving methods according to interlace scanning... 20060012557 - Data processing circuit, display apparatus, and portable terminal: In a data processing circuit formed on an insulating substrate by using TFTs, a data signal having a small voltage amplitude input in series is increased in level to a data signal having a large voltage amplitude by a level shift circuit (11), the serial data signal having the large... 20060012558 - Choke transformer used in liquid crystal display backlight driver: Disclosed is a choke transformer used in liquid crystal display (LCD) backlight driver, comprising a winding base on which a plurality of spacers are formed and having a hollow structure, a core received within the winding base and a plurality of windings wound between two neighboring ones of the plurality... 20060012559 - Speaker apparatus using display window: A speaker apparatus for a mobile communications terminal includes a display window acts as a speaker by using the display window as a vibration plate. As a result, sound in lower frequency range can be reproduced. In addition, through use of filters, frequency characteristics can be further enhanced.... 20060012561 - Electronic whiteboard: An improved electronic whiteboard is provided. The improved electronic whiteboard includes a plurality of toggle switches along a vertical side for drawing vertical straight lines across the electronic whiteboard and a plurality of toggle switches along a horizontal side for drawing horizontal straight lines across the electronic whiteboard. When some... 20060012564 - Hard disk multimedia player and method: A hand-held display apparatus including a body which is gripped by a user's hand, and an interface to output image data. A display is also provided which displays an image received from the interface and vertically inverts the image in response to a vertical inversion signal. The device also includes... 20060012565 - Hard disk multimedia player and method: A hand-held display device including a housing which is gripped by a hand, and a display, supported by the housing, which displays an image. The device also includes a plurality of sensors having a concave surface disposed in proximity to the display section on the housing, which can be activated... 20060012560 - Keypad for performing communication and signal transmission of internet protocol phone: The present invention discloses a keypad for performing a communication and a signal transmission of an internet protocol phone, which comprises a housing having a control unit mounted therein. The control unit includes a keyboard module and an internet protocol phone module, which enable the keypad to receive a switch... 20060012562 - Methods and apparatuses for compound tracking systems: A method, apparatus, and system for tracking movement of a device are described. The method includes steps of implementing a first tracking subsystem for tracking positions of a device against a surface, determining whether to implement a second tracking subsystem for tracking positions of the device against the surface, capturing... 20060012563 - Rotatable input device for a mobile communication device: An input device for a mobile device comprising a telephone keypad arranged on one side of the input device for providing an input signal corresponding to telephone characters, a keyboard arranged on the opposite side of the input device for providing an input signal corresponding to text characters, and a... 20060012566 - Wearable computing, input, and display device: A wearable computing, input, and display device is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes a band wrappable around a wrist of a user, one or more input mechanisms, a display mechanism, and a computing mechanism. The input mechanisms are attached to the band and have recessed and extended positions.... 20060012568 - Apparatus, system and method of importing data arranged in a table on an electronic whiteboard into a spreadsheet: An apparatus, system and method of importing data arranged in a table on an electronic whiteboard into a spreadsheet displayed in a computer system are provided. Generally, the spreadsheet and the table each include a plurality of grid cells. To determine where in the spreadsheet to display the data in... 20060012571 - Head-mounted pointing and control device: A magnetic tracker system for use on an operator's head makes “mouse”/cursor movements on a screen similar to that of the classic computer “mouse”/track ball/touchpad/joystick. Only head movements are used as opposed to lifting a hand from the keyboard for making such moves. The new “mouse” avoids interrupting the hands... 20060012567 - Minature optical mouse and stylus: A small optical mouse that is easy to use, that provides a standard mouse like user experience, that works efficiently in combination with a keyboard, that can be used as a stylus, and that can be used on the viewing surface of a computer monitor as well as related devices... 20060012572 - Pointing device, information display device, and input method utilizing the pointing device: A pointing device that can move an object in a desired direction on a display screen includes a control unit that switches between a first mode and a second mode in accordance with the contents of the display on the display screen. In the first mode, the pointing device outputs... 20060012570 - Protective cover of sensor surface that enables pointing operation: A pointing device that does not limit an operator by personal physical characteristics is structured as follows. An apparatus incorporating a pointing device includes a fingerprint sensor obtaining image information, a cover protecting a sensor surface, and a sensor presser arranged at a face of the cover on the sensor... 20060012569 - Scrolling interface for media player: A media player comprising: (a) a body comprising a front face; (b) a display mounted in the front face; (c) a scrolling activator mounted in the front face for controlling longitudinal movement of a censor on the display; (d) lateral movement of the scrolling activator relative to the front face... 20060012573 - Apparatus and method for dual use of a numeric keypad: A numeric keypad may be shared between first and second electronic devices, the second electronic device being integrated with the first electronic device or a keyboard connected with the first electronic device. The second electronic device may be activated and the numeric keypad may be interfaced with the second electronic... 20060012574 - Data entry device: The data entry device especially designed for computers consists of two joysticks or control handles (2) that are equipped with keys so that they combine the functions of a keyboard and a mouse. The main keys (3c) contain the alphabet (5a). Using special shift keys (3b, 5u) that are operated... 20060012577 - Active keypad lock for devices equipped with touch screen: A device comprising at least a touch screen and a keypad for providing input functions. The keypad is provided with a key lock operation comprising an active state and a inactive state. The active state is adapted to disable at least part of the input functions of the keypad, and... 20060012580 - Automatic switching for a dual mode digitizer: An apparatus for detecting a plurality of user interactions, comprising: at least one detector for sensing the user interactions, a respective controller, associated with each of the detectors, for finding positions of the user interactions, and a switcher, associated with the controllers, for handling the user interactions, according to a... 20060012579 - Coordinate input apparatus and its control method: A coordinate input apparatus is provided. A photo transmission/reception unit includes a phototransmitter which projects light along a plane of an input region, and a photoreceptor which detects incoming light. A reflector is arranged on a rim portion of the input region, and reflects incident light from the phototransmitter toward... 20060012576 - Multi-layer touch display device comprising electromagnetic actuators: c 20060012578 - Panel unit capable of avoiding contact between electrically conductive bodies thereon: A first electrically conductive stripe extends from a starting point to an end point on the front surface of a lower base member in a panel unit. An upper base member is designed to oppose its back surface to the front surface of the lower base member. A second electrically... 20060012575 - Touch sensitive active matrix display and method for touch sensing: A touch sensitive active martix display device has an array of capacitive display element pixels (16), each associated with a pixel storage capacitor (20) and a pixel transistor. One or more common electrode contacts (18a) are provided and connected to a terminal of a plurality of the display elements (16).... 20060012581 - Tracking window for a digitizer system: A digitizer apparatus for digitizing user interactions, for example detecting locations of physical objects, comprises: sensing elements, spread across a sensing area, configured for sensing the user interactions, say involving a stylus or like object, and a controller, associated with the sensing elements, configured to dynamically select a tracking window... 20060012582 - Transparent film measurements: Transparent film measurement techniques are disclosed.... 20060012583 - Acoustic wave touch bar system and method of use: Certain embodiments provide an acoustic wave touch bar system and method of use. Certain embodiments include a bar having two portions of reduced cross-section forming an acoustic cavity in the portion of the bar between the reduced cross-sections. The system includes an acoustic wave transducer positioned on the acoustic wave... 20060012584 - Mechanisms for control knobs and other interface devices: Mechanisms for a control knob or other interface device providing additional degrees of freedom for the knob. One embodiment provides a rotatable knob moveable also in lateral plane approximately perpendicular to the axis of rotation. A mechanism providing the lateral motion can include agate member and a plunger member that... 20060012587 - Circuits including parallel conduction paths and methods of operating an electronic device including parallel conduction paths: In one embodiment, a circuit for driving an electronic component includes a first conduction path and a second conduction path connected in parallel. Each of the first and second conduction paths includes a field-effect transistor. The first field-effect transistor lies along the first conduction path, and the second field-effect transistor... 20060012586 - Display device and method for adjusting display device settings based on a predetermined code: A display device includes a user input device for allowing a user to input a predetermined code, and a processor programmed to automatically adjust one or more settings of the display device based on the predetermined code.... 20060012594 - Display with multiplexed pixels: A multiplexed pixel display includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of storage elements, a first voltage supply terminal, a second voltage supply terminal, a common electrode, and a plurality of multiplexers each selectively coupling an associated one of the pixel electrodes with one of the first voltage supply... 20060012592 - Electronic equipment equipped with display panel: A driver section 2 and a display control section B are loaded in a display module A, and an EL display 1 is driven to emit light by an image signal provided from the display control section B. An image generation section 5 in the display control section B generates... 20060012588 - Light emitting device and light receiving and emitting driving circuit: A light emitting device including a plurality of pieces of LEDs D01, D02 to D16, one or more driving circuit(s) for supplying the plurality of LEDs D01, D02 to D16 with electrical power, the number of the driving circuit(s) being less than the number of the LEDs D01, D02 to... 20060012593 - Liquid crystal display apparatus, portable device, and drive method for liquid crystal display apparatus: In a liquid crystal display apparatus, one display pixel has a total of six sub pixels, namely, a red sub pixel for a left eye, a green sub pixel for the left eye, a blue sub pixel for the left eye, a red sub pixel for a right eye, a... 20060012590 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer for a display in an OCB mode, a heating unit which heats the liquid crystal display panel, a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the liquid crystal display panel, a time measuring... 20060012591 - Liquid crystal display device and driving circuit for liquid crystal panel with a memory effect: A driving circuit applies, to scanning electrodes of a liquid crystal panel with a memory effect, a scanning voltage composed of zero and a positive or negative unipolar voltage waveform, and also applies, to signal electrodes, a signal voltage composed of zero and a unipolar voltage waveform having the same... 20060012589 - Method of multiple-frame scans for a video display: A method of multiple-frame scanns for a display includes generating K line-triggering signals within a period in which one frame is finished completed scanning from a first line to a last line, generating K clocks of different phases for triggering K input data, and displaying K input data on the... 20060012585 - Multi output dc/dc converter for liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display (LCD) system comprising means for generating a number of LCD drive voltages with values symmetrical with respect to a predetermined voltage value, said means having a configuration of buffer capacitors to provide each of the LCD drive voltages with a buffer capacitance, the LCD system further... 20060012595 - Driving circuit and driving process of display system: A display system comprises a scan driver circuit coupled with the scan lines, and a data driver circuit coupled through a plurality of switching units with the data lines, wherein the number of data lines connected to each switching unit at least is more than 3. Each data line is... 20060012596 - Data editing program, data editing method, data editing apparatus and storage medium: A method of three-dimensionally displaying time-series data on a display screen of a display and editing the data, includes generating a time line expressing a lapse of time in a three-dimensional space, placing the time-series data as a three-dimensional object along the generated time line, setting a viewpoint position from... 20060012598 - Data writing methods for volumetric 3d displays: This invention describes procedures for writing data to a spatial light modulator (SLM) to achieve the purpose of “sub-frame method”, i.e. increasing effective frame rate of the SLM, without the need of additional color switching means or modulation at illumination source. The purpose is to improve the resolution of V3D... 20060012597 - Geometry based search method for 3d cax/pdm repositories: Traditional techniques of 3D data retrieval using names and subjective attributes are not robust and are difficult to automate over large 3D repositories. Certain techniques developed for search and classification of 2D engineering designs, are in general, difficult to extend to 3D models. These issues are addressed by a system... 20060012599 - System and method for improving signal to noise ratio in 3-d point data scenes under heavy obscuration: A method comprises loading LADAR point data into a three-dimensional voxel array as a plurality of components (304); determining connected components in the array (306); determining a size for each component and a hit count of occupied voxels (316); and determining whether each occupied voxel is to be written to... 20060012600 - System and method for specifying elliptical parameters: An interactive elliptical arc control system and method are disclosed. Three control points are provided—a center control point and two foci control points—that a user can interactively manipulate in order to specify and change the elliptical parameters involved. The center control point can control the radius of the ellipse in... 20060012601 - Method of animating a synthesised model of a human face driven by an acoustic signal: The method permits the animation of a synthesised model of a human face in relation to an audio signal. The method is not language dependent and provides a very natural animated synthetic model, being based on the simultaneous analysis of voice and facial movements, tracked on real speakers, and on... 20060012602 - System and method for efficiently performing automatic partial transfers of image data: A system and method for performing automatic partial transfers of image data includes a display controller with controller logic, a rectangle module, and an automatic transfer module. The rectangle module detects write operations to on-screen data in a video memory, and then updates a transfer rectangle to include written data... 20060012603 - Simulating multiported memories using lower port count memories: An apparatus and method for simulating a multiported memory using lower port count memories as banks. A portion of memory is allocated for storing data associated with a thread. The portion of memory allocated to a thread may be stored in a single bank or in multiple banks. A collector... 20060012604 - Legacy processing for pixel shader hardware: A method may include receiving texture information and determining whether a precompiled shader that corresponds to the texture information exists. A new shader may be compiled based on the texture information if the precompiled shader corresponding to the texture information does not exist. The precompiled shader may be used if... 20060012605 - Method for transmitting digital color documents: A digital color document is generated or processed on a first computer by way of a color management enabled graphics application, by using a monitor-profile. The digital data of the color document are packed together with the underlying monitor-profile into a digital container document and transmitted to a second computer.... 20060012606 - Image signal processing device: An image signal processing device is provided, which has therein a memory to store a first correction parameter to convert a specific region of display image of a display panel, a first coefficient generating section to generate a first coefficient for each pixel in a display panel based on the... 20060012607 - Method for compensating colors of a display device: A color compensation method for a display device. A brightness eigenvalue and color gamut eigenvalue of the display device is determined. A plurality of signals of three major colors are applied into the display device to display a plurality of colors. The colors are measured to get a plurality of... 20060012608 - Method of displaying image in image display device using sequential driving method: An image display method of improving brightness of an output image in an image display device using a sequential driving method and a plurality of single-color light sources. The image display method includes extracting a white color component from the primary color image signals, calculating a period to display the... 20060012609 - Methods and system for processing image data: Representative embodiments provide for a method including providing image data defining a plurality of pixels, each pixel defined by one or more color layers, and each color layer defined by one or more data bits. The method also includes selecting two or more of the plurality of pixels, and translating... 20060012610 - Using pixel homogeneity to improve the clarity of images: The present invention provides for improving image clarity through sub-pixel positioning of the image in a grid space based on pixel homogeneity scores. The pixel homogeneity scores indicating the uniformity of state for sub-pixels produced from an over-sampling of the pixels within the grid space. A representation of an image... 20060012611 - Method and apparatus for visualizing the fit of an object in a space: A method for determining the fit of an object in a space comprising obtaining digital data defining the space, inputting the digital data defining the space into a computer system, inputting at least one dimension defining the space, obtaining digitized data defining an object to be fitted in the space,... 20060012612 - Systems and methods for sharing application data in a networked computing environment: A system and method for facilitating application sharing in a networked environment is provided. Specifically, the system divides a display area on a host computer into a plurality of regions, with each region comprised of a predetermined number of current pixels. The system then evaluates current pixels within a selected... 20060012614 - Color display device and driving method thereof: Unit pixels in a color display device each include a first and a second subpixel. The second is provided with a color filter, and each has a medium changing optical properties (hue and brightness of transmitted light) depending on an applied voltage. A voltage is applied to the first subpixel... 20060012615 - Control apparatus and method for image display: A detection unit which includes an image display panel, brightness averaging unit, scene changeover detection unit, and brightness suppression unit in order to provide an image display apparatus having an ABL that does not give the observer any visual sense of incompatibility without increasing the circuit scale determines the presence/absence... 20060012613 - Image processing device and image processing method: An image processing device able to display an image in high quality in a color image display using fixed pixels, which drives a display device making pixels of R, G and B arranged inside each of a plurality of areas on a screen emit light to display a designated color... 20060012616 - Apparatus for adjusting display size and method thereof: An apparatus of changing a display size and a method thereof in an image recording and reproducing apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes an MPEG decoder for separating a signal reproduced by an optical disc reproducing device and outputting the separated signal; a scaler for changing the size of the... 01/12/2006 > 201 patent applications in 52 patent subcategories.20060007051 - Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device: A method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device. An auxiliary display is integrated with a computing system to provide an area where notifications can be peripherally presented off-screen. Whenever a background task sends a notification to the main display of the system, the notification may... 20060007052 - Control device for a plurality of display devices: A data transfer controller for transferring display data to N individual (where N is an integer, N≧2) display devices is disclosed. The data transfer controller includes a clock signal generating means, and a timing control means. The clock signal generating means generates clock signals. The timing control means adjusts the... 20060007054 - Large size tiled display device: A large size tiled display device includes a plurality of display panels having an image display part including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes at least three sub-pixels. A frame has a plurality of panel receiving portions to receive the plurality of display panels. The frame has an outer... 20060007053 - Multi-panel liquid crystal display and method for driving same: A multi-panel liquid crystal display and a method for driving same. The multi-panel LCD includes an interface circuit and a LCD module. The interface circuit is used for receiving a first image data and outputting a second image data. The LCD module includes a timing controller, a first panel module... 20060007056 - Head mounted display system having virtual keyboard and capable of adjusting focus of display screen and device installed the same: A head mounted display system having a virtual keyboard and capable of adjusting a focus of a display screen comprises a signal processing unit; a focus adjustment unit; an image display unit connected to the signal processing unit; the image display unit being installed at a head mounted display device... 20060007055 - Head-up display: Methods and apparatus are provided for a combined image on a head-up display. A data image display provides a first part of a combined image. An optical input provides a second part of the combined image, e.g., the background scene. A combiner superimposes the first and second parts to provide... 20060007057 - Display device: A system for improving the resolution of a display device by using human visual characteristics wherein an image can be displayed at a more improved resolution than an actual physical resolution, thereby achieving the same effect as that where the resolution is physically improved. An image signal corresponding to one... 20060007058 - Scanning display optical system: A display optical system includes a light-source unit, a first optical unit which collects a light beam from the light-source unit, a scanning member which scans the light beam from the first optical unit, and a second optical unit which focuses the light beam scanned by the scanning member on... 20060007059 - Flexible display screen arrangements and applications thereof: This document describes the design and control of a flexible, electronic display screen mechanism. The display may emit, reflect, or otherwise control visible and invisible light such that a viewer may see graphical shapes, text based characters, or time varying images on the screen. The flexibility of the display screen... 20060007063 - Method and circuit for driving a plasma display panel and a plasma display device: According to an exemplary driving method of a plasma display panel of the present invention, waveforms having a reset function, an address function, and a sustain discharge function are applied to a scan electrode while sustain electrodes are biased at a ground voltage. A board for driving the sustain electrodes... 20060007064 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: A plasma display apparatus, more particularly to a plasma display apparatus for applying a negative sustain waveform while being driven and a method of driving the same are provided. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel in which a plurality of electrodes including scan electrodes and sustain electrodes... 20060007062 - Plasma display panel and driving method and apparatus thereof: An apparatus for driving a plasma display panel having a plurality of display cells, a first electrode and a second electrode. A load calculating circuit detects the number of display cells to be illuminated in a sustaining period. A pulse width calculating circuit obtains a pulse width of a reset... 20060007060 - Plasma display panel and its driving method: A method for driving a cell of a plasma display panel in a duration of a frame, in which the frame contains a plurality of subfields. The method comprises setting a selected subfield in the frame of at least one cell of a scanning line to a selected state; setting... 20060007061 - Plasma display panel and method for driving thereof: A method for driving a plasma display panel including first display electrodes, second display electrodes interleaved with the first display electrodes, an address electrode crossing over the first display electrodes and the second display electrode. The first display electrodes are sorted by the order into the even group and the... 20060007065 - Method for driving plasma display panel: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a first plurality of electrodes, a second plurality of electrodes paired with the first plurality of respective electrodes, and a third plurality of electrodes. The PDP further includes a plurality of cells at crossing portions between the first and second pluralities of electrodes and... 20060007066 - Method of displaying gray scales of plasma display panel, and plasma display device: A method of expressing gray scales of a plasma panel display using the sum of weights assigned to subfields, including extracting a first gray scale arrangement including gray scale n using (k−1) subfields to gray scale m using k subfields from a second gray scale arrangement including gray scale 1... 20060007068 - Method of driving a display panel: A method of driving a display panel for displaying a quality image reduced of display noise. A first process is executed for making the sub-field different between display lines adjacent in the number of M, in order for causing the state of the pixel cells to transfer from the one... 20060007067 - Plasma display apparatus and image processing method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and an image processing method thereof, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an improved plasma display apparatus and an image processing method thereof which can enhance a gray level representation capability. The plasma display apparatus according to one embodiment... 20060007069 - Method of controlling image display: This invention discloses an arrangement for suppressing an erroneous display and suppressing damage to an image display apparatus when a power source is turned on, the power source is turned off, an outlet is removed, or power fails. Particularly, this invention discloses an arrangement for stopping, for a predetermined time,... 20060007076 - Active matrix addressed polymer led display: A display having a plurality of light emitting pixels. Each pixels includes an isolation transistor, a driving circuit, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The driving circuit storing a value that determines the magnitude of the light emitted by that pixels, the driving circuit placing the OLED in a... 20060007072 - Display device and driving method thereof: A display device is provided, including light emitting elements, first switching transistors transmitting data signals in response to scanning signals, second switching transistors transmitting a reverse bias voltage in response to a switching signal, capacitors charging voltages based on the data signals and discharging based on the reverse bias voltage;... 20060007070 - Driving circuit and driving method for electroluminescent display: A pixel driving circuit is implemented to drive an electroluminescent display system. In the driving circuit, a constant voltage potential is applied to the drain of a driving transistor while an electric current determined according to a data signal is delivered through the source and drain of the driving transistor... 20060007074 - Image display apparatus and method of driving same: An image display apparatus includes a light emitting element that emits light depending on an injected electric current; a driver that includes at least a first terminal and a second terminal, and controls the light emitting element based on a potential difference, applied between the first terminal and the second... 20060007073 - Light emitting display and display panel and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a light emitting display, and display panel and driving method thereof. The display panel includes a plurality of data lines for transmitting a data signal, a plurality of scan lines for transmitting a selection signal, and a plurality of pixels coupled to the data lines... 20060007071 - Pixel circuit, method of driving the same, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: A method of driving a pixel circuit, which has a driving transistor for making a current according to a gate voltage flow into a driven element, a resistive element electrically connected in series to the driven element, and a switching transistor provided between the gate of the driving transistor and... 20060007075 - Self light emitting display panel and drive control method therefor: In an upper half and a lower half of a display area, scanning is implemented such that the directions of scan selection operations are different from each other. That is, the upper half of the panel is scanned from the upper end to the center of the screen, and at... 20060007077 - Organic light emitting device: An organic light emitting device includes first and second sub pixels. The first sub pixel includes at least one first sub pixel that emits a light of original colors, and the second sub pixel includes at least one second sub pixel that emits a light of complementary colors, wherein a... 20060007078 - Active matrix organic light emitting diode (amoled) display panel and a driving circuit thereof: An AMOLED display has a plurality of pixel driving units of voltage-driven design but applied with a driving current. The pixel driving unit has at least a displaying OLED and a driving transistor connected to a reference unit in parallel. The reference unit has a reference OLED and a reference... 20060007079 - Circuit and method for driving self light-emitting display device: Disclosed is a circuit for driving a self light-emitting display device which itself emits light when an electric or other energy is inputted thereto and a method thereof. According to the circuit and method, the self lig |