Computer graphics processing, operator interface processing, and selective visual display systems inventions 02/06

20060038740 - Ghost image elimination in multi display device: A multi display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel, and a display control circuit for driving the first display panel for a predetermined number of vertical synchronization pulses. The display control circuit includes a ghost image elimination circuit for driving the second display panel to eliminate...

20060038741 - System and method for implementing a multi-monitor interface for a data processing system: To provide a multi-monitor system capable of enhancing operability of a mouse in an extended desktop environment. When a screen M1 of a primary monitor 11 is connected to a screen M2 of a secondary monitor 21 in a shifted manner at a predetermined section B2-D1, mark windows 50 are...

20060038742 - Method and apparatus of controlling a liquid crystal display viewing area: An LCD with a viewing area, which comprises a first area and a second area, whereby the first area can be set to indicate event changes. Event changes, such as message received, urgent message received, new application in use, backlight turned on, and backlight turned off, can be indicated with...

20060038743 - System and method for displaying projector system identification information: A system and method of displaying identification information for a projector system are disclosed. The method includes projecting a display onto a viewing surface with the projector system, and projecting an identification image onto the viewing surface over at least a part of the display with the projection system, wherein...

20060038744 - Display control apparatus and method, and program: Disclosed herein is a display control apparatus for updating a display state of an object for movement with a predetermined period. The display control apparatus includes: a setting section for setting a final state as a final target display state of the object; a calculation section for calculating an update...

20060038745 - Variable stiffness screen: A variable stiffness screen for wearable electronic devices provides a viewable area that can be adjusted by managing the screen's physical properties. The screen incorporates a flexible electronic display, attached to a structural system, in which the physical properties can be changed from a flexible state to a rigid one...

20060038746 - Low-cost lithography: The low-cost lithography disclosed in the present invention lowers the lithographic cost by improving the mask re-usability, e.g. by using programmable litho-system and/or logic litho-system. The programmable litho-system, with an opening-programmable mask, can adjust its image patterns based on configuration data. The logic litho-system can combine image patterns from at...

20060038747 - Display device with electron beam guiding channels: A display device is provided with electron beam guiding channels (10). A channel (10) receives an electron beam (EB) and guides the beam (EB) parallel to a luminescent display screen (40). The electron beam (EB) is extractable from the channel (10), after which the beam (EB) impinges on the display...

20060038750 - Driving apparatus of plasma display panel and plasma display: A driving apparatus of a plasma display panel includes a sustain generator section that sustains sustain electrodes at a specific potential (ground potential) and applies alternately a first positive pulse voltage and a first negative pulse voltage to scan electrodes, as a sustain pulse voltage, during a sustain period, and...

20060038748 - Image processing method for plasma display panel: An image processing method for plasma display panels is disclosed to measure the difference of displayed brightness, color temperature and color shift as a result of the voltage drop under various operation modes. The measured data are made into a lookup table installed in the circuit board so that the...

20060038749 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: In a plasma display device and driving method thereof, a voltage of a power recovery capacitor at rising voltage is established to be higher than a middle voltage of a sustain discharge voltage, and a voltage of the capacitor at falling voltage is established to be lower than the middle...

20060038752 - Emission display: An emissive display device for producing images, has a plurality of first pixels each having an emissive area wherein the plurality of first pixels define a first viewing region, wherein each first pixel produces light emission which is visible when viewing the first side of the display device; and a...

20060038755 - Light emitting device and method thereof: A display panel driver of a display device having a main panel and a sub-panel, the display panel driver including a scan driver for selectively applying selection signals to a plurality of scan lines; a data driver for applying data voltages corresponding to image signals to a plurality of data...

20060038753 - Light emitting display driver and method thereof: A display panel driver of a light emitting display having a main panel disposed on a front surface and a sub panel disposed on a rear surface. The display panel driver includes a main scan driver sequentially applying selection signals to a plurality of scan lines in the main panel...

20060038751 - Matrix display device with photosensitive element: A matrix display device comprises an array of addressable pixels (10) each having a display element (20) and a control circuit for controlling the operation of the display element. The control circuit includes a charge storage capacitor (36) and a photosensitive device (40) coupled to the storage capacitor for regulating...

20060038756 - Method and apparatus for driving electro-luminescence display panel: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for driving an electro-luminescence display panel capable of doing an aging operation upon driving. A method of driving an electro-luminescence display panel according to the present invention includes: a scan period when electro-luminescence cells formed at a cross of both a...

20060038754 - Pixel circuit and organic light emitting display using the same: A pixel circuit and an organic light emitting display using the same that decrease crosstalk due to a leakage current in an off-region of a pixel switching device to an undetectable (or invisible) level, and compensate for a variation in threshold voltages within itself to provide for uniform brightness. The...

20060038757 - Method for managing display memory data of light emitting display: A memory managing method for display data of a light emitting display device, which uses field light-emitting of organic materials. A plurality of pixels are each provided with at least two sub-pixels to emit different color lights, wherein one field has at least first and second subfields divided and driven...

20060038758 - Display driver circuits: This disclosure generally relates to display driver circuits for electro-optic displays, and more particularly relates to circuits and methods for driving active matrix organic light emitting diode displays with greater efficiency. A display driver for an electroluminescent display, the display including a plurality of electroluminescent display elements each associated with...

20060038759 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes a plurality of pixels; a signal controller outputting externally applied input image data or impulsive data as output image data, based on the input image data; and a data driver applying data voltages corresponding to the output image data from the signal...

20060038760 - Contrast adjusting circuitry and video display apparatus using same: With the aim of offering a video display technique by which stable and high contrast video images are reproduced, contrast adjusting circuitry is constructed. The contrast adjusting circuitry detects a maximum picture level (MPL) and an average picture level (APL) of analog-to-digital converted luminance signals for a predetermined period, determines...

20060038762 - Light emitting device display circuit and drive method thereof: Multiple conducting channels in a display pixel, controlled by a single access electrode are provided in the present invention. Such pixel circuits operate to set a pixel data voltage by directing a data current to one of the conducting channels, while deliver a drive current to the light emitting device...

20060038761 - Method and device for driving liquid crystal display: A method and device for overdriving a liquid crystal display is provided, which overcomes the limitations and disadvantages of prior arts. The invention can reduce the optical response time of liquid crystal to the driving voltage so that dynamic images can be displayed with superior quality. To achieve the objective...

20060038763 - Display panel including a plurality of drivers having common wires each for providing reference voltage: A source driver 4A arranged on a liquid crystal panel includes therein in-chip reference voltage wires 17 extending from one end to the other end of an LSI chip. The source driver 4A includes therein: branch reference voltage wires 17a branching off from in-chip reference voltage wires 17; reference voltage...

20060038766 - Driver circuit of display device: In a driver circuit of a display device, an electric potential difference between high-level power supply voltage VDD and low-level power supply voltage VSS2 in shift resistors and buffers is set smaller than an electric potential difference between high-level voltage VDD and low-level voltage VSS of enable signals OE in...

20060038768 - Field emission display: A display having hot electron type electron sources displaying an image by a line sequential scanning scheme is provided to prevent poor brightness uniformity along scan lines. The hot electron type electron source is provided with a top electrode bus line serving as a scan line and a bottom electrode...

20060038767 - Gate line driving circuit: A gate line driving circuit includes a shift register section that selects gate lines for gradation display and for black insertion, and an output circuit that outputs a driving signal to the gate line which is selected by the shift register section. In particular, the output circuit is configured to...

20060038765 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device has facing substrates, pairs of data lines, gate lines intersecting the data lines to define pixel areas, pixel electrodes formed in the pixel areas, a gate driver, a source driver and a latch circuit. Each pair of data lines includes first and second data lines...

20060038764 - Source driver, electro-optic device, and driving method: A source driver for driving a plurality of source lines of an electro-optic device, including a plurality of impedance conversion circuits each driving a respective one of the plurality of source lines in accordance with a grayscale voltage corresponding to display data; and a plurality of power save data storing...

20060038769 - Display apparatus with scanning backlight: Display apparatus comprising an image-generating screen (46) repetitively scanned at a predetermined rate to display images, and a backlight for illuminating the screen. The backlight includes a light guide (10) arranged to constrain light by total internal reflection, the light guide having an output surface (22) with various locations from...

20060038771 - Liquid crystal display device: In a liquid crystal display device having a backlight, the backlight has a first state which outputs a first amount of light and a second state which generates a second amount of light and the time for the first state and the time for the second state are controlled. Due...

20060038770 - Liquid crystal display with color backlighting employing light emitting diodes: A color display device (210, 310, 410) includes a backlight (214, 414) that cyclically emits first, second, and third component color backlighting in turn over a cycle period. The cycle period repeats at a cycling frequency (f) that exceeds a maximum human visual response frequency. A liquid crystal display (LCD)...

20060038772 - Methods for driving electrophoretic displays using dielectrophoretic forces: A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is applied to the substrate an...

20060038773 - Buttons designed for versatile use: A system and method for providing an electronic device with a plurality of buttons thereon that can be actuated by a user using either the user's fingers or a stylus, for example. The buttons include a first portion and a second portion with the first portion of the buttons being...

20060038778 - Electromechanical information browsing device: An electromechanical information browsing device that controls page flipping actions of information displayed as an e-book on a display device. The browsing device includes a controller that provides tactile feedback so as to lessen the user-interface differences between conventional books and e-books. Sensors and control mechanisms in the controller generate...

20060038777 - Image controller: An image controller structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with at least a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. A first, second, third and fourth rotary potentiometers...

20060038775 - Information processing apparatus and processing program in information processing apparatus: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus including: a keyboard that has a plurality of operating keys and is foldable via a hinge part, the keyboard being set in a closed state in which the operating keys are closed and in an opened state in which the operating keys...

20060038774 - System and method for automatically establishing handedness settings of embedded input device: Handedness settings for an embedded point and click input device are automatically established based on signals that are generated when a user rests his hand on the device. For example, the device can be a joystick or a button-like trackpoint element on the keyboard of an IBM Thinkpad®....

20060038776 - Ultra thin optical joystick and personal portable device having ultra thin optical joystick: An optical joystick includes a first waveguide including a first reflecting surface located below a reading area for sensing the movement of an object and a first plano-convex lens portion condensing light reflected from the first reflecting surface, a second waveguide including a second plano-convex lens portion facing the first...

20060038784 - Accelerated data navigation: A method and system uses an acceleration curve to enhance data navigation. In a preferred embodiment, the scrolling algorithm of an input device with a rotational member accelerates a resultant scroll amount in direct relation to a rotational speed of the rotational member. The acceleration curve may be implemented in...

20060038785 - Accelerated data navigation: A method and system uses an acceleration curve to enhance data navigation. In a preferred embodiment, the scrolling algorithm of an input device with a rotational member accelerates a resultant scroll amount in direct relation to a rotational speed of the rotational member. The acceleration curve may be implemented in...

20060038783 - Capacitive mouse: A pointing device some or all of whose elements are made from capacitive sensors. Such elements may include a rotary motion detector which includes a rotating member and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; a rolling ball with patterned conductive surface and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members;...

20060038782 - Computer mouse with top flip cover and flip mechanism: A computer mouse comprises a main body, a top flip cover, a battery compartment, and flip mechanism. The top flip cover is with shape similar to the top portion of the main body and arranged upon the top portion thereof. A battery compartment formed within the top portion of the...

20060038779 - Input device containing compartment for retaining an additional electronic device: An input device has a body that includes a plurality of electronic components therein, and a compartment located in the body and isolated from the electronic components. The input device has a main cover mounted on the body, an additional electronic device retained inside the compartment, and a subsidiary cover...

20060038786 - Input device with forward/backward control: A mouse and a mouse driver are provided that are synchronized to each other through a process that includes the mouse driver receiving a mouse identifier from the mouse. Based on the mouse identifier, the driver determines if the mouse has a fourth button, a fifth button or a wheel...

20060038780 - System and method for automatically establishing handedness settings of mouse-like input device: Handedness settings for a mouse-like point and click input device are automatically established based on signals that are generated when a user rests his hand on the device....

20060038781 - Systems and methods for providing haptic effects: Systems and methods for providing haptic effects are disclosed. One disclosed system comprises an actuator, a non-volatile memory configured to store a haptic effect profile, and a processor in communication with the actuator and the non-volatile memory. The processor may be configured to receive a sensor signal indicating a movement...

20060038788 - Flexible folded waterproof keybaord with a light-emitting function: A flexible folded waterproof keyboard with a light-emitting function is disclosed. Each key on a keyboard is installed with an elastic touch-movable layer; and a thin film circuit board is installed on the elastic touch-movable layer. A light-emitting element is formed above the thin film circuit board; and the light-emitting...

20060038787 - Processing system and method for detecting hotkey activation: A processing system and method for detecting hotkey activation allows a computer device to determine whether a keyboard hotkey is activated by a user and to execute a corresponding application program associated with the hotkey if being activated. The system and method respectively associate each bit in a first register...

20060038789 - Mobile digital devices: A mobile digital device comprises a ten-key pad being comprised of a key mat 21 on which ten-key buttons 21a-21c with respective projections 21aa-21cc on the under surfaces thereof are laid out and a key circuit board on which respective contacts 22a-22c corresponding to the projections are laid out, an...

20060038797 - Attribute selection surface for use with a pen: An attribute selection surface for use with a pen is provided. The pen has an electronically controllable marking device and a sensor. The surface comprises a substrate having information disposed thereon, the information comprising human-readable attribute information and coded data adapted to be sensed by the sensor of the pen....

20060038791 - Capacitive sensing apparatus having varying depth sensing elements: One embodiment in accordance with the invention includes a capacitive sensor apparatus that includes a first sensing element having substantially constant width along its length and configured to have varying capacitive coupling to an object proximate to a capacitive sensing reference surface, along a first axis of the capacitive sensing...

20060038796 - Enhanced scrolling: A scrolling device for a computer may include a touch-sensitive surface, which may be elongated and/or have one or more active regions. Scrolling may be performed in manual as well as automated ways that may result in more accurate and efficient scrolling. Scrolling, as displayed on the screen, may further...

20060038795 - Portable computer: The present invention relates to a portable computer including a tablet body to accommodate a plurality of hardware components and capable of a tablet operation, an input unit body to input data to the tablet body; and one link including a first end rotatably coupled to a rear of the...

20060038794 - Telescreen operating method: The present invention relates to a communications system for distributing information to and from local and regional distribution centers as well as individual dial-up servers. The communications system contains an interactive, configurable interface. The first aspect of the invention employs a method and device for communicating information between computers, where...

20060038790 - Touch panel: A touch panel has a substrate, a non-oxide adhesive layer and an indium tin oxide (ITO) film. The non-oxide adhesive layer is attached on the substrate and the ITO film is attached on the non-oxide adhesive layer. The non-oxide adhesive layer will not diffuse oxygen in the high temperature environment...

20060038792 - Touch panel device and method for manufacturing touch panel devices: Each of transducers of a touch panel device includes a piezoelectric thin film, a plate electrode disposed at one surface of the piezoelectric thin film and a comb-like electrode disposed at the other surface of the piezoelectric thin film. The comb-like electrode has a plurality of comb-like electrode fingers and...

20060038793 - Touch sensitive control panel: An apparatus for controlling functions of an appliance is described having a touch-sensitive control panel resistant to accidental activation. The touch-sensitive panel has a plurality of proximity sensor areas which may be selected by a user wishing to activate associated functions of the appliance. Driver circuitry coupled to the sensor...

20060038798 - Touch panel device: A transducer for excitation including two electrode, and at least one of the two electrodes is a comb-like electrode including a plurality of comb-like electrode fingers and a linear bus electrode to which one end of each of the plural comb-like electrode finger is connected. When dividing the transducer into...

20060038800 - Current supply circuit and display device having the current supply circuit: A current supply circuit providing a data line with a current corresponding to a digital signal composed of data bits includes a current control circuit, a precharge switch and a precharge regulating circuit. The current control circuit responds to control signal reflecting respective data bits to control the amount of...

20060038804 - Display device and electronic device: A display device where the influence of variations in current of the light emitting element due to changes in ambient temperature and changes with time can be suppressed. The display device of the invention has a light emitting element, a driving transistor connected in series to the light emitting element,...

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20060038801 - Display device with charge sharing: The invention relates to a display device and to a method of controlling a display device. A display device with a plurality of pixels arranged in rows n and columns m is presented so as to render possible an energy saving through charge sharing in the display device, in particular...

20060038802 - Inserting transitions into a waveform that drives a display: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of driving a first display element with a first pixel waveform that is a function of a desired color for the first display element and a second waveform; and inserting an added transition into the first pixel waveform to maintain a...

20060038803 - Led control method and structure therefor: In one embodiment, a plurality of LEDs are connected in series. A substantially constant current is applied to the LEDs. An amount of the current that flows through each LED is selectively controlled to provide light of a desired color and intensity....

20060038805 - Methods of signal mode determination for electronic display devices: Methods of signal mode determination for electronic display devices for determining a mode of an input display signal. A first display signal is first received. The first display signal comprises first pixels and each first pixel has hue values. The first display signal is determined as a first mode if...

20060038806 - Plasma display and driving method thereof: In a plasma display, pairs of first and second electrodes are divided into groups. In a subfield, a light-emitting cell is set from among discharge cells of a first group from among the groups, and the light-emitting cell is sustain-discharged for a first number of times. A light-emitting cell is...

20060038807 - Method and arrangement for optimizing a luminance characteristic curve: A method and an arrangement for optimizing the luminance characteristic curve for a display system using a lookup table. Digitized video levels are supplied to this lookup table and are optimized using correction values stored in the lookup table. With suitable means, the luminance characteristic curve can be easily adapted...

20060038808 - Maintaining balance in a display: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of measuring a duration difference between a video frame and a corresponding modulation frame; and determining whether to change a duration of a future modulation frame based on the duration difference. The video frame and modulation frame may be part of...

20060038809 - Method of illuminating a light valve with an overdrive level: A method of illuminating a light valve using a light source having a nominal power dissipation level. In the method, power is supplied to the light source to generate light and illuminate the spatial light modulator through the light input. During an initial portion of an illumination period of each...

20060038810 - Image signal processing apparatus and phase synchronization method: An image signal processing apparatus provided with a plurality of image signal output units for outputting image signals, an image signal combining unit for combining a plurality of image signals output from the plurality of image signal output units, and a phase synchronization signal generation unit for synchronizing with a...

20060038811 - Fast multi-pass partitioning via priority based scheduling: The described embodiments of the present invention include a method and system for partitioning and partitioning operations. The operations are first prioritized, then partitioned into one or more partitions....

20060038815 - Capturing a user's design intent with resolvable objects: Software for designing interior and/or exterior spaces efficiently ensures that user intent is captured in a timely, practical manner. When a user creates an input, such as selecting a shape of a table to put into a design space, the design software creates an initial object that is managed as...

20060038813 - Image processing program and image processing apparatus: Between two apexes of a shape model associated with each other, a virtual spring for applying, to the two apexes, a virtual force which is directed in each of coordinate axis directions in a rectangular coordinate system and which is changed in magnitude in accordance with a distance between the...

20060038814 - Image projection system and method: A system and method of mapping and/or projecting images onto a three-dimensional architecture. In one aspect, the invention a method of mapping and/or projecting imagery onto a three-dimensional architecture comprising: a) identifying a projection location from which a line of sight exists to one or more desired surfaces of the...

20060038816 - Method and system for processing graphics simulation data: A method and system for processing graphics simulation data is disclosed. Initially, a group of three-dimensional visual models to be rendered in a graphics simulation are constructed. Data that are utilized to move and control elements of the graphics simulation are acquired. The acquired data are subsequently converted to an...

20060038812 - System and method for controlling a three dimensional morphable model: A system and method for designing, on a display device, a new design. The method includes receiving a plurality of at least two predefined three dimensional models defined as parameters in a common coordinate system, extracting patterns and relationships from the predefined models and capturing the patterns and relationships in...

20060038817 - Method and apparatus for representing a three-dimensional topography: In a method for two-dimensionally representing a three-dimensional topography, imaging data are ascertained from topography data that describe the three-dimensional topography and from light incidence data that vectorially describe a predetermined light incidence. The topography data contain data of individual surfaces and data relating to the orientation of the individual...

20060038818 - Multimedia racing experience system and corresponding experience based displays: A methodology and user interface for viewing a racing experience presentation are provided. A method is provided for viewing driving performance data obtained as a driver travels a driving course. A method is also provided for comparing driving performance data from separate traversals of a driving course. Additionally, a user...

20060038819 - Control of data processing: Data processing apparatus arranged to receive successive images from a video camera comprises means for detecting the average image luminance of images received from the video camera; means for detecting whether the average image luminance is lower than a threshold luminance value; and means for initiating a control function of...

20060038820 - Image processing apparatus and controlling method therefor: An image processing apparatus for managing a memory device having a plurality of storage areas including a storage area storing out-of-use information and a free area storing no information, the image processing apparatus comprises memory control unit adapted to determine whether or not there is a storage area storing the...

20060038821 - Image data structure for direct memory access: A method is provided for transferring data for processing of an image between a first memory and a second memory accessible by a processor. According to such method, data is provided in the first memory for processing of the image, the data being organized into a plurality of blocks, wherein...

20060038822 - Apparatus and method of an improved stencil shadow volume operation: The computer graphics system is configured to improve the performance of a stencil shadow volume method for rendering shadows. The apparatus and methods utilize a combination of compressed and uncompressed stencil buffers in coordination with compressed and uncompressed depth data buffers. An uncompressed stencil buffer is capable of storing stencil...

20060038823 - System and method for upscaling low-resolution images: A method is disclosed which may include providing an original image having an array of samples; defining a two-dimensional target image having a higher resolution than the original image; defining a splat in the target image for each of a plurality of samples in the array; and rendering the plurality...

20060038824 - System and method for color correction: This invention is directed to a system and method for performing color corrections on color image data. More particularly, this invention is directed to a system and method for performing color corrections on color image data in a primary color system. This invention is particularly useful in performing color corrections...

20060038825 - Display apparatus and display control method for display apparatus: A display corrects color unevenness occurring when single colors (R, G or B) are displayed. The display apparatus uses a color mixing ratio conversion unit that determines a mixing ratio of at least two video signals based on display position information in the single color image....

20060038826 - Bit-depth extension of digital displays via the use of models of the impulse response of the visual system: A dithering pattern that is generated based on a spatial operation is used for a Bit-Depth Extension (BDE) technique for preventing contouring artifacts in an image displayed by a display having a bit-depth that-is less than the bit-depth of the image. The dithering pattern can be based on achromatic visual...

20060038828 - Method for calculating colorant error from reflectance measurement: Color error associated with an image rendered by a rendering device is calculated in the no more than N−1 dimensions of an associated color sensor color space. The color error is assumed to be small. A differential of a mapping from an N dimensional rendering device color space to the...

20060038827 - Simple and robust color saturation adjustment for digital images: A method and system for adjusting saturation in digital images that operates as closely as possible to the long-, medium-, short-(LMS) cone spectral response space. According to the method, a sensor component image such as an RGB image from a digital imager is input and converted to the LMS space....

20060038829 - Cad system, program for running the system, and recording medium having the program recorded therein: The CAD system includes a processing information group (15) and a process definition group (18). The processing information group includes: a processed-body division (15a) which stores a part whose material substance is to be removed by a single or a series of processing operations, as a body for each of...

20060038831 - Rotational display system: The present invention provides a system which integrates unique lighting technologies, switching systems, mounting systems, information delivery systems and power supply systems within a vehicular wheel to provide an advanced, high quality visual display apparatus. These technologies, and their many unique applications, provide for a novel and useful series of...

20060038830 - System and method for continuously tracing transfer rectangles for image data transfers: A system and method for continuously tracing transfer rectangles for performing image data transfers includes a display controller with control logic, a rectangle module, and a coordinates module. The rectangle module detects write operations to on-screen data in a video memory, and then updates a primary transfer rectangle during a...

20060038832 - System and method for morphable model design space definition: A system, method, apparatus and product for designing, on a display device, a geometric shape is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of displaying an initial set of similarly structured model exemplars on a display device, selecting a chosen set of models from the initial set of similarly structured model...

20060038833 - Portable augmented reality device and method: A portable device configured to provide an augmented reality experience is provided. The portable device has a display screen configured to display a real world scene. The device includes an image capture device associated with the display screen. The image capture device is configured to capture image data representing the...

20060038834 - Method of rotating image, computer, and recording media: A method of rotating an image based on image data including a plurality of pixels per a line, the method including setting the number of pixel data forming the pixel; sequentially storing the pixel data in a first memory according to the order of the line and the pixel; calculating...

20060038835 - Method of realising a boundary of a rotated object: A method is described for determining a discrete boundary for an object to be rendered into a raster pixel image having a plurality of scanlines. In the method, the object is rotated by an integer multiple of 90 degrees, and an outline of the rotated object is decomposed into line...

20060038836 - Display apparatus, and image signal processing apparatus and drive control apparatus for the same: In a display apparatus having a display panel 301 having display devices which are arranged in a matrix layout and driven through a plurality of row wirings and column wirings, a scanning unit 302 adapted to scan the row wirings, and a modulation unit 303 adapted to supply a modulation...

20060038837 - Display device, apparatus for driving the same and method of driving the same: A display device has a display panel and a driver. The display panel displays an image signal. The driver provides the display panel with a frame data in a first sub frame using a first gamma curve that has a first gamma value, and provides the display panel with the...

20060033675 - Two-in-one ceiling suction type display device for displaying computer screen and video screen: The present invention provides a two-in-one ceiling suction type display device for displaying computer screen and video screen having structural characteristics such that a video signal circuit board is connected to a laptop computer device by means of a connector, and a screen signal from the laptop computer is converted...

20060033676 - Display device: A display device includes a base and light valve components formed over the base. The base includes electrical circuitry. Each of the light valve components includes a chamber that defines an optical path, particles within the chamber, and a mechanism for transversely repositioning the particles in relation to the optical...

20060033677 - Display device: A light modulator includes a first enclosed portion that includes a first electrode within a light path, a first electrode outside the light path, and a first colorant in communication with the first electrode within the light path and the first electrode outside the light path. The first inner electrode,...

20060033678 - Integrated electroless deposition system: Embodiments of the invention provide a cluster tool configured to deposit a material onto a substrate surface by using one or more electroless, electrochemical plating, CVD and/or ALD processing chambers. In one aspect, a ruthenium-containing catalytic layer is formed. Embodiments of the invention provide a hybrid deposition system configured to...

20060033679 - Image processing apparatus and method using evacuated reference images: An image processing apparatus and method which displays MPR images at a plurality of image displaying areas including full image displaying areas and at least one evacuating image displaying area. When the number of MPR images exceeds the number of image displaying areas, the MPR images are sorted into images...

20060033680 - Plasma display apparatus including an energy recovery circuit: The present invention generally relates a plasma display panel apparatus, and more particularly to a plasma display apparatus including an energy recovery circuit. A plasma display apparatus of the present invention includes a plasma display panel including an electrode, an energy supply and recovery unit which supplies and recovers the...

20060033685 - Apparatus and method for driving a plasma display panel: A plasma display panel sustain-discharge circuit. First and second signal lines for supplying first and second voltages and at least one inductor coupled between one end of the panel capacitor and a third voltage are formed. Energy is stored in the inductor through a path formed between the third voltage...

20060033682 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and method for driving the same, and more particularly, to a plasma display apparatus relating contrast and method for driving the same. A method of driving plasma display apparatus including a scan electrode according to the present invention comprises the steps...

20060033683 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a plasma display panel for displaying an image; and a scan driver and a sustain driver each having an energy recovery circuit, and driving the plasma display panel, wherein the plasma display panel is divided into...

20060033681 - Plasma display panel display apparatus and method for driving the same: The present invention aims to provide a PDP apparatus and a driving method for the same which can improve display quality by reducing a peak value of a discharge current flowing in scan and sustain electrodes in a sustain period, without an increase in manufacturing cost. This is achieved as...

20060033684 - Plasma display panel method and apparatus for preventing after-image on the plasma display panel: An after-image prevention apparatus and method for a plasma display panel having a plurality of address electrodes and a plurality of scan and sustain electrodes arranged in pairs and in a zigzag pattern. An average signal level until the current frame from currently input picture data and an average signal...

20060033687 - Image display method and image display device: The present invention provides an image display method that allows displaying a full range of gradation levels while reducing dynamic false contours. In this method, emission pattern information generation circuit in image display device that displays gradation by dividing a single field into a plurality of subfields and combining an...

20060033688 - Plasma display and driving method thereof: In a plasma display, image data are mapped on N subfields, and the subfield with the greatest weight is determined from among the mapped subfields. When the subfield with the greatest weight is the Kth subfield (K>M), grayscales of the image data are expressed with the mapped data of the...

20060033686 - Plasma display panel drive method and plasma display device: One field time period is formed of a plurality of subfields having at least a writing time period and a sustaining time period, of an initialization time period, the writing time period, and the sustaining time period. A display electrode pair is divided into a plurality of blocks. Starting timings...

20060033689 - Apparatus, method, and system for driving flat panel display devices: An apparatus, method, and system for driving a display device, the display device having a first plurality and second plurality of row electrodes, with the first plurality being further grouped into a first set and a second set, such that undesired gas discharge and dielectric breakdown will not occur between...

20060033690 - Active matrix type flat-panel display device: An active matrix type flat-panel display device includes a flat substrate, a plurality of light emissive elements arranged two dimensionally along columns and lines on the flat substrate, a plurality of selection switches formed on the flat substrate, for sequentially selecting the light emissive elements to provide video signals thereto,...

20060033691 - Driving circuit of flat panel display device: A driving circuit of a flat panel display device includes a horizontal bus, a plurality of horizontal driver ICs, a vertical bus, and a plurality of vertical driver ICs. The horizontal driver IC is operative to decode N-types of vertical driving signals output from the horizontal bus, so as to...

20060033692 - Method and apparatus for driving passive matrix liquid crystal: A method and an apparatus for driving passive matrix liquid crystal, comprising the steps of: simultaneously selecting Y row electrodes, where Y is an odd number of 7 and above; calculating an exclusive OR between a Y-bit row selection vector representing a selection pattern of the Y row electrodes and...

20060033693 - Method and apparatus for driving passive matrix liquid crystal: A method and an apparatus for driving passive matrix liquid crystal, comprising the steps of: simultaneously selecting Y row electrodes, where Y is an odd number of 7 and above; calculating an exclusive OR between a Y-bit row selection vector representing a selection pattern of the Y row electrodes and...

20060033695 - Display apparatus and driving device for displaying: A display driver adjustable for a gamma specification of a liquid display panel, including: a system interface receiving display data from an external; a memory storing the display data; a grayscale voltage generator generating a plurality of grayscale voltages; a gamma adjusting circuit adjusting the gamma specification; and an output...

20060033694 - Impedance conversion circuit, drive circuit, and control method therefor: An impedance conversion circuit for outputting a voltage corresponding to (j+K) (j, k: positive integers) bits of gray scale data, including: an input for receiving an input voltage selected from 2j levels of voltages in accordance with high j bit(s) of the gray scale data; and an output for outputting...

20060033696 - Gate line driving circuit: A gate line driving circuit includes a shift register section that selects gate lines for gradation display in units of one gate line, and selects the gate lines for black insertion in units of a group including at least two adjacent gate lines, and an output circuit that outputs driving...

20060033697 - Temperature sensor for liquid crystal display device: A temperature sensing apparatus for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The apparatus can measure the device temperature without the existence of a conventional PN junction. The temperature sensing apparatus comprises at least one thin-film transistor (TFT) cell, a variable current source, a buffer and a sensing circuit. Each...

20060033699 - Back light module driver of a liquid crystal display for driving multiple lamps: A back light module driver of a liquid crystal display has an abnormal voltage detection unit and a loop protection unit. The abnormal voltage is connected between a boosting transformer and the loop protection unit. The loop protection unit is connected to a switching unit, that makes the boosting transformer...

20060033700 - Control system display screen for an appliance: A control system display screen for appliances is provided with a backlighted screen for which the color may be varied. The backlighted screen is provided with a multiplicity of groups of three liquid crystal devices (“LCD”) in which each group has LCDs of three different colors with red, green and...

20060033698 - Method and device used for eliminating image overlap blurring phenomenon between frames in process of simulating crt impulse type image display: Disclosed is a device for eliminating after image overlap blurring phenomenon between frames in the simulation of CRT impulse type image display with liquid crystal display (LCD), including first and second input control lines; first and second input data lines; first and second capacitors; a driving voltage output line; a...

20060033710 - Computer mouse on a glove: A computer input device on a glove includes fittings for a user's fingers and adjustable straps for fastening to a user's wrist. A tracking device for controlling cursor movement on a video display is affixed to the glove for positioning next to the end of one of the user's fingers....

20060033707 - Force reflecting haptic interface: A six degree of freedom force reflecting haptic interface includes three powered axes and three free axes, all of which are tracked so that the position of a user connection element in the work volume can be determined. The interface includes cable drives with polymer composite or metallic cables, automatic...

20060033708 - Image controller: Methods of using image controllers structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with at least a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. An active tactile feedback vibrator is...

20060033709 - Image controller: Methods of manufacturing image controllers structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with at least a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. An active tactile feedback vibrator is...

20060033704 - Keypad and handheld electronic device: An improved keypad and handheld electronic device are optimized for use by the thumbs of a user. The keypad is a reduced keyboard and includes a number of first keys, a number of second keys, and a number of third keys. The first keys are of a first shape that...

20060033706 - Method and apparatus for accessing a contacts database and telephone services: Embodiments described herein provide a method and technique for operating a computing device. An interface is displayed for enabling the computing device to control a voicemail system. The interface includes one or more display objects, wherein each display object is selectable by a user to enter a command input assigned...

20060033702 - Motion-based text input: A method generates input text with a pointing device at a distance from a writing surface. Motion information of a mobile coordinate frame of the pointing device is sensed relative to a stationary coordinate frame of the writing surface using a motion sensor configured to track motion of the pointing...

20060033705 - Mouse pointer controlling apparatus and method: A mouse pointer controlling apparatus and method are provided. The mouse pointer controlling apparatus includes: a mouse pointer direction determination unit, which issues a command to rotate a mouse pointer clockwise in response to a first signal and issues a command to rotate the mouse pointer counterclockwise in response to...

20060033703 - Systems and methods for providing friction in a haptic feedback device: Systems and methods for providing controlled friction in a haptic feedback device are described. One described device comprises a magnetic target, a magnetic core configured to be in communication with the magnetic target to provide a haptic effect, and a partition. The partition may be configured to maintain a magnetic...

20060033701 - Systems and methods using computer vision and capacitive sensing for cursor control: Disclosed is a unique system and method that facilitates cursor control based in part on computer vision activated by a capacitive touch sensor. When turned on, user hand gestures or movements can be tracked by a monitoring component and those movements can be converted in real-time to control or drive...

20060033711 - Direct navigation of two-dimensional control using a three-dimensional pointing device: Direct and absolute pointing is provided for with respect to a two-dimensional information display surface, much like how one would point a laser pointer or flashlight at a desired point. The displayed control may be moved by manipulating the pointing device in three dimensions. The translational position of the pointing...

20060033712 - Displaying visually correct pointer movements on a multi-monitor display system: A virtual space for displaying the pointer in a visually correct manner on a multi-monitor computer system is presented. The virtual space is kept separate from the internal display surface of the multi-monitor computer system upon which information is written to be displayed on the monitors. The virtual space is...

20060033713 - Interactive video based games using objects sensed by tv cameras: A method and apparatus for interactive TV camera based games in which position or orientation of points on a player or of an object held by a player are determined and used to control a video display. Both single camera and stereo camera pair based embodiments are disclosed, preferably using...

20060033714 - Computer input device with ergonomically formed and positioned actuators: Disclosed an ergonomically improved computer mouse provides several advantageous features and is different in several respects from prior mice. A mouse (100) has an upper casing (101) and a bottom part (102) with spacings, which provide sufficient clearance between upper and rear surfaces of the mouse, and the user's fingers...

20060033716 - Force feedback mouse wheel: A force feedback wheel is provided on a mouse or other interface device manipulated by a user. A sensor detects a position of the mouse in a workspace and sends a position signal to a connected host computer indicating that position. A rotatable wheel is mounted upon the manipulandum and...

20060033715 - Wheel type mechanical instruction switch: A wheel type mechanical instruction switch employs a simple mechanical contact leg structure to replace conventional button switches to output instructions. The invention has a wheel coupling with a contact leg which is moveable to the left side and the right side with the movement of the wheel to form...

20060033717 - Optical sensor device: An optical sensor, includes a trackball, a cradle supporting the trackball, the cradle allowing linear movement in multiple perpendicular axes relative to the trackballs, a first sensor for detecting pitch, roll and yaw of the trackball and creating an output corresponding to the detected pitch, roll and yaw, a second...

20060033718 - Smart multi-tap text input: A system and method for resolving ambiguities in multi-tap text input resulting from successive keystrokes of the same key. The keystroke timing is evaluated to assess whether a default understanding of the keystrokes should be rejected in favour of an alternative interpretation. The timing between successive keystrokes is compared to...

20060033719 - System and method of pen-based data input into a computing device: An improved system and method for pen-based handwritten and keystroke data input into a computer system is disclosed. The system and method receives pen-based data entry from multiple related input boxes within a handwriting area on a digitizer pad. Thread-based processing allows each input box or group of input boxes...

20060033720 - Control interface bezel: A control interface is disclosed that includes a display screen, a touch screen disposed on the display screen, a processor electrically connected to the display and the touch screen, and a bezel disposed over the touch screen. The bezel preferably includes a plurality of buttons and a plug. The plug...

20060033721 - Method for scrolling and edge motion on a touchpad: A method of using capacitance-sensitive touchpad, wherein the touchpad includes a plurality of zones on a surface thereof, wherein detection of a finger within one of the plurality of zones determines a direction and a speed of scrolling within a window in a graphical user interface, and wherein detection of...

20060033722 - Structure and mechanism for power-saving of a capacitive touchpad: For power saving, a structure of a capacitive touchpad comprises a soft board having a bottom surface with a first conductor thereon, a printed circuit board having a top surface with a second conductor thereon, a flexible insulator between the soft board and printed circuit board, and a control circuit...

20060033724 - Virtual input device placement on a touch screen user interface: A display is generated on a touch screen of a computer. The display includes an application display, associated with an application executing on the computer, and a virtual input device display for a user to provide input to the application executing on the computer via the touch screen. In response...

20060033723 - Virtual keypad input device: A compact input device for fast text input. Ten perimeter regions are defined in a decagon shaped ring on a touch pad, and nine more center regions arranged in a 3 by 3 matrix are defined at the center of the perimeter regions. In alphanumeric mode, each of the ten...

20060033725 - User created interactive interface: An interactive apparatus is disclosed. The interactive apparatus includes a stylus housing, a processor coupled to the stylus housing, and a memory unit comprising (i) computer code for recognizing a plurality of graphic elements created using a stylus, (ii) computer code for recognizing the selection of at least two of...

20060033726 - Driving method, driving circuit and driving apparatus for a display system: A table-based driving circuit for displays that switches between a normal operational mode and a read table block mode. The driving circuit comprises an address sequencer and a memory. The memory comprises the full table of individual sequences, such as interlacing or color-sequential sequence. In the read table mode, the...

20060033728 - Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: Range information associated with the range of an image group of a plurality of image which is to be displayed is designated. The designated range information is stored. Image processing is performed for each image of the image group corresponding to the stored range information to generate a display image...

20060033727 - Method and apparatus for driving a pixel signal: A pixel signal for a pixel has an initial voltage during a frame period. The pixel signal is driven from the initial voltage to an intermediate voltage larger than the initial voltage during the frame period, and the pixel signal is maintained at the intermediate voltage for a time interval....

20060033729 - Display device with optical input function: A display device includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of pixel circuits and sensor circuits, a signal line drive circuit and scanning line drive circuit which drive the plurality of pixel circuits, and a precharge circuit and sensor control circuit which drive the...

20060033730 - Visualized computer platform operating condition displaying device: A visualized computer platform operating condition displaying device is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer platform for providing a visualized operating condition displaying function to the user, and which is characterized by the use of a specially-arranged light-emitting array module composed of a plurality of light-emitting units...

20060033731 - Unique method for performing horizontal and vertical video decimation within a wireless device: A method of presenting graphical images within a wireless terminal that includes receiving an original graphical image, having a source resolution, to be presented on a display screen. The native pixel resolution of the display screen may differ from that of the original graphical image. A complex decimation pattern when...

20060033733 - Method, apparatus and program processing a three-dimensional image: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method reconstruct a three-dimensional image of an object which expresses a texture, glossiness, and three-dimensionality with realism. The image processing apparatus produces, from a physical object, data representing a shape and a surface feature of the physical object, holds the data as...

20060033732 - Three-dimensional spatial image display apparatus and three-dimensional spatial image display method: A three-dimensional spatial image display apparatus includes a three-dimensional image display including a two-dimensional image display and a beam controlling element, a retro-reflective screen, and an optical element. As a gazing point on the beam controller element of the 3-dimensional image display, the 3-dimensional spatial image is generated by displaying...

20060033734 - Method for generating three-dimensional mesh method for magnetic field of rotating machine, system for generating three-dimensional mesh, system for analyzing magnetic field of rotating machine, computer program, and recording medium: Based on rectangular element data constituting a boundary surface that separates a rotating machine into a stator-side portion and a rotor-side portion, and polygonal or polyhedral element data constituting the stator-side portion and the rotor-side portion excluding the boundary surface, tetrahedral elements including nodes of each of the stator-side portion...

20060033735 - Method and apparatus for generating hierarchical depth culling characteristics: A method and apparatus for generating hierarchical depth culling characteristics includes determining a first minimum depth value and a first maximum depth value for a first graphical element. The graphical element may be a primitive. The first minimum depth value may be a minimum Z-plane depth of a pixel within...

20060033736 - Enhanced color and lighting model for computer graphics productions: A color and lighting method and model for computer graphics productions that automates most of the lighting and compositing processes, creates a light rig that works for at least most of the shots in a given sequence, and allows multiple shots to be run simultaneously without manual interaction....

20060033738 - Computer method and apparatus for creating visible graphics by using a graph algebra: A computer method, apparatus and storage medium is provided for creating quantitative aesthetic graphics from data. The invention utilizes a graph algebra to construct graphs and visually or otherwise represents the graphs as a quantitative aesthetic graphic representation. To create the quantitative aesthetic graphics from data, the data is indexed...

20060033737 - Methods and system for visualizing data sets: Methods, systems and recordable media for viewing large data sets having extremely disproportional dimensions on a symmetrical display. Data sets in matrix form having many more rows than columns or vice versa may be manipulated to make maximum use of a symmetrical display. Further data management processes facilitate navigation through...

20060033739 - Apparatus and method of defining a sequence of views prior to production: The accuracy of the cost estimates to produce a sequence of views that include computer animation is increased by recording different views of a computer-generated object that follows an action sequence in a computer-generated world. The different views can then be edited to produce a sequence of views that is...

20060033742 - Apparatus for projecting computer generated stereoscopic images: An apparatus for projecting computer generated stereoscopic images, comprising: a computer, a dual-port video signal output device, two image projection devices, an image projection software and a stereoscopic image file, wherein the stereoscopic image file is processed and outputted to the two image projection devices through the cooperating operation of...

20060033741 - Method and apparatus for virtual walkthrough: Method for producing an interactive virtual movie, which simulates the walking of a user within a real site and exploring the same, comprising the steps of: (a) Defining first minimal conditions for the creation of a new node; (b) Defining second minimal conditions for linking between nodes; (c) Moving a...

20060033740 - System and method of creating and animating a computer-generated image of a creature: A to-be-animated creature is set up by creating a rig, defining connection points on the rig, and associating geometry with the rig via the connection points. The set up creature is then animated by moving the creature with user defined actions which move a part of the rig. When one...

20060033743 - Method and apparatus for generating compressed stencil test information: A method for rendering pixels for display includes generating stencil values on a per pixel basis for storage in stencil buffer memory; selecting a group of stencil values that represent a block of pixels; generating compressed stencil data associated with the group of stencil values; and performing stencil testing on...

20060033744 - Device and method for continuous screen updates in low-power mode: A portable device with a processor, direct memory access controller, display controller, a display, and a low power mode. Wherein the device receives recipe information, which includes data, and instructions on how the data should be displayed on the display, as well as how often to replace the data with...

20060033745 - Graphics engine with edge draw unit, and electrical device and memopry incorporating the graphics engine: The invention provides a graphics engine for rendering image data for display pixels in dependence upon received high-level graphics commands defining polygons including an edge draw unit to read in a command phrase of the language corresponding to a single polygon edge and convert the command to a spatial representation...

20060033746 - Data transfer system and data transfer method: A data transfer system and its method, in which a plurality of U-plane controllers are connected to one C-plane controller and the number of the U-plane controllers is increased or decreased to realize a network structure of a low cost and to meet various conditions and requirements. Each U-plane controller...

20060033747 - Digital tv image processing circuit: An image processing circuit of a digital TV includes a graphic drawing module. The graphic drawing module is capable of selecting a first blending value or a second blending value to process a pixel to generate target image data and store the target image data in a memory. While performing...

20060033748 - Colouring of digital text elements and/or picture elements: The invention relates to a method and a device for displaying, in color, digital text elements and/or picture elements on a digital color display, the text elements and/or picture elements having no color information of their own, a color generator allotting, in each case, a color from a color palette...

20060033749 - Image signal processing method, image signal processing apparatus, and image displaying apparatus: An image signal processing method for performing nonlinear compensation on an image signal to be fed into a display device (103). The characteristics of nonlinear compensation are changed according to the brightness of a place in which the display device (103) is installed. This method can make the characteristics of...

20060033750 - Method of primitive distribution and stroke rendering: A method of primitive distribution and stroke rendering. First, a source image and primitives thereof are obtained. Brightness and contrast values of the source image are obtained and adjusted. Drawing points of the source image are generated using an Error Diffusion Method. Finally, the primitives are rendered at the drawing...

20060033751 - Highlevel active pen matrix: The present invention relates to a system, method and medium for receiving and acting upon user input. In one embodiment, the user may only have access to a limited input device, like a stylus. Using the present invention, a user is provided with intuitive responses from the system based on...

20060033753 - Apparatuses and methods for incorporating an overlay within an image: A hardware implemented method for incorporating an overlay within an image is provided. In this hardware implemented method, the image from an image capture device is received along a non-memory communication path and the overlay is read from a memory. The image and the overlay are then combined to generate...

20060033754 - Manipulation and merging of graphic images: Multiple user interfaces are presented to allow a user to easily and quickly manipulate and merge graphical images. A first user interface allows the user to select amongst available graphical images one or more images to edit and merge. A second user interface allows the user to edit at least...

20060033752 - Method and apparatus for displaying pixel data: A method for displaying an image including a plurality of pixels includes defining a plurality of pixel groups for the image. Each pixel group includes at least one pixel. A pixel chart is generated for each pixel group. The pixel chart shows underlying data associated with the pixel group. The...

20060033756 - System and method for organizing two and three dimensional image data: A method and system are disclosed for storing, retrieving and otherwise handling two and/or three dimensional image data forming a picture or image. The picture is defined by a plurality of levels, each level including a plurality of subpicture areas corresponding to a different level of image data resolution relative...

20060033755 - Vehicle with image processing system and method for operating an image processing system: A vehicle (01) has at least two image data sources (02), at least one mixing unit (03), at least one conversion unit (04) and an image display unit (05). The pixel data (09) generated with the image data sources (02) can be brought together by means of the mixing unit...

20060033757 - Vertex data processing with multiple threads of execution: A method for processing video image data including a plurality of different image data types begins by providing tasks to be performed on each different image data type. The image data is divided into a plurality of groups based on the image data type. A set of arithmetic operations required...

20060033758 - A method, process and computer program to automatically create a customized three-dimensional nail object by morphing: The invention is a method, process and computer program to automatically create a customized three-dimensional artificial nail object by morphing based upon an actual/existing digitized nail surface. This particular invention generates the overall desired three-dimensional nail surface by taking the digitized nail surface and morphing it into a preexisting and...

20060033759 - Perceptually based approach for planar shape morphing: An approach for morphing between planar shapes is disclosed. Correspondences are established between perceptual feature points that are extracted from both source and target shapes. A similarity metric between two feature points is defined using the intrinsic properties of their local neighborhoods. The optimal correspondence is found by an efficient...

20060033760 - Apparatus, method, and medium for controlling image orientation: An apparatus, method, and medium for controlling image orientation are disclosed. An orientation mode detector measures multi-directional rotational angles of a display panel and determines an orientation mode for original image data based on the measured rotational angles. A system memory stores orientation parameters corresponding to a plurality of image...

20060033762 - Magnification methods, systems, and computer program products for virtual three-dimensional books: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. The display system may include a magnification...

20060033761 - Unique method for performing zoom-in and zoom-out operations with horizontal and vertical video decimation within a wireless device having a video display: A method of presenting a selected portion of graphical images within a wireless terminal that includes receiving an original graphical image, having a source resolution, to be presented on a display screen. The native pixel resolution of the display screen may differ from that of the original graphical image. A...

20060028393 - Display source divider: In an implementation of a display source divider, a video generation system generates a video display source that includes display data for multiple display regions on a display device. For example, a gaming system generates a video display source that includes display data partitioned display, where each region of the...

20060028394 - Display source divider: In an implementation of a display source divider, a video generation system generates a video display source that includes display data for multiple display regions on a display device. For example, a gaming system generates a video display source that includes display data for a partitioned display, where each region...

20060028395 - Display device and portable electronic device: A display device includes first and second displays, first and second display control circuits which respectively control the displays, and a signal transmission path which is shared between the first and second displays and has one system of signal lines. The display device further includes a switching circuit for the...

20060028396 - Detecting low fidelity sync data: The present invention provides for a distributed computing system that is capable of determining when data needs to be synced between two computer devices because data has changed on at least a remote device. More particularly, the present invention provides for a sync adapter that uses sync data to detect...

20060028397 - Local area alert system using computer networks: A system that uses computer driven visual displays in area-defined public places to communicate public alerts to people in those places using large publicly viewable computer driven visual displays and/or computer driven visual displays in the form of hand held mobile telephones, personal digital assistants, and laptop computers. All of...

20060028399 - Wireless device method and apparatus with drawing command throttling control: A wireless drawing command transmitting unit includes a wireless transmitter operative to transmit drawing commands associated with a master image renderer. A wireless drawing command receiving unit includes a wireless receiver operative to receive the transmitted drawing commands and generates an image for a display device using the drawing commands...

20060028398 - Wireless interactive multi-user display system and method: A display system includes a wireless sender; a wireless receiver; a central processing unit wireless controller; several microprocessors; several display devices networked wirelessly to the central processing unit wireless controller, each display device being linked to a corresponding microprocessor with a wireless receiver and being linked to the wireless controller;...

20060028400 - Head mounted display with wave front modulator: An augmented reality device for inserting virtual imagery into a user's view of their physical environment, the device comprising: a display device through which the user can view the physical environment; an optical sensing device for sensing at least one surface in the physical environment; and, a controller for projecting...

20060028401 - Method and apparatus for correcting errors in displays: A system for enhancing brightness and resolution while correcting certain types of convergence, geometry, color and luminance errors caused by the display device, the viewing position or both. This system involves merging images from two or more sources, overlapping and offsetting pixels, or overlapping scanning lines ‘merged raster’ in a...

20060028402 - Method for controlling an image display device: The present invention relates to a method for controlling an image display device and an image display device implementing this method. The invention relates more specifically to a display device having a matrix of cells, a column driver circuit and a column amplifier with resonant circuitry to recover energy. The...

20060028404 - Method and apparatus of driving plasma display panel: A method of driving a plasma display panel (PDP) and an apparatus for carrying out the method. The PDP includes address electrodes with first electrodes and second electrodes intersecting the address electrodes. Gray-scale levels being represented by combinations of sub-fields, each sub-field having a reset period, an address period, and...

20060028403 - Plasma discharge switch and current driving device having the same: A plasma discharge switch and a current driving device including the switch. The plasma discharge switch, which switches a flow of electric current between a first electrode and a second electrode by generating and extinguishing a plasma discharge in a discharge cell, includes a discharge cell. A first electrode and...

20060028405 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention discloses a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel having scan electrodes and sustain electrodes connected to a reference potential node, and an electrode integration driving unit for alternately applying a first voltage and a second voltage...

20060028406 - Ac plasma display panel and driving method therefor: In a three-electrode AC plasma display panel, a plurality of X electrodes (22) and a plurality of Y electrodes (23) are alternately arranged parallel to each other on one of two, front and rear insulating substrates (20, 21) opposing each other, and a plurality of data electrodes (29) are arranged...

20060028411 - Data drive circuit for current writing type amoel display panel: Data drive circuit for a current writing type AMOEL display panel including a plurality of current output channels, and a plurality of channel current generating circuits on respective current output channels for minimizing a difference of current levels occurred between the current output channels, each inclusive of one pair of...

20060028409 - Display device and driving method thereof: A display device in accordance with the present invention changes to Vc the voltage of a terminal of a capacitor C2 the other terminal of which is connected to the gate of a driver TFT Q1. Thus, a desired voltage Vda is fed from a source line Sj to the...

20060028407 - Light emitting device display circuit and drive method thereof: A driving scheme and pixel circuits therein for active matrix light-emitting device displays are provided. The driving scheme is structured to perform both line selection of and power delivery to the pixels via the same scan-power electrode, as opposed to conventional approach where scanning and drive are performed via separate...

20060028408 - Light emitting diode display circuit with voltage drop compensation: A light emitting display having a pixel circuit for compensating driving voltage variation between pixels due to voltage drop in the voltage supply line. The light emitting display includes pixels, data lines extending in a first direction, through which a data signal is supplied to the pixels, scan lines extending...

20060028410 - Organic light-emitting display device including pixels commonly having initialization switching element and power supply element: An organic light-emitting display device including pixels commonly having an initialization switching element and a power supply element. The organic light-emitting display device has a first type pixel and a second type pixel. The first type pixel generates a first initialization voltage corresponding to an initialization signal and the second...

20060028412 - Driving method of display device: It is an object to provide a driving method of a semiconductor display device by which generation of pseudo contour can be suppressed while suppressing the operating frequency of a driver circuit. It is also an object to provide a driving method of a semiconductor display device by which generation...

20060028413 - Signal line driving circuit and light emitting device: Variations occur in the characteristics of transistors. The present invention is a signal-line drive circuit comprising first and second current source circuits corresponding to respective plurality of signal lines, a shift register, and n (n is a natural number of one or more) video-signal constant current source s, wherein each...

20060028414 - Display device, inspection method for display device, and inspection device for display device: A display device includes a first wiring line group of wiring lines connected to odd-number-th scan lines, a second wiring line group of wiring lines connected to even-number-th scan lines, a first inspection wiring line c