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 connected to first wiring lines of the first wiring line group, a second inspection wiring...

20060028416 - Display device and driving method for the same: A display device includes data lines transmitting data voltages, a signal controller processing image data from an external device and generating control signals, a gray voltage generator generating gray voltages, and a data driver selecting a gray voltage corresponding to image data from the signal controller and applying the gray...

20060028415 - Liquid crystal display and method for driving the same: A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes receiving image data of each display unit of the LCD in every display period to determine gray levels of the display units, controlling a gate driver of the LCD to scan each of the display units at least twice every...

20060028417 - Display device: A display device includes a first inspection wiring line that is connected to first wiring lines of a first wiring line group and to third wiring lines of a second wiring line group, and a second inspection wiring line that is connected to second wiring lines of the first wiring...

20060028418 - Method of pre-charge scanning for tft-lcd panel: A polarity inversion scanning method with several embodiments applicable to thin film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. The method charges two scanning lines at a time. The method decreases charge time of the TFT to the liquid crystal display, increases frame rate, and increases aperture ratio by...

20060028419 - Circuit for driving liquid crystal display device: A circuit that drives a liquid crystal display device, includes an EEPROM having control data that over-drives and provides adaptive brightness intensification, the control data in the EEPROM is protected so as to secure reliability of the EEPROM. The circuit includes a master for over-driving and adaptive brightness intensification, a...

20060028420 - Data transfer method, image display device and signal line driving circuit, active-matrix substrate: Each signal line enters a preliminary polarity inversion period prior to a normal polarity inversion period so as to be inverted to the opposite polarity. By the preliminary polarity inversion a signal line on a border of blocks experiences a potential hike and the potential oscillates, which, however, is restored...

20060028421 - Gate line driving circuit: A gate line driving circuit includes a plurality of OR gate circuits which selects each of at least two groups obtained by dividing gate lines, and a level shifter which outputs driving signals to the gate lines of a group that is selected by the OR gate circuits. The OR...

20060028422 - Source driver and its compression and transmission method: The source driver for use in an active matrix liquid crystal display includes an input block for generating a pixel data sequence having pixel data transmitted through N numbers of channels as a unit pixel data, a multiplexing block for compressing the pixel data sequence to thereby output through a...

20060028423 - Structures and methods of temperature compensation for lcd: Structures of temperature compensation for LCDs. An exemplary structure comprises at least one heat conductor, at least one heat sensor and a computing unit. The heat conductors are arranged on a glass substrate of an LCD panel. The heat sensors are thermally coupled to the heat conductors and generate at...

20060028424 - Color-sequential display method: A display method for driving a color-sequential display of an electronic device is provided. When the electronic device is not at low power mode, a first image is displayed first by using a second color data and a first color data of the first image sequentially to drive the display....

20060028425 - Light source system for a color flat panel display: A system for operating a color flat panel display (FPD) is provided that includes a color FPD, a light source, and a display processing device. The color FPD has an adjustable color depth and is configured to reflect ambient light. The light source transmits light through the bottom surface of...

20060028426 - Lcd apparatus for improved inversion drive: A liquid crystal display apparatus is composed of a display panel including first and second regions adjacent to each other; a first source driver providing data signals for data lines within the first region of the display panel; and a second source driver providing data signals for data lines within...

20060028427 - Method and circuit for driving electrophoretic display and electronic device using same: An active matrix electrophoretic display is driven. In a reset period Tr a reset voltage is applied to each pixel electrode. Next, in a writing period an applied voltage is applied to each of said pixel electrode during a time period corresponding to a gradation value designated by an image...

20060028429 - Controlling devices' behaviors via changes in their relative locations and positions: A mechanism is provided for allowing a user to manipulate the behavior of an electronic device by training the device to react to user-taught gestures in a certain manner. A user performs a characteristic gesture with the electronic device and/or changes the device position. When a user gesture movement is...

20060028432 - Electrical apparatus, image forming apparatus and operation program product: An operation section (28) of an image forming apparatus main body (2) comprises an operation display panel (30) for displaying letters and/or symbols representing various functions with respect to an image forming operation to allow an operator to select a desired function, and a status display panel (40) for displaying...

20060028428 - Handheld device having localized force feedback: An electronic device (100) for performing intelligent operations includes a housing (112), a manually operable input (118, 122) for providing information to the electronic device, and a material (124) positioned between the manually operable input and the housing. An electromechanical transducer (218, 220) has a mechanical connection consisting of to...

20060028434 - Image controller: An image controller having a plurality of movable members structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. Some preferred embodiments incorporate...

20060028435 - 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. Preferred embodiments also incorporate active tactile feedback and...

20060028436 - 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. An active tactile feedback vibrator is mounted as...

20060028437 - 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. An active tactile feedback vibrator is mounted as...

20060028438 - Image controller: An image controller structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with at least twelve sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. An active tactile feedback vibrator is mounted as a component of...

20060028439 - 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. An active tactile feedback vibrator is mounted as...

20060028440 - 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. An active tactile feedback vibrator is mounted as...

20060028441 - Image controller: An image controller having a first member movable on at least two axes and a second member movable on at least two axes structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional...

20060028431 - Remote control system: A remote control system including a mobile unit and a remote device. The mobile unit stores first data and has a first processor. The remote device stores second data and is wireless-connected to the mobile unit for receiving the first data. The remote device has a random number generator and...

20060028433 - Universal serial bus keystroke generator switch: An apparatus for producing signals that are representative of those produced by actuating a keypad on computer keyboard includes a momentary switch for energizing a USB microcontroller to produce a signal that complies with a USB protocol. The produced signals are inputted into a USB port on a CPU to...

20060028430 - Video device integratable with jacket, pants, belt, badge and other clothing and accessories and methods of use thereof: Wearable multimedia delivery devices and methods of use thereof. A first variation provides a video jacket incorporating multimedia information delivery and optionally including separate power and multimedia information sources so as to minimize restriction of motion for the wearing user. In one variation, the separate power and multimedia information sources...

20060028442 - Cursor control device: A cursor control device (700) having a light source (70) and an image sensor (80) for optically tracking motion. The device (700) includes an upwardly facing dome (710) or window (32) that provides a visual and tactile interface for user interaction. The user's hand or finger, bare or gloved, or...

20060028443 - Method and apparatus for generating and inputting displacement signals: A method and an apparatus for generating and inputting displacement signals, the apparatus being connected to a computer, are described. An acceleration sensor detects acceleration of an object and transforms the acceleration into electric signals. An analog/digital transducer is connected to the acceleration sensor for receiving the electric signals, and...

20060028444 - Positional scrolling: A method and system for electronically scrolling a document with a data processing apparatus uses an input device, e.g., a mouse, to permit position based scrolling without first accessing a scroll bar or other scrolling functionality element. In a page positional scrolling (PPS) mode useful for scrolling short distances, a...

20060028445 - Positional scrolling: A method and system for electronically scrolling a document with a data processing apparatus uses an input device, e.g., a mouse, to permit position based scrolling without first accessing a scroll bar or other scrolling functionality element. In a page positional scrolling (PPS) mode useful for scrolling short distances, a...

20060028446 - Methods and devices for removing unintentional movement in free space pointing devices: Systems and methods according to the present invention describe free space pointing devices and methods which detect movement of the free space pointing device and remove unintentional movement from the output readings....

20060028449 - Input device with user-balanced performance and power consumption: Operational characteristics of a wireless input device are modified so as to balance performance and power conservation. Power management algorithms may include an algorithm that improves device performance and increases device power consumption, as well as an algorithm that decreases device power consumption and reduces device performance. An algorithm that...

20060028448 - Mechanical wheel instruction apparatus: A mechanical wheel instruction apparatus to replace the conventional wheel structure that uses a grating switch to output signal. The invention has a mechanical conductive terminal set to output instruction signals when become conductive. The apparatus of the invention has a wheel which has a rotation side with convex sections...

20060028447 - Reducing dust contamination in optical mice: Reduction of dust contamination in optical mice. Trapped charged particles within an optical element result in a surface charge on the optical element, the surface charge reducing the attraction of dust to the optical surface. Charged particles may be trapped in the optical element, or in a coating on the...

20060028450 - Finger activated reduced keyboard and a method for performing text input: A reduced keyboard apparatus and method for use with small-sized communications and computing devices. Input via the keyboard is performed using fingers or thumbs. The keyboard is characterized by having no discrete boundaries between the included character spaces. The direction and the destination area of a keystroke do not have...

20060028451 - Context sensitive labels for a hardware input device: Hardware input devices can provide context sensitive labels which can change according to an application running on a computer and/or the function assigned to an input element. An illustrative aspect includes employing ink having two or more electroluminescent pattern layers with an input device. Based on the context of a...

20060028452 - Cosmetic enhancement mirror: Cosmetic enhancement mirror methods and related systems \\Einstein\inventors\Cosmetic Enhancement Mirror\Cosmetic_Enhancement_Mirror_Text.doc...

20060028453 - Display control system, operation input apparatus, and display control method: A system includes a display, a touch panel, a controlling unit, and an LCD driver. The display can display, on a screen, different images when viewed from different sides. The touch panel is disposed on the screen. The controlling unit and the LCD driver cooperate to control the display. In...

20060028454 - Multifunctional scroll sensor: An apparatus and method for using a scroll sensor providing a touch sensitive control input surface for a plurality of control functions is provided. The input surface is divided into a plurality of regions. Each region is assigned to one of the plurality of control functions. At least one of...

20060028455 - Touch-sensitive device for scrolling a document on a display: A touch-sensitive device for use as an electronic input device for controlling by scrolling the visible portion of a document or image relative to a display. The device can include various improved configurations such as physically separate opposed input surfaces at opposite longitudinal ends and/or lateral sides. The end regions...

20060028456 - Pen-shaped optical mouse: Disclosed is a pen-shaped optical mouse. The optical mouse has an optical fiber on the optical path of illuminating light, and an optical fiber bundle on the optical path of reflected light, respectively. The optical system of the optical mouse is realized irrespective of the optical paths and their lengths,...

20060028459 - Pre-loaded force sensor: A force sensor comprising: a load bearing structure for contact with an input member subject to a force to be sensed; a sensor circuit for converting a force applied to the load bearing structure into a signal indicative of the force; and, a pre-load bias assembly for engaging the input...

20060028458 - Stylus with customizable appearance: A stylus comprising: an elongate chassis molding; a nib at one end of the chassis molding; and, an elongate cover molding for close-fitting engagement with the chassis molding; such that, the cover molding is user replaceable....

20060028457 - Stylus-based computer input system: A system for determining a stylus position of a stylus includes a telemetric imager and a controller electrically coupled to the telemetric imager. The controller determines the stylus position based on a generated image of a stylus tip from a first direction and a generated image of the stylus tip...

20060028462 - Calibration method: A calibration method includes: displaying an image for calibration at a position of a region of interest of a medical image to be a display object of a display unit of a medical image display apparatus; adjusting the luminance level of the displayed image for calibration by observing by visual...

20060028463 - Gate line driving circuit: A gate line driving circuit includes a shift register for gradation display, which shifts a first start signal in response to a first clock signal such that the gate lines are selected for gradation display in one vertical scanning period, and a shift register for black insertion, which shifts a...

20060028461 - Shift register and display panel utilizing same: A shift register having a plurality of cascaded shift register stages. The shift register is controlled by a first and a second clock signal being out of phase. Each shift register stage includes an input unit, an output unit, and a control unit. The input unit outputs a first signal...

20060028460 - System and method for automatically adjusting the clock phase of a display in real-time: The present invention provides a system and method for adjusting clock phase in a digital display. The display 10 may include a target analog-to-digital converter 104 that generates a first digital signal based on an analog input signal and a first clock signal (CLK1). The system 100 includes a first...

20060028464 - Method for reducing static charges on a panel and the structure thereof: A method for reducing static charges on a panel is provided. The method includes the following steps: setting up a grounding circuit on a panel; covering transparent parts of said panel which are beyond the display region with a plurality of strip-shaped wirings, wherein said plurality of strip-shaped wirings are...

20060028465 - Contact definition device, contact definition program, and contact definition method: Definition of pairs of faces having the possibility of being in mutual contact among a plurality of objects is performed accurately and efficiently. A contact definition device comprises a shape data acquisition portion, which acquires data relating to the surface shapes of a plurality of objects; a positional relation information...

20060028466 - Mesh editing with gradient field manipulation and user interactive tools for object merging: User interactive methods of determining vertex correspondence between boundaries or curves on objects to be merged is provided. One method relates to projecting a boundary of one object onto a second object to determine a merging curve, along which the two objects will be joined. Another method includes projecting a...

20060028467 - Method and system for optimizing a finite element mesh: Computer-implemented method and system for optimizing a finite element mesh. Computing devices are configured to calculate a quality score for at least one original element in a finite element mesh based upon two or more quality attributes simultaneously. A quality score for at least one substitute element for the original...

20060028468 - Shell texture functions: Techniques are provided for at least modeling any one of mesostructure shadowing, masking, interreflection and silhouettes on a surface, as well as subsurface scattering within a non-homogeneous volume. Such techniques include, at least, acquiring material parameters for a material sample, determining irradiance distribution values for the material sample, synthesizing the...

20060028469 - High performance shading of large volumetric data using screen-space partial derivatives: A method and system for shading large volumetric data sets using partial derivatives computed in screen-space. The method and system provide a fast and efficient shading a large datasets. Screen space derivatives are computed efficiently by evaluating neighboring pixel information together. The method can be efficiently implemented using GPUs (graphics...

20060028471 - Focus plus context viewing and manipulation of large collections of graphs: Methods, systems and computer readable media for visualizing a collection of graphs, wherein each of the graphs may be aligned along one axis of a visualization. All graphs are aligned with respect to the one axis. At least one metadata value per graph is aligned in a first form of...

20060028470 - Method of selecting portion of a graph, and network analyzing apparatus using same: Inflowing data is summarized in real time. The summarized data is displayed as a graph in real time. A portion of the graph is selected using dual sliders. And data that was summarized in real time and represented by the selected graph portion is operated on. Operating on the data...

20060028472 - Hardware-accelerated anti-aliased vector graphics: In order to render a primitive, the primitive is subdivided into trapezoids and triangles. The subdivision occurs using scanline-aligned lines. These simple scanline-aligned regions are further subdivided so that the primitive is divided into simple scanline-boundaried trapezoids and other complex scan shapes. The simple scanline-boundaried trapezoids are rasterized. One rasterization...

20060028475 - Persistent, immersible and extractable avatars: Avatar data is stored in a management application. The management application sends an immersion request to the application. The management application identifies the avatar data fields used by the application, and any appropriate scaling and avatar transformation. The management application scales the data appropriately, transforms the avatar if necessary, and...

20060028473 - Real-time rendering system and process for interactive viewpoint video: A system and process for rendering and displaying an interactive viewpoint video is presented in which a user can watch a dynamic scene while manipulating (freezing, slowing down, or reversing) time and changing the viewpoint at will. The ability to interactively control viewpoint while watching a video is an exciting...

20060028474 - Rendering deformable and animated surface reflectance fields: A method renders a model of an object by first acquiring, in an acquisition space, a reflectance field of the object. The reflectance field includes a set of reflectance images of the object and a point model of the object. The model is deformed in an object space to generate...

20060028476 - Method and system for providing extensive coverage of an object using virtual cameras: A system and method for generating texture information. Specifically, a method provides for extensive coverage of an object using virtual cameras. The method begins by tracking a moveable object in a reference coordinate system. By tracking the moveable object, an object based coordinate system that is tied to the object...

20060028477 - System and method for efficiently performing manual partial transfers of image data: A system and method for performing manual partial transfers of image data includes a display controller with controller logic and a rectangle 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 from the foregoing write...

20060028478 - Point-to-point bus bridging without a bridge controller: A computer system includes an integrated graphics subsystem and a graphics connector for attaching either an auxiliary graphics subsystem or a loopback card. A first bus connection communicates data from the computer system to the integrated graphics subsystem. With a loopback card in place, data travels from the integrated graphics...

20060028479 - Architecture for rendering graphics on output devices over diverse connections: A system for displaying graphical information. The system includes an asset server for storing information and a rendering server in communication with the asset server. The rendering server receives a graphics command and renders graphic display data in response to the graphics command and to the information. The rendering server...

20060028481 - Synthesis of progressively-variant textures and application to arbitrary surfaces: Methods for synthesizing progressively-variant textures based on texton masks are provided. A first method creates a synthesized texture image guided by a sample texture, first texton mask corresponding to the sample texture and a second texton mask modified based on the first texton mask. A second method also creates a...

20060028480 - System and method for polygon-smoothing in texture-based volume rendering: A system and method for polygon-smoothing in texture-based volume rendering is provided. The method comprises the steps of: downsizing a slice polygon and determining boundary polygons around the downsized slice polygon using a smoothing factor, wherein the downsized slice polygon comprises first vertices and the boundary polygons comprise second vertices;...

20060028482 - Filtering unit for floating-point texture data: Floating-point texture filtering units leverage existing fixed-point filter circuits. Groups of floating-point texture values are converted to products of a fixed-point mantissa and a scaling factor that is the same for each texture value in the group. The fixed-point mantissas are filtered using a fixed-point filter circuit, and the filtered...

20060028483 - Image display device: An image display device having an image generation unit for generating an image according to an instruction, a display unit able to display in color the image generated at the image generation unit, a user interface unit including a color designation part enabling selective designation of any color from among...

20060028484 - Image processing apparatus and image display apparatus using same: An image processing apparatus of the present invention comprising (a) a first signal processing circuit for applying gamma correction to an n-bit (n: a natural number) digital signal inputted as a video signal and for converting the n-bit digital signal into an m-bit (m>n, m: a natural number) digital signal,...

20060028485 - Image processing apparatus and image display apparatus using same: An image processing apparatus of the present invention comprising (a) a first signal processing circuit for applying gamma correction to an n-bit (n: a natural number) digital signal inputted as a video signal and for converting the n-bit digital signal into an m-bit (m>n, m: a natural number) digital signal,...

20060028486 - Graphic processing method: A graphic processing method is implemented to determine which processing method is to be performed to improve graphic processing speed. First, it is determined whether the document page to be processed includes a large amount of graphics, in which case the document page is divided into a plurality of blocks...

20060028487 - Image wipe method and device: An image wipe method includes the steps of defining at least a first reference point to divide a screen area into several sub-areas according to the first reference points, selecting at least one sub-area, and performing a first image process on the selected sub-area. In addition, an image wipe device...

20060028488 - Apparatus and method for multimedia content based manipulation: An apparatus and method for multimedia content based manipulation. The method comprises the masking at least one part of the segment of an interaction, said masking can include the hiding, blurring, or alternatively, the enhancing or focusing on a region of interest....

20060028490 - Morphing patient features using an offset: A method of displaying an image of at least a portion of a virtual patient including accessing identification of a video file, the video file comprising video data that depicts virtual patient features over a range of the features, determining an offset into the video file and presenting the video...

20060028489 - Real-time rendering system and process for interactive viewpoint video that was generated using overlapping images of a scene captured from viewpoints forming a grid: A system and process for rendering and displaying an interactive viewpoint video is presented in which a user can watch a dynamic scene while manipulating (freezing, slowing down, or reversing) time and changing the viewpoint at will. The ability to interactively control viewpoint while watching a video is an exciting...

20060028491 - System and method for providing a protable printer capable of altering the orientation of information displayed on an associated printer display: Systems and methods are described that allow a user to set the orientation of characters to be displayed on a display based on the orientation of the printer. If the printer is positioned in a right side up orientation, the characters are displayed in a right side up manner. If...

20060028493 - Image display device: The present invention relates to an image display device which can be applied to an electronic still camera, for example. The image display device has a single circuit for processing of image data for display that can be used in common for liquid crystal display units which are different in...

20060028492 - Information processing apparatus and video data luminance control method: An information processing apparatus capable of displaying video data on a display panel includes a unit which calculates for each pixel the difference value between the luminance of the current frame of the video data and that of the preceding frame, a selection unit which executes for each pixel a...

20060028494 - Optical display driving method: A display device comprising a plurality of pixels (26), a light source (23), and addressing means (24, 25) for coupling a selected pixel to said light source to thereby emit light, wherein the addressing means (24, 25) are arranged to address each pixel using pulse-width modulation (PWM). Further, the display...

20060028495 - Display and weighted dot rendering method: The invention relates to a display and an image data processing system. According to the arrangement of the display, two color dots having lower light intensity than the other two color dots in a white balance status are disposed on diagonal positions of the pixel group. Therefore, the display of...

20060022895 - Remote control unit with memory interface: A remote control unit configured to operate a display device, where the remote control unit includes onboard memory, an interface configured to connect with an independent memory device, and a processor configured to transfer image data from the independent memory device to the onboard memory via the interface....

20060022896 - Head-up display apparatus and cover-mirror unit used for the same: A movable member 3′ of the cover-mirror unit stands up along a flat inner wall 1a1 of a housing 1a when the head-up display apparatus is in use, and lie down to cover an opening of the housing 1a when the head-up display apparatus is not in use for carrying...

20060022897 - Method and system for transforming a display into a mirror: A display includes a convertible mirror layer overlying at least a portion of a display screen. The convertible mirror layer converts between a transparent state and a reflective state....

20060022898 - Light emitting diode driver circuit with current compensation: The present invention provides a light emitting diode driver circuit with current compensation. A plurality of LEDs are arranged in matrix form, the panel and the switches have circuit resistance, when plural LEDs in the same column are ON and the current source flows through the circuit resistance, it will...

20060022899 - Display device, electric device comprising such a display device and method for driving a display device: The invention relates to a display device and a method of driving a display device, wherein the display comprises a plurality of light emitting elements and means for applying a driving signal to the light emitting elements. The display device comprises control means for adjusting a duty cycle and a...

20060022900 - Light emitting device and driving method thereof: According to a driving method of applying a reverse bias voltage, capacitance occurs due to a stacked structure of a conductor, an insulator and a conductor, or due to a structure of a TFT. This capacitance prevents normal operation. The invention provides a pixel configuration including at least a driving...

20060022902 - Display device: A display device with which the various drive conditions can be improved in driving a display panel. A driver that drives first row electrode lines disposed at even-numbered locations and second row electrode lines disposed at odd-numbered locations among a plurality of first and second row electrode lines that constitute...

20060022905 - Display panel driving apparatus: A display panel driving apparatus which reduces a peak value of a voltage/current upon charging or discharging of discharging cells on a display panel. The apparatus has a pulse generating part for supplying a driving pulse to a capacitive light-emitting device arranged in each of crossing positions of a plurality...

20060022901 - Method for driving plasma display panel: An address pulse width is reduced so that a display period for driving a plasma display panel (PDP) can be made longer. The PDP comprises cells, each cell having first and second electrodes covered with dielectric and a third electrode covered with dielectric disposed in a direction crossing the first...

20060022903 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: Provided are an apparatus and method for driving a plasma display panel, which are capable of increasing the brightness of the plasma display panel and minimizing power consumption and the amount of heat generation without increasing the number of sustain pulses. The plasma display apparatus includes: a plasma display panel...

20060022904 - Plasma display apparatus applying sustain pulse and driving method thereof: A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof in accordance with the present invention is characterized in that a scan electrode is alternately applied with a positive voltage and a negative voltage, and a sustain electrode is alternately applied with the opposite voltages to the voltages applied to the...

20060022906 - Method and device for driving display panel: Disclosed is a method of driving a display panel for displaying a halftone image of each of fields constituting a video signal, each field being composed of a plurality of subfields. This method detects a luminance distribution of the video signal, divides each of the fields into a first subfield...

20060022908 - Display device driving circuit: A driving circuit for a display with display elements in rows and/or columns has a shift register, through which tokens are shifted. The shift register's parallel outputs are latched and enable switch cells depending on the tokens. Control signals are supplied to the switch cells which control the output signal...

20060022911 - Drive circuit and drive method for panel display device: Disclosed is a drive circuit for a panel display device for driving light-emitting devices arranged at respective intersections between a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines. This drive circuit includes a voltage control circuit for charging the light-emitting devices to a voltage necessary for light emission...

20060022914 - Driving circuit and method for display panel: A driving circuit drives a display panel having a matrix of picture elements and electrodes. The driving circuit includes a memory storing compensation data for compensating for position-dependent brightness differences between the picture elements. The brightness differences are due to the stray resistance and capacitance of the picture elements and...

20060022912 - Light emitting display: A light emitting display including a pixel area having a plurality of pixels, a scan driver for outputting a scan signal for selecting a predetermined pixel among the plurality of pixels of the pixel area, and an emission control signal for allowing a current to flow in the selected pixels....

20060022909 - Light emitting display (led) and display panel and pixel circuit thereof: A display panel includes: data lines adapted to transmit a data signal; scan lines adapted to transmit a select signal; and pixels, each pixel being coupled to one of the scan lines and one of the data lines, and each pixel including: light emitting elements adapted to emit light corresponding...

20060022910 - Multifunction display device: In a multifunction display device, a plurality of display units have a sheet-like or plate-like configuration and different displaying capabilities. A holding unit holds the plurality of display units. A power supply unit supplies power to the plurality of display units. In the multifunction display device, the plurality of display...

20060022907 - Pixel circuit, display device, driving method of pixel circuit, and driving method of display device: A pixel circuit disposed at a part where a scanning line and a signal line intersect each other includes at least an electrooptic element, a drive transistor, a sampling transistor, and a retaining capacitance. The drive transistor has a gate connected to an input node, a source connected to an...

20060022913 - Scanning method of display panel and a display unit: The object of the invention is elimination of an occurrence of instantaneous light in the center part of a display, a border between the upper half and the lower half of the display. An scanning method of the display, dividing the display panel to a first filed and a second...

20060022915 - Method and apparatus for power level control and/or contrast control in a display device: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling the power level and/or the contrast in a display device having a plurality of luminous elements corresponding to the colour components of the pixels of a picture, wherein the luminance generated by each of said luminous element is...

20060022916 - Led driving device with variable light intensity: In a device for driving LEDs with variable light intensity, a supply stage has a first operating mode, in which a controlled supply current is generated, and a second operating mode, in which a controlled supply voltage is generated. A LED is connected to the supply stage, receives the controlled...

20060022917 - Display apparatus and displaying method thereof: A display apparatus and a displaying method thereof can improve picture quality. The display apparatus includes: a light emitting display; a camera module to take a picture; a brightness controller to generate a voltage corresponding to a gradation value of image data transmitted from the camera module based on a...

20060022918 - Light emitting device driver for driving light emitting device and integrated circuit thereof: An integrated circuit includes a light emitting device and a light emitting device driver coupled to the light emitting device. The light emitting device driver is for generating a drive signal to drive the light emitting device to emit light. A light emitting device driver includes a transistor having a...

20060022919 - Bistable nematic liquid crystal display device and method for controlling such a device: means capable of applying, to the input of each aforementioned component (40), via the state control link (45), input signals comprising at least two phases separated by a controlled time interval, namely a first phase during which the input signal has an amplitude sufficient to permit breaking of the anchoring...

20060022923 - Display device: To provide a liquid crystal panel employing a circuit layout that makes it possible to obtain a small size liquid crystal panel when the area a source driver occupies is large. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises: a pixel portion including m×n pixels (m and n...

20060022920 - Display device and driving method thereof: A display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, the first substrate having a display region and a non-display region, at least one data line on the first substrate, at least one gate line crossing the data line, the gate line supplied with a gate voltage, at least...

20060022922 - Liquid crystal display device driving method: While image data is written into either one of first, second, third frame memories 1, 2 and 3, image data are repetitively read two times from the remaining two memories in one vertical synchronization interval and transferred to an arithmetic unit 4, and this operation is executed with the frame...

20060022921 - Transmissive liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device using the same: In a transmissive liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display panel includes an image display portion and a light-receiving window portion. When the ambient light is sufficient, a backlight is turned off and the light-receiving window portion is set to a light-transmitting state, to take the external light into...

20060022927 - Display driver circuits having gray scale voltage amplifiers with variable drive capability: Display driver circuits include an output selector circuit having an output port electrically coupled to a plurality of display data lines and a first input port electrically coupled to a first bus. An amplifier control circuit is also provided. This control circuit includes a plurality of amplifiers, which are programmable...

20060022925 - Grayscale voltage generation circuit, driver circuit, and electro-optical device: A grayscale voltage generation circuit includes an input-side resistor circuit including first to J-th (J is a positive integer) input voltage division nodes at which the voltage between first and second power supply lines is divided by (J+1) resistor elements connected in series between the first and second power supply...

20060022924 - Head drum assembly for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus: An apparatus and method for compensating a gray-scale CCT in an LCD are provided. In the apparatus, a camera captures an external image, a memory stores the captured image and other image data, and a video processor compensates the correlated color temperature (CCT) of the image received from the camera...

20060022926 - Liquid crystal display device and driving method therefor: The driving circuit of the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention classifies a combination of a displayed gray-scale level of a previous vertical scanning period and a regular gray-scale level corresponding to an input image signal in a current vertical scanning period into either a first group...

20060022928 - Capacitive load charge-discharge device and liquid crystal display device having the same: A pixel charge-discharge circuit charges and discharges a series circuit of a capacitor by alternately connecting two types of auxiliary capacitance wires to a high voltage source and a low voltage source by using four types of switches. The high voltage source and the low voltage source are positive voltage...

20060022929 - Liquid crystal display device and driver circuit therefor: When the display presented by a liquid crystal display device is a standby screen, a power-conservation signal is input from a CPU and a binary mode and partial mode are discriminated from the signal. When the binary mode is in effect, V-line inversion drive is adopted instead of dot inversion...

20060022933 - Display device: In a display device which displays a black image by periodically inserting a black image, after the display of the black image, a first period in which a video signal different from a video signal for the black image is outputted to video signal lines is made different from a...

20060022932 - Display panel, drive circuit, display device, and electronic equipment: A display panel drive circuit according to exemplary embodiments of the invention include a source driver that applies a drive voltage corresponding to a display level of gray to a source line of an active element to drive each pixel of a display panel in which the display level of...

20060022931 - Driving circuit and driving method of electro-optical device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: A driving circuit for an electro-optical device drives an electro-optical device having, on an image display region on a substrate, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines, and a plurality of pixel units electrically connected to the scanning lines and the data lines. The driving circuit...

20060022930 - Tft-lcd source driver with built-in test circuit and method for testing the same: A TFT-LCD source driver with a built-in test circuit includes N driving units and P test units. Each driving unit receives digital data and generates an analog output signal according to the digital data. Each test unit receives the analog output signals, selects one of them as a test signal...

20060022934 - Methods and apparatus for implementing transmissive display devices: A transmissive display device. The transmissive display device comprises a transmissive display panel positionable in a viewing position by a user and including a viewing front surface and a light-receiving rear surface, a reflective surface that is positionable by a user to receive ambient light and reflect it toward the...

20060022935 - Surface light source device and liquid crystal display device: A surface light source device includes light source driving means for driving light sources on a light emission block basis, a light exit area being sectioned into two or more light emission blocks, light quantity detecting means for detecting light quantities on the basis of output light beams that are...

20060022936 - Device, system and method for an input device for a computer: This invention provides an input device applying to a computer or a mobile telephone, including: glove unit, keys unit, detection unit, coding unit, MPU unit, communication unit, display unit, and power unit. The glove unit is the carrier of the other unit. The detection unit detects the key-press information, the...

20060022939 - Image controller: Methods of interacting with 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...

20060022940 - 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. Preferred embodiments also incorporate active tactile feedback and...

20060022941 - 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 rotatable platform with a plurality of pressure...

20060022937 - Slide pad notebook pointing device with hidden spring system: A pointing device having a moveable puck and a first belt having a slot therein in which said puck moves in a first direction is disclosed. The first belt is wrapped around the first and second belt guides such that the first belt moves back and forth in a second...

20060022938 - Time-lapsing mirror: Time-lapsing mirror methods and related systems....

20060022942 - Control method for operating a computer cursor instinctively and the apparatus thereof: A control method for operating a computer cursor instinctively and the apparatus thereof are disclosed. Thus, a user can manipulate displacement, selection and execution function of the cursor of the display of the computer easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating the user operating the cursor of the display by his two...

20060022943 - Peripheral devices for portable computer: The present invention relates to the storage and recharging of peripheral devices within a computer. In one exemplary embodiment the invention relates to an expandable computer mouse that may be stored and recharged in a port, such as a PCMCIA slot, of a portable computing device....

20060022944 - Mouse scroll wheel module: A mouse scroll wheel module includes a retention part, a holding part sitting on the retention part to swing from front to back and from left to right, a revolving part installed on the holding part, a mechanical revolving encoder to receive output of encoded electronic signals as the revolving...

20060022945 - Reducing dust contamination in optical mice: Reduction of dust contamination in optical mice. Optical elements are made electrically conductive, reducing static charges which attract dust particles. Plastic optical elements may be made conductive through the use of conductive polymers. Optical elements in plastic or glass may be made conductive by coating them with materials which are...

20060022949 - Context sensitive labels for a hardware input device: Hardware input devices can provide context sensitive labels which can change according to an application running on a computer and/or the function assigned to an input element. An illustrative aspect includes employing ink having two or more electroluminescent pattern layers with an input device. Based on the context of a...

20060022946 - Innovated keyboard for personal digital assistant: An innovated design of keyboard for keying in commands to a PDA, particularly a collapsible type that can be folded for storage and convenient carrying purposes, and its two sides can be unfolded and compressed to a fixed status to minimize measurements, which comprising a left keyboard and a right...

20060022948 - Input device capable of providing input to an electronic device, and method of manufacturing same: An input device capable of providing input to an electronic device includes a charging base (110) and a wireless keyboard (120) capable of being removably coupled to the charging base. The charging base includes a first portion (111) for receiving the wireless keyboard, a second portion (112) adjacent to the...

20060022947 - Key arrangement for a keyboard: A key arrangement includes a plurality of keys that are arranged in a regular grid of rows and columns. The columns include a first column, a last column, and at least one middle column. The keys in the first and last columns are smaller than the keys in the at...

20060022950 - Multi-function portable electronic device: The disclosed embodiments provide devices and methods for providing a multi-function electronic device. In accordance with one aspect, a disclosed method provides for detecting the direction the device is deployed and activating an operational mode based on the direction the device is deployed. In accordance with another aspect, a disclosed...

20060022951 - Method and apparatus for backlighting of a keyboard for use with a game device: An apparatus and method are directed to enabling backlighting of a modified keyboard employing various mechanisms to enhance a game playing experience. Such mechanisms may include, for example, programmable Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that are configured within each key on the modified keyboard. The LEDs may be arranged to vary...

20060022952 - Electrostrictive polymer as a combined haptic-seal actuator: This invention describes a method for a haptic (tactile) feedback to a user of an electronic device having a touch display (screen) by utilizing an electrostrictive polymer as a combined haptic-seal actuator attached to the touch screen. In addition, the combined seal-actuator also makes a shock absorber. The electrostrictive polymer...

20060022954 - Flip cover for a portable electronic device: A portable electronic device arrangeable between an open position and a closed position. The portable electronic device includes a display screen that is positioned such that it is at least partially viewable by a user when the portable electronic device is in both the closed position and in the open...

20060022960 - Input system including position-detecting device: A position-detecting device detects a position pointed to by a position-pointing instrument and includes an operation panel detecting the position pointed to by the position-pointing instrument; and a manipulation-detecting unit located at at least one of the interior and the exterior of the operation panel, and detecting a manipulation by...

20060022953 - Left-hand originated user interface control for a device: A method and apparatus are provided for adapting a user interface having at least one control item on a display of a device for controlling the user interface, wherein the at least one control item for controlling the user interface located on the right-handed side of the display is relocated...

20060022961 - Reproduction apparatus, camera, and display switch method of reproduction apparatus: A reproduction apparatus of the present invention includes an image display device with a touch panel, a picked-up image is displayed on a display unit of the display device, and an annular object, for example, is superimposed on the picked-up image and displays the object when necessary. When the touch...

20060022957 - Touch pad apparatus for a portable computer: A touch pad apparatus for a portable computer is provided. The touch pad apparatus includes a keyboard deck with a pad vent hole formed therethrough, a touch pad exposed through the pad vent hole, the touch pad receiving a signal from a user, a shield plate fastened to a bottom...

20060022959 - Touch screen with selective touch sources: The present invention provides a touch sensor system that distinguishes from among distinct users. As a vehicle touch sensor system, the present invention provides a touch sensor accessible from a driver position and a passenger position, a first contact point driven with a first signal and associated with the driver...

20060022958 - Touch-panel input device having a function for providing vibration and method for providing vibration in response to input operation: A touch-panel input device having a function for providing vibrations includes a touch panel receiving an operation on an operation item on a display panel, a vibration-controlling unit vibrating the touch panel, an operation detector detecting an operation on the touch panel, and an operation-mode controlling unit setting an operation...

20060022956 - Touch-sensitive electronic apparatus for media applications, and methods therefor: An electronic apparatus, such as an electronic mixing apparatus and an electronic keyboard apparatus, and associated methods are disclosed. The electronic mixing apparatus or the electronic keyboard apparatus is provided on a touch screen that provides user input and display capabilities. In one embodiment, the touch screen is a multipoint...

20060022955 - Visual expander: A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch....

20060022962 - Size/scale and orientation determination of a pointer in a camera-based touch system: A touch system includes a touch surface and at least two cameras associated with the touch surface. The at least two cameras acquire images of the touch surface from different locations and having overlapping fields of view. A digital signal processor is associated with each camera. The digital signal processors...

20060022963 - Calibrating digital pens: i) acquiring calibration data indicative of parameters indicative of an offset between a nib (108) of the pen (100) and a field of view (124) of a camera (114) whilst the pen is in use; and ii) using the calibration data to compensate for the offset in subsequently acquired pen...

20060022965 - Address generation in a light modulator: A light modulator includes a control unit configured to receive an image input signal, and an array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows. The control unit is configured to provide a first address associated with the image input signal to the array in response to...

20060022966 - Method and system for controlling the output of a diffractive light device: A method and system for controlling a color of light output by a diffractive light device (DLD device). The color is determined by a gap voltage applied to the DLD device. During each of a number of time frames, one of a number of control bits in a control word...

20060022967 - Method for driving plasma display panel: An address pulse width is reduced, so that a display period for driving a plasma display panel (PDP) can be made longer. The PDP comprises cells, each cell having parallel first and second electrodes covered with dielectric and a third electrode disposed in a direction crossing the first and second...

20060022964 - Removing crosstalk in an organic light-emitting diode display by adjusting display scan periods: An organic light-emitting diode display driver adjusts the display scan period of the current driving the organic light-emitting diodes of a selected row based upon the sum of the display data corresponding to the selected row, thereby removing crosstalk in the OLED display panel. The driver includes an adder for...

20060022970 - Customer pole display and interface: A method of using a customer pole display, point-of-sale pole display, point-of sale display, or pole display includes connecting a Universal Serial Bus, inputting a power signal from the Universal Serial Bus, translating the power signal to a display power signal, and connecting the display power signal to the display....

20060022968 - Dual scan display panel driver: A display panel driver has two driver circuits that drive separate halves of a display panel. Each driver circuit occupies a separate integrated circuit chip. The driver has a screen saving mode in which each driver circuit displays an independent screen saving image that moves in synchronization with a timing...

20060022971 - Image sticking prevention circuit for display device: An image sticking prevention circuit for a display. The image sticking prevention circuit comprises a diode, a first capacitor, a transistor, and a second capacitor. The diode has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the diode is coupled to a first voltage terminal of a...

20060022969 - Light emitting display: A light emitting display includes a substrate, a pixel area, a first power source line to supply a first power signal to each pixel on a first side of the pixel area, a second power source line to supply the first power signal to each pixel on a second side...

20060022972 - Method, system and article of manufacture for testing a software application having a text-based screen with a test tool for a software application having a graphical user interface which uses objects: Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture that identify a boundary of a field of a text-based screen for a test tool are provided. These embodiments allow single test tool to test software applications that have a text-based screen and software applications that have a graphical user...

20060022974 - Image processing device and information recording medium: An image processing device for realizing more realistic pictures of explosions in video game devices and the like. Objects displaying such pictures of explosions are formed of spherical polygons (R1, R2, R3, . . . ) and planar polygons (S1, S2, S3, . . . ). Pictures of explosions are...

20060022973 - Systems and methods for generating a composite video signal from a plurality of independent video signals: Illustrated and described embodiments are broadly directed to novel systems and methods for generating a composite video signal from a plurality of independent video signals. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for swapping from a secondary frame buffer of one of the plurality of computers. This synchnonization...

20060022976 - Z-depth matting of particles in image rendering: A method of rendering a first image having a plurality of particles. The method comprises: receiving a z-depth image that provides a z-value for each pixel in the first image; generating a single pixel particle of an opaque transparency for each pixel in the z-depth image positioned at the same...

20060022975 - Z-jittering of particles in image rendering: A method of rendering an image having a plurality of objects. The method comprises: generating an adjusted z-position by randomly adjusting the original z-position of an object over a series of samples; sorting the plurality of objects in a sample based on the adjusted z-position of each object of the...

20060022977 - Spiral construction of a geodesic dome: Four predefined vertices define an icosahedron used for constructing a geodesic dome. Each section of the icosahedron, including the top, center, and bottom, is sequentially processed to construct a plurality of vertices and a plurality of indices of triangles on the surface of the geodesic dome. One of the inputs...

20060022978 - Mapping application for rendering pixel imagery: A mapping application relies on a modified affine transformation algorithm to provide near real-time navigation of imagery, track-up capability and integration of segment and picture data. The affine transformation is modified to map a “world space” comprised of a plurality of pixel maps onto a view port. The pixel data...

20060022980 - Material coded imagery for computer generated forces: Systems and methods usable to provide synthetic environments for computer generated forces include supplemental surface material identifying information applicable to the respective surface. Polygons used to represent the surface can be overlayed with supplemental surface material information to provide a higher fidelity environment in which to mobilize the computer generated...

20060022979 - Method and apparatus for presenting information with varying levels of detail: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for presenting information with varying levels of detail based on one or more regions of interest. A virtual viewport of the information to be displayed is mapped onto a three-dimensional surface; and the mapped information is projected in one dimension onto a display. The plurality...

20060022981 - System and method for interactive grouping of pie chart slices: Described is a system and method for grouping elements whose data falls below a grouping threshold, and for displaying the grouped elements as a single portion of a graphical chart. Briefly stated, the system and method allow a user to dynamically increase a grouping threshold from a default value to...

20060022982 - Drawing apparatus and drawing method: A drawing apparatus, for forming a desired drawing pattern by drawing the pattern directly on a drawing target surface using a drawing engine equipped with a plurality of drawing devices arranged along a direction of relative movement of the drawing target surface, the drawing engine being designed so that the...

20060022983 - Processing three-dimensional data: An apparatus for processing 3D data, including data storage, memory and processing. 3D data is stored in the memory means and the processing is configured to evaluate the 3D data with respect to a first function of time in a first evaluation mode and with respect to a second function...

20060022984 - Video image processing with utility processing stage: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods that track overall time for processing operations such that the processing time can be shared among the resources in an efficient manner. Processing time can be shifted to image processing where the time will provide the most benefit to image quality....

20060022985 - Preemptive rendering arbitration between processor hosts and display controllers: A system comprises a display controller adapted to monitor a first-in, first-out module (“FIFO”) data level, a memory controller coupled to said display controller, and a memory coupled to said display controller and said memory controller. The memory controller permits the display controller to immediately access the memory when the...

20060022986 - Airborne real time image exploitation system (aries): An apparatus includes an image buffer, a graphics buffer, a memory, a router, and a sensor interface. The apparatus further includes a memory controller for controlling transfer of image data from the image buffer to the memory via the router and for controlling transfer of graphics data from the memory...

20060022988 - Circuit and method for controlling a power cut-off protection circuit: A power cut-off protection control circuit and method. A memory pair and a selecting circuit are provided. The memory pair stores data made available at respective storage inputs of first and second storage elements of the pair and provides the stored data at respective storage outputs thereof. The memory pair...

20060022987 - Method and apparatus for arranging block-interleaved image data for efficient access: The invention is directed to specifying addresses in a memory for each sample in a minimum coded unit. Preferably, the samples are presented in a predetermined sequence to the memory for storage. For each sample, its presentation to the memory is detected and an offset parameter is provided. Addresses are...

20060022989 - Image transformation apparatus, image transformation circuit and image transformation method: An image transformation apparatus is provided, which includes a modeling unit 5 that calculates the coordinates of vertices of each polygon and calculates a pre-filter coefficient corresponding to a reduction ratio at the position of a vertex of each polygon, with respect to a model to which an image is...

20060022991 - Dynamic wrinkle mapping: A method for a computer system includes retrieving a plurality of base poses for an object, retrieving a plurality of base texture maps associated with the plurality of base poses, receiving a desired pose for the object, determining a plurality of coefficients associated with the plurality of base poses in...

20060022990 - Generating subdivision surfaces on a graphics hardware with floating-point fragment shaders: One or more fragment programs are executed on a graphics processor to generate the vertices of a subdivision curve or subdivision surface (using an arbitrary subdivision scheme) into a floating point texture. A plurality of faces are simultaneously processed during each subdivision iteration by using a super buffer that contains...

20060022992 - Information processing apparatus and method for controlling display luminance: An information processing apparatus includes a display device, an input unit, a determining unit and a processing unit. The input unit inputs an event instructing to change display luminance of the display device. The determining unit determines as to which one of a battery and an external power supply drives...

20060022993 - System and method for image luminance transformation: An image conversion system for altering an image to adjust the overall brightness of the image when displayed is provided. The image conversion system includes a luminance transformer and a color adjuster. To adjust the overall brightness of the image, the luminance transformer reverses the luminance of each original color...

20060022994 - Method and system of improved color selection: A general purpose computer system is used to run a color selection application which operates to facilitate the selection of colors and the automatic generation of palettes of harmonious colors. The application is implemented in three pages, a color selection page, a results manager page, and a color composition page....

20060022995 - Method for reducing noise in digital images: A method for cleaning the noise in an image obtains an image having an interested pixel and a predetermined number of neighboring pixels for each of red, green and blue, then calculates an adjusted value for the interested pixel based on the existing value of the interested pixel and the...

20060022996 - Image processing method and apparatus: A first conversion table defines a plurality of grid points that are arranged in a predetermined color space. The grid points include a darkest grid point that is indicative of a darkest point among all the grid points. The grid points further include at least (N+1) number of grid points...

20060022997 - Color interpolation using data dependent triangulation: A fast method of color interpolation of pixels of an image acquired by a color filtered digital sensor uses a very simple cost function that nevertheless produce interpolated images of good quality. The cost function is computationally simpler because it does not require the calculation of powers and square roots....

20060022998 - Patterning and dot gain improvement for vector error diffusion: A method for processing color-image pixel-data for outputting by a multi-bit (N) color-image output device including the steps of (a) characterizing color-image pixels into N successive, associated scan lines of pixels, which lines are bridged, effectively for processing purposes, by successive N×N pixel groups distributed along the associated scan lines,...

20060023002 - Color balancing circuit for a display panel: A color balancing circuit for a flat panel display such as an electroluminescent display generates a primary current that can be varied to adjust the overall brightness of the display. Three currents related to the primary current by selectable ratios are generated, by current mirror circuits, for example; the ratios...

20060023003 - Color display apparatus: A color display apparatus includes a display section which sequentially displays a plurality of sub-frame images in a plurality of colors based on the input image information to emit projection light, a ray position control section which controls a ray position of the projection light emitted by the display section,...

20060022999 - Methods and apparatus for setting the color point of an led light source: In one embodiment, a user-selected color point is received. RGB tristimulus values are then derived for the color point. It is also determined whether the user-selected color point is outside a color selection range of the LED light source and, if so, an error flag is set. Pulse width modulated...

20060023001 - Source driver of liquid crystal display: A TFT-LCD source driver for driving L channels of a liquid crystal panel (where L is a positive integer), the TFT-LCD source driver comprising a plurality of DACs (digital-to-analog converters) for converting (M+N)-bit different digital signals into analog signals (where M and N are positive integers), the DAC including: a...

20060023000 - System and method for spreading a non-periodic signal for a spatial light modulator: A method is disclosed for spreading a non-periodic color signal sent to a spatial light modulator across a frame period. The method can include the operation of dividing a frame period into a plurality of time slices. A further operation can be assigning a color to each of the plurality...

20060023004 - Method and system for electro-active spectacle lens design: A method and system for designing electro-active lenses adapted to correct for a higher-order aberration, whereby a desired pixel size is determined. In certain embodiments, the desired pixel size may be determined by identifying a desired pixel size for an electro-active lens adapted to correct for a conventional aberration....